OBJECTIVE To study the risk factors of pulmonary infection and prognosis in cerebral apoplectic patients.METHODS A retrospective survey on 497 cerebral apoplectic patients was analyzed to investigate the rate of pulmonary infection,the type and the severity of cerebral apoplexy,the underlying disease,the age,and the prognosis.RESULTS The rate of infection highly increased in the older patients with the severe diseases and many riskfactors.CONCLUSIONS Controlling the rate of pulmonary infection can help us to succeed in treating cerebral apoplexy.

Objective To investigate the impact of leukocyte-removed priming fluid on lung function peri-CPB in infants. Methods Selected 60 infants of less than 1-year-old, with ventricular septal defect (VSD), were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group, the experimental group took blood leukocyte-removed priming fluid, and the control group took banked blood-derived priming fluid. Indicators of OI, PaO2/PAO2, A-aDO2 and RI were recorded at the corresponding period of cardiopulmonary bypass (pre-CPB, 2h, 6h, 12h, 24h and 48h post-CPB). Results At 2h, 6h,12h post-CPB, OI and PaO2/PAO2 of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group (P

Objective To investigate the relationship between serum of type Ⅲ collagen and arterial compliance in hypertensive patients.Methods One hundred fifty-eight in-patients of hypertension were enrolled.All subjects underwent laboratory measurements including serum PⅢNP,blood-lipid,glucose and high sensitivity C-reactive protein.Carotid to femoral pulse wave velocity(PWVcf),C1 and C2 were measured by a Complior Colson device and DO-2020.Results(1)PWVcf positively correlated with serum PⅢNP(P

Objective To investigate the impact of leukocyte-removed priming fluid on plasma inflammatory factors TNF-?,IL-6,IL-8,NE peri-CPB in infants.Methods Selected 60 infants,of less than 1-year-old,with ventricular septal defect(VSD)were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group.The experimental group took blood leukocyte-removed priming fluid,and the control group took banked blood-derived priming fluid.The plasma TNF-?,IL-6,IL-8,NE concentrations were determinated by using ELISA at the corresponding period of cardiopulmonary bypass(before CPB,aortic cross-clamping 10 min,aortic open 10 min,2h,6h,12h,24h and 48 h after the end of CPB).Results TNF-?,IL-6,IL-8,NE concentrations increased significantly after the start of CPB(P

0.05).The serum concentrations of CK-MB changed unsignificantly between reperfusion and perfusion period in either group.In both groups LDH_1 level was less than that of LDH_2 during reperfusion period. Conclusion:Continuous potassic warm blood perfusion is reliable for myocardial protection.

Objective To evaluate the understanding and supporting degree of staff and patients in Hefei's primary medical institutions on the essential drugs policy.Methods The staff and outpatients were taken from 45 primary medical institutions in Hefei, and “ medical staff questionnaire” and “ patient questionnaire” were finished.Results Total understanding rates of medical staff and patients were 89.4％ and 59. 1％ ,respectively, total supporting rate was 90. 8％ and 93.9％, respectively. The supporting rate is affected by age, educational level, residence and other factors. Conclusion In order to meet the public demand for health and medicine, the essential drugs policy should be publicized and the elderly,urban and rural patients and the medical staff should be paid more affention.

OBJECTlVE To study the anti-HBV activity of prepared recombinant human serum aIbu-min-interferon α-2b fusion protein(HSA-IFNα-2b) in vitro. METHODS HepG2 ceIIs were infected with recombinant adenovirus with green fIuorescence protein and 1.6-foId HBV DNA(AdGFP-HBV). The ex-pression of HBV antigens,HBsAg and HBeAg in cuIture medium was detected by ELISA assay. The tox-icity of HSA-IFNα-2b on HepG2 ceIIs was evaIuated by mTT assay.The reIative expression of HBV RNA in ceIIs and the absoIute quantity of HBV DNA in cuIture supernatant were determined by quantitative PCR assay. The activity of HBV enhancer Ⅰ was detected by DuaI-Reporter gene assay. RESULTS HBV couId repIicate and express in HepG2 ceIIs after infection with AdGFP-HBV. The expression of HBsAg and HBeAg in cuIture serum of HepG2 ceIIs infected with AdGFP-HBV decreased by 51.32%(P﹤0.01)and 50.26%(P﹤0.01),respectiveIy,when HSA-IFNα-2b 500 kU·L-1 was added. The same concentration of HSA-IFNα-2b didn't inhibit the proIiferation of HepG2 ceIIs,but inhibited HBsAg in a concentration-dependent manner. The regression formuIa between HBsAg inhibitory rate(Y)and con-centration of HSA-IFNα-2b(X)was Y=21.11 IgX+11.91(r 2 = 0.954),IC50 = 63.76 kU·L-1 . HBV RNA in ceIIs and HBV DNA in the cuIture serum decreased by 52.83%(P﹤0.01)and 53.07%(P﹤0.01), respectiveIy,when HSA-IFNα-2b 500 kU·L-1 was added. The activity of enhancer Ⅰ decreased by 40.04%(P﹤0.01)when HSA-IFNα-2b 500 kU·L-1 was added. CONCLUSlON The ceII modeI of HBV repIication for evaIuating anti-HBV agents is successfuIIy estabIished. HSA-IFNα-2b exhibits noticeabIe anti-HBV effect invitro.

Objective To evaluate the expressions of CD68 and alpha/beta hydrolase domain-containing protein 5 (ABHD5) in gastric carcinoma and their interrelation,and the relationship with the clinicopathological features of gastric carcinoma.Methods The immunohistochemistry staining was used to determine the expressions of CD68 and ABHD5 in 60 cases of gastric carcinoma and 30 cases of adjacent normal tissues.The relationships between CD68,ABHD5 and clinicopathological features of gastric carcinoma,and the correlation of them were analyzed.Results The expressions of CD68 and ABHD5 in gastric carcinoma were significantly higher than those in adjacent normal tissues,and the positive expression rates were 65.00％ vs.26.67％(x2 =11.779,P =0.001) and 60.00％ vs.30.00％ (x2 =7.200,P =0.007) respectively,with significant differences.The expression of CD68 was related to TNM stage (x2 =7.959,P =0.005),lymph node metastasis (x2 =6.901,P =0.009) and serosal invasion (x2 =5.833,P =0.016),but it was not associated with pathological grade (x2 =0.028,P =0.866),gender (x2 =0.533,P =0.465) and age (x2 =0.060,P =0.807).The expression of ABHD5 was related to pathological grade (x2 =4.318,P =0.038),TNM stage (/x2 =4.051,P =0.044) and serosal invasion (x2 =5.275,P =0.022),but it was not associated with lymph node metastasis (x2 =0.545,P =0.460),gender (x2 =0.191,P =0.662) and age (x2 =1.358,P =0.244).Contingency correlation analysis showed that there was positive correlation between CD68 and ABHD5 in gastric cancer (c =0.328,P =0.010).Conclusion The expressions of CD68 and ABHD5 in gastric carcinoma are higher than those in adjacent normal tissues,which are correlated with the different clinicopathological features of gastric carcinoma.The expression of CD68 is positively correlated with the expression of ABHD5.The combined detection of CD68 and ABHD5 expressions in gastric carcinoma is helpful to evaluate the invasion,metastasis and prognosis of gastric carcinoma.

Objective To investigate the effect of CT perfusion (CTP) imaging guidance in the treatment of acute cere?bral infarction. Methods Patients (n=200) with acute cerebral infarction who visited our clinic within 6 hours underwent CTP examination and were divided into two groups:penumbra group and non-penumbra group according to their CTP imag?ing (presence of penumbra or not). Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt- PA) was administrated for intravenous thrombolysis in both groups. NIHSS (The NIH Stroke Scale), BI (Barthel Index), mRS (modified Rankin Scores) and hemor?rhagic transformation events of two groups were determined before and after thrombolysis to evaluate its effect and prognosis in these two group. Results Compared with non penumbra group, NIHSS was reduced in penumbra group from 7 days after rt-PA (6.67±3.46 vs 4.76±2.04), and this decrease became obvious at 4 weeks after rt-PA (6.67±3.46 vs 3.68±1.93). Effi?ciency rate at 4 week (60.3%) and good prognosis rate at 3 months(71.7%)were both significantly improved in penumbra group than those in non penumbra group(34.7%,56.8%). Conclusion rt-PA under CTP guidance is effective and safe in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction. The thrombolytic therapy window can be enlarged according to the presence of pen?umbra or not and the bleeding conversion rate remains at low level.

OBJECTIVETo construct a dual-reporter gene system that will be applicable for use as a tool to screen and evaluate therapeutic drug compounds that inhibit transcription of the gene encoding collagen I, chain at1 (COL1A1).

METHODSThe full-length eDNA of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) was cloned by RT-PCR and inserted into two vectors, pcDNA3.1 and pJW4303, for construction of two eukaryotic expression vectors, pcDNA3.1-TGFbeta1 and pJW4303-TGFbeta1.Next, the promoter region of COL1A1, cloned by PCR using human genome DNA as template, was inserted into the vector pGL4.29 to construct the reporter gene vector, pGL4.29-COL1A1 promoter.All three recombinant vectors were verified by restriction enzyme digestion and DNA sequencing.Either the pcDNA3.1-TGFbeta1 or pJW4303-TGFbeta1 vector along with the pGL4.29-COL1A1 promoter vector or a pRL-null, control reporter, vector were co-transfected into the LX-2 human hepatic stellate cells to establish the transcription-activated dualreporter gene system.This system was used as a cell model for screening anti-liver fibrosis compounds that inhibit the transcription of COL1A1.Dexamethasone, a model drug that is known to inhibit the expression of COL1A1, was used as a control to validate the dual-reporter gene system.

RESULTSThe two TGFbeta1-expressing vectors and the reporter gene vector containing the promoter region of COL1A1 were successfully constructed.The results of a dual-reporter gene assay showed that TGFbeta1 co-expression increased the activity of the COL1A1 promoter by above 200-fold (t =21.78, P =0.0001), whereas in the absence of TGF31 co-expression the activity was below 2-fold (t =3.396, P =0.0274).The transcriptionactivated dual-reporter gene system was successfully established.The model drug, dexamethasone, effectively inhibited the activity of the COL 1A1 promoter in dose-dependent manner; the activity decreased 29.6% with 10 mumol/L dexamethasone (t =4.140, P =0.0144) and 53.9% with 100 mumol/L (t =6.193, P =0.0035).

CONCLUSIONThe dual-luciferase reporter system of TGFbeta1 and COL1A1 co-expression developed here can be used as a cell model to screen and evaluate anti-liver fibrosis compounds that inhibit activity of the COL1A1.

Base Sequence ; Collagen Type I ; genetics ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Genes, Reporter ; Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; drug therapy ; Luciferases ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Transcriptional Activation ; drug effects ; Transfection ; Transforming Growth Factor beta1