Relaxation and contraction factors influencing penile erection are produced and released by the central and peripheral nerves as well as intracavernosal sinus gap and vascular endothelial cells. Aging, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and spinal cord injury can influence these factors. Further researches of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) on the erectile dysfunction (ED) can provide some theoretical evidences for the clinical treatment of ED.
Erectile Dysfunction ; therapy ; Humans ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation ; Male ; Penis ; physiopathology

There is a small amount of liquid in healthy people's abdomen,but excessive liquid in abdomen has been called peritoneal effusion or ascites.Ascites is a common clinical sign.Though many causes can lead to ascites,cirrhosis,malignancy and tuberculosis are more common.According to different causes and physical and chemical properties,ascites can be divided into extravasate and transudate.It is important to distinguish between benign and malignant ascites,but sometimes the differential diagnosis is difficult.In this paper,the characteristics of the ascites,the procedure of diagnosis and treatment are discussed.

Four diterpenoid alkaloids were isolated from Aeonitum longtounens T. L. Ming grown in Lijiang of Yunnan Province, for the first time. They were identified as foresaconitine, chasmaconitine, delsoline and delcosine by Physical contants and spectral data.

One hundred and thirty-two cases of acute facial paralysis involving the channels and collater als (Group A) were treated with acupoint injection of dexamethasone combined with radiance of TOP. And ninety-three cases treated with acupuncture served as the control (Group B). The results showed that the therapeutic effect in Group A was superior to that in Group B ( P

Objective To evaluate retrospectively ECG -gating for the coronary angiography with MSCT. Methods 15 patients were studied with a multislice spiral CT on retrospective ECG -gating,0.5s rotation, and cardial segment reconstruction algorithm. Nine phases were chosen to reconstruct images of coronary arteries. Results In the 230 coronary artery segments,213 (91%)were best visualized at 70%. And 15 (6.4%), 9 (3.8%), and 3 (1.3%) were optimal at 80%, 40% , and 5% of the cycle respectively. Conclusion The coronary arteries usually are best visualized at 70% image reconstruction window of the cardial cycle.

0.05). Oil red O staining demonstrated that lipid droplet number was significantly less in the each adipogenic inductor + extracting solution from Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. groups compared with the adipogenic inductor group. CONCLUSION: Extracting solution from Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. can induce the differentiation of in vitro cultured goat BMSCs into osteoblasts, and inhibit their differentiation into adipocytes.

Pathological changes of uterine fibroide after transcatheter uterine artery embolization(TUAE) has been proven with regular pathological change during the elapse time after TUAE resulting in fibrotic proliferation. Inflammation took place first, followed by coagulation necrosis and hyaline degeneration but incomplete in most cases and finally with proliferative fibrous tissue formation. These dynamic changes of pathology are basis for fibroid volume reduction and recurrences. The factors affecting the extent of fibroid necrosis included tumor size,position and elapse of duration after TUAE. Inflammation was found in normal uterine tissue after TUAE but no necrosis occurred. The finding of embolization agent in peripheral vessels of adnexa may suggest future possible damage of function in ovary and fallopian tube. (J Intervent Radiol, 2006, 15: 507-509)

Current status, questions and challenges of transcatheter uterine artery embolization(UAE)in the treatment of uterine fibroids were summarized and analysed. It has been proved that UAE presents a good effectiveness in controlling the symptoms and shrinkage of fibroid and uterine volumes during follow-up of 4 to 6.9 years domestically and abroad, but relapse of the fibroid may however occur in 2 years or longer after UAE. Generally speaking,UAE is safe in the treatment of uterine fibroids but has a possibility of serious complications. UAE has no damage on normal uterine tissues but may affect pregnancy and delivery of patients significantly later on the cause of hypoxia and inertia of uterus. UAE may cause amenorrhea in the minority of women with ovarian failure and endometrium atrophy. The current questions are how to improve long-term efficiency to reduce relapse of tumor and to insure the safety of UAE. It is our further task to exploit more new effective and safe embolic agents by using animal and clinical study on the basic knowledge of pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, endocrinology and molecular biology. (J Intervent Radiol, 2006, 15: 449-450)

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between phenotype and genotype of biofilm in Staphylococcus.METHODS All 156 clinical isolates of coagulase negative Staphylococcus(CNS) and 90 S.aureus(SAU) strains isolating from clinical specimens from Mar 2005 to Jul 2008,as well as 12 CNS strains from nasal swabs of healthy carriers from hospital staff,were collected.Congo red technique was performed to examine slime production.The presence of the intercellular adhesion genes(icaA and icaD) was determined by the polymerase chain reaction method.The phenotype and genotype of biofilm were analyzed.RESULTS Thirty-two out of 168 CNS isolates were biofilm producers(19.0%) while 32 out of 90 SAU isolates were producers(35.6%).All strains positive for icaA positive were also positive for icaD.The 16 strains(10 CNS isolates and 6 SAU isolates) were icaA and icaD positive but do not produced slime.CONCLUSIONS For SAU,the percentage of slime-production strains(35.6%) is higher than that found in CNS(19.0%).The characteristic of biofilm-negative variants having the ica loci might contribute to the dissemination.For clinical isolates of S.epidermidis,ica locus may not be a significant marker discriminating between invasive and contaminating isolates.

Surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization spectrometry (SELDI),as a new type of proteinchip technique,could easily and quickly acquire the information of proteins in all kinds of body fluid and tissue. It could be used in selecting new tumor markers,early diagnosis and evaluating the risk of tumors. This article introduces the principium of this ProteinChip technique,its application in clinic detection,and the outline of its future.