Objective To explore mycocardial protection effect of sevoflurane post-conditioning in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG) surgery,and the mechanism of mycocardial protection of sevoflurane post-conditioning.Methods Thirty six patients undergoing OPCABG were randomly divided into three groups:at 1.5 MAC (minimum alveolar concentration) for 5 minutes first,with an interruption control group (Cont group),sevoflurane preconditioning group (SPC group),and sevoflurane postconditioning group (SPO group).All patients were administrated by intravenous anesthetic drug,both for induction and maintenance.No special interventions were used in Cont group.However,in SPC group,12 patients inhaled sevoflurane for 10 minutes,then continued for 5 minutes,total 10 minutes before the anastomotic between mammary artery and anterior descending artery.In SPO group,12 patients inhaled sevoflurane at 1.5 MAC for 2 minutes before the anastomosis of last one coronary artery,and continued for 8 minutes.Four time points were focused on including T1 (accomplishment of induction),T2 (1 hour after the coronary revascularization),T3 (6 hour after the coronary revascularization),and T4 (24 hour after the coronary revascularization).Blood samples were drawn from the internal jugular vein for the measurement of the plasma concentrations of TNT-hs (highly sensitive cardiac troponin T),CK-MB (creatine phosphokinase isoenzyme),NT-proBNP (N-Terminal fragment of the prohormone Brain-Type Natri-uretic Peptide),and TNF-α (tumornecrosis factor-α).Results All the patients completed the trials without significant adverse effects.The age,gender,ejection fraction,and operative time among three groups were no statistically significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).Stay time in postoperative ICU and hospital were significantly less than Cont group (P ＜ 0.05).Compared to the pre-operative baseline,all patients'plasma concentrations of TNT-hs,CK-MB,NT-proBNP,and TNF-α were significantly increased at 1 h,6 h,and 24 h after coronary revascularization (P ＜0.05).TNT-hs in Cont group showed a persistent increase,while in other two groups (SPC and SPO),TNT-hs reached the peak concentrations at 6 hours after the coronary revascularization,which were same with CK-MB,TNF-α,and MDA in all groups;NT-proBNP reached the peak at coronary revascularization after 24 h.Compared to Cont group,TNT-hs,CK-MB,and TNF-α in groups SPC and SPO were significantly lower at 6 h,24 h after coronary revascularization; NT-proBNP was significantly lower only at 24 h after coronary revascularization.Conclusions Sevoflurane post-conditioning in OPCABG has identified myocardial protection,which was comparable with sevoflurane preconditioning.

The medicine of Yi ethnic plays an important role of the traditional medicine of China. Recently, the facility of Yi ethnic medicine has made great progress on its development process. Now many medicine industries develop the production of Yi ethnic medicine. Thus, this demands a great quantity of Yi ethnic medicine, but it also leads rapid decline with overuse of the medical resources. Here we discussed a series of problems, and put forward the corresponding stradegies of protection of Yi medicine.

The fetal inlfammatory response syndrome (FIRS) is a subclinical condition characterized by systemic acti-vation of the fetal innate immune system with a large number of pro-inlfammatory cytokines released. FIRS is the fetal coun-terpart of the systemic inlfammatory response syndrome (SIRS) described in adults. Intrauterine infection is the most common reason of FIRS. FIRS has been implicated as a cause of preterm labor, preterm white matter injury, bronchopulmonary dyspla-sia (BPD) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Objective To investigate the protective effects of ulinastatin on myocardial reperfusion injury during cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) in patients underwent valve replacement. Methods 26 ASA Ⅱ-Ⅲ patients scheduled for valve replacement were randomly divided into control group (group C) and ulinastatin group ( group W), each group containing 13 patients. In group W, the patients received ulinastatin 12000U?kg -1 , half dose of which was given before CPB, and the other half was added into the primary solution. Plasma levels of CK,CK-MB and cTnI were measured before operation(T 1), 20 min after starting CPB(T 2), 30 min after declamping aorta (T 3), and 4h(T 4) and 24h(T 5) after operation. Results The plasma level of CK, CK-MB and cTnI increased significantly at T 3, T 4 and T 5 in the both groups compared with T 1(P

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of schizophrenic patients spouses living in the community. Methods:One hundred schizophrenic patients spouses and 60 control subjects were adminstered the General Quality of Life Inventory (GQOLI). Results: The schizophrenic patients spouses reported significantly lower score on the quality of life than the controls in the domains of physical health, mental health, social function and economic condition. The characteristics of disease played an important role in the quality of life. Conclusion: The quality of life of schizophrenic patients spouses were poorer than that of control subjects.

To explore the mechanism of Notch in hyperoxia-induced preterm rat lung injury, 2-days-old preterm SD rats were randomized into control and hyperoxia group (FiO2 > or = 0.85). On day 1, 7, 14 and 21, 8 rat pups of each time point were used to assess histopathological changes of lung with HE staining and to evaluate the expression of Notch1 and Notch3 with immunohistochemistry. Notch1, Notch3, Aquaprin5 (AQP5) and surfactant protein C (SP-C) mRNA were measured by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The results showed that the lung injury in the hyperoxia group was characterized by retarded lung alveolization and differentiation of alveolar epithelial type II cells (AEC II). Positive staining of Notch1 in hyperoxia group was weaker than controls at every time point (except for day 7), while positive staining of Notch3 was much stronger (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Notch1, Notch3 mRNA level showed similar change as protein level. AQP5, SP-C mRNA decreased significantly as compared with that of the controls (P < 0.01). We are led to conclude that hyperoxia results in abnormal expression of Notch, which is likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of lung injury through regulating proliferation and transdifferentiation of alveolar epithelial cells.
Aerobiosis ; Animals, Newborn ; Lung/*pathology ; Lung Diseases/etiology ; Lung Diseases/*metabolism ; Lung Diseases/pathology ; RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Random Allocation ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, Notch/*biosynthesis ; Receptors, Notch/genetics

Objective To explore the characteristics of occult damage of cerebral white matter in patients with small vessel disease by using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)technology,and its relationship with cognitive impairment.Methods Twenty-eight patients with CSVD and twenty-three matched volunteers all received T1 WI,T2 WI,DTI examination and montperllier cognitive function scale (MoCA).Then compare the difference between the two groups,and analysis the correlation between ADC and FA value of each re-gion of interested and MoCA score in CSVD group.Results ①FA values on bilateral frontal white matter in CSVD group were lower than control group,and ADC values were higher than control group,the difference was statistically significant (P <0.05 ).There were no significant differences in FA and ADC values on corpus callosum genu and splenium between two groups (P >0.05 );②In CSVD group,the FA value of bilateral frontal lobe white matter were positively correlated with the MoCA score (P <0.05 ),and the ADC value were negatively correlated with the MoCA score (P <0.05 ).there were no significantly correlations between FA and ADC values on corpus callosum genu and splenium and MoCA score (P >0.05 ).Conclusion Bilateral frontal white matter exist fi-ber occult damage in patients with CSVD,and the change of FA and ADC value can reflect the severity of cognitive impairment on a certain degree in patients with CSVD.

Purpose:To find out the clinical biology value of p53 overexpression on Chinese breast cancer by Meta analysis. Methods:Reviewed all the published studies during the recent 10 years regarding p53 and breast cancer, and used standard techniques of Meta-analysis to combine the results of these studies to produce a more precise estimate of the prognostic significance of p53 mutations.Results:the mean of p53 positive express was 45%,95% confidence interval (43-47)%:, p53 positive was related with node metastasis, recurrence after surgery, over survival, tumor size and nuclear grade, but not related with age and pathology type, p53 was a special and sensitive prognostic factor for breast cancer.Conclusions:p53 can be an independent molecular marker to definitive prognostic of breast cancer, and possibly can be a reliable marker for choice of standard and individulized therapy.

Objective To construct the plasmid that can produce long,double-stranded RNA and identify nonspecific apoptosis induced by long, double-stranded RNA in human osteosarcoma cells. Methods Plasmid pCI-neo-dsRNA was constructed by two promoters driven DNA sequence based on nontoxic, completely exoteric gene EGFP from the head and the end simultaneously to synthesize sense and antisense RNAs. Human osteosarcoma cells MG63 were transfected with pCI-neo-dsRNA and 48 h later the transfected cells were assessed by Apoptosis Detection System, FCMand MTT method. Results Plasmid pCI-neo-dsRNA was constructed successfully, MTT measurement showed that the absorbance of cells decreased gradually with the increase of plasmid pCI-neo-dsRNA dose(0.05 ?g, 0.10 ?g, 0.15 ?g, 0.20 ?g,0.25 ?g,0.30 ?g). MG3 transfected with pCI-neo-dsEGFP presented a great amount of irregular green fluorescence that indicated cell apoptosis. As the quantity of dsRNA increased, the percent of apoptosis cells also raised. While the dose of pCI-neo-dsEGF was 3.0 ?g, the apoptotic results of pCI-neo-dsEGF in MG3 were similar to that of 5-FU. Conclusion Long, double- stranded RNA could trigger human osteosarcoma cell apoptosis and the further research on using long, double-stranded RNA in osteosarcoma gene therapy can be done based on this theory.

Objective To investigate the role of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-Ⅰ , ⅠⅠ , platelet-derived growth factors (PDGF)-AA,-BB and keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) in various stages of the pulmonary development in rats. Methods All lung tissues of fetal and neonatal rats were collected at the gestational age 18, 20, 21 d, and 1, 4, 7, 10 and 21 d after birth. The expression of IGF-Ⅰ , IGF- ⅠⅠ , PDGF-AA and PDGF-BB was detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot, respectively. The levels of IGF- Ⅰ , IGF-ⅠⅠ , PDGF-A, PDGF-B and KGF mRNA were measured by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results The peak expression of IGF-Ⅰ was at 4, 7 and 10 d after birth. IGF-ⅠⅠ was detectable early in fetal lung development and decreased gradually until 21 d after birth. The changes of IGF- Ⅰ , ⅠⅠ mRNA were similar to IGF- Ⅰ , ⅠⅠ polypeptides. The PDGF-A,PDGF-B mRNA were abundant early in fetal lung development. The steady state of PDGF-A chain mRNA was significantly different only at 7 d (0. 97?0. 23,P0. 05). The PDGF-AA polypeptide was abundant early in fetal lung development, and the expression peak was found in 1, 4 and 7 d after birth. KGF mRNA was higher in the fetal samples than that of rats after birth, but no difference in postnatal rats at all time points. Conclusions Peptide growth factors may play a critical role in the development of lung in rats.