Family Caregivers' Subjective Caregiving Burden,Quality of Life,and Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Terminally Ill Cancer Patients' Distinct Patterns of Conjoint Symptom Distress and Functional Impairment in Their Last Six Months of Life

Context

Family caregivers constitute a critical component of the end-of-life care system with considerable cost to themselves. However, the joint association of terminally ill cancer patients' symptom distress and functional impairment with caregivers' subjective caregiving burden, quality of life (QOL), and depressive symptoms remains unknown.

The Long-Term Effective Rate of Different Branches of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia After Single Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation: A Cohort Study

To evaluate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT) guided single radiofrequency thermocoagualtion (RFT) in 1137 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia after a follow-up period of 11 years, specially focused on duration of pain relief in different branches of trigeminal nerve, side effect, and complications.Retrospective study of patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia treated with a single CT guided RFT procedure between January 2002 and December 2013.The mean follow-up time was 46.14 ± 30.91 months. Immediate postprocedure pain relief was 98.4%. V2 division obtained the best pain relief rate: 91%, 89%, 80%, 72%, 60%, and 54% at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 years, respectively. No statistical difference pairwise comparison was in other groups. The complications included masseter muscle weakness, corneitis, diplopia, ptosis, hearing loss, limited mouth opening, and low pressure headache. Masticatory weakness mostly occurred in patients with V3 branch involvement, while Corneitis and Diplopia all in patients with V1 branch involvement. No mortalities observed during or after RFT.All different branches division of trigeminal neuralgia achieved comparable satisfactory curative effect; V2 obtained the best excellent pain relief, after RFT procedure. Facial numbness is inevitable after RFT, which patients who have pain in all 3 trigeminal divisions and patients who desire no facial numbness should be cautious. Masticatory weakness is mainly related with V3 injured, while Corneitis and Diplopia in patients with V1 injured by RFT.     

纯化痘病毒筛选的常用方法

痘病毒是自然界普遍存在的DNA病毒，能够高效表达外源基因，诱导较强的细胞免疫和体液免疫，受到基因治疗学者的广泛关注。痘病毒发生同源重组的概率较低，所以有效地筛选和纯化痘病毒十分重要。目前常用的筛选重组痘病毒方法有基于CRISPR进行筛选；根据报告基因GFP、LacZ、GPT等进行筛选；利用TK^-和Brdu结合荧光进行筛选；利用药物抗性基因与荧光或显色基因融合，即可在药物筛选的同时观察荧光或显色基因表达情况。本文旨在对目前常用的痘病毒的筛选纯化方法进行综述。     

维纳托克在肝癌细胞中的抗肿瘤活性及其机制

目的探讨维纳托克(Venetoclax)在HepG2、Hep3B 2个肝癌细胞株的抗癌活性。方法对人肝癌细胞株HepG2、Hep3B细胞株进行体外培养,采用不同浓度的Venetoclax(0、3、10、30μmol/L)处理肝癌细胞,以细胞计数试剂盒(CCK-8)检测细胞活性,0,3,10和30μmol/L Venetoclax作用细胞48 h,锥虫蓝拒染法检测细胞的死亡,0,5μmol/L Venetoclax,作用24 h,流式细胞学检测细胞凋亡率,蛋白质印迹法(Western blot)检测Venetoclax诱导半胱氨酰天冬氨酸特异性蛋白酶(Caspase)-3活化,聚腺苷二磷酸核糖聚合酶(PARP)裂解。组间比较采用t检验。结果Venetoclax对HepG2、Hep3B细胞株均有较强活性抑制作用。不同浓度的Venetoclax处理肝癌细胞48、72 h,Venetoclax在HepG2细胞株中取得的半数细胞活性抑制率(IC50)值分别为46.5μmol/L和14.2μmol/L;在Hep3B细胞的IC50值分别为24.6μmol/L和11.2μmol/L。处理24 h,30.0μmol/L的Venetoclax在HepG2和Hep3B细胞株中诱导57%[对照组、实验组凋亡率分别为(4.00±1.00)%、(56.67±8.51)%,t=-10.650,P<0.01]和54%[对照组、实验组凋亡率分别为(5.67±1.53)%、(54.33±9.87)%,t=-8.440,P<0.01]的肝癌细胞发生凋亡,并能诱导肝癌细胞的Caspase-3活化,PARP裂解,差异均有统计学意义。用0、3、10和30μmol/L的Venetoclax处理48 h,在HepG2细胞株中可诱导3%(3.26±1.71)%,12%[(12.36±1.99)%,(t=-12.36,P<0.05)],32%[(32.38±4.57)%,(t=-10.350,P<0.01)]和67%[(66.71±6.29)%,(t=-16.86,P<0.01)]的细胞死亡,差异均有统计学意义;在Hep3B细胞株诱导2%(1.91±0.68)%,16%[(15.72±3.40)%,(t=-6.890,P<0.05)],42%[(42.39±6.86)%,(t=-10.180,P<0.01)]和73%[(73.32±2.69)%,t=-44.490,P<0.01]的细胞死亡,差异均有统计学意义。应用半胱氨酸蛋白酶(Caspase)抑制剂预处理,Venetoclax对HepG2和Hep3B细胞的死亡率分别从56%(56.71±6.29)%降低至11%(10.70±1.43)%,(t=12.350,P<0.01)和68%(68.05±10.16)%至12%(12.7±6.12)%,(t=8.080,P<0.01),差异有统计学意义。结论Venetoclax能够通过诱导Caspase的活化,诱导肝癌细胞发生凋亡,并对肝癌细胞进行杀伤。     

Rabs and axonal regeneration

Membrane trafficking processes are presumably vital for axonal regeneration after injury, but mechanistic understanding in this regard has been sparse. A recent loss-of-function screen had been carried out for factors important for axonal regeneration by cultured cortical neurons and the results suggested that the activity of a number of Rab GTPases might act to restrict axonal regeneration. A loss of Rab27b, in particular, is shown to enhance axonal regeneration in vitro, as well as in C. elegans and mouse central nervous system injury models in vivo. Possible mechanisms underlying this new finding, which has important academic and translational implication, are discussed.     

促血小板生成素对预测脑瘫高危儿的意义

目的探讨缺氧缺血性脑病(hypoxia-ischem ia encephalopathy,H IE)胎儿和H IE新生儿血清中促血小板生成素(Thrombopoietin,TPO)水平与脑损伤的关系,为脑瘫(cerebral palsy,CP)高危儿人群进行早期干预提供监测手段。方法收集23例H IE胎儿和34例H IE新生儿血清以及25例正常胎儿和30例正常新生儿血清,34例H IE新生儿包括11例轻度H IE,8例中度H IE和15例重度H IE。采用双抗体夹心ABC-ELISA法检测H IE胎儿组和轻、中、重H IE新生儿组血清中TPO的水平,并与正常胎儿组和正常新生儿组比较。结果H IE胎儿组和H IE新生儿组TPO分别高于正常胎儿组和正常新生儿组(分别P<0.01,P<0.01),重度H IE组TPO低于轻度H IE组(P<0.05)。结论血清TPO水平与H IE所致脑损伤严重程度有关。脐血TPO检测可为脑瘫高危儿人群进行早期干预提供监测手段。     

Pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection in patients with kidney allograft transplantation

The aim of the study was to analyse the clinical manifestation and management of pulmonary Lophomonas blattarum infection in four allograft transplantation recipients retrospectively. Four patients with pulmonary L. blattarum infection were diagnosed by using Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) examination. Their clinical manifestation and management are summarized. Four cases of pulmonary L. blattarum were found during the period from the second month to the third month after transplantation. Concurring infection by other pathogens was found in three of them. Common initial symptoms included fever (>38 degrees C) without cough and breathlessness. Lower lobe shadowing could be found on chest X-ray. Body temperature decreased to the normal range in three patients and to 37.5 degrees C in the other one, after intravenous injection of metronidazole and tapering immunosuppressant. Radiological examination confirmed improved health condition of the patients afterwards. Two patients received repeated FOB and only dead L. blattarum was found. Pulmonary L. blattarum infection in allograft transplant recipients carry relatively obscure initial symptoms. Possible L. blattarum infection needs to be screened in post-transplantation pulmonary infection patients with similar symptoms, especially in those who respond poorly to anti-infection treatment. Microscopic examination of BAL fluid can help to identify pulmonary L. blattarum infection and metronidazole is an ideal treatment choice.     

社区卫生服务:行走在点线面之间

2006开年,一个似曾相识的专有名词重返人们的视野——社区卫生服务,作为一种由政府强力推动的解困手法,被迅速纳入到有效缓解“看病难看病贵”的社会预期之中。由上而下的理论先导,只能经由行之有效的实践打磨才能得以还原。如果将整个社区卫生服务网络比作一个完整的神经系统,那么只有这个新