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Unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA) is a major concern in reproductive medicine. Neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 (NCF1) polymorphisms leading to low production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are strongly associated with autoimmune diseases. We investigated the association of the missense single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs201802880 (NCF1-339) in NCF1 with URSA and explored its function. We performed NCF1-339 SNP genotyping of samples from 152 Chinese patients with URSA and 72 healthy controls using nested PCR and TaqMan assays. ROS production and RELA (NF-κB subunit) expression in the blood of participants with different NCF1-339 genotypes were determined. The frequencies of the wild-type (GG) and mutant (GA) genotypes remarkably differed between the URSA and control groups. The mutant genotype was associated with an increased risk of recurrent abortion. Furthermore, ROS levels in the URSA group with the GG genotype were significantly higher than those in the group with the GA genotype (p < 0.05). RELA expression in URSA patients with the GA genotype was considerably higher than that in control individuals with the GG genotype. These findings indicate that mutations in NCF1 may increase the risk of URSA via the NADP/ROS/NF-κB signaling pathway, which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of URSA.

The acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a term for a group of conditions that suddenly stop or severely reduced blood from flowing to the heart. This article reviewed the influencing factors, evaluation tools and intervention measures of medical decision-making delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome, analyzed the weakness of existing research and put forward the direction for future research. ? The purpose of this study is to provide a reference basis for medical staff and patients themselves to shorten the decision-making delay time of ACS patients, so as to reduce the disability and mortality of ACS patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, an interpretation of oversea evidence-leased guidelines for entaral nutrition support in the adult critically ill patients was made from aspects of nutritional assessment, formulation of nutrition support strategies and gastrointestinal tolerance monitoring. Three guidelines were analyzed, including Guidelines for the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy in the adult critically ill patient : society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American society for Paenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A. S. P. E. N.), Early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients : ESICM clinical practice guidelines, ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit. This paper intended to provide reference for the development of enteral nutrition support and related clinical practice in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To investigate the clinical value of analgesia and sedation under bispectral index (BIS) monitoring combined with hydraulic coupled intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring in severe craniocerebral injury (sTBI)., Methods: (1) A prospective self-controlled parallel control study was conducted. A total of 32 patients with sTBI after craniotomy admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the First People's Hospital of Huzhou from December 2020 to July 2021 were selected as the research objects. ICP was monitored by Codman monitoring system and hydraulically coupled monitoring system, and the difference and correlation between them were compared. (2) A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted. A total of 108 sTBI patients admitted to the ICU of the First People's Hospital of Huzhou from August 2021 to August 2022 were selected patients were divided into 3 groups according to the random number table method. All patients were given routine treatment after brain surgery. On this basis, the ICP values of the patients in group A (35 cases) were monitored by Codman monitoring system, the ICP values of the patients in group B (40 cases) were monitored by hydraulic coupling monitoring system, and the ICP values of the patients in group C (33 cases) were monitored combined with hydraulic coupling monitoring system, and the analgesia and sedation were guided by BIS. The ICP after treatment, cerebrospinal fluid drainage time, ICP monitoring time, ICU stay time, complications and Glasgow outcome score (GOS) at 6 months after surgery were compared among the 3 groups. In addition, patients in group B and group C were further grouped according to the waveforms. If P 1 = P 2 wave or P 2 and P 3 wave were low, they were classified as compensatory group. If the round wave or P 2 > P 1 wave was defined as decompensated group, the GOS scores of the two groups at 6 months after operation were compared., Results: (1) There was no significant difference in ICP values measured by Codman monitoring system and hydraulic coupling monitoring system in the same patient (mmHg: 11.94±1.76 vs. 11.88±1.90, t = 0.150, P = 0.882; 1 mmHg≈0.133 kPa). Blan-altman analysis showed that the 95% consistency limit (95%LoA) of ICP values measured by the two methods was -4.55 to 4.68 mmHg, and all points fell within 95%LoA, indicating that the two methods had a good correlation. (2) There were no significant differences in cerebrospinal fluid drainage time, ICP monitoring time, ICU stay time, and incidence of complications such as intracranial infection, intracranial rebleeding, traumatic hydrocephalus, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and accidental extubation among the 3 groups of sTBI patients (P > 0.05 or P > 0.017). The ICP value of group C after treatment was significantly lower than that of group A and group B (mmHg: 20.94±2.37 vs. 25.86±3.15, 26.40±3.09, all P < 0.05), the incidence of pulmonary infection (9.1% vs. 45.7%, 42.5%), seizure (3.0% vs. 31.4%, 30.0%), reoperation (3.0% vs. 31.4%, 40.0%), and poor prognosis 6 months after operation (33.3% vs. 65.7%, 65.0%) were significantly lower than those in group A and group B (all P < 0.017). According to the hydraulic coupling waveform, GOS scores of 35 patients in the compensated group were significantly higher than those of 38 patients in the decompensated group 6 months after operation (4.03±1.18 vs. 2.39±1.50, t = 5.153, P < 0.001)., Conclusions: The hydraulic coupled intracranial pressure monitoring system has good accuracy and consistency in measuring ICP value, and it can better display ICP waveform changes than the traditional ICP monitoring method, and has better prediction value for prognosis evaluation, which can replace Codman monitoring to accurately guide clinical work. In addition, analgesia and sedation under BIS monitoring combined with hydraulic coupled ICP monitoring can effectively reduce ICP, reduce the incidence of complications, and improve the prognosis, which has high clinical application value.

Background: Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. Effective interventions to reduce HHcy-accelerated atherosclerosis are required., Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of aerobic exercise (AE) and folate (FA) supplementation on plasma homocysteine (Hcy) level and atherosclerosis development in a mouse model., Methods: Six-week-old female apoE-/- mice were grouped into five groups (N = 6-8): HHcy (1.8 g/L DL-homocysteine (DL-Hcy) in drinking water), HHcy + AE (1.8 g/L DL-Hcy and aerobic exercise training on a treadmill), HHcy + FA (1.8 g/L DL-Hcy and 0.006% folate in diet), HHcy + AE + FA (1.8 g/L DL-Hcy, 0.006% folate, and aerobic exercise training on a treadmill), and a control group (regular water and diet). All treatment was sustained for 8 weeks. Triglyceride, cholesterol, lipoprotein, and Hcy levels were determined enzymatically. Plaque and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) expression levels in mouse aortic roots were evaluated by immunohistochemistry., Results: Compared to the HHcy group (18.88 ± 6.13 μmol/L), plasma Hcy concentration was significantly reduced in the HHcy + AE (14.79 ± 3.05 μmol/L, p = 0.04), HHcy + FA (9.4 ± 3.85 μmol/L, p < 0.001), and HHcy + AE + FA (9.33 ± 2.21 μmol/L, p < 0.001) groups. Significantly decreased aortic root plaque area and plaque burden were found in the HHcy + AE and HHcy + AE + FA groups compared to those in the HHcy group (both p < 0.05). Plasma MCP-1 level and MCP-1 expression in atherosclerotic lesions were significantly decreased in the HHcy + AE and HHcy + AE + FA groups compared to the HHcy group (all p < 0.05)., Conclusions: AE reduced atherosclerosis development in HHcy apoE-/- mice independently of reducing Hcy levels. FA supplementation decreased plasma Hcy levels without attenuating HHcy-accelerated atherosclerosis. AE and FA supplementation have distinct mechanisms in benefiting atherosclerosis.

Objective: To investigate the correlations between the changes of N-acetylaspartate/creatine (NAA/Cr) detected by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and of the relative apparent diffusion coefficient (rADC) detected by diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and the occurrence and outcome of secondary brain injury (SBI) in patients with spontaneous intra-cerebral hemorrhage (SICH)., Methods: One hundred and eight SICH patients diagnosed by CT from January 2014 to December 2019 in the First People's Hospital of Huzhou were selected as the research objects. MRS and DWI examinations were performed on day 2 after admission. The body temperature, blood pressure, blood glucose, blood sodium, arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO 2 ) and other indexes were continuously monitored. The patients were divided into two groups: SBI group (46 cases) and control group (62 cases) according to whether there were secondary brain injury factors (SBIF). The differences in NAA/Cr and rADC of the edema area and Glasgow outcome score (GOS) after 6 months were compared between the two groups; multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors of SBI., Results: The NAA/Cr and rADC of perihematoma edema area and GOS after 6 months in SBI group were significantly lower than those in control group [NAA/Cr: 1.64±0.35 vs. 1.87±0.41, rADC: 2.57±0.39 vs. 2.75±0.45, GOS after 6 months (points): 3.47±0.59 vs. 3.76±0.65], with significant differences (all P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that NAA/Cr and rADC were the risk factors for the occurrence of SBI [odds ratio (OR) values were 0.172, 0.343, 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were 0.048-0.609 and 0.118-0.996, respectively, both P < 0.05]., Conclusions: MRS combined with DWI has a certain value in predicting SBI after SICH. SBI can aggravate brain injury and affect the prognosis of patients. SBI should be actively prevented and intervention, carried out.

The aim of our study was to find feature genes associated with astrocytoma and correlative gene functions which can distinguish cancer tissue from adjacent non-tumor astrocyte tissues. Gene expression profile GSE15824 was downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus database which included 8 astrocytoma tissues and 3 adjacent non-tumor astrocyte samples. The raw data were first transformed into probe-level data and the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between tissues of patients with astrocytoma and normal specimen were identified using T-test in samr package of R. The Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) was applied to analyze the gene ontology (GO) enrichment on gene functions and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways. Finally, corresponding protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks of DEGs was constructed using the Cytoscape based on the data collected from STRING online datasets. A total of 3072 genes, including 1799 up-regulated genes and 1273 down-regulated genes, were filtered as DEGs, and we learnt that the DEGs including AQP4, PMP2, SRARCL1 and SLC1A2CAMs etc and that AQP4 was most significantly related to cell osmotic pressure. Three feature genes in KEGG pathway are highly enriched in cancer specimen while two genes are in the normal tissues. The discovery of featured genes significantly related to the regulation of cell osmotic pressure, has the potential to use in clinic for diagnosis of astrocytoma in future. In addition, it has a great significance on studying mechanism, distinguishing normal and cancer tissues, and exploring new treatments for astrocytoma. However, further experiments were needed to confirm our result.

A novel Cu-IUDs material, PU/PEG/Cu nanocomposite, was prepared by melt blending method with thermoplastic polyurethane (PU) as the matrix, with polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a hydrophilic modifier, and with nanometer particles of copper as active matter instead of copper wire or copper tube. The structure, morphology, mechanical properties, thermal stability and water absorption were investigated by using FT-IR, XRD, SEM and so on. The results indicated that the nanometer particles of copper were uniformly dispersed in the matrix in PU/PEG/ Cu nanocomposites. It can be seen that the water absorption ability of this nanocomposite was obviously improved while mechanical properties and thermal stability were at high levels. These results provided a good basis for the studies on the cupric ions release of the nanocomposites in future.