Objective To observe whether the IL-23/Th17 inflammatory pathway is involved in the development of calcific aortic valve disease,and whether secukinumab can delay the progression of calcific aortic valve disease by inhibiting this pathway.Methods Forty-seven mice were divided into a blank control group,model group,and secukinumab group according to the random number table method.The blank control group was fed normal chow,while the model group and secukinumab group were fed pro-calcification chow for 16 weeks to establish a calcific aortic valve disease model.After intervention with secukinumab for 4 weeks,peak flow velocity changes in the aortic valves were detected under Doppler ultrasonography in all mice.Relevant indexes were determined by hematoxylin and eosin staining,Von Kossa staining,immunohistochemical staining,ELISA,and qPCR.Results Compared with the model group,the secukinumab group showed significantly reduced peak flow velocity(P＜0.05)and serum IL-6,IL-17,and IL-23 levels(P＜0.05)in the aortic valve.Compared with the secukinumab group,the model group's leaflet thickness was significantly increased,and there were more calcium deposits.Immunohistochemical result showed that macrophage infiltration(P＜0.05),IL-17A(P＜0.05)and IL-23(P＞0.05)levels in the valve leaflets were reduced in the secukinumab group compared with the model group.PCR result suggested that the expression of STAT3,BMP-2,and α-SMA mRNA was significantly lower in the secukinumab group than the model group(P＜0.05).Conclusions The IL-23/Th17 inflammatory pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of calcific aortic valve disease.The inflammation,fibrosis,osteogenic differentiation,and calcification of mouse valves were alleviated after intervention with secukinumab,which may delay disease progression by inhibiting the IL-23/Th17 inflammatory pathway.

Hip fractures are among the most common fractures in the elderly, presenting to be a leading cause of disability and mortality. Surgical treatment is currently the main treatment method for hip fractures. The incidence of perioperative malnutrition is increased after hip fractures in the elderly due to the comorbidities, decreased basal metabolic rate, accelerated protein breakdown, weakened anabolism and surgical stress. However, malnutrition not only increases the incidence of postoperative complications, but also leads to increased mortality, indicating an important role of perioperative nursing management of nutrition for the elderly patients with hip fractures. At present, there still lacks scientific guidance and application standards on perioperative nursing management of nutrition for the elderly patients with hip fractures. Therefore, the Orthopedic Nursing Committee of Chinese Nursing Association and the Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Trauma organized relevant experts to formulate the Expert consensus on perioperative nursing management of nutrition for elderly patients with hip fractures ( version 2023) according to evidence-based medical evidences and their clinical experiences. Fourteen recommendations were made from aspects of nutrition screening, nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention and nutrition monitoring to provide guidance for perioperative nursing management of nutrition in elderly patients with hip fractures.

Objective:To translate the English version of Sexual Interest and Desire Inventory-Female (SIDI-F) into Chinese, evaluate its reliability, validity and the proper cut-off point of diagnosis of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in China.Methods:Chinese version of SIDI-F was developed and 96 healthy women from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 in Taihe Hospital, Shiyan City, Hubei Province were selected to fill in the Chinese version of SIDI-F and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Next, analyzed the reliability, validity and the cut-off point of diagnosis of HSDD of the SIDI-F.Results:The Cronbach coefficient of the Chinese version of SIDI-F was 0.931, split-half reliability was 0.922, the intra-group correlation coefficient was 0.805. Analysis of content validity of the SIDI-F indicated that the average of scale-level content validity index was 1.00, the item-level content validity index was 1.00, and the Pearson correlation coefficient between the score of SIDI-F and the erotica score of the FSFI (FSFI-D) was 0.802. Factor analysis of the Chinese version of SIDI-F showed good construct validity. The area under ROC was 0.835. With the SIDI-F score and the best cut-off point of 26.5, Youden index was the largest, at 0.635. The validity indicators were 76.7% for sensitivity, 86.8% for specificity, 5.95 for positive likelihood ratio.Conclusions:The Chinese version of SIDI-F has high reliability and validity in Chinese population, and these show 26.5 point can be used as the best cut-off value of diagnose HSDD.

Objective To confirm the epidemiological characteristics of coronavirus disease COVID-19 reported in Qianjiang city and provide a scientific basis for establishing and implementing effective infection prevention and control. Methods The cases of COVID-19 reported in Qianjiang were retrospectively collected and the epidemiological characteristics, including time, spatial and population distribution, clinical symptoms and exposure history, were analyzed using descriptive epidemiological method. Results A total of 198 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 102 imported cases, were reported in Qianjiang city by March 31, 2020. Of the 198 patients, 9 died, and 189 were discharged. The male-to-female ratio was 1.2:1. Among the reported patients, most of the patients were aged 30-69. In the early stage, only imported cases were reported, subsequently, imported cases and local cases were prevalent together, and the peak of confirmed cases was appeared on February 15, 2020. Among the clinical types for admitted diagnosis, the common type (67.17%) was dominant, and fever (82.83%) and cough (67.17%) were the predominant clinical manifestations for primary diagnosis. The median time from illness onset to first visit was 3 days, the median time from first visit to confirmed diagnosis was 7 days, and the median interval from illness onset to diagnosis was 11 days. Conclusions With comprehensive measures taken, the pandemic of COVID-19 in Qianjiang have been brought under control. However, it is necessary to be alert to the potential risks brought by the resumption of work, production, education, as well as the outbound imported cases. Various prevention and control measures should continue to be strictly implemented.

Objective To observe the effect of FOCUS-PDCA on the unplanned extubation (UEX) in ICU patients. Methods About 237 ICU patients during Jan. to Dec. 2014 were assigned as the control group, where the FOCUS-PDCA program was not used. Another 235 patients during Jan. to Dec. 2015 were assigned as the study group, where the the FOCUS-PDCA program was used. The two groups were compared in view of unplanned extubation rate and nurse's comprehensive ability. Result Compared with the control group, hospitalization time was comprehensively shortened in the observation group and the nurses comprehensive abibity increased (all P<0.05). Conclusion The FOCUS-PDCA program can prevent UEX in ICU patients, reduce the rate of UEX, improve the comprehensive ability of nurses and the quality of nursing.

Background Researches showed that CD4+CD25+ natural regulatory T cells (nTregs) play an important role in maintaining peripheral immune tolerance, while immunotherapy using in vitro-expanded induced regulatory T cells (iTregs) suppresses allograft rejection in multiple organ transplantation.The inducing method of iTregs still needs to be optimized.Furthermore,the effect of iTregs on grafts of keratoplasty is unclear.Objective This study was to investigate the inducing and expansion method of iTregs and explore its inhibitory effects on corneal allograft rejection.Methods Bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) were isolated from C57BL/6 mice femora and cultured.CD4+ CD25+ T cells and CD4+ CD25-T cells were isolated from mouse spleen and separated using flow cytometry.The CD4+CD25-T cells were divided into negative control group (CD4+CD25-T cells), CD3/ 28 antibody bead group (CD4+CD25-T cells+CD3/28 antibody bead) ,2.5 ng/ml transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 induced group and 10.0 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group.The iTregs was formed after induction of different concentrations of TGF-β1 and CD3/CD28 antibody bead (1 : 1).CD3/CD28 antibody bead (1 : 2) , interleukin-2 (IL-2) and TGF-β1 were used to expand iTregs.The phenotype and proliferation of iTregs were assayed by flow cytometry,and the inhibitory effect of iTregs on effector T cells (Teffs) was analyzed by mixed lymphocyte reaction.Allogenic keratoplasty model (C57BL/6→BALB/c) was build,and 0.1 ml iTregs or nTregs suspension or PBS was injected via posterior venous plexus of fellow eyes to assess the graft survival time.The use and care of the mice followed the ARVO statement.Results The CD4+CD25+ T cell proportions were (6±3)％ ,(91±4)％ ,(91±3)％ and (86± 6) ％ in the negative control group,CD3/CD28 antibody bead group, 2.5 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group and 10.0 ng/ml TGF-β1induced group, showing significant increases in the CD3/CD28 antibody bead group, 2.5 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group and 10.0 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group compared with the negative control group (all at P＜0.01).The Foxp3+ T cell proportions of the CD3/CD28 antibody bead group,2.5 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group and 10.0 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group were (1.18 ±0.20) ％ , (8.70± 1.80) ％ and (21.80±3.36) ％ , showing significant increases in the 2.5 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group and 10.0 ng/ml TGF-β1 induced group compared with the CD3/CD28 antibody bead group (both at P＜0.01).Compared with the nTregs, the expression of CD69 was lower, and the expressions of PD-1 and Foxp3 were raised in the iTregs (all at P＜0.01).The proliferation of Teffs were decreased when cocultured with iTregs in comparison with nTregs at 1 : 1,1 : 2,1 : 4,1 : 8,1 : 16 Tregs/Teffs rations (all at P＜ 0.01).The survival time of mouse corneal grafts was 4 weeks with the permanent tolerance of 50％ in the iTregs injected group,which was superior to the 3 weeks survival time and 17％ permanent tolerance in the nTregs injected group(P＜0.05).Conclusions TGF-β1 can induce CD4+ CD25-T cells to form iTregs, which highly express Foxp3.iTregs show a stronger inhibitory effect on the growth of lymphocytes than nTregs, and therefore suppress the graft rejection after keratoplasty.

Objective To investigate the mRNA expression of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in cervical cancer (CC).Methods The expression of BCRP mRNA was detected by real-time PCR from tissues of 12 normal and 47 cases with CC.Results The expression of BCRP mRNA was 0.59±0.26 in CC and 0.19±0.17 in normal cervical tissues.But it was significantly higher in CC than those in normal tissues (P ＜ 0.05).The expression of BCRP mRNA was not correlated with histological types,tumor differentiation degree and clinical stages (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion BCRP mRNA over-expresses in CC,wich might play a major role in the intrinsic MDR of CC.Detection of BCRP mRNA expression may the guidance of individualized chemotherapy for patients with CC.

Objective To explore the value of placental alpha-microglobulin-1 in vagina liquid to diagnose premature rupture of membranes. Methods A prospective observational study to initial evaluation included both the standard clinical evaluation for rupture of membranes and placental alpha-microglobulin-1 immunoassay. Rupture of membranes was diagnosed if fluid was seen leaking from the cervical os or if two of the following three conditions were present: pooling of fluid, positive nitrazine test, or feming. Rupture of membranes was diagnosed definitively on review of the medical records after delivery. Results Placental alpha-microglobulin-1 immunoassay confirmed rupture of membranes at initial presentation with a sensitivity of 100% (89/89), specificity of 91% (10/11), positive predictive value of 99% (89/90), and negative predictive value of 100% (10/10),false positive rate of 9% (1/11). Placental alpha-nricroglobulin-1 immunoassay was better than the conventional clinical assessment in confirming the diagnosis of rupture ofmembranes (P<0.01). Conclusion Measurement of placental alpha-microglobulin-1 in cervicovaginal secretions is superior to conventional clinical assessment in the diagnosis of rupture of membranes.

Objective:Nerve fibres distribution in the functional layer of endometrium of women with endometdosis was investigated.Methods:Histological sections of endometrial tissue were prepared from endometrialcurettings and hysterectomies performed on women with endometnosis(n=25)and without endometriosis(n=40).Immunohistochemistry was used to detect nerve fibres by highly specific polyclonal rabbit antibody PGP 9.5.The assessment of nerve fibre density was performed bv Image Pro Plus Discovery.Results:Nerve fibres were identified throughout the functional layers of the endometrium in all endometriosis patients,but not found in the functional layer of the endometrium in women without endometriosis(P<0.01).Conclusions:Nerve fibres detectad in the functional layer in all women with endometriosis may have important implications for understanding the generation of pain in these patients.

Objective To evaluate endometrial biopsy and curettage in detecting small nerve fibers in eutopic endometrium for diagnosis of endometriosis.Methods Endometrial biopsies and curettings were taken in 65 women with menorrhalgia.Endometrial nerve fibers were immunohistochemically detected using the pan-neuronal marker PGP 9.5.All patients underwent laparoseopie approach.Results The specificity,sensitivity,positive and negative predictive value were 100% of endometrial biopsy and curettings for diagnosis of endometriosis.Condusions Careful endometrial biopsy combined with immunohistochemical staining for nerve fibers may be a reliable means of diagnosing or excluding endometriosis.