BACKGROUND:As a unique structure of the cervical spine,the occurrence,development and progression of the uncovertebral joint directly affect the stability and range of motion of the cervical spine,and are also closely related to the pathogenesis of cervical spondylosis.A thorough understanding of the developmental characteristics of the uncovertebral joint is of great significance for the pathogenesis,diagnosis,and treatment of cervical spondylosis. OBJECTIVE:By using imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction technology to measure and observe the cervical uncinate process-related angle in a large sample of different age groups,the aim is to reveal the characteristics of its changes with age and vertebral growth,as well as its relationship with cervical spine stability. METHODS:Using a retrospective research design,we collected 1 447 cases of raw CT imaging data that meet the study requirements for complete cervical spine segments.The raw data were imported into Mimics 21.0 software in DICOM format for post-processing and measurement of angle of uncinate process and sagittal angle of uncinate process.The data were grouped based on gender,age,and side. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)With the increase of vertebral sequence,the angle of uncinate process increased in a V-shaped shape,and the lowest peak was at C5.The overall population showed a sharp peak with the increase of age,and the peak value mostly occurred in the age range of 30-39 years.(2)The sagittal angle of the uncinate process increased like a fishhook with the increase of the vertebral sequence,and the overall angle of the uncinate process increased with age,and the peak value mostly occurred in the age range of 20-29 years.The uncinate process angle and sagittal angle showed only partial significant differences between sides and genders(P<0.05).(3)It is concluded that the angle of the uncinate process increased with the increase of vertebral sequence in a V-shaped manner.The sagittal angle of the uncinate process increases like a fish hook with increasing vertebral order,while the two angles generally peak with increasing age.The angle of the uncinate process is about 131°,which may be closely related to the stability of the cervical spine,while the sagittal angle of the uncinate process is about 14°,and its function may play a certain role in limiting the excessive rotation of the cervical spine.

Background::Heterotaxy (HTX) is a thoracoabdominal organ anomaly syndrome and commonly accompanied by congenital heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to analyze rare copy number variations (CNVs) in a HTX/CHD cohort and to examine the potential mechanisms contributing to HTX/CHD.Methods::Chromosome microarray analysis was used to identify rare CNVs in a cohort of 120 unrelated HTX/CHD patients, and available samples from parents were used to confirm the inheritance pattern. Potential candidate genes in CNVs region were prioritized via the DECIPHER database, and PNPLA4 was identified as the leading candidate gene. To validate, we generated PNPLA4-overexpressing human induced pluripotent stem cell lines as well as pnpla4-overexpressing zebrafish model, followed by a series of transcriptomic, biochemical and cellular analyses. Results::Seventeen rare CNVs were identified in 15 of the 120 HTX/CHD patients (12.5%). Xp22.31 duplication was one of the inherited CNVs identified in this HTX/CHD cohort, and PNPLA4 in the Xp22.31 was a candidate gene associated with HTX/CHD. PNPLA4 is expressed in the lateral plate mesoderm, which is known to be critical for left/right embryonic patterning as well as cardiomyocyte differentiation, and in the neural crest cell lineage. Through a series of in vivo and in vitro analyses at the molecular and cellular levels, we revealed that the biological function of PNPLA4 is importantly involved in the primary cilia formation and function via its regulation of energy metabolism and mitochondria-mediated ATP production. Conclusions::Our findings demonstrated a significant association between CNVs and HTX/CHD. Our data strongly suggested that an increased genetic dose of PNPLA4 due to Xp22.31 duplication is a disease-causing risk factor for HTX/CHD.

With the development of photothermal nanomaterials, photothermal therapy based on near-infrared light excitation shows great potential for the bacterial infected wound treatment. At the same time, in order to improve the photothermal antibacterial effect of wound infection and reduce the damage of high temperature and heat to healthy tissue, the targeted bacteria strategy has been gradually applied in wound photothermal therapy. In this paper, several commonly used photothermal nanomaterials as well as their targeted bacterial strategies were introduced, and then their applications in photothermal antibacterial therapy, especially in bacterial infected wounds were described. Besides, the challenges of targeted photothermal antibacterial therapy in the wound healing application were analyzed, and the development of photothermal materials with targeted antibacterial property has prospected in order to provide a new idea for wound photothermal therapy.
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology* ; Humans ; Nanostructures/therapeutic use* ; Staphylococcus aureus ; Wound Healing ; Wound Infection/therapy*

Objective:To investigate the expression levels of serum soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2(sTREM2)in patients with vascular dementia(VD)and its relationship with β-amyloid 1-42(Aβ1-42)and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase 2(Lp-PLA2), as well as its value in diagnosis and differential diagnosis.Methods:A total of 152 patients with ischemic stroke receiving routine treatment in our hospital from January 2018 to January 2020 were included and divided into a VD group(n=76)and a non-VD group(n=76)according to evaluation from subsequent visits at 3 months.General data, Mini-Mental State Examination Scale(MMSE), Hachinski Ischemic Scale(HIS)scores, and the levels of biochemical indicators were compared and analyzed for the two groups.Results:There were statistically significant differences in lesion size between the VD group and the non-VD group( P<0.05). The MMSE score in the VD group was significantly lower than that in the non-VD group.The HIS score, serum levels of sTREM2[(3.34±1.18)μg/L and(2.78±1.25)μg/L, t=2.121, P=0.036], Aβ1-42[(93.69±14.45)ng/L and(81.24±14.21)ng/L, t=4.003, P<0.001]and Lp-PLA2 levels[(58.67±14.15)μg/L and(43.18±13.86)μg/L, t=5.096, P<0.001]were significantly higher in patients with VD than in patients without VD( P<0.05). Serum sTREM2 was positively correlated with Aβ1-42( r=0.723, P<0.001)and Lp-PLA2( r=0.714, P<0.001), and Aβ1-42 was positively correlated with Lp-PLA2( r=0.698, P<0.001)in VD patients.The cut-off value, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve of serum sTREM2 for differentiating VD from non-VD were 3.96 μg/L, 81.30%, 78.40%, and 0.838, respectively. Conclusions:Serum sTREM2 is abnormally elevated in VD patients, and is significantly correlated with Aβ1-42 and LP-PLA2, thus STREM2 may be an indicator in the differential diagnosis of VD and non-VD.

Objective: To explore the association between acute stress response during the outbreak of COVID 19 and peer bullying behaviors during the normalized management of COVID 19 among middle school students, and to provide a basis for developing relevant measures for peer bullying prevention. Methods: In December 2020, a total of 2 219 students from two junior middle schools in South Anhui(Xuancheng City) and North Anhui(Huaibei City), were selected to participate in this study by using the cluster sampling method. The occurrence of verbal bullying, relational bullying, physical bullying and cyberbullying behaviors among victims and perpetrators of bullying, and self rated acute stress response during the outbreak of COVID 19 (social isolation) were investigated. Multiple Logistic regression models were conducted to explore the relationship between different levels of acute stress response during the COVID 19 outbreak and peer bullying behaviors among middle school students. Results: The reported rate of peer bullying, being bullied by others and bullying others during the COVID19 normalized management were 65.8%, 63.8% and 27.1%, respectively. The reporting rate of verbal bullying victimization was the highest (54.8%) and cyberbullying others was the lowest (4.6%). The mean score of acute stress response among middle school students during the COVID 19 outbreak was (6.50±1.67). Except for physically bullying others, the reported rate of other bullying behaviors was the highest in the high level acute stress response group ( P <0.05). Multiple Logistic regression models showed that high levels of acute stress response were associated with high risk of verbal bullying victimization ( OR =1.38), relational bullying victimization ( OR =2.28), physical bullying victimization ( OR =1.87) and cyberbullying victimization ( OR =2.30) after adjusting for related confounders. In the high level acute stress response group, verbal bullying ( OR =1.80), relational bullying ( OR =1.99), physical bullying ( OR =1.76) and cyberbullying ( OR =2.32) had higher risks of bullying others than in the low level acute stress response group ( P <0.05). Conclusion High levels of acute stress response are associated with different peer bullying behaviors, with stronger associations with cyberbullying.

With the development of magnetic materials more widely used in surgical instruments, the development of magnetic surgery technology has continuously made breakthroughs and innovations. Magnetic anchor assist technology has become an important surgical method due to its precise positioning and non-contact traction. The majority of clinical magnetic anchor system consist a target magnet in vivo and a traction magnet in vitro. The non-contact traction and anchoring of the target can be achieved through the mechanical interaction of the anchor magnet and the traction magnet. This method not only can prevent the entanglement and collision between surgical instruments, but also can provide a good surgical field of vision for the surgical area, making the surgical process safer and more efficient. In this paper, 69 articles related to the application of magnetic anchor assist technology in surgical procedures were retrieved by conducting searches in the Chinese Journal Full-text Database(CNKI), Wanfang Database, VIP Chinese Sci-tech Journal Database, PubMed and other databases. After analysis and evaluation, a total of 36 papers were screened. The research progress and application status of magnetic anchor assist technology in combination with laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, and endoscopy in surgical operations were introduced. The results show that the magnetic anchor assist technology can greatly promote the development of minimally invasive surgery, but there are still problems in the application process, such as mutual interference of magnets and instability of the magnetic force, which still need to be further studied and improved.

The hospital took the lead in the area to carry out stroke process improvement, including the accountability practice of the president, micro-videos for illness condition description, standardized language communication, CT-room thrombolysis, and interdisciplinary seamless corporation among others. The timespan from admission to thrombolysis ( door to needle time, DNT) has shortened significantly, scoring the median time of 25 minutes and the shortest of 8 minutes. The hospital is also the first in the area to initiate the program to bypass the emergency department and the thrombolytic treatment on the ambulance. Such bypass program keeps the DNT of emergency patients within 15 minutes.

Objective:To compare the effect of laparoscopic uterine isthmus cerclage and transvaginal uterine isthmus cerclage in the treatment of cervical incompetence at non pregnant condition.Methods:A total of 63 patients with cervical incompetence from May 2013 to May 2015 in our hospital were enrolled in the retrospective analysis,all the enrolled patients had naturally conceived single birth with complete data after laparoscopic uterine isthmus cerclage or transvaginal uterine isthmus cerclage and were divided into two groups according to two different surgical methods for uterine isthmus cerclage to compare the clinical effect.30 patients treated with laparoscopic uterine isthmus cerclage were,in the research group and the other 33 patients treated with transvaginal uterine isthmus cerclage were in the control group.Results:The treatment success rate of research group (96.67％) was significantly higher than that of the control group(51.52％) (P ＜ 0.05).The research group had got a longer average pregnancy period than control group (P ＜ 0.05).Postoperative abortion rate (3.33％) and preterm birth rate(10.00％) of research group were obviously lower than the control group (48.48％,30.30％)(P＜0.05).The term infant rate of research group (86.67％) was higher than control group (21.21％) (P ＜0.05).The operation time((37.27 ± 1.93 min) and hospital stay(5.17 ±0.38 d) of the research group were less than the control group(P＜0.05).The bleeding amount in surgery of research group(13.13 ±1.57ml) was significantly lower than the control group(31.61 ± 1.87 ml) (P ＜ 0.05).The complication rate of observation group was 0,and the control group was 18.18％.The difference was significant(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions:Laparoscopic uterine isthmus cerclage in treatment of cervical imcompetence at non pregnant condition has better clinical effect than transvaginal uterine isthmus cerclage.It has higher security and feasibility.It is worth clinically promoting.

Objective To explore the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and 5-methyltetrahydro-folate-homocysteine methyltransferase reductase ( MTRR ) gene polymorphisms among the Han women in Zhangjiagang city .Methods A total of 4008 Han women were recruited .Their oral epithelial cells were collected to extract genome DNA in order to detect gene polymorphisms of MTHFR and MTRR using fluorescence quantitative PCR.Then the results were compared with those in other cities in China .Results The genotype frequencies of MTHFR C677T CC, CT and TT among Zhangjiagang women are 32.2%, 49.5%and 18.3%, respectively.The C allele frequency is 64.3%, T allele frequency is 35.7%.The genotype frequencies of MTHFR A1298 C AA, AC and CC are 68.7%,28.7% and 2.5%, respectively .The A allele frequency is 80.8%, C allele frequency is 19.2%.The genotype frequencies of MTRR A66 G AA, AG and GG are 54.4%, 38.5%and 7.1%, respectively . The A allele frequency is 76.3%, G allele frequency is 26.4%.Conclusions The MTHFR, MTRR polymorphism distribution of Han women in Zhangjiagang city is region specific.

To compare the effects of laparoscopic total or subtotal hysterectomy and myomectomy on ovarian reserve by measuring the serum level of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH).A total of 96 patients with uterine fibroids underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH group,n =32),laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy (LSH group,n =31) and laparoscopic myomectomy (LM group,n =33).Changes in ovarian reserve were examined by measuring the level of AMH pre-operation and at 1 and 4 months post-operation.No significant differences existed in AMH in LM group[(1.42 ±0.65),(1.31 ±0.53) & (1.33 ±0.61) μg/L,P ＞ 0.05].The levels of AMH in both groups were significantly lower than those at pre-operation [(1.17 ± 0.11),(1.01 ±0.10),(0.48±0.54) & (1.18±0.93),(0.45 ±0.39),(0.14±0.0) μg/L,P＜0.001].The mean percentage decrease in AMH was lower in TLH group than that in LSH group at 4-month follow-up [(-37.4 ± 37.6) ％ vs.(-27.0 ± 23.0) ％,P =0.017].The results showed that LM had no effect on ovarian reserve.Both LSH and TLH had adverse effects on ovarian reserve and TLH was more marked.