035). A greater proportion of patients had bilateral patchy opacities on chest CT ( =0.012) in the hypertension group than in the normotensive group. COVID-19 patients with hypertension group were more likely to receive antibiotics ( =0.035) and corticosteroid therapies ( =0.035). Hypertension increases the risk of bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19. Hypertensive patients with COVID-19 have higher neutrophil counts and neutrophil/ lymphocyte ratios and are more likely to require treatment with antibiotics. Hypertensive patients with COVID-19 should therefore take cautions to avoid bacterial infections. Hypertension increases the risk of bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19. Hypertensive patients with COVID-19 have higher neutrophil counts and neutrophil/ lymphocyte ratios and are more likely to require treatment with antibiotics. Hypertensive patients with COVID-19 should therefore take cautions to avoid bacterial infections. To explore the protective effect of electroacupuncture against acute lung injury (ALI) in septic rats and explore the mechanism. Sixty male SD rats were randomly divided into cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis group ( =45) and sham operation group ( =15; with laparotomy but without CLP). The rat models of sepsis were randomized into ALI group ( =15) without further treatment, ALI + SEA group ( =15) treated with electroacupuncture at the point far from the Zusanli acupoint for 30 min, and ALI + EA group ( =15) with electroacupuncture at Zusanli with identical frequency, intensity and duration of electrical stimulation. All the rats were sacrificed at 12 h after CLP for measurement of the weight and the wet/dry weight (W/D) ratio of the lungs. Pathological changes of the lung tissues were examined using HE staining, and the contents of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the homogenate of the lung tissues were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA the release of inflammatory mediators and cell apoptosis via the JAK1/STAT3 pathway to reduce lung injuries in septic rats. To investigate the effect of interleukin-17A (IL-17A) on chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer cells to cisplatin (DDP) and explore the mechanism in light of autophagy regulation. Ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells cultured were treated with different concentrations of DDP (1-20 μg/mL). MTT assay was used to observe the changes in proliferation of the treated cells and the effect of treatment with 100 ng/mL IL-17A for 24 h on DDP-induced apoptosis of SKOV3 cells. We then examined the expression of IL-17A receptor (IL-17RA) in SKOV3 cells using flow cytometry. Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining was used to detect the cell apoptosis rate, and early apoptosis of the cells was detected with JC-1 assay. A neutralizing monoclonal antibody (mAb) against IL-17RA was used to block IL-17RA. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/aminooxyacetic-acid-hemihydrochloride.html We also observed the effects of IL-17RA silencing mediated by a siRNA targeting IL-17RA (siRNA-IL-17RA) and treatment with 3-methyladenine (3-MA) for inhibiting autophagy on DDP-induced apoptosis of SKOV3 cells. The expressions of apoptosis-related proteins (Bcl-2, Bax, and cleaved caspase-3) and autophagy-related proteins (P62 and Beclin-1) in the treated cells were detected using Western blotting. DDP increased the expression of IL-17RA in ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells. Treatment with IL-17A significantly reduced the susceptibility of SKOV3 cells to cisplatin-induced apoptosis ( < 0.05). DDP obviously augmented the expression of Beclin-1 and reduced the autophagy degradation substrate P62 protein in the cells ( < 0.05). IL-17A/IL-17RA strongly enhanced the DDPinducted autophagy of the cells ( < 0.05). Blocking autophagy with 3-MA significantly increased DDP- induced apoptosis of SKOV3 cells with IL-17RA silencing, lowered the expression of Bcl-2 and enhanced Bax expression in the cells ( < 0.05). IL-17A/IL-17RA can decrease chemosensitivity of SKOV3 cells to DDP by upregulating DDP-induced autophagy. IL-17A/IL-17RA can decrease chemosensitivity of SKOV3 cells to DDP by upregulating DDP-induced autophagy. To investigate the characteristics of immunophenotypes and expressions of non-myeloid differentiation antigens in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and their value in diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of AML. We examined the immunophenotypes of 109 patients with AML using BD FACSCalibur flow cytometry and analyzed the association of the immunophenotypes and expressions of non-myeloid differentiation antigens with the prognosis and complete remission (CR) rate of the patients. Immunophenotype analysis showed that the positivity rates of the myeloid differentiation antigens of AML cells decreased in the order of CD13, CD117, CD33, MPO and CD15; the positivity rates of CD117, CD13, CD33 and MPO did not differ significantly ( > 0.05) and were all significantly higher than that of CD15 ( < 0.05). The positivity rates of AML cell non-lineage antigens CD34, CD38, HLA-DR, and CD123 did not differ significantly ( > 0.05). The positivity rates of non-myeloid differentiation antigens decreased in the onon-myeloid differentiation antigens can be of great clinical significance for the diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of AML, and serve also as one of the important bases for the diagnosis and treatment of AML. To investigate the effect of escin in relieving chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic pain in rats and explore and the underlying mechanism. Eighteen SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups ( =6), including an escin preconditioning group (treated with 4 mg/kg escin on days 1-7 and then with 2 mg/kg taxol on days 8, 10, 12, and 14), an escin postconditioning group (treated with 2 mg/kg taxol on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 and then with 4 mg/mg escin on days 8-14) and control group (treated with 2 mg/kg taxol on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 and then with saline on days 8-14). Mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia of the mice were tested on days 4, 7, 10 and 14, and the expression levels of LC3II and p62 in the spinal cord of the rats were detected using Western blotting. The rats in both the escin preconditioning group and escin postconditioning group showed obviously increased thresholds of mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia as compared with those in the control group ( < 0.01). Western blotting showed that the expression level of LC3II was significantly increased while p62 expression was lowered in escin preconditioning group as compared with those in the control group ( < 0.