Adult ; Automobile Driving ; Female ; Health Status ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Health ; Young Adult

Animals ; Burns ; immunology ; Humans ; Wound Healing ; immunology

Abortion, Induced ; adverse effects ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Infertility, Female ; etiology ; therapy ; Pregnancy

Cochlear Implantation ; Cochlear Implants ; Humans ; Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases

Cell Proliferation ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Hodgkin Disease ; genetics ; immunology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; NF-kappa B ; metabolism ; Receptor, Notch1 ; metabolism ; Reed-Sternberg Cells ; immunology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Transcription Factor AP-1 ; metabolism

Objective To explore the management alternatives to tr aumatic periprosthetic femoral fractures after hip replacement. Metho ds A retrospective analysis was done on five cases of traumatic perip rosthetic femoral fractures posterior to hip replacement admitted in from June 1 998 to June 2003. There were two males and three females, with age range of 52- 71 years (average 59 years). One case suffered from traffic accident and the oth er four from slipping. Three cases had received hip replacement for femoral head aseptic necrosis, the other two for femoral neck non-union. Total hip replacem ent was carried out in four cases (five hips) and femoral head replacement in on e. These traumatic periprosthetic fractures occurred from one month to 17 years after hip replacement. According to classification to periprosthetic fracture of Vancouver (1995), there were 3 cases of type B and 2 type C. Two cases (one cas e of type B and one type C) were treated with traction and conservative treatmen ts, two (type B) with long shaft prosthesis revision combined with shape memory saw tooth embracing fixator or wires and one (type C) with anatomical plate inte rnal fixation. Results All 5 cases were followed up for f rom two months to five years and attained fracture union with no complications s uch as infection, nonunion or fixation breakage. Conclusions Traumatic periprosthetic femoral fractures after hip replacement are hard to deal with. The management alternatives differ according to fracture site, prost hesis loosening, bone quality and general status of patients. Classification cri teria and corresponding managements of periprosthetic fractures of Vancouver are proved to be suitable guidelines.

Objective: To investigate factors related to alexithymia of patients with essential hypertension or type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method: 42 patients wi th essential hypertension, 40 with diabetes mellitus and 45 healthy control were assessed by TAS (Toronto Alexithymia Scale), SCL-90 and EPQ (Eysenck Personalit y Questionnaire). Multiple correlation analysis and multiple stepwise regressio n were used in data analysis. Result: Compared with normal contr ol, patients with hypertension or diabetes showed alexithymia. They were deficient in the abilit y of describing emotion, recognizing and distinguishing between emotion and body feeling, and used to extroversion thought. Besides these, patients with diabete s showed fancy-lacking either. There was close relation between personality and a lexithymia. The more introversive of the hypertensives, the more deficient they were in describing emotion. The more introversive of the diabetics, the more de f icient they were in recognizing and making distinguish between emotion and body feeling. Hostility ideation and neuroticism of hypertension patients were major factors related to alexithymia. Paranoid ideation and psychoticism had similar e ffects in diabetics. Conclusion: Patients with essential hypert ension or diabete s have alexithymia relating to their personality traits and psychological state .

Objective To investigate the effect of arsenic(As2O3) on spermatogenic cell apoptosis and the expression of telomerase activity in adult rats.Methods 40 healthy male Sprague-Dawle rats were randomly divided into four groups and they were treated with As2O3 at doses of 0(control group),0.375,0.75 and 1.5 mg/kg body weight respectively through gavage for 16 consecutive weeks.The numbers of testicular sperm head were counted and the coefficient of testicular viscera,daily sperm production(DSP) were calculated in every group.The apoptosis of germ cell was assessed by in situ terminal deoxynucleotityl transferase mediated dTUP nick end labeling(TUNEL) technique.The activity of telomerase in the spermatogenic cells was determined by immunohistochemistry.Results In the testes of As2O3-treated rats,the coefficient of testicular viscera,the number of testicular sperm head and DSP in moderate and high dose groups decreased significantly than that of control(P

[Objective]To investigate the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis by increasing stiffness of subchondral bone to simulate subchondral bone sclerosis to induce the osteoarthritis.[Methods]The proportion between polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA),methylmethacrylate(MMA),hydroxyapatite(HA) and distilled water was adjusted to keep the maximum reaction temperature under 40℃.The composite material PMMA/HA was obtained and compressed on a mechanical material machine to determine its ultimate strength and stiffness,which were compared with those of subchondral bone.The subchondral bone of medial tibial plateau was scraped,where the composite material PMMA /HA was implanted into.Rabbits were sacrificed at 3,6,9 and 12 weeks,respectively.The articular cartilages of the medial tibial plateau were harvested for histological observation.Immunohistochemical analysis was adopted to record the expression and distribution of collagen type Ⅱ and MMP-1 in cartilage at protein level,which were compared with the blank and control groups.Transmission electron microscope was used to examine the ultramicroscopic changes of chondrocytes in blank and 6,12-week-postsurgery groups.[Results]With the time going,the experimental groups gradually presented degeneration,and had increased histological Mankin score.TEM demonstrated degenerative changes of chondrocytes.Collagen type Ⅱ expressed mainly in transition zone and upper deep zone,and MMP-1 expressed predominantly in the superficial and upper intermediate layers of cartilage.Both expressions steadily increased with time passing.[Conclusion]The increased stiffness of subchondral bone induced osteoarthritis in rabbits,which suggests that subcondral bone sclerosis may induce cartilage damage,and that subcondral bone sclerosis is one of the initial pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.

HSU17714 gene is a novel human colorectal carcinoma related gene isolated by subtractive hybridization method. The recombinant antisense expressive plasmid of HSU17714 gene was constructed by inserting the partial sequence (2612 bp) of this gene into the multiple cloning site of the vector pREP9 inversely. Then, it was transferred into human colon adenocarcinoma cells (SW1116) through liposome mediation. Obtained from the two-layer soft agarose culture test, flowcytometry test and cell growth rate detection, the data indicated that the antisense HSU17714 could inhibit the growth of SW1116 cells at different degrees. So, a conclusion could be drawn that the antisense HSU17714 gene expressive vector plays a role in the inhibition of SW1116 cell growth.