Objective To observe the effectiveness of high-intensity focused ultrasound(HIFU)in the treatment of lichen sclerosus of vulva.Methods 63 patients with lichen sclerosus of vulva between July 2005 to December 2005 were divided into two groups at random,ultrasound group and control group.Patients in ultrasound group were treated with HIFU.Those in control group were treated with hormone.Results The scores of itch had difference after treatment in both group(P

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BACKGROUND:There may be tumor stem cells during metastasis and recurrence of liver cancer.The number of tumor stem cells is very few,so it is difficult to be identified.Thy-1 is a surface marking protein of oval cells.Specific marker can indirectly confirm the existence of tumor stem cells in the tumor,which is a focus in recent studies.OBJECTIVE:To study whether Thy-1 positive marked oval cells was expressed in hepatoma carcinoma cells,and investigate its screening and identification.METHODS:Flow cytometry was used to identify that Thy-1 positive expression in hepatoma carcinoma cells HepG2 and BEL-7402 and normal hepatocytes QSG-7701.Immunomagnetic bead sorting was utilized to select hepatoma carcinoma cells with Thy-1.Immunofluorescence was used to identify selected efficiency.Naked mouse inoculated with hepatoma carcinoma cells in the skin test was assigned to three groups.In the Thy-1~+ cells group,naked mice were inoculated with Thy-1~+ cells (5×10~5/mouse)underneath the skin of the back.In the HepG2 cell positive control group,naked mice were inoculated with HepG2 cells(0.5×10~7/mouse)underneath the skin of the back.In the Thy-1' cells negative control group,naked mice were inoculated with Thy-1~- cells(0.5×10~7/mouse)underneath the skin of the back.Tumorigenicity in each group was observed one month later.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Thy-1 expression in hepatoma carcinoma cells HepG2 and BEL7402 was significantly greater compared with normal hepatocytes QSG7701(P＜ 0.05).Positive rate of immunofluorescence staining was 85% in the Thy-1~+ cell group,1% in the HepG2 cell positive control group,0% in the Thy-1~- cell negative control group.There were nubble of five mice in HepG2 cell positive control and Thy-1~+ groups,and the volume was large.However,there was one nubble in Thy-1~- group,and the volume was significantly small(F=144.568,P＜ 0.05).Results indicated that hepatoma carcinoma cells contained Thy-1 labeled positive oval cells-like stem cells,which may be tumor stem cells in hepatoma carcinoma cells.

BACKGROUND: Rat model of orthotopic liver transplantation is a very valuable model for experimental study in liver transplantation including organ preservation, tissue ischemia-reperfusion injury, allograft rejection and immune tolerance mechanism. Stable liver transplantation animal model is the basis of the related experimental studies. However, its experimental operation is long and boring, especially performed by a single operator under direct vision. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the operation techniques to establish a stable rat model of orthotopic liver transplantation by a single operator under direct vision. METHODS: The orthotopic liver transplantation was performed using two-cuff method in 50 pairs of rats. We exposed the abdominal cavity fully, perfused the donor liver through abdominal aorta without flipping donor liver; suprahepatic inferior vena cava was in vivo cut down using one-step method, without diaphragm ring; the suprahepatic inferior vena cava was anastomosed with single-row suture, and the cuff of portal vein was installed by fixing the blood vessel forceps on rubber. Hepatic artery was not reconstructed. Fluid replacement was administered to maintain hemodynamic stability in rats after operation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The donor operative time was (36.2± 2.5) minutes, donor liver trimming time was (12.2± 1.5) minutes, receptor operative time was (45.6 ± 3.5) minutes, suprahepatic inferior vena cava anastomosis time was (10.1 ± 2.1) minutes, portal vein cuff time was (1.5 ±0.9) minutes, infrahepatic inferior vena cave cuff time was (1.1 ± 0.6) minutes, anhepatic phase was (15.1 ± 2.2) minutes. The success ratio of the operation was 100% and the survival rates within 1 week and 1 month were all 100%. It is indicated that the key factors of a successful model were stable anesthesia, good donor liver perfusion, adequate exposure, skilled microsurgical technology and vascular anastomosis technique.

Objective To evaluate the effects of glutamine on immune function in elderly patients with malnutrition.Methods Twenty-four elderly patients with malnutrition were equally randomized divided into glutamine group and control group.Patients in both two groups were administered with enteral nutrition containing equal nitrogen and calorics for consecutively 7 days.In the glutamine group,patients were also supplied with oral glutamine (7.5g tid).Changes of plasma IgG,IgA,and IgM levels,percentages of T-lymphocyte subsets (CD3,CD4,CD8),and CD4/CD8 ratio were determined before and after treatment.Results Plasma IgG and IgA lev-els,percentages of CD3 and CD4,and CD4/CD8 ratio were significantly higher in glutamine group than in control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Conclusion Glutamine can improve the immune function in elderly patients with malnutritiop and promote their recovery.

Objective To explore the expression of drug transporter organic anion transporting polypeptide2(Oatp2) and P-glycoprotein(P-gp) in brains of chronic epileptic rats induced by lithium-pilocarpine.Methods Chronic epilepsy modles were elicited after status epilepticus(SE) induced by lithium-pilocarpine in adult Wistar rats.The expressions of Oatp2 and P-gp were detected by immuno-histochemistry(SABC) method.Results Positive expression of Oatp2 was predominantly in the plexus epithelial cells and(blood-brain) barrier endothelial cells.Weak staining for Oatp2 was also detected in the neurocyte.In contrast,apparent expression of(P-gp) was seen in brain capillary and neurocyte only.Compared with normal control rats,expression of Oatp2 on the plexus epithelial cells and brain capillary in chronic epileptic rats was significantly decreased(P

Objective: To research the comparability of water vapor transmission of laminated films for pharmaceutical packaging determined by different instruments, methods and experimental conditions to provide reference and advice for the related inspection personnel.Methods: The principle, test parameters, conditions and scope of application for the testing methods for water vapor transmission in the national standard (GB) and international standards (ISO, ASTM) were compared by using three kinds of instruments based on different testing principles.Results: Different temperature and humidity conditions had great influence on the results of the same instrument.Under the same temperature and humidity, the instrument with different principles had little influence on the test results.Conclusion: Testing personnel should regularly use the standard membrane to calibrate the instrument of the sensor method.The temperature and humidity should be strictly controlled during the test.They should take measurement accuracy, personnel operation and economic loss into consideration to select the suitable method.

The curriculum for general practitioner training does not include much knowledge on medical humanities except for medical ethics,which can not meet the requirement of general practitioners' defined duty.This article analyzes the necessity of adding social psychological skills to the training and assessment of general practitioners from the following aspects of the nature of general practitioners' duty,and the disadvantages of medical humanities education in current Chinese medical universities.Then the proposition of this system is also presented.

Multidrug resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs is an important reason for clinical chemotherapy failure. The mechanisms of the classical drug resistance such as P-gp, MRP have been clarified. Hence, it is very important to further study the non-classical mechanism of multidrug resistance. We introduced the effects on MDR, the possible mechanisms of glutathione and related enzymes, as well as the relationship between structure of GSH analogues and the transport activity in this paper.

Wistar rats randomly divided into groups A,B and C were killed at 2、3 and 12 days after transplantation,respectively.The pathological changes of the donor livers were observed by light microscope and electron microscope.The findings demonstrated that:(1)in the group A there was hepatocellular regeneration including hypertrophy of nuclei and nucleoli,and hyperplasia of mitochondrions and endoplasmic reticula;(2)in the group B the morphologic changes of the allografts involved in distinet fatty degencration and mitochondrial swelling of hepatic cells and peripheral vesscl wall infiltration by monocytes and lymphocytes;(3)in the group C hepatocellular loss with the massive tissue necrosis and fibroplasia occurred in the gratfs.From the above it was concluded that hepatocellular necrosis or loss related to the rejection 12 days after the transplantation might lead to the liver failure in the rats.