Objective To investigate the effects of Atorvastatin calcium on the incidence of macular edema after phacoemulsification in diabetic patients.Methods Forty two eyes of 42 cataract patients with diabetes and hypercholesterolemia who underwent phacoemulsification surgery were divided into interventional group (23 patients) and non-interventional group (19 patients) by random number table methods.The blood glucose and pressure of patients in two groups was controlled strictly before and after surgery.10 mg Atorvastatin calcium per day was delivered one day after cataract surgery for the patients of interventional group and used for 24 weeks.No lipid-lowing agent was provided to the patients of non-interventional group.The main outcome measures included the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA),central retina thickness (CRT),total cholesterol (TC),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).No significant difference was shown in the BCVA,CRT,TC,LDL-C and HDL-C in two groups before phacoemulsification surgery (t=1.251,1.257,1.031,1.042,1.461;P＞0.05).At the end of the 24 weeks after surgery,the efficacy evaluation and comparative analysis were performed.The analysis included the BCVA,the incidence of macular edema,CRT,TC,LDL-C and HDL-C.Results The BCVA was no significantly different between two groups one day after surgery (t=1.523,P＞0.05).But 4,12,24 weeks after phacoemulsification surgery,the BCVA in interventional group was better than that in non-interventional group(t=3.920,3.012,7.025;P＜0.05).24 weeks after the operation,macular edema was occurred in 2 eyes (8.69％) in interventional group and 4 eyes (21.05 ％) in non-interventional group.Significance difference was found between two groups (x2 =4.896,P＜0.05).There was no significance different of the CRT between two groups one day after operation (t=1.501,P＞0.05).Whereas,the significance difference of the CRT was occurred in two groups 4,12,24 weeks after surgery(t=4.673,7.583,9.035;P＜0.05).Comparing with that in non-interventional group,the level of TC (t =7.043,7.930,8.611) and LDL-C (t =9.374,9.554,10.856) in interventional group was significantly decreased 4 to 24 weeks after operation (P＜0.05).But no significance different of HDL-C was shown in two groups 4,12 and 24 weeks after surgery (t=1.057,1.127,1.295;P＞ 0.05).Conclusion The treatment of Atorvastatin calcium effectively reduced the incidence rate of macular edema in hypercholesterolemia patients with good glycemic and hypertension control after phacoemulsification surgery.

Objective To investigate the Cardioprotective effects of sevoflurane postconditioning on surgery patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass with diabetes mellitus ,in order to provide theoretic basic for clinical practic. Methods 180 patients of undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass sugery were divided into 3 groups:A group:64 patients undergoing heart valve replacement with Type II diabetes. B group:64 patients Pa-tients undergoing heart valve replacement without diabetes ,the group A and B were treated by sevoflurane post-conditionging for 10 minutes before the end of cardiopulmonary bypass. C group:60 patients undergoing heart valve replacement without diabetes,no sevoflurane postconditionging;Three groups of patients detect perioperative tro-ponin T and Creatine Kinase Isoenzyme-MB ,observed and following up the occurrence of postoperative com-plications. Results CK-MB and cTnT were compared at 8 and 24 hours after operation:two biochemical indi-cators of group A and C at different time points after operation were significantly higher than those in group B (P < 0.05),With significant statistical difference , The number of patients with heart failure and malignant arrhythmia in group A and C was higher than group B(P < 0.05),Differences in 30 day mortality and other clinical data between the three groups were not statistically significant. Conclusion Sevoflurane postconditionging has significant myocardial protection effect for patients undergoing valve replacement surgery without diabetes , however ,the myocardial protective effect of patients who undergoing valve replacement surgery with diabetes was weakened.

Objective To establish an in vitro cell co-culture model that simulates the transplantation environment in vivo ,and to investigate the effect of primary cells from neonatal cortex on the differentiation of PC12 cells. Methods PC12 cells were transfected with pEGFP-N1 vector to express green fluorescent protein (GFP) stably,then these cells were transplanted into primary neurons and glial cells from neonatal cortex. Cultures with PC12 cells alone constituted the control group. Nerve growth factor (NGF) was added into all the other cultures to induce neuronal differentiation of the PC12 cells. Neurite outgrowth of the neuronal PC12 cells was observed with laser confocal microscopy. Results Comparing with the control group,the PC12 cells co-cultured with primary neurons and glial cells showed higher differentiation rate (57.13% to 67.77%,P

Background and purpose:The skeleton is one of the most common sites of metastasis in patients with lung cancer.Bone metastases often cause poor prognosis.It is important to early detect bone metastases.Therefore,we planned a retrospective study to investigate the role of radionuclide bone scanning with 99mTc-MDP in detecting bone metastases in lung cancer patients.Methods:It was a retrospective analysis.400 patients with lung cancer diagnosed in our hospital from 2005.5 to 2007.5 were recruited.Using 99mTc-MDP bone scanning,we analyzed the symptoms,sites,numbers,pathological types and TNM stages of bone metastases.Results:Ostealgia was the most frequent symptom in lung cancer patients with bone metastases.The sites of bone metastases were:thoracic bones(41.52%),vertebras(32.31%),pelvic bones(15.89%),extremities(8.68%),skull(1.60%).126 patients had multiple bone metastases(80.25%).There was a statistical significance of bone metastases in adenocarcinoma patients(48.09%)compared with in squamous cell carcinoma patients(33.33%)(P

Objective To investigate the effects of crocodilian plasma on 12 bacteria(including G+ bacteria and G-bacteria) lines in vitro.Methods The bacteria CFUs on nutrient broth agar plates were determined after bacteria and crocodilian plasma incubated together for 1h.Then effects of the samples on the survival rate of various concentrations of bacteria were calculated.To evaluate the antibacterial spectrum of crocodilian plasma,the zones of bacterial inhibition were measured through agar disk method.Results and Conclusion Crocodilian plasma had superior bactericidal effects on Escherichia coli M421C1,O111B4,E240-3 LT,Micrococcus catarrhalis,Shiga's bacillus,Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Diplococcus pneumoniae.The results indicated why wound of crocodilian by tearing each other was not susceptible,and crocodilian plasma could be developed a natural antibacterials.

The present circuit was designed to apply to human tissue impedance tuning and matching device in ultra-short wave treatment equipment. In order to judge if the optimum status of circuit parameter between energy emitter circuit and accepter circuit is in well syntony, we designed a high frequency envelope detect circuit to coordinate with automatic adjust device of accepter circuit, which would achieve the function of human tissue impedance matching and tuning. Using the sampling coil to receive the signal of amplitude-modulated wave, we compared the voltage signal of envelope detect circuit with electric current of energy emitter circuit. The result of experimental study was that the signal, which was transformed by the envelope detect circuit, was stable and could be recognized by low speed Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) and was proportional to the electric current signal of energy emitter circuit. It could be concluded that the voltage, transformed by envelope detect circuit can mirror the real circuit state of syntony and realize the function of human tissue impedance collecting.
Diathermy ; instrumentation ; Electric Impedance ; Humans ; Radio Waves ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted

OBJECTIVEThis study aimed at using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) to study the influence ofprolonged unilateral posterior teeth loss on bilateral condylar morphology.

METHODSThe CBCT images of 30 patients withprolonged unilateral posterior teeth loss and 30 healthy people as controls were corrected. Mimics 15.0 software was used tomeasure volume, area, distance, and bone density of condyle. The results were statistically analyzed.

RESULTSThe volumeand bone density of condylar head and the entire condyle on missing teeth side were less than the contralateral side (P<0.05).The area and bone density of condylar transverse plane were greater than the contralateral side (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONAfter prolonged unilateral posterior teeth loss, adaptive reconstruction occurs in the bilateral condyles, and condyle of missing teethside is smaller than the contralateral side.

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) has emerged as a promising anticancer drug target due to its key role in the DNA repair process. It can polymerize ADP-ribose units on its substrate proteins which are involved in the regulation of DNA repair. In this work, a novel series of para-substituted 1-benzyl-quinazoline-2, 4 (1H, 3H)-diones was designed and synthesized, and the inhibitory activities against PARP-1 of compounds 7a-7e, 8a-8f, 9a-9c and 10a-10c were evaluated. Of all the tested compounds, nine compounds displayed inhibitory activities with IC50 values ranging from 4.6 to 39.2 micromol x L(-1). In order to predict the binding modes of the potent molecules, molecular docking was performed using CDOCKER algorithm, and that will facilitate to further develop more potent PARP-1 inhibitors with a quinazolinedione scaffold.

BACKGROUND: Physical training induces adaptation changes on physiological function and anatomic structure of body, which significantly exist in individuals. Individual variation responses to physical training is determined by gene polymorphism. OBJECTIVE: To summarize the research progress on the association between gene polymorphism and exercise training sensitivity in recent years. RETRIEVAL STRATEGY: A computer-based search of Pubmed database was undertaken to identify the articles published from January 2002 to December 2006 with the key words of "gene polymorphism, endurance training, strength training, aerobic training" in English. Simultaneously, China Journal Full-text Database was searched for the relevant articles published from January 2002 to December 2006 with the same key words in Chinese. Totally 58 relevant articles were collected after the first trial. Inclusive criteria: ①articles on association between gene polymorphism and endurance training, ②articles on association between gene polymorphism and strength training, ③articles on association between gene polymorphism and hypoxia training. LITERATURE EVALUATION: The articles collected were prospective cohort studies on association of gene polymorphism with some physiological and biochemical parameters response to physical training. DATA SYNTHESIS: ①The individual variation responded to physical training in physiological and biochemical parameters are mostly determined by genetic factors, such as gene polymorphism.②Recently, there are lots of studies on association of gene polymorphism with physiological and biochemical parameters response to endurance training, strength training and hypoxia training.③Mostly studies indicate that there are associations among physiological and biochemical parameters response to endurance training, strength training and hypoxia training and I/D polymorphism in ACE gene, C1772T in HIF-1? gene and so on. CONCLUSION: Although gene polymorphism is a genetic marker of determining the physiological phenotype of human, the various genetype of the same gene polymorphism can cause different sensitivity change of physiological phenotype in the different races response to training. With the research progress on association between gene polymorphism and physical training sensitivity, it will indicate its related mechanism.

Objective To evaluate the effects of tempol administered via different routes on neuropathic pain (NP) in rats.Methods Thirty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats,weighing 250-280 g,aged 8-10 weeks,were randomly divided into 4 groups (n=8 each) using a random number table:sham operation group (group S),group NP,intrathecal tempol group (group T1),and intraperitoneal tempol group (group T2).Neuropathic pain was induced by chronic constriction injury in chloral hydrate-anesthetized rats.The sciatic nerve was exposed and 4 loose ligatures were placed on the sciatic nerve at 1 mm intervals with 4-0 silk thread.The sciatic nerve was only exposed but not ligated in group S.After successful establishment of the model,a catheter was inserted at L4.5 interspace into the epidural space.In S and NP groups,0.9％ normal saline 20 μl was injected intrathecally,and 0.9％ normal saline 200 μl was injected intraperitoneally once a day for 7 consecutive days.In group T1,tempol 30 μg (in 20 μl of normal saline) was injected intrathecally,and 0.9％ normal saline 200 μl was injected intraperitoneally once a day for 7 consecutive days.In group T2,tempol 30 μg (in 200 μl of normal saline) was injected intraperitoneally,and 0.9％ normal saline 20 μl was injected intrathecally once a day for 7 consecutive days.The mechanical paw withdrawal threshold (MWT) and thermal paw withdrawal latency (TWL) were measured at 3 days before operation,and at 1,3,5,7,10 and 14 days after operation.The animals were sacrificed after measurement of pain threshold at day 14 after operation.The lumbar segment of the spinal cord was removed to detect malondialdehyde (MDA) content and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results Compared with group S,the MWT was significantly decreased,and the TWL was shortened at each time point after operation,the content of MDA in the spinal cord was increased (P＜0.05),and no significant difference was detected in SOD activity in group NP (P＞0.05).Compared with group NP,the MWT was significantly increased at 5,7,10 and 14 days after operation,the TWL was prolonged at 1,3,5,7,10 and 14 days after operation,the content of MDA in the spinal cord was decreased,and the SOD activity was increased in group T1 (P＜0.05),and no significant change was found in the indexes mentioned above in group T2 (P＞0.05).Conclusion Intrathecal tempol can reduce NP in rats,and the mechanism is related to inhibition of lipid peroxidation in the spinal cord.