Objective To evaluate the role of Gla-bound protein and its Gla residue in urinary lithogenesis. Methods Calcium oxalate crystal matrix was produced by calcium oxalate supersaturation crystallization in fresh urine of normal subjects and calcium oxalate stone formers. Protein-bound Gla was determined in the crystal matrix and urine of normal subjects and in the calcium oxalate stone formers by high performance liquid chromatography. Results Protein-bound Gla in the crystal matrix and urine of calcium oxalate stone formers were significantly less than that of normal subjects. Conclusions Highly carboxylated Gla-bound proteins are inhibitory factors of calcium oxalate calculus. Insufficient carboxylation of urinary Gla-bound proteins may be correlated with urinary lithogenesis.

0 05) after treatment.At the same time,the clinical symptoms were improved significantly.Conclusion ① Testing expression level of HLA DR is helpful to diagnose and monitor the state of RA.② The change of expression level of HLA DR conforms to that of rheumatic factor.③ Examination of the change of expression level of HLA DR can help to judge the state and prognosis of RA.

Objective:To construct an eukaryotic expressing plasmid of IL-24,and investigate its inhibitory effects on the growth of tumor cells in vitro and in vivo.Methods:The eukaryotic expressing plasmid of IL-24(pEGFP-C1-IL-24) was constructed by DNA recombination technique.The recombination plasmid and empty vector were transfected into HIC cells,respectively with Lipofectamine 2000 Reagent and the expressions were determined by LSCM;the proliferation of HIC cells was measured by MTT assay;and apoptosis rate and cell-cycle distribution of HIC cells were measured with Flow Cytometry.Mice were inoculated with B16 cells,which were transfected with pEGFP-C1-IL-24 or empty vector,and the tumor size in mice was detected.The inhibitory effect of IL-24 gene transfection in mice solid tumor was observed and measured.Results:The expression of pEGFP-C1-IL-24 in HIC cells was determined by LSCM after the transfection of pEGFP-C1-IL-24.Comparing to the control group,the proliferation of HIC cells was inhibited by transfection with pEGFP-C1-IL-24 and the G2-M phase of the transfected cells was also increased.Moreover the percentage of mice with detectable tumor was significantly decreased after inoculated with B16 cells transfected with pEGFP-C1-IL-24.Growth rate of tumor in mice model was also significantly inhibited in IL-24 gene therapy group as compared with the control grouop(P

Objective To explore the relationship between the post-thoracotomic wound infection and nutritional status.Methods The patients treated with thoracotomy were divided into the simple wound infection group(n=15) as the experimental group and the phase Ⅰ healed group (n=15) as the control group.On the fifth day after operation, the sero-albumin quantity and cumulative nitrogen balance were recorded respectively. The statistical data were given the test.Results Every average index of sero-albumin in the experimental group was lower than the control group. Among them, the total protein comparison had statistical significance (P0 05) and transferrin comparison had statistical difference (P

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of lung corrections on the target volume dose in radiation treatment of esophageal carcinoma by TPS HEVAPLAN. Materials and Methods: Three radiation field technique to middle esophagus were used as the model of this investigation .target volume doses were calculated with photons in different energies to compare with the divergence when the lung density were set to 1.0(without lung correction) 0.33 and 0.2 (with lung correction).Results: If no lung correction was performed, the actual radiation dose in target volume were 24%～28%, 18%～21%, 13%～15% and 7%～9% which were radiated with 60 Co, X-ray of 5MV, 8MV and 19MV. Conclusion: The lung density must be corrected in treating 60 Co unit.

Objective To evaluate the radiation method and resuh of 450 patients received TBI(total body irradiation).Methods Single-dose Measurement was used to mark dose of TLD(thermo luminescence dosimeter).The values of actual dose in body midline were evaluated by calculating and correcting mean dose of incidence and emergence.Radiation methods:In four-field Irradiation.diagonals of fields coinside with the longitudinal axis of the patients,patient in supine and lateral positions received two pairs of parallel opposite radiation.Scheme of TBI came from a preparative radiation about one week before,and this four-field and equal-in-dose(about 10%of TBI)preparative radiation offered US the optimal scheme with aminimal dose non-uniformity by adjusting different dose proportion of supine and lateral position.In small field irradiation,patients received one pair of parallel opposite radiation from lateral side sitting on a special stool with backrest,the stool can be rotated CW or CCW,pedals can be move forward or backward and fixed.In opposite lateral irradiation,similar to four-field irradiation,patients received one pair of horizontal opposite radiation only in supine position.Five of these patients received FTBI(Fractional TBI). Results The average non-uniformity in midline of patients in four-field irradiation group(87 patients).small field irradiation group(91patients)and opposite lateral irradiation group(272 patients)is respectively ±8.1%,±7.4% and ±4.9%. Conclusions It iS a important process for QA and Qc to measure the dose of incidence and emergence real-timely with TLD or semiconductor dosimeter.We can adopt small field irradiation when the field iS not large enough to contain the patient from head to foot,and it showed advantages over four-field irradiation in treatment process and outcomes.We found the uniformity in body midline would be much better in supine position with diagonal＞180 cm than that in four-field irradiation and small field irradiation with diagonal＜110 cm.We compared supine position irradiation with opposite lateral irradiation,only to find which has its strong point.And actually we considered that FTBI treatment booth can be used more often in anterior and posterior parallel fields irradiation,patient semi-sitted,repeatedly received forward and backward radiation. In spit of not possessing radio-biological advantages as FTBI,STBI(Single TBI)is still a practical form of TBI.

Objective To evaluate the effect of dose-rate and leaf position tolerance on the point dose in step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiotherapy(IMRT). Methods IMRT plans of 2 prostate cancer patients were selected and recalculated for a water phantom.An ionization chamber was used to measure the dose of some points in the phantom at five nominal dose-rates:100 MU/min,200 MU/min,300 MU/min,400 MU/min and 500 MU/min.It was necessary to adiust the position of the water phantom to locate the ionization chamber in region where the dose gradient was very low in order to minimize the effect of dose gradient on the measured results.When measuring the effect of leaf position tolerance on point dose,the dose-rate was kept constant and the values of tolerance were 1 mm,2 mm,3 mm and 4 mm.This work was conducted on a Varian 23EX equipped with a Millennium 120-leaf multi-leat collimator(MLC).The treatment planning system was Varian Eclipse. Results As the dose-rate increased,the error between the measured dose and the calculated dose also enlarged.The difference between the maximum and the minimum was 1.2%.When MLC control system was working normally,tlle effect of leaf position tolerance on the measured point dose was very little and negligible. Conclusions The dose-rate must be selected suitably to ensure that the delivery can be finished in a short time with the radiobiological effect taking into account.It should be noted that the error between the measured dose and the calculated dose increases with the trend of inereasing more rapidly at higher dose rates.The value of leaf position tolerance should not be set too large,in order to minimize the difference between the measured dose and the planned dose in the region of steep gradient and find as early as possible when the multi-leaf collimator control system performs improperly.

Objective To assess and compare chemical and immunochemical fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) in diagnosis of gastrointestinal hemorrhage and their clinical significance. Methods The FOBT was carried out in 4474 in-patients, out-patients or subjects who had annual physical examination using both hemoccult Ⅱ (CFOBT) and colloidal gold chromagraphy (IFOBT) methods.Those who was positive for FOBTs would be re-tested for 2 times and followed by gastroscopy and colonoscopy as well as other examinations in order to find the reason and location of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Results FOBT was positive in 390 (8.22%) patients, of which 163 (41.8%) were detected by CFOBT, 100(25.6%) by IFOBT, and 127(32.6%) by both CFOBT and IFOBT. The clinical, endoscopic and other examinations revealed that upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding were found in 235 (60.3%) and 136 (34.9%) patients, respectively. The detective rates of upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding were 90.2% and 67.6% by CFOBT respectively, and 42.5% and 93.4% by IFOBT, respectively. The obvious gastrointestinal bleeding could be detected by both CFOBT and IFOBT. The diseases related to gastrointestinal bleeding involved acute gastric mucosal lesion, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and colonic polyp,colorectal cancer and piles, etc. Conclusions It is demonstrated that FOBT is still important in screening and diagnosis of gastrointestinal hemorrhage.The CFOBT is superior to IFOBT in detecting upper gastrointestinal bleeding, whereas the IFOBT is superior to CFOBT in detecting lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Background:Tryptophan(TRP)is an essential amino acid,and can produce 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT)via 5-HT signal pathway and kynurenine( KYN)metabolic pathway under the catalysis of enzyme,thereby participating in the pathogenesis of visceral hypersensitivity in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome(IBS-D). Aims:To investigate the relationship between visceral sensitivity and TRP metabolic pathway in patients with IBS-D. Methods:Thirty patients with IBS-D and 30 healthy controls from June 2012 to January 2014 at Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital were enrolled. Score of gastrointestinal symptom rating scale( GSRS)was evaluated. Visceral sensitivity was measured by anorectal manometry. RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to detect mRNA and protein expressions of colon mucosal IDo, respectively. Serum 5-HT,5-HIAA,TRP,IDo,KYN,KYNA concentrations and IDo activity,KAT activity were determined by high performance liquid chromatography assay. Results:Compared with control group,GSRS score was significantly increased(P < 0. 05),initial perception threshold,defecation threshold,pain threshold were significantly decreased(P < 0. 05),anorectal constriction pressure was significantly increased( P < 0. 05),serum 5-HT,5-HIAA concentrations were significantly increased(P < 0. 05),mRNA and protein expressions of IDo were significantly increased (P < 0. 05),serum KYN was significantly increased(P < 0. 05),KYNA was significantly decreased(P < 0. 01),IDo activity was significantly incseased(P < 0. 01),and KAT activity was significantly decreased in IBS-D group(P < 0. 01). Correlation analysis showed that initial perception threshold,defecation threshold,pain threshold and anorectal constriction pressure were correlated with 5-HT,5-HIAA,TRP,KYN,KYNA,IDo activity and KAT activity in patients with IBS-D (P < 0. 05). Conclusions:TRP metabolic pathway is correlated with visceral hypersensitivity in patients with IBS-D.

Objective To compare the dose to the contralateral breast, ipsilateral lung, and the whole lung in the tangential field radiotherapy for primary breast cancer using the dynamic wedge or physical wedge. Methods With thirteen breast cancer patients chosen, the dose distribution was computed for the plan used in practical treatment with the dynamic wedge and physical wedge. Plans were compared using dose volume histograms for the contralateral breast, ipsilateral lung and the whole lung. As for the contralateral breast, the dose distributions were not computed for the whole breast but computed for the two regions similar to a rectangular area in the axial slice and parts of the whole breast. The mean dose was used to evaluate CB1, CB2 and ipsilateral lung, and V_ 20 was used to evaluate the whole lung. The treatment planning system used was Varian CadPlan. An ionization chamber in a water phantom was used to measure some point doses to simulate the dose to the contralateral breast. Results When using the 30? dynamic wedge, the mean dose to CB1 and CB2 was 1.5%-3.9% and 1.1%- 2.6% , and the mean dose to the ipsilateral lung was 4.1%-14.7%. When using the 30? physical wedge, the mean dose to CB1 and CB2 were 1.5%-4.4% and 1.2%-3.0%, respectively, and the mean dose to the ipsilateral lung was 4.4%-15.2%. The values of V_ 20 were equal. When using the 15? dynamic wedge, the mean dose to CB1 and CB2 decreased compared to 15? physical wedge, but the value reduced was smaller than when using 30? wedge. Also, the measured results verified that the dose to the normal tissue is reduced using the dynamic wedge. Conclusions The mean dose to the contralateral breast was reduced by using the dynamic wedge instead of the physical wedge, and the mean dose to the ipsilateral lung or V_ 20 is reduced or equal to each other. So the probability of normal tissue complication such as a second breast malignancy or pneumonitis associated with radiotherapy are likely to be reduced.