Objective:To investigate the myocardial protective effect of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) combined with sulfur hexafluoride microbubble post-conditioning on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MI/RI) in rats, and to provide theoretical support for clinical treatment of MI/RI.Methods:A total of 32 male SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: sham operation group (Sham group), MI/RI group (IR group), CSWT group (IR+ SW group), and CSWT combined with sulfur hexafluoride microbubble treatment group (IR+ SW+ MB group), with 8 rats in each group. Therapeutic intervention was performed in IR+ SW group and IR+ SW+ MB group on the 1st, 3rd and 5th day after modeling. The left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS) of the rats were measured by echocardiography before and after treatment. On the 7th day, myocardial fibrosis was assessed by Masson staining, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis was observed by TUNEL staining. The myocardial apoptotic proteins Bcl-2, BAX, Cleaved-Caspase-3 and Cleaved-Caspase-9 in the infarct boundary area were detected by Western blot. The differences of the above indexes among different groups were compared.Results:①There was no significant change in heart rhythm and heart rate among the groups before and after treatment, and there was no significant difference in heart rate ( P>0.05). ②The echocardiographic results after treatment showed that, compared with IR group, LVEDD and LVESD in IR+ SW group and IR+ SW+ MB group decreased in turn, while LVEF and LVFS increased in turn with significant differences between each two groups (all P<0.05). ③Compared with IR group, the degrees of myocardial fibrosis and apoptosis in IR+ SW group and IR+ SW+ MB group were alleviated in turn, and the relief in IR+ SW+ MB group was the most obvious. Quantitative analysis showed that compared with IR group, the proportions of cardiomyocyte apoptosis in IR+ SW group and IR+ SW+ MB group decreased in turn, and there were significant differences between each two groups (all P<0.05). ④The results of Western blot detection showed that compared with IR group, the levels of Bcl-2 in IR+ SW group and IR+ SW+ MB group increased in turn, while the levels of BAX and the activation level of Caspase-3 and Caspase-9 protein decreased in turn. These differences were all statistically significant between each two groups (all P<0.05) except for the activation level of Caspase-3 protein between IR+ SW group and IR+ SW+ MB group ( P>0.05). Conclusions:CSWT combined with sulfur hexafluoride microbubble therapy can improve left ventricular remodeling and left ventricular systolic function by inhibiting cardiomyocyte apoptosis.

Objective: To understand the social adaptation in the association between attitude towards parents with academic anxiety among middle school students in Chongqing, so as to provide a basis and thinking method for theoretical framework of family education and youth development. Methods: Convenient and clustering sampling method was used to select 34 097 middle school students aged 13-18 years during September to November 2023. All the participants were investigated with self designed questionnaire, Social Adaptability Scale and Mental Health Test. The mediating effect of social adaptability in the relationship between students attitudes towards their parents academic anxiety was evaluated by using Logistic regression analysis and structural equation model. Results: The proportion of high school students in Chongqing with academic anxiety was 48.80%. Academic anxiety differed significantly by sex, academic grade, attitude towards parents, and social adaptability ( χ 2=948.45, 173.92, 537.51, 4 770.04, P < 0.01). The results of Logistic regression analysis showed that positive attitudes towards parents were positively correlated with moderate academic anxiety ( OR=1.13, 95%CI =1.08-1.18) and high academic anxiety ( OR=1.14, 95%CI =1.09-1.19) ( P < 0.05 ). The results of the mediation effect analysis showed that positive attitude of middle school students towards their parents negatively predicted academic anxiety ( β= -0.12 , P <0.01), but when social adaptation ability was used as a control variable, the original negative relationship between the positive attitude towards parents and academic anxiety of middle school students changed ( β=0.02, P <0.01), and social adaptation ability played a masking effect in the relationship. The social adaptation ability of middle school students played a mediating role in the relationship between their positive attitudes towards their parents and academic anxiety, with a mediating effect of -0.63. Conclusions The attitude of middle school students towards their parents will directly affect academic anxiety, and also have an indirect impact on academic anxiety through social adaptability, but there is a cover effect. Pay more attention to family education and actively focus on students social adaptability can contribute to improve the mental health level of adolescents.

Objective:To investigate the pathway of self-disclosure to posttraumatic growth in patients after cervical cancer surgery, and to provide reference for improving the level of posttraumatic growth in patients.Methods:A convenient sampling method was used to investigate 300 patients with cervical cancer after surgery in Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University from June to November 2022 by using general data questionnaire, Distress Disclosure Index (DDI), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Shortened Chinese Version of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS-C) and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) in a cross-section study.Results:A total of 290 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective recovery rate of 96.7%. The patients were aged 23-70(48.13 ± 10.39) years. The scores of self-disclosure, resilience, family resilience and posttraumatic growth were (46.41 ± 9.82), (67.06 ± 14.63), (108.18 ± 11.06) and (58.24 ± 17.86) respectively. The results of pathway analysis showed that self-disclosure could not only directly predict posttraumatic growth, but also indirectly predict posttraumatic growth through the mediating role of resilience and family resilience, and the chain mediating role of resilience and family resilience, respectively. The direct effect of self-disclosure on posttraumatic growth was 0.236(95% CI 0.138-0.335), and the chain mediating effect of family resilience and resilience between self-disclosure and posttraumatic growth was 0.036(95% CI 0.018-0.060). Conclusions:Medical staff should not only consider the direct influence of self-disclosure on posttraumatic growth, but also pay attention to improve the resilience and family flexibility of patients after cervical cancer surgery, so as to promote their posttraumatic growth.

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a radical treatment for oropharyngeal carcinoma. The 5-year overall survival (OS) is approximately 60%, and 80% for human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal carcinoma patients. Late toxicities after IMRT, including xerostomia, dysphagia, hypothyroidism, trismus, osteoradionecrosis and caries, and lower cranial neuropathy, seriously affect the quality of life of long-term survivors. The research on treatment de-intensification for HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer has been widely carried out at home and abroad, but there is little research focusing on late toxicity. In this article, related research progress in the incidence, treatment, prediction of late toxicity after IMRT was reviewed, aiming to provide reference for research on radiation-induced injury in de-intensification therapy research, thereby further optimizing comprehensive treatment strategies.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 532-nm picosecond laser in the treatment of early-stage facial seborrheic keratosis.Methods:A total of 95 patients with early-stage facial seborrheic keratosis were prospectively enrolled from the Department of Dermatology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University between December 2020 and September 2022. All the patients received a session of 532-nm picosecond laser treatment, and were followed up for 6 months. A 4-point scale was used to evaluate the overall improvement of skin lesions for assessing the clinical efficacy. A VISIA skin detector was used to quantitatively determine the characteristic counts, absolute scores, and percentiles of brown spots before and after treatment, and the paired sample t-test was used to compare the quantitative indicators of brown spots before and after treatment. The patients′ pain grades were evaluated, and adverse reactions were recorded. Results:All the 95 patients with early-stage facial seborrheic keratosis received a session of 532-nm picosecond laser treatment, and completed a 6-month follow-up. All the patients achieved over 25% regression of skin lesions in the treatment area, of whom 10 received mild improvement, 17 received favorable improvement, and 68 received marked improvement, with the response rate being 89.47% (85/95). The examination with the VISIA skin detector showed that the characteristic counts (195.19 ± 51.06) and absolute scores (28.80 ± 6.20 points) of brown spots significantly decreased, while the percentiles of brown spots (38.48% ± 10.80%) significantly increased at 6 months after treatment compared with the corresponding baseline indicators (211.48 ± 50.94, 35.16 ± 6.84 points, 30.61% ± 10.27%, t = 12.73, 16.90, -15.73, respectively, all P < 0.001). All the patients experienced varying degrees of pain during the treatment, with the pain scores being 2 - 6 (3.64 ± 1.67) points, but all of them could tolerate the pain and completed the treatment. Temporary postinflammatory hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation occurred in 9 (9.47%) and 4 (4.21%) patients respectively, and the skin color restored to normal during the 6-month follow-up. Conclusion:The 532-nm picosecond laser was safe and effective for the treatment of early-stage facial seborrheic keratosis.

Objective:To investigate the relationship between the inflammatory cytokines level in the plasma of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients before radiotherapy and acute radiotherapy adverse reactions, and to establish a preliminary model for predicting the risk of severe acute adverse reactions during radiotherapy.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 85 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients who received radical radiotherapy in Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from May 2016 to March 2019 were retrospectively collected. The highest grade adverse reactions of radiation oral mucositis, radiation dermatitis and xerostomia during radiotherapy were evaluated according to the American Cancer Radiotherapy Collaboration (RTOG) acute radiation injury evaluation criteria, and the above adverse reactions ≥ grade 3 were treated as the severity. Olink proteomics technology was used to detect the level of 92 inflammatory cytokines (the standardized protein expression values) in the plasma of patients before radiotherapy for the first time. Single factor analysis of variance and independent sample t-test were used to analyze the relationship between inflammatory cytokines and clinical factors, as well as acute adverse reactions during radiotherapy. Based on inflammatory cytokines and/or the clinical factors, binary logistic regression was used to construct a predictive model for the risk of severe acute radiotherapy adverse reactions. Whether the most severe adverse reactions assessed by the American RTOG acute radiation injury evaluation criteria during radiotherapy were severe or not were taken as the gold standard. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the effectiveness of the established models for judging the severe acute adverse reactions. Results:Among the 85 patients, 68 were males and 17 were females, with the median age [ M ( Q1, Q3)] of 49 years (43 years, 60 years). All patients received radical radiotherapy, of which 64 cases were treated with combination chemotherapy or targeted therapy. A total of 19 cases (22.1%) experienced severe acute radiotherapy adverse reactions. There were statistically significant differences in the levels of interleukin (IL)-22 receptor A1 (IL-22RA1), IL-18 receptor 1(IL-18R1), eotaxin-1 (CCL11), tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 14 (TNFSF14), FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3L), and monocyte chemotactic protein 2 (MCP-2) in the plasma of patients with grade 1, 2, 3 acute radiation oral mucositis before radiotherapy; there were statistically significant differences in the levels of CD244 (all P < 0.05); there were statistically significant differences in the levels of CD244, CC chemokines ligand 20 (CCL20), leukemia inhibitory factor ligand (LIF-R) and IL-4 in the plasma of patients with grade 1, 2, 3 acute radiation dermatitis before radiotherapy (all P < 0.05); there were statistically significant differences in the levels of IL-12B, CXC chemokines ligand 11 (CCL11), LIF-R and IL-33 in the plasma between patients with grade 1 and grade 2 xerostomia before radiotherapy (all P<0.05). The result of single factor analysis of variance showed that the clinical factors were not associated with severe acute radiation adverse reactions (all P > 0.05). Binary logistic regression model M1 was established by selecting 6 clinical factors including age, T staging, N staging, clinical staging, whether to receive chemotherapy or not and whether to suffer from diabetes or not in the literatures. Based on cytokine function and previous literatures, the binary logistic regression model M2 was established by selecting IL-22RA1, IL-18R1, MCP-2, CCL11, CD244, CCL20 and IL-33 from the differential cytokines. A binary logistic regression model M3 was established by combining the above clinical factors with cytokines. The ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve of the M1, M2, M3 predictive models for judging the severe acute radiation adverse reactions was 0.781, 0.841, 0.868, respectively. Conclusions:There were differences in the expression levels of various inflammatory cytokines in plasma before radiotherapy among patients with different grades of acute radiotherapy adverse reactions. Building the models based on plasma inflammatory cytokine levels combined with clinical factors before the first radiotherapy could effectively predict the risk of severe acute radiotherapy adverse reactions in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Objective:To prepare recombinant protein of group 36 allergen of Dermatophagoides farinae(Der f 36),to deter-mine its immunogenicity and bioinformatics analysis was performed.Methods:Nucleic acid sequence coding for Der f 36 was obtained and artificially synthesized,pET-28a(+)was inserted to construct pET-28a(+)-Der f 36 plasmid and transformed into BL21(DE3)receptor cells.After expressed and purified in BL21(DE3),recombinant allergen rDer f 36 was obtained,recombinant protein rDer f 36 was identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blot.Serum IgE binding rates of rDer f 36 was determined by IgE-ELISA.Cross-reactivity between rDer f 36 and rDer p 36 was detected by IgE-ELISA inhibition assay.HNEpC cells were cultured with rDer f 36 for 24 h and cytokines were detected.Bioinformatics softwares were used to analyze physicochemical properties and structures of Der f 36 and Der p 36.Results:Coding gene for Der f 36 was obtained with a total length of 690 bp,whose molecular weight was 25.6 kD;serum IgE binding rate of rDer f 36 was 42.1%by IgE-ELISA;IgE-ELISA inhibition assay showed that rDer p 36 had 40%(8/20)inhibition rate(>50%)for rDer f 36,with an average inhibition rate of 52.98%.Compared with control group,HNEpC cells cultured with rDer f 36 showed that IL-6,IL-8,IL-33,IL-25 and TSLP expressions had increased;bioinformatics analyses show that sequence consistency of Der f 36 and Der p 36 was 77.63%,with similar physicochemical properties.Secondary structure analysis showed that both of them contained α helix,β-turn and random coils,and content of random coils was the highest;structure of C2 domains was also highly overlapping(RMSD=0.046).Conclusion:Recombinant allergen rDer f 36 is successfully prepared with good immunogenicity,laying foundation for diagnosis and treatment of dust mite allergen single component.High similarity in physical and chemical properties,secondary structure,and tertiary structure between Der f 36 and Der p 36 determines their cross reactivity.

Objective:To prepare recombinant protein of group 27 allergen of Dermatophagoides farinae(Der f 27),and to determine its immunoactivity.Methods:pET-28a(+)-Der f 27 plasmid was constructed and inserted into E.coli BL21(DE3)cells.After being expressed and purified,recombinant allergen rDer f 27 was obtained.IgE binding rates of rDer f 27 with sera from patients with allergic rhinitis induced by Dermatophagoides farinae was determined by ELISA and Western blot.PBMC from patients with allergic rhinitis and BESA-2B cells were cultured with rDer f 27 for 24 h,respectively,and cytokine expression was measured.Bioinformatics softwares were used to analyze physicochemical properties and structures of Der f 27.Results:pET-28a(+)-Der f 27 plasmids were prepared successfully and transformed into BL21(DE3)cells.After expressed and purified with PTG,SDS-PAGE and Western blot identified a band about 48 kD.IgE binding rates of rDer f 27 were 39.5%and 45.5%with sera from patients with allergic rhinitis allergic to Dermatophagoides farinae by IgE-ELISA and IgE-Western blot,respectively.Compared with control group,IL-6 and IL-8 expressions were increased in PBMC from patients with allergic rhinitis being cultured with rDer f 27(P<0.05);expressions of IL-10 and TGF-β were decreased in BESA-2B cells being cultured with rDer f 27,while IL-17A and IL-23A expressions were increased.Bioinformatics analysis showed that Der f 27 belong to serine protease inhibitor family and had universal structure and func-tion of this family.Secondary structure of Der f 27 was mainly composed of α-helix(42.62%)and random coil(35.60%).Conclusion:Recombinant allergen rDer f 27 has been prepared successfully with good immunoreactivity and immunogenicity,becoming one of important allergens of allergic rhinitis.

Objective: To investigate the current situation of using virtual simulation technology in undergraduate schools of stomatology in China, analyze the problems and put forward corresponding improvement suggestions. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted among 672 teachers and 3 849 students in undergraduate schools of stomatology in China. Results : 25.81% of all participants had took part in dental virtual simulation courses, and 37.80% of the participants from “Double First-Class” universities had participated in dental virtual simulation courses. 92.12% of the virtual simulation courses were established for undergraduates. "Traditional course + virtual simulation model demonstration" is the main teaching form of virtual simulation courses. Most of the participants were satisfied with the virtual simulation courses offered by their schools. At present, there are also some deficiencies in the virtual simulation courses, such as lack of teaching resources, insufficient interaction and simulation. Conclusion There is difference in the application of virtual simulation technology in undergraduate schools of stomatology in China. The virtual simulation technology is more widely used in "Double First-Class" universities than in ordinary universities. Undergraduates are the main teaching objects of virtual simulation courses. Stomatological schools in China should pay attention to the development and utilization of virtual simulation curriculum resources by cooperation, enrich the form of virtual simulation courses and strengthen the promotion and application of virtual simulation technology in stomatological education.

Objective:To improve the longevity genetic research study design by applying self-organizing maps to select a control group for longevity study.Methods:This study included the Han population aged 90 years and above or less than 80 years who have died (control group) from the natural population-based cohort formed by the fusion of the Chinese Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors Surveillance in 2013 and the China Death Surveillance System. The subjects who died of injury, infectious diseases, parasitic diseases, and malignant tumors were excluded. The self-organizing maps method, with multiple iterations and self-organizing clustering, was used to select similar factors among the population aged 90 years and above and the control group, including demographic characteristics, diseases, living habits, social behaviors, and mental and psychological factors. The study used PLINK 1.9 software to evaluate the quality of whole genome sequencing and to conduct logistic regression of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and longevity on autosomes. Q-Q plots were used to visualize the P value associated with SNPs and longevity. Results:There were 1 019 samples selected from the baseline of 177 099 survey participants for genome sequencing, including 517 in the longevity group and 502 in the control group. The longevity and the control groups are generally similar in smoking, drinking, diet, sleep duration, blood lipid level, and self-assessment oral health status but differ significantly in socio-economic status, physical activity time, BMI, and self-assessment health status. The whole genome sequencing results were controlled, and 4 618 216 SNPs were involved in association analysis. The Q-Q plot of longevity-related SNPs analysis results showed that the enrichment of P value 1e-4 was significantly lower than the expected P value, and significant signals were also detected among P<1e-7 regions. Conclusions:The self-organizing maps can comprehensively consider the influence of socioeconomic and behavioral risk factors and select longevity control samples among samples with actual age and cause of death in a large-scale natural population cohort to improve the efficiency of longevity genome association analysis. This study provides a methodological reference for nested case-control study sample selection from the large-scale natural population cohort.