2 years;appearedrigh quadrent abdominal signs,thickness of gallbladder wall≥3 mm;and hydrops of gallbladder.Conclusions The risk factors for conversion of LC to OC were attacks of acute cholecystitis,the length of disease,tenderness of upper abdomen,thickening of gallbladder wall and hydrops of gallbladder.A detailed history,clinical examination with suitable imaging test,proper selection of patients and improving the skill of operators,may decrease the occurrence of the LC conversion rate and the complicationafter operation.OC should be selected for the patients with the above risk factors.

Objective To explore the correlation between polymorphism of interleukin-28B(IL-28B) rs12979860 T/ C and susceptibility of hepatocellular carcinoma( HCC). Methods All eligible case-control studies published up to 2014-09-30 were identified by searching PubMed,EMBase,CNKI,CBM,VIP and WanFang databases. Two reviews independently identified the literature according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Meta-analysis was performed using Rev Man 5. 2 and Stata 12. 0 software. Results A total of 6 stud-ies comprising 1 138 cases and 955 controls were finally included. Meta-analysis showed that IL-28B rs12979860 T/ C polymorphism was associated with the susceptibility of HCC. Compared with the genotype CC and CT + CC,genotype TT increased the risk of suffering from HCC(TT vs CC:OR = 2. 26,95% CI:1. 40-3. 64,Z = 3. 33,P = 0. 000 9;TT vs CT + CC:OR = 1. 90,95% CI:1. 23-2. 93,Z = 2. 89,P = 0. 004). In stratification analysis by ethnicity,we observed that the polymorphism of IL-28B rs12979860 T/ C was associat-ed with the susceptibility of HCC among Caucasian populations(TT vs CC:OR = 2. 06,95% CI:1. 22-3. 47, Z = 2. 70,P = 0. 007;TT vs CT + CC:OR = 1. 71,95% CI:1. 07-2. 72,Z = 2. 23,P = 0. 03). Conclusion The polymorphism of IL-28B rs12979860 T/ C is associated with the susceptibility of HCC,genotype TT may increase the susceptibility to HCC.

It is a technological difficulty to acquire data from ultrasound with ultra-band in the study of microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography. A high-speed data acquisition system for the ultrasonic signal with a frequency fewer than 500 MHz is designed in the paper. The result obtained demonstrates that the system holds good for microwave-induced thermoacoustic tomography.

BACKGROUND: More and more patients with periodontal disease require orthodontic treatments. Thus, the remodeling process and its mechanism of inflammatory periodontal tissues become a hot point during orthodontic tooth movement.OBJECTIVE: To observe the remodeling of inflammatory periodontal tissues during orthodontic tooth movement.METHODS: A total of 50 Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into the control and periodontitis groups. In the periodontitis group, rats were established periodontitis models. After that, all rats were prepared for orthodontic tooth movement models. The remodeling of periodontal tissues was observed by hematoxylin-eosin staining at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 14 days after orthodontic tooth movement.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The movement distance of the periodontitis group was greater than that of the control group. At 0-7 days after orthodontic force application, there was obviously bone resorption at the pressure side and the bone formation was inhibited at the tension side; at 14 days after force application, the bone resorption was diminished, associated with large numbers of multinucleated osteoclasts at the pressure sides in both groups. The findings showed that rats with periodontitis suffered more periodontal traumatism during orthodontic tooth movement, thus, treatment should be delayed until the inflammatory signs were controlled and the local inflammatory was eliminated.

AIM: To observe the effect of myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) on the expression of substance P (Sub P) and neurofilament triplet L (NFL) in rat dorsal root ganglion cells (DRGn cells). METHODS: DRG neurons were dissociated and cultured, and then exposed to different concentrations of nerve growth factor (NGF, 10 μg/L, 30 μg/L, 100 μg/L or 200 μg/L) for 24 h. The neurons cultured in media with the lowest concentration of NGF (10 μg/L) served as control. Real time PCR was used for detecting the mRNA of substance P and NFL in the DRGn cells. Three MEF2C-siRNAs were transfected into PC 12 cell line by the way of chemical mediation. The best siRNA with the highest interference ratio was determined by real time PCR. The DRGn cells knocked out MEF2C gene were also transfected with siRNA, and the expressions of substance P and NFL were measured by real time PCR after stimulated with high concentration of NGF. RESULTS: The expressions of substance P and NFL increased in primary cultured rat DRG neurons in a dose-dependent manner of NGF stimulation. The expression level of MEF2C in experimental group was lower by 50% than that in control group. No change of cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) was observed. The substance P decreased by 41% in experimental group than that in control group at the same time point. The NFL was decreased by 61%. CONCLUSION: NGF may promote the synthesis of substance P and NFL in rat DRGn cells. MEF2C regulates the expression of substance P and NFL in DRGn cells in rat embryo and MEF2C may be a critical transcriptional factor involved in the airway hyperresponsiveness.

Objective To observe the sequential ultrastroctural and electrophysiological changes in the sciatic nerve coagulated by a newly-designed microwave antenna. Methods A total of 75 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into groups A,B and C and irradiated with microwaves at 10,20 or 30 Watts,for 6 seconds to coagulate the left sciatic nerve.Electrophysiological effects and sequential uhrastructural changes were observed on the 0th,2nd,7th,30th and 60th days after coagulation.A static sciatic index was calculated based on measurements of the footprint on the 7th,30thand 60th days after coagulation.Results On the Oth,2nd,7th and 30th days after cpagulation,the static sciatic index,the nerve conduction velocity and the amplitude of the action potentials in groups B and C had decreased significantly compared with those before coagulation.On the 60th day after coagulation.significant recovery was observed in groups A and B,but not in group C.Only mild alteration in uhrastructure was found,and only in group A.The prominent changes in uhrastructure in group B included broken Schwann cell membranes and myelin disintegration.There were severe injuries in group C,including myelin disintegration,cell deformity,coagulative necrosis,axon necrosis,basement membrane necrosis and demyelination.The structure of the sciatic nerve in group B had partially recovered after 60 days,but group C showed no recovery at all. Conclusion Microwave coagulation of a nerve can block its conduction.and even destroy the nerve.Percutaneous microwave coagulation is clinically feasible and call be an alternative treatment for pain.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of nurse-led discharge planning for hospital inpatients with chronic disease.Methods The Cochrane Library,PubMed,Medline,EMBASE,Chinese Biomedical Literature Database Database(CBM),China National Kmowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),VIP Chinese full text database (VIP) and Wanfang Data were searched for randomized controlled trials assessing nurse-directed discharge planning for hospital inpatients with chronic disease.Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed risk of bias.Meta-analysis was conducted for the eligible studies by RevMan 5.3.4.Results Seventeen randomized controlled trials and 5 331 participants were included.Meta-analysis demonstrated that,compared to standard care,nurse-led discharge planning were effective in reducing hospital readmission [risk radio (RR)=0.73,95％ confidence interval (CI) 0.64-0.84,P＜0.01],duration of inpatient readmissions [mean difference (MD)=-2.48,95％CI-3.68--1.29,P＜0.01],and all-cause mortality (RR=0.78,95％CI 0.62-0.97,P＜ 0.05).However,no reduction in the length of stay of the index admission (MD=-0.18,95％CI-0.64-0.27,P ＞ 0.05) was demonstrated.Conclusions Nurse-led discharge planning has a positive impact on several aspects of care for hospital inpatients with chronic disease,including reducing readmission,readmission length of stay,and all-cause mortality.It is worth being popularized.

Center for faculty development (CFD) in Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the earliest agencies of the university targeted for professional development of the teachers.In recent years,CFD took learning community as one of the main way to promote teacher professional development and made in-depth researches.This paper discussed on organization and form of community as well as teachers' training and assessment.

Background:Hepatic veno-occlusive disease( HVOD) is a disease characterized by hepatomegaly,jaundice, ascites,weight gain and lack of effective treatment currently. Our prophase research showed that ligustrazine had therapeutic effect on Sedum aizoon induced HVOD in mice. Aims:To investigate the mechanism of therapeutic effect of ligustrazine on Sedum aizoon induced HVOD in mice. Methods:A total of 115 mice were randomly divided into 4 groups:mice in group A were intragastrically administrated with 30 mg·kg-1 ·d-1 Sedum aizoon to induce HVOD and served as model group;mice in group B were given 30 mg·kg-1 ·d-1 Sedum aizoon + 100 mg·kg-1 ·d-1 ligustrazine and served as low dose ligustrazine intervention group;mice in group C were given 30 mg·kg-1 ·d-1 Sedum aizoon + 200 mg·kg-1 ·d-1 ligustrazine and served as high dose ligustrazine intervention group;mice in group D were given 30 mg·kg-1 ·d-1 PBS and served as normal control group. After 30 days,all the mice were sacrificed. HE staining and Masson staining were performed for histological examination. The mRNA and protein expressions of tissue factor(TF),nuclear factor(NF)-κBp65 and early growth response factor( Egr)-1 in liver tissue were determined by RT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. Results:HE staining and Masson staining histological examination showed that ligustrazine could obviously ameliorate the pathological injury of liver tissue in HVOD mice. Compared with group D,the mRNA and protein expressions of TF,NF-κBp65,Egr-1 were significantly increased in group A( P < 0. 05). After intervention with ligustrazine,the mRNA and protein expressions of TF,NF-κBp65,Egr-1 were significantly decreased( P < 0. 05), especially in group C,and no significant differences were found between group C and group D(P > 0. 05). Conclusions:Ligustrazine has therapeutic effect on HVOD,the possible mechanism is that ligustrazine could interrupt the activation of coagulation system by reducing the expression of TF via down regulating the expressions of NF-κBp65 and Egr-1,especially in high dose ligustrazine group.

Objective To study the effects of exercise on hemodynamic parameters and cardiovascular humoral factors in the elderly patients with hypertension. Methods The modified Bruce assessment (MBA) was employed in an essential hypertension (EH) group (group 1, n =34) composed by elderly EH patients and a control group (group 2, n =31) composed of normal subjects. Heart rate (HR),systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP、DBP), and the quantum and duration of exercise (QE, DE) were explored, while the serum concentrations of nitric oxide (NO), endothelin 1(ET1), atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and AngiotensinⅡ(AngⅡ) were measured at 3 min before and after treatment. Results There were no significant differences between groups 1 and 2 with regard to HR, SBP, DBP, total DE and peak QE before and after treatment, in addition, at the peak of exercise ( P 0.05). Pretreatment SBP and DBP were significantly and positively correlated with those at the peak of and after treatment ( r =0.648,0.630, P