Objective To investigate the damaging effect of sulfur mustard on the mitochondria in rat lymphocytes in vitro.Methods Rat spleen lymphocytes were isolated by density gradient centrifugation and cultured with 100 ?mol/L sulfur mustard in vitro.DNA ladderring was used to detect the cell apoptosis.Cyt-c release was measured by Western blotting.The mitochondria function was detected by MTT method.Fluorescent probe labeled with Rhodamine 123 was used to study mitochondria potential.Results The mitochondria potential and cell viability decreased at 4 h after treated with 100 ?mol/L sulfur mustard.There was a liner correlation between the mitochondria potential and cell viability in lymphocytes.The content of Cyt-c increased significantly at 4 h as compared with control group in Western blotting.Conclusion Sulfur mustard could damage the rat lymphocyte mitochondria significantly,and mitochondria participates in cytotoxic effect induced by the sulfur mustard.

Objective To investigate the protective effects of GSH on the mitochondria in rat lymphocyte in vitro.Methods Rat spleen lymphocytes were isolated by density gradient centrifugation and cultured with sulfur mustard of 100,500,1000 ?mol/L in vitro.The mitochondria function was detected by MTT.The changes of GSH were detected by fluorescence spectrophotometry and DNA fragments were also detected.Results There was a positive line correlation between the changes of mitochondria function and the GSH content(P

3D ultrasound reconstruction in 63 cases of the solid space occupying lesions of liver was reported.Among them,there were 34 primary liver cancer,20 liver metastases and 9 cases hamangioma.By 30 imaging,the internal structure of the tumor could be visualized in 71%(45/63); the relation of the tumor to the surrounding vessels was apparent in 65%(41/63); the margin of the tumor could be outlined in 56%(35/63).The vesucts indicate that 3D ultrasound is superior to conventional 2D sonography to show more accurately the space localization,internal structure and morphology of the lesion thus provides meaningful imaging diagnostic evidences clinicaly.

Objective To investigate the causes of intra-abdominal hernia and improve the level of early (diagnosis) and therapy of intra-abdominal hernia. Methods A retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 68 cases of intra-abdominal hernia was made. Results The postoperative confirmed diagnosis was para-occal hernia in 1 patient;herniation of efferent jejunal loop through the space between the afferent jejunal loop and the mesocolon after Billroth II gastrectomy in 6 patients,one of which had bowel necrosis,all of the 6 patients were cured after reduction of the hernia or enterectomy after and enteroanastomsis;internal henia though (ruptured) pelvic (peritoneum) after Miles operation in 4 patients;internal hernia though the space between the (descending) colon and the lateral abdominal wall after colostomy of descending colon in 6 patients;internal (hernia) caused by (adhesion) of omentum to the intestinal wall of sigmoidostomy in 1 patient;internal hernia through hiatuses caused by postoperative or post-peritonitis adhesions to the peritoneum,ovaries,urinary (bladder),uterus,(intestinal) wall or between loops of intestine in 50 patients(73.5%),including 3 cases of bowel (necrosis).All of those patients were cured after reduction of the hernias,repair of the hiatuses,release of (adhesions) or enterectomy and enteroanastomosis. Conclusions Preoperative diagnosis of internal abdominal hernia is difficult.The possibility of internal abdominal hernia should be cansidered in patients with a history of operation,and who complain of frequent abdominal pain or bowel obstruction.Early diagnosis and prompt (operation) is necessary to prevent the occurrence of bowel strangulation and bowel necrosis.

Objective To explore surgical technique and clinical outcome of transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair(TAPP)and totally extraperitoneal hernia repair(TEP)in inguinal hernia repair.MethodsThe clinical data of 23 patients underwent laparoscopic herniorrhaphy were retrospectively analyzed.Nine patients were underwent TAPP,and 14 patients underwent TEP.ResultsNone of patients was changed to open operation.Only one patient of TEP was changed to TAPP.Average operative time was(82.1?40.6)min.Blood loss was(5.7?3.0)ml.Disruption of peritoneum happened to 2 patients underwent TEP.The rate of postoperative complications was 21.7%(5/23),which included serum swelling(1 case),scrotal emphysema(2 cases),transient neurapraxia in the area of repair(1 case)and urinary retention(1 case).No chronic pain,foreign body sensation and infection were found.Average hospitalization after operation was(4.3?0.9)d.No recurrence was observed during a follow-up period of 1-15 months.ConclusionLaparoscope herniorrhaphy is safe due to lower recurrence and complications.It also has the advantages of slight pain and rapid recovery.

Objective To investigate the association between the genetic variant in the promoter region of miR-34b/c and cancer risk.Methods Databases such as PubMed、EMBase、Wanfang、VIP、CNKI and so on were searched comprehensively.Based on the including and excluding criteria,literatures that were eligible were screened and data were retrieved.Meta analysis was performed by RevMan 5.1 software.Results Through searching and manually searching relevant references,a total of 9 articles with 10 independent studies were included.No significant associations were detected in C vs T,CC vs TT,CC + CT vs TT and CC vs CT + TT comparison models.However,in the CT vs TT comparison model,the result showed a significant association (Z =2.33,P =0.02).Meanwhile,subgroup analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal cancer both showed significant associations with the polymorphism,with C vs T (OR =1.11,Z =2.10,P =0.04),CT vs TT (Z=2.40,P =0.02),CC +CT vs TT (Z=2.45,P=0.01) and CC vs TT (OR =0.66,Z=2.43,P=0.02),CC vs CT + TT (OR =0.67,Z =2.40,P =0.02) respectively.The C allele increased significantly the susceptibility of hepatocellular carcinoma,and the CC genotype reduced significantly the susceptibility of colorectal cancer.Conclusion The genetic variant in the promoter region of miR-34b/c rs4938723 T ＞ C is significantly associated with the susceptibility of hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal cancer.

Objective To investigate the association between a genetic variant in Dicer and cancer risk .Methods Both English and Chi-nese databases were carefully searched comprehensively .Based on the including and excluding criteria ,literatures that were eligible were carefully screened and data were retrieved .Meta analysis was performed by RevMan 5 .1 software .Pooled odds ratios(OR) and 95% confi-dential interval(CI)were used for analysis .Results Ten eligible literatures were included in the meta analysis .Meta analysis showed that the mutant allele C in 3′untranslated region polymorphism loci rs1057035 of Dicer gene might reduce the cancer risk(OR=0 .92 ,95% CI=0 .87-0 .97 ,P=0 .003) .Conclusion The variant rs1057035 T>C in Dicer gene could be related to cancer susceptibility .

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BACKGROUND: Alendronate has been recently used for treating osteoporosis by inhibiting the activity of osteoclasts, but further clinical observation is necessary to compare its therapeutic effect with exclusive use of calcium supplement.OBJECTIVE: To observe the therapeutic effect of oral alendronate (tianke tablet) on the clinical symptoms and bone mineral density (BMD) of middle-aged and elderly patients for comparison with calcium gluconate.DESIGN: A self-controlled study and controlled trial with concurrent patients.SETTING: Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Hospital, Peking UniversityPARTICIPANTS: Sixty-eight middle-aged and elderly patients with osteoporosis were admitted in the Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Hospital of Peking University between July 1999 and July 2000. From these patients 62 at the age over 45 years without secondary osteoporosis were selected for this study, who were randomly divided into oral alendronate group (n=32) and oral calcium gluconate group (n=30).INTERVENTIONS: On the basis of comprehensive therapies, the patients in the alendronate group were given 10 mg alendronate daily and those in calcium gluconate group had 20 mL oral calcium gluconate solution (containing 100 mg calcium gluconate, equivalent to 9 mg calcium in every 10 mL) three times daily for three months. According to bodily pain relief, occurrence of new fracture and improvement in BMD, the therapeutic effect was assessed in three grades.RESULTS: Thirty patients in the alendronate group and 26 in the calcium gluconate group completed the study. Alendronate treatment for 3months significantly increased BMD of the patients [(0.716±0.082) g/cm2in comparison with that before treatment [(0.667±0.083) g/cm2, t= 2.473,P ＜ 0.01], whereas the BMD underwent no obvious changes after treatment with calcium gluconate [(0.671±0.081) g/cm2 before vs (0.680±0.073) g/cm2after treatment, t=1.812, P ＞ 0.05]. Significant difference in BMD after treatment was noted between the two groups (t=2.384, P ＜ 0.01). The effective rate was significantly higher in alendronate group than in calcium gluconate group (X2=14.9, P=0.005), but 7 patients complained of abdominal discomfort in the former group and the patients in calcium gluconate group reported no adverse effects.CONCLUSION: Alendronate can inhibit bone absorption, promote the recovery of bone matrix, and increase the bone mass, producing better effect than exclusive use of calcium gluconate oral solution in treatment of the osteoporosis in the middle-aged and the elderly.

Objective To explore the methods for estimating premorbid intelligence of patients with cerebral infarction.Methods Ten regression equations were employed to estimate intelligence quotients (IQs) of 74 patients and 74 demographically matched,healthy adults.Those valid estimated IQs were transformed into standard scores and adopted to evaluate the difference with don' t hold' subtests.Results In the healthy group,there were trivial difference between the estimated IQs and obtained IQs with mean discrepancy less than one and the correlation coefficients between them ranged from 0.755 to 0.956.However in the patients group,the estimated IQs were significantly higher than obtained IQs with mean discrepancy of 3.20-10.67.Mean estimated IQs of the patient group were lower than those of healthy group to varing degrees with mean discrepancy of 0.83-8.28,in which the mean IQs estimated just with demographic variables showed small between group effect size of 0.26,and so did IQs estimated with combination of demographic variables and performance on the Information or Figural Matrix (effect size:0.24 and 0.38 respectively).The latter two kinds of estimated IQs were adopted and transformed into standard scores to estimate premorbid intelligence.The two kinds of estimated normal scores of intelligence were higher than normal scores of the Digit Symbol (0.70 and 0.63 respectively) and the Block Design(0.67 and 0.61 respectively)in the patients group.As regarding the healthy group,the counterparts of discrepancies between estimates of intelligence and obtained scores were 0.21,0.21,0.12 and 0.12 respectively,which were significantly smaller than those in the patients group.Conclusion IQ estimated with combination of demographic variables and performance on the Information or Figural Matrix are suggested to estimate premorbid intelligence of patients with cerebral infarction.