Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis due to Schizophyllum commune in a patient with chronic hepatitis B.

Introduction: Schizophyllum commune (S. commune) is an opportunistic pathogenic fungus and can cause infection of the respiratory system in immunocompromised hosts. Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) is the major disease caused by S.

Renal CD81 interacts with sodium potassium 2 chloride cotransporter and sodium chloride cotransporter in rats with lipopolysaccharide-induced preeclampsia.

The kidney regulates blood pressure through salt/water reabsorption affected by tubular sodium transporters. Expanding our prior research on placental cluster of differentiation 81 (CD81), this study explores the interaction of renal CD81 with sodium transporters in preeclampsia (PE). Effects of renal CD81 with sodium transporters were determined in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced PE rats and immortalized mouse renal distal convoluted tubule cells.

Hydroxy-Containing Covalent Organic Framework Combined with Nickel Ferrite as a Platform for the Recognition and Capture of Bisphenols.

A hydroxy-containing covalent organic framework (COF) was successfully obtained via a simple nitrogen-purge synthetic procedure for the first time. The COF favored a serrated AA-stacking arrangement, which enhanced the stability compared with common AA or AB arrangements. To validate the potential of the COF in environmental applications, we decorated the COF onto NiFeO and used the NiFeO@COF nanocomposite for magnetic solid-phase extraction of trace bisphenols (BPs).

Preliminary study on brain resting-state networks and cognitive impairments of patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.

Background: To investigate functional changes in brain resting-state networks (RSNs) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and their correlations with sleep breathing disorders and neurocognitive performance.

Methods: In this study, 18 OSAHS patients and 18 matched healthy controls underwent neurocognitive assessment and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Group-level independent component analysis (ICA) and statistical analyses were used to explore between-group differences in RSNs and the relationship between functional changes in RSNs, sleep breathing disorders and neurocognitive performance.

Relationship between blood amyloid A and resting magnetic resonance functional brain connections in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between serum amyloid A (SAA) concentrations in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and their magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of resting brain function.

Methods: Male patients with OSAHS were enrolled from January to June 2019 in Suzhou Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, and nineteen healthy male volunteers were selected as the normal control group. The patients with OSAHS were divided into mild, moderate, and severe groups according to their apnea-hypopnea index (AHI).

Expression and diagnostic value of circulating miRNA-190 and miRNA-197 in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism.

Background: Diagnosing pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) remains challenging due to the lack of specific clinical symptoms and biomarkers. Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have proved to be potential biomarkers for numerous cardiovascular diseases. The aims of this study were to quantitatively analyze the expression of plasma miRNA-190 and miRNA-197 in patients with PTE and to evaluate the diagnostic value for PTE.

Benchmarking of computational error-correction methods for next-generation sequencing data.

Background: Recent advancements in next-generation sequencing have rapidly improved our ability to study genomic material at an unprecedented scale. Despite substantial improvements in sequencing technologies, errors present in the data still risk confounding downstream analysis and limiting the applicability of sequencing technologies in clinical tools. Computational error correction promises to eliminate sequencing errors, but the relative accuracy of error correction algorithms remains unknown.

Subthreshold depression among diabetes patients in Beijing: Cross-sectional associations among sociodemographic, clinical, and behavior factors.

Background: This study explores the prevalence of subthreshold depression (SubD) and its association with factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 808 outpatients with T2DM from ten hospitals in Beijing between September 2015 and January 2016. All participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9) to evaluate depressive status, with scores between 5 and 14 considered SubD.

Minimization of hepatitis B infection among children in Jiangsu, China, 12years after integration of hepatitis B vaccine into the expanded program on immunization.

Background: China has integrated hepatitis B vaccine into the Expanded Program on Immunization since 2002. We aimed to survey the seroprevalence of and immunity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) in children born from 2002 to 2014 in Jiangsu, China.

Methods: Totally 3442 children (M:F=2072:1370) at the age of 7months to 12years (5.

Regulation of Th1/Th2 balance through OX40/OX40L signalling by glycyrrhizic acid in a murine model of asthma.

Background And Objective: Glycyrrhizic acid (GA) has been reported to have attenuating airway inflammation effects in asthma mouse model. However, the potential molecular mechanisms by which GA exerts anti-inflammatory effects on ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic asthma have not been well elaborated.

Methods: The effect of GA on OVA-sensitized and challenged mice was investigated.

[Therapeutic effects of glycyrrhizic acid on asthma airway inflammation in mice and its mechanism].

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effects and mechanism of glycyrrhizic acid (GA) on airway inflammation in a murine model of asthma.

Methods: A total of 70 female BALB/c mice were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 14 each) of control, asthmatic and three treatments with low, medium and high doses of GA. Mice in the asthmatic and the treatment groups were sensitized and challenged by ovalbumin (OVA).

Low titers of measles antibody in mothers whose infants suffered from measles before eligible age for measles vaccination.

Background: Resurgence or outbreak of measles recently occurred in both developed and developing countries despite long-standing widespread use of measles vaccine. Measles incidence in China has increased since 2002, particularly in infants and in persons >or= 15 years of age. It is speculated that infants may acquire fewer measles IgG from their mothers, resulting in the reduced duration of protection during their early months of life.

Influence of maternal antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen on active immune response to hepatitis B vaccine in infants.

Transplacentally acquired maternal antibodies in infants may inhibit active immune responses to vaccines. In this study, we compared the immunogenicity of the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine, which was intramuscularly injected at 0, 1, and 6 months of age, in 71 infants born to mothers with positive or negative antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs). Forty-one infants born to anti-HBs positive mothers were all positive at birth.

[The effects of imiquimod on an animal model of asthma].

Objective: To study the mechanism of imiquimod on asthma animals.

Methods: (1) 40 mice and 48 rats were divided into 4 groups: control, asthma, dexamethasone and imiquimod groups. The asthma model was established.