DNA methylation is the first epigenetic modification found in humans.Abnormal changes in DNA methylation are closely associated with the development and progression of diseases.Acupuncture,an important component of traditional Chinese medicine,has been shown to have significant therapeutic efficacy.The mechanisms underlying acupuncture are complex,involving physiological and pathological processes of integrated interactions across multiple targets.However,current research mostly focuses on a single target,highlighting the need for a more upstream approach to the investigation of the mechanisms.Herein,we reviewed studies on the direct or indirect regulation of DNA methylation via acupuncture.We also discussed its mechanisms of action in pain,obesity,depression,and Alzheimer disease,in order to provide a new perspective on the therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture and the role of DNA methylation in the field of acupuncture research.Future research should concentrate on the effect of acupuncture on the DNA methylation of specific genes,the quantification of changes in DNA methylation at different acupoints,the development of individualized acupuncture prescriptions,further investigation of the specificity of the effects at different acupoint,and the expansion of the research to integrate epigenetics and genomics.This will provide a theoretical basis for the internationalization and the promotion of clinical application of acupuncture.

Objective:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (AB-BNCT) in the treatment of recurrent and refractory malignant tumors.Methods:The data of 14 patients admitted to Xiamen Humanity Hospital from September 2022 to April 2023 were prospectively collected, including 7 patients with primary brain malignancies and 7 patients with locally recurrent inoperable head and neck malignancies. All patients received intravenous infusion of boron drug (NBB-001, p-dihydroxyborylphe nylalanine, a patented freeze-dried formulation) at a total nominal dosage of 500 mg/kg (11 patients) or 750 mg/kg (3 patients), and were irradiated with neutrons (operating with NeuPex system). Adverse events after treatment were recorded and assessed. The primary efficacy endpoint was the 90 d objective response rate (ORR), while the secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS) and complete response rate (CRR). Data were compiled and analyzed by SAS 9.4 software. The rate and 95% CI were calculated using Clopper-Pearson method. Results:The median dose delivered to 80% of the target volume (D 80%) was 16.80 GyE (range: 8.93-23.79 GyE). The most common adverse reactions were hyperamylasemia, alopecia, and hyperprolactinemia. Five patients experienced 8 cases of grade 3 or above adverse events, including 1 case of grade 4 acute kidney injury and 7 cases of grade 3 adverse events. All adverse events were recovered after observation or treatment. At 90 d after treatment, the ORR of all patients was 9/14 (64%, 95% CI: 35%-87%), disease control rate (DCR) was 10/14 (71%, 95% CI: 42%-92%), CRR was 2/14 (14%, 95% CI: 2%-42%); and the best overall response during the entire course included an ORR of 10/14 (71% ,95% CI: 42%-92%), DCR of 13/14 (93%, 95% CI: 66%-100%), and CRR of 3/14 (21% ,95% CI: 5%-51%). The 1-year survival rate for head and neck malignancies was 71.4%, and the 2-year survival rate was 42.8%. The 1-year survival rate for recurrent brain malignancies was 42.8%. Conclusion:AB-BNCT demonstrates favorable safety and promising efficacy in treating primary brain malignancies and recurrent/refractory head and neck malignancies, representing a potential therapeutic option.

Objective:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (AB-BNCT) in the treatment of recurrent and refractory malignant tumors.Methods:The data of 14 patients admitted to Xiamen Humanity Hospital from September 2022 to April 2023 were prospectively collected, including 7 patients with primary brain malignancies and 7 patients with locally recurrent inoperable head and neck malignancies. All patients received intravenous infusion of boron drug (NBB-001, p-dihydroxyborylphe nylalanine, a patented freeze-dried formulation) at a total nominal dosage of 500 mg/kg (11 patients) or 750 mg/kg (3 patients), and were irradiated with neutrons (operating with NeuPex system). Adverse events after treatment were recorded and assessed. The primary efficacy endpoint was the 90 d objective response rate (ORR), while the secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS) and complete response rate (CRR). Data were compiled and analyzed by SAS 9.4 software. The rate and 95% CI were calculated using Clopper-Pearson method. Results:The median dose delivered to 80% of the target volume (D 80%) was 16.80 GyE (range: 8.93-23.79 GyE). The most common adverse reactions were hyperamylasemia, alopecia, and hyperprolactinemia. Five patients experienced 8 cases of grade 3 or above adverse events, including 1 case of grade 4 acute kidney injury and 7 cases of grade 3 adverse events. All adverse events were recovered after observation or treatment. At 90 d after treatment, the ORR of all patients was 9/14 (64%, 95% CI: 35%-87%), disease control rate (DCR) was 10/14 (71%, 95% CI: 42%-92%), CRR was 2/14 (14%, 95% CI: 2%-42%); and the best overall response during the entire course included an ORR of 10/14 (71% ,95% CI: 42%-92%), DCR of 13/14 (93%, 95% CI: 66%-100%), and CRR of 3/14 (21% ,95% CI: 5%-51%). The 1-year survival rate for head and neck malignancies was 71.4%, and the 2-year survival rate was 42.8%. The 1-year survival rate for recurrent brain malignancies was 42.8%. Conclusion:AB-BNCT demonstrates favorable safety and promising efficacy in treating primary brain malignancies and recurrent/refractory head and neck malignancies, representing a potential therapeutic option.

Scaffold-free tissue engineered cell sheet is an emerging technology in biomedical field. It can avoid the adverse effects of scaffold materials, and can be further assembled to form more complex three-dimensional functional tissues. The construction of cell sheet is mainly based on the culture substrate composed of sensitive materials. By changing the stimulation factors such as temperature, enzyme, light, ion, redox, pH and sugar, the adhesion behavior of the substrate to the cells could be changed to make the cells detach naturally, thus generating the cell sheet. Recent years have seen the development of various simple and efficient construction technologies of cell sheet due to the development of a variety of novel sensitive culture substrates. The resulted cell sheets with excellent performance have greatly expanded their applications. This review summarized the construction methods of tissue engineered cell sheet and discussed the challenges and future perspectives in this field.
Temperature ; Tissue Engineering ; Tissue Scaffolds

Objective To investigate the hematological characteristics of patients with light β- thalassae-mia and rapidly identify different mutational genotypes. Methods RBC、Hb、MCV、MCH、MCHC、RDW-CV and HbA2 were studied in the 646 patients,the differences between β0/βN and β +/βN mutations were also compared. Results Most of them were microcytic hypochromic anemia. The most common genotype were β654/βN(33%)、β41-42/βN(32.5%)、β17/βN(14.4%)、β - 28/βN(10%)respectively,β0/βN were relatively higher. The differences in RBC、MCV、MCH、RDW-CV and HbA2 were significant between β0/βN and β +/βN. Compared with β +/βN patients,the MCV and MCH of β0/βN were significantly reduced,RDW-CV and HbA2 were significantly higher. Conclusion Light β- thalassaemia with different genotypes has its own unique hematological features and can be quickly and ef-fectively identified. Clinical efficiency can be improved through hematological analysis.

Objective To evaluate the scientific research performance of a third-grade maternal and child health hospital in Guangxi from 2007 to 2016,and to understand the situation of scientific research in past 10 years,and provide decision-making basis for strengthening the scientific research management of hospitals.Methods According to the statistical reports of the hospital's scientific research data,7 indexes were used to evaluate the quality of the scientific research performance of the hospital,and the close value method was used to evaluate the quality of the scientific research during 2007-2016.Results According to the Close-value method analysis,the overall quality of the scientific research performance showed a upward trend in recent ten years;according to the ranked order of the Close-value,the research performance of the institute in 2016 was the smallest while the quality of scientific research was the best.In 2009,the Institute's scientific research performance was the closest,however,the scientific research performance was the worst.Conclusions The result of comprehensive evaluation of Close-value method is consistent with the actual situation of scientific research in this hospital.It has reference significance for the evaluation of hospital scientific research quality.

Garrès osteomyelitis is a specific type of chronic osteomyelitis that most commonly occurs in young patients, secondary to dental infection, and affects the unilateral side of the mandible. Bilateral mandibular Garrè's osteomyelitis is rare. In this article, a case of Garrè's osteomyelitis with bilateral mandible is reported. Its etiology, clinical pathologic features, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment methods are discussed by reviewing relevant literature.
Chronic Disease ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Mandible ; Mandibular Diseases ; Osteomyelitis

Garrè’s?osteomyelitis?is?a?specific?type?of?chronic?osteomyelitis?that?most?commonly?occurs?in?young?patients,?secondary?to?dental?infection,?and?affects?the?unilateral?side?of?the?mandible.?Bilateral?mandibular?Garrè’s?osteomyelitis?is?rare.?In?this?article,?a?case?of?Garrè’s?osteomyelitis?with?bilateral?mandible?is?reported.?Its?etiology,?clinical?pathologic?features,?diagnosis,?differential?diagnosis,?and?treatment?methods?are?discussed?by?reviewing?relevant?literature.

Objective To explore the prognostic factors influencing the short-term outcome in patients with acute cerebral in-farction through the prospective study for guiding clinical treatment .Methods 92 patients with acute cerebral infarction were in-cluded in the study ,whose neurological functions were assessed via National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and compu-ted tomography or magnetic resonance imaging performed within 24 h of symptom onset .All of the patients were administered with same medication regimen for acute cerebral infarction .The NIHSS and the modified Rankin Scale were used to assess the extent of disability at 15 d after admission .Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze the associations between different factors and the two 2 prognostic factors respectively .Results When the difference of two NIHSS scores was treated as the dependent variable , the infarction volume was associated with the difference in multivariable regression ,the OR of the two groups with larger Infarction volume OR=2 .352 and OR=5 .161 ;When the Rankin Scale scores were treated as the dependent variable ,the outcome in rehabili-tation group was better than those in no rehabilitation group (OR=0 .207) .Patients with the greater baseline NIHSS scores had the worse prognosis ,the OR of the two groups with larger score OR=1 .257 and OR=1 .032 .The age ,gender ,admission time as well as infarction area were not significantly associated with clinical prognosis .Conclusion The baseline NIHSS scores and infarct vol-ume were independent prognostic factors for the short-term outcome in patients with acute cerebral infarction ,who should obtain re-habilitation treatment to improve prognosis .

Objective To investigate the teaching effect of‘index’teaching method used in practical teaching of the medical imaging.Methods A total of 178 medical undergraduates were selected this study,113 clinical medical students using‘index’teaching method were taken as experimental group while others 65 anesthesia medical students using traditional teaching method as control group.The teaching effect of‘index’teaching method was evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively by practical test and questionnaire survey.Results The test scors of experimental group were(80.3±16.5),obviously higher than those of(71.3±25.8)in control group(P＜0.05),especially instudents with low scores.Conclusion The new teaching method had obvious advantages in culturing the thinking of imaging diagnosis and in improving the ability to solve clinical practical problems,the‘index’teaching method was more effective than traditional teaching method.