Background and purpose:There is growing evidence that metformin,a commonly used drug in the treatment of type Ⅱ diabetes,may impede the growth of human tumors.However in a recent study it was found that metformin treatment might result in promotion of the angiogenic phenotype and increase tumorigenic progression.In this study we investigated the effects of metformin on the migration and invasion abilities of human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 in vitro and explored the possible underlying mechanisms.Methods:A549 cells were treated with 0.5,2 and 8 mmol/L metformin for 72 hrs.The laterad-migration and invasion abilities of the cells in vitro were measured by scratch assay and Boyden-Chamber assay,respectively.Expressions of MMP2 and MMP9 mRNA of the cells before and after metformin treatment were measured by Real-time PCR.Results:The migration rate of A549 cells was increased after treated by metformin at the concentration of 8 mmol/L.The invasion ability was also signifi cantly increased by 8 mmol/L metformin treatment from 37.4?4.6 to 59.8?7.2(P

Objective:To explore the combined application effect of failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) and root cause analysis (RCA) in IV infusion risk management of pediatric outpatient so as to enhance the quality of care and ensure the safety of outpatients.Methods: For this exploration, a special analysis team was established and the flowchart was drawn up, and the potential failure modes were listed by using FMEA. And the RCA was used to analyze and evaluate the key mode in these potential failure modes so as to find the root cause might affect the safety of IV infusion, and then the improved measures were implemented and the effects of new measurement were evaluated. Results:After implemented the improved measures, the risk of top 4 risk priority number (RPN) in intravenous infusion flow decreased obviously. For the transfusion management, patients' satisfaction increased from 78.09% to 95.03% (P<0.05), and nurses' satisfaction increased from 83.79% to 97.80%(P<0.05).Conclusion: The combined application of FMEA and RCA in the IV infusion risk management of pediatric outpatient can effectively reduce the occurrence of risk events, reduce nursing complaints and disputes, and enhance the quality of nursing care.

Objective To evaluate how well the risk factors associated with stroke recurrence been controlled by community-based medical centers in urban areas of Beijing.Methods A cross-sectional study was performed in 5 community-based medical centers in urban areas of Beijing.A total of 999 patients with the experience of ischemic stroke were evaluated from Dec.2004 to Nov.2005.Results Ninety-six percent of patients suffered from at least one of the most common diseases(risk factors) associated with stroke recurrence,i.e.hypertension(HT),heart disease,diabetes,hyperlipidemia and obesity,and 80% of patients were with more than 1 disease.The proportion of HT was 79.1%(790/999) and the awareness,treatment and control rates of HT patients were 93.3%(737/790),84.3%(666/790) and 40.3%(318/790),respectively.The proportion of heart diseases and obesity among 999 stroke patients were 34.4% and 19.1%%,respectively.31.9%(319/999) of patients had diabetes and 84.0%(268/319) of the patients knew their history of diabetes.Of 319 diabetes patients,68.3%(218/319) were under active treatment and 45.4%(99/218) of them had their fasting blood glucose well controlled.The proportion of hyperlipidemia was 72.9% and the treatment rate for hyperlipidemia was as low as 29.5%(215/728).There were 43.7% and 50.0% of patients quit smoking and alcohol drinking after their acute stroke.72.7%(726/999) of patients were receiving aspirin regularly.Conclusion The proportion of cardiovascular diseases were high among the patients with ischemic stroke who were under the management of community-based medical centers.The community-based medical centers have played an important role in the secondary prevention of stroke.However,the management for ischemic stroke patients with diabetes and hyperlipidemia needs to be improved.

0.05). Conclusion:Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr alloy is histocompatible.

Objective To evaluate the clinical application of a novel hepatitis B virus YMDD mutation DNA diagnostic kit (magnetic beads method kit).Methods A total of 324 HBV clinical serum samples was tested with the magnetic beads method kit and another kind of fluorescence diagnostic kit (boiling method).Accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity were compared.Results The consistency of positive detection rate of two kits was 100％ (95％ CI : 98.0％ ～ 100％), negative consistency was 97.12％ (95％ CI : 92.8％ ～99.2％) and the total consistency was 98.76％ (95％ CI : 96.9％ ～99.7％).Four cases of discrepant samples were confirmed by sequencing, and statistical analysis performed by Kappa test (Kappa =0.975) shows good consistency between the two methods.Conclusions The magnetic beads method kit has good consistency compared to the regular boiling method kit, and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection system contains an internal positive control (internal control) to avoid a false negative resuit, which is more suitable for clinical diagnosis.

Objective To investigate the clinical features, treatments and prognostic factors of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in the female genital tract. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 13 cases of RMS in the female genital tract. Clinical characteristics, treatments and prognosis were compared and analyzed statistically. Results The median age was 21.0 years (range, 6 to 54 years). There were 6 cases vaginal RMS and 7 cases cervical RMS, included 11 cases of embryonal RMS (ERMS) and 2 cases of alveolar RMS (ARMS). According to the Federation International of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)staging system,there were 6 cases of stageⅠ, 3 cases of stageⅡ, 1 case of stageⅢand 3 cases of stage Ⅳ, the median survival time were respectively 112.5, 153.0, 9.0 and 3.5 months. According to the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcom Study Group (IRSG) staging system, there were 10 cases of stageⅠ and 3 cases of the stage Ⅳ, and their median survival time were respectively 112.5 and 3.5 months. Nine patients received surgery and the median survival time was 108.0 months (range, 9 to 228 months), 6 of them received chemotherapy after surgery and the median survival time was 152.0 months (range, 9 to 228 months), the other 3 cases did not receive any therapy after surgery and the median survival time was 25.0 months (range, 9 to 108 months). Four patients did not receive surgery and the median survival time was 6.3 months (range, 1 to 117 months). There were 2 cases received combined treatment included radiotherapy and the survival time were respectively 4 and 198 months. There were 8 cases who was survival without disease and 5 cases died of cancer. The median survival time in 13 patients was 25.0 months (range, 1 to 228 months) and the 5-year overall survival rate was 58.6%. Conclusions The prognosis of early stage of RMS in the female genital tract is good. While, the prognosis of advanced stage is poor. The standard treatment strategy is combination of surgery and chemotherapy,whether radiotherapy could improve the prognosis still need further study.

Objective To observe the influence of hands-washing and non-hands-washing on clinical disinfection effect before surgical hands antisepsis.Methods Totally 40 surgcal staff wee divided into the handa-washing group and the non-hands-washing group.The sterilizing effect of handa at diggerent time points during operations and kinds of bacteria colony were compared between two groups.Results Bacteria colony of hands at different time points during operations showed no significant difference between two groups.Both groups were detected bacteris colony on their hands,mainly made up of coagulase negative staphylococcus,corynebacterium and eaterococcus and no difference was seen between two groups.Conchusions The non-hands-washing method can acquire the same disinfection effect as traditional hands-washing method.Its disinfection effect lasts three hours,easy to operate,little stimulation on the skin,and was worthy of clinical application.

Background and purpose:Metformin is known to be an insulin sensitization agent and is a fi rst line treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes. Recent clinical studies have revealed that metformin treatment has been associated with reduced cancer risk,which indicated that metformin may be a potential anti-neoplastic agent. We investigated the effects of antidiabetic drug metformin on proliferation and apoptosis in human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 in vitro and explored the possible underlying mechanisms. Methods:A549 cells were treated with 0.5 mmol/L,2 mmol/L and 8 mmol/L metformin for 48 hrs. Growth inhibition rates of the cells were measured by MTT assay. Cell apoptosis were detected by ? ow cytometery(FCM). Expressions of three genes including p53,Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA in the cells were measured by Real-Time PCR. Results:The proliferation of A549 cells was inhibited by metformin in a dose-dependent manner. The Inhibition rates of metformin at dosage of 0.5 mmol/L,2 mmol/L and 8 mmol/L group were (29?5)%,(68?3)% and (84.1?2.6)%,respectively. Apoptosis was induced when the cells were treated with moderate to high concentrations of metformin.The percentage of cells in early and late stage of apoptosis was increased from (1.1?0.3)% and (1.78?0.22)% in controlled group to (2.1?0.5)% and (9?4)% in metformin 8 mmol/ L group,respectively. The expressions of p53,Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA were all up-regulated after metformin treatment while the Bcl-2/Bax ratio was signifi cantly decreased. Conclusion:Metformin can inhibit the proliferation of human adenocarcinoma cancer cell line A549 and induce cell apoptosis with moderate to high drug concentrations in vitro,which may partly be attributed to the up-regulation of p53 and down-regulation of the Bcl-2/Bax ratio.

Objective: The chemical composition, extraction and biological activity of antioxidant substance of sweet potatoes were studied. Method: The antioxidant substance was extracted with alcohol and purified with AB-8 big-hole resin and its elimination rate of _?O 2 and OH and SOD activity were determined.Results: The content of antioxidant substance stockpiled respectively in the root tubers, stems and leaves of sweet potatoes and was different in varieties. The highest content in the root tuber was 0.324%, which accounted 70% of total content in sweet potatoes. Its extraction ratio was 85%. The major composition of the antioxidant substance was phenol acid, including chlorogenic acid,isochlorogenic acid,neochlorogenic acid and 4-0-caffeonyl quinic butyl ester. They had intense antioxidant function and their elimination rate to _?O 2 and?OH at concentration 90 mg/ml was 88.02% and 82.21% respectively. The antioxidantsubstance restrained oxidation of lipid and hemolysis of red cell induced by H2O2,and increased SOD activity in serum and skin of mice. Conclusion: Several kinds of phenol acid as antioxidant substance stockpiled in sweet potatoes were proved to have strong antioxidant activity.

Objective To investigate the states of psychological condition and the quality of life in patients with functional constipation (FC) by comparing with those of healthy controls.Methods Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90)and Patient Assessment Constipation-Quality of Life(PAC-QOL)were tested by self-report questionnaire in sixty patients with FC and thirty healthy controls with corresponding age and gender.Results (1)There was no difierence in age,body mass index and sex ratio between the FC patients and healthy controls,but the scores of stool form and frequency of defecation were significantly different between the two groups.(2)The following items of SCL-90 i.e.total scores,total symptomatic index.the number of positive items and positive symptom distress level were obviously higher in the FC patients than in controls (P＜0.05).The scores of the nine factors of SCL-90 except terror were also higher in the FC patients than in controls.(3)The average total score and scores of four sections (physical discomfort,psychological discomfort,anxiety,satisfaction) of PAC-QOL in FC patients were higher than those in basal level.(4)The average score of PAC-QOL was significantly correlated with the scores of SCL-90,especially in anxiety and depression.(5)The severity of symptoms in the FC patients was significantly correlated with the average score of PAC-QOL and the total score of SCL-90.Conclusioils FC patients have obviously psychological abnormality,which affects the quality of life significantly.The scores of quality of life is a better parameter to reflect the healthy status of the FC patients than the laboratory tests and the clinical symptoms.