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Objective @#To investigate the risk factors associated with the presence of multiple Lugol-voiding lesions (LVLs ) in patients with early esophageal cancer and the correlation with alcohol dehy-drogenase 1B(ADH1B) and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 ( ALDH2) polymorphisms .@*Methods @#Patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection due to early esophageal cancer were divided into group with multiple LVLs and group without multiple LVLs based on their endoscopic features . Their clinical data and the genotype of ADH1B and ALDH2 were collect- ed and SPSS 27 . 0 was used to statistically analyze the above data.@*Results @#A total of 83 subjects were included in the study , 23 had multiple LVLs , most of them were seen in males , alcohol drinkers , and smokers with smoking index≥1 000 , and multivariate analysis showed that alcohol consumption was an independent risk factor for it (OR = 6. 215 , P = 0. 008) . The gene polymorphism of ADH1B and ALDH2 and their interactions did not have any sig- nificant correlation with multiple LVLs . However , among alcohol drinkers , there was a 12 -fold increased risk of multiple LVLs in patients carrying the ALDH2 A allele and drinking ≥50 g per day compared to those carrying the ALDH2 GG genotype and drinking < 50 g per day ( P = 0. 045) .@*Conclusion @#Alcohol consumption is an inde- pendent risk factor of multiple LVLs of the esophageal mucosa in patients with early esophageal cancer , and heavy alcohol consumption in carriers of the ALDH2 A allele will significantly increase the risk of multiple LVLs , and such patients should be closely followed up with endoscopy .
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Objective To investigate the effects and mechanisms of median nerve electrical stimulation on synaptic plasticity in ischemic stroke rats.Methods 18 healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into Sham group(n = 6),ischemic stroke group(MCAO group,n = 6)and median nerve electrical stimulation group(MNES group,n = 6).The left middle cerebral artery occlusion model of rats was established by thread plug method.Thread plug was not inserted in sham group.The median nerve electrical stimulation group was given median nerve electrical stimulation intervention on the 3rd day after modeling,and intervention on the next day.After intervention for 7 times,behavioral detection,HE staining was used to detect median nerve injury.Nissl staining was used to detect cerebral infarction volume.Western blot was used for detection of the expression level of proteins related to synaptic plasticity,and electron microscopy was performed.Results HE staining showed that median nerve electrical stimulation did not cause damage to the median nerve in stroke rats,and the median nerve membrane was intact without obvious inflammatory cells.Compared with MCAO group,the neural function,motor function and coordination of the injured forelimb in MNES group were significantly improved(P<0.01).Compared with MCAO group,cerebral infarction volume in MNES group was significantly reduced(P<0.05),the pyknosis of Nissl bodies in ischemic penumbra decreased.Compared with MCAO group,the expression levels of synaptic plastication-related proteins PSD95 and synI in the cortex of MNES group were significantly up-regulated after median nerve electrical stimulation(P<0.05),the number of synapses in the ischemic cortex increased significantly(P<0.01).Conclusion Median nerve electrical stimulation is a safe and effective therapeutic measure to improve nerve function after stroke,and its mechanism is related to promoting synaptic plasticity.
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Objective @#To compare the diagnostic efficacy of three screening methods，including the epidemiological survey and the new gastric cancer scoring system proposed in the Expert Consensus Opinion on Early Gastric Cancer Screening Process in China ( Shanghai，2017) ，and the Kyoto classification score for screening gastric in early gastric cancer diagnosis．@*Methods@#Patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection and were pathologically confirmed were included in the gastric cancer group，patients with non-gastric cancer in the same period were consecutively included in the control group．Questionnaires and serological tests were performed in all enrolled patients，and the endoscopic presentations was recorded according to the classification of Kyoto gastritis during gastroscopy．The risk stratification and the detection rates of gastric cancer were estimated by different screening methods，and the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) of subjects diagnosed with each screening method alone and in combination were plotted to compare the area under the ROC curve (AUC) and the diagnostic efficacy . @*Results@#Among all participants，84 were patients with gastric cancer and 120 were normal people without gastric cancer．The Kyoto risk score had the highest diagnostic value (AUC = 0. 79) among the others，and its sensitivity and specificity were 72. 6% and 79. 1% ，respectively，but the combined diagnosis of different methods did not significantly improve the diagnostic efficacy．The Kyoto risk score had a more discriminative value in the medium to high-risk group delineated by the new scoring system．@*Conclusion @#The Kyoto risk score has high clinical value in the diagnosis of early gastric cancer and can be used in conjunction with the new scoring system for early gastric cancer risk assessment.
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Background: The widespread use of biological agents in recent years can improve the nutritional status of partial patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and change the course of the disease. Aims: To investigate the correlation between the nutritional risk and clinical and endoscopic features in CD patients treated with biological agents. Methods: Sixty⁃eight CD patients treated with biological agents from June 2021 to June 2022 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University were enrolled. Nutritional risk screening was conducted by nutritional risk screening 2002 (NRS2002), and its correlation with clinical and endoscopic features was analyzed. Results: In 68 CD patients treated with biological agents, incidence of nutritional risk was 66.2%. There was statistically significant difference in incidence of nutritional risk in patients with different disease behaviors, SES⁃CD score and postoperative Rutgeerts score (all P0.05). Conclusions: The incidence of nutritional risk is high in CD patients treated with biological agents, and is correlated with CD disease behavior, SES ⁃ CD score, and postoperative Rutgeerts score.
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After ischemic stroke, the key to reduce the mortality and disability rate is to restore the blood supply of brain tissue as soon as possible. However, the cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) caused by blood flow restoration is also an important cause of brain tissue structural damage and dysfunction. Studies in recent years have shown that the activation of mitophagy at CIRI stage can reduce the volume of cerebral infarction and protect neurons from CIRI, while excessive or insufficient mitophagy can aggravate CIRI. This suggests that inducing moderate mitophagy may be a potential therapeutic target for neuroprotection after stroke. However, the neuroprotective mechanism of mitophagy has not yet been fully elucidated. This article reviews the neuroprotective mechanism and potential application of mitophagy in stroke, and discusses some problems of mitophagy as a therapeutic target for stroke.
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Ischemic stroke is one of the main causes of disability and death. Although intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular mechanical thrombectomy can achieve cerebral vascular recanalization, most patients with ischemic stroke leave serious neurological deficits due to missed treatment window. Neural plasticity is the basis of neural function repair. Recent studies have shown that microRNAs play an indispensable role in regulating neural plasticity. This article reviews the regulatory role of microRNAs on neural plasticity in ischemic stroke, in order to provide reference for the treatment of ischemic stroke.
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Early exercise training after stroke is a therapeutic strategy that has been paid w idespread attention. A series of studies found that early exercise training after stroke can increase expression of neurotrophic factors and maintain the integrity of the blood-brain barrier by inhibiting acute neuroinflammation and apoptosis, and reduce brain damage. This artice reviews the neuroprotective roles of early exercise training after stroke and their possible molecular mechanisms.
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Background:Small bowel capsule endoscopy(SBCE)has become a first-line procedure for examining small bowel diseases. Aims:To evaluate the diagnostic value of SBCE in patients with mid-gastrointestinal bleeding(MGIB). Methods:MGIB patients who underwent SBCE from Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2014 at the Third People’s Hospital of Bengbu were enrolled. Diagnostic value of SBCE in MGIB was analyzed. Re-bleeding was followed up by outpatient visit and telephone. Results:Forty-four consecutive MGIB patients underwent SBCE procedures,the detection rate was 95. 5% and the positive rate was 65. 9% . Vascular abnormality(37. 9% ),inflammation(31. 0% )and tumor(20. 7% )were the three major etiology in SBCE positive patients. Follow-up results showed that re-bleeding rate in SBCE positive group was significantly higher than in non-positive group(41. 4% vs. 13. 3% ,P < 0. 05). Conclusions:Vascular abnormality is still the most major etiology of MGIB,meanwhile the proportions of inflammation and tumor are increasing. SBCE has a high detection rate and positive rate in initial screening of MGIB,and the risk of re-bleeding in patients with negative SBCE is low.
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Objective To investigate the effect of early rehabilitation on rats' motor performance after moderate or severe experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods After adult Sprague-Dawley rats had received moderate or severe TBI,they were randomly assigned to either a 24 hour exercise group (group A),a 3-day exercise group (group B),a 7-day exercise group (group C) or a control group.Each group was composed of 8 rats.The exercise group endured forced treadmill training on an electric treadmill for 14 consecutive days initiated 24 hours,3 days or 7 days post TBI.The foot-fault and cylinder tests were performed on the 6th,12th,18th,24th and 28th day post injury.On the 28th day the rats were sacrificed and the brains were removed and frozen.The frozen coronal brain sections were stained with cresyl violet (CV) for quantitative evaluation of cortical lesion volume.Results The rats in groups B and C showed significant decreases in the percentage of left forelimb foot faults compared with the control group at the 18th,24th and28th day after injury.In addition,the rats of group C demonstrated significant decreases in the percentage of left forelimb foot-fault at the 12th day after injury.There was no significant difference between group A and the control group in terms of foot fault scores in any of the subsequent test sessions.In the cylinder test the forelimb use asymmetry scores of neither group A nor group B were significantly different from the control group.Group C showed marked locomotor asymmetry improvement at day 28 post-injury.There was no significantly different loss of hemispheric tissue between those groups.Conclusion After treadmill exercise for 14 consecutive days initiated at 3 or 7 days following moderate or severe TBI,rats' motor function improved.The cortical lesion volume was not associated with recovery of motor function.