BACKGROUND: The tissue-engineered scaffold, as a substitute of autogenous bone graft, plays an important role in bone repair. In the meanwhile, three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has obtained more attention because of its accurate adjustment.OBJECTIVE: To review the in vitro or in vivo studies on the 3D-printed scaffolds applied in bone repair, thus providing basis for clinical research.METHODS: The first author searched the PubMed database using the English keywords of tissue engineering, bone,three-dimensional printing, scaffold for pertinent articles addressing 3D-printed tissue-engineered scaffolds.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There are plenty of studies on 3D-printed tissue-engineered scaffolds, and recent research focuses on the material selection and surface modification. The appropriate porosity is vital, and with the development of manufacturing technology, each property of the scaffold is improved, and composite materials prevail gradually. All above improvements enhance the mechanical property and promote cell adhesion and proliferation.Furthermore, the surface modification promotes the implant-bone interaction. In vivo and in vitro research both indicate that composite materials with the surface coating of bone induction can improve the scaffold performance and osteogenesis.

OBJECTIVETo study the effect of total flavanones of Sedum sarmentosum (SSTF) on the apoptosis of rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC-T6) and its mechanism.

METHODDifferent concentrations of SSTF and HSC-T6 cells were co-cultured for different period of time. The MTT assay was used to detect the inhibitory effect of SSTF on the proliferation of HSC-T6 cells. The flow cytometry Annexin-V/PI double staining method was adopted to detect SSTF's effect on HSC-T6 cell apoptosis. Western blotting and Real-time PCR methods were applied to observe the effect on the protein and mRNA expressions of apoptosis-related cytokines Bcl-2, Bax and Caspase-3.

RESULTSSTF significantly inhibited HSC-T6 cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis in a dose and time dependent manner. According to Western blotting result, SSTF promoted apoptosis by inhibiting Bcl-2, Bax and promoting the protein expression of Caspase-3; according to a further Real-time PCR study, Bcl-2 mRNA levels can inhibit Bcl-2 and promote Bax and Caspase-3 expressions.

CONCLUSIONSSTF has the effect of promoting the apoptosis of HSC-T6 mainly by inhibiting Bcl-2 and promoting protein and mRNA expressions of Bax and caspase-3.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Caspase 3 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Cell Line ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Flavanones ; pharmacology ; Hepatic Stellate Cells ; cytology ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Rats ; Sedum ; chemistry

Objective To study the effects of different oxytocin doses on neonatal pathologic jaundice.Methods A total of 386 newborn infants with normal term of labor were selected from the full-term pregnant women who were admitted to Jiaxing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital from August 2014 to September 2015 were divided into low dose group (2.5 ~5.0U,n=96), middle dose group (5.0 ~7.5U,n=96), high dose group (7.5~10.0U,n=96) and control group (n=98) according to the different dosage of oxytocin.Total labor time, neonatal gender, neonatal weight and maternal age, as well as the day of birth within seven days of skin side of the bile values were recorded.The probability of each group of neonatal patients with pathological jaundice and the relationship with oxytocin doses were studied.Results The incidence of neonatal pathologic jaundice was 3.23%in the low dose group, 6.67%in the middle dose group, 29.73%in the high dose group and 3.16%in the control group.The differences among low dose group, middle dose group and control group were not significan.Compared with high dose group, the incidence of neonatal pathologic jaundice in low dose group, middle dose group, and the control group were all lower(P<0.05).Conclusion Oxytocin less than 7.5U in labor has no significant effect on neonatal pathologic jaundice, >7.5U can promote pathologic jaundice.

Objective To standardize the operation processes of neonatal instrument,ensure the standards effectiveness and safety of equipment use.Methods A retrospective study had been taken on after the developments and implementations of all neonatal instruments standard operation procedure (SOP).The equipment maintenance data were collected and analyzed one year before and after the implementation of SOP.Results After the effective implementation of the SOP,the incidence of instrument repair due to misoperation,improper maintenance reduad by 59％(19/32),9/14,4/7,the instrument management efficiency was enhanced,and the safety of nurses and patients was guaranteed,and the patients satisfaction was improved,and also the quality of care was enhanced.Conclusions SOP procedure plays a very important role in improving neonatal care management and overall efficiency.It makes a continuous improvement of nursing care which is worth widely being implemented.

Objective To design and formulate a electronic preoperative preparation checklist for applying in the preoperative preparation,to reduce missing rate in preoperative preparation and transfer,to improve patient satisfaction,to avoid operation delay and medical accident caused by inappropriate preparation.Methods A total of 145 patients with surgery from March 2013 to February 2013 were as experimental group,and 158 patients with surgery from March 2012 to February 2012 were as control group.The experimental group was used electronic preoperative preparation checklist for preoperative preparation and transition,and the control group was used conventional methods.The incidence of mistake for preoperative preparation and transfer and both surgeon's and patient's satisfactory were compared between two groups.Results After applying the electronic preoperative preparation checklist,the incidence of mistake for preoperative preparation and transfer in experimental group reduced significandy to 1.37％(2/145) and 4.83％ (7/145),compared with the incidence of control group 6.33％(10/158),11.39％(18/158),and the differences between two groups were statistically different (x2=4.870,4.305,P ＜ 0.05).Both surgeon's and patient's satisfactory were improved dramatically,the satisfactory in experimental group improved to 100.00％(50/50)and 97.93％(142/145),compared with the satisfactory of control group 90.00％(45/50) and 90.51％(143/158),and the differences between two groups were statistically different(x2=5.263,7.459,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Implementing the electronic preoperative preparation checklist can reduce the incidence of mistake before operation and ensure patient operation schedule.Therefore,it could improve nursing care quality and efficiency.

WRKY transcription factors are novel transcriptional regulatory factors, which play an important role in regulating plant development, metabolism and other physiological processes. In this study, a new Dendrobium officinale WRKY transcription factor, designated as DoWRKY1 was cloned by using RT-PCR and RACE (GenBank Accession No. KF953910). Bioinformatic analysis demonstrated that, the full-length cDNA of DoWRKY1 was 1,704 bp. And DoWRKY1 contained a 1,629 bp open reading frame (ORF) that encoding a peptide of 542 amino acid residues. The putative DoWRKY1 protein contained two conserved WRKY domains and it belonged to the group I WRKY family protein. Yeast one-hybrid experiment showed that DoWRKY1 had transcriptional activation ability in yeast, and it could activate the expression of downstream report genes (His3 and Ade2). Semi-quantitative RT-PCR experiment showed that DoWRKY1 expressed in roots, stems, leaves and protocorm-like bodies. Real-time qRT-PCR proved that DoWRKY1 could be induced by methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and chitosan (Chitosan), and the expression level of this gene can reach the expression peak at 2 h and 1 h, respectively. These results are useful for further determination of the regulation function of this gene in secondary metabolism of D. officinale.
Cloning, Molecular ; Dendrobium ; genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Plant Proteins ; genetics ; Transcription Factors ; genetics

Objective To investigate the expression difference of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)between lung cancer and lung benign disease,and its relation to clinical characteristics and prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC),and to research the possible role of VEGF in the growth of lung can- cer.Methods The expression of VEGF and microvascular density(MVD)were detected in 60 lung cancer tissues and 30 lung benign disease tissues after operation by immunohistochemical method and put up statisti- cal analysis.Results The positive rate of VEGF expression(63%)and MVD(45.13?10.27)in lung cancer tissues were both higher than those in lung benign disease tissues(27%,33?6.49)(P

OBJECTIVETo investigate the therapeutic effects of modified Sanjiasan decoction (MSD) on vascular dementia (VD).

METHODSThirty-seven patients in the treated group were given MSD, one dosage each day, and 31 patients in the control group were administered orally Naofukang 0.8 g three times a day. The treatment course for both groups was three months. The indices as Hasegawa dementia scale (HDS), mini mental state examination (MMSE) and its subentries, intelligence quotient (IQ) and memory quotient (MQ) were examined.

RESULTSMSD could improve the scores of HDS, MMSE and its subentries (P<0.05 or P<0.01), ameliorate dementia state and enhance IQ (P<0.05) and MQ (P<0.01) in patients with VD.

CONCLUSIONMSD has a certain effect on intelligence benefiting and dementia antagonizing.

Aged ; Dementia, Vascular ; drug therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Intelligence ; drug effects ; Intelligence Tests ; Male ; Materia Medica ; therapeutic use ; Middle Aged ; Nootropic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Phytotherapy

Objective To construct the recombinant adenoviros containing heat shock protein70 (Hsp70) gene driven by carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) promoter. Methods Hsp70 gene and CEA promoter were amplified by RT-PCR and PCR, and then subcloned into the shuttle vector pDC316 to construct the recombinant vector PDC316-pCEA-Hsp70. The recombinant vector was co-transfected with adenoviral backbone plasmid into HEK293 cells to generate the recombinant adenovirus Ad5-pCEA-Hsp70. The recombinant adenovirus was purified by CsCl banding and titrated by 50％ tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) assay. After transfection of the recombinant adenovirus into human pancreatic cell lines SW1990 and BxPC3, the expression of mRNA and protein level of Hsp70 were determined by RT-PCR and ELISA,respectively. Results Digestion and DNA sequencing certified that the Hsp70 gene and CEA promoter was successfully inserted into pDC316 plasmid. Virus acquired through co-transfection with backbone plasmid was confirmed to be constructed successfully by PCR amplification. The particles finally expressed was 2.2 ×1011vp/ml, and the titer was 1.5 x 1010 PFU/ml. BxPC3 cancer cells with positive CEA expression showed increased expression of Hsp70 mRNA and protein after infected by recombinant adenovirus; while SW1990 cancer cells with negative CEA expression showed no change of expression of Hsp70 mRNA and protein after infected by recombinant adenovirus. Conclusions The recombinant adenovirus Ad5-pCEA-Hsp70 which can express Hsp70 gene in CEA positive cancer cells is constructed successfully.

Objective To observe the expression of axon guidance cues Slit2 and Robo4 in lung tissue of rat with acute lung injury (ALI) and explore the function of Slit2 and Robo4 in ALI.Methods Forty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly (random number) divided into control group (n =24) and ALl group (n =24).ALI model was reproduced by cecum ligation and puncture (CLP).The control group only experienced a simulated operation without CLP.Both groups were further divided into 3 subgroups with 8 rats in each subgroup:12 h,24 h,and 48 h subgroups.artery blood gas analysis,lung tissue wet/dry weight (W/D) ratio,lung histopathologic changes,pulmonary microvascular permeability were observed.The serum tumor nocrosis factor-α (TNF-α) was measured with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The expression of Slit2 and Robo4 mRNA were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).The expression of Slit2 and Robo4 protein in lung tissues was assessed by immunohistochemistry.Date were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with SPSS version 13.0 software.Statistical significance was established at a P value of less than 0.05.Results Compared with the control group,in ALI rats at different time points,partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) decreased significantly,lung W/D weight ratio and pulmonary microvascular permeability,the serum TNF-α increased significantly (all P ＜ 0.05),histopathology of lung revealed signs of injury.The expression of Slit2 mRNA in lung tissues was decreased markedly after CLP compared with control group [(0.56±0.13) vs.(0.87±0.05),F=41.39,P＜0.05,(0.42±0.10) vs.(0.85±0.07),F=93.54,P＜0.05,(0.26±0.08) vs.(0.89 ±0.09),F=227.05,P＜0.05].but there were no significant difference in expression of Robo4 mRNA in lung tissue between ALI group and control group [(0.86±0.07) vs.(0.83±0.05),F=0.695,P＞0.05,(0.82±0.05) vs.(0.89±0.08),F=2.061,P ＞ 0.05,(0.86 ± 0.08) vs.(0.86 ± 0.05),F =0.035,P ＞ 0.05].Immunohistochemistry study showed Slit2 protein was mainly expressed on the extracellular surface of vascular endothelial cells,while lung epithelial cell nuclei and endochylema.Robo4 protein was only expressed on the extracellular surface of vascular endothelial cells.Compared with the control group,expression of Slit2 protein in lung tissue in ALI group decreased markedly [(0.37 ± 0.05) vs.(0.45 ± 0.07),F =6.82,P ＜ 0.05,(0.32±0.06) vs.(0.47±0.09),F=23.54,P＜0.05,(0.28±0.07) vs.(0.46±0.06),F=28.01,P ＜ 0.05].As good as RT-PCR,there were no significant difference in expression of Robo4 protein in lung tissue between two groups [(0.53±0.04) vs.(0.52±0.05),F=0.155,P＞0.05,(0.53± 0.09) vs.(0.50±0.05),F=0.498,P＞0.05,(0.55±0.06) vs.(0.56±0.07),F=0.073,P ＞ 0.05].Conclusions Lung tissues of control group rats express Slit2 and Robo4.The decreased Slit2 mRNA and protein expressions in the lung tissue of rat with ALI caused by CLP may be associated with the occurrence of ALI.