Objective:To evaluate the clinical outcome of transcrestal maxillary sinus floor elevation(TMSFE)in the presence of pseudocyst.Methods:14 cases with pseudocyst were treated by TMSFE.In the operation following osteotome,pseudocyst was not ex-cised and sinus floor membrane was elevated,15 implants were placed for the 14 cases.Definite prosthesis was delivered about 6 months after implant placement.CBCT examination was done before,immediately after and 1-year after surgery,the cyst condition, the gain of vertical bone height and implant stability over time were observed.Results:Pre-operation residual ridge height of the alveo-lar crest was (6.85 ±1.07)mm.The sinus membrane was successfully elevated in all sites without perforation (mean elevation height,6.93 ±2.07)mm.All 15 implants were ossteointegrated.At 1-year revisit the gained bone height was (12.76 ±2.03)mm. Cyst grew bigger in 3 cases,not changed in 3 cases,became smaller in 5 cases and disappeared in 3 cases.Conclusion:Pseudocyst excision is not necessary in TMSFE.

Objective To investigate the effect of pretreatment with U75302,antagonist of leukotriene B4 receptor 1 (BLT1),on cisplatin induced acute kidney injury in mice and its immunoregulatory mechanism.Methods Healthy C57BL/6 mice were randomized into four subgroups:1.healthy control group;2.cisplatin group;3.U75302 control group;4.cisplatin + U75302 group,n=6.Group 2 and 4 received intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin (20 mg/kg) on day 0,group 3 and 4received intraperitoneal injection of U75302 (5 μg/mouse) on day 0 and day 2.Mice were sacrificed on the 3rd day and blood and kidney were collected.Renal function and histological changes were estimated,the infiltration of immune cells were determined by flow cytometry,the level of peroxidase (MPO) in kidney were determined by colorimetry,relative expression of TNF-α,IL-1β,CXCL1,CXCL2 were detected by Real-time PCR.Results Compared with healthy control group,levels of BUN,Scr were higher in cisplatin group with serious tubular structural damage.There were more neutrophils,macrophages,CD4+ T lymphocytes,CD8+ T lymphocytes in kidneys of cisplatin group,the level of MPO and relative expression of TNF-α,IL-1β,CXCL1,CXCL2 were also higher in cisplatin group.Compared with cisplatin group,lower BUN [(17.75±1.80) mmol/L vs (42.6±6.66) mmol/L,P ＜0.05],Scr were found in cisplatin+ U75302 group with less tubular structural damage.Meanwhile,U75302 reduced infiltration of neutrophils [(146±13)×103/g vs (296±66) ×103/g,P ＜ 0.05],macrophages [(245± 13)× 103/g vs (420±78)× 103/g,P ＜ 0.05] in the kidney.Levels of MPO [(1.756±0.283) U/g vs (3.308±0.577) U/g,P＜0.05] and relative expression of TNF-α,IL-1β,CXCL1,CXCL2 were also lower.Conclusions BLT1 antagonist U75302 protects mice against AKI induced by cisplatin,and the mechanism is associated with reduced infiltration of inflammatory cells in kidney and the inhibition of kidney inflammation.

Objective To provide an ideal animal model for exploring the pathogenesis and experimental treatment of malignant melanoma in the small intestine.Methods Fresh tissue of lung metastatic lesions from patients with malignant melanoma of the smallintestine were transplanted into mucosa of the small intestine in nude mice.After 4 times of screening.the tissue of the lung metastatic lesions from the nude mice were transplanted into the small intestine of additionat nude mice.Tumorgenecity and metastasis of transplanted tumors were observed,and were analyzed by morphology,karyotype and flow cytometry.Results A lung metastatic model of human primary malignant melanoma of the small intestine in nude mice was successfully constructed and named HSIM-0601.Massive melanin granules and melanin complex were seen in cytoplasm of tumor cells.Immunohistochemical straining of S-100 and HMB-45 were positive.The number of chromosome was between 57 and 59.DNA index was 1.49.HSIM-0601 was passed for 26 generations.A total of 173 nude mice were used for tumor transplantation.The growth rate of the transplanted tumors and resuscitation rate of liquid nitrogen cryopreservation were both 100%.In HSIM-0601.lung metastasis rate was 100%(173/173)and lymph node metastasis rate was 61.3%(106/173).Conclusions The HSIM-0601 successfully mimics the natural clinicopathologic course of patients with primary small intestinal melanoma,and provides an ideal animal model for research on pathogenesis,metastasis and experimentM therapy of malignant lymphoma in the small intestine.

BACKGROUND: Bushen Huogu decoction can effectively prevent and treat osteoporosis, but the concrete mechanism of pharmacology is still not clear. 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 are important coupling factors, which can regulate bone resorption and formation.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the curative effects of Bushen Huogu decoction on the bone mineral density, bone biomechanics, and level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in blood serum, liver and kidney in the ovariectomized osteoporotic rats.METHODS: Totally 108 healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into model group, sham-operated group, andtreatment group. All rats had been ovariectomized to induce estrogen absence and further establish osteoporotic models, except those in sham-operated group. Treatment group of rats were intragastrically administrated with 2 mL Bushen Huogu decoction,twice a day.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with model group, the bone mineral density in the rat femur was significantly increased in the treatment group (P < 0.05), the index of maximal stress and maximal loading of the femoral head were also increased (P <0.05). The concentration of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in blood serum, liver and kidney were significant higher in the treatment group than those in the model group, and the levels were similar with those in sham-operated group (P >0.05). In the early period of estrogenic hormone absence, the Chinese kidney-tonifying drugs could activate bone metabolism, raise bone mineral density and reinforce quality of bone through up-regulating expression of 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.

Objective To investigate the feasibility of ADC values that derived from MR DWI with multiple b values in reflecting the amplitude of enhancement and degree of differentiation in cervical squamous cell carcinomas on 3.0T MR scanner.Methods DWI and multiple phase contrast enhanced MRI images of 31 patients with pathologically diagnosed cervical squamous cell carcinomas were retrospectively analyzed.All ADC values in different b values and the amplitude of signal intensity enhancement were measured in various areas of tumors.Correlations of differences of ADCs in high and low b values with early and late enhancement,and the relationship of ADC and differences of ADCs with pathologically tumor differentiation grades were analyzed.Results ADC value in high and low enhanced areas of cervical cancer was inversely related with different b values.Differences of ADCs between low b value (200 s/mm2) and high b values (800,1 000,1 200,1 400 s/mm2) had weak positive correlation with early enhancement (r=0.315-0.339,all P＜0.05).While b=800 s/mm2 and 1 000 s/mm2,ADCs in highly enhanced areas of tumor were significantly lower in well-differentiated cancer lesions compared with those of poorly differentiated cancer lesions.There was no statistically significant of ADC value in other b values,and also of differences of ADCs in all b values in different differentiation foci (all P＞0.05).No differences were found in ADC values under other b values in various degree of differentiation foci,nor in differences of ADCs in all b values (all P＞0.05).Conclusion Combination of multiple b values of DWI may have the potential to reflect blood supply and tumor differentiation grades in cervical squamous cell carcinomas,while low b value of 200 s/mm2 and high b values of 800 s/mm2 and 1 000 s/mm2 will be the preferable choice on 3.0T MR scanner.

Objective To establish blood purification system for rats and provide a safe and reliable experimental platform for further research of blood purification. Methods The right carotid artery and the contralateral jugular vein of adult male Sprague?Dawley rats were cannulated to creat vascular access for blood purification, by which continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration blood purification system was established. Blood flow, substitution fluid flow and ultrafiltration rate were regulated by rotary mini?pumps. Blood purification therapy continued for 4 hours on the basis of maintained anesthesia and effective anticoagulation. The safety of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration blood purification systems was evaluated by comparing the arterial blood gas, electrolyte indexes and blood glucose during the blood purification therapy. Closely monitoring the vital signs of rats, such as blood pressure and heart rate, and observing whether there were any side effects, such as massive haemorrhage, thrombogenesis and gas embolism in the therapeutic process. Results There were no obvious changes of arterial blood gas, electrolyte indexes and blood glucose during the blood purification therapy (P>0.05). The vital signs did not fluctuate acutely before and after the blood purification therapy (P>0.05). The incidence rate of side effects was very low. Conclusions
Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration blood purification system had no obvious adverse effects on healthy rats. Our blood purification system for rats appears to be safe and reliable.

ObjectiveTo reproduce a clinically relevant two-hit model of sepsis complicated by pneumonia and to explore the correlation between two-hit and immune state.Methods Eighty-one male Sprague-Dawley ( SD ) rats were divided into groups according to the random number table. Forty-five male rats were assigned respectively to sepsis-alone group, pneumonia 4 days and 7 days after sepsis groups, respectively. Survival rate of each group was observed. Another group of 36 male rats were divided into normal control group, sepsis-alone for 1, 4 and 7 days groups, and sepsis complicated by pneumonia for 4 days and 7 days after sepsis groups, each group consisted of 6 rats. Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) was done in rats, andStreptococcus pneumoniae suspension (bacteria count 1×1010 cfu/mL) was injected via the nose on the 4th day or 7th day after CLP. Rats were sacrificed at corresponding time points, and 1 day after challenge ofStreptococcus pneumoniae on the 4 days or 7 days post CLP for the collection of blood and tissue samples to make bacterial count of the blood, splenocyte count, biochemical indices, cytokines concentration, pathological changes in spleen and apoptotic cells.Results① Compared with the rats of sepsis-alone group, the rats in pneumonia 4 days after CLP group had poor survival rate (4 vs. 11,χ2 = 6.533,P = 0.011), while no difference was found between pneumonia 7 days after CLP group and sepsis-alone group (9 vs. 11,χ2 = 0.600,P = 0.439).② The blood bacterial count and all the biochemical indexes were sharply increased on 1 day post-CLP in the rats of sepsis-alone group, and then they gradually lowered. Compared with the rats of 1 day post-CLP, the proportion of splenocytes were decreased on the 4th day post-CLP [dendritic cells (DC): (0.69±0.09)% vs. (0.87±0.31)%, CD4+T cells: (21.05±2.89)% vs. (24.84±4.59)%, CD8+ T cells: (10.62±1.79)% vs. (13.40±1.31)%, allP< 0.05], but T-regulatory cell (Treg) count was higher on the 4th day after CLP compared with sepsis-alone rats [(3.14±0.74 )% vs. (2.87±1.08)%,P< 0.05]. The biochemical indices, including alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and serum creatinine (SCr) were obviously lowered on 7 days post-CLP compared with 1 day after CLP [ALT (U/L): 35.33±11.52 vs. 81.00±38.40, AST (U/L): 70.33±42.16 vs. 156.00±28.11, BUN (mmol/L): 5.30±2.27 vs. 9.13±4.04, SCr (μmol/L): 55.33±10.67 vs. 96.67±45.79, allP< 0.05]. The serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukins (IL-6, IL-1β) peaked on the 1st day after CLP [TNF-α:(18.03±2.88) ng/L, IL-6: (10.37±4.20) ng/L, IL-1β: (102.44±51.46) ng/L], and high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) peaked on the 4th day after CLP [(1.76±0.71)μg/L]. The levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1 ) and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor-Ⅰ (sTNFR-Ⅰ) maintained at high levels [7 days post-CLP: TGF-β1 was (0.90±0.56) ng/L, sTNFR-Ⅰ was (1.56±0.39) ng/L]. The spleen pathology became more marked with the time in the group of sepsis-alone, meanwhile the number of apoptotic spleencytes increased 4 days post-CLP as compared with that of the 1st day post-CLP (cells/HP: 52.99±20.79 vs. 16.05±3.28,P< 0.05).③ Compared with the same period of sepsis-alone group, the rats with pneumonia 4 days post-CLP group showed a higher blood bacterial count (log cfu/mL: 1.78±0.54 vs. 0.25±0.18,P< 0.05), while no difference was found between 7-day of post-CLP pneumonia group and sepsis-alone group (log cfu/mL: 0.57±0.46 vs. 0.13±0.12,P> 0.05). The same trend of changes, with slight reduction in splenocytes and biochemical indices were found between the groups of sepsis followed by pneumonia and sepsis-alone, but no significant difference was found. The level of HMGB1 in the 4-day group of sepsis with complication of pneumonia was further decreased compared with sepsis-alone group (μg/L:1.17±0.74 vs. 1.76±0.71,P< 0.05), and IL-1β in the 7-day group of sepsis complicated pneumonia was further higher than those of sepsis-alone group in the same period (ng/L: 105.73±25.06 vs. 61.04±31.29,P< 0.05), while there were no differences in levels of other cytokines between two-hit group and sepsis-alone group. Apoptosis of spleencytes in the 4-day group of sepsis complicated pneumonia was more marked than that of sepsis-alone group at the same period (cells/HP: 74.48±22.47 vs. 52.99±20.79,P< 0.05), while no difference was found between the 7-day groups of sepsis complicated pneumonia and the sepsis-alone group (cells/HP: 28.70±4.13 vs. 30.43±14.55, P> 0.05).Conclusions The mortality of this two-hit model with complication of pneumonia 4 days after CLP was significantly higher than that of single sepsis model. The ability of bacteria clearance was decreased, and immunocyte apoptosis was exacerbated. These findings may be with the result of the occurrence of immunoparalysis in the mid stage of sepsis. The two-hit model reproduced on 7 days after CLP might suggest reconstruction of host immune function, and maybe associated with the recovery of immune response.

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was identified as a novel human coronavirus and posed great threat to public health world wide,which calls for the development of effective and safe vaccine urgently. In the study, peptide epitopes tagrgeting spike antigen were predicted based on bioinformatics methods. Nine polypeptides with high scores were synthesized and linked to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). Female BALB/C mice were immunized with individual polypeptide-KLH, and the total IgG was detected by ELISA as well as the cellular mediated immunity (CMI) was analyzed using ELIs-pot assay. The results showed that an individual peptide of YVDVGPDSVKSACIEVDIQQTFFDKTWPRPIDVSKADGI could induce the highest level of total IgG as well as CMI (high frequency of IFN-γ secretion) against MERS-CoV antigen in mice. Our study identified a promising peptide vaccine candidate against MERS-CoV and provided an experimental support for bioinformatics-based design of peptide vaccine.
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In this study, UPLC-MS/MS was adopted to determine the contents of five ephedrine alkaloids (Norephedrine, Norpseudoephedrine, Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, Methylephedrine) in plasma and urine in rats after the combined administration of Ephedrae Herba-Gypsum Fibrosum and calculate relevant pharmacokinetic parameters, in order to discuss the effect of the combined administration of Ephedrae Herba-Gypsum Fibrosum on plasma pharmacokinetics and urinary excretion characteristics. According to the results, after being combined with Gypsum, the five ephedrine alkaloids showed similar pharmacokinetic changes, such as shortened t(max), accelerated absorption rate, but reduced AUC(0-t) and V(z)/F, which may be related to the increase in urine excretion. Besides, Gypsum was added to enhance C(max) of Pseudoephedrine and prolong MRT(0-t) of Methylephedrine, so as to enhance the anti-asthmatic effect of Ephedrae Herba and resist the toxic effect of Norephedrine and Ephedrine. This study proved the scientific compatibility of Ephedrae Herba-Gypsum Fibrosum and provided a reference for studies on the prescription compatibility regularity and relevant practices.
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