The 13 nm gold nanoparticles ( AuNPs ) were synthesized through the reduction of HAuCl4 by sodium citrate and the glutathione was assembled on the AuNPs. Under the experiment conditions, glutathione-modified AuNPs ( GSH-AuNPs ) with negative charge presented a wine red color owing to the electrostatic repulsion between nanoparticals. Upon the addition of neurogenin 3 ( ngn3 ) peptide, the aggregation of GSH-AuNPs was induced by ngn3 peptide under a certain concentration of salt. The color of AuNPs solution changed from red to blue as a function of the ngn3 peptide concentration. Thus, a rapid detection method for ngn3 peptide using GSH-AuNPs as colorimetric probe was established. The optimal experiment conditions were equilibrium time=10 min, pH=6. 0, CNaCl=100 mmol/L. Under the optimum conditions, the assay showed a linear response range of 20-300 μg/L for the peptide with a detection limit being 8 μg/L and exhibited excellent selectivity for ngn3 peptide.

AIM: To optimize the random amplified polymorphic DNA-Polymerase chain reaction(RAPD-PCR) system of Bupleurum chinense DC by comprehensive scoring method. METHODS: The L_(16)(4~5) orthogonal diagram was applied to studying the effects of different concentrations of Taq polymerase,Mg~(2+),dNTPs,primer and DNA on Bupleurum chinense DC.RAPD-PCR results and to get a suitable PCR system. RESULTS: A suitable RAPD reaction system was developed,i.e.1?Taq polymerase reaction buffer,2.5 mmol/L Mg~(2+),1.5 U Taq DNA polymerase,0.15 mmol/L dNTPs,0.4 ?mol/L primer and 25 ng genomic DNA templates in total 25 ?L reaction solution. CONCLUSION: The results show that the comprehensive scoring method could be used successfully to optimize the RAPD-PCR system.

Objective To investigate the effect of different doses of dexmedetomidine(Dex)on sevoflurane consumption in patients undergoing laparoscopic oophorocystectomy.Methods Eighty ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients aged 25-50 yr with body mass index 18-25 kg/m2 undergoing laparoscopic oophorocystectomy were randomly divided into 4 groups (n =20): control group (group C),low dose Dex group(group DL),medium dose Dex group(group DM) and high dose Dex group(group DH).Normal saline 20 ml and Dex 0.3,0.6,0.9μg/kg was infused iv over 10 min at 10 min before skin incision in groups C,DL,DM and DH,respectively.End-tidal sevoflurane concentration (ETsev) was recorded before Dex administration(T1 ),skin incision(T2 ),immediately after pneumoperitoneum (T3 ),10 min of pneumoperitoneum(T4 ) and the end of surgery (T5 ).Duration of anesthesia,consumption of sevoflurane,emergence time,extubation time were recorded and restlessness at 10 min after extubation was also recorded.The concentrations of blood glucose and corticosteroid were measured by quickly by glucose analyzer and radio-immunity gefore anethesia induction (T0) and at T3,T4,T5 respectively.Results The consumption of sevoflurane per hour,ETsev at T2-5,concentrations of blood glucose and corticosteroid at T3-5 were decreased gradually in groups C,DL,DM and DH ( P ＜ 0.05).The emergence time and extubation time were shorter and the incidence of restlessness was lower in groups DL,DM and DH than in group C ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion Dexmedetomidine can reduce the consumption of sevoflurane in a dose-dependent manner in patients undergoing laparoscopic oophorocystectomy.

Objective To explore the effect of minimally invasive clinical pathway in patients after car-diac interventional therapy. Methods One hundred and twenty patients who received cardiac interventional therapy from June 2005 to October 2006 were divided into the control group and the observation group.The control group received routine nursing while the observation group adopted minimally invasive clinical pathway of nursing.The nursing effect in the two groups was compared. Results The mean hospitalized duration, sat-isfaction degree and health knowledge level in the observation group were superior to those of the control group (P ＜ 0.05). Conclusions The adoption of minimally invasive clinical pathway in patients after cardiac inter-ventional therapy could increase working efficiency nd ensure the nusing quality.

Objective To investigate the effect of intrathecal (IT) dexmedetomidine on the expression of cAMP response element-binding protein phosphorylation (p-CREB) in spinal dorsal horn in a rat model of bone cancer pain. Methods Sixty-four adult female Wistar rats weighing 200-240 g were randomly divided into 4 groups (n = 16 each): sham operation group (group S); bone cancer pain group (group BP); normal saline group ( group NS) ; dexmedetomidine group (group D) . Bone cancer pain was induced by injecting Walker 2S6 mammary gland carcinoma cell suspension (2 ×106 cells/ml) 10μl into the medullary cavity of the tibia in BP, NS and D groups. Groups S and BP received no IT injection. Croups NS and D received IT injection of NS 10 μl and dexme detomidine 5 μg/kg respectively 7 days after successful establishment of the model. Ten animals were selected from each group at 1 day before IT administration (T0), immediately before IT administration (T1 ) and at 1, 6, 12 and 24 h after IT administration (T2-5 ) and paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) to mechanical stimuli was measured with von Frey filaments. The other 6 rats in each group were sacrificed at T4 and the spinal cord was removed for determination of p-CREB expression in the spinal dorsal horn.Results PWT was significantly decreased at T1-5 and pCREB expression up-regulated at T4 in BP, NS and D groups compared with group S ( P ＜ 0.05) . Compared with group BP, PWT was significantly decreased at T2-5 and p-CREB expression down-regulated at T4 in group D ( P ＜0.03), while no significant change in PWT and p-CREB expression was found in group NS (P ＞ 0.05) .Conclusion IT dexmedetomidine can reduce the bone cancer pain through inhibiting the phosphorylation of CREB in rat spinal dorsal horn.

The article presents the contents of marketing of medical information services,explores the model of the marketing of medical information services suitable for the Medical Library of Chinese PLA,discusses the meaning of the marketing of medical information services,the status in this field in China and other countries,and the efforts we need to make next.The purpose is to match the information services to the information needs,support the innovation of medical science.

Objective To explore the way to compile a global military medical literature collection and perspectives for its research.Methods The names of military medical research institutions and their trends of development were summa-rized via semantic analysis.The collection of retrieval words for military medical research institutions( then the collection) was constructed based on expert consultation.The names of military medical research institutions were collect-ed with manual screening after retrieval withthe collection.The literature collection of military medical research institu-tions was completed with coordinated retrieved of their papers and other publications.Results According to different needs of information analysis, the literature collection of military medical research institutions could be analyzed in terms of their size, types of development, and academic authority.Conclusion Based onthe collection, the military medical research institutions collected in this article included institutions that used to be neglected during the course of information tracking of military medicine.Three kinds of institutions should be paid more attention to.The institutions were the ones with a large number of papers and citations, the ones whose papers increased or decreased dramatically, as well as the ones whose research directions were the priority fields of Chinese PLA.

Objective To evaluate the role of interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) in renal fibrosis following renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in mice.Methods Twelve male wild type BALB/C mice and 12 IL-4Rα gene-knockout mice,aged 8-10 weeks,weighing 20-30 g,were used in the study.The mice of either type were divided into 2 groups (n =6 each) using a random number table:sham operation group (group S) and group I/R.In group I/R,renal I/R was induced by occlusion of the right renal artery for 1 h with atraumatic microclips followed by 2 weeks of reperfusion.The right renal artery was only isolated in group S.At 2 weeks of reperfusion,blood samples were taken from the orbital vein for determination of the concentrations of serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr).The renal tissues were obtained,and the renal fibrosis area was measured by Sirius Red staining.The expression of fibronectin (FN),collagen Ⅰ (COL-Ⅰ) and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in renal tissues was detected by immunofluorescence.The expression of signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) and phospho-STAT6 in renal tissues was determined by Western blot.The ratio of phoshop-STAT6 to STAT6 was calculated to reflect the phosphorylation of STAT6.Results Compared with group S of wild type mice,the serum BUN and Cr concentrations and renal fibrosis area were significantly increased,the expression of FN,COL-Ⅰ and α-SMA in renal tissues was significantly up-regulated,and the phosphorylation of STAT6 in renal tissues was significantly increased in group I/R of wild type and IL-4Rα KO mice (P＜0.05).Compared with group I/R of wild type mice,the serum BUN and Cr concentrations and renal fibrosis area were significantly decreased,the expression of FN,COL-Ⅰ and α-SMA in renal tissues was significantly down-regulated,and the phosphorylation of STAT6 in renal tissues was significantly decreased in group I/R of IL-4RαKO mice (P＜0.05).Conclusion The mechanism of renal fibrosis following renal I/R injury is partially related to IL-4R,and IL-4R results in renal fibrosis through promoting activation of STAT6 signaling pathway in mice.

BACKGROUND: There is an intimate temporal and spatial relationship between growth of primitive cardiac cells, septum transversum mesenchyme and liver development. The signal from primitive cardiac cells and septum transversum mesenchyme induces the ventral foregut endoderm cells specialize toward hepatocytes. While the septum transversum mesenchyme provides a suitable environment for forming the liver bud and promoting the growth and differentiation. However, the molecular mechanism of this induction is not yet delineated.OBJECTIVE: Using alpha-fetal protein (AFP), c-Met and cytokeratin (CK) 19 as markers of hepatic stem cells, the growth of early human embryo of 3-5 weeks and morphologic characteristic of hepatic stem cells were observed to demonstrate the characteristic and factors that affected the proliferation and differentiation of hepatic stem cell, which provided experimental evidence for basic research and clinical application of hepatic stem cells.DESIGN: An opening experiment was designed.SETTING: Department of Anatomy, Weifang Medical College.MATERIALS: The experiment was carried out at the Scientific Research Center of Chengdu Medical College between September 2004 and January 2005. Twenty cases fresh human embryos aged less than 2 months were collected with signed agreements of the pregnant women suffering from pregnancy termination with mifepristone. The samples were fixed with 40 g/L polymerisatum in 20 minutes and embedded routinely in paraffin, and then 5 μm thick series sections were continuously made. After hematoxylin-eosin staining, the embryonicage was determined under the microscope according to the length of embryos, the number of somites and the development of organs, which was referring to the Jirasek's staging standard of human embryo.METHODS: The immunohistochemical staining was conducted with SABC method on one of every ten sections, which were incubated overnight at 4 ℃ with polyclonal antibodies against hepatocyte growth factor (HGF),c-Met, insulin-like growth factor (IGF-Ⅰ), IGF-Ⅰ receptor (IGF-IR), transforming growth factor (TGFβ1), TGFβR1, TGFβR2 or monoclonal antibodies against proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), AFP and CK19.The following day, the sections were incubated for 2 hours at room temperature with biotinylated anti-mouse or anti-rabbit IgG and SABC liquid respectively, and then diaminobenzidine (DAB) was used to color them. The negative control was conducted with the phosphate buffer, then the sections were observed and photographed under light microscope.MAIN OUTCOME MEASUERS: ①the morphologic characteristic of human hepatic stem cells and immunohistochemical staining of markers②the expression of HGF, IGF-Ⅰ, TGFβ1 and their receptors on human embryonic livers of 3-5 weeks, primitive cardiac cells and septum transversum mesenchyme.RESULTS: ①The morphologic characteristic of human hepatic stem cells and immunohistochemical staining of markers: The hepatic bud formed at the end of 3rd week and migrated into the septum transversum mesenchyme to form the hepatic cords at the 4th week. The cells structuring the hepatic cords displayed the typical characteristic of immature cells. At the 5th week, the number of cells within the hepatic cords, the size of cell body,the cytoplasmic acidophilia all increased, whereas the basophilia of nuclei decreased. However the cellular forms were still homogeneous and displayed the typical characteristic of immature cells. The cells of hepatic cords were negative for PCNA response during 3rd-4th week but began to express positive at the 5th week, mainly in the nucleus and minority cellular cytoplasm showed weak positive. Most hepatic cells during 3rd-5th weeks were positive for AFP, c-Met and negative for CK19. The immunologic reaction depositors of AFP positive cells were located in the nuclei, cytoplasm and membrane of the hepatocytes, and c-Met presented mainly in the nuclei and the positive signal was weak in the cytoplasm. ②Expressions of HGF, IGF-Ⅰ, TGFβ1 and their receptors in the embryonic human liver, primitive heart and septum transversum mesenchyme: At the 4th week,the c-Met expressed only in all hepatocytes, whereas the other growth factors and their receptors were undetectable. At the 5th week, all the growth factors, except HGF, were expressed in the hepatocytes. The immunologic reaction depositors of TGFβ1, TGFβ1R1 and TGFβ1R2 were located in the cytoplasm and cell membrane. The positive response of IGF-Ⅰ and IGF-IR were present at nuclei, cytoplasm and cell membrane. At the 3rd-5th week, myocardial cells surrounding liver bud or hepatic cord and the septum transversum mesenchyme were positive for HGF, TGFβ1 and IGF-Ⅰ,with the signals were aggregated mainly in cytoplasm and minority nucei.CONCLUSION: ①It was at the end of 3rd week that part of endoderm cells in foregut ventral were specialized to hepatic stem cells. ②The undifferentiated hepatic stem cells could be drawn to develop to the liver stem cells with bi-directional differentiation potentials by using specific markers for studying human embryonic liver stem cells. According to the corresponding relation of embryonic age between human and rats, the time studying the rat hepatic stem cells could be calculated. ③HGF, IGF-Ⅰ,TGFβ1 and their receptors promoted the early development of human embryonic liver.

Objective To explore the influence of elevating the oxygen pressure on articular chondrocytes in vitro.Method A hydrogen peroxide induced human articular chondrocyte damage model was established.Then the articular chondrocyte viability was detected using the CCK-8 kit.Collagen Ⅱ(COL Ⅱ),The expression levels of aggrecan (ACAN),matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13) and adisintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5 (ADAMTS5) were detected using the realtime PCR and Western blotting.Result The viability of articular chondrocytes improved at 12 h but decreased at 24 h after the stimulation of hydrogen peroxide.Twenty-four hours later,the average expression level of COL Ⅱ and ACAN decreased(P＜0.05),while that of MMP13 and ADAMTS5 elevated(P＞0.05).Conclusion Hydrogen peroxide induced elevation of the extracellular oxygen pressure can influence the synthesis and degradation of the articular chondrocyte extracellular matrix.