从需求角度分析新型农村合作医疗制度运行的效果--云南省3个试点县的实证研究

通过对云南省3个新型农村合作医疗试点县运行1年的经验研究,从筹资、补偿、医疗服务利用的结构等方面对制度运行的效果进行分析,主要发现:(1)家庭账户的运行并未起到持续提高参合率的作用,并且弱化了新型农村合作医疗大病风险管理的功能;(2)对于基层卫生服务利用的补偿比例倾斜有助于提高贫困人群的受益面,减轻新型农村合作医疗筹资与服务利用的不公平;(3)富裕人群对新型农村合作医疗住院补偿率的弹性高于贫困人群。     

Evaluation of adalimumab biosimilar candidate (HS016) in Chinese patients with active ankylosing spondylitis based on a health survey: sub-analysis of a phase 3 study

Clinical Rheumatology - The equivalence of the biosimilar HS016 to adalimumab (Humira) for the treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients has been previously validated. The aim was to...     

The role of anti-ribosomal P autoantibodies in the prediction of neuropsychiatric damage in systemic lupus erythematosus based on CSTAR cohort (XIV)

Clinical Rheumatology - To identify the predictive value of anti-ribosomal P protein (anti-RibP) antibodies on the accrual of neuropsychiatric damage in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients...     

Three new inflammatory markers C reactive protein to albumin ratio,neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio,and platelet to lymphocyte ratio correlated with relapsing polychondritis disease activity index

Clinical Rheumatology - The novel inflammatory markers C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR), neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were associated with...     

Prevalence and risk factors for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in systemic sclerosis: a multi-center study of CRDC cohort in China

Clinical Rheumatology - Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is a common manifestation of cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc), which is associated with increased mortality, but...     

Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging training,use, and knowledge among rheumatologists in China

Clinical Rheumatology - Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has been extensively studied by rheumatologists in Europe and the Americas, but less is known about MSUS use in Asia. Our hypothesis is...     

Hydrothermal synthesis of cotton-based BiVO4/Ag composite for photocatalytic degradation of C.I. Reactive Black 5

Photocatalytic materials with high efficiency and convenient recyclability have attracted great interest for the treatment of printing and dyeing wastewater. In this paper, a narrow band gap BiVO₄ photocatalyst was loaded onto Ag modified cotton fabric by a hydrothermal method. The prepared composite materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet visible light absorption spectroscopy (UV-vis). The composite materials as prepared show superb photocatalytic activity and reusable performance for the degradation of C.I. Reactive Black 5 (RB5). The degradation rate can reach 99% within 90 min under 1 kW xenon lamp irradiation, and over 90% of the photocatalytic performance is preserved even after five recycles. Furthermore, the photocatalytic mechanism was proposed by spectral analysis and free radical trapping experiments.

BiVO₄/Ag/cotton-K composite material exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity and recyclability, and the photodegradation mechanism of RB5 by BiVO₄/Ag/cotton-K was also proposed.     

Immunosuppressive and metabolic agents that influence allo- and xenograft survival by in vivo expansion of T regulatory cells

The transplanted organs or cells survive if the recipient receives adequate long-term immunosuppressive therapy. Immunosuppressive therapy combined with cell-based strategies (eg, regulatory T cell [Treg]-based therapy) promotes graft survival. A combination of Treg-based therapy and minimal or no immunosuppressive drug therapy would have the potential to minimize the risks of the complications and side effects of these drugs. Fortunately, some immunosuppressive and other agents not only impede the effector T cell response, but also help generate new CD4⁺ Tregs from conventional effector T cells. These agents include IL-2, TGF-β, agents that block the CD40/CD40L costimulation pathway, mTOR inhibitors, and histone deacetylase inhibitors. Consequently, a state of relative unresponsiveness to the transplanted organ may be induced through the expansion of Tregs. We here review the effect of these various agents on expansion of CD4⁺ Tregs in allo- and xenotransplantation. The expansion of Tregs might allow a dose reduction of the standard immunosuppressive drugs.     

Assessment of lung glucose uptake in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus pulmonary arterial hypertension: a quantitative FDG-PET imaging study

Annals of Nuclear Medicine - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a recognized complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE-PAH) patients and its lung pathology shares similarity to...