Rehabilitation in long COVID-19: A mini-review

We have been experiencing multiple waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. With these unprecedented waves, we have entered into an era of ‘new normal’. This pandemic has enforced us to rethink the very basics of childhood learning: Habits, health etiquette, and hygiene. Rehabilitation has immense importance during this pandemic considering a few aspects. Multidisciplinary COVID-19 rehabilitation clinics are essential to address the demand. The equitable distribution of COVID-19 rehabilitation services for differently-abled individuals during the pandemic is an important aspect. Rehabilitation needs identification and further studies on various rehabilitation interventions are among the key unmet future research needs.     

lncRNA-FTX与脑胶质瘤病人预后的相关性分析

目的 探讨长链非编码RNA（lncRNA）FTX表达水平与脑胶质瘤病人预后的相关性。方法 前瞻性收集2016年1月~2018年1月手术切除的脑胶质瘤88例（46例获得瘤旁组织），采用实时逆转录PCR检测lncRNA FTX表达水平，以脑胶质瘤组织lncRNA FTX表达水平均值为界分为高表达组（n=57）和低表达组（n=31）。术后随访3年，主要观察指标为无进展生存期、总生存期。结果 脑胶质瘤组织lncRNA FTX表达水平[（7.54±2.15）]明显高于瘤旁组织[（2.65±0.69）；P<0.001]。多因素Cox比例回归风险模型分析显示，lncRNA FTX高表达是脑胶质瘤生存预后不良的独立危险因素（RR=1.589；95% CI 1.004~2.515；P=0.048）。生存曲线分析显示，高表达组无进展生存期（15.10个月）和总生存期（20.24个月）较低表达组（分别为18.96和25.53个月）明显缩短（P<0.05）。结论 脑胶质瘤lncRNA FTX呈高表达，与病人不良生存预后有关。     

Evaluation of hindfoot and knee alignment by the hip-to-calcaneus view in patients with knee osteoarthritis and healthy individuals

BackgroundHip-to-calcaneus (HC) view is a whole-leg standing view that can visualize the hindfoot in detail. The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of tibiocalcaneal angle in HC view (H-TCA) by comparing it with that in long axial view (L-TCA). We also verified whether periarticular knee alignment parameters, measured conventionally in whole-leg standing radiography, could be measured in HC view.MethodSixty healthy volunteers and 61 patients with medial knee osteoarthritis were included. H-TCA was measured by two examiners in the healthy group, and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) were evaluated. H-TCA and L-TCA were then measured in the healthy and osteoarthritis groups and correlated. Finally, we measured hip–knee–ankle angle, mechanical axis deviation ratio, mechanical lateral distal femoral angle, medial proximal tibial angle, and joint-line convergence angle in HC view and conventional whole-leg standing radiography to evaluate statistical differences and correlations.ResultsThe intra-observer and inter-observer ICCs were 0.86 and 0.76, respectively. Correlation coefficients (r) between H-TCA and L-TCA were r = 0.87 in healthy group and r = 0.81 in osteoarthritis group, indicating a strong positive correlation in both groups. There was no significant difference in periarticular knee alignment parameters between HC view and conventional whole-leg radiography.ConclusionsHindfoot evaluation in HC view showed high intra-observer and inter-observer reliabilities and strong positive correlation with TCA in long axial view. By using HC view before knee surgery, such as total knee arthroplasty, other necessary alignments can be evaluated simultaneously.     

妊娠合并长QT间期综合征的研究进展

长QT间期综合征（long QT syndrome,LQTS）是一种由基因突变导致离子通道结构或功能异常的遗传性心脏疾病,心电图以QT间期延长及T波改变为特征,易发生心悸、晕厥、心律失常、心脏骤停甚至猝死等。LQTS患者临床最常见的基因亚型为LQT1型、LQT2型和LQT3型,不同基因亚型的LQTS在突变基因、触发因素甚至心电图改变上均有差异,明确患者基因亚型,有助于临床诊断、治疗及对心脏事件发生的预防。有效预防心脏事件发生对LQTS患者是最重要的措施之一;合并LQTS孕产妇在妊娠、产褥期将经历激素水平、血流动力学改变等一系列生理性变化,均可能影响LQTS相关心脏事件的发生风险;其临床管理也不同于非LQTS孕产妇,有必要了解其发病机制、诊断标准、治疗方案及围生期管理的研究进展。     

脑胶质瘤干细胞衍生的外泌体lncRNA HOXA-AS2促进脑胶质瘤的增殖、迁移、侵袭和干细胞特性

背景与目的：外泌体是介导肿瘤微环境中肿瘤细胞与受体细胞间相互作用的重要信使。然而，细胞外泌体长链非编码RNA（long non-coding RNA，lncRNA）在脑胶质瘤干细胞（glioma stem cell，GSC）和脑胶质瘤细胞的细胞间通信中的作用尚不清楚。本研究探究外泌体衍生的lncRNA对脑胶质瘤增殖、迁移、侵袭和干细胞特性的影响。方法：从中国脑胶质瘤基因组图谱（the Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas，CGGA）和癌症基因组图谱（the Cancer Genome Atlas，TCGA）数据库下载包含低级别脑胶质瘤（low-grade glioma，LGG）和高级别脑胶质瘤（high-grade glioma，HGG）lncRNA表达数据的数据集，识别LGG和HGG组织之间的差异表达lncRNA（differentially expressed lncRNA，DelncRNA），并分析HOXA-AS2水平与胶质瘤患者总生存期（overall survival，OS）之间的关系。从人胶质瘤细胞系SHG44中分离GSC，用流式细胞术检测CD133⁺富集的细胞，再用蛋白质印迹法（Western blot）检测干细胞相关蛋白（CD133、SOX2和OCT4）的表达水平。提取和识别SHG44-GSC衍生的外泌体，并用PKH26细胞膜染料进行荧光标记；再将转染了Cy3标记HOXA-AS2的SHG44-GSC与SHG44细胞进行间接共培养；后用实时荧光定量聚合酶链反应（real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction，RTFQ-PCR）检测SHG44-GSC和SHG44-GSC衍生外泌体中HOXA-AS2的水平。使用pLVX-IRES-PURO HOXA-AS2慢病毒质粒和含靶向HOXA-AS2质粒的慢病毒shRNA进行慢病毒转染。采用细胞计数试剂盒-8（cell counting kit-8，CCK-8）和transwell实验检测SHG44-GSC衍生的外泌体HOXA-AS2对SHG44细胞增殖和侵袭能力的影响。结果：HOXA-AS2在胶质瘤中呈现高表达，且与患者较差的OS相关（P<0.01）。SHG44-GSC中CD133⁺细胞比例明显高于SHG44细胞（P<0.000 1），SHG44-GSC中干细胞相关蛋白（CD133、SOX2和OCT4）的表达水平明显高于亲代SHG44细胞（P<0.000 1），并且SHG44-GSC中HOXA-AS2水平显著升高（P<0.000 1）。PKH26标记的外泌体被SHG44细胞吸收，且SHG44细胞中可观察到Cy3标记的HOXA-AS2；HOXA-AS2 OE转染的SHG44-GSC细胞（SHG44-GSC/HOXA-AS2 OE）和SHG44-GSC/HOXA-AS2 OE衍生的外泌体（SHG44-GSC/HOXA-AS2 OE-Exo）中HOXA-AS2水平显著升高（P<0.01），在与SHG44-GSC/HOXA-AS2 OE细胞共培养的SHG44细胞中HOXA-AS2水平显著升高（P<0.01）。SHG44-GSC/HOXA-AS2 OE-Exo可显著促进SHG44细胞增殖、迁移和侵袭。结论：来自SHG44-GSC的外泌体HOXA-AS2能显著促进胶质瘤细胞增殖、迁移、侵袭和干细胞特性，提示HOXA-AS2可能是脑胶质瘤潜在的治疗靶点。