Objective:To study the regulatory mechanism of Wnt/?-Catenin passthway-influenced apoptosis of human gastric cancer line SGC-7901 by detecting the expression of ?-Catenin mRNA,Bcl-2mRNA,Caspase-8mRNA and Caspase-3mRNA.Methods:(1) Expressions of ?-Catenin,Bcl-2,Caspase-8 and Caspase-3mRNAs in groups with or without indomethacin induction were detected by RT-PCR.(2) Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT) assay was used to measure the anticancer activity of indomethacin.Results:(1)As compared with groups without indomethacin induction,expression of ?-Catenin mRNA and Bcl-2 mRNA were lower,however,increased expression of Caspase-8 and Caspase-3mRNA were found in SGC-7901 cells after treatment with indomethacin.(2) Indomethacin of 50 ?mol/L at 24 h couldn't induce apoptosis of gastric cancer cells.Indomethacin of 50?mol/L at 48 and 72 h and of 100?mol/L and 200?mol/L at 24、48 and 72 h could induce apoptosis of gastric cancer cells in a dose-and time-dependent manner.Conclusion:Gastric cancer cells may be caused by apoptosis inbalance through Wnt/?-Catenin passthway,which activates expression of proto-oncogene Bcl-2 and inhibites expressions of Caspase-8 and Caspase-3.

By reviewing experiment teaching,the primal problems and solutions of practical training in preventive medicine specialty are explored in order to provide some beneficial reference and help for experimental teaching.

Objective:To observe the effect of postoperative urinary retention treated with tuina therapy.Methods:Tuina therapy was applied on 37 cases of postoperative urinary retention;Qihai(CV 6),Guanyuan(CV 4),Zhongji(CV 3)and bilateral Sanyinjiao(SP 6)were selected.Results:Thirty-six cases were cured and 1 case was not surveyed after 1 to 3 treatments.Conclusion:Point tuina is an effective method in treating postoperative urinary retention.

Mitochondrial oxidative stress has been recognized as a preliminary and critical factor that aggravates the pathological cascade of Alzheimer's disease, which induces the production of β-amyloid protein, upregulates the expression of phosphorylated tau protein and triggers oxidative damage to lipids, proteins and mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid. Central neurons are more vulnerable to oxidative stress than non-neuronal cells due to their high oxygen demand, abundant unsaturated fatty acids and antioxidant enzymes deficiency. On this account, this review introduces the causes of mitochondrial oxidative stress, and analyzes the important role of mitochondrial oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, the review focuses on the design and intervention strategies of drug delivery systems targeting mitochondrial oxidative stress in neurons, aiming to provide new ideas for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Objective:To investigate the impact of conditioned medium of decidual stromal cell culture(DSCM) on proliferation,apoptosis and invasion of trophoblast cells.Methods:lsolution,culturing and indentifying the purity of decidual stromal cells from healthy women of early pregnancy to prepare different concentrations of DSCM (5％,20％,50％ and 100％);Proliferation was evaluated by MTT assay;Cell apoptosis was examined by flow cytometry using annexin V-FITC/PI staining;Cell invasion was assayed using a Transwell chamber;RT-PCR and gelatin zymography were used to explore the mechanism of cell invasion.Results:Using this method we obtained a purity over 90％ of decidual stromal cells.With the concentration of DSCM increased(5％,20％,50％,100％),the OD value of the MTT assay has elevated and the rate of apoptosis declined,the infiltrating cell increased as well (P ＜ 0.05);Compared with control group,DSCM treatment led to a significant increase in the mRNA and protein expression of MMP-2/9(P ＜0.05).Conclusions:Decidual microenviroment may promote trophoblast proliferation and inhibite its apoptosis besides could enhance its ability of invasion by altering the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9.

Apgar Score ; Autopsy ; Fatal Outcome ; Heart Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Heart Ventricles ; diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Myxoma ; complications ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Rare Diseases ; Ultrasonography

The basement membrane (BM) is crucial in regulating the physical and biological activities of esophageal epithelial cells which attach to the underlying BM. In order to simulate the natural construction of BM, we prepared the fibrous scaffolds using biodegradable polylactide (PLA) and silk fibroin (SF) as the materials via electrospinning technology. BM's proteins containing collagen (IV), laminin, entactin and proteoglycan were extracted from porcine esophagus and coated on the eletrospun fibers. Morphology, mechanical strength, biodegradability and cytocompatibility of the coated and uncoated scaffolds were tested and evaluated using scanning electron micrography, mechanical test system, immunofluorescence assay and western blotting with CK14 as the primary antibody. The fibrous scaffold PLA or PLA/SF, generated from the present protocol had good formation and mechanical and biodegradable properties. After coating with BM's proteins, the scaffold could enhance the growth and differentiation of esophageal epithelial cells, which would contribute to remodel and regenerate the tissue engineered epithelium and further contribute to engineer the whole esophagus in future.
Absorbable Implants ; Basement Membrane ; Biocompatible Materials ; chemistry ; Epithelium ; Esophagus ; physiology ; Fibroins ; chemistry ; Humans ; Nanostructures ; chemistry ; Polyesters ; chemistry ; Regeneration ; physiology ; Tissue Engineering ; methods ; Tissue Scaffolds ; chemistry

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a knowledge source and data base for human genetic diseases and related genes. Each OMIM entry includes clinical synopsis, linkage analysis for candidate genes, chromosomal localization and animal models, which has become an authoritative source of information for the study of the relationship between genes and diseases. As overlap of disease symptoms may reflect interactions at the molecular level, comparison of phenotypic similarity may indicate candidate genes and help to discover functional connections between genes and proteins. However, the OMIM has used free text to describe disease phenotypes, which does not suit computer analysis. Standardization of OMIM data therefore has important implications for large-scale comparison of disease phenotypes and prediction of phenotype-genotype correlations. Recently, standard medical language systems, term frequency-inverse document frequency and the law of cosines for document classification have been introduced for mining of OMIM data. Combined with Gene Ontology and various comparison methods, this has achieved substantial successes. In this article, we have reviewed various methods for standardization and similarity comparison of OMIM data. We also predicted the trend for research in this direction.
Databases, Genetic ; Humans ; Phenotype

Objective To investigate effects of very early hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) on patients with malignant brain edema after surgical operation for treatment of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods A total of 146 patients who suffered from malignant brain edema after last surgical operation for severe TBI were enrolled for this study.According to the intervention time of HBOT,they were randomized into a very early group (HBOT within 3 days after operation,n =55),an ordinary group (HBOT at 4 to 10 days after operation,n =65) and a control group (non-HBOT,n =26).Mortality rate of the 3 groups were recorded within 4 weeks after operation,and GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) score were assessed in 1,2,3 and 4 weeks after operation.Dynamic head CT scan were performed for detecting brain status and for determine the duration of brain edema.Results The mortality of the very early group,the ordinary group and the control group were 10.9％,7.7％ and 11.5％,respectively,and no statistically significant difference was revealed among the groups (P ＞ 0.05).In very early group,the GCS scores of 1,2,3 and 4 weeks after operation were (8.837 ±3.350),(10.755 ± 3.388),(11.633 ± 3.408) and (12.367 ± 3.408),respectively,with significant difference between the time points 1 week and 2,3 and 4 weeks as well as 2 and 4 weeks after surgery (P ＜0.05),but not between 2 and 3 as well as 3 and 4 weeks after surgery (P ＞ 0.05).In ordinary group,the GCS scores at 1,2,3 and 4 weeks after surgery were (8.509 ±3.042),(9.458 ±3.115),(10.186 ±3.203) and (10.627 ±3.439),respectively,with significant difference between 1 week and 2,3 and 4 weeks after operation (P ＜ 0.05).In control group,the GCS scores at 1,2,3 and4 weeks after surgery were (8.042 ±2.881),(8.417 ±2.962),(8.542 ±3.02) and (8.958 ± 3.043),with no statistical difference among different time points (P ＞ 0.05).When compared with the very early group,the GCS sores of the ordinary group and the control group were significantly lower after intervention (P ＜ 0.05),and the GCS of control group was lower than that of the ordinary group (P ＜ 0.05).As for brain edema duration,the very early group was the shortest among the 3 groups (P ＞ 0.05) Conclusion Very early hyperbaric oxygen treatment could improve consciousness state and alleviate malignant brain edema after surgical operation in TBI patients.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of tirofiba in the treatment of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). MethodsA total of 158 patients with acute STEMI were randomly divided into tirofiban group 1 (59 cases, received tirofiban before PCI), tirofiban group 2 (56 cases, received tirofiban when PCI) and control group(43 cases, only received PCI). The coronary reperfusion flow(TIMI grade) of infarct related artery (IRA) after PCI, the resolution of the sum of ST segment elevation(sum STR) at 90 min after the procedure, the changes of myocardial enzyme at 6 h and 12 h afterwards, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 1 week later, the major adverse cardiac events(MACE) within 30 d, bleeding and thrombocytopenia complications were analyzed and compared among the three groups. ResultsTIMI reperfusion grades in tirofiban group 1[98.3％(58/59 )]and tirofiban group 2[92.9％(52/56)]were higher than those in control group[60.5％(26/43)](P ＜0.05). The resolution of sum STR at 90 min after PCI in tirofiban group 1 [(89.3 ± 6.9)％]and tirofiban group 2[(82.4 + 7.3)％]was higher than that in control group[(65.6 +8.1 )％](P＜ 0.01 ),and there was significant difference between tirofiban group I and tirofiban group 2 (P＜0.05 ). The occurrence of MACE within 30 d was lower in tirofiban group 1 and tirofiban group 2 than that in control group (P＜ 0.05). The level of CK-MB at 6 h and 12 h afterwards was lower in tirofiban group 1 than that in tirofiban group 2,and tirofiban group 2 was lower than control group (P＜ 0.05). LVEF 1 week later in tirofiban group 1[(56.2 + 6.4)％]was higher than that in tirofiban group 2[(51.1 + 4.9)％]and control group[(49.8 + 5.7)％](P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference between tirofiban group 2 and control group (P ＞ 0.05). Although bleeding incidence in tirofiban group 1 and tirofiban group 2 was higher than that in control group, no severe bleeding and thrombocytopenia was observed. Conclusion Tirofiban can safely and effectively reduce the incidence of the ischemic events in the patients with acute STEM1 during preoperative of emergency PCI.