BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that CT multiplanar reconstruction should be performed prior to the placement of axial pedicle screws to determine the anatomy of the C2 pedicle in each patient,to design the appropriate screw locus and diameter,and to evaluate the feasibility of screw placement to reduce the incidence of surgery-related complications. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of axis pedicle screw placement by morphologic classification of pediculoisthmic component with CT multiplanar reconstruction. METHODS:The CT data of 200 patients(400 axial pedicle screws)with cervical spine were retrospectively studied by using Siemens Syngo.Via software.According to the direction of the axis of the pedicle,the CT multiplanar reconstruction positioning line was adjusted to reconstruct the sectional image of the narrowest part of the pediculoisthmic component.According to its morphological characteristics,the narrowest part of the pediculoisthmic component was divided into three types:type 1,"hook"type:Type 1a outer diameter width(a1)>0.4 cm,type 1b outer diameter width(a1)≤0.4 cm;type 2,"like circle/ellipse"type;type 3,"horizontal ellipse"type.The outer diameter width of the narrowest part of pediculoisthmic component(d1),medullary cavity width(d2),outer diameter height(a1),and medullary cavity height(a2)were compared among the three types,and the feasibility of pedicle screw placement of the three types was evaluated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)A total of 400 axial pedicles included 269 cases of type 1,130 cases of type 2,and 1 case of type 3.(2)The mean external diameter height between types 1 and 2 was not significantly different(P>0.05).The mean medullary cavity height,mean outer diameter widths,and mean medullary cavity width were significantly different(P<0.001).There were 42 cases(15.6%)of type 1 and 0 cases(0.00%)of type 2 with mean external diameter width≤0.4 cm,and the difference was significant(P<0.001).There was only one case of type 3,whose external diameter height,medullary cavity height,outer diameter width and medullary cavity width were 1.20 cm,0.84 cm,0.64 cm and 0.31 cm,respectively.(3)These results confirm that axial pedicle screws can be safely inserted in patients with types 1a,2 and 3,which requires no further measurement and assessment.Pedicle screw insertion should be performed with caution in type 1b patients.Therefore,in type 1 patients,the width of the narrowest outer diameter of the pediculoisthmic component should be further measured to evaluate the feasibility of axial pedicle screw placement.

Objective:To screen differential proteins in the serum of workers with rare earth samarium oxide pneumoconiosis, in order to provide new ideas for finding its early diagnostic biomarkers.Methods:In April 2019, three male workers diagnosed with samarium oxide pneumoconiosis at a rare earth factory in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were selected as the observation group, and three male workers who were not exposed to dust were selected as the control group. The serum was sequenced using the Label-free proteomic method to screen for differentially expressed proteins, followed by cluster of orthologous groups of proteins (COG) annotation, gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis, and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis. The interaction gene library retrieval tool database and Cytoscape 3.9.1 software were used to draw protein-protein interaction networks. CytoHubba plugin was used to screen for differentially expressed proteins with high scores, and real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT/q-PCR) was used to validate the proteomic sequencing results.Results:A total of 45 up-regulated differentially expressed proteins and 5 down-regulated differentially expressed proteins were screened out in the serum of workers with rare earth samarium oxide pneumoconiosis. In the COG functional classification, post-translational modifications, protein turnover, and chaperones were the most numerous. GO enrichment included 25 entries for biological processes such as complement activation (classical pathways), 15 entries for cellular components such as extracellular recombinants, and 10 entries for molecular functions such as protein binding. The pathways identified by KEGG enrichment analysis mainly included infectious diseases, immune system, signal transduction, and immune related diseases. The top 10 scoring proteins were haptoglobin, complement C1r subcomponent, complement C1s subcomponent, apolipoprotein C-Ⅲ, apolipoprotein A-Ⅱ, prothrombin, afamin, complement component C8 gamma chain, complement component C6, complement component C7. The RT/q-PCR validation results showed that the mRNA expression levels of haptoglobin, prothrombin and complement C1s subcomponent in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusion:Ten differentially expressed proteins in the serum of workers with rare earth samarium oxide pneumoconiosis are screened, which provides a good idea for the screening of biomarkers for early diagnosis of samarium oxide pneumoconiosis.

Objective:To screen differential proteins in the serum of workers with rare earth samarium oxide pneumoconiosis, in order to provide new ideas for finding its early diagnostic biomarkers.Methods:In April 2019, three male workers diagnosed with samarium oxide pneumoconiosis at a rare earth factory in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were selected as the observation group, and three male workers who were not exposed to dust were selected as the control group. The serum was sequenced using the Label-free proteomic method to screen for differentially expressed proteins, followed by cluster of orthologous groups of proteins (COG) annotation, gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis, and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis. The interaction gene library retrieval tool database and Cytoscape 3.9.1 software were used to draw protein-protein interaction networks. CytoHubba plugin was used to screen for differentially expressed proteins with high scores, and real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT/q-PCR) was used to validate the proteomic sequencing results.Results:A total of 45 up-regulated differentially expressed proteins and 5 down-regulated differentially expressed proteins were screened out in the serum of workers with rare earth samarium oxide pneumoconiosis. In the COG functional classification, post-translational modifications, protein turnover, and chaperones were the most numerous. GO enrichment included 25 entries for biological processes such as complement activation (classical pathways), 15 entries for cellular components such as extracellular recombinants, and 10 entries for molecular functions such as protein binding. The pathways identified by KEGG enrichment analysis mainly included infectious diseases, immune system, signal transduction, and immune related diseases. The top 10 scoring proteins were haptoglobin, complement C1r subcomponent, complement C1s subcomponent, apolipoprotein C-Ⅲ, apolipoprotein A-Ⅱ, prothrombin, afamin, complement component C8 gamma chain, complement component C6, complement component C7. The RT/q-PCR validation results showed that the mRNA expression levels of haptoglobin, prothrombin and complement C1s subcomponent in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusion:Ten differentially expressed proteins in the serum of workers with rare earth samarium oxide pneumoconiosis are screened, which provides a good idea for the screening of biomarkers for early diagnosis of samarium oxide pneumoconiosis.

Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide.Ginsenoside Rk3,an important and rare saponin in heat-treated ginseng,is generated from Rg1 and has a smaller mo-lecular weight.However,the anti-HCC efficacy and mechanisms of ginsenoside Rk3 have not yet been characterized.Here,we investigated the mechanism by which ginsenoside Rk3,a tetracyclic triterpenoid rare ginsenoside,inhibits the growth of HCC.We first explored the possible potential targets of Rk3 through network pharmacology.Both in vitro(HepG2 and HCC-LM3 cells)and in vivo(primary liver cancer mice and HCC-LM3 subcutaneous tumor-bearing mice)studies revealed that Rk3 significantly inhibits the proliferation of HCC.Meanwhile,Rk3 blocked the cell cycle in HCC at the G1 phase and induced autophagy and apoptosis in HCC.Further proteomics and siRNA experiments showed that Rk3 regulates the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3K)/protein kinase B(AKT)pathway to inhibit HCC growth,which was validated by molecular docking and surface plasmon resonance.In conclusion,we report the discovery that ginsenoside Rk3 binds to PI3K/AKT and promotes autophagy and apoptosis in HCC.Our data strongly support the translation of ginsenoside Rk3 into novel PI3K/AKT-targeting ther-apeutics for HCC treatment with low toxic side effects.

【Objective】 To investigate the impact of ABO blood group compatibility and incompatibility(major /minor/bidirectional incompatibility) on the outcomes of patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(allo-HSCT), and to provide evidences for optimizing the transplantation program. 【Methods】 From January 2014 to June 2018, we retrospectively reviewed the clinical courses of 18 recipients of allo-HSCT from ABO-compatible donors and 52 from ABO-incompatible donors at our hospital. The implantation time of granulocyte/erythrocyte/megakaryoblast, RBC/platelet transfusions within 3 months posttransplantation, the initiating and completion time of ABO blood group conversion(for ABO-compatible donors only) were analyzed and compared among the ABO-incompatible and ABO-compatible donors as such variables including demographic data, donor and patient relationship, diagnosis of disease, bone marrow hematopoietic function prior to transplantation, HLA matching were not significant different. 【Results】 For 18 recipients of allo-HSCT from ABO-compatible donors, the implantation time of granulocyte, erythrocyte, megakaryoblast was 12.0(11.0~16.3), 41.5 (35.0~49.0) and 19.0(16.0~22.5)days, respectively. For 52 recipients of allo-HSCT from ABO-incompatible donors, the ABO blood group conversion was initiated at 28.0(22.5~44.0)days posttransplantation and completed at 105.5(85.0~141.8)days. In the ABO-compatible group, the time of erythrocyte implantation was shortened(P<0.05), and less RBC /platelet transfusions were required as compared with the ABO major and bidirectional incompatible group, except for the time of granulocyte and megakaryoblast implantation(P>0.05), no significant difference was observed between these two variables. The blood group conversion time, implantation time of granulocyte/erythrocyte/megakaryoblast, and RBC /platelet transfusions among ABO major, minor and bidirectional incompatible groups were not significant different (P>0.05). 【Conclusion】 ABO-compatiblity enjoys priority in allo-HSCT. ABO-incompatiblity can be chosen in the order of minor, major and bidirectional incompatibility in the absence of ABO-compatiblity.

Quality control of biotech drugs has attracted increasing attentions in recent years. Deamidation reaction is one of the major concerns in quality control of biotech drugs, due to the generation of isoaspartic acid(isoAsp) . This paper describes the deamidation of asparagine(Asn) residues and its effects on the biological drugs. The detection methods currently used in China and overeas for this reaction, including pretreatment protocols and instrumental analysis were described. The identification and determination of isoaspartyl sites were also described in detail, along with the positive impact on the development of biotech drugs in China by the studies on deamidation reactions.

Objective To analyze the composing principles of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescriptions for eczema by data mining methods.Methods The CNKI,VIP,Wanfang and SinoMed from inception to the December 31st 2016 were searched,which were collected into the traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support system (TCMISS) and analyzed by data mining methods,which included frequency analysis,Cluster Analysis and correlation rules.Results Based on the analysis of 51 cases of TCM prescriptions reported in literatures,16 herbs (frequency≥8) were found frequently used.And the results showed that 22 combination herbs (supporting coefficient=8),4 association rules (supporting coefficient=8 and confidence coefficient=0.8),7 core combinations and 1 new TCM prescription were found.Conclusions The TCM prescriptions for eczema are mainly composed of herbs with heat-clearing effect,especially with damp-drying effect,supplemented by herbs with blood-nourishing,blood-cooling and rheumatism effects.

Objective To analysis the related influencing factors and explore the approach of improving the effect of platelet transfusion through compared the posttransfusion effect of matched-type with random platelet transfusion.Methods Analysis the results of platelet antibody screening test and matched-type test in our hospital′s inpatients during July 2013 to June 2014,who applied for platelet transfusion.The influence of sex,blood transfusion history,pregnant history on the antibody were analyzed.The factors of sex,times of blood transfusion,pregnant times,platelet component sorts,storage time,combined with other components,platelet antibody (positive or negative) and transfusion matched-type platelet on the effect of platelet transfusion were analyzed.Application in our clinical blood transfusion intelligent management and evaluation system to evaluate the effect of platelet transfusion.Results Totally 812 patients′ platelet antibody were screened.Then we randomly selected 87 antibody positive inpatients were selected and 1 247 U plateletswere transfused,which including matched-type platelet transfusion for antibody screening positive patients,random platelet transfusion for antibody screening positive patients,random platelet transfusion for antibody screening negative patients,there were statistical difference (P<0.05).With Logistics regresion analysis,the history of blood transfusion was an independent risk factor for platelet antibody production (P<0.05,OR=13.104,95%CI:7.784-22.061).Sex (P<0.05,OR=1.629,95%CI:1.236-2.148),transfusion times,different platelet component sorts (leukocyte-reduced platelets aphaeresis and irradiation leukocyte-reduced platelets aphaeresis),different storage time,transfusion combined with other components (RBC)(P<0.05,OR=2.464,95%CI:1.053-5.765),transfusion matched-type platelet(P<0.05,OR=0.576,95%CI:0.389-0.854) were the risk factors for platelet transfusion.Conclusion Matched-type test should be done to improve efficiency when the platelet antibody screening were positive.Sex,times of blood transfusion,platelet component sorts,storage time,combine with other components,transfusion matched-type platelet couldinfluence the effect of platelet transfusion.

Objective To investigate the expression of advanced glycation end products(AGEs)in a rat model of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)induced by dehydroepiandrosterone. Methods The PCOS rat model was established using dehydroepiandrosterone . After confirming that the model rats were set up successfully,serum AGEs concentrations were measured using competitive ELISA and the expression of AGEs in the ovarian tissues of these rats was detected using immunohistochemistry. Results The serum AGEs level in the experimental group were signifi?cantly higher than that in the control group(P<0.05). Furthermore,AGEs expression were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group(P<0.01). Conclusion AGEs are highly expressed in the rat PCOS model,signifying their importance in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of PCOS.

Objective To investigate the expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and soluble RAGE (sRAGE) in a rat model of dehydroepiandrosterone-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to explore the role of sRAGE in ovarian function.Methods The PCOS rat model was established using dehydroepiandrosterone in combination with a high-fat diet.In animals with confirmed PCOS induction,serum concentrations of sRAGE and AMH were measured by competitive ELISA,and RAGE expression in ovarian tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry.Results RAGE expression was significantly higher in the PCOS group than in the control group (P ＜ 0.01).Serum concentrations of sRAGE and AMH were significantly lower and higher than those in the control group (P ＜ 0.05),respectively.Furthermore,sRAGE level was negatively correlated to that of AMH.Conclusion RAGE and sRAGE levels influence ovarian function and have substantial reference value in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of PCOS.