Objective To explore different risk factors in different age groups patients with large-artery atherosclerotic cerebral infarction,in order to reduce the rates of cerebral infarction and relapse by taking different means of prevention.MethodsOne hundred and ninety-two patients with large-artery atherosclerotic cerebral infarction were divided into three groups by age:youth group(46 cases),middle age group (57 cases) and elderly group (89 cases).The study variables included sex,previous medical history (hypertension and diabetes),long-term smoking,long-term alcohol intake and laboratory parameters (triglyceride,high-density lipoprotein cholesterol,low-density lipoprotein cholesterol,homocysteine).ResultsThe rates of high triglyceride and long-term smokingin youth group were significantly higher than those in elderly group [ 60.9％ (28/46) vs.22.5％ (20/89),65.2％ (30/46) vs.29.2％ (26/89),P ＜ 0.05 ].The rates of male,long-term smoking and long-term alcohol intake in middle age group were significantly higher than those in elderly group [ 80.7％ (46/57) vs.59.6％ (53/89),57.9％ (33/57) vs.29.2％ (26/89),47.4％ (27/57) vs.15.7％ (14/89),P ＜ 0.05 ].The rates of hypertension,diabetes and long-term alcohol intake in middle age group were significantly higher than those in youth group [ 84.2％ (48/57) vs.60.9％ (28/46),54.4％ (31/57 ) vs.26.1％ ( 12/46 ),47.4％ (27/57) vs.23.9％ ( 11/46 ),P ＜ 0.05 ].The rate of high triglyceride in youth group was significantly higher than that in middle age group[60.9％(28/46) vs.29.8％(17/57),P ＜ 0.05 ].The rate of hypertension in elderly group was significantly higher than that in youth group [ 83.1％(74/89) vs.60.9％ (28/46),P ＜0.05].There was no significant difference in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol,homocysteine and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the three groups(P ＞0.05).ConclusionsKey point is different for the prevention of large-artery atherosclerosis cerebral infarction of different age paragraph.The youth patient emphasizes the change of lifestyle.Middle age patient has more emphasis on blood pressure,blood glucose control of the risk factors based on the lifestyle change.The key of elderly patient is the control of blood pressure.

AIM: To study the protetive effects of Danshenhonghua Injection (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae,Stigma Croci,etc) on acute cerebral ischemia in rats. METHODS : The model of acute incomplete cerebral ischemia was built by ligaturing bilateral carotid arteries. Cerebral index,cerebral water content ,capillary permeability of brain,and the change of cerebral morphology in rats were observed. RESULTS : The cerebral index,cerebral water content,capillary permeability of brain decreased remarkably with 7.2,14.4mg?kg -1 of Danshenhonghua Injection,and the injury of brain tissue was also abated by Danshenhonghua Injection significantly. CONCLUSION : Danshenhonghua Injection has the protetive effects on acute cerebral ischemia.

Objective To compare the efficacy between californium?252 ( 252 Cf ) neutron intraluminal brachytherapy combined with external?beam radiotherapy with lead?shielding pelvic parallel opposing field technique and non?lead?shielding four?field box technique for cervical cancer. Methods A total of 52 patients with stage Ⅱa?Ⅲb cervical squamous cell carcinoma who were admitted to our hospital from 2004 to 2007 were enrolled as subjects and paired by clinical stage, age, tumor size, and degree of anemia. The 26 pairs of patients were divided into lead?shielding pelvic parallel opposing field group (lead?shielding group) and non?lead?shielding four?field box group (non?lead?shielding group). For all patients in both groups, 252 Cf neutron brachytherapy was added in external?beam radiotherapy. The local control (LC), overall survival (OS), and disease?free survival (DFS) rates were calculated using the Kaplan?Meier method and analyzed using the log?rank test. The difference in the incidence of late complications was analyzed using the McNemar method. Results There were significant differences in 5?year LC, OS, and DFS rates between the lead?shielding group and the non?lead?shielding group (85% vs. 81%, P= 0?? 014;89% vs. 73%, P=0?? 013; 89% vs. 73%, P= 0?? 013 ). There was also significant difference in the incidence of late complications between the lead?shielding group and the non?lead?shielding group ( 12% vs. 23%, P=0?? 008). Conclusions When intraluminal brachytherapy combined with external?beam radiotherapy is used to treat cervical cancer, the centers of the front and back fields should be shielded by lead, regardless of whether the parallel opposing field technique or the four?field box technique is used.

Objective:To explore the prognosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in flood survivors 13 years after they had been diagnosed with PTSD symptoms,and investigate the relationship between their personality traits and the prognosis of PTSD.Method:In this cross-sectional study,the survivors of Dongting Lake flood in 1998-1999 in Hunan in China,who were investigated and screened as PTSD symptoms positive in 2000 were selected as the target population,from which a sample of 200subjects was drawn using amulti-stage random sampling method.The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale Civilian Version (PCL-C) was used to examine and re-screen the participants of PTSD symptoms in order to explore the prognosis of PTSD.Participants whose PCL-C scores were equal to 44 or higher were classified as the PTSD symptoms positive group,while those with PCL-C scores less than 44 were classified as the recovered group.Personality traits were then assessed,using the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Short Scale for Chinese (EPQ-RSC),in both the recovered group and the PTSD symptoms positive group.Finally,the multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between the prognosis of PTSD and personality traits.Results:Totally 200 subjects were eligible for this study and completed the questionnaires,but 16 of them had their questionnaires excluded from data analysis because they provided incomplete information.Thus,the response rate was 92.0％.According to the PCL-C's cut-off score,22 participants were still screened as PTSD symptoms positive and were classified as the PTSD symptoms positive group,whereas the other 162 participants were screened as PTSD symptoms negative and were classified as the recovered group.Compared with the recovered group,the EPQ-RSC extroversion scores for the PTSD symptoms positive group were significantly lower [(51.8 ± 10.7) vs.(45.1 ± 13.2),P ＜ 0.05] and their neuroticism scores were significantly higher [(46.5 ± 10.1) vs.(58.3 ± 12.2),P ＜ 0.05].The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed,after adjusting for the variables such as gender and age,that higher neuroticism (OR ＝ 3.63,95％ CI:1.05 -12.54) was a risk factor for the persistent PTSD symptoms in the flood survivors.Conclusions:It suggests that neuroticism is associated with prognosis of PTSD in flood survivors,those with higher neuroticism scores appear to have problems to recover from PTSD.

Air Pollutants, Occupational ; analysis ; Chromatography, Gas ; methods ; Workplace ; alpha-Chlorohydrin ; analogs & derivatives ; analysis

In this article we report the results on the synthesis and accumulation of PHAs by Rhodocista pekingensis (strain 3-p), a phototroph that was isolated from wastewater treatment plant. Our results showed that the optimal conditions for PHAs accumulation with strain 3-p were as following: 0.01% Yeast Extract, 0.01% NH 4Cl, Acetate 5 g/L, and medium pH of 7.0～7.2.Under optimized conditions, strain 3-p accumulated PHAs up to 60% of its cellular dry weight. Enzymatic activities of ?-ketothiolase, acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, and PHA polymerase were detected and their activities increased as PHA synthesis initialized. Based on these study, we proposed the metabolic pathway of this strain should be:Acetate (or other fatty acids) - Acetyl-CoA --- thiolase Acetoacetyl-CoA --- reductase D (-)-?-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA ----- PHA polymerase PHAs.

Teaching principles and class content were stated for a experimental course of common pathogenic bacteria detection methods for the undergraduate student in food quality and safety major. They include course material preview, advanced teaching methods, combination of teaching and research, graduate teaching assistant, experimental reports writing and experimental skills evaluation. All these means lead to a good teaching outcome.

Periostin is preferentially expressed in the periosteum, which covers a large majority of bones.Periostin has been reported to promote osteoblast proliferation, adhesion, and differentiation, involving bone repair process, response to mechanical stimulation and parathyroid hormone (PTH), regulating bone development/ remodeling and bone strength.Circulating periostin may serve as a candidate of biological markers for bone metabolism.

ObjectiveTo detect the effect arsenic trioxide (As2O3) on the expressions of human gastric cancer genes nm23 and P53.MethodsThe expressions of proteins coded by nm23 and P53 were examined with immunohistochemistry method after treated by As2O3.ResultsThe expressions of proteins coded by nm23 and P53 decreased after treated by As2O3 (P<0.05).ConclusionAs2O3 can down-regulate the expressions of proteins coded by nm23 and P53.

To obtain single chain variable fragment (scFv) and bivalent single chain variable fragment (bsFv) against transferrin receptor, up-stream and down-stream primers were designed according to the complementary sequences of FR1 region of variable heavy (VH) and FR4 of variable light (VL), respectively, which contained inter-linker G4S and the restriction endonuclease SfiI, AscI and NotI. Two pieces of scFv fragments were first amplified through PCR and then inserted into plasmid pAB1, which could express scFv protein once induced by IPTG in the host bacteria. To express scFv and bsFv, E. coli TG1 was cultured in LB broth and was induced by IPTG. The restriction enzyme digestion map and DNA sequencing demonstrated that scFv and bsFv genes were successfully inserted into the expression plasmid. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting revealed the protein band at 35kD and 60kD, which were consistent with the molecular weight of scFv and bsFv respectively. Flow cytometry showed that scFv and bsFv harbored the specific binding activity with TfR expressed in various tumor cells, and the avidity of bsFv was higher than that of the parent scFv.
Base Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Escherichia coli/metabolism ; Genetic Vectors/genetics ; Hep G2 Cells ; K562 Cells ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Receptors, Transferrin/*immunology ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics ; Single-Chain Antibodies/*biosynthesis ; Single-Chain Antibodies/genetics