Objective To study the in vivo expression patterns of caspase-3 in normally aged primate brain. Methods Fresh brain tissue was taken from 4-year-old and 20-year-old female rhesus monkeys,4 for each age group. In vivo distribution of caspase-3-positive cells and its protein levels in different brain regions were investigated by immunohistochemical and immunoblot means,respectively. Results In the frontal cortex,most neurons lacked detectable caspase-3 immunoreactivity,whereas low to moderate caspase-3 immunostaining was found mainly in pyramidal cells in CA1,CA3 and CA4 subdivisions of hippocampus. And in the cerebellum,a small number of Purkinje cells were strongly stained in their cytosol and dendrites,while their nuclei lacked staining. Age-related changes in caspase-3 expression pattern were not found. Immunostaining of motor cortex in aged monkeys localized strong caspase-3 immunoreactivity to a limited number of large pyramidal cells in layer V. Immunoblotting revealed the 32 000 caspase-3 progenitor in all three brain regions. There were no differences in caspase-3 expression levels as a function of either brain region or age of animals. Conclusions These results suggest that caspase-3 is constitutively expressed in matured primate brain and there is no significant age-related change in its expression.

ObjectiveTo investigate the type,characteristics and development trend of prehospital medical care of sudden mass incident from 2001 to 2010 in Guangzhou.MethodsThe data of prehospital medical care of sudden mass incident in Guangzhou from 2001 to 2010 were come from the database of 120 Emergency Center.ResultsTotal 6 807 events of Sudden mass incident were recorded from 2001 to 2010,resulting in 26 749 injuries and 917 deaths.In all kinds of sudden mass incident,traffic accident was primary cause ( the number of cases,injuries and deaths accounted for 49.80％,55.29％ and 61.72％,respectively),followed by fighting,fire and poisoning.Over the past decade,the number of occurrence of traffic accidents and the number of injuries were increasing.The large sudden mass incident was 76.65％ in all levels of sudden mass incident happened from 2008 to 2010.Conclusions Traffic accident is an important cause of sudden mass incident in Guangzhou from 2001 to 2010.The number of the traffic accident cases and injuries were increasing.The large sudden mass incident was the main type in all levels of sudden mass incident.It is important to improve the emergency plan,strengthen the training of medical staff and organize the medical rescue drill of sudden mass incident regularly.

ObjectiveTo investigate the correlation between polymorphism of interleukin(IL)-1β genes and risk and pathological characteristics of gastric cancer in human.MethodsFrom January to December 2010,200 cases of gastric cancer(patient group) and 200 cases of chronic superficial gastritis (control group) were collected.DNA was extracted and IL-1β gene -511,-31,-1473,+3954 site were detected by gene chip technology.The correlation between IL-1β gene -511,-31,-1473,+3954 site and risk and pathological characteristic of gastric cancer was observed.ResultsThe genotype frequency of IL-1β gene -511,-31,-1473,+3954 site was 48.75％(195/400),55.25％(221/400),53.25％(213/400),50.75％ (203/400) in patient group,47.25％ (189/400),53.00％ (212/400),52.50％ (210/400),52.50％ (210/400) in control group,and there was significant difference between two groups (P ＜0.05).While IL-1β gene -511,-31 site T allelic with the lower degree of differentiation of gastric cancer,IL-1 β gene -511,-1473 site T allelic with the early age of gastric cancer.ConclusionsIL-1β gene -511,-31,-1473,+3954 site genotype increase the risk of gastric cancer.IL-1β gene -511,-31 site T allelic are related with the degree of differentiation of gastric cancer.IL-1β gene -511,-1473 site T allelic are related with age of gastric cancer patient.