Objective In order to understand the mechanisms beyond lipid regulation of 3 hydroxy 3 methyl glutaryl coenzyme A(HMG CoA) reductase inhibitors in anti atherosclerosis, we observed the influence of pravastatin on the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic lesions and the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) 1 in aortic wall of the apoE deficient mice. Methods Pravastatin(10 mg?kg?d -1 ) was fed to 10 , 20 , and 30 week old male apoE deficient mice respectively for 4 weeks. The atherosclerotic plaque size and the ratio of plaque area to aortic luminal area (PA/LA) were determined by histochemical staining and analyzed quantitatively. The expression of ICAM 1 in aortic wall of apoE deficient mice was detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Results Compared with controls, pravastatin delayed the plaque formation in apoE deficient mice 〔(161 786 1?38 041 2) ?m 2 vs (99 127 9?13 600 3) ?m 2, P

On the model of isoprenaline (ISO)-perinjured rat heart, the protctive effect of ischemic preconditioning (IPC) on ischemia reperfusion (I/R) damage was observed.It was found that compared with alone I/R group,IPC ameliorated I/R-induced reduced reduction of coronary blood flow (CBF) (8. 8 + 0. 6 vs 6. 6 + 0. 4mL/min,P

In the past ten years, many new structurally unique antitumor compounds have been isolated from marine microorganisms. This article summarizes the research advances in antitumor metabolites from marine microorganisms in recent ten years, according to microorganisms species.

Objective:To define impact of spontaneous TIMI-3 flow before angioplasty on outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention strategy and the prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI ). Methods: The consecutive 301 patients enrolled in the ongoing register of emergent coronary angioplasty within 12 hours from symptoms who were diagnosed as having ST elevation AMI in our hospital from 2000 to 2006 were analyzed, they were followed up for one year and the clinical characteristics and survival rates were analysed. Results: Among the 301 patients enrolled in the ongoing register of emergent coronary angioplasty, spontaneous reperfusion (TIMI-3 flow) was present in 14.6% at initial angiography. Compared with patients without TIMI-3 flow, those with TIMI-3 flow before coronary intervention were less likely to present in new-onset heart failure(2.3% versus 16%, P=0.016), Patients with initial TIMI-3 flow had significantly lower 30-day mortality (0% versus 9.3%, P=0.035) , and cardiogenic shock (0%versus 8.6%, P=0.044) and had a shorter hospital stay (P=0.008). Cumulative 1-year mortality was 0% in patients with initial TIMI-3 flow, 11.3% with TIMI 0-2 flow (P=0.019). By COX regression analysis, postprocendural TIMI-3 flow was an independent determinant of survival (OR=0.285,P=0.004) , however,TIMI-3 flow before coronary intervention was not found as an independent determinant of survival significantly. The lenitive symptoms and current smoking were the independent determinants of TIMI-3 flow before coronary intervention (P=0.005, P=0.048, respectively).Conclusion: Patients undergoing primary percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention in whom TIMI-3 flow is present before angioplasty may present with greater clinical and angiographic evidence of myocardial salvage, be less likely to develop complications related to left ventricular failure, and improve early and late survival.

Objective To evaluate effects of maternal hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass on fetal homodynamic and carbohydrate metabolism. Methods Twenty pregnant sheep were divided into four groups randomly: control group(n=5),normothermic group (35-36℃)(n=5), mild hypothermic group(32-34℃)(n=5) and moderate hypothermic group (28-31℃)(n=5).Thoracotomy was performed without CPB in the control group. Routine CPB was established with different temperature in other three groups. The temperature of normothermic group was kept normal; the left two groups were cooled down to the set point of temperature and then rewarmed back to normal level. Fetal and maternal temperatures, heart rate,mean blood pressure(BP), pulse index (PI) of fetal umbilical artery (UA) and internal carotid artery (CA) were evaluated at cooling and rewarming stages. Biochemical indicators including blood glucose and lactic acid were also measured at the same time. Results There are no differences in mesn BP of ewas and fetal lambs between the different groups (P＞0.05). CA PI value of mild hypothermic group and moderate hypothermic group were significantly higher than those of control group and normothermic group (P＜0.05). There was no difference of UA PI in the four groups, but PI increased following the prolonged duration of CPB. There was no difference change of blood glucose in the four group of fetus, which was significantly lower than the ewe groups. An upward trend of fetal blood lactic acid with time was observed in three CPB groups. The whole level of fetal blood lactic acid was much higher than that of maternal blood of lactic acid. Conclusion Cooling of maternal bypsss decreases fetal heart rate significantly,and fetal heart rate recovered to base line following rewarming phase. There was no signicant effect of CPB on fetal mean BP. However, CPB impacted on the blood flow of fetal brain and umbilical artey. Hypothermia CPB can increase fetal blood glucose and blood lactic acid dramatically.

Objective To develop an up-converting phosphor technology-based lateral-flow ( UPT-LF) assay for rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes, named LM -UPT-LF.Methods Monoclonal antibodies against p 60, which was the specific virulence factor of L.monocytogenes,were prepared and covalently conjugated with up-converting phosphor nanopar-ticles (UCP-NPs) as bio-label.Then, LM-UPT-LF was established with double-antibody sandwich mode-based LF assay. Detection performance , including sensitivity and specificity , was evaluated .Results The samples with absolute contamina-ted amount of L.monocytogenes cells <10, 10-99, and 100-1000 cfu could be significantly detected as positive after in-cubation at 20 h, 18 h, and 16 h, respectively.Other 13 kinds of food-borne pathogens with concentration of 109 cfu/ml did not caused any non-specific reaction .Conclusion The established LM-UPT-LF assay could detect L.monocytogenes with high sensitivity , specificity and simplicity and provides an alternative method for food safety control .

ObjectiveTo explore the relationship of postoperative systemic inflammatory response syndrome(SIRS) and preoperative midway through the urine and perioperative renal pelvis urine of percutaneous nephrostolithotomy(PCNL).Methods Participants included 450 patients with urinary calculus who underwent PCNL,preoperative midway through the urine and perioperative renal pelvis urine of PCNL was collected.ResultsOf 450 cases,preoperative midway through the urine germiculture positive 100 cases (22.2％,100/450 ),perioperative renal pelvis urine germiculture positive 85 cases (18.9％,85/450),46 cases ( 10.2％,46/450) occurred SIRS after PCNL.Decompression of perioperative renal pelvis urine germiculture positive 20 cases(23.5％,20/85) preoperative midway through the urine germiculture positive,perioperative renal pelvis urine the bacteria cultures negative 80 cases (21.9％,80/365 ) preoperative midway through the urine germiculture positive(P ＞0.05),preoperative midway through the urine germiculture positive 15 cases ( 15.0％,15/100) in SIRS,preoperative midway through the urine the bacteria cultures negative 31 cases ( 8.9％,31 /350) in SIRS (P ＞ 0.05 ).Decompression of perioperative renal pelvis urine germiculture positive 18 cases (21.2％,18/85) in SIRS,perioperative renal pelvis urine the bacteria cultures negative 28 cases (7.7％,28/365) in SIRS (P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclusionPreoperative midway through the urine has no correlation with the occurrence of SIRS,perioperative renal pelvis urine germiculture positive can predict the occurrence of SIRS,giving corresponding antibiotic treatment can improve the security of PCNL.

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Objective To evaluate the association between interleukin-10(IL-10 )polymorphisms and endometriosis suscepti-bility by meta-analysis.Methods Computer retrieval Pubmed,Embase,Chinese HowNet,Chinese biomedical and Wanfang database.Published data relating to case-control studies reporting the link between IL-10 polymorph-isms and endometriosis were retrieved.Meta-analysis was conducted to determine whether the IL-10 gene polymorphisms were associated with endo-metriosis.Results Six studies were finally accepted for analysis.There were five studies focused on-819T/C polymorphism and six studies focused on-592A/C polymorphism.The odds ratio of each genetype for endometriosis:TT/CC,TC/CC,AA/CC and AC/CC were 0.90(0.81~0.99),P<0.05;0.92(0.82~1.02),P>0.05;0.92(0.79~1.07),P>0.05;0.98(0.90~1.06),P>0.05.No significant publication bias was found regarding TT/CC,TC/CC,AA/CC and AC/CC genotypes(P=0.81,0.81,0.71,0.26).Conclusion IL-10 gene-819TT genotypes may be a protetive factor of endometriosis.There was no related to show that other genotypes in position-819 and-592 were associated with endometriosis.

Objective To explore the clinical value of flow cytometry( FCM) and DNA automated cell image analyzer ( AICM) in determine the character of ascites and pleural effusion.Methods This was a cross-sectional study.203 ascites and pleural effusionsamples were random selected from PLA hospital inpatients between August 2013 to June 2014 .The DNA content of sediment cells were detectedthrough the FCM and AICM respectively benign and malignant disease were differentiated according the counts and proportion of aneuploid cells.The sensitivity, specificitywere calculated byROC curves.Results The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of flow cytometry cell in detectingtumor cells were 78.6%,80.0% and 79.2%%, while the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of image analyzer were 83.5%,78.6% and 81. 3%respectively.When FCM and AICMwere combined ,the sensitivity, specificity and accuracyincreased to 92.2%, 86.3% and 89.6%.Conclusions Compared toconventional cytology test, the sensitivity and specificity were significantly high when the two methods were combined .Therefore, the combination method can be used to assist in clinical identification of the nature of ascites and pleural effusion and to help the diagnosis of disease.