Abnormal hippocampal substructure volume in insomnia disorder

Brain Imaging and Behavior - To date, our understanding of the role of abnormal hippocampal volume in imaging studies of insomnia disorders (ID) has remained in apparent contradiction. Given that...     

Effects of the modified excision combined with bidirectional photodynamic therapy on refractory hidradenitis suppurativa: a retrospective study

Lasers in Medical Science - To describe the clinical features of refractory hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) patients (Hurley stageII and stage III) and evaluate the efficacy of combined treatment of...     

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??Abstract?? Objective To identify the clinical features and the prognosis of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in children??so as to improve the pediatrician’s awareness about this disease. Methods The clinical features??therapeutic regimen and prognosis of 17 children with anti-NMDAR encephalitis were summarized by a retrospective and follow-up study. Results Among the 17 patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis??12 were males and 5 were females.Their age varied from 2 to 12 years??and the average age was 5 years 8 months.The most common initial symptoms were convulsions ??7 cases?? and psychiatric symptoms ??7 cases??.The common symptoms in the course of the disease were psychiatric symptoms??17 cases????sleep disorders ??16 cases????extrapyramidal symptoms ??14 cases????and convulsion ??11 cases??.Only 4 patients had autonomic symptoms.The anti-NMDAR antibody were found in all the patients’CSF.The EEG test of 16 patients showed diffused slow background.Tumors were not found in any patient. Fourteen cases were treated with IVIg and methylprednisolone??2 cases only received IVIg therapy and 1 case gave up.Rituximab ??2 cases?? and cyclophosphamide ??1 cases?? were administrated in 3 cases with no improvement after the above treatment.The patients had been followed up for 3 to 15 months.Twelve of them recovered completely??2 cases died??2 cases had epilepsy??and 1 case had speech disorder. Conclusion Psychiatric symptoms??sleep disorders??extrapyramidal symptoms and convulsion are the common symptoms of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in children.Tumors and autonomic nervous system dysfunction rarely happen. Immunotherapy is effective in the majority of the patients.The prognosis of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in children is optimistic.     

综合性护理干预对社区老年痴呆患者的影响

目的探讨综合性护理干预措施对社区老年痴呆患者的影响。方法将68例老年痴呆患者随机分为对照组和试验组,每组各34例。对照组运用常规方法进行护理,试验组给予综合性护理干预措施。结果两组患者在干预后的ADL和MMSE评分均显著高于护理前(P<0.05),且干预后试验组患者在ADL和MMSE评分显著高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论老年性痴呆病因尚不清楚,综合性护理干预对老年痴呆效果显著,对阻止疾病的发展有重要意义。     

可诱导表达BMP4的正常来源及隐睾特异性iPSCs的建立及分化研究

目的建立可诱导表达骨形态发生蛋白质4(bone morphogenetic protein 4,BMP4)的正常来源及隐睾特异性诱导多能干细胞(induced pluripotent stem cells,iPSCs),比较两者体外定向分化的差异,为研究部分隐睾患儿成年后不育的原因提供具有人类遗传背景的体外研究模型。方法①建立可诱导表达BMP4的正常来源及隐睾特异性iPSCs,将正常来源iPSCs作为对照组,隐睾特异性iPSCs作为隐睾组;利用多西环素(doxycycline,Dox)进行诱导,筛选出BMP4表达量最高的细胞株;②将外源性添加BMP4的正常来源iPSCs作为外源性添加BMP4组(外源组),将Dox内源诱导BMP4表达的正常来源iPSCs作为Dox内源诱导BMP4表达组(内源组),此两组共同作为实验组;在细胞形态和基因表达水平比较实验组两组间BMP4因子诱导效果的差异;③通过Dox诱导BMP4的表达、双氢睾酮(dihydrotestosterone,DHT)、全反式维甲酸(all trans retinoid acid,ATRA)组成的三步法诱导分化方案,逐步诱导人的正常来源及隐睾特异性iPSCs向生精细胞方向分化,在基因及蛋白水平进行检测,比较两株细胞在分化过程中的差异。结果①经Dox诱导后,在正常来源及隐睾特异性iPSCs两株细胞中均可检测到BMP4表达明显升高、同时多能性基因OCT4的表达均呈明显下降趋势,与d0相比差异具有统计学意义,其中对照组的3#细胞株与隐睾组的5#细胞株在Dox诱导后BMP4表达量最高;②与外源组相比,内源组的细胞株形态变化更为均一、同步,BMP4的基因表达量更高,两组间的差异具有统计学意义;③在向生精细胞诱导分化过程中,对照组及隐睾组细胞的DAZL和PRDM1的表达量在两组之间的差异均无统计学意义;隐睾组的VASA、SYCP3、ACROSIN和TEKT1的表达量于诱导d14和d21时均明显低于对照组,两组之间的差异具有统计学意义。免疫染色结果显示:DAZL的阳性率在对照组和隐睾组细胞间的差异无统计学意义;隐睾组的VASA和SYCP3的阳性率于诱导d14和d21时均明显低于对照组,ACROSIN的阳性率于诱导d21时明显低于对照组,差异均具有统计学意义。结论本研究为部分隐睾患儿成年后不育的原因提供了具有人类遗传背景的体外研究模型,为未来的进一步研究奠定了良好基础。     

Short telomere length in peripheral blood leukocyte predicts poor prognosis and indicates an immunosuppressive phenotype in gastric cancer patients

Compelling evidences indicate that relative telomere length (RTL) in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) can predict the clinical outcome of several cancers. However, to date, the prognostic value of leukocyte RTL in gastric cancer (GC) patients has not been explored. In this study, relative telomere length (RTL) in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) was measured using a real‐time PCR‐based method in a total of 693 GC patients receiving surgical resection. The prognostic value of leukocyte RTL was first explored in the training set (112 patients) using Kaplan–Meier and Cox proportional hazards regression analyses. Then an independent cohort of 581 patients was used as a validation set. To explore potential mechanism, we detected the immunophenotypes of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and plasma concentrations of several cytokines in GC patients. Patients with short RTL showed significantly worse overall survival (OS) and relapse‐free survival (RFS) than those with long RTL in all patient sets. Furthermore, leukocyte RTL and TNM stage exhibited a notable joint effect in prognosis prediction. Integration of TNM stage and leukocyte RTL significantly improved the prognosis prediction efficacy for GC. In addition, we found that patients with short RTL had a higher CD4+ T cell percentage in PBMCs, CD19+IL‐10+ Breg percentage in B cells and plasma IL‐10 concentration, indicating an enhanced immunosuppressive status with short leukocyte RTL. In conclusion, our study for the first time demonstrates that leukocyte RTL is an independent prognostic marker complementing TNM stage and associated with an immunosuppressive phenotype in the peripheral blood lymphocytes in GC patients.