Role of Oxalobacter formigenes in preventing calcium oxalate kidney stones

Objective To screen Oxalobacter formigenes (OxF) from fresh feces of healthy adults, and study its effect on the the prevention of calcium oxalate kidney stones. Methods OxF was screened and cultured from fresh feces of healthy adults. The rat model of calcium oxalate stone was established by esophageal gavage of 0.8% of ethylene glycol. Rats were divided into a control group and four groups of rats with ethylene glycol-induced calcium oxalate kidney stones according to random number table. Three groups were treated with 106 CFU, 107 CFU, 108 CFU viable OxF every day, respectively, for 4 weeks. The blood and 24-hour urine samples were collected to detect the serum creatinine, urea nitrogen, serum and urine calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and urine oxalate every week. At the end of the 4th week, the rats were sacrificed and the kidney tissues were stained with HE and Yasue. The deposition and content of calcium oxalate crystals were observed under a light microscope. Results The bacteria strain isolated from fresh feces of healthy adults was 100% as same as the known ATCC35274 bacteria strain, which means the strain screened is OxF. Among the 5 groups, there were no significant differences in body weight, Scr, BUN, serum calcium, blood magnesium, blood phosphorus, urinary magnesium and urinary phosphorus. The 24-hour urinary calcium excretion in the model group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P＜0.05). After intervention with OxF solution, the 24-hour urinary calcium excretion in the 108 CFU OxF group was significantly higher than that in the model group (P＜0.05), while there was no significant difference between the other intervention groups and the model. The oxalic acid excretion of 106 CFU OxF group and 107 CFU OxF group was lower than that of the model, but the difference did not reach statistical significance (P＞0.05). The 24 h oxalic acid excretion in the 108 CFU OxF group was significantly lower than that of the model at the end of first week (P＜0.05), and continued to decrease for the next 3 weeks. After 4 weeks of intervention, no crystal formation was observed in the control group under the deflection microscope, but a large amount of calcium oxalate crystals were formed in the renal cortex and renal medulla. The crystals were piled up and connected to each other. Yasue staining coincided with the calcium oxalate crystal in the same part of the kidneys. Compared with the model, there was no significant change in the score of calcium oxalate crystal in the kidneys of 106 CFU OxF group and 107 CFU OxF group, while the score of calcium oxalate crystal in the kidneys of 108 CFU OxF group was significantly lower (P＜0.05). Conclusions OxF are successively screened from healthy adults. Daily administration of 108 CFU OxF can safely and effectively reduce the urinary oxalic acid excretion, prevent the formation of calcium oxalate crystals and inhibit the formation of stones in kidneys of rats.     

1990年至2017年中国人群石棉肺的疾病负担分析

目的 分析1990—2017年中国人群石棉肺的疾病负担水平及其变化趋势。方法 利用全球疾病负担2017年（GBD 2017）研究结果和数据，分析1990—2017年中国人群石棉肺的疾病负担状况并与全球人群进行比较。按年份、年龄、性别分析中国人群石棉肺的发病数、死亡数、伤残调整寿命年（DALY）、过早死亡损失寿命年（YLL）、伤残损失寿命年（YLD）；同时采用2000—2025年世界人口的平均年龄结构作为标准人口计算中国和全球人群石棉肺的标化发病率、标化死亡率、标化DALY率、标化YLL率、标化YLD率。计算2017年与1990年的变化幅度，分析疾病负担指标的变化。结果 2017年中国人群因石棉肺造成的DALY为9 984人年，占中国人群因尘肺病造成DALY（247 619人年）的4.03%，占中国总DALY（371 485 307人年）的0.0027%，在293种疾病中排名第262位，较1990年（269位）上升了7位；占全球人群因石棉肺造成DALY（69 074人年）的14.45%，在195个国家和地区中排名第1位。2017年中国人群石棉肺的发病数、死亡数、DALY分别为1 942例、285例、9 984人年，较1990年分别增长85.5%、46.9%、26.2%，增幅均低于全球水平；2017年的标化发病率、死亡率、DALY率分别为0.100/10万、0.016/10万、0.524/10万，分别较1990年下降6.8%、33.5%、34.3%，降幅均高于全球水平。中国人群石棉肺的发病数、死亡数、≥40岁DALY进入高发状态，分别为1 839例（占94.7%）、269例（占94.5%）、8 919人年（占89.3%）；2017年发病年龄和死亡年龄的中位数分别为63.6岁、70.1岁，较1990年分别延长9.4岁、6.4岁。结论 石棉肺对中国人群引起的疾病负担相对较轻，但占全球人群石棉肺疾病负担较大比重，应综合考虑过去我国石棉生产和使用量大、石棉肺潜伏期长等特征，持续关注石棉肺等相关疾病的健康风险和疾病负担。     

基于蒙医白脉理论探析帕金森病＊

帕金森病是以多巴胺能神经元减少导致的以静止性震颤、肌强直、运动迟缓和姿势步态障碍为主要临床症状的疾病。此病是蒙医白脉病的一种，又称彻彻热乎病。蒙医将人体的脉络分为白脉和黑脉。白脉病是白脉系统遭受致病因素的影响后所致的一系列疾病的总称，临床上很多疾病归属于“白脉病”。为更好的实现对蒙医优势单病种的规范化研究，本文基于白脉理论，探析蒙医对帕金森病的认识，以期为未来的研究提供理论支持。     

Drug-related problems in a general paediatric ward of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Background Drug-related problems are relatively common among hospitalised patients and may be detrimental to patients and even increase healthcare...     

Composition and plasticity of triple-negative breast carcinoma-infiltrating regulatory T cells

Low Foxp3⁺ regulatory T-cell (Treg) presence in the tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is considered favorable in breast cancer, and numerous CD25-targeting agents have been applied in the attempt to remove Foxp3⁺ Treg cells, which typically present CD4⁺CD25^+/hi surface phenotype. However, CD25 is not Treg-exclusive and can be upregulated by effector T cells. Hence, CD25 depletion may cause the elimination of activated T cells that are responding to tumor-specific antigens. In this study, the composition and function of CD4⁺CD25⁺ cells inside the microenvironment of triple-negative breast carcinoma (TNBC) were investigated. Directly ex vivo, the Foxp3⁺ Treg cells represented a minor subset in total CD4⁺CD25⁺ TILs. Significant differences were observed in the expression of Treg-associated molecules between CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ TILs and CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁻ TILs. While both the CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ and the CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁻ TILs could express CTLA-4 and LAG-3, the expression levels were significantly higher in CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ TILs than in CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁻ TILs. Upon TCR stimulation, the expression of TGF-beta was significantly higher in CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ TILs, while the expression of IL-10 was significantly higher in CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁻ TILs. These differences were conserved in the blood counterparts of these cells. Interestingly, the level of CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ cells in circulating CD4⁺ T cells was positively correlated with the level of CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ cells in CD4⁺ TILs, but the level of CD25⁺Foxp3⁻ cells in circulating CD4⁺ T cells was not associated with the level of CD25⁺Foxp3^- cells in CD4⁺ TILs. Th17-polarizing medium could readily remodel CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁻, but not CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺, T cells into RORgammat and IL-17-expressing T cells, demonstrating stronger plasticity of the former subset. Together, these data demonstrated that the CD4⁺CD25⁺ TILs were composed of distinctive Foxp3⁻ and Foxp3⁺ cells, with the former representing the major subset. The antigen specificity and effector molecule expression of the CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁻ thus require further analyses.     

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in rat kidney using two-dimensional navigated,interleaved echo-planar imaging at 7.0 T

The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of two-dimensional (2D) navigated, interleaved multishot echo-planar imaging (EPI) to enhance kidney diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in rats at 7.0 T. Fully sampled interleaved four-shot EPI with 2D navigators was tailored for kidney DWI (Sprague–Dawley rats, n = 7) on a 7.0-T small bore preclinical scanner. The image quality of four-shot EPI was compared with T₂-weighted rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) (reference) and single-shot EPI (ss-EPI) without and with parallel imaging (PI). The contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) was examined to assess the image quality for the EPI approaches. The Dice similarity coefficient and the Hausdorff distance were used for evaluation of image distortion. Mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA) were calculated for renal cortex and medulla for all DWI approaches. The corticomedullary difference of MD and FA were assessed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Four-shot EPI showed the highest CNR among the three EPI variants and lowest geometric distortion versus T₂-weighted RARE (mean Dice: 0.77 for ss-EPI without PI, 0.88 for ss-EPI with twofold undersampling, and 0.92 for four-shot EPI). The FA map derived from four-shot EPI clearly identified a highly anisotropic region corresponding to the inner stripe of the outer medulla. Four-shot EPI successfully discerned differences in both MD and FA between renal cortex and medulla. In conclusion, 2D navigated, interleaved multishot EPI facilitates high-quality rat kidney DWI with clearly depicted intralayer and interlayer structure and substantially reduced image distortion. This approach enables the anatomic integrity of DWI-MRI in small rodents and has the potential to benefit the characterization of renal microstructure in preclinical studies.     

阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征基因多态性的研究进展

阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征(OSAS)是一种以打鼾和呼吸暂停为主要表现的睡眠障碍性疾病。OSAS的发生发展与基因多态性之间密切相关,基因多态性的研究对于OSAS的早期诊断、干预和治疗有着重要作用,本文综述了与OSAS发病相关基因多态性的研究进展。     

探析药品注册管理课堂教学内容与方法有机融合

目的：以人民卫生出版社出版的《药事管理学》6版教材为蓝本，以本科阶段教学效果提高为指标，探讨改进课堂教学的方法。方法：以"药品注册管理"一章教学内容为例，筛选、调整和优化教学方法。结果：教学过程中，按照教学内容特点选择适宜教学方法，确定"教学方法与内容相融合"的课堂教学模式，在完成教学大纲基础上，适当增加执业药师及药学时事相关内容。结论：根据现代学生获取知识途径，充分利用高新技术背景下"智慧教室"资源，采取传统与现代教学方法相结合的教学模式，使课堂理论教学相关内容在以教材内容为主的前提下与国家当前药事时事相关联，可以增加学生课堂学习兴趣、培养自主学习习惯，从而提高教师教学能力和教学质量，实现培养具备专业知识、技能和法律、道德素养的药学应用型综合人才的预期目标。