Objective:To study the effect of growth hormone(GH) on acute lung injury induced by endotoximia and its’ mechanism.Methods:After introduction of acute lung injury(ALI) by endotoximia,one hundred and tweleve male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into ALI group and GH group. Western blot,immunofluorescence staining and semi-quantitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) were used to determine the expression and activation of nuclear factor kappa B(NF-?B), the levels of CC16 protein and the expression levels of CC16 mRNA in ALI rats’ lung.Results:Both the expression levels of CC16 mRNA and the contents of CC16 protein in ALI rats’ lungs began to decrease significantly 0.5 h post-injury,reached nadir at 6 h post-injury,and then began to recover.Both the expression levels of CC16 mRNA and the contents of CC16 protein in GH group were significantly lower than those in ALI group at different time intervals post-injury.The dynamic changes of the expression and activation of NF-?B were contrast to those of CC16 protein levels.Correlation analysis indicated that CC16 correlates significantly with the extent of lung injury and the expression and activation of NF-?B.Conclusion:Down-regulation of CC16 expression plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury induced by endotoximia.The application of GH can deteriorate the lung injury induced by endotoximia through down-regulating the expression of CC16.

Objective To explore the difference between interval storage and continuous storage of dynamic imagines in contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) quantitative analysis. Methods Two CEUS were performed for each of fifteen participants using interval storage and continuous storage of dynamic images. A number of parameters were analyzed including rising time (RT), time to peak (TTP), mean transit time (MTT), maximum intensity (IMAX), and area under the curve (AUC). The disk usage and time consumpation were also compared for analysis. Results There were no differences in RT, TTP, MTT, IMAX, AUC between the two groups (t=1.028, 1.012, 0.558, 0.223, 0.556, P=0.322, 0.329, 0.586, 0.826, 0.587). There was significantly positive correlations between them (r=0.989, 0.992, 0.867, 0.865, 0.947, all P<0.05). The disk usage in interval storage group was about 1/3 of that in contiunous storage group. And the interval storage method could saved 25-30 min in each case. Conclusion Interval storage is worthy for further clinical application on the groud of its disk usage sparing and less time consumpation without compromising the image quality for analysis.