Objective To investigate immune changes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during exacerbations(ECOPD).Methods A randomized,prospective clinical trial was done in 65 patients with ECOPD from Feb.2004 to Oct.2004.They were divided into two groups:one group with general treatment and another with general treatment plus Pidotimod which was given 800mg orally twice daily for 15 days and then 800mg orally once daily for 15 days.Twenty healthy individuals sevred as the control.Levels of CD_ 14 、CD_ 158b 、CD~+_3、CD~+_4、CD~+_8、CD~+_4/CD~+_8 in peripheral blood were measured by flow cytometry at baseline(D1)and then again at(D15)and at the end of treatments(D30),in the meanwhile clinical picture was observed to evaluate patients' conditions.Results Totally 60 patients completed the trial correctly(30 in pidotimod group and 30 in control group).The two groups were satistically homogeneous.The positive rate of sputum bacteriological examination was 42.67%.On D1,the percentage of CD_ 14 、CD_ 158b in two groups was not different from healthy volunteers.On D15,the above immunologic parameters of the control group was decreased compared with pidotimod group,and CD_ 14 was satistically low(P

Objective To study the relationships between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the polymorphisms,promoter methylation,and expression of glutathione S-transferases P1 gene (GST) P1 gene.Methods Using methylation-special PCR (MSP),the methylated status of CpG islands of GSTP1 gene in tumor tissues of 53 HCC and its adjacent nontumor tissues were studied.The enzyme activities of GSTP1 were evaluated by ultraviolet colormetry.And using PCR-RFLP,the genetic polymorphisms of the GSTP1 genes of 74 healthy controls and 53 HCC patients were studied.Results The diffe-rences of the frequency of GSTP1 Ile/Ile,Ile/Val and Val/Val genotypes between HCC patients and the normal controls did not reach statistical significance (X~2=0.84,v=2,P=0.656).The frequency of methyla- tion of CpG islands of GSTP1 gene was significantly higher among the HCC tumor tissues when com- pared to the corresponding nontumor tissues (X~2=19.08,P＜0.001),and significantly higher in stageⅢ-Ⅳcases when compared to the stageⅠ-Ⅱcases (X~2=4.84,P=0.028).GSTP1 enzyme activities of cytoplasm in tumor cells were lower significantly than that in the adjacent nontumor tissues (t=2.49, P=0.014),and significantly higher in stageⅠ-Ⅱcases when compared to the stageⅢ-Ⅳcases (t= 2.31,P=0.025).On the other hand,the GSTP1 enzyme activities of cytoplasm in tumor cells with methylated status of GSTP1 gene were significantly lower than that in tumor cells with unmethylation (t=3.50,P=0.001).Conclusion GSTP1 inactivation via CpG island hypermethylation may contrib- ute to the pathogenesis of HCC.

Objective To study the different oral compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder on the effect of bowel preparation before colonoscopy.Methods A total of 602 inpatients or outpatients were selected from department of gastroenterology,and they were randomly divided into tranditional group(n =288)and improvement group(n =314).All patients took a dose of two box of compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder 4 hours before colonoscopy.Endoscopic doctor investigated the antibiotic tolerance,adverse reactions,heart rate,blood pressure,blood electrolytes and blood glucose during treatment in form of questionnaire with single blind Bosdon bowel preparation scale (BBPS)score.Results The BBPS scores of the tranditional group and improvement group were (7.03 ± 1.24)points,(7.82 ±1.12)points,the score of the improvement group was significantly higher than the traditional group(t =2.259,P <0.05).The taste scores were (1.89 ±0.07)points,(1.25 ±0.09)points (t =2.624,P <0.05),the fully taking rates were 90.28%,95.86%(χ2 =7.375,P <0.05 ),and the second taking rates were 88.54%,93.95%(χ2 =5.566,P <0.05).In contract,the score of adverse reactions of the improvement group was significantly lower than that of the traditional group [(2.58 ±0.07)points vs(2.22 ±0.09)points,t =2.068,P <0.05].There was no significant difference of colonoscopy time between the two groups[(10.78 ±4.34)min vs (9.89 ± 1.77)min,t =1.766,P >0.05 ],althought the improvement group was shorter than the tranditional group. Conclusion The modified way of oral compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte powder not only can improve the qulity of intestinal cleaning,but also acts as a more effective method in preparation of colonoscopy due to its high tolerance, good comfort,less pain and high acceptance of patients.Therefore,it is worthy of clinical promotion and application.

Objective To evaluate impacts of Community Health Reform Pilot in Bao'an District,Shenzhen,on the staff satisfaction in community health centers.Methods Guanlan and Xixiang Street were chosen as treatment group and Songgang Street as comparison group.Date that one year before and after community reform was retrieved from Electronic Information System both from two groups.Double Differences was employed to estimate the impacts of intervention on the staff satisfaction.Results Community Health Reform program resulted in relieving staff financial stress and occupational stress by 42.4％(P＜0.001)and 46.4％ (P＜0.001)respectively and increasing the sense of equity,the sense of achievement,job satisfaction by 67.7 ％ ( P ＜ 0.001 ),54.5 ％ ( P ＜ 0.001 ) and 14.4 ％ ( P ＜ 0.05 )respectively.Conclusion The community reform in Bao 'an district has impact on increasing job satisfaction in treatment group.

Objective To explore the expression and significance of let-7a2 in lung adenocarcinoma.Methods To adapt technology of realtime PCR with reference of U6, the expression of let-7a2 in tumor tissues and normal tissues was detected in 15 cases of resected lung adenocarcinoma. The laboratorial data were analysed by measure of 2~(-△△CT) method. The analysed data were managed by statistics. Results The expression of let-7a2 in lung adenocarcinoma tissue was significantly lower than that in lung normal tissue (0.8733±0.4821 vs 2.4527±1.0111). This difference possess markedness significance(t=6.816, P<0.001).Conclusion The expression of let-7a2 in lung adenocarcinoma is obviously lower and is concerned with the course of lung cancer evolution.

Objective To explore the clinical value of gastric bare area (GBA) for the prognosis of gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma.Methods The data of 82 patients with gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma from January 2010 to December 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into group A (49 cases) with cancer cell invasion in GBA and group B (33 cases) without invasion in GBA.All the patients underwent D2 gastrectomy plus surgical resection of GBA and were treated by 6 cycles of postoperative FOLFOX-4 chemotherapy scheme.Postoperative follow-up and survival analysis were carried out for patients in both groups.Results According to survival analysis (Kaplan-Meier method),the postoperative 1-,2-and 3-year cumulative survival rates of the patients in group A were 91.8 ％,57.3 ％ and 29.0 ％,respectively,while those of the patients in group B were 93.9 ％,75.0 ％ and 48.2 ％,respectively.The median survival times of the patients in group A and group B were 27.0 months and 36.0 months,respectively,which was demonstrated existing statistical significance(X2 =4.972,P =0.026).Conclusions The prognosis of gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma patients with invasion in GBA by cancer cells is poor.Surgical resection of GBA may help to improve the prognosis of the patients with gastric fundus and cardia carcinoma.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of high frequency echocardiography on mice with doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity and find out the most valuable monitoring indexes for early doxorubicin-induced myocardial damage.Methods Forty mice were divided into doxorubicin-injection group (ADM group) and control group randomly.Twenty mice in each group were injected with doxorubicin and saline at the same dose for 5 weeks continuously.The parameters of cardic function of ADM group and contol group were observed by high-frequency echocardiography after infection.Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) tested by euzymelinked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and pathological findings were used as the golden standard.Results ①The left ventricular long axis view and the apical four chamber view could be displayed clearly by transthoracic high-frequency echocardiography.②After 5 weeks intervention,weight,heart rate,left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS),E/A,E wave deceleration time(EDT) and other parameters showed marked difference between ADM group and control group(P ＜0.05).③The decrease of diastolic function was earlier than systolic function in ADM group.④LVEF and E/A presented good negative linear correlation to BNP(r =-0.622,P ＜0.05; r =-0.593,P ＜0.01).EDT showed positive linear correlation to BNP(r =0.501,P ＜0.05).Conclusions Cardic function of mice with doxorubicin-induced myocardial damage could be early evaluated accurately by high-frequency echocardiography,which contained good relativity with BNP.

Objective To investigate the adaptive immune responses in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during acute exacerbations (ECOPD) and effects of the immunostimulating agent Pidotimod in ECOPD patients. Methods A randomized, prospective clinical trial was held, and 103 patients with ECOPD were recruited into the study. Seventy-five patients aged 65 years and over were divided into two groups: 38 patients with general treatment as a control group and 37 patients with general treatment plus pidotimod as an experimental group. Another non-elderly groups comprised 28 patients younger than 65, and 20 healthy individuals served as the healthy elderly control. Levels of CD3+ , CD4+ , CD8+ , CD4+ /CD8+ in peripheral blood were measured by flow cytometry at baseline (the 1st day) and at the 15th and 30th treatment day, meanwhile, the clinical conditions were evaluated. Results Ninety-one patients completed the trial (32 in experimental group,34 in control group and 25 in non-eldely group). The experimental group and control group were statistically homogeneous. The aged COPD intervention group and aged COPD control had a more decreased CD4+ level, CD4+/CD8+ ratio and more increased CD8+ level, while compared with aged health control and non-elderly COPD control (all P

AIM:To study the inhibitory effect and its mechanisms of the extract of Oratosquilla oratoria (EOS) on the activity of telomerase in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE-2Z. METHODS:MTT assay was used to determine the effect of different doses of EOS on the proliferation of CNE -2Z cells. The activity of telomerase was analyzed by TRAP-ELISA. The mRNA expression of hTERT was determined by RT-PCR,and the protein expression of c-Myc was detected by Western blotting. RESULTS:EOS inhibited the proliferation of CNE-2Z cells in a dose-dependent manner (P

Background:Resistance of Helicobacter pylori(Hp)to antibiotics is the primary reason for failure of Hp eradication therapies. It has been reported that there are regional differences in the resistance rate of Hp to commonly used antibiotics. Monitoring the regional Hp resistance status is helpful for improving the eradication rate in local area. Aims:To investigate the resistant spectrum of clinical Hp strains to commonly used antibiotics in Jiaxing Area,Zhejiang Province. Methods:A total of 17 402 patients who underwent gastroscopy from Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2013 at Jiaxing First Hospital were recruited for Hp culturing by using gastric antral biopsies. Then a drug sensitive test was performed for the Hp strains obtained from the culturing. Sensitivity of these Hp strains to metronidazole,amoxicillin,gentamicin,furazolidone,clarithromycin and levofloxacin was determined. Results:Among the 17 402 cases of gastric antral biopsies,5 898(33. 9% )were positive for Hp culturing. Drug sensitive test revealed that the resistance rate of metronidazole was extremely high in all year and age groups;the resistance rates of clarithromycin and levofloxacin were increasing by years;and the resistance rates of furazolidone,amoxicillin and gentamicin were considerably low in all year and age groups. When two antibiotics were combined,amoxicillin and gentamicin accounted for the lowest resistance rate,and the next were amoxicillin and furazolidone,and gentamicin and furazolidone,respectively. Conclusions:The clinical Hp strains isolated from all age groups in Jiaxing Area,Zhejiang Province are highly resistant to metronidazole,therefore it is not recommended to be used in first line eradication regimen. Amoxicillin combined with gentamicin/ furazolidone is an ideal antibiotic combination for patients with Hp infection in all age groups;and combination of gentamicin and furazolidone is recommended to patients who are allergic to penicillin.