Objective To investigate the causes and prevetion of urethral stricture after transurethral resection of the prostate(TURP). Methods A retrospective analysis was carried out in 945 cases,who were treated by TURP in our hospital during February 2002-February 2008.Among the cases,21 patients(aged 62 to 84 years with a mean of 72.4 years) developed urethral stricture in 3 weeks to 24 months after the operation.In the cases,anterior urethral stricture was detected in 13 patients(61.9%),posterior urethral stricture was found in 5(23.8%),and bladder neck contracture was diagnosed in 3(14.3%).Results The pateints were cured by simple urethral dilation(13,61.9%),urethroplasty(2,9.5%),urethroplasty plus urethral dilation(2,9.5%),transurethral resection(1,4.8%),or electroresection of the bladder neck(3,14.3%).The patients were followed up for 6 to 36 months(mean,13 months),during which,all the 21 cases recovered without recurrence.The rate of urethral stricture after TURP was 3.7%(18/483) during February 2002 to August 2005,which was significantly higher than that between September 2005 and February 2008(0.6%,3/462;?2=10.292,P=0.001).Conclusions Unskilled operation and short indwelling time of urethral catheter after the surgery are the major reasons for urethral stricture after TURP.Regular follow-up and early treatment are the keys to cure of the disease.

Objective:To explore and study the clinical values of CT and MRI in the diagnosis of spinal trauma. Methods: One hundred patients with spinal trauma in our hospital were selected as the study objects and randomly divided them into 2 groups, 50 cases in each group. The control group was diagnosed by CT, the experimental group was diagnosed by MRI. Results: The efficacy of CT(control group) on fracture line and fracture flat shift was better than experimental group, but in the aspect of spinal cord injury, ligamentous injury and soft tissue injury, experimental group(MRI) was more sensitive than control group(x2=4.0, P<0.05), differences between 2 groups were statistically significant. Conclusion:Every coin has 2 sides, so as to applying CT and MRI in the diagnosis of spinal trauma, but the accuracy to overall spinal trauma of experimental group is higher. Furthermore, it can avoid misdiagnosing with spinal trauma that applying combined CT and MRI, it is worthy of being widely recommended in clinic.

Objective To investigate the proportion of CD4+CD25highTreg and CD4+CD25+CD127low/-Treg in peripheral blood in patients with chronic hepatitis B(CHB) and determine the relationship between the proportion of CD4+CD25+Treg and clinical parameters.Methods Fresh isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMCs) of 28 patients with CHB and 24 healthy donors were analyzed for the proportion of CD4+CD25+Treg using flow cytometry by surface staining for CD4-PC5,CD25-FITC,CD127-PE.HBsAg,HBsAb,HBeAg,HBeAb and HBcAb were evaluated.HBV DNA levels were measured using real-time RT-PCR.Results The proportions of CD4+CD25highTreg to CD4+ T cells(3.36%?2.59%) and CD4+CD25+CD127low/-Treg(4.05%?1.63%) to CD4+ T cells in patients with CHB were higher than those in health controls(1.60%?0.66%,1.75%?0.83%,P100U?L-1) had a higher fraction(4.26%?3.10%) of CD4+CD25highTreg in peripheral blood than those patients with low level ALT(ALT

OBJECTIVE To study the characteristic of epidemiology of hospital infection among recipients after liver transplantation and to probe into its risk factors.METHODS Totally 193 cases were investigated.The infection group was compared with the non-infection group.Descriptive statistics and risk factor analysis were performed with SPSS11.0.RESULTS Forty nine cases took place infection.The infection rate was 25.4% and the death rate was 20.41%.15 cases(30.61%) happened 2 or 3 time infections.Mid-time of infection was 14d.Twenty six case(30.61%) infection occurred within 4 weeks and 25 cases(51.02%) were on June and July.Pulmonary infection(32.84%),wound infection(31.34%) and abdominal cavity infection(23.90%) were ranked in front.A total of 693 strains were isolated,and Gram-negative(G-) bacilli were 42.14%,Gram-positive(G+)cocci 35.30% and fungi were 22.66%.The three risk factors were obviously correlated with the infection(P

BACKGROUND: Runx2 plays a central role in osteogenic differentiation, which is of important significance in new bone formation.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of Runx2 over-expression on osteogenic differentiation of human umbilical cordblood mesenchymal stem cells.METHODS: Runx2 was generated by RT-PCR and the recombinant adenovirus (pAd-Runx2) was constructed. The viraltiter was determined by air dilution method. After being transfected into human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stemcells, the green fluorescence was observed under fluorescence microscope. Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR andwestern blot were used to detect mRNA expression changes of osteogenesis related genes, Runx2, OCN, BMP-2, ALP,in human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells at 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after transfection.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The recombinant adenovirus was successfully constructed and the titer was1.7×1010 pfu/L. After infection by pAd-Runx2, human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells expressed greenfluorescence protein clearly under the fluorescence microscope. Cells in the transfected group differentiated intoosteoblast-like cells, and those in the control group stayed the same as pre-infected. The expression of Runx2, OCN,BMP-2 and ALP in the transfected group increased over time to some extent, but these changes were not detected in thecontrol group. These findings indicate that Runx2 over-expression can promote the osteogenic differentiation of humanumbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells.

Object To determine the content of resveratrol glucoside and resveratrol in radix and rhizome of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc. yielded in Hanzhong Region. Methods The HPLC method was used to assay resveratrol glucoside and resveratrol directly, using Eclipse XDB C 8 column and acetonitrile water as the mobile phase, the UV detection wavelength was 303 nm, with a flow rate of 1 mL/min. Results The content of resveratrol glucoside was 2 5% and resveratrol was 0 43% in the radix and rhizome. Conclusion The content of resveratrol glucoside is higher than that in the former refernece. The content of resveratrol in the radix and rhizome of P. cuspidatum in Hanzhong Region is first reported.

This study was aimed to determine effect of Bu-Shen Kang-Shuai (BSKS) Tablet on HO-1 mRNA and its associated oxidative stress levels among atherosclerotic rabbits. A total of 56 rabbits were randomly divided into the normal group (8 rabbits) and the experimental group (48 rabbits). Normal diet was given to the normal group. Atherosclerotic rabbits models were established in the experimental group. At the eighth week, rabblits in the experi-mental group were randomly divided into the model group, BSKS Tablet group and simvastatin group. Blood samples were collected before medication, 8-, 12-, 16-week after medication from rabbits of each group. Rabbits were sacri-ficed under aseptic conditions at the last blood collection. Expressions of aortic HO-1 mRNA and PPARα mRNA were measured by Q-PCR method. The level of MMP-9 was measured by immunohistochemical assay. Serum HbCO, COX-2 activity and cGMP level were measured by ELISA assay. The results showed that after the intervention of BSKS Tablet, serum HbCO level decreasd, cGMP was obviously increased. However, there was no obvious change on the COX-2 activity. The immunohistochemical assay showed that BSKS Tablet obviously reduced MMP-9 level of rabbits. There was only small amount of aortic HO-1 mRNA expression in the normal group. However, the expres-sion of aortic HO-1 mRNA in the atherosclerosis group was increased. After intervention of BSKS Tablet, the ex-pression of HO-1 mRNA was increased with statistical significance (P < 0.05). Simvastatin had similar antioxidant effect. It was concluded that the compound preparation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) BSKS Tablets had an important antioxidant effect in treatment of atherosclerosis. Its protective mechanism may be through the regulation of HO-1 mRNA gene expression and effects of HO-1/CO-cGMP pathway activities of related enzymes while peroxida-tion stability of atherosclerotic plaque.

Objective To predict the functions of hsa-miR-1908 promoter using various bioinformatic tools, and to provide clues for further study on transcriptional regulation mechanism of miR-1908 in human adipocytes. Methods The promoter se-quence of miR-1908 was obtained from Ensemble, and then the CpG islands and transcription factor binding sites were pre-dicted by a variety of online bioinformatic tools. Results The length of the miR-1908 promoter sequence was 1 458 bp. The CpG islands, which inhibited the transcription of miR-1908, were located at (438-756) bp, (836-937) bp and (979-1374) bp. Meanwhile, 15 transcription factor binding sites were found in the promoter sequence of miR-1908. Conclusions miRNA up-stream promoter related bioinformatics can not only improve the efficiency of microRNA promoter research, but also provide further important information on transcriptional regulation of miR-1908.

When senescence induction is based on DNA damage, senescent cells display a unique phenotype, which has been termed “senescence-associated secretory phenotype”( SASP ) . SASP, including proinflammatory cytokines, growth factors, chemokines, matrix remodeling enzymes and other cytokines, may be an important driver of chronic inflammation and therefore may be part of a vicious cycle of inflammation, DNA damage and senescence. Senescence-associated secretory products released by such cells can affect the neighboring cells and further exacer-bate their regenerative capacity. SASP is associated with many chronic age-related diseases.

Non-coding RNAs ( ncRNA ), including ribosomal RNA( rRNA), transfer RNA( tRNA), MicroRNA ( miRNA), long noncoding RNA(lncRNA) and small nucleolar RNA(snoR-NA), are a class of RNA that have multiple functions and are not translated to proteins. MicroRNA and lncRNA are involved in the injury, remodeling and aging of blood vessels, and it is necessary to understand the regulatory roles of MicroRNA and lncRNA in these processes. It is reported that MicroRNA and lncRNA are not only participated in the regulation of oxidative response, inflammation, cell proliferation and migration, and phenotype transition, they are also involved in the regulation of gene expression by conducting different mechanisms, including transcriptional regulation, post-transcriptional modification and chromatin remodeling. These aspects of regulation by MicroRNA and lncRNA are related to cardiovascular diseases, such as ath-erosclerosis, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke, pul-monary hypertension and diabetes, and thus provide a new way for genetic diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases.