Overlapping syndrome of recurrent anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis and anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein demyelinating diseases: A case report.

Background: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis (NMDARe) is capable of presenting a relapsing course and coexisting with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease, whereas it has been relatively rare. We describe a man with no history of tumor who successively developed anti-NMDARe and anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease.

Case Summary: A 29-year-old man was initially admitted with headache, fever, intermittent abnormal behavior, decreased intelligence, limb twitching and loss of consciousness on July 16, 2018.

Standardization of BCR-ABL1 quantification on the international scale in China using locally developed secondary reference panels.

For patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction is widely used in laboratories to quantify BCR-ABL1 fusion gene transcripts for disease management. Many efforts have been made to standardize the BCR-ABL1 testing assay, including the primary and secondary reference reagents, but the secondary standards have not been developed and used in the standardization program in China. With the use of armored RNA technology, armored RNA of BCR-ABL1 and control genes was manufactured to prepare the secondary reference material anchored to the World Health Organization primary reference calibrators for standardization of BCR-ABL1 testing assays.

Using protein granularity to extract the protein sequence features.

The feature extraction of protein sequences is a challenging problem. It might need a lot of theoretical and practical knowledge from many fields. The difficulty would increase when investigators extract the features solely from protein sequences.

Evaluation of serum creatinine- and cystatin C-based equations for the estimation of glomerular filtration rate in a Chinese population.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of a selection of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equations based on serum creatinine (SCr) and serum cystatin C in a Chinese population.

Material And Methods: Estimated GFR values from 10 equations were compared with reference GFR (rGFR) from the (99m)Tc-DTPA renal dynamic imaging method. The study enrolled 569 Chinese participants (41.

Analysis of recurrent fracture of a new vertebral body after percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with osteoporosis.

Objective: To investigate the characteristics of recurrent fracture of a new vertebral body after percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with osteoporosis.

Methods: 29 postmenopausal osteoporosis patients were divided into two groups: 14 patients with recurrent fracture of a new vertebral body after vertebroplasty comprised the new fracture group and there were 15 patients without recurrent fracture in the control group. The following variables were reviewed: age, body mass index (BMI), history of fractures, history of metabolic disease, anti-osteoporosis therapy, type of back brace used, bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and hip, intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), serum calcium and phosphorus, and time since vertebroplasty.

Effects of Buyang Huanwu Decoction on neurite outgrowth and differentiation of neuroepithelial stem cells.

To determine the effects of Buyang Huanwu Decoction (BYHWD), a traditional Chinese medicine, on neurite outgrowth and differentiation of neuroepithelial stem cells (NEPs), NEPs were isolated from embryonic neural tube and cultured in medium with rat serum containing BYHWD, which was prepared from rats administrated orally with BYHWD. The average neurite length of NEPs grew significantly longer in rat serum containing BYHWD than in control serum without BYHWD. More neurofilament (NF) positive cells and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) positive cells were detected in NEPs cultured in the presence of BYHWD.

[Determination of four kinds of cell phenotypes of peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with colorectal cancer].

Background & Objective: The functional status of lymphocyte is closely correlated with tumor occurrence and development. The multiple and complicated membranous proteins of lymphocytes are molecular biological foundations by which the cell activities such as membranous information transfer, activation, and apoptosis are proceeded. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of phenotypes CD8, CD28, CD49b, and CD49d in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in the patients with colorectal cancer and explore the relationship between these 4 kinds phenotypes and tumor biological characteristics.

Effect of intermittent injection of recombinant human parathyroid hormone on bone histomorphometry of ovariectomized rats.

Aim: To observe the effect of intermittent parathyroid hormone (PTH) administration on bone histomorphology of relatively old ovariectomized rats.

Methods: The 6-month-old female SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: (1) sham-operated for baseline (ShamB, n=5), (2)ovariectomized for baseline (OVXB, n=6), (3) Sham-operated for end point (ShamE, n=6), (4) ovariectomized for end point (OVXE, n=6), (5) ovariectomized for PTH treatment (OVXEP, n=6). ShamB and OVXB rats were sacrificed 3 months after operation, ShamE, OVXE and OVXEP rats were sacrificed 4.