Objective To investigate the relationship between Klotho,insulin-like growth factor-1(IGF-1),and Irisin in the placentas of pregnant rats and the intrauterine development of fetuses.Methods Thirty SD rats were divided into the intrauterine growth restriction(IUGR)experimental animal model group(IUGR group),the macrosomia experimental animal model group(macrosomia fetal group),and the control group ac-cording to different feeding diets(low-protein diet,high-protein diet,and normal diet).All pregnant mice were subjected to laparotomy for tissue sampling on the 21st day of pregnancy.The birth weight,body length,and placental mass of fetal rats were recorded.The relative mRNA expression levels of Klotho,IGF-1,and Irisin in the placentas were detected by quantitative real-time fluorescent reverse transcription-PCR(qRT-PCR),and the correlations between various factors above were analyzed.Results Compared with the control group,the birth weight,body length and placental mass of fetal rats in the IUGR group were lower,while those in the macrosomia fetal group were higher,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05).Compared with the control group,the relative mRNA expression levels of Klotho,IGF-1,and Irisin in the IUGR group were de-creased,while those in the macrosomia fetal group were increased,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05).Correlation analysis showed that Klotho mRNA was positively correlated with the relative expres-sion levels of placental IGF-1 mRNA and Irisin mRNA,and IGF-1 mRNA were also positively correlated with the relative expression level of placental Irisin mRNA(P<0.05).Conclusion Klotho,IGF-1,and Irisin in the placenta are associated with fetal growth and possibly regulated through the Klotho/IGF-1/Irisin axis.

Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics of children with Chikungunya fever.Methods:This retrospective cohort study analyzed clinical data of 91 children with Chikungunya fever at the Department of Pediatrics, Foshan women and Children Hospital between July 2025 and August 2025. The patients were divided into four groups based on onset-age: 0-<1 year, 1-<3 years, 3-<6 years, and 6-14 years. One-way ANOVA and chi-square tests were used to compare the clinical features of children with Chikungunya fever at different ages.Results:Among the 91 children with chikungunya fever, 55 were male and 36 were female, with an onset age of 6 (2, 11) years, age groups comprised 0-<1 year (10 cases), 1-<3 years (13 cases), 3-<6 years (17 cases) and 6-14 years (51 cases). Fever occurred in 87 cases (96%), with 50 cases (57%) had high fever. Skin rash was observed in 89 cases (98%), and 60 cases (67%) had a generalized rash. Joint pain was reported in 57 cases (63%), among which 35 cases (61%) had pain in two or more locations, with the knee involved in 21 cases (37%), the ankle in 15 cases (26%), and the wrist in 6 cases (11%).The knee was the most commonly affected joint 21 cases (37%), followed by the ankle 15 cases (26%) and wrist 6 cases (10%). Joint ultrasound was performed in 31 cases (34%), all showed joint effusion, including 8 cases (26%) without complaints of joint pain. The incidence of high fever was significantly lower in the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups compared to the 0-<1 year group (both P<0.05). The 6-14 years group also had a lower incidence of high fever than the 1-<3 years group ( P<0.05). The 1-<3 years group had longer duration of fever than the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups (both P<0.05). The incidence of joint pain was higher in the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups compared to the 1-<3 years group (both P<0.05), and higher in the 6-14 years group than in the 3-<6 years group ( P=0.007). Among all 91 children, 22 cases (24%) had abnormal liver function, 49 cases (54%) showed elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and 2 cases (2%) had elevated creatine kinase. The proportions of elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and LDH were higher in the 0-<1 year and 1-<3 years groups compared to the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups (all P<0.05). Conclusions:The clinical characteristics of children with Chikungunya fever vary among children of different ages. Children in the 0-<3 years are more prone to high fever with longer duration and generalized maculopapular rash, while the children in the 6-14 years have have a higher proportion of joint pain, and joint ultrasound revealed effusion in all examined children. AST and LDH levels are elevated in the 0-<3 years groups.

Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics of children with Chikungunya fever.Methods:This retrospective cohort study analyzed clinical data of 91 children with Chikungunya fever at the Department of Pediatrics, Foshan women and Children Hospital between July 2025 and August 2025. The patients were divided into four groups based on onset-age: 0-<1 year, 1-<3 years, 3-<6 years, and 6-14 years. One-way ANOVA and chi-square tests were used to compare the clinical features of children with Chikungunya fever at different ages.Results:Among the 91 children with chikungunya fever, 55 were male and 36 were female, with an onset age of 6 (2, 11) years, age groups comprised 0-<1 year (10 cases), 1-<3 years (13 cases), 3-<6 years (17 cases) and 6-14 years (51 cases). Fever occurred in 87 cases (96%), with 50 cases (57%) had high fever. Skin rash was observed in 89 cases (98%), and 60 cases (67%) had a generalized rash. Joint pain was reported in 57 cases (63%), among which 35 cases (61%) had pain in two or more locations, with the knee involved in 21 cases (37%), the ankle in 15 cases (26%), and the wrist in 6 cases (11%).The knee was the most commonly affected joint 21 cases (37%), followed by the ankle 15 cases (26%) and wrist 6 cases (10%). Joint ultrasound was performed in 31 cases (34%), all showed joint effusion, including 8 cases (26%) without complaints of joint pain. The incidence of high fever was significantly lower in the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups compared to the 0-<1 year group (both P<0.05). The 6-14 years group also had a lower incidence of high fever than the 1-<3 years group ( P<0.05). The 1-<3 years group had longer duration of fever than the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups (both P<0.05). The incidence of joint pain was higher in the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups compared to the 1-<3 years group (both P<0.05), and higher in the 6-14 years group than in the 3-<6 years group ( P=0.007). Among all 91 children, 22 cases (24%) had abnormal liver function, 49 cases (54%) showed elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and 2 cases (2%) had elevated creatine kinase. The proportions of elevated aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and LDH were higher in the 0-<1 year and 1-<3 years groups compared to the 3-<6 years and 6-14 years groups (all P<0.05). Conclusions:The clinical characteristics of children with Chikungunya fever vary among children of different ages. Children in the 0-<3 years are more prone to high fever with longer duration and generalized maculopapular rash, while the children in the 6-14 years have have a higher proportion of joint pain, and joint ultrasound revealed effusion in all examined children. AST and LDH levels are elevated in the 0-<3 years groups.

Objective:To discuss the changes of serum levels of Klotho and fibroblast growth factor 23(FGF23)in the small for gestational age(SGA)infants after birth,and to clarify their relationships with growth and development.Methods:A total of 35 SGA and 53 appropriate for the gestational age(AGA)infants were selected and divided into SGA group(n=35)and AGA group(n=53),including 51 infants in premature group,among them 20 infants in preterm SGA group and 31 infants in preterm AGA group;among them 37 infants in full-term group,15 infants in full-term SGA group and 22 infants in full-term AGA group.The clinical materials of the infants in various groups were collected.The levels of Klotho and FGF23 in serum and clinical biochemical markers of the infants on the 7th and 14th days after birth were detected.The relationships between the levels of Klotho and FGF23 in serum on the 7th and 14th days postnatally and newborn growth indicators such as body weight,body length,head circumference,chest circumference,and Kopu index,as well as their correlations with calcium and phosphorus metabolism were analyzed.Results:Compared with AGA group,the body weight,body length,head circumference,chest circumference,and Kopu index of the infants in SGA group were decreased(P<0.05).On the 7th and 14th days after birth,compared with preterm group,the serum levels of Klotho and FGF23 of the infants in full-term group were significantly increased(P<0.01).Compared with the 7th day after birth,the levels of serum Klotho of the infants in preterm and full-term groups on the 14th day were significantly increased(P<0.01),and the levels of FGF23 in serum were decreased(P<0.01).Compared with AGA group,the levels of serum Klotho and FGF23 of the infants in SGA group on the 7th and 14th days after birth were significantly decreased(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Compared with the 7th day after birth,the levels of serum Klotho of the infants in both AGA and SGA groups on the 14th days after birth were significantly increased(P<0.01),and the FGF23 levels were decreased(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Compared with preterm AGA group,the levels of Klotho and FGF23 in serum of the infants in preterm SGA group on the 7th and 14th days after birth were significantly decreased(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Compared with full-term AGA group,the levels of Klotho and FGF23 in serum of the infants in full-term SGA group on the 7th and 14th days after birth were significantly decreased(P<0.05 or P<0.01).In SGA group,the serum levels of Klotho and FGF23 on the 7th day after birth were positively correlated with the gestational age,body weight,body length,head circumference,chest circumference,and Kopu index(P<0.05 or P<0.01);there was a positive correlation between the serum level of Klotho and the serum level of FGF23(P<0.05).In terms of calcium-phosphorus metabolism,in SGA group,the serum level of Klotho on the 7th day after birth was positively correlated with serum phosphorus level(P<0.01),and the level of serum FGF23 on the 7th day after birth was positively correlated with serum calcium and phosphorus levels(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion:Klotho and FGF23 proteins are closely associated with growth and development and phosphate metabolism of the infants.The expression levels of Klotho and FGF23 in serum of the SGA infants postnatally are lower,but the secretion of Klotho is increased with the gradul improvement of each organ,and the decrease of FGF23 may be the adaptive response.

Objective To investigate the enhanced CT and MRI imaging features of nasal sinus squamous cell carcinoma(SCC)and lymphoma(NHL),and to analyze the efficacy of different imaging features in differentiating nasal sinus SCC from NHL.Methods The imaging,clinical and pathological data of 67 patients with sinus SCC and NHL who underwent sinus CT and MRI with contrast CT and MRI in our hospital and confirmed by surgical pathology were retrospectively analyzed,and the tumor origin,maximum diameter,CT density,MRI signal intensity,enhancement degree,tumor internal necrosis,adjacent bone destruction,invasion of surrounding tissues,and The imaging features such as cervical lymph node metastasis within the scanning range were analyzed,and the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve and area under the curve(AUC)were used to analyze the efficacy of different imaging features to distinguish nasal sinus SCC and NHL.Results There were statistically significant differences between the five imaging features of nasal sinus SCC and NHL,including tumor origin,maximum diameter,internal tumor necrosis,surrounding bone destruction and peripheral tissue invasion(P＜0.05),and the AUC of differentiating SCC and NHL were 0.708,0.694,0.785,0.850 and 0.629,respectively.The AUC of SCC and NHL was 0.969,and the sensitivity and specificity were 83.9%and 97.2%,respectively.Conclusion On contrast-enhanced CT and MRI,the imaging signs of tumor origin,maximum diameter,tumor internal necrosis,bone destruction and surrounding tissue invasion are helpful to distinguish nasal sinus SCC from NHL,especially if the tumor originates in the nasal cavity,necrosis is rare,bone destruction is mild,and the possibility of nasal sinus NHL should be given priority.Contrast-enhanced CT and MRI can help differentiate nasal sinus SCC from NHL,and the combination can help improve differential diagnostic performance.

Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics and genetics of a Chinese patient with Gitelman syndrome (GS) and improve the awareness and diagnosis of GS among clinicians.Methods:Retrospectively analyzed the GS patient's clinical feature, laboratory examination, diagnosis, treatment and literature review admitted to Hebei General Hospital in September 2022.Results:A twelve-year-old boy was admitted to our department due to weakness of lower limbs. Laboratory tests after admission showed hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia and metabolic alkalosis. Genetic testing showed tow compound heterozygous mutations in the SLC12A3 gene (c.1456G>A and c.634G>A), which ultimately diagnosed as GS. The patient is on the mend and allowed to leave the hospital after treated by potassium supplement.Conclusion:The rate of leak diagnosis is high. Genetic testing should be undergo earlier if the patients suspected GS.

Objective: To observe the effect of moxibustion on the colonic mucosal barrier of rats with ulcerative colitis (UC) induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS). Methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a normal group and a modeling group, with 20 rats in each group. Rats in the modeling group were subjected to preparing experimental UC models by drinking 4％ DSS for seven consecutive days. Two modeled rats and two normal rats were randomly selected for model identification. After the success of UC model was confirmed, the remaining 18 modeled rats were randomly divided into three groups, a model group, a model + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group, and a model + mild moxibustion group, with six rats in each group; the remaining normal rats were randomly divided into three groups, a normal group, a normal + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group, and a normal + mild moxibustion group, with six rats in each group. After 7 d of intervention with the herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion or the mild moxibustion, hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining technique was used to observe the pathological changes of colon tissue under a light microscope; Western blotting and/or immunohistochemical techniques were used to detect the protein expression levels of Occludin, Claudin, junction adhesion molecular 1 (JAM1), mucin 2 (MUC2), and transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-β1) in rat colon tissue. Results: Compared with the normal group, the colon tissue was severely damaged, the pathological score was significantly increased, and the protein expression levels of Occludin, Claudin, JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 were significantly decreased in the model group (P<0.01); while there were no significant differences in the colonic histopathological score, protein expression levels of Occludin, Claudin, JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 in the normal + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group and the normal + mild moxibustion group (P>0.05). Compared with the model group, the model + herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion group and the model + mild moxibustion group showed repaired colon tissue, ulcer healing, significantly reduced pathological score, and significantly increased protein expression levels of JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 (P<0.05); the Occludin protein expression level in the colon tissue of the model + mild moxibustion group was increased (P<0.01). Conclusion: Neither herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion nor mild moxibustion influences the colonic histopathology and intestinal mucosal barrier-related protein expression in the normal rats; both herbal cake-partitioned moxibustion and mild moxibustion can up-regulate the protein expression levels of JAM1, MUC2, and TGF-β1 in the colon tissue of UC rats. Mild moxibustion can up-regulate Occludin protein expression. This may be a mechanism of moxibustion in reducing colonic mucosa inflammation in UC.

Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics and genetic characteristics of gene mutation of pyruvate dehydrogenase E1α deficiency.Methods:The clinical and genetic characteristics of a rare girl infant with pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 α deficiency confirmed by Hebei General Hospital were retrospectively analyzed, and the literature was reviewed combined with the research progress of the disease.Results:The rare case of baby girl, early onset, psychomotor development is severely backward, persistent hyperlactic acid and hyperpyruvemia, metabolic acidosis, the head MRI shows septum pellucidum is small, interventricular septum is absent; fornix is unclear, splenium of corpus callosum is small and extruded forward like a canopy.The top of the third ventricle is elevated to the dorsal side, the left paracele enlarge to the right, the left interventricular foramen is obviously enlarged.Intermittent periods EEG: a large number of medium and high amplitude spike slow waves, slow waves, and a small amount of multiple spike slow waves are scattered or continuously distributed in the left posterior head (O1, T5). A large amount of low amplitude slow wave can be seen in the bilateral hemisphere.The second-generation gene sequencing found a heterozygous missense mutation of C>T (p.A169v) in the position of chrx-19371287 in the PDHA1 gene of the child, but not in the parent PDHA1 gene.And the diagnosis of pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 α deficiency was identifie.Conclusion:PDHAl mutation-induced pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 α deficiency lacks specificity at an early stage, and female patients are more rare due to random inactivation of the X chromosome.It is necessary to be vigilant against metabolic acidosis in children with unexplained psychomotor retardation, persistent hyperlactemia and difficult to correct.It can be diagnosed by gene analysis.

Purpose To explore the clinical value of iodine content and energy spectrum in dual-source dual-energy CT scan in the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease reactive hyperplasia lymph nodes (LNs) and metastatic LNs in patients with colorectal cancer.Materials and Methods Complete dual energy scanning data of 51 reactive LNs in 30 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (15 cases of ulcerative colitis,15 cases of Crohn's disease) and 35 metastatic LNs in 20 patients with colorectal cancer confirmed by colonoscopy or pathology were collected and retrospectively analyzed.The iodine contents of reactive hyperplasia LNs and metastatic LNs were detected and the slopes of energy spectrum curves were compared between the two different pathological LNs.Moreover,the receiver operating characteristic curve was applied to determine the optimum sensitivity and specificity of differential diagnosis of these two kinds of LNs.Results The iodine contents of inflammatory bowel disease reactive hyperplasia LNs and metastatic LNs in patients with colorectal cancer in arterial phase were (2.66±0.70) mg/ml and (1.65± 0.81) mg/ml,and the slopes of curves were 2.81 ±0.56 and 0.14±0.09,respectively.There were significant differences in the iodine contents and the slopes of the energy spectral curves between these two kinds of LNs in arterial phase (P＜0.05).Moreover,the diagnostic efficacy of energy spectrum curve slope,of which the sensitivity,specificity and area under the curve was 96.7％,76.7％ and 0.846,respectively;was higher than those of iodine content in diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease reactive hyperplasia LNs and metastatic LNs.Conclusion Dual-source dual-energy CT-derived arterial phase measurement of iodine content and slope of energy spectral curve has certain significance for differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease reactive hyperplasia LNs and metastatic LNs,and the slope of spectral curve is superior to iodine.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of dual energy CT for small central cervical metastatic lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.Methods The data of 43 patients with thyroid papillary carcinoma confirmed by pathology were retrospectively analyzed.All of the patients underwent dual energy CT scan before operation.The short diameter,iodine concentration and normalized iodine concentration (NIC) of enhanced arterial and venous phases and the slope of the energy spectrum curve were analyzed between metastatic central cervical lymph nodes and non-metastatic lymph nodes.ROC curve was used to analyze the diagnosis efficacy of iodine concentration and NIC for metastatic lymph nodes of thyroid carcinoma.Results Totally there were 119 lymph nodes in 43 patients included 55 thyroid papillary carcinoma metastasis lymph nodes (metastasis group) and 64 non-metastatic lymph nodes (non-metastasis group).There was significant differences of the mean short diameter of the lymph nodes between the two groupos (t=-2.20,P=0.03).In arterial phase,the average iodine concentration of metastasis group and non-metastasis group were (2.93±1.62)mg/ml and (2.17±1.09)mg/ml;the NIC were 0.33±0.21 and 0.19 ± 0.12;and the slope of the energy spectrum curve were 0.79±0.43 and 0.63±0.37 respectively.In venous phase,the average iodine concentration of metastasis group and non-metastasis group were (2.68± 1.54) mg/ml and (2.17 ± 1.01) mg/ml;the NIC were 0.51 ± 0.18 and 0.43 ± 0.15;the slope of the energy spectrum curve were 0.54 ± 0.42 and 0.62 ± 0.39 respectively.The iodine concentration and NIC in both phases and the slope of spectrum curve in arterial phase had statistical differences between the metastasis and non-metastasis groups (all P＜0.05).ROC curve showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of iodine concentration and NIC in the diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes were 0.62 and 0.73 in arterial phase,respectively.And the AUC of iodine concentration and NIC were 0.61 and 0.63 in venous phase,respectively.Conclusion There are differences of iodine concentration,NIC in arterial and venous phases and curve slope in arterial phase of dual-energy between malignant and benign central cervical lymph nodes in thyroid papillary carcinoma.Dual energy CT technology is helpful in identifying of metastatic from non-metastatic small central cervical lymph nodes.