Objective To investigate the protective effect of ǎn soup of Miao nationality on the intestinal barrier function in rats with acute liver failure ,in order to provide effective diet measures for hepatic failure patients .Methods A total of 50 male SD rats were randomly assigned to five groups :control group(group A) ,acute liver failure model group(group B) ,Bifidobacterium tri‐ple probiotics group(group C) ,high‐doseǎn soup group(group D) and low‐doseǎn soup group(E) ,10 cases in each group .The last four groups were subjected to the acute liver failure model by hypodermic injection with thioacetamide twice .In addition ,the last three groups were respectively intragastrically perfused with Bifidobacterium triple probiotics ,6 mL of ǎn soup and 1 .5 mL of ǎn soup before and during building the acute liver failure model .28 hours after the second injection ,femoral arterial blood to was drew to test serum endotoxin(ETX) ,diamine oxidase(DAO) ,D(‐)‐lactate(D‐lac) ,alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate amin‐otransferase(AST) .At the same time ,hepatic tissue and ileal tissue within 3 cm away from the ileocecal region were collected to do pathological examination .Results Pathological examination results showed that hepatic cord in hepar arranged mussily ,hepatic lob‐ules structure disordered ,hepatocyte focal necrosis or with large necrotic areas in which a large number of inflammatory cell infiltra‐tion in the acute liver failure model group .The pathology damage of liver in the other groups was almost in the same extent .The ile‐um mucosa in the group A was morphologically intact with clear structure of villi and lined up ,while that of group B was disorder with sparse villi ,epithelial cells in different degree of loss ,missing and necrosis ,lamina propria obviously hyperemia and there were large amount of inflammatory cellular infiltration .Intestinal mucosa injury in the other intervention groups was lighter than that in the group B .In particular ,levels of serum ETX ,D‐Lac ,DAO ,ALT and AST in the group B and other intervention groups were sig‐nificantly higher than that in the group A(P<0 .01) .Compared to the group B ,levels of serum ETX ,D‐lac ,DAO ,ALT and AST in other intervention groups were decreased to various degrees ,and there was significant difference between group B ,group C and group D(P<0 .01) ,and there was no significant difference between group B and group E (P>0 .05) .However ,there was no signif‐icant difference between group C and group D (P>0 .05) ,when obvious difference was observed between group C and group E(P<0 .05) .There was significant difference between group E and roup D (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Results demonstrated that ǎn soup protected intestinal barrier function of acute liver failure rats by reducing the production and release of serum endotoxin content in liver failure rats ,lowering intestinal endotoxemia (IETM ) ,which seems to prevent subsequent liver injury caused by IETM and have certain dietotherapy effect on liver failure .

Objective To explore the clinical outcome of individuals with Clinical High Risk (CHR) for psychosis and its relationship with Theory of Mind (ToM) function.Methods The Structured Interview for Prodromal Symptoms/Scale of Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS/SOPS) was applied to assess prodromal psychosis.The Reading the mind in the Eyes and faux pas Task were conducted to assess the function of Theory of Mind among the individuals of clinical high risk of psychosis.All participants had completed the 2-year follow-up.Conversion was determined using the criteria of presence of psychotic symptoms (POPS).According to the outcome,CHR individuals were divided into conversion group (n=20) and no-conversion group (n=50).The baseline clinical symptom characteristics and Theory of Mind were compared between groups.Results There was no significant difference in clinical symptom characteristics among individuals with CHR (P＞0.05).In the faux pas text,there were significant differences in Faux Pas Detection (P=0.01),Faux Pas Understanding (P=0.01) and Faux Pas Total (P=0.02) but not in control stories and the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test between convertors and non-convertors (P＞0.05).Conclusion The ToM disability in clinical high risk population increases risk for conversion to psychosis.

Objective To evaluate the safety and feasibility of simplified fast track surgery in gastric surgery.Methods The study enrolled consecutive cases of elective gastric surgery from March 2010 to December 2011.The patients were randomized into two groups:simplified fast track surgery group (n =149) and traditional clinical pathway group (n =154).Demographic,intra-operative and post-operative data between two groups were compared.Results The outcome of demographic and intra-operative data between simplified fast track surgery group and traditional clinical pathway group were not different statistically (P ＞ 0.05).The time of post-operative recovery and discharge of simplified fast track surgery group was significantly shorter than traditional clinical pathway group (P ＜ 0.05).Difference of post-operative complications of two groups was not significant (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The programme of simplified fast track surgery in gastric surgery is safe and feasible.

Objective To investigate the risk factors and revision strategies for rod fracture in patients with severe kyphoscoliosis following posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR).Methods Between June 2003 and June 2011,7 patients (4 males and 3 females) who developed rod fractures following PVCR in our institution were retrospectively reviewed.The average age was 24.4 years (range,12-39 years) at the time of primary surgeries.The occurrence times and locations of the rod fractures were recorded and the risk factors for the fractures were analyzed.Results The occurrence times of the rod fractures ranged from 6 to 53 months.Five cases of fracture occurred within 2 years after the primary surgeries,while the other 2 cases occurred more than 4 years after the primary surgeries.Six cases of fracture occurred at levels of osteotomies and 1 case occurred at 1 level below the osteotomy.The potential reasons for rod fractures were listed as follows:(1)residual kyphosis (1 case); (2) residual kyphosis combined with unsteady gait (1 case); (3) residual kyphosis combined with single rod fixation (1 case); (4) residual kyphosis combined with malposition of titanium mesh cage (1 case); (5) residual kyphosis combined with anterior column defect; (6) injury (2 cases).Six patients underwent revision surgeries,5 patients received one-stage combined anterior-posterior approach surgeries,while 1 patient received single posterior surgery.They were followed up for 12 to 22 months (average,18months).At final follow-up,all patients obtained satisfying corrections and graft fusion,without internal fixationrelated complications.Conclusion Rod fractures mostly occur at levels of osteotomies within 2 years after PVCR.Residual kyphosis is the main risk factor for the rod fracture.Injury,anterior column defects,unsteady gait,single rod fixation and malposition of titanium mesh cage also increase risks of rod fractures.

Objective To evaluate the role of angiotensin Ⅱ(AngⅡ) signal passway on the expression of Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor alpha (RhoGDIα) in hypertensive rats. Methods Protein and mRNA expressions of RhoGDIα in aortae of 4, 12 and 18 week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR, n = 4) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY, n= 4) were examined by Western blotting and real-time PCR. Aortas from SHR and WKY were analyzed using immonuchemical staining to locate the RhoGDIα in the aorta. The RhoGDIα expression in aorta of hypertensive rat model of aorta coarctation (ACR, n = 6) was also analyzed using Western blotting. Furthermore, The effect of mechanical strain at 10 % elongation on expression of RhoGDIα in vascular smoothmuscle cells (VSMCs) in the presence or absence of L-158809, an antagonist for AngⅡ type 1 receptor, was also evaluated by Western blotting. Results No significant difference of RhoGDIα expression was found between SHR and WKY at 4-week-old and 12-week-old. However, in 18-week-old group, RhoGDIα was significantly highly expressed in SHR than that of WKY at both mRNA and protein levels. RhoGDIα was located in the media of the aorta. Expression of RhoGDIα protein was upregulated in aortas of ACR at 2 and 4 weeks as compared with the controls. The expression of RhoGDIα in VSMCs was inhibited by mechanicalstrain at 10 % elongation, and further decreased by treatment of L-158809. Conclusion RhoGDIα is upregulated in aortae of the hypertensive rats. AngⅡ signal passway may be involved in the process of regulating expression of RhoGDIα.

[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To investigate the mechanism of L-type calcium channel ( L-Ca2+)/calpain signal transduc-tion pathway in verapamil inversing resistance of papillary thyroid carcinoma to doxorubicin .METHODS:Human papillary thyroid carcinoma TPC-1 cells were cultured for 2 d.For determining the appropriate concentrations and treatment time of verapamil and doxorubicin , a compatibility test was conducted to detect the cell viability by CCK-8 assay.The cells were divided into control group , doxorubicin group , verapamil group and doxorubicin +verapamil group .The techniques of whole-cell patch-clamp was used to record L-Ca2+currents.The protein expression levels of calpain 1 and LC3 were detec-ted by Western blot .RESULTS: Compared with control group , the density of L-Ca2+current decreased in doxorubicin group and verapamil group (P<0.05).Compared with verapamil group , the density of L-Ca2+current decreased in doxo-rubicin+verapamil group (P<0.01).Compared with control group, the expression of calpain 1 decreased in doxorubicin group and verapamil group (P<0.05).Compared with doxorubicin group , the expression of calpain 1 decreased in doxo-rubicin+verapamil group (P<0.05).Compared with control group , the expression of LC3 increased in doxorubicin group and verapamil group (P<0.05).Compared with doxorubicin group , the expression of LC3 increased in doxorubicin +ver-apamil group ( P<0.01) .CONCLUSION:The drug resistance of TPC-1 cells to doxorubicin may be related to the in-crease in autophagic activity .Verapamil further increases autophagic activity of TPC-1 cells, resulting in autophagic death and inversing the resistance of TPC-1 cells to doxorubicin .The mechanism may be involved in L-Ca2+/calpain 1 signal transduction pathway of autophagy .

Objective To observe the influence of congenital heart disease(atrial septal defect,ASD)to intervene closure on the right structure of children(<1 5 years)and adults(1 5-65 years)and to make the safety assessment.Methods Totally 1 1 1 un-derwent interventional treatment of complications in patients with ASD in our hospital from 2010 to 2013 were retrospective ana-lyzed.Closure on changing of right heart structure of child and adult were measured by ultrasonic cardiogram.Closure falls off,shut valve insufficiency,arrhythmia,residual shunt were recorded by ultrasonic cardiogram and electrocardiogram.making statistical a-nalysis.Results The inner diameter of the right atrium(RAD),right ventricle diameter(RVD),pulmonary artery diameter(PA) and right ventricular outflow tract(RVOT)were decreased compared with pre-operation(P < 0.05 ),during the follow-up 1,3,6 month,they was continue decreased in the aged between1 5-65 group(P <0.05),but was stable in less than 1 5 years old age group (P >0.05 ).The complication rate of children and adults were 25.0% and 21.3% respectively,and there were no significantly difference(P >0.05),and was no serious complications.Conclusion Congenital heart disease intervention of atria septal defects can improve heart right structure,which can benefit both children and adult,there is no difference in complication rates.All of these have less serious complications,high safety,curative effect affirmation.

Objective To investigate and compare the molecular epidemiological characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from Shanghai adult and pediatric patients in terms of antimicrobial susceptibility ,clone type ,emm type ,biofilm formation and virulence for better infection control and treatment .Methods Thirty‐nine nonduplicate clinical isolates of S . pyogenes from adult and pediatric patients were analyzed by determining the susceptibility to antimicrobial agents by Kirby‐Bauer method;clonal typing by multilocus sequence typing ( MLST ); genotyping by emm gene sequence analysis ,which encoding M protein;genomic characteristics of different emm type strains by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE );and biofilm formation by semi‐quantitative biofilm formation test . Twenty main virulence genes of S .pyogenes ,including 12 superantigen genes and 8 other key genes were detected by PCR and gel electrophoresis . Results A total of 39 nonduplicate S .pyogenes isolates were analyzed .The most common genotype was emm 12‐ST36 (64 .1% ) and emm 1‐ST28 (17 .9% ) .Isolates from adult and pediatric patients had the same dominant genotype , emm 12‐ST36 . The isolates from children showed significantly higher resistance rate to erythromycin and clindamycin than those from adult patients (P<0 .000 1) .Particular emm type and clone type were frequently identified in the same PFGE cluster .Statistical analysis showed that biofilm formation was significantly associated with emm type 1 (P=0 .005) and erythromycin/clindamycin resistance (P=0 .000 3) .The strains from children showed higher biofilm formation than those from adult patients (P<0 .000 1) .We found that virulence genes speA ,speJ and spd3 were significantly associated with emm type 1 (P<0 .000 1 ,P=0 .005 5 ,P<0 .000 1) ,while speI and sic were significantly associated with emm type 12 (both P<0 .000 1) .We also found that the prevalence of speC ,speH ,ssa , smeZ ,and sdaD genes was significantly different between emm type 12 and emm type 1 (P= 0 .023 8 , P< 0 .000 1 , P<0.0001,P= 0.0003,and P= 0.0068,respectively).TheprevalenceofvirulencegenesspeH,smeZandsdaDwas significantly different between the emm type 12 strains from children and those from adults (all P< 0 .000 1) .Conclusions There is a strong agreement between emm type ,clone type ,virulence genes and the clusters defined by PFGE profiling of S . pyogenes .S .pyogenes isolates from adult and pediatric patients are different in terms of antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation .Certain emm type is significantly associated with antibiotic resistance and virulence ,which is useful for infection control .Dominant virulence genes may be the potential target for developing new vaccine to reduce S .pyogenes infection in the future .

BACKGROUND:Although the nickel-titanium occluder in the treatment of congenital heart disease has a better clinical effect, arrhythmia wil be more likely to develop in late stage. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of nickel-titanium wire on expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca~(2+)-ATPase and ryanodine receptor of rat myocardial cels. METHODS:Thirty Sprague-Dawley rats were obtained and randomly divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The nickel-titanium wire was implanted to the apex of heart of rats in the experimental group. Rats in the control group received no special treatment. Rat mycardial cels were harvested at the 1th, 3rdand 6th months after operation. The gene and protein expressions of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca~(2+)-ATPase and ryanodine receptor of rat myocardial cels were detected using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry, respectively. The inflammatory reactions were detected using hematoxylin-eosin staining. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:After the nickel-titanium wire was implanted into the rat myocardium, inflammatory reaction was induced by inflammatory cel infiltration in the experimental group, with hyperplasia of fibrous tissue. The inflammatory reaction gradualy disappeared as the implanted time extended. No inflammatory cel infiltration was visible in the control group. There was no significant difference in the gene and protein expressions of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca~(2+)-ATPase and ryanodine receptor of rat myocardial cels at different time points after operation between these two groups. It showed that nickel-titanium wire had no influence on the expressions of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca~(2+)-ATPase and ryanodine receptor of rat myocardial cels. These results suggest that nickel-titanium occluder-related arrhythmia may have little relationship with abnormal protein expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca~(2+)-ATPase and ryanodine receptor.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of labor analgesia and the outcome of maternals and neonatals by applying the vitamin B6- folic acid mixture to combined with spinal-epidural analgesia(CSEA) in nulliparous women at latency.MethodsAll the 112 full-term nulliparous parturients were selected and divided into the treated group and controlled group.Nulliparous women in two groups received CSEA,with which the additional vitamin - folic acid mixture was used only in treatment group.The contrast between the analgesic effect in groups,and alalgesic effect-acting period,fentanyl Apgar score and newborn usage were compared between groups also.ResultsThe analgesic effect-acting period and fentanyl dosage in the treated group were significantly decreased.There was significant difference between the 2 ( P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclusionsIt could be effective applying vitamin B6- folic acid mixture at latency in nulliparous women based on CSEA,which could shorten the lumbar hemp effect-acting period and reduce fentanyl narcotic drugs dosage.