Health Education, Dental ; Humans ; Oral Health ; Orthodontics ; methods

Humans ; Orthodontic Anchorage Procedures ; Orthodontics, Corrective

Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; complications ; genetics ; physiopathology ; Atrial Fibrillation ; complications ; genetics ; physiopathology ; Electrophysiology ; Humans

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of CA242 combined with TGF-? to diagnose adenocarcinoma of pancreas.Methods Thirty patients were involved in this study,who were hospitalized from Dec.2004 to Sept.2005.ELISA was used both to investigate the expression of CA242 in 30 cases and TGF-? in 20 cases.Twenty healthy volunteers were as controls.Results CA242 was increased in adenocarcinoma of pancreas compared with controls[(312?5)kU/L vs(56?2)kU/L,P0.05.Conclusion The specificity of each of CA242 and TGF-? to diagnose adenocarcinoma of pancreas is high.The sensitivity of TGF-? is higher than that of CA242.CA242 combined with TGF-? can increase the diagnosis rate of adenocarcinoma of pancreas.

Objective To investigate the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of susceptibility genes CD-KAL1 ,CDKN2A-CDKN2B ,TCF7L2 and HHEX-IDE of type 2 diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Jiangsu region .Methods 185 healthy pregnant women without GDM tendency (control group) and 176 pregnant women with GDM (GDM group) were enrolled .Case-control method and Multiplex SNaPshot SNP genotyping technology were utilized to detect genotypes at SNP loci of CDKAL1 ,CDKN2A-CDKN2B ,TCF7L2 and HHEX-IDE of pregnant women both in the two groups , and all SNP loci were subject to continuous disequilibrium analysis .Results Compared the allele frequencies of pregnant women in GDM group and the control group ,C allele of CDKAL1(rs7754840) was a risk factor for GDM .The risk of suffering GDM of CC genotype carriers was 1 .73 times the non-CC genotype carriers[P<0 .01 ,OR=1 .73 ,95% CI:1 .28-2 .33] .No statistical difference wasfound in gene distribution of detection loci of CDKN2A-CDKN2B(rs10811661),TCF7L2(rs7903146) and HHEX-IDE (rs1111875) .The genotype frequencies of CDKAL1(rs7754840) ,CDKN2A-CDKN2B(rs10811661) ,TCF7L2(rs7903146) and H HEX-IDE(rs1111875) were all accordance with the law of genetic equilibrium .Conclusion CDKAL1(rs7754840) is closely re-lated to GDM susceptibility in Jiangsu region .

Electrocardiography ; methods ; Heart Conduction System ; physiopathology ; Heart Diseases ; diagnosis ; Humans

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of exercise cupping plus acupuncture in treating acute lumbar sprain. Method Sixty-four patients with acute lumbar sprain were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups, 32 cases each. The treatment group received exercise cupping plus acupuncture and the control group, acupuncture alone. After one treatment and one course of treatment, the therapeutic effects were evaluated using the VAS for pain, lumbar joint activity and the clinical effect assessment. Result After one course of treatment, the total efficacy rate was 96.9% in the treatment group, which was significantly higher than 84.4% in the control group (P<0.05). After one treatment and one course of treatment, the VAS score was significantly lower in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05) and lumbar joint activity improved significantly in the treatment group compared with the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Exercise cupping plus acupuncture is more effective than acupuncture alone in treating acute lumbar sprain.

Objective To investigate application of multi-purpose urologic examining table in the lower ureter retrograde urography. Methods The performance of the multi-purpose urologic examining table was described, and 198 cases that applied this table for the lower ureter retrograde urography were reported. Results With 196 cases (99% ) succeed and 2 cases (1% ) defeat, this examining table enhanced achievement ratio of the lower ureter retrograde urography. Conclusion The multi-purpose urologic examining table has great superiority in the lower ureter retrograde urography, and can integrate ureter retrograde catheterization under cystoscope and contrast examination.

Objective To discuss the method,safety and effect of malignant pancreas tumor treated by CT guided percutaneous embedding of~(125)I. Methods 32 cases of malignant pancreas tumor with CT scan and contrast enhancement were retrospectively analysed.All the cases had been confirmed pathologically be- fore CT guided therapy.The number of~(125)I particle was 12～46,The distance between particles was 0.～1.2 cm. The number of puncture point was 1～2.The number of puncture direction was 2-5 times.Results Regarding 32 cases for 1 month,the size of the tumor reduced in 11 cases,no change in 20 cases,and increased in 1 case.As for 31 cases for 2 months,the size reduced in 16 cases,no change in 13 cases,and enlarged in 3 cases.Regarding 30 cases for 3 months,the size reduced in 18 cases,no change in 11 cases,and increased in 3 cases. Regarding 28 cases for 6 months, he size reduced in 10 cases, no change in 5 cases, and in- creased in 13 cases.Regarding 22 cases for 1 year,12 cases had been done the second therapy,the size of the tumor reduced in 16 cases,no change in 3 cases,and increased in 3 cases.Conclusion The size of pancreas tumors were reduced obviously,the symptoms were relieved after the treatment.The method turned out to be safe and accurate.

Objective: To study the effects of acute cold stress on connexin43 (Cx43) protein expression with drug intervention, and cell to cell conduction with its mechanism in neonatal rats’ myocardial cells.
Methods: The primary neonatal rats’ myocardial cell culture was conducted in 4 groups. Group① , the cells were normally cultured, Group②, the cells were cultured at 4℃, Group③, the cells were cultured at 0℃and Group④, the anti-arrhythmia peptide (AAP 10) was added in Group②and Group③. The apoptosis rate of myocardial cells was evaluated by lfow cytometry assay, mRNA and protein expressions of CX43 were examined by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis, and CX43 phosphorylation product (P-CX43) was detected.
Results: Compared with normally cultured cells, the myocardial cell apoptosis rate was obviously increased by acute cold stress at 4℃and 0℃with time extension. The mRNA expression of Cx43 was decreased at varying degrees at 4℃and 0℃stimulation, the protein expression of Cx43 was decreased at varying degrees at 4℃and 0℃stimulation with time extension, and P-Cx43 level was decreased. While the APP 10 intervention may obviously elevate the protein levels of Cx43 and P-Cx43.
Conclusion: Acute cold stress could reduce the protein expression of CX43 and P-CX43, while APP 10 intervention may elevate such expression and improve the cell to cell conduction in neonatal rats’ myocardial cells.