Age- and sex-related variations of normal spleen T1rho and the more stable liver T1rho to spleen T1rho ratio.

We aim to evaluate the potential age- and sex-related variations of normative values of spleen T1rho.Two T1rho sequences were used, with one based on fast spin echo sequence (FSE) and the other based on gradient echo sequence (GRE). Spleen and liver FSE T1rho values were measured in 52 healthy volunteers (36 females, 16 males), and spleen and liver GRE T1rho values were measured in 14 healthy volunteers (6 females, 8 males).

Age and gender differences of normative values of spleen diffusion MRI parameters.

This study investigates age and gender differences of normative values of spleen diffusion MRI parameters.We recruited 124 volunteers with MRI conducted at 1.5T.

Clinical characteristics and risk factors of infection in human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients: A retrospective observational study.

Background: To investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patients with () infection.

Methods: We retrospectively collected the clinical information of HIV-negative patients with infection from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2019, and analyzed the related risk factors of poor prognosis.

Results: Twenty-five cases aging 22 to 79 years were included.

Protective effects of recombinant 53-kDa protein of on acute lung injury in mice via alleviating lung pyroptosis by promoting M2 macrophage polarization.

represents an effective treatment for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The effects of recombinant (TS) 53-kDa protein (rTsP53) on acute lung injury (ALI) remain unclear. Here, mice were divided randomly into a control group, LPS group, and rTsP53 + LPS group.

XPG is Modulated by miR-4715-3p and rs873601 Genotypes in Lung Cancer.

Objective: (Xeroderma pigmentosum group G, ), a single strand-specific DNA endonuclease in the nucleotide excision repair pathway, has been implicated in lung cancer. Potentially functional rs873601 in is consistently associated with gastrointestinal cancer, and miR-4715-3p, targeting 3UTR of , also influences the process of gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, however, the relationships between and miR-4715-3p and rs873601 in lung cancer have not been elucidated.

Methods: A case-control study included 264 lung cancer patients and 264 cancer-free healthy controls and was designed to determine the relationships between rs873601 and lung cancer and the effect of miR-4715-3p on expression in lung cancer.

The value of transvaginal ultrasound in clinical surgical treatment of cesarean scar pregnancy.

The clinical value of transvaginal ultrasound in clinical surgical treatment of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) was evaluated. The clinical data of 104 patients with CSP admitted at Tongji Hospital from 2013 to 2016 were collected and analyzed retrospectively, including the patients' age, gestational age, the size of gestational sac or uneven mass, the uterine scar thickness, β human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels and so on. Of these 104 cases, 30 cases were subjected to laparotomy, 29 cases to laparoscopy, 27 cases to hysteroscopy, 16 cases to ultrasound-guided uterine curettage, and 2 cases to conservative treatment.

Support Substructures: Support-Induced Part-Level Structural Representation.

In this work we explore a support-induced structural organization of object parts. We introduce the concept of support substructures, which are special subsets of object parts with support and stability. A bottom-up approach is proposed to identify such substructures in a support relation graph.

[Effect of comparability of Coptis chinensis and Scutellaria baicalensis on five sub-enzymatic activities of liver microsomes in rats].

To study the mechanism of metabolic interaction between Coptis chinensis and Scutellaria baicalensis. Rats were given C. chinensis and S.

Review of detection of Brucella spp. by polymerase chain reaction.

Here we present a review of most of the currently used polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods for identification of Brucella bacteria in biological samples. We focused in particular on methods using single-pair primers, multiplex primers, real-time PCRs, PCRs for marine Brucella, and PCRs for molecular biotyping. These methods are becoming very important tools for the identification of Brucella, at the species level and recently also at the biovar level.

InlA and InlC2 of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b are two internalin proteins eliciting humoral immune responses common to listerial infection of various host species.

The internalins InlA and InlC2 are encoded proteins from two strongly immunoreactive clones recently identified by differential immunoscreening of a Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b genomic expression library during the search of the gene products of L. monocytogenes specifically induced in vivo during infection (Yu WL, Dan H, Lin M. J Med Microbiol 56:888-895, 2007).

Novel protein targets of the humoral immune response to Listeria monocytogenes infection in rabbits.

The role of the humoral immune response in protective immunity against listerial infection has been overlooked and is essentially unknown. This study aimed to discover the protein targets of Listeria monocytogenes that elicit an antibody response following infection in a rabbit model. A genomic expression library for L.