Objective:To investigate the therapeutic effect of intravascular balloon emolization of carotid-cavernous fistula.Materials and Methods:7 cases(5 of traumatic origin, and 2 spontaneous),undewent DSA of brain vessels showing the exact sites of fistulae.The key points of angiography in this procedure were described.Results:5 of the 7 cases complete patency of ICAs.I case resulted in occlusion of ICA,and another of type D was unsatisfactory. Conclusion:DSA of brain vessele could dipiot the site,size and type fistula.Most cases of simple carotid-cavernous fistula are of traumatic arigin and intravascular balloon embolization should be the first-choice of treatment

Purpose:To evaluate the feasibility of balloon catheter dilatation and internal stent placement in the treatment of Takayasu's arterial stenosis.Materials and Methods:Three patients with stenosis of common carotid arteries caused by Takayasu' s disease were treated with PTA by balloon catheter and intravaseular stent placement,the lenghs of stenosis were all beyond 8cm.Balloon angioplasty was performed in one patient,the others were treated with Wallstent stents after PTA.Result:Immediately after treatment,angiography and ultrasound showed that the proportion of stenosis was zero and all appeared to achieve in good result.The artery treated with PTA was completely occluded after 1 year follow-up;the other two patients with stents placement were also examined by angiography and ultrasound at 4,5 months and 4 months respectively after the praeedure.For the patient with left carotid artery stenosis,the proximal part of the segment with the intravascular stent showed a restenosis;the other patient was normal.Conclusion:We considered that intravascular stent placement be might to the treatment for Takayacu' s arteritis with long segment stenosis of common carotid artery.

In order to assess the cytotoxin effect of Campylobacter jejuni (C.jejuni), the whole cell lysates from 9 strains of Guillan-Barre Syndrome (GBS)- associated C.jejuni and 4 strains of diarrhea-associated C. jejuni were co-cultivated with HeLa cells at the concentration of 0.001-5.00 μg/mL in vitro. The morphologic change of HeLa cells was observed under Olympus BX51 microscope after treatment with different concentration of bacteria lysate in the following 4 days. The morphological changes including swelling, irregularity and lysis of the affected cells over 50% was selected as the cut off for positive change and C.jejuni 81-176 and Helicobacter J99 strains were chosen as the positive and negative control. It was found that the minimum concentration to induce the positive changes in 10 strains(8 GBS associated and 2 strains from diarrhea patients)was 0.1μg/mL and 1 strain with the positive change at the minimum concentration of 1 μg/mL. There was only one GBS-associated strain causing no morphologic change on HeLa cells at the concentration of 5 μg/mL. It was evident that the cytotoxic effect of C.jejuni strains on HeLa cell was strain-specific, and there was no significant difference in the cytotoxic effect on HeLa cell between GBS-associated and diarrhea associated C.jejuni strains.

Objective The individualized treatment of breast cancer have attracted more and more attention .Different mo-lecular subtypes of breast cancer have different kinds of prognosis and therapeutic regimen .Studies have found that miR-342-3p is asso-ciated with breast cancer of hormone receptor and endocrine therapy resistance , as well as tumor cell apoptosis .This study was to fur-ther investigate the expressions of miR-342-3p in different breast cancer molecular subtypes and breast cancer cell lines to reveal the importance of miR-342-3p in individualized treatment of breast cancer . Methods A total of 90 tissue samples from patients with breast cancer surgery were collected .Three types of breast cancer cell line were cultured , including MCF-7, SKBr3 and MDA-MB-231.Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR was applied to detect the expression of miR-342-3p in breast cancer tissue . Results Expression of the miR-342-3p increased the most in Lumina B type breast cancer tissue (1.594 ±0.465), followed by Lumina A type (1.386 ±0.443), Her-2 high expression type (1.165 ±0.337), and the lowest in the tripe negative breast cancer tissue (0.837 ± 0.351), representing significant difference (P<0.05).There was no statistical difference in the expression of the miR-342-3p as to different age groups, lymph node metastasis and tumor size, histological grading and staging (P>0.05).As to the expression of miR-342-3p in three types of breast cancer cell line , taking SKBr3 as the reference, the relative ratio was 126(118-134) and MDA-MB-231 was 0.017(0.014-0.018). Conclusion The expressions of miR-342-3p are different in different molecular subtypes and cell lines of breast cancer , which are relevant to different molecular subtypes of breast cancer , making it possible reference index for breast cancer typing and relevant to good prognosis .

Trehalose, a compatible solute, is widely used in food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and organ transplantation. Nowadays, trehalose is mostly produced by enzymatic synthesis with many secondary products and lowpurity. In this study, high amount of trehalose was produced by recombinant E. ccli fermentation. First, a bifunctional trehalose gene TPSP was amplified from genome of C. hutchinscoii. Second, an expression vector pTac-HisA containing TPSP was constructed and transformed into the host E. coli. Expression of this bifunctional enzyme-TPSP converted glucose to trehalose. The result suggested that TPSP from C. hutchinsonji has been successfully expressed in E. ccoi. High amount of extracellular trehalose generated from glucose by whole-cell catalysis and After optimization, the production of trehalose in shake flasks was improved to 1.2 g/L and the relative conversion rate reached 21%. The production in bioreactor reached 13.3 g/L and the relative conversion rate reached 48.6%. It is the first time to realize the functional expression of the bifunctional enzyme-TPSP of C. hutchinsonii in E. coli and achieved the conversion form glucose to trehalose. This study laid a foundation for industrial large-scale production of trehalose.
Bioreactors ; Catalysis ; Escherichia coli ; genetics ; Glucose ; Glucosyltransferases ; Industrial Microbiology ; Organisms, Genetically Modified ; Trehalose ; biosynthesis

Objective To study the effects oftacrolimus on the cell proliferation of and secretion of stem cell factors (SCF) by cultured human keratinocytes. Methods Human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT was cultured and treated with various concentrations (0, 10, 102, 103, 104 nmol/L) of tacrolimus. After 48 hours of treatment, cell proliferation was measured with MTT assay, the levels of stem cell factor in the culture supernatant of HaCaT cells were detected with ELISA. Results Inhibited proliferation was observed in HaCaT cells treated with tacrolimus of 103-104 nmol/L. The secretion of SCF by HaCaT cells was enhanced in the presence of 10-102 nmol/L of tacrolimus, was inhibited in the presence of tacrolimus of 104 nmol/L, and remained unchanged with 103 nmol/L. Conclusion Certain concentrations of tacrolimus could enhance the expression Of SCF in HaCaT cells, which may be associated with the efficacy of tacrolimus in the treatment of vitiligo.

Requirement for Medical English teaching in physical medicine physicians training has been on the agenda to fit the new condition of globalization. According to the development of physical medicine in China and students English level, courses of medical English were set to match the requirements of both scientific research and clinic works. We try to improve students' medical English level through lectures in multimedia classroom and a lot of practical activities after class.

Background:Helicobacter pylori(Hp)is an important pathogen for peptic ulcer and gastric cancer,and is reportedly associated with a variety of extragastrointestinal diseases. However,there is no body fluid detection technique for Hp infection in clinical practice. Aims:To identify Hp infection-associated differentially expressed proteins in urine with relative molecular mass more than 10 kDa and provide potential biomarkers for diagnosis of Hp infection through body fluid detection. Methods:Midstream urine was collected from volunteers in the morning,and 13 C-urea breath test was performed to determine Hp infection. Each of 15 Hp-negative and 15 Hp-positive urine samples were mixed respectively for protein extraction. Spectra data were acquired by high performance liquid chromatogram-mass spectrometry,and label-free technology was used for relative quantitative analysis. The other 26 urine samples(15 Hp-negative and 11 Hp-positive) were used for validation by full scan. IPA software was employed for bioinformatics analysis. Results:A total of 475 urinary proteins were detected by label-free quantitative analysis and 42 differentially expressed proteins were identified. Finally,11 significantly up-regulated differentially expressed proteins were confirmed by external scanning validation. Bioinformatics analysis revealed the molecular functions,biological pathways,and related diseases of these differentially expressed proteins. Conclusions:These 11 differentially expressed proteins more than 10 kDa identified in urine might be potential biomarkers for diagnosis of Hp infection and provide molecular evidence for the correlation of Hp infection with extragastrointestinal diseases.

Objective To study the effects of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) on the proliferation of cultured normal human melanocytes. Methods Normal human melanocytes were obtained from the foreskins of healthy men, and cultured in minimum essential medium (MEM) with 10% bovine serum. The cultured melanocytes of the 3rd passage were treated with various concentrations of ET-1 and ACTH. Cell proliferation was assessed by the MTT method. Results ET-1 (0.1 ~ 1 000 nmol/L) promoted the proliferation of cultured human melanocytes. ACTH (10-13 ~ 10-9 mol/L) also promoted the proliferation of cultured human melanocytes (P

Objective:To study the effects of 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 and UVB on cell proliferation and melanin synthesis of normal human melanocytes. Methods:Melanocytes of foreskins of healthy men were cultured and treated with various concentration of 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 or UVB (55 mJ/cm 2),or both.Cell proliferation was measured with MTT assay .The synthesis of melanin was determined by chromatography. Results: 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 and UVB could promote the proliferation of cultured melanocyte,and 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 could promote the melanin synthesis.The significant concentration of 1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 ranging from 10 -7 to 10 -10 mol/L.Conclusion:1?,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 and UVB irradiation could promote the proliferation of melanocyte,which indicates that they might be effective in the treatment of vitiligo.