Objective To evaluate the significance of serum prealbumin, bilirubin/albumin( B/A )ratio and brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP)for early predicting the bilirubinic neurotoxicity caused by early neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Methods According to the gestational age, birth weight and the intervention criterion of neonatal jaundice, 94 neonates (newborn infants with a age of 1-7days) with hyperbilirubinemia were divided into two groups, one was term neonates with normal BAEP, the other was term neonates with abnormal BAEP. We detected their serum levels of total bilirubine, prealbumin, BAEP and calculated B/A ratio. Result The prealbumin levels was significantly lower and B/A ratio was higher in group of abnormal BAEP than those of control group ( P < 0. 01 ), while the levels of total bilirubin were not significantly different between the two groups ( P > 0. 05 ). In group of abnormal BAEP , there was a negative correlation between the level of serum prealbumin and the B/A ratio (r = -0. 637, P <0. 01 ). Conclution Prealbumin may be a sensitive indicator for early predicting bilirubinic toxicity like B/A ratio and BAEP.

Objective To investigate whether human umbilical vein endothelial cells as a feeder layer was capable of supporting the growth of embryonic stem cells in vitro.Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were isolated and cultured and then prepared as feeder cells after 3 passages.Alkaline posphatase activity(AKP) staining,stem cell surface marker test and karyotypes were conducted in different periods of cell culture.The suspension of stem cells cultured after 20 passages on endothelial cells were inoculated to the legs of severe combined immunodeficiency(SCID) mice subcutabeously to test the teratoma formation.Results E14.1 embryonic stem cells retained good colonies when they were cultured on endothelial cells for 3 passages and 8 passages.In addition,they expressed SSEA-1,Oct-4,and a membrane alkaline phosphatase to a high extent at passages 3 and 8.Embryonic stem cells cultured for 15 passages stably retaind a normal karyotype.Embryonic stem cells cultured on endothelial cells for 20 passages were inoculated into the hind leg of SCID mouse,teratomas containing three embryonic layers were recovered six weeks later.Conclusion Human umbilical vein endothelial cells would support effectively embryonic stem cells expansion,and provide a clinically safe method to expand ES cells for futureclinical application.

In the design of oral cone beam CT, cooperation between synergic control of X-ray source, real-time acquisition of flat detector and motion of mechanical structure affects the CT image quality. Based on the full analysis of the flat detector's timing signal characteristics, this research was carried out with microprocessor controller (MCU), complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and light couplings to design and realize synchronous exposure control system. To evaluate whether the design of the synchronous exposure control system in this project could reach the required imaging accuracy, we employed the projected images in the system to analyze its stability, linear consistency, signal to noise ratio and precede the FDK construction.
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography ; Phantoms, Imaging ; Radiography, Dental

Objective:To study the inhibitory effect of clarithromycin on angiogenesis induced by b-FGF. Methods:TheMatrigel implant assay was used. Matrigel (500?l) containing b-FGF and heparin were injected subcutaneously into the ab-domen of mice and were harvested 5 d later. The amount of hemoglobin and micro-vascular area present in the implant weremeasured and cotnpared. The mice were given either CAM (study group) or the same volume of glucose (vehicle group) oncea day by gastric intubation. Treatmen started 3 d before Matrigel implant and continued until the end of study. Results:Clar-ithromycin reduced hemoglobin content and micro-vascular area in Matrigel implant at high dosage(≥40 mg/(kg?d). Con-clusion:These data demonstrate that clarithromycin is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis and may has possible therapeutic value in controlling pathologic angiogenesis.

AIM: To observe the preventive effect of DNA vaccine based on human calcium-activated chloride channel 1 (hCLCA1) on airway hyperresponsiveness in asthmatic mice.METHODS: The DNA vaccine was constructed by inserting the hCLCA1 gene into pSecTag-2A, and then BALB/c mice were vaccinated by im. once every two weeks. Serum antibody was checked with the antigen of mCLCA3 by ELISA analysis. Asthma was induced with ovalbumin in the vaccinated mice. The airway pressure time index (APTI), the contractile responsiveness of isolated tracheal rings and the number of eosinophil in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were investigated. Mice injected with pSecTag-2A, saline or normal mice were regarded as control groups. RESULTS: The title of antiserum binding to mCLCA3 in vaccine group was 1∶800 to 1∶(1 000) after three times vaccination. Compared with normal group, APTI, contractile responsiveness and number of eosinophil in vaccine group, pSecTag-2A or saline group were increased markedly (P

Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the apoptosis mechanisms of glioblasto-ma cell line U87 induced by sodium cantharidinate ( SCA) in vitro.Methods Growth inhibition of U87 by 0.625μg/mL,1.25μg/mL,2.5μg/mL,5μg/mL SCA at 24 h,48 h,72 h were analyzed by MTT assay respec-tively.Morphological changes of U 87 nuclear were detected by fluorescence microscope .U87 cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest were detected after SCA treatment for 24 h and 48 h by flow cytometry.The changes of apoptosis-related genes Bcl -2,Bax,Caspase-3 expression were analyzed after 24 h of SCA treatment by RT -PCR as-say.Results MTT assay showed that growth inhibition of U 87 cell induced by SCA was accompanied with the in-creased drug concentration ,Hoechst33258 staining showed the morphology of apoptotic U 87 cells nucleui ,chromo-some condensation ,nuclear condensation ,some nuclear fragmentation and formation of apoptotic bodies .Flow cy-tometry showed that SCA could induce cell cycle arrest at the G 2/M phase,and could induce apoptosis of U87.RT-PCR results showed that after 24 h of SCA treatment caspase -3,bax expression of U87 was significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05),bcl-2 expression was significantly decreased (P<0.05),and P53 expression was not significantly increased(P>0.05).Conclusion Our results demonstrate that SCA can inhibit U87 pro-liferation and induce apoptosis of U 87 .

Objective To study the role of Med19 in bladder cancer by analyzing the effects of lentivirus-mediated suppression of Med19 expression on T24 bladder cancer cells in vitro.Methods The lentivirus vectors containing a small hairpin RNA (shRNA) to target Med19 were constructed.After T24 bladder cancer cells were infected,real-time PCR and Western-blotting were used to study the Med19 expressions in the CON group (non-infected cells),the NC group (Lv-NC-infected cells) and the KD group (Lv-shMed19-infected cells).The influence of Med19 on the proliferation of bladder cancer cells were assessed using MTT,BrdU,colony formation assay and tumorigenicity experiment in mice.Cell cycle was analyzed with flow cytometry assay.Results Med19 relative mRNA level (0.35 ± 0.03) and Med19 protein expressing in the KD group were significantly inhibited (P ＜ 0.05).The KD group displayed an increased proportion of cells (77.50 ± 0.29)％ in the G0/G1 phase compared with the CON group (69.81 ± 0.81)％and NC group (67.53 ± 0.67) ％ (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with the CON group and the NC group,the KD group displayed a significant cell proliferation defect by MTT and BrdU assay and the number of colonies (91.33 ± 6.11) was significant decreased (P ＜ 0.05).On the day 24,the tumor volume (596.64 ± 485.36) mm3 and weight (0.57 ± 0.44) g of the KD group mice were decreased after inoculation into nude mice (P ＜ 0.05).Specific lentivirus-mediated knockdown of Med19 significantly impacted the cell cycle and proliferation of bladder cancer cells.Infected T24 cells nearly lost their tumorigenicity when being inoculated into nude mice.Conclusion Our results provide new evidence of an important role for Med19 in the development of bladder cancer,suggesting that lentiviruses delivering shRNA against Med19 may be a promising tool for bladder cancer therapy.

Background and purpose: Sorafenib hepatocellular carcinoma assessment randomized protocol (SHARP) and sorafenib in patients in Asia-Pacific region with hepatocellular carcinoma (ORIENTAL) had indicated that multi-kinase inhibitor sorafenib could prolong overall survival (OS) and time to progression (TTP) as well as improve progress free survival (PFS) in patients with advanced stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Drug-related adverse events in the course of treatment restricted its clinical application to a certain degree. This study was aimed to summerize the adverse events as well as the management of sorafenib in our clinic. Methods: Twenty-five cases clinically diagnosed as advanced hepatocellular carcinoma were enrolled from January 2008 to October 2009. All the patients who received sorafenib treatment met inclusion criteria as followed: (1) Progression of disease after trans-hepatic arterial chemoembolization therapy; (2) Extensive portal vein cancerous thrombus formation; (3) Portal zone or retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis or multiple remote metastasis, such as lung or bone; (4) Diffused poor blood supply to tumor; (5) Inform consent was obtained. All adverse events with different grade were observed during the beginning 12 weeks, and clinical treatment were carried out relatively. Results: Total of 25 cases were enrolled. Nine patients died of the disease, 3 of them died during the first 12 weeks, 3 patients abandoned sorafenib treatment, among them 2 died before the finish of 12 weeks treatment and 1 patient discontinued 5 months after the sorafenib treatment. Twenty cases finally assigned. Number of patients encountered drug-related adverse events were: HFSR (hand-foot-skin-reaction) 4(4/20), diarrhea 4(4/20), alopecia 5(5/20), rasb 4(4/20), fatigue 8(8/20), leukopenia and Thrombocytopenia 4(4/20), elevated blood pressure 1(1/20) and abdominal pain 1(1/20). After clinical management, 20 patients' sorafenib treatment were eventually not affected by adverse events. Conclusion: Sorafenib was well-tolerated and is a safe option of treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is an antiangiogenic factor which is effective in tumour inhibition in a variety of tumours and has not yet been studied in bladder tumour before. In this study the expression of PEDF, interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and -8 (IL-8) in bladder tumours was investigated. Immunohistochemistry was performed on 64 bladder tumour and 23 normal uroepithelium samples. Expression change of the factors was compared with clinicopathological parameters. Correlations between PEDF, IL-1α and IL-8 were analyzed. None of the factors was in relation to gender, tumour occurrence, and size or onset pattern. PEDF (P=0.014) and IL-1α (P=0.049) expression was down-regulated with grade progression. PEDF expression was lower in normal uroepithelium than in papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP) (P=0.000) and carcinoma (P=0.009) whilst IL-1α (P=0.000 and P=0.000 respectively) and IL-8 (P=0.000 and P=0.023 respectively) expression was higher in the same grouping. PEDF expression had a negative correlation with IL-8 in PUNLMP (P=0.049, r=-0.578) as well as in tumour grouping (P=0.033, r=-0.276). Deranged expressional change of PEDF, IL-1α and IL-8 could be in relation to loss of differentiation from normal uroepithelium to papillary lesion and eventually to carcinoma.

Objective: To explore the correlation of left descending anterior (LDA) myocardial bridge (MB) and atherosclerosis at proximal to a segment with MB in patients elderly than 60 years and to identify if LDAMB could become the independent risk factor of atherosclerotic stenosis at proximal to a segment with MB. Methods: A total of 986 patients with multi-slice spiral CT diagnosed coronary artery disease (CAD) were studied and 389 patients with 486 MB in left heart were found. General information as the age, gender, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia and smoking conditions were collected, relationship between LDAMB and atherosclerotic stenosis at proximal to a segment with MB was studied by Logistic regression analysis. Results: There were 48/389 (12.3%) cases with MB at proximal segment of LDA, 254 (65.3%) cases with MB at middle segment of LDA, 51 (13.1%) cases with MB at distal segment of LDA, 19 (4.9%) cases with MB at the ifrst diagonal branch and 17 (4.4%) cases with MB at obtuse marginal branch respectively. Logistic regression analysis presented that age (OR=1.07, 95% CI 0.02-0.09,P<0.01), diabetes (OR=4.48, 95% CI 0.75-2.24,P<0.01) and MB at middle segment of LDA (OR=4.98, 95% CI 0.81-2.41, P<0.01) were related to atherosclerotic stenosis at proximal to a segment with MB; age (OR=1.08, 95% CI 0.04-0.12,P<0.01) and diabetes (OR=3.49, 95% CI 0.30-2.19,P=0.01) were related to the atherosclerosis at LAD middle segment; the MB at LAD middle segment was not related to atherosclerosis of middle and distal LAD segments,P>0.05. Conclusion: MB at middle segment of LDA was with the higher occurrence rate of atherosclerotic stenosis at proximal to a segment with MB in elderly patients, which could be used as an independence risk factor for clinical diagnosis.