BACKGROUND: Low power laser irradiation has positive effects on fracture healing, including shortening the time of bone union and enhancement of bone formation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of different wave lengths in low power laser on eedy fracture healing. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: Randomized, controlled, animal experiment. The study was performed at the Laser Center of Dankook University Medical Center between May 2005 and May 2006. MATERIALS: A total of 60 female English Hartley guinea pigs, 9 weeks old, weighing (300～30) g, were used for this experiment. They were randomly divided into three groups control, 632, and 830 nm groups (n=20). METHODS: The right femoral middle shaft fractures were made with a bone cutter and fixed with intramedullary nails (1.4 mm diameter K-wire). The frequencies of 632 nm and 830 nm semi-conductor laser machines were used. The laser irradiations were started 48 hours after operation vertically at the fracture sites and were applied every two days, at 100 J/cm<'2> of the same irradiation doses and 2.52 cm<'2> of the same irradiation areas in different irradiation groups. Finally, 46 guinea pigs survived, including 14 in control group, 16 in 632 nm group and 16 in 830 nm group. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Guinea pigs were sacdficed at 3 and 6 weeks separately. The bone healing was assessed by the Modified Zorlu Scoring System, including gross, radiologic and histologic examinations. RESULTS: In the gross and radiologic findings, both 632 nm and 830 nm irradiation groups shown a significantly greater rate of callus formation at postoperatively 3 weeks compared to the control group (P< 0.01). Quantity of callus formation in 830 nm group was more than 632 nm group, but there was no significant difference (P > 0.05). The result of histological findings showed a significant increase of osteoblastic proliferation in two irradiation groups than the control group at 3 weeks postoperatively (P < 0.01). Enhancement of osteoblastic proliferation was more obvious in 830 nm group than in 632 nm group at 3 and 6 weeks, but there was no significant difference (P > 0.05).CONCLUSION: Both 632 nm and 830 nm wave lengths are considered to be optimal irradiation wave lengths for eady fracture healing. Moreover, 830 nm irradiation is better than 632 nm irradiation for eady fracture healing.

Objective To investigate the level of serum free fatty acid (FFA )after improving the life style in patients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome and the effect of therapeutic life style on traditional risk factors of coronary artery disease.Methods A total of 395 patients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome were recruited.Pa-tients were divided into intervention group (group A,conventional drug therapy+ intensive life style intervention,n=97)and non-intervention group (group B,conventional drug therapy,n=38)according to the scores of life style.Serum free fatty acid (FFA) was determined by ELASA.The scores of life style was obtained bylife style questionnaire.Results (1)The serum FFA of pa-tients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome were positively related to waist circumference and waist-high-ra-tio.(2)Waist circumference,BMI and FFA of group A were significantly lower than those in group B after therapeutic life style in-tervention(P <0.05).(3)Compared with the baseline,the constitution index and FFA in group A were significantly lower after 6-months therapeutic life style intervention(P <0.05).Conclusion Therapeutic life style can reduce the level of FFA and constitution index of the patients with coronary heart disease complicated metabolic syndrome.

Objective To study the dynamic changes and potential impacts on the voice in postoperative pa-tients with different types of thyroid operation.Methods A total of 48 cases thyroidectomy,34 with thyroid isth-mus and lobectomy and 4 with total thyroidectomy,and 19 cases neck operation were included in this study for the examinations of electric laryngoscope,and acoustic voice analysis preoperative and postoperative,respectively.The characteristics of the acoustic parameters were analyzed.Results Vocal cord paralysis and cricothyroid joint disloca-tion in all the patients before and after operation were not observed.For male patients in the experimental group, postoperative parameter values of F0TD were higher than the day before surgery and 30 days after thyroidectomy. The difference was statistically significant (P <0.05 ).In female patients,postoperative parameter values of F0 were lower than the day before surgery and 2nd,7th,and30th day after thyroidectomy.Postoperative parameter values of Jitter for 30th day were lower than 1st day after the operation.The postoperative parameter values of F0TD for 1st,2nd,3rd,and 7th day were higher than the day before thyroidectomy.The parameter value of F0TD was lower than 1st day after surgery,and the postoperative parameter value of HNR for 30th day was lower than 3rd day after the thyroidectomy.The difference was statistically significant (P <0.05 ).Compared to the control group,there were no significantly differences in male patients of experimental group before and after the surgery(P >0.05).The parameter values of F0 in famale patients before the thyroidectomy,the 1st,2nd,3rd,7th day after the surgery and the parameter value of Jitter,Shimmer,HNR for 1st day after the operation were significantly dif-ferent(P <0.05).There were no significant differences in all parameter value of 30 days after thyoidectomy(P >0. 05).Conclusion Voice parameter values alter in a way after thyroid surgery without apparent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury,especially in the female patients.The improvement of voice acoustic parameters can be observed on the 30th day after operation.

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the influence of obstructive sleep apnea -hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) on hypertension and metabolism. METHOD: There were two groups in this research; they were the research group including 115 patients who were diagnosed with polysomnography and the control group of 122 healthy persons. The blood pressure in the morning, plasmas glucose (GLU), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), and uric acid (UA) were measured. There were 32 moderate or severe OSAHS patients and 20 healthy persons were selected to be measured the mitochondrial coupling factor 6 (CF6) with radio-immunity method. The results were analyzed with statistic method. The P < 0.05 means the significant difference. RESULT: The patients' blood pressure in the morning was significantly higher than the control healthy persons. The plasmas glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and uric acid of the OSAHS patients were all in a higher level than those of the control group healthy persons. There were significant differences between the two groups. The mitochondrial coupling factor 6 (CF6) of moderate OSAHS patients or severe OSAHS patients was more than that of the healthy persons (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION OSAHS is a potential risk factor on the cardiovascular diseases and the metabolism disorders. The mitochondrial coupling factor 6 (CF6) may play an important role in the procedure of X syndrome.
Adult ; Blood Glucose ; analysis ; Blood Pressure ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; etiology ; Case-Control Studies ; Cholesterol ; blood ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; etiology ; Male ; Metabolic Diseases ; etiology ; Middle Aged ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; metabolism ; pathology ; Triglycerides ; blood

Objective To investigate the effects of helicobacter pylori(Hp)on pathological changes and mucin5AC(MUC5AC)ex-pression in lung tissue of rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods Thirty-three Wistar rats were randomly di-vided into blank group(n=9),COPD group(n=9),Hp group(n=9),COPD+Hp group(n=6).Cigarette smoking combined with intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide was used in COPD group and COPD+Hp group,and Hp intragastric administration was used in Hp group and COPD+Hp group.The establishment of the model after one month,the lung tissues of rats were collected,the pathology of lung tissue was observed by hematoxylin-eosin(HE)staining,the proliferation of airway goblet cells was observed by Alcian blue pe-riodic acid-Schiff(AB-PAS)staining,the expression level of MUC5AC protein was detected by immunohistochemistry,and the ex-pression level of MUC5AC mRNA was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR).Results Compared with the blank group,the goblet cell count per unit length of airway,the expression of MUC5AC protein and mRNA in lung tis-sue in COPD group,Hp group and COPD+Hp group were significantly increased,and the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).Compared with COPD+Hp group,the goblet cell count per unit length of airway,the expression of MUC5AC protein and mRNA in lung tissue in COPD group and Hp group were lower,and the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion Hp infection aggravates the inflammatory reaction and the proliferation of goblet cells in the airway of COPD,increases the airway secretion and the expression of MUC5AC,and promotes the progression of COPD.

ObjectiveTo investigate the different effects of Yunvjian with or without Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix on glucose and lipid metabolism and inflammatory response in diabetic rats with the syndrome of Yin deficiency and internal heat. MethodThe rat model of diabetes due to Yin deficiency and internal heat was established by feeding with a high-sugar and high-fat diet and injection of thyroxine and streptozotocin. The successfully modeled rats were randomized into model control， Yunvjian without Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix （11.8 g·kg^-1）， Yunvjian with Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix （12.8 g·kg^-1）， and Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix （1.0 g·kg^-1） groups （n=10）， and another 10 rats were taken as the normal control group. Each group was administrated with corresponding drugs or saline by gavage for 28 days. The fasting blood glucose （FBG）， fasting insulin （FINS）， total cholesterol （TC）， triglycerides （TG）， low-density lipoprotein cholesterol （LDL-C）， and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol （HDL-C） in rats were measured. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was employed to determine the levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate （cAMP）， cyclic guanosine monophosphate （cGMP）， triiodothyronine （T₃）， thyroxine （T₄）， interleukin （IL）-1β， IL-6， tumor necrosis factor （TNF）-α， and C-reactive protein （CRP） in the serum. The histopathological changes of the liver were observed. The expression of lipoxygenase-2 （COX-2） was detected by immunofluorescence. The mRNA levels of nuclear transcription factors-κB （NF-κB）， monocyte chemotactic protein-1 （MCP-1）， and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 （ICAM-1） were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction （Real-time PCR）.Western blot was employed to determine the protein levels of NF-κB in hibitory protein（IκB） kinase β （IKKβ）， IκBα， and phosphorylated IκBα （p-IκBα） in the liver and the protein levels of NF-κB in the cytoplasm and nucleus. ResultCompared with the normal group， the model group showed elevated levels of FBG， FINS， insulin resistance index， TC， TG， LDL-C， cAMP， T₃， T₄， IL-1β， IL-6， TNF-α， and CRP， up-regulated mRNA levels of NF-κB， MCP-1， and ICAM-1， and up-regulated protein levels of COX-2， p-IκBα， and nuclear NF-κB （P<0.01）. Compared with the model group， Yunvjian without Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix lowered the levels of FBG， FINS， insulin resistance index， TC， TG， LDL-C， cAMP， T₃， T₄， IL-1β， IL-6， TNF-α， and CRP， down-regulated the mRNA levels of NF-κB， MCP-1， and ICAM-1， and down-regulated the protein levels of COX-2， p-IκBα and nuclear NF-κB （P<0.05， P<0.01）. Compared with the Yunvjian without Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix， Yunvjian with Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix showed lowered levels of FBG， FINS， insulin resistance index， and inflammatory cytokines， down-regulated mRNA levels of NF-κB， MCP-1， and ICAM-1， and down-regulated protein levels of p-IκBα and nuclear NF-κB （P<0.05， P<0.01）. ConclusionAchyranthis Bidentatae Radix can enhance the performance of Yunvjian in reducing blood glucose and inhibiting inflammation in diabetic rats with the syndrome of yin deficiency and internal heat by down-regulating the IKK/IκB/NF-κB signaling pathway.

OBJECTIVE To explore the improvement effect and mechanism of petroleum ether extract of Saposhnikovia divaricata on rheumatoid arthritis （RA） rats by regulating neutrophil extracellular traps （NETs）. METHODS Establishment of rat RA model using bovine type Ⅱ collagen and Freund’s complete adjuvant. The model rats were randomly divided into model group and low-dose， middle-dose and high-dose groups （55， 110， 220 mg/kg） of petroleum ether extract of S. divaricata； the normal group without modeling was also established， with 10 rats in each group. Each group was given corresponding drugs or constant volume of 2% Tween-80 solution intragastrically， once a day， for consecutive 28 days. The toe swelling degree in rats was observed， and the arthritis index （AI） was scored. The serum levels of interleukin-1β （IL-1β）， IL-10， IL-17， tumor necrosis factor-α （TNF-α）， 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25（OH）D3]， myeloperoxidase （MPO）， neutrophil elastase （NE） and NETs in rats were detected. The histopathological changes in ankle joint were observed. The expression of citrullinated histone H3 （CitH3） in ankle joint as well as the expressions of cytochrome P450 24A1 （CYP24A1）， cytochrome P450 27B1 （CYP27B1），vitamin D receptor （VDR） and peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 疾病。E-mail：zhongyao626@126.com （PAD4） in synovium were all determined. RESULTS Compared with the model group， the toe swelling degree and AI score in the middle-dose and high-dose groups of petroleum ether extract of S. divaricata decreased significantly from day 14 to day 28 after administration （P＜0.05 or P＜0.01）. The serum levels of IL-1β， IL-17， TNF-α， MPO， NE and NETs decreased significantly， while the levels of IL-10 and 25（OH）D3 increased significantly （P＜0.05 or P＜0.01）. The widened ankle joint space and the improved structure were found； the expression of CitH3 in ankle joint， and the expressions of CYP24A1 and PAD4 in synovium were down-regulated significantly， while the expressions of CYP27B1 and VDR were up-regulated significantly in synovium （P＜0.05 or P＜0.01）. CONCLUSIONS The petroleum ether extract of S. divaricata may inhibit the production of NETs and improve the symptoms of RA by regulating the vitamin D system.