A bolus injection of endotoxin and platelet activating factor ( PAF ) via external jugular vein in rats resulted in severe pulmonary edema, accompanied by significant increase in extravascular lung water volume, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid ( BALF ) protein concentration, BALF cell counts and polymorphonuclearcyte percentage. PAF receptor antagonist SRI63-441 showed partial protective effects on endotoxin and PAF induced lung edema and BALF cytological changes.

The concentration of 1.8 ng/ml platelet activating factor (PAF) caused the elevation of pulmonary vascular permeability and a steady increase of lung weight gain (LWG) in isolated perfused rat lung. The LWG, fluid filtration coefficient and extravasation amount of T-1824 labelled albumin were lower of 89. 2%, 70. 9% and 75. 5%, respectively, in PAF perfusion without Ca2+ group than those in PAF perfusion with Ca2+ group, within 35 min. Mean pulmonary capillary pressure and pulmonary arterial pressure decreased from + 0.725 ? 0.389 kPa and +1.187 ? 0.320 kPa to -0.708 ? 0.315 kPa and - 0.025 ? 0.279 kPa, respectively. Calcium free perfusate without PAF slightly increased vascular permeability in isolated rat lungs. The results suggest that PAF-induced rat lung injury depends on the existence of extracellular calcium ion.

Nisin, produced by several strains in the growth process of Lactococcus lactis, is a natural antimicrobial polypeptide.Now, Nisin has served as an effective and safe food additive extensively used in food industry in many countries and regions because of its excellent antimicrobial activity.However, the current production of Nisin is largely fermented by lactobacillus and its industrialized production still can not meet enormous market needs, therefore establishing reasonably high-yield Nisin strains is of great significance.This review mainly summarizes the development pathway of molecule based on the functional expression of Nisin biosynthetic genes and regulation of gene expression, and also the study status on high Nisin-producing strains which provides practical foundation for further study on expected strains as well as some useful guidance for large-scale industrialized production of Nisin.

Intravenous administration of E. coli endotoxin (2mg/kg) caused a persistent increase in platelet activating factor (PAF) contents in arterial blood and bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF). Meanwhile phospholipase A2(PLA2) activity in serum and BALF was elevated and mean arterial blood pressure declined. The total cell number, expecially polymorphonuclear leukocytes and lymphocytes, and protein concentration in BALF were markedly increased 6 h after endotoxin injection. Lung index and extravascular lung water content of endotoxin-treated animals were significantly highter than those of controls. Pretreatment with PAF receptor antagonist SRI 63-441 blocked the increase in PLA, activity and attenuated endotoxin-induced hypotension and acute lung injury. The results suggest that PAF mediates endotoxin-induced lung injury, and leukocyte activation by PAF and the subsequent release of oxygen metabolites and lysoenzymes are important intermediate mechanisms leading to high permeability pulmonary edema.

The understanding of anatomical structures and their adjacent relationship is the founda-tion and key to the development of surgical skills and clinical thinking. In clinical teaching for residents and graduate students , we took the advantage of donor operations in organ transplantation and showed abdominal anal operations anatomical features and relationships through different view angles and compre-hensive ways. This new teaching approach was designed in accordance with processes of organ donation, procurement and back-table operation. The main contents included anatomy of abdominal wall layers, rela-tionships among abdominal organs, locations and courses of important structure, as well as medical human-istic education. In the context of organ donation becoming more and more popular and standardized after the cardiac death of Chinese citizens, this teaching approach is worth exploring.

Objective To study lymph node micrometastasis in N0 colorectal cancer patients and its clinical significance. Methods In this study, 548 lymph nodes obtained from 62 cases of No colorectal cancer undergoing curative operation were examined by fluorescent quantity polymerase chain reaction assay for the expression of cytokeratin 20 (CK20) mRNA. Results Micrometastasis was detected in 55 lymph nodes (10.0% ) of 24 cases (39%). According to lymph node anatomical locations, micrometastasis was identified in 15. 8%, 5.0% and 3.3% lymph nodes in group Ⅰ ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ (grouped by the distance from the tumor), respectively. Micrometastasis was correlated with invasion depth of primary tumor, but was notrelated to gender, age, tumor size, tumor site and differentiation. Conclusions The expression of CK20mRNA in lymph nodes in patients with No coloreetal cancer could be used to improve the accuracy of clinical staging, and provide information for rational adjuvant therapy.

DNA methylation is crucial for mammalian development, and DNA methylation is always in the dynamic status during preimplantation mouse embryos development. The effects of 5-AZA-CdR on the development of preimplantation mouse embryos were evaluated. Preimplantation mouse embryos created by in vitro fertilization were cultured continuously in 5-AZA-CdR (0.2, 1.0, or 5.0 μmol/L). Fertilized oocytes exposed to CZB containing 5-AZA-CdR at the pronuclear stage were unable to form morulae (0.2 and 1.0 μmol/L) or 4-cell embryos (5.0 μmol/L), while 2-cell stage embryos exposed to 5-AZA-CdR developed into uncompacted 8-cell (0.2 and 1.0 μmol/L) or 3/4-cell (5.0 μmol/L) stage embryos. The rate of morula formation was significantly lower in 4-cell embryos cultured in 5-AZA-CdR (1.0 or 5.0 μmol/L) than that in control embryos (P < 0.05). These data indicate that 5-AZA-CdR inhibits the development of mouse preimplantation embryos. Apoptosis, DNA methylation, and transcriptional activity were analyzed to determine the reason for these developmental defects. An aunexin V-PI assay revealed that high doses of 5-AZA-CdR led to apoptosis. Compared to the controls, DNA methylation was significantly reduced in uncompacted 8-cell embryos and morulae (p < 0.05) in a dose- dependent manner, whereas no significant change was detected in 2-or 4-cell embryos (P > 0.05). The observed changes in transcriptional activity, determined by measuring the incorporation of BrUTP, were similar to the observed alterations in DNA methylation. Therefore, the developmental defects induced by 5-AZA-CdR appear to bc mediated by alterations in DNA methylation and transcriptional activity in preimplantation mouse embryos.

Since human society entered the 21st century, the rapid development of medical technology also gave birth to a series of negative effects:medical service technology first, trust crisis of the doctor-patient relation-ship, and medical industry money worship. Especially in recent years, due to the lack of humanistic spirit in medi-cal institutions, the doctor -patient relationship is of the worst state in the history. Therefore, it is urgent to strengthen the medical humanities education in the construction of hospital culture. Aiming at the problems existing in the current medical industry, this paper expounds the importance of strengthening the humanistic education in the construction of hospital culture.

Led by Zheng Shusen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) from Zhejiang University, the first multi-center cooperation project of liver transplantation for metastatic liver cancer in China, gathering 28 liver transplantation centers nationwide, was launched in Shanghai. All participating experts conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions regarding four topics including inclusion criteria of liver transplantation for metastatic liver cancer, the risk assessment and prognostic evaluation of liver transplantation for metastatic liver cancer, perioperative medication of liver transplantation for metastatic liver cancer, and the implementation details of multi-center cooperation project. Questionnaires were distributed to reach consensus and pinpoint the directions, aiming to carry out high-quality and standardized clinical researches on liver transplantation for metastatic liver cancer in China.

Objective To be investigated the morphology of colorectal small flat adenoma and the expressions of p53 , p21, ER and PR. Methods Colonoscopy ( Olympus CF 240) and microscopy ( Olympus BV 41) were used to observe 50 cases of colorectal small flat adenomas. The expressions of p53 , p21 , ER, and PR were detected by the two steps of immunohistochemistry in 50 cases of small flat adenomas and the surrounding mucosa, 26 cases of colorectal carcinomas, while 15 cases of the normal colorectal mucosa as control group. Results These lesions were distributed throughout the large bowel, the prevalence in order was transverse colon, sigmoid and rectum. The small flat adenoma was round, flat, or sessile in shape, and sized