In fifteen human fetuses spcimens the peritoneal stomata were studied with SEM and TEM, and measured by image processing system. In order to prove that the peritoneal stomata are the passageway of absorbed matter from the peritoneal cavity, animal experiments were made. There are two types of the mesothelial cells on diaphragmatic peritoneum, i. e. the cuboidal cells and the flattened cells. The peritoneal stomata, which arranged in clusters or strips, were only found between the cuboidal cells. The shape and size of the stomata were often irregular. The average area of the stoma on the muscular portion is 10.43?1.61?m~2, while on the tendinous portion is 7.93?1.67?m~2. The connective tissue underlies below the stomata, under which no basement membrane was found. Many lymphatic capillaries were observed in the connective tissue, which may promote absorption of matter from the peritoneal cavity. In animal experiments, some particles of trypan blue were absorbed through the stomata of rabbit diaphragmatic peritoneum. The authors consider that the stomata, are first observed in human, are important pathway for draining matter from the peritoneal cavity.

By transmission electron microscopy and freeze etching technique 15 human fetuses were utilized to study the ultrastructure of the mesothelial cells on the parietal peritoneum. The mesothelial cells of the diaphragmatic peritoneum contained numerous vesicles which were frequently communicated with the free surface, the basement membrane, intercellular space and the peritoneal stomata. Some of the vesicles seemed to fuse each other and form vacuoles. Vacuoles also occurred close to, or communicated with the basement membrane and cell free surface. Sometimes they appeared as secretory particles. The microvilli contained vesicles opened to the free surface. The mesothelial cells on the pelvic wall displayed abundant endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, but scanty vesicles. So, the mesothelial cells on parietal peritoneum of human fetuses might be classified into two types, i. e. the vesiclecontaining cells on the diaphragmatic peritoneum and the ER-containing cells on the peritoneum of the pelvic wall. The vesicle-containing cells seemed to uptake material from the peritoneal cavity. Abundant endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus reflected a high synthetic activity, hence the ER-containing cells might be possibly related to the production of peritoneal fluid.

Objective To identify the risk factors for progression of advanced chronic kidney disease(CKD) patients who were cared by nephrologists in a specific CKD outpatient management clinic.Methods A prospective monocentric cohort study was performed.CKD patients of stage 3, 4 and 5 without renal replacement treatment were followed up regularly by nephrologists in this specific CKD management clinic.Patients with established atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis(ARAS) and chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis, and those who had not been followed-up for at least 12 months before Jun.30, 2010 were excluded.Clinical and laboratory data including blood pressure (BP), proteinuria, hemoglobulin (Hb), calcium phosphate product (Ca×P) and serum creatinine were consecutively collected.The treatment regimen was also recorded.Estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR) was calculated with the formula modified for Chinese to evaluate the change of renal function.The progression of kidney disease was defined as initiation of renal replacement therapy, the annual decrease of eGFR＞4 ml·min-1·(1.73 m2)-1, and/or death associated with renal disease.Results A total of 138 patients were enrolled in the final analysis with 84 patients of CKD stage 3, 36 of CKD stage 4 and 18 of CKD stage 5, respectively.At the time of enrollment, patients had an average age of (56.5:±:16.7) years old with an average eGFR of (32.3±13.4) ml·min-1·(1.73 m2)-1.During a mean follow-up interval of (27.1±12.1) months, the patients were well-controlled with an average blood pressure of (126.5±12.4)/(76.4±7.9) mm Hg in 50.7％(70/138), less than or equal to 130/80 mm Hg, an average Hb of(123.8±17.1) g/L in 73.9％(102/138), above or equal to 110 g/L and an average Ca×P of (45.2±7.7) mg2/dl2 in 89.1％(123/138), less than or equal to 55 mg2/dl2.Sixty-two patients (44.9％) had progression of kidney disease. On univariate analysis, factors predicting progression were low eGFR at referral, high systolic pressure, low Hb level, high Ca×P and proteinuria during follow-up, and renin-angiotensin system inhibitors treatment did not affect the progression.After the adjustment, multivariate analysis revealed proteinuria and low Hb level were independent factors for the progression of kidney disease.Conclusions The co-morbidities of advanced CKD patients can be managed efficiently in specific CKD outpatient management clinic.Control of proteinuria and correction of anemia may be beneficial to prevent the progression of advanced CKD.

Objective To examine the polymorphism in NPHS2 gene of IgA nephropathy in northern Chinese patients and to investigate the possible association of the NPHS2 polymorphism with the development of IgA nephropathy, as well as its clinical and histologic manifestations.Methods The polymorphism of NPHS2 was analyzed by direct DNA sequencing in 32 northern Chinese patients with IgA nephropathy (16 with heavy proteinuria and 16 with isolated hematuria).According to preliminary results, a total of 537 IgA nephropathy patients were genotyped for the NPHS2 C357T polymorphism by PCR combined with restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). We collected clinical and histologic manifestations for gene analysis in patients with IgA nephropathy, such as age, sex, urine protein excretion and so on.ResultsEight NPHS2 polymorphisms (-931A＞T, -601C ＞T, 19G＞T, 171A＞G, 357C ＞ T, IVS3-21C ＞ T, 1023C ＞ T and 1107A ＞ G) were identified.The preliminary results of gene sequencing showed that the frequency of 357T allele in nephrotic syndrome group was obviously lower than isolated hematuria group (0.038 vs 0.125, P ＜0.05).In 537 IgA nephropathy patients with clinical and histologic data, the average urinary protein excretion in the patients with the 357CT/TT genotype was less (P =0.023).The incidence of urinary protein of more than 3.5 g/d was significantly lower in patients with T allele and TT/CT genotype, respectively (P =0.017 and 0.011).The logistic regression analysis indicated that, even after adjusting for the effect of hypertension and age of patients, the CT/II genotype of NPHS2 C357T was an independent protective factor for the urinary protein excretion more than 3.5 g/d(P =0.012,OR = 0.485, 95％ CI 0.275-0.84).ConclusionsEight NPHS2 polymorphisms were identified in northern Chinese IgA nephropathy patients. The frequencies of NPHS2 T allele and TT/CT genotype were the protective factors for urinary protein, especially with that of more than 3.5 g/d.

Objective　To explore the effects of hypoxia on the syntheses and secretion of adrenomedullin (AM), calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) and c-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) and the relationship between these peptides. Methods　Rat models were established with hypoxia for 10, 20 and 30 d respectively and rats under normal altitude were served as control. Pulmonary artery pressure and the maximum increasing speed of right ventricle (RVdp/dtmax) were measured in every group. The dynamic changes of AM, CGRP and CNP concentrations in plasma were studied with radioimmunoassay. Results　During hypoxia, pulmonary artery pressure and RVdp/dtmax were enhanced. Plasma AM and CNP concentrations were increased while CGRP was decreased significantly. The plasma level of AM had positive correlation with that of CNP, but negatively correlated with that of CGRP. Conclusion　Results indicate that hypoxia may cause pulmonary artery pressure change and right ventricle has compensatory reaction to hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Dynamic changes of plasma AM, CGRP and CNP concentrations can be regarded as indexes for condition of illness.

Objective:To investigate the mechanisms of Mitoxantrone(MTN) induced apoptosis in human acute myloid leukemia HL 60 cells.Methods:Exposured log phase growth HL 60 cells to different Mitoxantrone concentrations for different time respectively and then test the inhibitive effect by modified tertrozalium salt(MTT) assay.Morphologic evidence for apoptosis of MTN induced on HL 60 cells was determined by transmission electron microscope.The detection of MTN induced internucleosamal DNA fragmentation by agurose gele lectrophoresis.The effects on HL 60 cells proteins(Bcl 2,Bax) implicated in apoptosis were determined by Flow cytoetric.Results:(1)The antiproliferative effects were observed following exposure micromilligram level of MTN.It shows a very substantial differences in the dose and duration dependency of the observed antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects.(2)The HL 60 cells treated by MTN are observed apoptosis characteristic morphological changes such as complete cell membrane,nuclear fragmention apoptosic bodies and found about 200 bp trapezoidal belt with DNA electrophoresis.(3)The protein test results of Bcl 2 and Bax indicate that when the time of MTN treating HL 60 cells is the same,Bcl 2 protein and the ratio of Bcl 2 protein and Bax protein(Bcl 2/Bax) descend along with the ascending concentration of MTN.Bax protein has no connection with the concentration of MTN.When the concentration of MTN treating HL 60 cells are the same.The ratio of Bcl 2/Bax descends as the time of MTN treating HL 60 cells is prolonged.Conclusion:MTN has the function of inducing apoptosis on HL 60 cells with descent of Bcl 2 and Bcl 2/Bax.The regulation pathway of Bcl 2 may be a mechanism of MTN induced apoptosis on HL 60 cells.

Objective To construct the human IL-24 recombined adenovirus(Ad-IL24)and to observe the effect of Ad-IL24 on ex vivo culture of HL-60 cells.Methods pAdTrack-CMV-IL24 was constructed by PCR with pcDNA3.0-IL24 recombined plasmid as a template,enzyme digestion and ligation.The pAdTrack-CMV-IL24 lineared by Pme Ⅰ was co-transformed into BJ5183 with pAdEasy-1.The pAdEasy-1-pTrack-CMV-IL24 recombined adenovirus vector was lineared with Pac Ⅰ and then transfected in to QBI-293A cells.The Ad-IL24 was obtained and used to infect HL-60 ceils,and the effect on HL-60 cells was tested by LSCM,Mrrr,FCM,ELISA and immunohistochemistry staining.Results The pAdEasy-1-pTrack-CMV-IL24 vector was constructed and the Ad-IL24 was successfully obtained.The effect of inhibiting growth of HL-60 cells and inducing cell apoptosis by IL-24 was proved by LSCM,MTT and FCM.IL-24 down-regulated the expression of anti-apoptosis factor Bcl-2 and increased the secretion of IFN-γ,TNF-α of HL-60 cells.Conclusion Ad-IL24 can inhibit the growth of HL-60 cells and induce cell apoptosis through down-regulating expression of anti-apoptosis factor and increasing the secretion of IFN-γ,TNF-α of HL-60 cells.The human Ad-IL24 may provide a basic study for the future target therapy to tumors.

OBJECTIVE To explore the immunity-enhancing effect of ABP-AW1, a low-molecular-mass polysaccharides isolated from Agaricus blazei Murill, on immunosuppressive mice. METHODS ICR mice were ip injected cyclophosphamide 80 mg · kg-1, once daily for 3 d, to establish an immuno?suppressive mouse model. Then, ABP-AW1125, 250 and 500 mg · kg-1 were ig given to the immuno?suppressive mice,respectively, once daily for 7 d. The mouse thymus index and spleen index were calcu?lated, and the phagocytic function of phagocytes was determined using carbon clearance test. Splenic lym?phocyte proliferation was measured by MTT method. The interleukin 2 (IL-2) and interferon γ (IFN-γ) production from splenic lymphocytes was examined by ELISA. The splenic lymphocyte CD4+/CD8+ratio was determined by flow cytometric analysis. RESULTS Compared with normal control group, the thymus index, spleen index and phagocytic index of phagocytes in the immunosuppressive model mice declined (P<0.05). ABP-AW1250 and 500 mg·kg-1 treatment significantly increased the thymus index, spleen index and phagocytic index in immunosuppressive mice (P<0.05). Compared with normal control group, concanavalin A (Con A) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced T and B lymphocyte proliferation, respectively, and IL-2 and IFN-γproduction from splenic lymphocytes in the immunosuppressive model mice was lower (P<0.05). Compared with model group, ABP-AW1250 and 500 mg·kg-1 promoted Con A and LPS induced T and B lymphocyte proliferation (P<0.05) , and elevated IL-2 and IFN-γ production from splenic lymphocytes (P<0.05). In addition, ABP-AW1250 and 500 mg·kg-1 reversed the decreased splenocyte CD4+/CD8+ratio in immunosuppressive model mice (P<0.05). CONCLUSION ABP-AW1 has immuneity-enhancing effect on cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppressive mice.

Objective To determinted whether GM1 had a protective effect on injury induced by serum-deprivation and the possible mechanism in PC12 cells. Methods The viability of PC12 cells was quantified by MTT after serum-deprivation.The number of apoptotic cells and necrotic cells were determined by Hoechst 33258/PI staining.And the change of PKC protein expression on PC12 cells' membrane and cytosols was detected by Western blotting. Results 1.The viability of PC12 cells decreased after serum-deprivation and the serum-deprivation for 24 hours was chosen as an injury model in this research.Most of the PC12 cells presented apoptosis 24 hours after serum-deprivation.In addition,the PC12 cells' cytosols PKC protein decreased,while the PC12 cells' membrane PKC protein increased significantly,and this result suggested PKC's translocation to membrane and its activation.2.The viability of PC12 cells preincubated with GM1 in high concentrations(10,1,0.1?mol/L) increased significantly and GM1 protected PC12 cells from apoptosis after serum-deprived injury.GM1 reduced the damage of serum-deprivation on PC12 cells and inhibited PKC protein translocation after injury.3.The repair function of GM1 was effective to neuronal resume after serum-deprived injury.Conclusion Neuroprotective effects of GM1 on serum-deprived injury may be partly mediated through the regulation of PKC pathways and it is helpful for the recovery after injury.

Objective To explore the imaging features of breast cancer by CR mammography,in order to improve the diagnostic level. Methods The CR mamographic features of 37 patients with breast cancer confirmed surgically and pathologically were analysed retrospectively. Results In the 37 cases of breast cancer,the following abnormal signs were found in CR mammograms: mass(n=29),without mass(n=8),calcification(n=15),abnormal vascularity(n=7),inverted nipple(n=6),thickened skin(n=3),sign of tower's tine(n=3),sign of funnel(n=1),focal structural disorder and small focus of increased density(n=3). Conclusion The masses and calcificationsare the main radiological features in breast cancer,CR mammography may show the characteristics of breast cancer,it is one of the mosteffective means in diagnosis of breast cancer.