Attitudes toward an HPV vaccine for condyloma acuminata and willingness to undergo vaccination among STD clinic attendees in China: Focus on STI prevention with HPV vaccine.

Background: Condyloma acuminata (CA) is a common, and recurrent sexually transmitted disease (STD) that greatly contributes to direct health care costs and has a substantial psychosocial impact. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination (containing L1 protein for HPV types 6 and 11) effectively controls CA.

Objectives: We investigated attitudes toward the HPV vaccine for CA and willingness to undergo vaccination among STD clinic attendees in China.

Correlation of dyslipidemias and gallbladder polyps-A large retrospective study among Chinese population.

Objective: Aim to explore the association of dyslipidemias with GBP prevalence, number and size in a large Chinese population in Beijing. Dyslipidemias include hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, increased low density lipoprotein (LDL) and decreased high density lipoproteins (HDL).

Methods: Prevalence of GBP and its association with dyslipidemias were retrospectively investigated among subjects who underwent check-up at Health Screening Center of Xuanwu Hospital between January 2014 and December 2017.

Randomized controlled trial of 3 days fasting and oral senna, combined with mannitol and simethicone, before capsule endoscopy.

Background And Study Aims: The approach to small bowel preparation before capsule endoscopy (CE) is still suboptimal.

Patients And Methods: One hundred eighty patients were randomly allocated to 3 groups. Patients in Group A took 250 mL 20% mannitol and 1 L 0.

Exploring the use of NIR reflectance spectroscopy in prediction of free L-Asparagine in solanaceae plants.

Much researches of Near-infrared spectroscopy modeling methods that are utilized to analyze the trace amount components, especially indirect modeling on complex system, have gained widely attraction in recent years. Amino acids in plants are essential nutrients of maintaining growth and ensuring health. As the important participants in various biochemical reactions in plants, nondestructive detection of free amino acids will provide meaningful observation on physiological changing in different steps of plant growth.

Randomized controlled trial of cholestyramine and hydrotalcite to eliminate bile for capsule endoscopy.

Background/aims: Bile is the main cause of poor bowel preparation for capsule endoscopy (CE). We aimed to determine whether cholestyramine and hydrotalcite can eliminate bile in the bowel.

Patients And Methods: Patients undergoing CE were randomized into two groups.

Synergistic enhancement of bone regeneration by LMP-1 and HIF-1α delivered by adipose derived stem cells.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of the combination of LMP-1 and HIF-1α delivered by adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) on osteogenesis in vitro and in vivo.

Results: Cells expressing both LMP-1 and HIF-1α genes had elevated mRNA expression of BMP-2, RunX2, alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, collagen I and alkaline phosphatase activity compared to cells from other groups. Furthermore, mineralization at day 14 in the cells expressing both LMP-1 and HIF-1α was significantly higher than in all the other groups.

A protein-based electrochemical biosensor array platform for integrated microsystems.

This paper elucidates challenges in integrating different classes of proteins into a microsystem and presents an electrochemical array strategy for heterogeneous protein-based biosensors. The overlapping requirements and limitations imposed by biointerface formation, electrochemical characterization, and microsystem fabrication are identified. A planar electrode array is presented that synergistically resolves these requirements using thin film Au and Ag/AgCl electrodes on a dielectric substrate.

Evaluation of visualized area percentage assessment of cleansing score and computed assessment of cleansing score for capsule endoscopy.

Background/aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of visualized area percentage assessment of cleansing score (AAC) and computed assessment of cleansing score (CAC) of these two small bowel cleanliness scores systems for capsule endoscopy (CE).

Materials And Methods: The reliability and consistency of the AAC and CAC scores were evaluated by comparing the scores by two examiners (one expert, one without any training in CE). Reliability was determined using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and consistency was determined using the kappa statistic.

CTLA-4 exon 1 +49A/G polymorphism is associated with renal involvement in pediatric Henoch-Schönlein purpura.

Background: Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a multisystemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and CD28 have been reported to be important candidate genes for conferring susceptibility to autoimmunity. In this study, we investigated the correlation of CTLA-4 and CD28 gene polymorphisms with HSP in children with and without renal involvement.

Amperometric electrochemical microsystem for a miniaturized protein biosensor array.

Protein-based bioelectrochemical interfaces offer great potential for rapid detection, continuous use, and miniaturized sensor arrays. This paper introduces a microsystem platform that enables multiple bioelectrochemical interfaces to be interrogated simultaneously by an onchip amperometric readout system. A post-complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication procedure is described that permits the formation of planar electrode arrays and self assembly of biosensor interfaces on the electrodes.

One step purification of corilagin and ellagic acid from Phyllanthus urinaria using high-speed countercurrent chromatography.

High-speed countercurrent chromatography (HSCCC) has been successfully applied to the preparative separation of corilagin and ellagic acid in one step from the Chinese medicinal plant Phyllanthus urinaria L. by use of direct and successive injections of a crude methanolic extract. Some aspects concerning the practical use of this technique in the described application are considered.