Influences of blood lipids on the occurrence and prognosis of hemorrhagic transformation after acute cerebral infarction: a case-control study of 732 patients.

Background: To study the influence of blood lipid levels on hemorrhagic transformation (HT) and prognosis after acute cerebral infarction (ACI).

Methods: Patients with ACI within 72 h of symptoms onset between January 1st, 2015, and December 31st, 2016, were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into group A (without HT) and group B (HT).

Laparoscopic appendiceal interposition pyeloplasty for long ureteric strictures in children.

Introduction: The management of long ureteric strictures is very challenging, and ureteral substitution is necessary when end-to-end anastomosis can not be accomplished.

Objective: To evaluate the mid-term results of laparoscopic appendiceal interposition pyeloplasty in children with long ureteric strictures.

Methods: Between March 2010 and September 2016 four patients (median age 24 months, male/female 3/1) underwent laparoscopic appendiceal interposition pyeloplasty at the current hospital.

Specific microRNA signatures responsible for immune disturbance related to hip fracture in aged rats.

Background: Hip fracture is commonly associated with an overwhelming inflammatory response, which may lead to high rates of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in the functions of immune system. However, the association between miRNA dysregulation and immune disturbance (IMD) related to elderly hip fracture is largely unknown.

[Clinical Features and Prognosis of t(8;21) AML Patients in China: A Multicenter Retrospective Study].

Objective: To summarize the clinical characteristics of peripheral blood, immune phenotypes, fusion genes and cytogenetics of patients with t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia(AML) through the retrospective analysis of 586 patients with t(8;21) AML from 15 blood disease research centers in Northern area of China.

Methods: The factors affecting prognosis of patients with t(8;21) AML were investigated by using univariate and multivariate COX regression.

Results: The immune type of t(8;21) AML patients was mainly with HLA-DR, CD117, CD34, MPO, CD38, CD13 and CD33 (>95%), part of them with CD19 and CD56; the most common accompanied mutation of t(8;21) AML patients was C-KIT mutation (37.

In vivo evaluation of microglia activation by intracranial iron overload in central pain after spinal cord injury.

Background: Central pain (CP) is a common clinical problem in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Recent studies found the pathogenesis of CP was related to the remodeling of the brain. We investigate the roles of iron overload and subsequent microglia activate in the remodeling of the brain after SCI.

Transumbilical Single-Site Multiport Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty for Children with Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction in China: A Multicenter Study.

Background: Transumbilical single-site multiport laparoscopic pyeloplasty (TSMLP) for children with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) has become feasible and popular recently. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of TSMLP for pediatric UPJO in a large multicenter series.

Materials And Methods: Medical records of consecutive patients who underwent TSMLP for pediatric UPJO in six academic institutions between June 2010 and May 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.

Effect of oxidative stress induced by intracranial iron overload on central pain after spinal cord injury.

Background: Central pain (CP) is a common clinical problem in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Recent studies found the pathogenesis of CP was related to the remodeling of the brain. We investigate the roles of iron overload and subsequent oxidative stress in the remodeling of the brain after SCI.

[Clinical Efficacy of Haploidentical Allo-HSCT of Reduced Intensity Preconditioning Combined with Induced Immune Tolerance after Transplantation for Severe Aplastic Anemia].

Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of haploidentical allo-HSCT in combination of reduced intensity preconditioning combined with cyclophosphamid (CTX)-induced immune tolerance after transplanitation for treatment of severe aplastic anemia (SAA).

Methods: A total of 15 patients with SAA received the haploidentical allo-HSCT of reduced intensity preconditioning combined with CTX-induced immune tolerance after transplartation in the General hospital of Beijing military command of chinese PLA from June 2012 to December 2014. The reduced intensity preconditioning regimen consisted of CTX, fludarabine, busulfex and amti-lymphocyte immunoglobin; the immune tolerance was induced with CTX (50 mg/kg·d) on day 3 after transplantation; the HSC donors were father and mother of patients.

Circulating histones are major mediators of systemic inflammation and cellular injury in patients with acute liver failure.

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a life-threatening systemic disorder. Here we investigated the impact of circulating histones, recently identified inflammatory mediators, on systemic inflammation and liver injury in murine models and patients with ALF. We analyzed histone levels in blood samples from 62 patients with ALF, 60 patients with chronic liver disease, and 30 healthy volunteers.

Patients with HBV-related acute-on-chronic liver failure have increased concentrations of extracellular histones aggravating cellular damage and systemic inflammation.

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is the most common type of liver failure and associated with grave consequences. Systemic inflammation has been linked to its pathogenesis and outcome, but the identifiable triggers are absent. Recently, extracellular histones, especially H4, have been recognized as important mediators of cell damage in various inflammatory conditions.

Over-expression of TSPO in the hippocampal CA1 area alleviates cognitive dysfunction caused by lipopolysaccharide in mice.

The translocator protein 18kDa (TSPO) is closely related to regulation of immune/inflammatory response. However, the putative role and signaling mechanisms of TSPO in regulation of neuroinflammation remain unclear. GV287 lentiviral vectors mediating TSPO over-expression were injected into bilateral hippocampal CA1 areas to test whether TSPO over-expression was neuroprotective in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mice model.