AIM:To investigate the effect of the size of cataract surgical incision on original astigmatism and tear film stability of corrected cornea.METHODS: Totally 92 cataract patients (92 eyes) who were admitted to our hospital from July 2014 to July 2016 were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group,46 cases (46 eyes) in each group.Both groups were treated by clear corneal tunnel incision phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation.The incision of the control group was 3.0mm while of the observation group was 1.8mm.The uncorrected visual acuity,corneal astigmatism,Schirmer I test (SⅠt) and break-up time (BUT) were detected before surgery and at 1d,1wk,1mo and 3mo after surgery.The surgery induced astigmatism (SIA) was recorded at 1d,1wk,1 and 3mo after surgery.RESULTS: There were significant differences in the uncorrected visual acuity between the two groups at 1 and 3mo before surgery (P<0.05),but there were no significant differences at different time points before and after surgery (P>0.05).At 1wk,1 and 3mo after surgery,SIA of two groups decreased continuously,and the SIA of the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group at 1d,1wk and 1mo after surgery (P<0.05).At 1wk after surgery,SⅠt and BUT in the two groups were less or shorter than those before surgery (P<0.05),but there were no significant differences at 1mo,3mo after surgery,compared with those before surgery (P>0.05).SⅠt and BUT in the observation group were less or shorter than those in the control group at 1wk after surgery (P<0.05) but there were no significant differences at 1 and 3mo after surgery (P>0.05).CONCLUSION: Compared with 3.0mm standard incision,1.8mm clear corneal incision can reduce SIA and shorten the time for corneal stability recovery.

BACKGROUND:The surroundings stimulation,such as wound and chemical injury,will result in changes of hair follicle stem cells(HFSC).Up to date,few articles indicate the effecl of burn on HFSCs.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the changes of β-nerve growth factor(β-NGF)level in vibrissa follicle bulge region and its effect on the healing of neonatal rats.METHODS:A total of 30 neonatal rats were selected to prepare burn models by giving 90℃ boiled tap water for 3 seconds,and vibrissa follicle bulge was separated at 12,24,36,48 and 60 hours pOsloperatiVeIy.The remained 6 neonatal rats were served as controls.Total protein concentration was measured by Brandford method The expression of β-NGF was detected by ELISA.Meanwhile the tissues in each time points were collected for frozen section and immunohistochemistry.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Among the tested total protein.the expression of the β-NGF increased after 36 hours.reached a peak at 60 hours after burn.The identical changes were found in tissue slices.The image analysis demonstrated that the β-NGF protein detection was coincident with β-NGF expression in tissues During 12 hours to 60 hours after burn,the expression of the β-NGF in the bulge area peaked at 60 hours;simultaneously,the repairing effect of healing also reached a peak.Bulge area is a nest of HFSC,the enhanced expression of β-NGF may have some positive significance to the differentiation of the HFSC and tissue repair.

Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; metabolism ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Lymph Nodes ; metabolism ; pathology ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Staging ; RNA, Messenger ; metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C ; blood ; genetics ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo further explore the effect of Jiangu Erxian Pill (JGEXP) on proliferation and cell cycle of human osteoblast on the basis of previous clinical and experimental studies.

METHODSHuman primary osteoblast were isolated and cultured. The cell proliferation was tested by 3H-thymine incorporation and methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MMT) method and the cell cycle was determined by flow cytometry technique.

RESULTSIn the medium and high dosage JGEXP groups, the cell proliferation rate and index, and percentage of diploid synthesis phase (S phase) cells were significantly higher than those in the blank control group (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05), and similar to those in the estrogen group; and the cell apoptosis rate and percentage of G0-G1 stage cells were lower than those in the blank control group (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONJGEXP could effectively promote the cell proliferation and differentiation, and prevent the cell apoptosis of osteoblast in vitro.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Cell Cycle ; drug effects ; Cell Division ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Female ; Humans ; Osteoblasts ; cytology ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Objective: To explore the value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) combined with myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in evaluating myocardial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Methods: Totally 58 T2DM patients were divided into group (T2DM isolated ) and group Ⅱ (T2DM associated with microvascular complications, each n=29). Group C included 32 normal individuals. The standard deviation (Tmsv16-SD, Tmsv12-SD, Tmsv6-SD) and the maximum time difference (Tmsv16-Dif, Tmsv12-Dif, Tmsv6-Dif) of the time to the minimum systolic volume of left ventricle were measured with RT-3DE. MCE was performed to obtain perfusion measurement of each segment of ventricular wall, including the acoustic intensity (A), microvascular flow velocity (β) and A•β. Results: There were statistically significant differences in all synchronize measurements except Tmsv6-Dif between group Ⅱ and group C (all P<0.05). Tmsv12-Dif, Tmsv12-SD, Tmsv12-Dif% and Tmsv12-SD% of group prolonged comparing with group C (all P<0.05). All the parameters of A, β and A•β showed a gradually decreasing trend in group C, group and group Ⅱ, while those in group Ⅱ were lower than group C (all P<0.05). The parameters of β and A•β in group Ⅱ were lower than those in group (both P<0.05). Compared with group C, the values of β and A•β in group decreased (both P<0.05). There was no significant difference of the same measurement in segments among three groups (all P>0.05). Conclusion: Left ventricular desynchrony can be observed in T2DM patients with or without microvascular complications. Myocardial perfusion reduce in T2DM patients presenting as diffuse damage, which aggravated with microvascular complications in other organs.

AIM: To observe the clinical effect of Toric intraocular lens(Toric IOL)implantation in the correction of corneal astigmatism, and vector analysis of residual astigmatism and corneal astigmatism.

METHODS: A retrospective case observation study. A total of 63 patients with 77 eyes who underwent phacoemulsification combined with Toric IOL implantation in our hospital from September 2018 to October 2019 were selected. LogMAR uncorrected distance visual acuity(UCDVA), best corrected distance visual acuity(BCDVA), residual astigmatism of subjective refraction were observed after operation in 1wk, 1mo, and 3mo. And after dilated pupil, the Toric IOL axis position was measured by OPD-scanⅢ, and compared with the target axis position(LAD).

RESULTS: The median(interquartile range)of UCDVA at 1wk, 1mo, and 3mo after operation were 0.22(0.15, 0.40), 0.30(0.15,0.40),and 0.30(0.15, 0.40), which were better than those of UCDVA \〖0.82(0.60, 1.22)\〗 and BCDVA \〖0.52(0.30, 0.70)\〗 before operation(P<0.008). The residual astigmatism was 0.75(0.50, 1.00), 0.75(0.38, 1.00), 0.50(0.25, 1.00)D, respectively, which was significantly lower than that of preoperative corneal astigmatism \〖2.19(1.73, 2.69)D\〗(P<0.008). At 3mo after surgery, the proportion of UCDVA(LogMAR)≤0.301 was 69%; the proportion of residual astigmatism ≤0.75D was 73%. The median LAD at 1wk, 1mo, and 3mo after surgery were 2.0°, 2.0°, and 3.0°; 81%, 82%, 77% were less than 5°. The maximum LAD value is 11°. Astigmatism vector analysis: preoperative corneal astigmatism was 2.31±0.80D, centroid value was 1.44D@177°±1.99D; Predicted postoperative residual astigmatism was 0.14±0.17D, centroid value was 0.02D@58°±0.22D; residual astigmatism at 3mo after operation was 0.69±0.53D, centroid value was 0.05D@142°±0.88D.

CONCLUSION: Toric IOL can effectively correct corneal astigmatism in patients with cataract and has good rotational stability. Astigmatism vector analysis can directly show the difference between predicting postoperative astigmatism and actual residual astigmatism, which is helpful to analyze and optimize the measurement of corneal astigmatism, calculation of IOL degree, surgical design, postoperative observation.

Objective To discuss the effectiveness of the second surgical procedure of adjacent segment degeneration after the first spinal fusion.Method 35 patients who had been performed spinal fusion in our hospital or had symptoms recurred or aggravated after 12 ～ 114 (42 ±35) months of the prior surgery were enrolled in this study.A second surgery was performed and intraoperative the intradiscal pressure of adjacent segments of degeneration and normal segments was measured.The VAS score systems were compared among prior surgery,3 months later and 2 years after the second surgery.Result The intradiscal pressure of adjacent segments after the cervical vertebra and lumbar vertebra fusion were [ (15 ± 4.6)cmH2O,(23 ±5.2)cmH2O],much higher than normal segments [ (3 ±2.3)cmH2O,(8 ±4.1)cmH2O](P ＜0.01).The VAS score systems of 3 months later and 2 years after the second surgery were [ (2.9 ±0.7),(2.0 ± 0.6) ],which were dramatically lower than the prior (7.8 ± 1.2) (P ＜ 0.01).In 12 ～ 46(31 ± 12) months of follow-up after the second procedure,X-ray and MRI showed that fusion segments reached nearly bone fusion,well decompressed and without nerve compression or other complications.Conclusion If recurrence of symptoms after spinal fusion were caused by adjacent segment degeneration,reoperation would guarantee good clinical outcome.

Objective To explore the protective effects of GYY4137, a new hydrogen sulfide donor, on intestinal mucosa in a neonatal rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and its potential mechanism.Methods Sixty SD rats were randomly assigned into 4 groups: group A (control group), group B (NEC group), group C (NEC with GYY4137 treatment, H2S donor group), and group D (NEC with GYY4137 and Znpptreatment, HO-1 inhibitor group). The SD rat models of NEC were established using simulated milk feeding-hypoxia-cold stress-Lipopolysaccharides. The injury degree of intestinal mucosa was evaluated using HE-staining, and its mechanisms were investigated using biochemical indicators and Western blotting. Results Compared with control group, the pathology score and the total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) in the NEC group was significantly higher, the concentrations of methane dicarboxylic aldehyde (MDA) and necrosis factor α (TNF-α) were lower(P<0.05). Compared with those in NEC group, the pathology score and the concentration of MDA and TNF-α in the H2S donor group were signiflcantly lower, the T-SOD, and the HO-1 expression was higher. The pathology score and the level of MDA and TNF-α were signiflcantly increased after treated with HO-1 inhibitor Znpp, and T-SOD was signiflcantly decreased.. Conclusions The GYY4137, as a new H2S donor, could attenuate the injury of intestinal mucosa in a neonatal rat model of NEC by upregulating the expression of HO-1.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the safety of Polyisobutylene (PIB) Gutong plaster by transdermal administration. METHODS:66 rabbits were randomly divided into a normal group,a group with intact skin and a group with damaged skin. The latter two groups were respectively re-divided into PIB group,the groups of low,medium and high-dose PIB Gutong plaster and Gutong plaster group. An acute toxicity test was conducted on the rabbits,which 14 d of continuous observation was made 24 h af-ter transdermal administration. Another 60 rabbits were divided into several groups as above except for a normal group. A single pri-mary skin irritation test was conducted on them,where skin irritation reactions were recorded 6 h after a single administration based on intra-individual left/right self comparison method. 70 guinea pigs were randomized into a negative control group (vase-line),a PIB group,a positive control group(2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene),a Gutong plaster group and the groups of low,medium and high-dose PIB Gutong plaster,which were dosed for sensitization,followed by a skin sensitization test. RESULTS:No obvi-ous toxicity symptoms could be seen after administration of PIB Gutong plaster. The rabbits’intact or damaged skin had no irrita-tion response to PIB and low and medium-dose PIB Gutong plaster. PIB Gutong plaster caused no irritation response in the rabbits’ intact skin,but slight irritation in damaged skin 1 h after administration. The allergic reaction incidence of the positive control group of guinea pigs was 100% while that of any other groups was 0. CONCLUSIONS:The PIB Gutong plaster is safe for trans-dermal administration.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common diseases in China. Whether stage 11 patients should receive adjuvant chemotherapy was controversial. Here we summarize the latest advancement about clinical risk factors and biomarkers for the adjuvant chemotherapy of stage 11 colon cancer.
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant ; China ; Colonic Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Humans ; Neoplasm Staging ; Risk Factors