Arthroscopy ; instrumentation ; Humans ; Knee Injuries ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; instrumentation ; Male ; Menisci, Tibial ; surgery ; Middle Aged ; Surgical Flaps ; Tibial Meniscus Injuries

Acute Disease ; Adult ; Humans ; Hydrogen Sulfide ; poisoning ; Male ; Poisoning ; pathology

Heart Defects, Congenital ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn

1 303 syphilis patients had seen their doctors at the STD clinic of our hospital in 2012 . All first-visit syphilis patients were screened for HIV. The HIV-infected individuals were tested for syphilis. 8 cases were con-firmed to be HIV-infected individual, which constituted 0. 6% of syphilis cases. 4 cases were male and 4 cases were female among 8 cases. There were 4 cases of secondary syphilis and 4 cases of latent syphilis. Patients with syphilis and HIV infections accounted for 44% of all the HIV-infected individuals during the year.

OBJECTIVETo explore the effects of sacral canal injection on nerve root local inflammatory factors in rat model with lumbar disc herniation, in order to identify its mechanism of treatment.

METHODSForty-eight male SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation group(group A), model group (group B), Chinese medicine group(group C) and western medicine group(group D). There were 12 rats in each group. The model of lumbar disc herniation was established using compression and inflammatory stimulation in group B, C, D. All rats were given epidural catheterization and group A and B with physiological saline (1 ml/kg), group C with mixed liquor of 2% lidocaine and compound Danshen injections and physiological saline (2:2: 16) and group D with mixed liquor of 2% lidocaine and triamcinolone acetonide injection and physiological saline (2:2:16), once a week for a total of three treatments. Four rats were killed every 1 week after injection for once, and the inflammatory factors of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), interleukin-l (IL-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were detected by ELISA method.

RESULTSThe levels of TNF-alpha, PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6 in compressed nerve tissues in group B were increased than those of group A (P < 0.01). The levels of PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6 in group C and D were decreased than those of group B, and group D was much less(P<0.05). There was no significant difference in level of TNF-alpha among group B, C, D (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONCompound compression with inflammatory stimulation can lead to massive release of inflammatory mediators, such as TNF-alpha, PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6. Both injection with compound Danshen injections and triamcinolone acetonide injections by sacral canal can reduce the levels of part inflammatory mediators (PGE2, IL-1 and IL-6), and the effect of Glucocorticoid is better than Danshen (P < 0.05).

Animals ; Dinoprostone ; analysis ; Disease Models, Animal ; Injections ; Interleukin-1 ; analysis ; Interleukin-6 ; analysis ; Intervertebral Disc Displacement ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Salvia miltiorrhiza ; Spinal Nerve Roots ; immunology ; Triamcinolone Acetonide ; administration & dosage ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; analysis

Objective To investigate the expression of XIAP and survivin and its significance in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Methods The expression of XIAP and survivin were detected by immunohistochemistry in 49 patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Results The positive rate of XIAP and survivin in cases of DLBCL were 40.8%(20/49) and 44.9%(22/49) respectively, which was higher than that of benign lymph node pathological changes (P ＜0.05). The expression of XIAP in DLBCL positively correlated with the expression of surviving (r =0.382, P =0.01). Moreover, the mean survival period in DLBCL expressing XIAP was shorter than the XIAP-negative group. Conclusion The up-regulation of expression of XIAP may play an important role in the development of DLBCL, and may cooperate with the expression of survivin in apoptosis pathway. Furthermore, the expression of XIAP might be a new unfavorable prognosis factor of DLBCL.

Objective To investigate the expression of NF-κB/p65 in nasal NK/T cell lymphomas. Methods Immunohistochemis-try and TUNEL were used to study the expression of NF-KB/p65 and cell apoptosis in 23 nasal NK/T cell lymphoma samples and 14 benign lymph node lesions. Results The NF-KB/p65 positive rates were 43.5% (10/23). The expression of NF-κB/p65 was negative correlated with apoptotic index among 23 nasal NK/T cell lymphomas(P <0. 05). The mean survival period in patients expressed NF-KB/p65 was sig-nificantly shorter than that in negative group(P <0. 05). Conclusions Apoptosis inhibited by overexpression of NF-κB/p65 might be in-volved in the development of nasal NK/T cell lymphoma. NF-κB/p65 expression may be an unfavorable prognostic factor of nasal NK/T cell lymphoma.

Objective: To clarify the contribution of inhibitory effect of the chemical composition of fingerprint characteristic peaks from different parts of Lepdium meyenii (Maca) on PDE5, and to elucidate the material basis. Methods: The HPLC fingerprints of different parts from L. meyenii were established. The isotope labelling method was adopted to test the inhibitory rate of different extracted parts on PDE5.The gray relative analysis and partial least-squares method were used to make correspond analysis of the spectrum-effect relationship. Results: The fingerprints of different extracts were established and five peaks of the total 21 characteristic common peaks were identified by HPLC spectrum of standards and LCMS-IT-TOF. The strong relevance elements including macamide alkaloids represented by peaks 22-24 were verified as the potential PDE5 inhibitors. Conclusion: A sensitive and convenient screening system for the PDE5 inhibitors via liquid scintillation counting is established. Macamides as liposoluble alkaloids could be material basis components to inhibit the activity of PDE5.This paper provides certain theory basis for resource utilization and the quality control of L. meyenii.

AIM: To investigate effects of genistein, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinase and vanadate, the inhibitor of protein tyrosine phophorylation, on glutamate-induced Ca2+ entry in rat primary cultured corticocerebral neurons. METHODS: The effects of drug on cytoplasmic Ca2+ level ([Ca2+]i) were invesgated with Fura-2/AM fluorescence technique. RESULTS The increase in [Ca2+]i induced by glutamate was significantly reduced by genistein (from 1 to 30 μmol·L-1) and NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 (1 μmol·L-1), not by nimodipine (1 μmol·L-1) and SK&F96365. Vanadate (from 1 to 30 μmol·L-1) significantly enhanced glutamine-induced [Ca2+]i response. CONCLUSION: Nimdipine-sensitive Ca2+ channel and SK&F96365-sensitive Ca2+ channels are not related to glutamate-induced Ca2+ entry. It is related to the activation of protein tyrosine kinase in rat primary cultured corticocerebral neurons.

Objective To construct the eukaryotic expression vector for IL-37 fused with the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and express the fusion protein IL-37-EGFP in 293T cells. Methods The IL-37 and EGFP gene were amplified by PCR, respectively. Then the gene fragments of IL-37 and EGFP were in-serted into the pcDNA3.1 vector to construct the recombinant eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1/IL-37-EGFP. The pcDNA3.1/IL-37-EGFP recombinant expression vector was identified by enzymatic digestion , DNA sequencing, PCR identification. Then the recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.1/IL-37-EGFP was used to transfect 293T cells , the expression of EGFP in 293T cells was detected by fluorescence microscope , the expression of IL-37 in 293T cells was detected by RT-PCR and Western blot. Results The results of enzymatic digestion and DNA sequencing showed that the fusion gene of IL-37 and EGFP linked with (G4S)3 was cloned correctly into pcDNA3.1 vector. The green fluorescence was observed in 293T cells transfected with pcDNA3.1/IL-37-EGFP by fluorescence microscope. RT-PCR and Western blot showed that the expression with high level of IL-37 mRNA and IL-37 protein in 293T cells transfected with pcDNA3.1/IL-37-EGFP , respectively. Conclusion The recom-binant eukaryotic expression vector for IL-37 fused with EGFP, pcDNA3.1/IL-37-EGFP, was constructed suc-cessfully and expressed effectively in 293T cells.