Purpose To explore the clinical value of color Doppler ultrasound in monitoring hemodynamic changes in main renal artery of neonatal asphyxia. Materials and Methods A total of 60 cases of neonatal asphyxia were divided into mild asphyxia (38 cases) and severe asphyxia (22 cases) according to Apgar score 1 min after born. Then the peak systolic velocity (Vs), the end diastolic velocity (Vd) and the resistance index (RI) of the main renal artery were obtained by color Doppler ultrasound on day 1 and day 3;the level of endothelin-1 (ET-1) was also recorded accordingly. The above results were compared with those of 20 cases of healthy full-term new born infants. Results On day 1, Vs and Vd of the main renal artery in the groups with mild asphyxia and severe asphyxia were both lower than those in healthy group (P<0.05), but RI was higher (P<0.05), with more dramatic changes in the group with severe asphyxia (P<0.05). On day 3, Vs and Vd in the groups with mild asphyxia and severe asphyxia reduced compared with those on day 1, whilst RI was higher than that on day 1. Vd and RI in the group with severe asphyxia changed more significantly (P<0.01). As to the value of ET-1, both groups with mild asphyxia and severe asphyxia showed higher level than healthy group (P<0.01). More dramatic increase appeared in the group with severe asphyxia (P<0.05). In the groups with mild asphyxia and severe asphyxia, the Vs and Vd of the main renal artery were negatively correlated with ET-1 on day 1 and day 3 (r=-0.823,-0.845;P<0.01), while the RI was positively correlated with ET-1 (r=0.785, P<0.01). Conclusion Both color Doppler ultrasound imaging and neonatal urine ET-1 test can reflect degree of renal injury after neonatal asphyxia dynamically and noninvasively, which can be used to evaluate the injury severity.

Objectvies:To investigate the role of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) in the pathogenesis of endometriosis(EMs). Methods:A total of 70 specimens of endometriosis and 30 specimens of the normal controls were evaluated by immunohistologically techique with polyclonal antibody against VEGF. Results:The expression levels of VEGF in endometriotic tissues was higher than that in the normal endometrium( P

Objective To apply the real-time gray scale contrast-enhanced ultrasonography(CEUS) with quantitative analysis technique to monitor the change of the renal cortex blood perfusion before and after Salvia miltiorrhiza treatment of rabbit renal is-chemia-reperfusion injury and to investigate the application value of the ultrasound contrast for evaluating the effect of medication in the treatment of rabbit renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) .Methods The rabbit right kidney was resected and the left renal pedicle was occluded for 60 min ischemia ,then the perfusion was recovered for establishing the IRI model .Salvia miltiorrhiza injec-tion was given for observing the pathological changes of the left kidney and the renal cortex blood prefusion under the contrast-en-hanced ultrasonography .The parameters of renal cortex blood perfusion were quantitatively analyzed by the time-intension curves . Results After IRI occurrence ,the time-intensity curve (TIC) of the rabbit renal cortex was slowly ascended .The time to peak (TTP) was extened and the rising slope(Grad) of the curve ascending branch was declined (P< 0 .05);after Salvia miltiorrhiza treatment ,TTP decreased and Grad increased obviously(P<0 .05) .Conclusion CEUS combined with quantitative analysis can re-flect the renal blood perfusion abnormity caused by ischemia-reperfusion and discover the change of the renal blood perfusion after medication treatment .

Abstract: To investigate the effect of human angiopoietin-like protein 4(ANGPTL4) on the invasion and migration of gefitinib-resistant lung adenocarcinoma strains and its mechanism. Methods: The expression of ANGPTL4 in PC9/GR cells was interfered by siRNA method, and the interference effect was verified by Western blot and qRT-PCR. The CCK-8 experiment was performed to verify the inhibitory effect of interfering with ANGPTL4 on the proliferation of PC9/GR cells. The scratch experiment and transwell experiment were performed to detect the invasion and metastasis ability of cells; the expression levels of Vimentin, E-cadherin and N-cadherin were detected by Western blot experiment. Results: The expression of ANGPTL4 in PC9/GR cells was significantly higher than that in PC9 cells. The CCK-8 experiment proved that the IC50of PC9/GR cells to gefitinib was higher than that of PC9 cells, and the IC50was significantly reduced after interfering with the expression of ANGPTL4 in PC9/GR cells; scratch experiment and Transwell migration experiment showed that after interfering with the expression of ANGPTL4 in PC9/GR cells, the wound healing ability, migration and invasion ability of the cells were significantly reduced. The results of Western blot experiments showed that the expression of N-cadherin and Vimentin decreased and the expression of E-cadherin increased in PC9/GR cells after interference. Conclusion ANGPTL4 may participate in the acquired drug resistance of gefitinib in lung adenocarcinoma, and promote the invasion and metastasis of PC9/GR cells. Interference with ANGPTL4 can inhibit the EMT process of PC9/GR cells.