Objective To research nitric oxide( NO) concentration, induced nitric oxide synthase( iNOS) mRNA expression and the pathological changes of lung tissue in traumatic shock rats of early stage preconditioned with heat stress. Methods A total of 98 male SD rats were equally divided randomly into heat stress untreated group and heat stress treatment group, and each group were equally divided into 7 subgroup: control group and shock 0 h group, 0. 5 h group, 1. 0 h group, 1. 5 h group, 2. 0 h group, 3 h group. To established the model of traumatic shock after heat stress pretreatment and remained lung tissue, observed the changes of pulmonary pathology, meas-ured the changes of the NO concentration and iNOS expression in lung tissues. Results The lesions of lung tissue structure were more lighter in heat stress treatment group than the corresponding time point of heat stress untreated group and lung histopathology score lower. The NO concentration of heat stress treatment group were lower than the corresponding time point of heat stress untreated group, the two groups have a rise at shock 0 h,the peak value of NO concentration in heat stress treatment group appeared later than the heat stress untreated group. INOS mRNA expression quantity of heat stress treatment group were lower than the corresponding time point of heat stress un-treated group, the peak value of heat stress untreated group in 2.0 h and heat stress treatment group in 1. 5 h, it was positively correlated with lung injury score. Conclusion Heat stress pretreatment can drop NO concentration and iNOS mRNA expression in lung tissues significantly, delayed and reduced the lung injury in traumatic shock rats of early stage.

Objective To observe ocular manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Methods Fourty-two AIDS patients (66 eyes)with ocular complaints received examinations of visual acuity, slit-lamp microscope, ophthalmoscope and fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA). The results were retrospectively analyzed. ResultsThere are five types of ocular findings, including cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis (37 eyes, 56.0%), retinal microvasculopathy of human immunodeficiency virus (21 eyes, 32.0% ), optic nerve diseases (three eyes, 4.5 % ), retinal neuroepithelial layer detachment (two eyes, 3.0%) and uveitis (three eyes, 4.5%). Conclusions The common ocular manifestations showed progressive necrotic retinitis, retinal hemorrhage and retinal vasculitis and attenuated, cotton-wool spots in AIDS patients.

Laparoscopic surgery is widely used in the treatment of gynecological malignancies,including the radical surgery or staging surgery of early cervical cancer,endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.Its feasibility and safety of clinical practice in gynecologic malignancies has been approved,and the postoperative follow-up results indicate that the effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery is similar to open surgery.But the laparoscopic surgery treatment of gynecological malignancies is still in dispute.The research will focus on the affects of pneumoperitoneum to the malignant behavior of tumor cells and the mechanism about implantation metastasis of puncture site in future.

Apoptosis ; Humans ; Periodontitis ; pathology

Objective: To investigate the relationship of TNF-A-863 and CGRP979 gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility to severe chronic periodontitis in Chinese. Methods: Buccal swabs were collected from 100 adult patients with severe chronic periodontitis and 118 healthy adult controls. DNA was extracted from each subjects of the two groups. PCR-LDR technique was used to identify the genotypes of TNF-A-863 and CGRP979. The difference in the genotypes between the two groups was analyzed by statistics software. Results: The genotype of TNF-A--863 was mainly TNF-A-863 A/C in patients with severe chronic periodontitis and TNF-A-863 C/C in healthy controls. There were significant differences in TNF-A-863 distribution between the two groups( P<0.05). We also found that there were significant differences in genotype distribution of CGRP979 between the two groups (P<0.05) ,with A/C predominating in patients with severe chronic periodontitis. Condusion: TNF-A-863 polymorphism is associated with severe chronic periodontitis; A/C of the CGRP979 loci might be a factor for severe chronic periodontitis.

Adult ; Aged ; Cross Infection ; microbiology ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; Drug Resistance, Fungal ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pneumoconiosis ; complications

OBJECTIVETo explore the mechanism of natural moxibustion on regulating immune imbalance in asthma rats.

METHODSSeventy SD male rats were divided into a normal group, a placebo group, a dexamethasone group, a big-cake for long-course moxibustion group, a big-cake for short-course moxibustion group, a small-cake for long-course moxibustion group and a small-cake for short-course moxibustion group, ten rats in each one. The rat model of asthma was established by egg albumen sensitization and stimulation in all the groups except the normal group. The natural moxibustion was used in all moxibustion groups, in which big cake of 1 cmX 1 cm size was used in the big-cake groups and small cake of 0.5 cmX 0. 5 cm size was used in the small cake groups. According to relevant acupoints, the natural moxibustion was performed, 5 h per time, once a day. Four times of treatment was considered one course, and three courses were required in the long-course groups and one course was required in the short-course groups. Intraperitoneal injection of dexamethasone was applied in the dexamethasone group, which had the same course as long-course moxibustion group. After the treatment, changes of EOS in peripheral blood of asthma rats were observed; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to test the contents of IgE, IL-4 and IFN-gamma in the lung tissue; real-time Q-PCR method was adopted to measure the expression level of transcription factor T-bet and GATA binding protein 3 (GATA-3) in the lung tissue.

RESULTSCompared with the normal group, the EOS in whole blood as well as IL-4 and IgE in plasma were all increased in the placebo group (all P< 0. 01), IFN-gamma in plasma was obviously decreased (P<0. 01); while the levels of EOS, IgE and IL-4 were significantly reduced (all P<0. 01), the content of IFN-gamma was increased (P<0. 01) in all moxibustion groups and dexametnasone group. Compared with the normal group, the expression of T-bet mRNA in the placebo group was significantly reduced (P<0. 01). Each treatment group could significantly increase the expression of T-bet mRNA and reduce that of GATA-3 mRNA (P<0. 01). Compared with the short-course moxibustion groups, the expression of T-bet mRNA was obviously increased in the long-course moxibustion group and dexamethasone group (both P<0.01), and that of GATA-3 mRNA was reduced (P<0.01). There was no significant difference between long-course moxibustion group and dexamethasone group (P> 0. 05), and also no significant difference could be seen between big-cake moxibustion group and small-cake moxibustion group (P>0. 05).

CONCLUSIONThe natural moxibustion could obviously reduce airway inflammation in asthma rats. With time passing, the efficacy is enhanced, indicating evident timeliness, which has no apparent relationship with the size of moxibustion cake.

Animals ; Asthma ; genetics ; metabolism ; therapy ; Cytokines ; genetics ; metabolism ; Humans ; Male ; Moxibustion ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Transcription Factors ; genetics ; metabolism

Child ; Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases ; diagnosis ; prevention & control

Objective To investigate the effect of high viral loads(HBV DNA concentration in blood ＞2.0 copy/ml)on the vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus in mothers with HBV DNA positivity.Method Forty pregnant women with HBV DNA positivity were divided randomly.double-blindly into 2 groups:at 28 weeks of pregnancy,one group received oral lamivudine(100 mg/d)and the other received oral placebo.The serum HBV DNA loads were tested at 28 and 40 weeks'gestation in mothers,and serum HBV DNA,HBsAg,HBeAg and anti-HBs were examined in infants at 12 month follow up.Result Thirtynine infants finished(one twins)the follow up,and 2 infants lost(5%).Among them 4 infants were confirmed to be HBV infection(10%,4/39),2 in the treatment group(10%,2/20)and 2 in the control group(11%,2/19)(P＞0.05).The serum HBV DNA levels of 40 weeks'gestation in the treatment group,compared with the levels of 28 weeks'gestation in the treatment group and 40 weeks'gestation in the control group,showed a significant decline(P＜0.01).The HBV DNA levels of the mothers whose infants were infected,were(3.1±3.4) copy/ml,(3.1±3.2) copy/ml during 28 and 40 weeks'gestation,and for mothers whose infants were non-infected,the levels were(3.4±2.2) copy/ml,(2.6±1.5) copy/ml respectively(P＞0.05).The mean values of anti-HBs of 18 infants in the treatment group showed no significant difference as compared to 17 infants in the control group,(594±416)U/L vs (458±398) U/L (P＞0.05).Conclusion The pregnant women's HBV DNA loads could be obviously decreased from high viral loads (HBV DNA concentrations in blood＞2.0 copy/ml)after they take lamivudine from 36 weeks'gestation.But it might not reduce the maternal-fetal vertical transmission of HBV infection.

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics,surgical resection extent and prognosis influencing factors of pri-mary high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GIST).Methods The clinicopathological and follow-up data of 48 patients with pri-mary resectable high-risk GIST in this hospital from January 2005 to January 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.The influence of three kinds of different surgical resection methods on the prognosis of GIST was analyzed.Results 34 cases were treated by R0 re-section(70.83%),6 cases by R1 resection(11.50%)and 8 cases by R2 resection(16.67%).All cases were given the postoperative adjuvant therapy of imatinib mesylate.The average medication time was(26.5±13.6)months.The occurrence rate of adverse drug reactions was 100%,and the main symptoms were swelling and leukopenia.The 5-year survival rates in 3 kinds of resection modes were 97.06%,66.67% and 25.00% respectively.The univariate and multivariate prognostic analysis showed that the surgical re-section extent and the tumor rupture were the independent prognostic factors in the high-risk GIST patients.Conclusion The intact operative resection and preventing the tumor rupture are the keys to increase the postoperative survival rate of GIST patients.