Objective To analyse the clinical characteristics of drug-fever caused by ?-lactams antibiotics and provide the basic information for diagnosis of patients with drug-fever,and profile the drug fever due to antimicrobil agent.Methods In this study,64 hospitalized cases between 2000 and 2006 were enrolled who had drug-fever during antiinfective treatment.Results Most medications can cause fever,so as ?-lactams Antibiotics,with or without concomitant clinical manifestations.The fever could arise from the drug's pharmacologic action,its effects on thermoregulation,a local complication following parenteral administration,or an idiosyncratic response.Patients with drug-fever caused by ?-lactams,their temperature droped to normal level while ?-lactams discontinued for about 24h~48h,and without any linger effect.Conclusions Drug-fever is mainly caused by ?-lactams antibiotics like piperacillin sodium.It is important that doctors should bear the drug-fever in mind to avoid misdiagnosis.

Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is an unique subtype of histone deacetylases with two tandem deacetylase domains and substrate specificity for non-histone proteins. It is involved in many important physiological and pathological processes and has become a promising therapeutic target in recent decades. Different kinds of potent HDAC6-selective inhibitors have been reported around the world. This paper reviews the progress in the study of structure and functions of HDAC6 as well as the development of HDAC6-selective inhibitors.
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors ; pharmacology ; Histone Deacetylases ; chemistry ; Humans ; Substrate Specificity

Objective To discuss the effects of peritoneal dialysate (PDS) on the expression of aquaporin-1 in rat peritoneal mesothelial cells (RPMCs). Methods The in vitro cultured RPMCs were divided randomly into 4 groups, and stimulated respectively with 1640 culture medium containing 10% fetal calf serum (negative control), and three kinds of PDS (containing respectively 4.25% glucose, 4.25% mannitol or 1.5% glucose) for 3 hours. Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and flow cytometry (FCM)were employed to detect the expression of aquaporin-1 in RPMCs stimulated by different kind of PDS as above. Results Compared with negative control and the group with PDS containing 1.5% glucose, the expression of aquaporin-1 on the mesothelial cells of the group with PDS containing 4.25% glucose and that containing 4.25% mannitol was significantly up-regulated (P0.05). Conclusion PDS with higher osmotic pressure (OP) can enhance the expression of aquaporin-1 in RPMCs. For PDS with same OP (PDS containing 4.25% glucose or PDS containing 4.25% mannitol), those containing glucose can enhance the expression of aquaporin-1 more effectively than that PDS containing mannitol. This result indicates that glucose or its degradation products may be the independent factors in enhancing the expression of aquaporin-1 of RPMCs.

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ; drug therapy

Background and purpose: PDCD4 may be inhibited by miR-21 to regulate the malignant behaviors of colon cancer such as invasion and migration. This study aimed to explore the function of colon cancer HT-29 cell lines by downregulating miR-21 expression and discuss the mechanisms and relationship between miR-21 and PDCD4 in colon cancer malignant behaviors. Methods:simiR-21 was transfected into colon cancer cell line HT-29 to downregulate the expression of miR-21. Proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion were detected by MTT, flow cytometry and Transwell assay after transfection. PDCD4 expression was detected by Western blot and qRT-PCR. Results:The qRT-PCR analysis result proved that the transfection efifciency was 60%-65%. MTT analysis result showed that the proliferations of HT-29 cells were inhibited after the transfection of miR-21 for 72, 96, 120 h (t=1.276, P<0.05;t=3.276, P<0.01;t=4.523, P<0.01). Comparing with si-negative control and miR-21 groups, lfow cytometry result showed that the apoptosis rate was increased after miR-21 expression downregulated (t=2.132, P<0.05;t=3.524, P<0.05). Transwell assay result showed that migration (t=2.423, P<0.05; t=3.153, P<0.05) and invasion(t=3.245, P<0.05; t=5.236, P<0.05) were inhibited;Western blot result showed that PDCD4 expression was up-regulated at protein level(t=2.342, P<0.05;t=4.215, P<0.05);qRT-PCR result showed that PDCD4 expression was up-regulated at mRNA level(t=2.261, P<0.05; t=3.492, P<0.05). Conclusion: The proliferation, migration and invasion are the inhibited, and apoptosis is attenuated after miR-21 downregulated by simiR-21 transfection, PDCD4 expression is up-regulated. miR-21 may enhance the malignant behavior of cancer cells by downregulating the PDCD4 expression, miR-21 might be a target gene for colon cancer therapy.

Described in this paper are the contents of book review and the success of book review achieved in Li-brary of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, such the expanded cooperative scope of book review, the extended medical fields involved in book review, the displayed academic value of book review in scientific research and teach-ing, the taken measures for spreading book review, and the forecasted future development direction of book review.

Objective:To investigate the mechanism of the effect of tonifying kidney recipes(TKR) on osseointegration of the Titanium Implants by established animal model of osteoporosis rats.Methods:Fifty-four female SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:A:Sham group, B:ovariectomy(OVX) group C:OVX+TKR group. After operation, tonifying kidney recipes was given orally in C group. The results were observed by bone histomorphometry. Results:Trabeculae area (Tb?Ar,%), trabeculae width (Tb?Wi), combined bone lamella width (CBLW), osteoblast number (OB?N) in C group were significantly increased compared with B group (P

Objective To provide an anatomic data of the lumbar isthmus, and to increase the fusion rate of the graft bone for spondylolisthesis treated with posterolateral spinal fusion and Steffee plate fixation. Methods The area and volume of the bone graft bed for posterolateral spinal fusion in the lumbar isthmus were studied on 30 dried specimens of adult lumbar spines from L 1 to L 5(a total of 150 lumbar vertebrae) with a vernier calipers, a goniometer and a graduate. Results The length of the superior edge of the isthmus gradually increased from L 1[(7.34? 1.15) mm] to L 5[(10.31? 1.89) mm], and that of its inferior edge progressively decreased from L 1[(6.63? 1.24) mm] to L 5 [( 4.73? 1.21) mm]. The superior edge of the isthmus was the thinnest at L 1[(1.85? 0.64)mm], and the thickness increased inferiorly from L 1[(6.57? 1.24) mm] to L 5[(7.57? 1.16) mm]. The medial and caudal inclination of the isthmus with respect to the pedicle gradually increased from L 1 (113.9?? 13.3? ) to L 5(119.1?? 13.5? ) medial inclination and from (101.2?? 9.5? ) at L 1 to (117.6?? 13.4? ) at L 5 caudal inclination, respectively. The length of the superior edge of the isthmus and the transverse diameter of the pedicle were positively correlated to the vertebral levels. The length of the inferior edge of the isthmus were negatively correlated to the vertebral levels. The dimensions of the graft bed area were postively correlated to dimensions of the graft bone volume. Conclusion The application of firm spinal internal fixation system with adequate graft bed area and adequate graft volume, the maintenance of close contact between the graft bed and the graft bone, and adequate period of postoperative stable contact of the graft in bed were the keys to enable reduction of the spondylolisthesis and to increase the fusion rate of posterolateral bone graft.

Objective:To study the intelligence of old people above 56 years old were tested by Gong's non-verbal intelligence test. Methods:1460 old peopl above 56 years old were tested by Gong's non-verbal intelligence test.Results: After controlled the effect of educational background on the intelligence, the scores of each subtest decrease with the increase of age( P

Radioactive ligand receptor binding assay was used to study the binding effect of heparin and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) on the receptor of advanced glycation end products (AGE) on monocyte surface in normal individual and chronic renal failure (CRF) patients undergoing hemodialysis. The results showed that heparin caused a dose dependent inhibition of receptor binding to AGE, however LMWH did not have such inhibitory effects. The results suggest that heparin could interrupt AGE clearance and degradation, and LMWH had not these effects.