颈内动脉 Y 形分叉处双支架并联取栓术的有限元模拟

目的 利用有限元方法模拟单、双支架在理想颈内动脉Y形分叉处血管取栓过程,依据仿真结果分析取栓过程中支架-血栓-血管相互作用,为改善分叉处支架取栓效果提供指导。方法 利用CAD软件建立模型,利用有限元分析软件模拟单、双支架取栓过程。结果 单支架模型取栓失败,双支架模型取栓成功,并且取栓过程中血栓的最大应力是单支架的2倍,最大应变是单支架的1.12倍,血管壁表面的最大接触压强大约是单支架的2倍。结论 Solitaire双支架能够有效防止分叉处血栓移位并且成功取出血栓,但血栓中段应力水平较高存在断裂风险;取栓过程中前动脉侧血管接触压强更大,血管壁损伤风险更大。因此,有必要优化取栓支架的设计以提高其柔顺性。     

抗病毒治疗HIV感染者血脂变化轨迹特征及影响因素分析

目的 分析抗病毒治疗HIV感染者血脂变化轨迹特征及其影响因素。方法 基于回顾性队列研究设计,以浙江省台州市2004年1月至2021年4月抗病毒治疗HIV感染者为研究对象,运用χ²检验分析研究对象社会人口学特征和基线指标情况,应用潜在类别混合模型描述研究对象接受抗病毒治疗后血脂变化轨迹,采用多因素logistic回归分析血脂变化轨迹的影响因素。采用R 3.5.0.软件LCMM软件包进行统计学分析。结果 2 079例HIV感染者中,年龄M（Q₁,Q₃）为31（43,55）岁,以男性（78.1%,1 623/2 079）和已婚（58.7%,1 221/2 079）为主,BMI≥24.0 kg/m²占18.9%（393/2 079）,异性性传播途径占67.7%（1 407/2 079）。血脂变化轨迹分为3种：倒U形（2.3%,48/2 079）、进展型（31.3%,650/2 079）和一般轨迹（U形）（66.4%,1 381/2 079）,倒U形和进展型确定为危险轨迹（33.6%）。多因素logistic回归分析结果显示,相比于抗病毒治疗方案为齐多夫定-替诺福韦-依非韦伦（3TC- TDF-EFV）、基线TC水平<5.2 mmol/L、基线TG水平<1.7 mmol/L、BMI为18.5~23.9 kg/m²、基线CD4⁺T淋巴细胞（CD4）计数<200个/μl和抗病毒治疗时间<5年者,抗病毒治疗方案一直使用齐多夫定-拉米夫定-依非韦伦（3TC-AZT-EFV）（aOR=1.99,95%CI：1.44~2.77）和更换为克力芝（LPV/r）（aOR=3.17,95%CI：2.00~5.01）、基线TC水平分别为5.2~6.1 mmol/L（aOR=2.55,95%CI：1.92~3.39）和≥6.2 mmol/L（aOR=5.89,95%CI：3.76~9.25）、基线TG水平分别为1.7~2.2 mmol/L（aOR=2.00,95%CI：1.53~2.62）和≥2.3 mmol/L（aOR=6.51,95%CI：4.97~8.54）、BMI为≥24.0 kg/m²（aOR=1.44,95%CI：1.11~1.88）的HIV感染者较容易出现血脂变化的危险轨迹。而BMI为<18.5 kg/m²（aOR=0.55,95%CI：0.35~0.86）、基线CD4计数为200~349个/μl（aOR=0.67,95%CI：0.52~0.87）和≥350个/μl（aOR=0.71,95%CI：0.54~0.94）、抗病毒治疗时长为5~9年（aOR=0.74,95%CI：0.56~0.99）和≥10年（aOR=0.53,95%CI：0.22~0.67）的HIV感染者较不容易出现血脂变化的危险轨迹。结论 部分HIV感染者抗病毒治疗后的血脂变化呈危险轨迹状态,与AZT和LPV/r等特定抗病毒药物使用、抗病毒治疗时长、基线CD4计数、TC、TG和BMI显著关联,建议HIV感染者开始抗病毒治疗阶段的同时,加强血脂监测并采取针对性干预措施。     

Development of neural connections between visual cortex and transplanted lateral geniculate nucleus in rats

The development of neural connections between transplanted lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and host visual cortex (VC) was studied in slice preparations obtained from rat brain in which a fetal (embryonic day 15–17) rat LGN was transplanted to the white matter underlying the VC of a neonate rat (postnatal day 0–1). Placing a fluorescent dye (DiI) in the transplant of the fixed slices revealed that retrogradely labeled cortical cells projecting to the transplant were broadly distributed through layers II to VI at 1 week after transplantation. Three weeks after transplantation, these cells were virtually confined to layer VI. Likewise, anterograde labeling showed that cells in the transplant sent axons up to layer I with a few branches at 1 week after transplantation, while the axons were found to terminate at layer IV with many arborizations at 3 weeks after transplantation. These observations were supported by electrophysiological studies. Analysis of the antidromic responses of the cortical cells to stimulation of the transplant showed that the efferent cells projecting to the transplant were broadly distributed in layers II–VI at 1 week after transplantation, while they were virtually restricted to layer VI at 3 weeks after transplantation. Current source-density analysis of the field potentials and intracellular analysis of the synaptic potentials in the cortical cells demonstrated that geniculocortical connections were broadly established in layers II–VI at 1 week after transplantation, and were localized to layer IV and VI at 3 weeks after transplantation. These results suggest that the development of neural connections between transplanted LGN and host VC is characterized by an initial broad distribution of afferent and efferent connections without laminar specificity, and by later selection of appropriate connections to yield lamina-specific connections comparable to those in normal adult VC.     

A research agenda for ageing in China in the 21st century (2nd edition): Focusing on basic and translational research,long-term care,policy and social networks

One of the key issues facing public healthcare is the global trend of an increasingly ageing society which continues to present policy makers and caregivers with formidable healthcare and socio-economic challenges. Ageing is the primary contributor to a broad spectrum of chronic disorders all associated with a lower quality of life in the elderly. In 2019, the Chinese population constituted 18 % of the world population, with 164.5 million Chinese citizens aged 65 and above (65+), and 26 million aged 80 or above (80+). China has become an ageing society, and as it continues to age it will continue to exacerbate the burden borne by current family and public healthcare systems. Major healthcare challenges involved with caring for the elderly in China include the management of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs), physical frailty, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, with emerging challenges such as providing sufficient dental care, combating the rising prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases among nursing home communities, providing support for increased incidences of immune diseases, and the growing necessity to provide palliative care for the elderly. At the governmental level, it is necessary to make long-term strategic plans to respond to the pressures of an ageing society, especially to establish a nationwide, affordable, annual health check system to facilitate early diagnosis and provide access to affordable treatments. China has begun work on several activities to address these issues including the recent completion of the of the Ten-year Health-Care Reform project, the implementation of the Healthy China 2030 Action Plan, and the opening of the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders. There are also societal challenges, namely the shift from an extended family system in which the younger provide home care for their elderly family members, to the current trend in which young people are increasingly migrating towards major cities for work, increasing reliance on nursing homes to compensate, especially following the outcomes of the ‘one child policy’ and the ‘empty-nest elderly’ phenomenon. At the individual level, it is important to provide avenues for people to seek and improve their own knowledge of health and disease, to encourage them to seek medical check-ups to prevent/manage illness, and to find ways to promote modifiable health-related behaviors (social activity, exercise, healthy diets, reasonable diet supplements) to enable healthier, happier, longer, and more productive lives in the elderly. Finally, at the technological or treatment level, there is a focus on modern technologies to counteract the negative effects of ageing. Researchers are striving to produce drugs that can mimic the effects of ‘exercising more, eating less’, while other anti-ageing molecules from molecular gerontologists could help to improve ‘healthspan’ in the elderly. Machine learning, ‘Big Data’, and other novel technologies can also be used to monitor disease patterns at the population level and may be used to inform policy design in the future. Collectively, synergies across disciplines on policies, geriatric care, drug development, personal awareness, the use of big data, machine learning and personalized medicine will transform China into a country that enables the most for its elderly, maximizing and celebrating their longevity in the coming decades. This is the 2nd edition of the review paper (Fang EF et al., Ageing Re. Rev. 2015).     

抗病毒治疗HIV感染者神经认知损伤与认知表现特征研究

目的 联合应用两种神经认知评价量表,探讨接受抗病毒治疗（ART）的HIV感染者神经认知损伤患病率、影响因素及其神经认知表现特征。方法 纳入浙江省台州市开展的HIV与衰老相关疾病前瞻性队列研究中2 250例接受ART的HIV感染者。使用中国版简易智能精神状态检查量表（MMSE）和国际HIV相关性痴呆量表（IHDS）评价其神经认知损伤情况,并对2个量表中的7个神经认知域进行聚类分析。结果 在接受ART的HIV感染者2 250例中,年龄集中在45~89岁（48.0%,1 080/2 250）,男性占79.2%（1 782/2 250）,小学及以下文化程度者占37.8%（852/2 250）。MMSE和IHDS判断的神经认知损伤的患病率分别为14.3%（321/2 250）和31.8%（716/2 250）。多因素logistic回归分析结果显示,HIV感染者MMSE判断的神经认知损伤危险因素包括60~89岁（aOR=2.63,95%CI：1.52~4.56）、抑郁症状（aOR=5.58,95%CI：4.20~7.40）和使用依非韦伦（EFV）治疗（aOR=2.86,95%CI：1.89~4.34）;男性（aOR=0.71,95%CI：0.51~1.00）、偏胖（aOR=0.63,95%CI：0.44~0.89）和文化程度较高（aOR=0.11,95%CI：0.05~0.25）为保护因素。IHDS判断的神经认知损伤危险因素包括60~89岁（aOR=3.10,95%CI：2.09~4.59）、抑郁症状（aOR=1.78,95%CI：1.44~2.20）和使用EFV治疗（aOR=1.79,95%CI：1.41~2.29）;男性（aOR=0.75,95%CI：0.58~0.97）、偏瘦（aOR=0.67,95%CI：0.47~0.96）、基线CD4⁺T淋巴细胞（CD4）计数≥350个/μl（aOR=0.69,95%CI：0.53~0.91）和文化程度较高（aOR=0.23,95%CI：0.14~0.39）是保护因素。HIV感染者的神经认知表现分为4种主要类型,在年龄、性别、文化程度、饮酒、抑郁症状、腰臀比、高血压病史、糖尿病病史、基线CD4计数和使用EFV治疗的差异有统计学意义（均P < 0.05）。结论 接受ART的HIV感染者神经认知表现分为4种类型,神经认知损伤患病率较高,需对不同类型者采取针对性的监测、预防与控制措施。     

Genomic aberrations in hepatocellular carcinoma related to osteopontin expression detected by array-CGH

Purpose  

We have demonstrated that overexpression of osteopontin (OPN) could contribute to metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and that OPN-positive cancer cells are often localized in the periphery of cancer nodules adjacent to stromal cells. This study was to identify the difference of intratumor genomic aberrations between OPN-positive and OPN-negative HCC cells.     

开窗技术与平行支架技术治疗主动脉弓部病变的血流动力学研究

目的 研究胸主动脉腔内修复术中开窗技术与平行支架技术对主动脉弓及弓上血管的血流动力学影响,并对比不同术式的差异。方法 研究4例采用不同术式(开窗技术、烟囱技术和潜望镜技术)重建弓上分支的主动脉弓部病变患者,通过随访影像数据建立三维几何模型。将二维相位对比磁共振成像测量的血流量作为升主动脉入口和弓上血管出口的边界条件。使用3单元Windkessel模型获得降主动脉出口的压力波形作为边界条件。通过计算流体动力学(computational fluid dynamics, CFD)仿真获得弓上血管压力、分支支架入口速度矢量以及相对滞留时间等血流动力学参数。结果 潜望镜支架的压力变化最大,其次是开窗支架,烟囱支架的压力变化最小。开窗支架和潜望镜支架的入口流速不均匀,容易形成涡流,烟囱支架入口流速均匀。开窗支架外壁远心侧、“沟槽”部位、烟囱支架和潜望镜支架与血管壁贴合处相对滞留时间偏大。结论 开窗支架和潜望镜支架内外壁压差较大,建议使用球扩支架。烟囱支架内外壁压差较小,建议使用自膨支架。本文预测的术后血栓形成位置与临床随访数据较为一致,故有可能用于主动脉弓部病变介入治疗的手术规划和风险评估。