To separate the overlapped protein spots in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) images, we proposed an auto-separating algorithm based on valley characteristics. Firstly, the marker-controlled watershed algorithm was used to detect the initial outlines of the object regions. Secondly, medial axis transform and hierarchical branch pruning method were applied to the main skeletons of the object regions, and each main skeleton was fitted into line segments to describe the overlap directions. Then, the 3-dimensional model of the object region was scanned on the normal planes of the line segments to find the valley locations. And finally, a validation model was adopted to construct separation lines. The experiments on 2 real scanned 2-DE images showed that the true overlap separate (TOSs) were 78.95% and 85.71%, respectively. The results indicated that the proposed algorithm was better than the existing algorithms and could be used in engineering practice.
Algorithms ; Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional ; Proteins ; chemistry

OBJECTIVE:To observe the efffect of Danhong injection on the endothelial function in patients with stable coronary heart disease(CHD).METHODS:In this randomized control study,82 CHD cases were randomly assigned to receive Danhong injection or Sterile Danshen injection powder by iv gtt.The endothelial function and the inflammation-related indexes in two groups were compared after 2-week treatment.RESULTS:As compared with before treatment,in Danhong group,the levels of NO and flow-mediated dilatation(FMD) were significantly up-regulated while the levels of vWF and CRP(C-reaction protein) were significantly down-regulated after treatment;however,no significant difference was noted in Sterile Danshen injection powder group in endothelial function and the inflammation-related indexes.There were significant differences between the two groups(P

Objective To investigate the feasibility of a single-stage operation in the treatment of traumatic osteomyelitis with flap and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone. Methods Forty-one cases using one single-stage operation in the treatment of traumatic osteomyelitis with flap and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone were cured, osteomyelitis recurred in 2 cases, and was cured after debridement and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone plantation again. 1 case occurred nonunion and was cured by autogenous nonvascular iliac bone transplantation. Results All cases were followed from 4 months to 2 years, the average fracture cured time was 5.3 months(3-9 months), and the average wound cured time was 3.7 weeks. The soft tissue defect was cured in one stage, the osteomyelitis of all cases was cured at last. Conclusion It is feasible that one single-stage operation treated the traumatic osteomyelitis with flap and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficiency of perforator pedicled propeller flaps for soft-tissue coverage of the lower leg and foot defects.Methods From July 2007 to December 2011,twentyfive cases with soft-tissue defects of the lower leg and foot were cured by using the perforator propeller flaps.The origins of the perforator were 18 cases from peroneal artery,six cases from posterior tibial artery and 1 case from dorsal foot artery.The minimum of the flap scale was 4-9 cm,and the maximum was 10-33 cm.Results All cases were followed-up from 1 to 26 months.All the flap pedicles were smooth with a satisfied appearance.The donor sites were sutured directly in 9 cases and cured with skin-grafting in 16 cases.Three cases suffered from vein congestion,two cases were cured by incisions in the distal parts of the flaps,one flap had necrosis of the distal 1/3 part and was cured by skin-grafting.Conclusion The perforator pedicled propeller flap is a simple,safe and useful flap.It has more advantages than other pedicled flaps for softtissue coverage of the lower leg and foot defects.

The immunoregulatory effect of thalidomide on peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) was investigated.The resuhs showed that thalidomide (50 μg/ml)inhibited the proliferation of PBMC significantly.Thalidomide inhibitied tumor necrosis factor-α,IFN-γ,and interleukin-6 secretion,as well as mRNA expressions.

In order to improve the efficiency of protein spots detection, a fast detection method based on CUDA was proposed. Firstly, the parallel algorithms of the three most time-consuming parts in the protein spots detection algorithm: image preprocessing, coarse protein point detection and overlapping point segmentation were studied. Then, according to single instruction multiple threads executive model of CUDA to adopted data space strategy of separating two-dimensional (2D) images into blocks, various optimizing measures such as shared memory and 2D texture memory are adopted in this study. The results show that the operative efficiency of this method is obviously improved compared to CPU calculation. As the image size increased, this method makes more improvement in efficiency, such as for the image with the size of 2,048 x 2,048, the method of CPU needs 52,641 ms, but the GPU needs only 4,384 ms.
Algorithms ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Proteomics ; methods ; Software

There are no intuitive and unified standards for selecting features in existing protein gel image point matching method, for which an analysis method based on similarity map is proposed. Firstly, the definition and generation methods of similarity map were presented. Secondly, trait and merits of features such as coordinate similarity, shape-context similarity and morphology similarity were analyzed using similarity map method. Finally, comprehensive utilization of multi-features named product-method which has a better effect than mean-method was proposed based on the results. Many experiments using different 2-DE gel images were carried out to prove the validity of similarity map and product-method. The results showed that similarity map could be used for intuitional, effective analysis of matching performance and to guide the selection and comprehensive utilization of multi-features.

OBJECTIVE:To observe the impact of allopurinol on heart function,endothelial function and indexes of inflammation in controlling hyperuricemia in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).METHODS:A total of 98 patients with AMI complicated with hyperuricemia were randomized to treatment group(treated with allopurinol plus alimentary control)and control group(alimentary control alone)for 6wk.Heart function,endothelial function and inflammation indexes between 2 groups before and after treatment were observed.RESULTS:In treatment group,serum uric acid level were decreased significantly(t=2.317,P=0.046),LVEF and flow-mediated dilatation(FMD)function improved significantly(t=— 2.106,P=0.073;t=— 3.47,P=0.007),and C reactive protein level were significantly lower than in the control group(t=4.78,P=0.002).CONCLUSION:Allopurinol can decrease hyperuricemia level,improve endothelial dysfunction,heart function and inflammatory reactions.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of allopurinol on the function of blood vessel endothelium in patients with essential hypertension complicating hyperuricemia. METHODS: 65 cases with essential hypertension complicating hyper uricemia were randomized into treatment and control group. The control group was given the classic non- pharmacotherapy: reduced intake of sodium, more exercise, weight loss etc. The treatment group was treated wilh 100mg allopurinol b.i .d for 4 weeks besides the classical non - pharmacotherapy as stated for the control group. Serum uric acid level, brachial artery flow -mediated diastolic (FMD) function, the base internal diameter of brachial artery, nitrogen oxide (NO), von Willebrand' s factor(vWF) were compared between two groups before and after treatment. RESULTS: As compared with prior treatment, the treatment group had decreased level of uric acid and decreased vWF level, increased level of NO and a significantly increased level of FMD, all had statistical significances(P0.05) . CONCLUSION: Allopurinol can ameliorate the function of blood vessel endothelium in patients with essential hypertension complicating hyperuricemia.