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Abstract@#The popularization of the use of electronic has become a global trend, and children are exposed to devices at younger ages. A large proportion of children and adolescents spend on screen time more than 2 h which is recommended in most guidelines. The paper reviews possible effects of screen time on physical and mental health, as well as mental disorders in children and adolescents. It is found that excessive screen time showed negative impacts on mental health, including depression, anxiety, mood disorder, social adaptational problems, behavioral disorders, self injurious behaviors, and health risk behaviors. Much attention has been paid on the association between excessive screen time and mental health of children and adolescents, while possible mechanisms and influencing factors are lacking. Effective intervention studies are needed to provide a basis for child and adolescent health promotion.
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@#[Abstract] Objective: To analyze tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) infiltration in EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) tumor microenvironment (TME) and its correlation with the prognosis and clinicopathological features of patients with NPC, and to preliminarily investigate the role of TANs in activating CD8+ T cells in EBV-positive NPC. Methods: Tumor tissue specimens from 118 patients with EBV-positive NPC without metastases admitted to Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center from 2008 to 2012 were collected. Immunohistochemistry was performed to analyze CD8+ T cells infiltration and TANs infiltration in NPC and their correlation with EBV infection, and to evaluate the infiltration of TANs in 118 human EBV-positive NPC tissue samples and analyze its correlation with the prognosis and clinicopathological features of NPC patients; flow cytometry was used to detect the expression of N2 marker (CD182 and CD206) of neutrophils stimulated by HK1-EBV-conditioned medium and the expression of CD69 and PD-1 of CD8+ T cells co-cultured with TANs. Results: There were more CD8+ T cells and neutrophils infiltrating in EBV-positive NPC where they were negatively correlated（P=0.0052）; densely infiltrated TANs in EBV-positive NPC tissues were positively correlated with poor prognosis of patients (P=0.025 in OS; P=0.027 in PFS); the infiltration of TANs was proved to be an independent risk factor for overall survival (P=0.035) in patients with NPC; compared with Control group, freshly isolated neutrophils cultured in HK1-EBV-conditioned medium showed an increased expression of N2 markers (P<0.001 in CD182; P<0.01 in CD206) which could suppress the expression of CD69 and promote the expression of PD-1 of CD8+ T cells. Conclusion: More TANs infiltrate in EBV-positive NPC where they polarize into N2 neutrophils, exerting an immunosuppressive effect by suppressing the activation of CD8+ T cells and having a positive correlation with the poor prognosis of NPC patients.
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ABSTRACT Background: Different from the traditional right ventricular pacing, the left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) is accomplished with deeper lead implantation and more attempts. However, myocardial damage is unclear in LBBAP. Objective: The objective of the study was to observe the change of troponin T and explore possible factors associated with greater myocardial damage in LBBAP. Methods: Patients with an indication for pacemaker implantation underwent attempts for LBBAP by transventricular septal method. Levels of troponin T were determined before operation, 12 h and 1 week after the operation. Parameters of intraoperation and follow-up were recorded and analyzed. Results: In total, successful LBBAP was achieved in 126 patients. The levels of troponin T increased significantly at 12 h after the operation compared with those before operation (96.45 ± 11.07 [69.06] vs. 16.59 ± 1.84 [11.92] ng/L, p < 0.001), while there were no significant differences between pre- and post-operative levels at 1 week. Correlation and regression analysis showed that only the number of attempts was an independent factor related to the change of troponin T. During 1 year of follow-up, LBBAP was safe and feasible with few complications. Conclusions: Myocardial damage of LBBAP was clinically significant. The number of attempts was an independent factor related to the myocardial damage.