The gut microbiota plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of health for amphibians,and it has been fully recognized,but the effectiveness of various influencing factors has not yet been fully clarified.Although this ...The gut microbiota plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of health for amphibians,and it has been fully recognized,but the effectiveness of various influencing factors has not yet been fully clarified.Although this association should be considered while the amphibian order Caudata is facing a severe situation of population decline and extinction,there is little understanding of the association between diets and the diversity of gut microbiota in the amphibian order Caudata.Here,we conducted an extensive analysis of the gut microbiota of Cynops orientalis fed different diets using functional prediction and 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing techniques.First,we found that wild individuals had greater gut microbial diversity and richness in comparison to captive individuals.Second,we identified the bacterial taxa associated with diets and observed differences in the relative abundance of gut microbiota among people on various diets.Finally,we have a predictive comprehension of the selection and adaptative significance of shared core ASVs in the gut microbiota in maintaining the healthy survival of C.orientalis in a large-scale spatiotemporal map.Our study emphasizes how diets alter the gut microbiota of Caudata and offers fresh perspectives on the conservation and captive management of species in Caudata.展开更多
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) and Ewing’s sarcoma (EWS) are small round cell tumors occurring mainly in children and adolescents, rarely in adults. It can occur in multiple tissues and organs including kidne...Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) and Ewing’s sarcoma (EWS) are small round cell tumors occurring mainly in children and adolescents, rarely in adults. It can occur in multiple tissues and organs including kidney, adrenal, bladder, liver, small intestine, colon and rectum, with a preferred location within the chest area, in the limbs and around the spine, but with rare cases of abdominal, pelvic or retroperitoneal. Here we present a case of the retroperitoneal PENT/EWS in a 38-year-old man and we discuss the clinical features, histopathological characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.展开更多
Background:The incidence of hepatitis B virus(HBV)has decreased year by year in China after the expansion of vaccination,but there is still a high disease burden in Jiangsu Province of China.Methods:The year-by-year i...Background:The incidence of hepatitis B virus(HBV)has decreased year by year in China after the expansion of vaccination,but there is still a high disease burden in Jiangsu Province of China.Methods:The year-by-year incidence data of HBV in Jiangsu Province from 1990 to 2021 were collected.The incidence rates of males and females age groups were clustered by systematic clustering,and the incidence rates of each age group were analyzed and studied by using Joinpoint regression model and age-period-cohort effect model(APC).Results:Joinpoint regression model and APC model showed a general decrease in HBV prevalence in both males and females.In addition,the results of the APC model showed that the age,period,and cohort effects of patients all affected the incidence of HBV,and the incidence was higher in males than in females.The incidence is highest in the population between the ages of 15 and 30 years(mean:21.76/100,000),especially in males(mean:31.53/100,000)than in females(mean:11.67/100,000).Another high-risk group is those over 60 years of age(mean:21.40/100,000),especially males(mean:31.17/100,000)than females(mean:11.63/100,000).The period effect of the APC model suggests that HBV vaccination is effective in reducing the incidence of HBV in the population.Conclusions:The incidence of HBV in Jiangsu Province showed a gradual downward trend,but the disease burden in males was higher than that in females.The incidence is higher and increasing rapidly in the population between the ages of 15 and 30 years and people over 60 years of age.More targeted prevention and control measures should be imple-mented for males and the elderly.展开更多
Simultaneously optimizing the estimation of the centroid and separation of two incoherent optical point sources is constrained by a tradeoff relation determined by an incompatibility coefficient.At the Rayleigh distan...Simultaneously optimizing the estimation of the centroid and separation of two incoherent optical point sources is constrained by a tradeoff relation determined by an incompatibility coefficient.At the Rayleigh distance,the incompatibility coefficient vanishes and thus the tradeoff relation no longer restricts the simultaneous optimization of measurement for a joint estimation.We construct such a joint optimal measurement by an elaborated analysis on the operator algebra of the symmetric logarithmic derivative.Our work not only confirms the existence of a joint optimal measurement for this specific imaging model,but also gives a promising method to characterize the condition on measurement compatibility for general multiparameter estimation problems.展开更多
Background:The aim was to determine retinal nerve fiber layer function and its relations to retinal microvasculature and microcirculation in patients with myopia.Method:Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomogra...Background:The aim was to determine retinal nerve fiber layer function and its relations to retinal microvasculature and microcirculation in patients with myopia.Method:Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography(PS-OCT)was used to measure phase retardation per unit depth(PR/UD,proportional to the birefringence)of the retinal nerve fiber layer(RNFL).Optical coherence tomography angiography(OCTA)was used to measure macular vessel density analyzed using fractal analysis.In addition,a retinal function imager(RFI)was used to measure macular blood flow velocities in arterioles and venules.Twenty-two patients with moderate myopia(MM,refraction>3 and<6 diopters),seventeen patients with high myopia(HM,≥6 D)and 29 healthy control subjects(HC,≤3.00 D)were recruited.One eye of each patient was imaged.Results:Although the average PR/UD of the RNFL in the HM group did not reach a significant level,the birefringence of the inferior quadrant was significantly lower(P<0.05)in the HM group compared to the HC group.Significant thinning of the average RNFL and focal thinning of RFNL in temporal,superior and inferior quadrants in the HM group were found,compared to the HC group(P<0.05).There were no significant differences of retinal blood flow velocities in arterioles and venules among groups(P>0.05).The macular vessel density in both superficial and deep vascular plexuses was significantly lower in the HM group than in the other two groups(P<0.05)as well as in the MM group than in the HC group(P<0.05).The average PR/UD and PR/UD in the inferior quadrant were not related to refraction,axial length,blood flow velocities and macular vessel densities(r ranged from−0.09 to 0.19,P>0.05).Conclusions:The impairment of the retinal nerve fiber birefringence in the HM group may be one of the independent features in high myopic eyes,which appeared not to relate to macular microvascular density and blood flow velocity.展开更多
Coxsackievirus A16(CVA16) is one of major pathogens of hand, foot and mouth disease(HFMD) in children. Long non-coding RNAs(Inc RNAs) have been implicated in various biological processes,but they have not been associa...Coxsackievirus A16(CVA16) is one of major pathogens of hand, foot and mouth disease(HFMD) in children. Long non-coding RNAs(Inc RNAs) have been implicated in various biological processes,but they have not been associated with CVA16 infection. In this study, we comprehensively characterized the landscape of Inc RNAs of normal and CVA16 infected rhabdomyosarcoma(RD)cells using RNA-Seq to investigate the functional relevance of Inc RNAs. We showed that a total of 760 Inc RNAs were upregulated and 1210 Inc RNAs were downregulated. Out of these dysregulated Inc RNAs, 43.64% were intergenic, 22.31% were sense, 15.89% were intronic, 8.67% were bidirectional, 5.59% were antisense, 3.85% were s RNA host Inc RNAs and 0.05% were enhancer. Six dysregulated Inc RNAs were validated by quantitative PCR assays and the secondary structures of these Inc RNAs were projected. Moreover, we conducted a bioinformatics analysis of an Inc RNAs(ENST00000602478) to elucidate the diversity of modification and functions of Inc RNAs. In summary, the current study compared the dysregulated Inc RNAs profile upon CVA16 challenge and illustrated the intricate relationship between coding and Inc RNAs transcripts. These results may not only provide a complete picture of transcription in CVA16 infected cells but also provide novel molecular targets for treatments of HFMD.展开更多
Introduction:Many measures implemented to control the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic have reshaped the epidemic patterns of other infectious diseases.This study estimated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemi...Introduction:Many measures implemented to control the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic have reshaped the epidemic patterns of other infectious diseases.This study estimated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases and potential changes following reopening.Methods:The optimal intervention and counterfactual models were selected from the seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average(SARIMA),neural network autoregression(NNAR),and hybrid models based on the minimum mean absolute percentage error(MAPE)in the test set.The relative change rate between the actual notification rate and that predicted by the optimal model was calculated for the entire COVID-19 epidemic prevention period and the“reopening”period.Results:Compared with the predicted notification rate based on the counterfactual model,the total relative change rates for the 9 infectious diseases were−44.24%,respiratory infections(−55.41%),and intestinal infections(−26.59%)during 2020–2022.Compared with the predicted notification rate based on the intervention model,the total relative change rates were+247.98%,respiratory infections(+389.59%),and intestinal infections(+50.46%)in 2023.Among them,the relative increases in influenza(+499.98%)and hand-foot-mouth disease(HFMD)(+70.97%)were significant.Conclusions:Measures taken in Jiangsu Province in response to COVID-19 effectively constrained the spread of respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases.Influenza and HFMD rebounded significantly after the lifting of COVID-19 intervention restrictions.展开更多
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901120 and 31700320)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M723135)+2 种基金Beijing Natural Science Foundation(5192016)Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources(swzy202006)Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for college students of Anhui Normal University.
文摘The gut microbiota plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of health for amphibians,and it has been fully recognized,but the effectiveness of various influencing factors has not yet been fully clarified.Although this association should be considered while the amphibian order Caudata is facing a severe situation of population decline and extinction,there is little understanding of the association between diets and the diversity of gut microbiota in the amphibian order Caudata.Here,we conducted an extensive analysis of the gut microbiota of Cynops orientalis fed different diets using functional prediction and 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing techniques.First,we found that wild individuals had greater gut microbial diversity and richness in comparison to captive individuals.Second,we identified the bacterial taxa associated with diets and observed differences in the relative abundance of gut microbiota among people on various diets.Finally,we have a predictive comprehension of the selection and adaptative significance of shared core ASVs in the gut microbiota in maintaining the healthy survival of C.orientalis in a large-scale spatiotemporal map.Our study emphasizes how diets alter the gut microbiota of Caudata and offers fresh perspectives on the conservation and captive management of species in Caudata.
文摘Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) and Ewing’s sarcoma (EWS) are small round cell tumors occurring mainly in children and adolescents, rarely in adults. It can occur in multiple tissues and organs including kidney, adrenal, bladder, liver, small intestine, colon and rectum, with a preferred location within the chest area, in the limbs and around the spine, but with rare cases of abdominal, pelvic or retroperitoneal. Here we present a case of the retroperitoneal PENT/EWS in a 38-year-old man and we discuss the clinical features, histopathological characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,20720230001self-supporting Program of Guangzhou Laboratory,SRPG22-007research Project on Education and Teaching Reform of Undergraduate Universities of Fujian Province,FBJG20210260.
文摘Background:The incidence of hepatitis B virus(HBV)has decreased year by year in China after the expansion of vaccination,but there is still a high disease burden in Jiangsu Province of China.Methods:The year-by-year incidence data of HBV in Jiangsu Province from 1990 to 2021 were collected.The incidence rates of males and females age groups were clustered by systematic clustering,and the incidence rates of each age group were analyzed and studied by using Joinpoint regression model and age-period-cohort effect model(APC).Results:Joinpoint regression model and APC model showed a general decrease in HBV prevalence in both males and females.In addition,the results of the APC model showed that the age,period,and cohort effects of patients all affected the incidence of HBV,and the incidence was higher in males than in females.The incidence is highest in the population between the ages of 15 and 30 years(mean:21.76/100,000),especially in males(mean:31.53/100,000)than in females(mean:11.67/100,000).Another high-risk group is those over 60 years of age(mean:21.40/100,000),especially males(mean:31.17/100,000)than females(mean:11.63/100,000).The period effect of the APC model suggests that HBV vaccination is effective in reducing the incidence of HBV in the population.Conclusions:The incidence of HBV in Jiangsu Province showed a gradual downward trend,but the disease burden in males was higher than that in females.The incidence is higher and increasing rapidly in the population between the ages of 15 and 30 years and people over 60 years of age.More targeted prevention and control measures should be imple-mented for males and the elderly.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No.12275062,No.11935012,and No.61871162)。
文摘Simultaneously optimizing the estimation of the centroid and separation of two incoherent optical point sources is constrained by a tradeoff relation determined by an incompatibility coefficient.At the Rayleigh distance,the incompatibility coefficient vanishes and thus the tradeoff relation no longer restricts the simultaneous optimization of measurement for a joint estimation.We construct such a joint optimal measurement by an elaborated analysis on the operator algebra of the symmetric logarithmic derivative.Our work not only confirms the existence of a joint optimal measurement for this specific imaging model,but also gives a promising method to characterize the condition on measurement compatibility for general multiparameter estimation problems.
基金Supported by NIH Center Grant P30 EY014801grant from Research to Prevent Blindness(RPB)。
文摘Background:The aim was to determine retinal nerve fiber layer function and its relations to retinal microvasculature and microcirculation in patients with myopia.Method:Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography(PS-OCT)was used to measure phase retardation per unit depth(PR/UD,proportional to the birefringence)of the retinal nerve fiber layer(RNFL).Optical coherence tomography angiography(OCTA)was used to measure macular vessel density analyzed using fractal analysis.In addition,a retinal function imager(RFI)was used to measure macular blood flow velocities in arterioles and venules.Twenty-two patients with moderate myopia(MM,refraction>3 and<6 diopters),seventeen patients with high myopia(HM,≥6 D)and 29 healthy control subjects(HC,≤3.00 D)were recruited.One eye of each patient was imaged.Results:Although the average PR/UD of the RNFL in the HM group did not reach a significant level,the birefringence of the inferior quadrant was significantly lower(P<0.05)in the HM group compared to the HC group.Significant thinning of the average RNFL and focal thinning of RFNL in temporal,superior and inferior quadrants in the HM group were found,compared to the HC group(P<0.05).There were no significant differences of retinal blood flow velocities in arterioles and venules among groups(P>0.05).The macular vessel density in both superficial and deep vascular plexuses was significantly lower in the HM group than in the other two groups(P<0.05)as well as in the MM group than in the HC group(P<0.05).The average PR/UD and PR/UD in the inferior quadrant were not related to refraction,axial length,blood flow velocities and macular vessel densities(r ranged from−0.09 to 0.19,P>0.05).Conclusions:The impairment of the retinal nerve fiber birefringence in the HM group may be one of the independent features in high myopic eyes,which appeared not to relate to macular microvascular density and blood flow velocity.
基金supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(No.81171577,81371790,81371422 and 81171127)Major AIDS and Viral Hepatitis and Other Major Infectious Disease Prevention and Control project of China(2014ZX10001003)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Chinathe Translational Medical Research Fund of Wuhan University School of Medicine
文摘Coxsackievirus A16(CVA16) is one of major pathogens of hand, foot and mouth disease(HFMD) in children. Long non-coding RNAs(Inc RNAs) have been implicated in various biological processes,but they have not been associated with CVA16 infection. In this study, we comprehensively characterized the landscape of Inc RNAs of normal and CVA16 infected rhabdomyosarcoma(RD)cells using RNA-Seq to investigate the functional relevance of Inc RNAs. We showed that a total of 760 Inc RNAs were upregulated and 1210 Inc RNAs were downregulated. Out of these dysregulated Inc RNAs, 43.64% were intergenic, 22.31% were sense, 15.89% were intronic, 8.67% were bidirectional, 5.59% were antisense, 3.85% were s RNA host Inc RNAs and 0.05% were enhancer. Six dysregulated Inc RNAs were validated by quantitative PCR assays and the secondary structures of these Inc RNAs were projected. Moreover, we conducted a bioinformatics analysis of an Inc RNAs(ENST00000602478) to elucidate the diversity of modification and functions of Inc RNAs. In summary, the current study compared the dysregulated Inc RNAs profile upon CVA16 challenge and illustrated the intricate relationship between coding and Inc RNAs transcripts. These results may not only provide a complete picture of transcription in CVA16 infected cells but also provide novel molecular targets for treatments of HFMD.
基金supported by grants from the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Discipline(No.ZDXK202250)the Scientific Research Project of Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission(No.DX202302)+1 种基金National Natural Science Foun dation of China(No.82320108018)National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2023YFC2306004,2022YFC2304000).
文摘Introduction:Many measures implemented to control the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic have reshaped the epidemic patterns of other infectious diseases.This study estimated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases and potential changes following reopening.Methods:The optimal intervention and counterfactual models were selected from the seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average(SARIMA),neural network autoregression(NNAR),and hybrid models based on the minimum mean absolute percentage error(MAPE)in the test set.The relative change rate between the actual notification rate and that predicted by the optimal model was calculated for the entire COVID-19 epidemic prevention period and the“reopening”period.Results:Compared with the predicted notification rate based on the counterfactual model,the total relative change rates for the 9 infectious diseases were−44.24%,respiratory infections(−55.41%),and intestinal infections(−26.59%)during 2020–2022.Compared with the predicted notification rate based on the intervention model,the total relative change rates were+247.98%,respiratory infections(+389.59%),and intestinal infections(+50.46%)in 2023.Among them,the relative increases in influenza(+499.98%)and hand-foot-mouth disease(HFMD)(+70.97%)were significant.Conclusions:Measures taken in Jiangsu Province in response to COVID-19 effectively constrained the spread of respiratory and intestinal infectious diseases.Influenza and HFMD rebounded significantly after the lifting of COVID-19 intervention restrictions.
