Objective T To investigate the effect of sirolimus (SRL) on the differentiation,development,and maturation of mice bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DC),and the synergic effects of them in prolonging survival time of skin allograft.Methods (1) DC of C57BL/6 mice were derived from bone marrow cells upon culture with SRL. The expression of CD11c,CD86 and major histocompatibility complex (MHCⅡ) molecules was assessed with or without lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation by flow cytometry; (2) The capacity of DC administrated by SRL to stimulate allogeneic T lymphocyte proliferation was examined by mixed lymphocyte culture (MLR); (3) A skin transplantation model was established with the recipients BALB/c mice and the donor C57BL/6 mice. Recipients were divided into control group (there was no administration before skin transplantation),immature DC group (injection of donor C57BL/6 mice immature dendritic cells 2?10 6 via tail vein before skin transplantation),SRL group (receiving oral SRL 3 mg/kg every day for 7 days before skin transplantation),combined group (receiving an injection of donor C57BL/6 mice immature DC via tail vein and of oral SRL before skin transplantation),and isogeneic group (in which the donors and recipients were both BALB/c mice and there was no administration before skin transplantation). Survival time and histological changes of skin allograft were observed in different groups.Results (1) CD11c expression on the DC in the presence of SRL was slightly decreased,but CD86 and MHCⅡ molecules significantly decreased,and SRL treatment could resist the stimulation of LPS; (2) MLR revealed that DC administrated by SRL could inhibit allogeneic T lymphocyte proliferation; (3) SRL treatment in combination with donor immature DC before transplantation could alleviate inflammation and prolong survival time of skin allograft in mice.Conclusions SRL does not alter differentiation but inhibit the maturation of DC. Sirolimus can cooperate with immature DC to prolong survival time of skin allograft in mice.

0.998 8).The minimum detection limit were 0.1～0.4 mg?L-1.The average recovery rates were no less than 96%(RSD≤7.19%).There were significant difference among the concentration of Ara-C and Ara-U in plasma,cerebrospinal fluid and testicular tissue.Ara-C in plasma hadn't been determined in low-dose group and medium-dose group except for Ara-U.CONCLUSIONS: The method is simple,rapid,accurate and reproducible for plasma concentration monitoring and pharmacokinetic study of Ara-C and Ara-U.

Objective A HPLC method was established for the determination of paeonol and paeoniflolin in cortex moutan from different processing.To investigate the necessity of processing to the cortex moutan.Methods The HPLC(high performance liquid chromatogram)method was established for the determination of the contents of the paeonol and paeoniflolin in cortex moutan.The conditions of the chromatograph method was as following:AC18 column was used.The mobile phase for paeonol determination was methanol-water(45:55)and detection wavelength was 274nm.The mobile phase for paeoniflorin determ ination was acetonitrile-0.1%H3PO4(15:85)and detection wavelength was 230nm.Results The results showd that the linear ranges of paeonol and paeoniflorin determ ination were 0.36～2.2?g/L～and 0.042～1.06?g/L respectively.The average recoveries of paeonol and paeoniflorin were 96.30%(RSD=0.97%)and 98.21%(RSD=0.64%)respectively.Conclusion The method is simple,accurate and reproducibility.The experimental results showd that the contents of paeonol and paeoniflorin in coaex moutan from diferent processing were positive correlated,while the contents of cortex moutan from Sichuan were higher than that of the others.We had better combine the pharmacodynamic action study to illuminate the feasibility of processing to the Cortex Moutan.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of down-regulation of RACK1 expression on growth and radiosensitivity of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells.Methods:The shRNA vector for RACK1 gene was constructed and transfected into HSC-3 cells by lipofectamine. The stably-transfected cell line was obtained by constructing G418. The expression levels of RACK1 mRNA and protein were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot. The cell proliferation was detected by CCK8 assay. Cell apoptosis was examined by flow cytometry. The invasive and metastatic capabilities of cancer cells were assessed by cell invasion assay in vitro.The effect of X-ray irradiation combined with down-regulation of RACK1 expression upon cell proliferation was assessed by clone formation assay. The xenograft tumor nude mouse model was established to observe the inhibitory effect of down-regulating RACK1 gene expression combined with X-ray irradiation on oral squamous cell carcinoma. Results:RT-PCR revealed that the expression level of RACK1 mRNA of transfected HSC-3 cells was significantly down-regulated ( P<0.05). Western blot showed that the expression level of RACK1 protein was significantly down-regulated ( P<0.05). CCK8 assay demonstrated that down-regulation of RACK1 expression could remarkably inhibit the growth of HSC-3 cells ( P<0.05). RACK1 gene shRNA interference combined with X-ray irradiation significantly enhanced the apoptosis rate of HSC-3 cells ( P<0.05). The number of invasion cells in vitro in the RACK1 silencing group was evidently decreased ( P<0.05). Clone formation assay showed that the survival fraction in the shRACK1 group was significantly lower than that in the control group. The sensitization enhancement ratio was 1.37(ratio of D 0 value). Xenograft tumor experiment in nude mice showed that tumor growth was significantly inhibited in the shRACK1 group, the tumor volume was significantly decreased and the tumor mass was significantly lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05). Conclusion:Down-regulating RACK1 expression can enhance the radiosensitivity of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells, providing novel thinking to improve the radiosensitivity of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective To analyze the texture features of SPIO-enhanced MR imaging in rat models of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatocirrhosis with gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM). Methods HCC and hepatocirrhosis models were established in rats. SPIO-enhanced MR images were obtained. A total of 161 regions of interests (ROIs, 81 of HCC and 80 of hepatocirrhosis) were selected manually. Feature values as angular second moment, contrast, correlation, inverse difference moment, entropy, variance were extracted based on GLCM. The differences of feature values between two groups were statistically analyzed. Results In SPIO-enhanced MR images, hypointense signal changes were found in hepatocirrhosis, as well as hyperintensity in HCC nodules and intermixed intensity in larger HCC nodules. Correlation and entropy values of HCC group were higher than that of hepatocirrhosis group, while the angular second moment, contrast, inverse difference moment, and variance values were lower than hepatocirrhosis group. Conclusion The feature values based on GLCM could be used for the further computer aided diagnosis of SPIO-enhanced MR images in rat models of HCC and hepatocirrhosis.

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the rational clinical prophylactic use of antibiotics. METHODS:The cases in whom the clinical prophylactic use of antibiotics between 2006 and 2007 in our hospital showed failure in efficacy were monitored to analyze the cause of failure,meanwhile the clinical samples were sent for culture,isolation,identification and drug susceptibility tests as well as drug resistance analysis. RESULTS:Cephalosporins,Quinolones,Penicillins,Cefhalosporins + enzyme inhibitor were more commonly used antibiotics in our hospital,with drug resistance rates at 57.21%,65.14%,68.63%,and 18.81% respectively. Among the total 240 cases monitored,the prophylactic use of antibiotics totaled 877 times,of which,388 (44.24%) were non-indicated drug use,459 (52.34%) showed drug resistance,286 (32.61%) involved improper drug choice,and 42 (17.50%) showed dual infection. CONCLUSION:The clinical prophylactic use of antibiotics in our hospital is far from perfect; therefore,it is urgent to tighten control on the standard prophylactic use of antibiotics.

Introduction: The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in Guangdong, China in November 2002 and spread to Hong Kong around March 2003. It stopped spreading in July of the same year. However, a sense of crisis toward potential new infections may exist in epidemic areas. “College-prep students” are regarded as a high-risk group as a source of infection because of certain factors, such as the differences in linguistic capabilities and their customs. The purpose of this study was to clarify the knowledge, attitude, and behavior toward SARS, and also to collect the information as baseline data for the control of emerging infectious diseases toward them.
Methods: We conducted a self-administered questionnaire to 303 “college-prep students” from June 27 to July13, 2003. For statistical analyses, the chi-square test, t-test and factor analysis were used.
Results: The average age of subjects was 22.8 years for males, and 22.6 years for females. The majority of subjects was from China (76.8%, n= 218), and had only stayed in Japan less than one year (70.9%, n= 205). Most subjects were knowledgeable of the symptoms of and preventative measures for SARS. There were no significant differences in knowledge, attitude, and behavior items between students from epidemic areas and those from non-epidemic areas. However, we observed a statistically significant difference in the proportion of subjects in the two groups stratified by information source: radio (p<0.01) and family (p<0.05), where the proportion was higher in epidemic areas than in non-epidemic areas. Three factors were extracted by factor analysis on information sources, which suggested an inverse correlation for language and frequency of communication.
Conclusions: This study clarified the knowledge, attitude, and behavior toward SARS for “college-prep students”. These findings must be useful for the control against emerging infectious diseases.

It is of great importance for the detection of epilepsy in clinical applications. Based on the limitations of the common used approximate entropy (ApEn) in the epilepsy detection, this paper analyzes epileptic EEG signals with the sample entropy (SampEn) approach, a new method for signal analysis with much higher precision than that of the ApEn. Data analysis results show that the values from both ApEn and SampEn decrease significantly when the epilepsy is burst. Furthermore, the SampEn is more sensitive to EEG changes caused by the epilepsy, about 15%-20% higher than the results of the ApEn.
Algorithms ; Data Interpretation, Statistical ; Electroencephalography ; methods ; Entropy ; Epilepsy ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Nonlinear Dynamics ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted

AIM: To investigate the role of gene poly mo rphisms of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) in northern Chinese Han pedigree s with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS: Polymorphisms in codon 804 and 971 of IRS-1 gene in 80 unrelated patients with type 2 DM and 80 control subjects were analyzed by polym erase chain reaction-sequence specific primer(PCR-SSP) technique followed by pol yacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining. RESULTS: The frequencies (GCA→GCG) in codon 804 of IRS-1 gene w ere significantly higher in type 2 DM than normal subjects(0.200 vs 0.062, P

Objective:To established a modified implanting model of VX2 liver tumor in rabbit on the base of the classic implanting method, and compared the results within the two methods. Methods:30 rabbits with the mean weight of (2.65?0.29)kg were divided randomly into two groups with 15 rabbits each. The rabbits in Group A received classic implantation for induction of the liver tumor model, and Group B were inducted by injecting a piece of tumor tissue into the left anterior lobes of liver. Implanting time of each group was recorded and compared, and spiral CT scan was performed at 8th day, 15th day, 22nd day, 29th day postoperatively. The manifestation of tumors in CT scan was observed and tumor volume was calculated simultaneously with formula V=1/2ab2 (a=the shortest diameter and b=the longest diameter).Each tumor was confirmed through pathology. Results:The implanting time of Group A and Group B were (9.47?2.85)min and (5.85?1.62)min, respectively, with significant difference between them. Besides, there was statistical difference of the achievement ratio between two groups, as it was 53.3% for Group A and 86.7% for Group B. No significant difference was found for the tumor growth between two groups. Conclusion:Modified implanting method for induction of the rabbit liver tumor model was superior to the classic implanting method.