Objectives To inspect the levels of peripheral blood leukocyte and lymphocyte functionassociated antigen-1(LFA-1)expression in renaI allograft recipients before and after renal transplantation.Methods Using monoclonal antibody-flow cytometer fluorescence technique,the expression of LFA-1 in lymphocytes of 33 patients with renal transplantation was detected at 1 day before operation and 3,6,9,15 days after operation by flow cytometric immunological technique,Results The level of LFA-1 expression after transplantation was significantly decreased and maintained at a low level.and ascended suddenly during the course of graft rejection.The level of LFA-1 expression in rejection was obviously higher than in non-rejection and after the eontrollring of rejection.Conclusions LFA-1 might Dlay an important role in graft rejection.Monitoring of the expression of LFA-1 is helpful for the diagnosis of the graft rejection.

To investigate the correlation between activation of B lymphocytes and CD11a, CD54 expression in renal allograft recipients, the dynamic changes in CD19, CD11a and CD54 levels in lymphocytes at different time points were examined by using mAb-FACS-immunofluores-cence technique in 10 renal allograft recipients in stable course(stable group) and 10 with acute rejection(rejection group) after operation. The expression levels of CD19 and CD54 in lymphocytes were significant higher than those of the pre-operation levels in both stable group and rejection group on the 3rd day after kidney transplantation, and the CD19 expression level was significant higher before rejection in the rejection group than that in stable group at the same time points; The expression of CDlla increased from (31. 9 ?12. 4)% to (49. 5 ? 20. 2)% during rejection and decreased significantly after anti-rejection treatment. A negative correlation was found between CD54 and CD19 expression in the stable group(r=0. 7951, P

Objective To study the adverse effects of outdoor air pollution on children's respiratory system health in Anshan city. Methods 1951 children were randomly selected from three areas with different degree of air pollution in Anshan city. The parents of the children were asked to answer a questionnaire about their children's respiratory health and home environment. The data of health were collected included persistent cough, persistent phlegm, asthma, current asthma, wheeze, and wheeze symptom. Results The prevalence rates of persistent cough, persistent phlegm, asthma, current asthma, wheeze and wheeze symptom were 9.48%, 4.82%, 1.33%, 0.92%, 6.30% and 4.97% respectively. Outdoor air pollution was a risk factor for persistent cough and persistent phlegm. The respiratory symptoms increased as the house became near to the main traffic lines. Combined effect of susceptible factor and outdoor air pollution was obvious, the prevalence rates of respiratory diseases were higher in the susceptible children who were influenced by the other risk factors compared with those who were not influenced by the same factors. Conclusion Outdoor air pollution is an important factor which will damage children's respiratory system in Anshan city.

Objective To study the safety and efficacy of low dose Peginterferon-alpha-2a (PEG-INF-α-2a) combined with Ribavirin treating chronic hepatitis C in renal transplant recipients.Methods A total of 13 cases of HCV hepatitis were randomly divided into treatment and control groups.Seven cases in treatment group were given PEG-INF-α-2a (90 μg/week) and ribavirin (600mg/day) for 16 to 48 weeks,and the rest 6 cases in control group were subjected to general liver protection and anti-inflammatory treatment. All patients were followed up for more than 2 years.Results There were 5 cases getting early response in treatment group for 16 weeks,including four cases of complete response and no non-effects response patients. In 4 cases voluntarily receiving treatment for 48 weeks,1 case had facial muscle myalgia and increased Cr level at 35th week,humoral graft rejection was confirmed pathologically,and the treatment was terminated; 1 case had recurrence of HCV RNA replication and PEG-INF-α-2a was withdrawn at 38th week.As results,5 patients in the treatment group obtained complete response after two years,including 2 cases whose HCV-IgG had got negative,HCV RNA replication was significantly lower than in the control group,and the average Cr higher than in control group (P＞ 0.05). There were adverse reactions during this treatment protocol: fever,muscle myalgia,agranulocytosis, anemia and humoral graft rejection.Conclusion The efficacy of low lose PEG-INF α-2a combined with ribavirin is definite in the treatment of chronic HCV hepatitis in kidney transplant recipients.The 16-week treatment duration is reasonable.It is remarkable that PEG-INF-α-2a may cause humoral graft rejection and Cr crawling.

Objective To investigate the compensatory changes in morphology,function,and hemodynamic indices of the retained kidney after nephrectomy among living related donors.Method The 170 living related kidney donors underwent assessments before surgery as well as at 1st and 12th month,postoperatively,including length,width,short diameter,glomerular filtration rate (GFR),effective renal plasma flow (ERPF),peak systolic blood flow velocity (Vsmax),resistance index (RI),as well as pulsatility indices (PI) of main renal artery (MRA),segmental renal artery (SRA),and interlobar renal artery (IRA).Results All subjects were followed up for 9 to 68 months,with no observed hypertension or kidney failure.The length,width,and short diameters of the retained kidney were increased significantly (P＜0.01) at 1st and 12th month postoperatively.The renal sizes at 1st month postoperation were similar to that at 12th month postoperation (P＞0.05).GFR and ERPF were increased significantly as compared with preoperative values (P＜0.01) with similar values at postoperative month 1 and 12 (P＞0.05).The Vsmax of MRA,SRA,and IRA in the retained kidney were increased significantly (P＜0.01),and the RI and PI were also increased as compared with the preoperative values (P＜0.05),albeit these indicators were similar at postoperative months 1 and 12 (P＞0.05).Conclusion For all subjects studied after unilateral nephrectomy in a living related donor,the diameter of the retained kidney as well as the GFR and ERPF showed compensatory increases.Various arterial hemodynamic parameters also showed compensatory changes.Under strict donor inclusion criteria,living related kidney donor procedures is safe.

Objective To study the effect of autonomic nerve activity on emotion experience.Methods 71 healthy males were asked to see a neutral film STICK and conduct a computer game,then evaluated emotion experience.All participants were recorded skip temperature,skin conduction,heart rate,LF and HF during baseline and game periods.Results (1) There was significant difference in fear experience among high,middle and low synchronous groups (2.64 ± 2.05,2.50 ± 2.01,4.46 ± 2.41; P＜ 0.01),and low synchronous group was significantly higher than high synchronous group (P ＜ 0.01).The main effects of three periods were significant in basis of three response types of autonomic nerve activity(skin conduction:F(2.68) =76.083,P＜0.01; heart rate:F(2.68) =71.692,P ＜ 0.01),and skip temperature,skin conduction and heart rate were no significant difference among three response types.Types and periods had no significant interaction.(2) Different response modes of autonomic nervous system has different distributions in high fear and low fear groups (x2 =9.763,P ＜ 0.01).Skip temperature,skin conduction and heart rate were no significant difference between high fear group and low fear group.Conclusion The modes of autonomic nervous system have an effect on intensity of fear experience,but not the same in skip temperature,skin conduction and heart rate.

Objective To study the influence of exposure factors on posttraumatic stress disorder( PTSD) and Posttraumatic Growth( PTG) in middle school students in disaster area four years after the Wenchuan earth?quake . Methods 1 526 students from four schools in Worst?Hit Areas were investigated with Self?compiled Earth?quake Exposure Factors Questionnaire,Posttraumatic Growth Inventory( C?PTGI) and Impact of Event Scale( IES?R). Data were analyzed by ANOVA and multiple linear regression analysis.Results The score of IES?R had sig?nificant difference between different levels of all exposure factors(F=5.75~89.10, P<0.05) ,and students with high exposure level((26.68±14.66),(26.80±15.56),(27.83±14.62),(29.02±15.36),(27.77±15.74),(26.74± 15.63),(25.43±14.32),(29.51±14.36)) had heavier symptoms of PTSD than those with low exposure level ((22.84±13.96),(23.98±13.99),(23.63±14.21),(23.53±13.96),(23.64±13.83),(24.24±14.15),(21.27± 14.35),(17.54±13.34)). Only exposure factors of having witnessed someone injured and having close friends se?riously injured or being killed could significantly influence the score of PTGI(F=11.82, P=0.001;F=6.23, P=0.013). Regression analysis showed that five exposure factors (grade,having felt scared,having family members being killed,having close friends seriously injured or being killed,having witnessed someone injured) had signifi?cant effect on IES(ΔR 2=0.141) ,but only one factor( having witnessed someone injured) had weak effect on PTG (ΔR 2=0.007).Conclusion Exposure factors can predict posttraumatic stress symptoms in middle school students in Wenchuan four years after the earthquake,and the emotion of fear is a strongest predictor,but they can not pre?dict posttraumatic growth.

BACKGROUND: Whether one-stage bone healing with red bone marrow or mesenchymal stem cell transplantation is needed? Whether closed reduction with intramedullary interlocking nailing combined with autologous red bone marrow transplantation can promote osteogenesis in the one-stage treatment of femoral comminuted fracture still remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of closed reduction with intramedullary interlocking nailing and one-stage treatment with autologous red bone marrow transplantation on fracture healing. METHODS: Twenty healthy New Zealand rabbits were selected and anesthetized, and then the models of femoral comminuted fracture were established at the hinder limbs after throwing a 5 kg of hammer from 30 cm height. All rabbits underwent intramedullary fixation using Kirschner wire (diameter: 2 mm); the right limbs served as control groups, and the left limbs as transplantation group, subjected to the injection of autologous red bone marrow (1 mL) into the fracture region. Then the rabbits were respectively killed at 14, and 28 days after modeling, the thickness of thickest callus was measured on X-ray films, and the number of chondrocytes and relative area of bone trabecula in the fracture region were observed through hematoxylin-eosin staining under light microscope.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The thickness of callus formation in the control group was significantly less than that in the transplantation group at 14 days after modeling (P < 0.01). (2) The number of chondrocytes in the transplantation group was significantly more than that in the control group at 14 days after modeling (P < 0.01),and the fracture healing in the transplantation group was faster that in the control group. (3) Compared with the transplantation group, the relative area bone trabecula in the fracture region in the control group was significantly reduced at 28 days after modeling (P < 0.01). (4) These finding indicate that red bone marrow transplantation promotes fracture healing in the intramedullary fixation for femoral comminuted fracture in rabbits.

To find a new source of seed cells for constructing tissue-engineered intervertebral disc, nucleus pulposus (NP) cells and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were isolated from New Zealand white rabbits. The nucleus pulposus cells population was fluorescence-laelled and co-cultured with MSCs with or without direct contact. Morphological changes were observed every 12 h. Semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was performed to assess the expression levels of Sox-9, aggreacan and type II collagen every 24 h after the co-culture. MSCs treated with direct contact rounded up and presented a ring-like appearance. The expression of marker genes was significantly increased when cells were co-cultured with direct contact for 24 h. No significant change was found after coculture without direct contact. Co-culture of NP cells and MSCs with direct contact is a reliable method for generating large amount of NP cells used for cell-based tissue engineering therapy.
Aggrecans/metabolism ; Cell Differentiation ; Cells, Cultured ; Coculture Techniques ; Collagen/metabolism ; Gene Expression ; Gene Expression Regulation ; High Mobility Group Proteins/metabolism ; Intervertebral Disk/*cytology ; Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology ; Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism ; Models, Biological ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; SOX9 Transcription Factor ; Tissue Engineering/instrumentation ; Tissue Engineering/*methods ; Transcription Factors/metabolism

Objective To analyze clinical outcomes of the spouse donor kidney transplantation for evaluating the security.Methods Sixty-three cases of living-renal transplantation were divided into two groups, spouse donor group (12 cases) and the other related donor group (53 cases). Twelve cases of spouse-donor(SD)renal transplantation were summarized, that were compared with the nospouse transplantation cases of the other living-related renal transplantation in the same period, which were similar in basic conditions and in immunosuppressant scheme. The observational parameters included average hospitalization time, rate of acute renal necrosis, acute rejection incidence within 1 year, serum creatinine at 7 d, 30 d and 1 year after transplantation.Results The recipient age of the 2 groups was (39±3)years and (37±3)years(P=0.05), dialysis time was (4.7±3.2)months and (4.4±2.9)months(P=0.78), the average hospitalization time was (20.9±8.3)d and (23.0±7.8)d(P=0.41). There was no significant difference between the spouse donor group and the no spouse related donor group. The acute rejection incidence within 1 year was 33.3%(4/12) in spouse group and 3. 9%(2/51) in the other related group, there was significant difference between the 2 groups(P＜0.05). The rate of acute renal necrosis was 16.7%(2/12) in spouse group and 3.9%(2/15)in no spouse related group, there was no significant different between the 2 groups(P＞0.05).SCr was (206.47±47.22)μmol/L and (163. 75±25.91)μmol/L in spouse group at post-operation 7 d and 30 d, and was (142.79±89.42)μmol/L and (119. 99±15.03)μmol/L in no spouse group. There was significant difference between the groups(P=0.02, P=0.00). One year after operation, SCr was (133. 40±6. 11)μmol/L in spouse group and (121. 00±34.12)μmol/L in no spouse group,there was no significant difference between the 2 groups (P=0.25).Conclusions Preoperative comprehensive assessment of the spouse donors and recipients renal transplantation is the guarantee for the success.Short-term outcomes of spouse donor renal transplantation is ideal, but rate of acute rejection within 1 year is higher than that of the other living-relative donor kidney transplantation, which dose not influence the long-time survival of spouse recipients.