AIM: To investigate the effects of dexamethasone(DEX) on the pancreatic endocrine function when steroid diabetes mellitus(SDM) occurred. METHODS: 140 rats were randomly assigned to 4 groups according to the clinic doses of DEX administration, Radioimmunoassay and in situ hybridization were applied to evaluate islet hormone changes in pancreas and blood.RESULTS: Changes in fasting blood glucose(FBG) ?fasting serum insulin(FINS) caused by DEX were dose and time-dependent. Changes in somatostatin(SS)mRNA and protein in islet as well as FINS occurred earlier than that of FBG. CONCLUSION: The super-physiological DEX influenced the expression SS and insulin secretion in islet, which may play an important role in SDM.

HIFU treatment allows the destruction of a precise volume of tissue within an tumour without harming surrounding structures.The FEP-BY02 model is one of commercially available machines based on this technique,which is proved effectively in clinical practice.It's basic architecture,functional principle and some suggestions for safety use are introduced in this paper.

Objective To construct radiation inducible-specific hytk gene therapy vector using radiation inducible gene Egr-1 promoter,and to determine its feasibility in bladder carcinoma gene therapy. Methods A radiation inducible-specific hygromycin phosphotransferase-thymidine kinase fusion gene(hytk)vector was constructed by subcloning hytk gene into pCIneo/Egr-1 vector, which was carrying Egr-1 promoter.Then the vector was transferred into bladder carcinoma cells lines EJ with FuGENE TM 6.Antitumor effects were observed after irradiation with 60 Co-rays as well as gancyclovir(GCV) treatment. Results The new cell line,EJ/Egr-1-hytk,incorporated and expressed the hytk gene,which was proved by RT-PCR and Western blotting.Egr-1 promoter actively drived hytk gene expression in the presence of ?-rays in the EJ cells, while lower hytk expression was detected without ?-rays.Antitumor effects were observed after ?-rays irradiation with 60 Co rays and GCV treatment. Conclusions Hytk-based vector harboring Egr-1 promoter is a novel ideal candidate vector for bladder carcinoma gene therapy.

AIM: To analyze secondary structure and physico-chemical property of the fusion protein with bioinformatics network resource, and explore the expression of a secretory anti-osteoblastic carcinoma single-chain bi-functional antibody gene. METHODS: ①The single-chain variable fragment (ScFv) antibody gene and interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene were subcloned into corresponding restriction sites of retrovirus expression vector PLxSN. Mediated by liposome, the recombinant plasmid pL(ScFv-IL-2)SN was packaged with PA317 and selected in G418 to obtain the positive clones, which were able to produce stable retrovirus, and then osteosarcoma (OSC) cells were infected by the recombinant retrovirus, terming OSC/ScFv-IL-2. The virus titer was detected by using NIH3T3.②The transfected OSC9901 cells by ScFv-IL-2 gene were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), reversed transcription-PCR and Western blotting. After the fusion protein was constructed, DNAssist and ANTHEPROT V5 softwares were used to analyze the amino acid sequence, the secondary structure, and the physico-chemical property of fusion protein. RESULTS: ①After the restriction enzyme and PCR identification, the pL(ScFv-IL-2)SN as a fusion protein expression vector, was constructed successfully, and high titer C26 cells were obtained; the expression of recombinant protein was confirmed by Western blotting.②On the fusion genes, the DNA sequence was analyzed with DNAssist nucleic acid sequence analysis software, and their secondary structure and physico-chemical property were analyzed with ANTHEPROT V5. CONCLUSION: The property of fusion protein can be analyzed and forecasted by means of bioinformatics network resources, and the approach may provide evidences for investigating single-chain bi-functional antibody gene.

This paper introduces the applications of network technology, wire and wireless technologies to designs of medical equipments. The theories and applications of such technologies are presented as the ones of serial communication, concurrent communication, USB interface, Bluetooth HomeRF, wireless network communication and GPRS.

Objective To develop a database management system specially applied for medical equipment maintenance administration, Methods Under PowerBuiider/SQL Server development environment, the C/S mode system structure was confirmed and the system function modules were designed. Results The application of C/S mode structure was coincident with the division-cooperation work flow in large and medium hospitals, and the design of function modules met the demand of information collection and utilization of medical equipment maintenance.Conclusion The database management system can preserve the information of medical equipment maintenance effectively and facilitate its usage. Moreover, many statistical indexes about the maintenance administration are available in this system.

Objective To develop medical equipment management information system for medical engineering department. Methods Under PowerBuilder9.0/SQL and Server2000 development environment, the C/S mode system structure was adopted, and the system function modules, such as data input, browsing, querying, statistical analyzing, report generating, were designed. Results Data exchange between client and server was realized. Meanwhile, the designed function modules achieved normal operation. Conclusion The system structure and functions meet the requirements of working practice in medical engineering department.

Objective To observe the effect of hyperthyroidism decoction on thyroid hormone and thyroid pathological changes of ex-perimental hyperthyroid rats. Methods 40 rats were randomly divided into four groups: Normal group,hyperthyreosis model group, western drugs control group and hyperthyroidism decoction group. The model rats were constructed by drenching Youjiale. Hyperthyroidism decoction group were given hyperthyroidism decoction of respective dosage, western drugs control group were given propylthiouracil. The serum contents of T3, T4, FT3, FT4 and TSH were determined by radio-immunity method, the thyroid pathological changes effected by hyperthyroidism de-coction were observed. Results Compared with model group, the contents of serum T3, T4, FT3, FT4, of hyperthyroidism decoction group were decreased, while the contents of serum TSH were increased. Hyperthyroidism decoction may improve thyroid pathological changes of ex-perimental hyperthyroid rats. Conclusion Hyperthyroidism decoction can effectively improve the thyroid function of experimental hyperthy-roid rats.

Objective To establish an evaluation system about animals infected with hantavirus,an observation of the BALB/c mice infected with hantavirus was made.Methods BALB/c mice were infected with hantavirus by intramuscular injection with stock solution.The specific antigen from BALB/c mice tissues after 3 days was detected with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and viral RNA with real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results Within a short term,the specific antigen and viral RNA were detected from the brain and liver at day 3 after infection,but not be detected from the heart,spleen,lung,and kidney samples.Conclusions The results provided ones with some information on animals infected with hantavirus.

Biomedical sensor is a key component to the modern medical instrument,which can convert physiological value to electrical signal.After introducing and analyzing the definition,main uses and present application of biomedical sensor,this paper lays emphasis on its developing trend.