Objective To explore the effect of exercise combined with dieting on chronic inflamma-tion based on fatty acids and peripheral blood mononuclear cell(PBMC)immunophenotypes.Methods Thirty-one obese volunteers(age:30.1±5.5 years,height:170.1±8.1 cm,weight:101.13±21.40 kg,BMI:34.66±5.01 kg/m2)were recruited and given a 5-week program of exercise combined with diet-ing.The exercise regimen consisted of daily 3-hour training at 60%-75%HRmax intensity,while the di-eting regimen was a moderate to high energy restriction model,with a daily reduction of 250 kcal in the 1st week and 600 kcal from the 2nd to 5th weeks.Before and after the intervention,all volunteers were measured morphological indicators(body weight,BMI,fat-free mass,body fat percentage,waist-to-hip ratio and visceral fat index),blood lipids(total cholesterol,triglycerides,high-density lipopro-tein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol),high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α),visfatin(VF),and the content of fatty acids in the blood.Moreover,the expression of cell surface receptors CD36,TLR4,and nuclear factor-κB(NF-κB)on PBMC sub-sets was tested before and after intervention.Results After intervention,a significant decrease was ob-served in the body composition indices,as well as in the four major blood lipid parameters.Levels of chronic inflammatory markers,including hs-CRP,VF and TNF-α,decreased significantly(P<0.01).Except for C6:0,C11:0,C12:0,C23:0,and C24:0,the levels of other fatty acids also decreased sig-nificantly(P<0.05,P<0.01).Among the measured fatty acids,13,31,and 15 were found to be signif-icantly and positively correlated with hs-CRP,VF,and TNF-α,respectively(P<0.05,P<0.01).More-over,the expression of monocyte cluster of differentiation 36(CD36),Toll-like receptor 4(TLR4),and nuclear factor-κB(NF-κB)in PBMC subsets decreased significantly after the intervention(P<0.05).In lymphocytes,CD36 and TLR4 expression lowered significantly after intervention(P<0.05 and P<0.01),while in granulocytes,CD36 and NF-κB expression decreased significantly(P<0.01 and P<0.05).Conclusion Exercise combined with dietary intervention can better body composition and physi-cal function in obese individuals,alleviating their chronic inflammation.The reduction in chronic in-flammation is closely related to the decrease in circulating fatty acid levels,which results in the re-duced expression of CD36 and TLR4 receptors on the surface of PBMC and the inhibition of the NF-κB signaling pathway.

Objective To analyze the characteristics of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among sonographers in Guangdong Province, and to explore the disease pattern of the cases. Methods A total of 512 sonographers from 31 hospitals in Guangdong Province were selected as the research subjects using stratified cluster sampling method. The prevalence of WMSDs in the past year was investigated using the Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire, and the characteristics of WMSDs were analyzed. Latent class analysis was used to identify the disease pattern of WMSDs. Results The overall prevalence of WMSDs was 94.3%. The top five affected body parts were right shoulder, neck, right hand/wrist, lower back and right forearm/elbow, with the prevalence of 80.3%, 75.4%, 61.1%, 55.5% and 45.3%, respectively. The prevalence of WMSDs was higher on the right side for the shoulder, hand/wrist, forearm/elbow, hip/leg and knee compared with the left side (80.3% vs 31.3%, 61.1% vs 13.9%, 45.3% vs 10.0%, 17.4% vs 8.6%, 13.1% vs 8.4%, all P<0.05). The prevalence of WMSDs increased with work years, as well the prevalence of WMSDs in the top five affected body parts among the sonographers (all P<0.05). However, there were no statistical differences in prevalence of WMSDs between general hospitals and maternal and child health hospitals, tertiary hospitals and non-tertiary hospitals, Pearl River Delta hospitals and non-Pearl River Delta hospitals; there was also no statistical difference between different genders and age groups of the sonographers (all P>0.05). The best-fit latent disease pattern for sonographers WMSDs comprised three categories： symptom of neck-right shoulder, symptom of neck-lower back-right shoulder-right elbow-right hand/wrist, and symptom of multi-parts above the knees, with the latent probabilities of 0.438, 0.427 and 0.135, respectively. Conclusion The prevalence of WMSDs in sonographers is extremely high, with a dose-effect relationship with work years. The most common affected parts are neck, lower back and right shoulder, right hand/wrist, and right forearm/elbow. The prevalence of WMSDs in the right side of limb was higher than that in the left. WMSDs primarily occur in multiple parts simultaneously. The most common symptoms occur in the neck-right shoulder and neck-lower back-right shoulder-right elbow-right hand/wrist.

With the advent of the era of artificial intelligence, as an emerging technology, radiomics can extract a large amount of quantitative information describing the physiological condition and phenotypic characteristics of tumors with high throughput from the massive data of CT, MRI and other imaging tomography, and analyze these high-dimensional imaging omics features containing disease pathophysiological information can be used to accurately determine tumor differentiation, staging, and predict tumor behavior, which has broad application prospects. This article aims to introduce the technical principles of radiomics and its abdominal tumor application status, and to prospect its application prospects in pediatric abdominal neuroblastoma.
Abdominal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging* ; Artificial Intelligence ; Child ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Precision Medicine ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)-derived parameters on the improvement of left ventricular function in patients with acute viral myocarditis. Methods: Forty patients, who referred for acute viral myocarditis in our hospital from September 2011 to September 2015, were prospectively enrolled in this study.All patients were examined by CMR during hospitalization for acute viral myocarditis (baseline) and after 12 months.The CMR sequences include: two dimension steady state free precession, 2D SSFP; triple inversion recovery, triple IR; early gadolinium enhancement; phase sensitive inversion recovery turbo field echo, PSIR TFE. Results: Thirty out of 40 patients with susceptive acute viral myocarditis met the CMR criteria of acute viral myocarditis (Lake Louise Criteria) (LL+ ) and the other 10 patients did not meet the diagnostic criteria (LL-). Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) values were significantly lower in LL+ group than in LL- group at baseline and at 12 months after discharge (P<0.01 or 0.05, respectively). The baseline left ventricular end-systolic volume index (LVESVI) was significantly higher in LL+ group than in LL- group (P<0.05) and was similar between the groups at 12 months follow up.Left ventricular end-diastolic volume index (LVEDVI )was similar between the two groups at baseline and at 12 months follow up.LVEF was significantly higher during 12 months follow up compared to baseline in LL+ group and remained unchanged in LL- group during the two time points.LVESVI and LVEDVI remained unchanged at baseline and during 12 months follow up both in LL+ and LL- groups (P>0.05). Results showed that LL+ , edema ratio (ER) positive and global relative enhancement (gRE) positive were associated with significant increase of LVEF at 12 months follow up.However, LL-, ER negative, gRE negative, late gadolinium enhancement(LGE) negative and LGE positive linked with unchanged LVEF at 12 months follow up (P>0.05). Patients were further divided into LVEF increase (ΔLVEF≥5%) group and non LVEF increase group (ΔLVEF<5%), the results of Chi-square test showed that LL+ and ER positive were related to the improvement of LVEF (P<0.05), while gRE and LGE were not associated with improvement of cardiac function (P>0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis, using ER, gRE and LGE as independent variables and LVEF as dependent variables, showed that the presence of myocardial edema was the strongest independent predictor of an increase in LVEF at follow up (full model: non-standardized coefficient 0.445, P=0.043; reduced model: non-standardized coefficient 0.442, P=0.12). Conclusion Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging monitoring is valuable to observe the cardiac function and morphology changes in patients with acute viral myocarditis, and myocardial edema imaging is the most powerful parameter to predict the improvement of LVEF in this patient cohort.

Purpose To investigate the clinical effect of ultrasound guided drainage combined with different hardeners for simple breast cysts,and to further provide reference for individual treatment.Materials and Methods Clinical data of 117 cases breast simple cysts were analyzed retrospectively,of which 42 cases were routine ultrasound-guided puncture combined with fluid injection of hypertonic sugar (group A),40 cases were routine ultrasound guided drainage combined with ethanol injection therapy (group B),and 35 cases were routine ultrasound guided therapy alone (control group).The clinical efficacy and adverse reactions were compared among the three groups after treatment.Results The total effective rate of group A was 95.24％,group B was 97.50％,and control group was 82.86％.Total effective rate of group A and B had no significant difference (P＞0.05),which were both higher than control group (P＜0.05).The adverse reactions rate of group B was higher than group A and control group,which had statistical significance (P＜0.05).Conclusion Ultrasound guided injection of hypertonic sugar or ethanol after drainage treatment for simple breast cysts can both obtain satisfactory clinical results,but adverse reactions of the former one are mild,it should be widely applied.

Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of singular double antithrombotie therapy (DT) using warfarin plus clopidogrel and the combined antithrombotie therapy of 3-month triple antithrombotie therapy (TT) using warfarin, aspirinand clopidogrel and 9-month double antithrombotie therapy (DT) for the patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing PCI. Methods Ninety patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing PCI were randomly divided into two groups evenly: one group was treated with dual antithrombotic therapy group (DT) and the other group with the combined therapy, e. g. 3-month triple antithrombotie therapy (TT) and 9-month double antithrombotie therapy (DT + TT for short). All patients were followed-up by 12 months. The two groups were compared in terms of incidences of death , myocardial infarction , stroke , target-vessel revascularisation , stent thrombosis and bleeding adverse events. Results The incidences of myocardial infarction, stroke, target-vessel revascularisation , stent thrombosis and bleeding adverse events in the TT + DT group were all significantly lower than the DT group (P < 0.05). The follow-up on the safety indicated that the rate of bleeding in the TT +DT group was insignificantly higher than the DT group (P > 0.05). Conclusion There is no significant difference in safety between the two groups. However, the therapy of TT + DT is more effective.

Objective To explore the efficacy and adverse effects of nimotuzumab combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer.Methods Sixty patients with stage Ⅲ cervical cancer by the histopathologic diagnosis were collected,and they were randomly divided into two groups using the random number table method.The control group (n =30)using intensity-modulated radiotherapy,intracavitary afterloading therapy and periodic chemotherapy,the observation group (n =30)in addition to the intensity-modulated radiotherapy,intracavitary afterloading therapy and periodic chemotherapy, the nimotuzumab (200 mg)was given to the patients before weekly radiotherapy.All patients were received 6 to 7 times of treatment.Results The curative effects of all the patients were evaluated after radiotherapy 3 months.In the observation group,there were 20 cases of CR,5 cases of PR,4 cases of SD,1 case of PD,the total effective rate (CR +PR)was 83.3%.In the control group,there were 1 8 cases of CR,3 cases of PR,6 cases of SD,3 cases of PD,the total effective rate was 70.0%.The difference was statistically significant (χ2 =8.356,P <0.05).The main adverse reactions in the observation group and control group included slight radioactive proctitis (1 6.7% vs 1 3.3%),radioactive cystitis (1 0.0% vs 1 0.0%),nausea and vomiting (50.0% vs 46.7%),reduction of white blood cells (40.0% vs 43.3%),with no significant differences (χ2 =3.357,P =0.71 9;χ2 =2.71 7,P =0.925;χ2 =5.882,P =0.623;χ2 =4.728,P =0.687).There were no skin rashes and allergic reactions.Conclusion Nimotuzumab can enhance the locally stage cervical cancer patients′sensitivity on radiotherapy,which can increase the efficacy and doesn′t increase adverse
reaction obviously.

Objective To assess the diagnostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients with acute viral myocarditis.Methods Thirty patients with suspected acute viral myocarditis admitted in first people's hospital of Shunde from June 2011 to June 2013 were included in this prospective study.The diagnostic sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value (PPV),negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy of acute viral myocarditis were evaluated by clinical diagnosis.Diagnostic value among different scan methods and Lake Louise criteria were compared.Results Acute viral myocarditis was diagnosed in 63.33％ (19/30) patients.Values for sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV,and diagnostic accuracy within the overall cohort were 57.89％,72.73％,78.57％,50.00％,63.33％,respectively by edema imaging(ER).Values for sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV,and diagnostic accuracy within the overall cohort were 78.95％,63.64％,78.95％,63.64％,73.33％,respectively using global relative enhancement (gRE).Values for sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV,and diagnostic accuracy within the overall cohort were 78.95％,54.55％,75.00％,60.00％,70.00％,respectively using late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) criteria.Values for sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV,and diagnostic accuracy within the overall cohort were 84.21％,81.82％,88.89％,75.00％,83.33％ using Lake Louise criteria.The sensitivity,specificity,PPV,NPV,and diagnostic accuracy using Lake Louise criteria were significantly higher than using ER,gRE,LGE alone (all P ＜ 0.05).Specificity was higher using ER than using gRE and LGE(both P ＜ 0.05).The sensitivity,NPV,and diagnostic accuracy were significantly higher using gRE than using ER (all P ＜ 0.05) and was similar as using LGE (all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Cardiac magnetic resonance is an excellent imaging modality for the diagnosis of acute viral myocarditis.

ObjectiveTo study the expressions of p75NTR,Bax and Bcl-2 and cell apoptosis in rat cortical neurons following mechanical injury and discuss the mechanism and mutual action way during the apoptosis of rat neurons after mechanical injury.Methods Cortical neuron cultures were prepared from the brain tissues of day 17 rat embryos and were exposed to mechanical injury seven days after seeding.After the traumatic neuron injury models were created,the apoptosis ratio of neurons was tested at several time points.The models were divided into the minor,moderate,severe injury groups according to the injury severity and the control group.The expressions of Bax and Bcl-2 in each group were detected by immunohistochemistry method and that of p75NTR by Western-blot.Combining with cellular apoptosis ratio in each group shown after FCM analysis,the correlation between the expressions of p75NTR,Bax and Bcl-2 and the apoptosis in rat neurons after mechanical injury could be analyzed.ResultsThe apoptosis ratio of the neurons in all the injury groups was obviously higher than that in the control group,with significantly higher apoptosis ratio of the neurons in the severe injury group than the minor and moderate injury groups (P ＜0.05).P75NTR,Bax and Bcl-2 were all expressed in all the injury groups,with statistical differences between groups.The expression of Bax in the severe injury group was significantly higher than that in the minor and moderate injury groups(P ＜ 0.05 ). Conclusions p75NTR expression and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio are closely correlated with neuron apoptosis.The early expression of p75NTR may be one of mechnisms for neuronal apoptosis after neuron injury,when Bax and Bcl-2 may be involved.

Objective To investigate whether the implanted spike wave electrical stimulation (ES) can improve survival of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) after transplantation in spinal cord injury (SCI) rats. MethodsIn the study,60 male SD rats were used to prepare the SCI induced by a digital weight drop apparatus.The MSCs from each rat' s femurs were collected and then labeled by Bromodeoxyuridine (Brdu) seven days after SCI.The rats were randomly assigned into four groups,ie,group A (receiving a transplantation of MSCs only),group B (receiving electro-stimulant therapy only),group C ( receiving a transplation of MSCs and electro-stimulant therapy) and the control group ( receiving a single injection of phosphate buffer solution,PBS).Functional status was assessed regularly before and after SCI by using the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) locomotor rating score and somatosensory evoked potential (SEP).The recovery of spinal cord was checked by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and the survivorship of the labeled MSCs was observed with immunohistochemical method. Results BBB score of group C demonstrated significant difference in comparison with that of the other three groups ( P ＜ 0.05 )and was significantly higher than that of the control group (P ＜0.01 ) four weeks after surgery,which indicated an obvious functional improvement of the extremity mobility in group C.At the 8th week postoperatively,SEP study displayed significant difference in group C from the other three groups in terms of latency and wave amplitude (P ＜0.05 ),indicating the fast neurofunctional recovery of the spinal cord in group C.MR images of the spinal cords by DTI showed the same outcome.Immunohistochemistry confirmed a large number of the labeled MSCs positive cells in the lesion site of group C.ConclusionTheimplanted spike wave ES promotes the bioactivity and survival of MSCs and improves the therapeutic effect in combination with MSCs transplantation.