Objective To explore the role of LGR5 positive intestinal stem cells in repairing damage of intestinal mucosa resulting from endotoxemia and to determine whether the damaged intestinal mucosa can be repaired by regulating the proliferation and differentiation of intestinal stem cells.Methods Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group,lipopolysaccharide(LPS) group,and glucagon-like peptides 2(GLP-2) group.LPS was injected interaperitoneally into rats of the LPS group and GLP-2 group at a dose of 5 mg/kg(1 ml/kg) ; saline(1 ml/kg) was injected into the rats of control group.GLP-2 250 μg/kg(1 ml/kg) was rnjected into the rats of GLP-2 group 1 hour after the LPS injection.The terminal ilea were collected from 8 rats in each group at 6 h,24 h,and 72 h post-LPS injection.Structrral changes in the intestinal epthelium of every group were observed under the light microscope and electron microscope.The expression of LGR5 in intestinal stem cell was detected by immunohistochemical method and RT-PCR.Results In general,intestinal edema and hyperemia was observed in both LPS and GLP-2 groups at 6 h.Fracture and lodging of villi,infiltration of inflammatory cells,and visible exudate within the cavity were observed under light microscopy.The inflammatory injury was less severe in the GLP-2 group than in the LPS group at 6 h.The injury of intestina mucosa gradually repaired between 24 h and 72 h after injection of LPS in both LPS group and GLP-2 group.Importantly,samples taken from GLP-2 group and LPS group at the same time point indicated that the GLP-2 group recovered significantly better than the LPS group.And expressions of LGR5 mRNA in GLP-2 group at 6h,24h,72 h(0.13 ±0.05,0.16±0.05,0.16±0.04) were significantly higher than those in LPS group respectively (0.52 ±0.09,0.73 ±0.14,0.48 ±0.24),as shown by RT-PCR,and than that in control group(0.12 ±0.03) (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Exogenous GLP-2 may facilitate intestinal stem cell proliferation,thereby promoting the recovery of intestinal mucosa damaged by endotoxemia.GLP-2 appears to promote stem cell proliferation,differentiation,and gradual migration of stem cells from the intestinal crypts to the damaged mucosa.

Nuclear factor-?B (NF-?B) is a nuclear transcription factor that regulates the expressions of multiple genes. It can be activated during cerebral ischemia; it is closely correlated with the inflammatory reaction and apoptosis during cerebral ischemia. NF-?B inhibitor ? (I?B?), an important inhibitor factor of NF-?B, can regulate the survival and death of neuron in the ischemia penumbra. Therefore, the inhibition of the degradation of I?B? and the prevention of the activation of NF-?B with drugs or molecular biological methods has become an important approach in study of the effect of NF-?B at present. Recent studies have indicated that I?B? itself may also participate in the regulation of apoptosis.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of ST segment elevation in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) occurred in patients after resuscitation.Methods The relevant articles about coronary angiography performed in an emergency for all the post-resuscitation patients without obvious noncardiac cause,regardless of the representation of the electrocardiography were searched in the databases of Pubmed,Ovid medline,EBSCO,CBM,Wanfang and VIP of Chongqing.The meta-analysis was carried out with the data from the included articles using the meta-disc 1.4 software.Results Five articles about retrospective analysis of consecutive patients were included.The meta-analysis of pooled statistics showed the sensitivity 0.59,the specificity 0.86,the positive likelihood ratio (LR) 4.4,the negative LR 0.39,the diagnostic odds ratio (OR) 12.28 and the area under the curve (AUC) 0.85.Conclusions Although the high specificity is in favor of making diagnosis of AMI in post-resuscitation patients,the low sensitivity makes the integrative diagnostic value of using sole ST-segment elevation of ECG relatively low.

Pediatric acute liver failure is a severe and sudden onset of hepatocyte dysfunction,leading to synthetic and detoxification failure,which could progress to multi-organ failure and death.Mortality is predominantly high due to the raised intracranial pressure,infections and multi-organ failure.The mainstay of management is supportive care in an intensive care unit.The intensive care managements include immediate measures,etiology,management of complications and liver assist device,liver transplantation.Liver transplantation is an important life saving procedure for children with acute liver failure.

Acute kidney injury(AKI)is a syndrome with many different causes and can occur at different stages throughout critical illness.Renal Doppler ultrasonography is the most appropriate imaging test in the evaluation of AKI and has the highest level of recommendation: (1)assessment of intrinsic causes of AKI, (2)distinguishing acute from chronic kidney diseases, (3)detection of the causes of obstruction.The resistive index in patients with AKI will be reviewed with attention to its use for predicting the development and prognosis of AKI.Meanwhile, combined application of cardiopulmonary ultrasound and evaluation of hemodynamics are helpful to evaluate the etiology, supervision and guiding treatment of AKI.

Clinical teaching and studying is suffering increasing hardship.This article analysises the present condition of clinical education problems and causes,and researches whether patients are obliged to coorperate clinical teaching and studying when they protect their rights.It also researches how to practice clinical teaching and studying in educational hospital and looks for effective pathway to go out of the clinical education problem.

This article analyzed the importance of implementing case teaching in health policy course based on its characteristics, and introduced the design and the process of case teaching, from the general idea, teaching content, implementation process and evaluation method. Some problems which should be paid attention to and the relevant suggestions were brought out according to the teaching practice.

Objective To introduce a method of reducing the postoperative syndrome of the uvulopalatopharyngoplasty(UPPP). Method UPPP was performed for 23 patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrom operation(OSAHS). Before or after the operation, dexamethasone was injected in oropharynx to control the edema of the oropharynx which caused by UPPP. Results Less syndrome had been occurred in these patients. Conclusion The edema of the oropharynx which caused by UPPP can be controlled by injecting dexamethasone in oropharynx. It can reduce the risk of the UPPP, and make the operation safer and more efficient.

OBJECTIVE To compare different methods of processing of homograft costal cartilage. METHODS Homograft costal cartilage samples were processesd by three methods-irradiation, freezing, and alcohol fixation-before being inserted into the rabbit nasal dorsum. They were taken out 12 weeks later and evaluated for histological responses under a optical microscope. RESULTS The histological responses consisted of inflammatory cell infiltration, necrosis, vasal responses and fibroplasia. The was a significant different in degree of inflammatory cell infiltration and necrosis in all three groups(P

Dexamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid that is widely used in clinical due to its multiple pharmacological effects. Recently, dexamethasone is increasingly utilized in anti-cancer therapy. It is frequently used to prevent side effects of chemotherapy such as nausea, vomiting and pain, as well as to increase the anti-tumor activity of the cancer chemotherapeutic agents as a chemosensitizer and to inhibit tumor growth as an anti-cancer agent in some certain cancers. Dexamethasone produces the effects in anti-inflammation, anti-angiogenesis, control of estrogen activity and so on, by binding to glucocorticoid receptor to regulate gene expression of some important bio-signal molecules. Those signal pathways could interfere with the transcription of various factors which can regulate proliferation, invasion and metastasis of tumors.