High mobility group box l protein (HMGB1) is a highly conserved non-histone DNA binding protein,which is widely distributed in eukaryotic cells.HMGB1 is an important proinflammatory cytokine,involving in various pathological and physiological processes,such as inflammation,neurogenesis and angiogenesis.In the early stage of intracerebral hemorrhage,HMGB1 can induce secondary brain injury,such as inflammatory reaction,neuronal necrosis,and brain edema.However,in the late stage of intracerebral hemorrhage,HMGB1 can promote angiogenesis and neurogenesis,and thus improving neurological function.HMGB1 will become a novel therapeutic target for intracerebral hemorrhage in the future.

HL7 is a widely-applied international standard for medical information exchange. With a HL7 data interface applied to a mainstream fully automatic biochemical instrument, this paper implements the information exchange between biochemical instruments and LIS following HL7 standard. This paper can be referred to when HL7 applied in other instruments.

Thyroid diseases are often accompanied with dyslipidemia.In me past,low level of myroid hormone(TH) was considered a main factor in causing elevated level of blood cholesterol in hypothyroid patients.However,some clinical features can not be explained by this traditional theory. For example,in subclinical hypothyroid cases,both levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and serum total cholesterol (TC) increase,while TH level remains normal.From this phenomenon,we speculate that in case with hypothyroidism,not only there is a relationship between serum TC and TH levels,but also serum TC level change is related to TSH in some way,which has not been noticed.The purpose of this paper is to review the new and most advanced progress in the research of TSH and cholesterol.

Objective To investigate the thyroid hormone changes and their relationship with the state of severity in critically ill patients. Methods Ninety-two patients with no thyroidal illness syndrome admitted to the ICU from January ,2009 to December,2009 were enrolled in this study. The common situations and the score of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ were assessed on addmission. We measured the thyroid hormone levels on the day after admission and analysed whether thyroid hormone levels were related to disease severity. Results The thyroid hormone levels in septic shock group [TT3 (1.16 ± 0.24) nmol/L, TT4 (68.93 ± 24.11) nmol/L, FT3 (3.76 ± 0.21) prnol/L, FT4 (16.40 ± 2.74) pmol/L, TSH (1.58 ± 1.01) mU/L] were significantly lower than those in non-septic shock [TT3 (1.50 ± 0.25) nmol/L, TT4 (91.70 ± 21.90) nmol/L, FT3 (4.24 ± 0.45) pmol/L, FT4(17.98 ± 3.28) pmol/L, TSH (2.43 ± 2.76) mU/L] (P ＜ 0.05). The serum thyroid hormone levels of free triiodothyronine (FT3) ,free thyroxine (FT4) were related to the score of APACHE Ⅱ in septic shock(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The levels of thyroid hormone were significantly lower in critically ill patients than the control group and had positive correlation with the disease severity.

OBJECTIVE:To standardize the writing of outpatient prescriptions and set up monitoring mechanism on rational use of antibiotics and drug costs.METHODS:A total of 400 prescriptions collected from 8 departments(50 from each department)of our hospital in the fourth quarter of 2005(before the examination)and from first to fourth quarter in 2006(after the examination)were examined statistically according to Inspection Items and Writing Requirements of Clinical Prescriptions,Guiding Principle of Rational Application of Antibiotics in Hospital,Principles of Classified Management of Antibiotics which were formulated by our hospital.RESULTS:Before prescription examination,the qualified rate of prescriptions was only 57.5%,but rose to an average of 85.6% after the examination.CONCLUSION:To include the standardized writing of prescriptions and reasonable application of antibiotics in the assessment of hospital comprehensive goals was proved to be an effective management method.

Objective To develop autosomal SNP fluorescent-multiplex PCR system,and investigate the allele frequencies of these 13 SNP loci in Southern Liaoning Han population.Methods After selected 13 autosomal SNP loci,SNP fluorescent-multiplex system was developed based on the principle of fragment length discrepant allele specific PCR,and the allele frequencies of these SNP loci in Southern Liaoning Han population were investigated using the established system.Results For the same SNP locus,the homozygote showed a single product peak,and the heterozygote showed two product peaks with different length.For the different SNP loci,the lengths of their PCR products were different.Therefore,we could genotype the 13 SNP loci simultaneously according to the length of products and the amount of product peaks,and the results were in accordance with that of direct sequencing.In the meanwhile,the allelic frequencies of these 13 SNP loci in Southern Liaoning Han population were obtained.Conclusion The SNP fluorescent-multiplex system based on the fragment length discrepant allele specific PCR strategy is simple and economical,and is of a high application value in forensic medicine.

Zinc, copper, manganese, cadmium, vitamin A, E and folic acid status of 36 pregnant and 40 nonpregnant women was studied. The results showed that dietary nutrient intakes of the pregnant women were more than that of the nonpregnant controls, but both of which were less than the corresponding values of the RDA. Serum zinc, folic acid and hair manganese concentrations were lower, while serum copper, cadmium, vitamin A and E were higher in pregnant women than that in nonpregnant women. The simultaneous occurrence of serum zinc decrease and cadmium increase during pregnancy may be a potential risk for the growth and development of foetus. So the interfering role of cadmium should not be neglected whenever we estimate zinc or copper status.

Early lymph node metastasis is a common clinical phenomenon in many human cancers, which is associated with both aggressive disease and poor prognosis. Clearly, treatments to specifically block dissemination through the lymphatic network would be desirable either as independent therapies or as adjuncts to existing chemotherapy. At the present stage the target vessels for invasion by lymph-metastasizing tumor cells include preexisting tissue lymphatics abutting the tumor mass through either coincidence or mutual chemoattraction, as well as new lymphatic vessels that proliferate either within or around the tumor as a result of lymphangiogenesis. The lymphangiogenesis is regulated primarily by the lymphangiogenic growth factors VEGF-C and VEGF-D generated by tumor cells or host cells including tissue macrophages. Nevertheless, it remains controversial as to whether this metastasis-enhancing effect simply results from an increase of the number of target vessels due to mitogenesis or from other properties of the newly dividing tumor lymphatics.

Objective To construct a prokaryotic expression system of human ferritin L which could be overexpressed in E.coli, and then prepare quality control materials of rFL and evaluate the homogeneity, stability, precision and application value of the rFL.Methods RT-PCR was used to clone ferritin L gene with total RNA from peripheral blood.Ferritin L gene was inserted into plasmid pGM-T to construct subclone plasmid pGM-T/ferritin L, which was identified by sequencing.The recombinant plasmid pET-30a/ferritin L was transformed into E.coli BL21 (DE3) and efficiently expressed under IPTG induction.rFL was identified by SDS-PAGE, and its antigenicity was examined by WB.The concentration of rFL was measured by ACCESS immunoassay system.Fifteen control samples were randomly selected using random number table.The homogeneity and stability of rFL were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and a linear regression model, respectively.The uncertainties of homogeneity, stability and the precision were evaluated.Results A prokaryotic expression system of ferritin L was successfully constructed.Sequence analysis showed that the ferritin L gene inserted was identical with the one from GenBank(NM_000146.3).The PCR products were 527 bp long, in complete agreement with length of ferritin L gene.The molecular weight of rFL highly expressed in E.coli induced by IPTG was 19 000 Da.The WB analysis indicated that this rFL protein had good antigenicity.The concentration of rFL(1 000 times dilution) measured by ACCESS immunoassay system was (1115.84±38.38) ng/ml.Homogeneity evaluation of low-concentration QC sample and high-concentration QC sample of rFL showed that there were no statistical significances in the within-groups and between-groups (for high-concentration F=2.336, P>0.05 and for low-concentration F=0.730, P>0.05).A linear regression based on the stability test indicated that there was no statistically significant trend of instability in five and a half months (F=1.755, P>0.05). Precision analysis showed the within-run CV, the between-run CV, the between-day CV and the total CV of high-concentration QC sample were 2.06%, 2.12%, 0% and 2.96% respectively; the within-run CV, the between-run CV, the between-day CV and the total CV of low-concentration QC sample 2.03%, 2.08%, 0% and 2.90%, respectively.Conclusion This rFL for quality control materials with independent intellectual property rights could meet the clinical requirement of homogeneity, stability and precision, and could provide raw materials for preparation of mixed ferritin for quality control.

Objective To investigate the anterior trans-injured vertebral short segment limited fixation and fusion in treating thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis.Methods One hundred and three patients with spinal tuberculosis from 2010 to 2012 were operated by trans-anterior approach(trans-thoracic above thoracic spine 12,trans-retroperitoneal below waist spine 1)tuberculosis focus clearance and spinal canal decompression,intervertebral bone graft of vertebral structure,and short segment internal fixation for residual disease spine.Results The nerve function of the patients was effectively improved after surgery,and the imaging re-sults showed that the average lesion kyphosis angle was significantly decreased(P <0.05).The postoperative follow-up found that the bone graft was fused after half a year,and the average local kyphosis angle was still 13°,which had no obvious change compared with that after operation.In addition,the internal fixation position had no looseness and fracture,the grafted bone had no displace-ment and detachment,the four limbs movement was normal without local percussion pain or tenderness.Conclusion The anterior trans-injured vertebral short segment limited fixation and fusion has the satisfactory short term clinical efficacy in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis.