Objective:To study the structural changes of upper airway i n the patients with Angle Ⅱ 1 malocclusion treated by orthodontic appliance. Methods:12 patients with Angle Ⅱ 1 malocclusion caused by mout h breathing were treated by rapid maxillary expansion (RME) of splint and Tip-E dge technology, the structure of upper airway was measured before and after trea tment,the data were analyzed. Results:After treatment PNS-Ba,SP P-SPPW,P-T,TB-TPPW,V-LPW,UC-LC and H-C3(hor) increased(P

OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to observe the effects of Tip-Edge Differential Straight-Arch Technique in treating Angle II (1) malocclusion.

METHODS13 adults with Angle II (1) malocclusion were treated with Tip-Edge appliance. The results of cephalometric measurements before and after treatment were statistically analyzed.

RESULTSThe average treatment time was 16.2 months. The results of cephalometric measurement showed that UIC-AP decreased by 3.72 mm (P < 0.01), LIC-AP decreased by 1.03 mm (P < 0.01), LIC-MP decreased by 1.59 mm (P < 0.01), L6-MP increased by 0.99 mm (P <0.05), the over jet decreased by 3.73 mm (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONTip-Edge appliance can effectively change the dento-alveolar position by means of the differential mechanics.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Cephalometry ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Malocclusion, Angle Class II ; therapy ; Orthodontic Appliance Design ; Orthodontic Appliances ; Orthodontic Brackets ; Orthodontic Wires ; Tooth Movement Techniques ; instrumentation ; methods

Objective To investigate the effect of Kang Shueling gel on the degree of inflammation in the patients with Ⅱ degree burns. Methods 86 patients with Ⅱ degree burns from July 2014 to July 2016 in our hospital were divided into the control group and the experimental group by lottery method with 43 cases in each group. The control group was treated with silver sulfadiazine, the experimental group was treated with Kang Shuling gel, the two groups of clinical curative efficacy, inflammatory factors, visual analogue scale (VAS), wound healing rate and wound healing time, wound infection rate and adverse drug reactions were compared. Results After treatment, the total effective rate of the experimental group was 95.34% higher than that of the control group 72.09%, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels of the experimental group was lower than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The VAS of the experimental group was lower than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).The wound healing rate of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group on the seventh day and the fourteenth day, and the wound healing time was better than that of the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The wound infection rate of the experimental group was lower than that of the control group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in adverse drug reactions between the two groups. Conclusion The curative effect of Kang Shuling gel on the treatment of Ⅱ degree burns patients worthy of affirmation, could reduce serum inflammatory factors level.

Objective We determined the proportion of doctors in Haidian community participating in the training of secondary prevention of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases related knowledge and the knowledge level of doctors so as to make a new targeted training plan,and assessed the effect of the training.Methods We enrolled 80 doctors,who filled out the questionnaire on secondary prevention of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases related knowledge,from 22 Haidian community center from March to July in 2014 in Beijing.The primary outcome was the proportion of doctors with the training of secondary prevention of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases related knowledge and the improvement rate of new training.Results Seventy (87.5％) community doctors didn't accept ischemic stroke secondary prevention system training.The understanding of Chinese Ischemic Stroke Subclassification and three cornerstones of secondary prevention of ischemic stroke(anti-hypertention,anti-lipidemia,antithrombotic) after the training was significant improvement (20％ vs.82.5％,P ＜ 0.05;31.25％vs.90％,P ＜ 0.05),while according to different causes classification subtype the doctors could make corresponding strategies of secondary prevention of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.The rates of all community risk factors identification,community health education,lifestyle intervention,antihypertension,aspirin use,statin use,hypoglycemic treatment were both above 60％ no matter before the training or after the trainig.Conclusion Our results suggest that the community doctors in Haidian District lack corresponding knowledge of ischemic stroke secondary prevention.Further training of ischemic stroke secondary prevention is needed.

Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody-associated encephalitis is a kind of autoimmune encephalitis mediated by anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody, which belongs to anti-neuronal intracellular synaptic protein antibody-associated encephalitis. Clinical manifestations include stiff-person syndrome, cerebellar ataxia, limbic encephalitis, seizures, etc., often associated with a variety of autoimmune diseases, rarely associated with tumors. Detection of anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody is crucial for clinical diagnosis. Immunotherapy helps to relieve symptoms and improve prognosis. The incidence of this disease is low, and there are few reports at home and abroad. This paper intends to review the research on this encephalitis, hoping to improve the clinicians′ understanding and the level of diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

In this paper, the effect of 5% (V/V) n-alkanes (e.g, n-Heptane, n-Octane, n-Decane, n-Dodecanen-Tetradecane and n-Hexadecane) on the growth and protease production of organic-solvent-tolerant- bacte-rium Bacillus licheniformis YP1 was studied. 5%(V/V) n-alkanes had no effect on the stability of YP1 prote-ase. 5% (V/V) n-alkanes had no notable influence on the yield of strain YP1 but dramatically affected theprotease production. The presence of n-Heptane, n-Octane and n-Decane deeply repressed the protease pro-duction; however n-Dodecane, n-Tetradecane and n-Hexadecane enhanced the protease production promi-nencely. The concentration of n-Tetradecane (1%-8%, V/V) had a direct ration with the protease production.The detailed experiments showed that the notable increase of protease activity appeared at the late logarithmof cultivation compared with the blank. The cell shape of YP1 strain remarkably decreased when grown inthe presence of n-Tetradecane. This is the first report about the effect of n-alkanes on the protease productionby the solvent tolerant bacterium.

Objective To explore the effect of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α(HIF-1α)in pathological scar and its specific mechanism,and the therapy target of pathological scar.Methods Real time PCR and Western blot was used to test the expression of HIF-1αin normal tissue and pathological scar,meanwhile to detect the effect of hypoxic environment on the expression of HIF-1α.Fibroblasts activity in pathological scar and normal tissue under different oxygen concentration(20%,10%,5%,2% and 1%)was determined by MTT method.Determine the different expression of HIF-1αmRNA and protein in normal environment(20% oxygen) and hypoxic environment(5%oxygen).The changes of the number of fibroblasts after the silence of HIF-1αby HIF-1αshRNA virus using flow cytometer.Results The Real time PCR and Western blot results showed that the expressions of HIF-1αmRNA and protein in fibroblasts of pathological scar was significantly higher than that in normal tissue(P<0.05),and the activity of the keloid fibroblasts in hypoxia environment(5%,2% and 1%)was also higher than that in normal tissue(P<0.05).The expressions of HIF-1αmRNA and protein in keloid fiber cells were higher in hypoxia environment(5% oxygen)than those in normal environment(20% oxygen),but when silence the expression of HIF-1αin keloid fibroblasts,the apoptosis of fibroblast in hypoxia environment(5%oxygen)were significantly higher than control group[(0.021 ±0.001)%vs.(3.739 ± 0.039)%,P<0.05].Conclusion HIF-1αincreases significantly in the pathological keloid fibroblasts and could promote the proliferation of fibroblasts and its vitality,which could accelerate the formation of pathological scar.

Objective To screen potential genes associated with drug resistance and multidrug resistance. Methods Microarray with 8000 genes was used to detect the different expression of 5-8F cells and 6-10B cells. Subsquently, genes of drug resistance and multidrug resistance were screened by MILANO online programme. Semiquantitative RT-PCR was utilized to confirmed the reliability of differentially expressed genes. Results 283 genes were identified the differential expression. Of these, 85 genes were shown to be upregulated and 98 downregulated. After the analysis of MILANO, 4 genes including UGT1A9 (15.85 folds),MVP(6.77 folds), CAV1(2.49 folds) and HIF1A(2.67 folds) with higher expression in 5-8F cells were found to be likely associated with drug resistance and multidrug resistance. Subsquently, semiquantitative RT-PCR confirmed the reliability of differential expression of these 4 genes. Conclusion Differentially expressed genes shown in NPC 5-8F cells compared to 6-10B cells with the identification of online MILANO program analysis are likely associated with drug resistance and mnltidrug resistance of NPC cells with the ability of metastasis.

In this paper, the chloroplast psbK-psbI intergenic spacers of 18 species of Dendrobium and their adulterants were amplified and sequenced, and then the sequence characteristics were analyzed. The sequence lengths of chloroplast psbK-psbI regions of Dendrobium ranged from 474 to 513 bp and the GC contents were 25.4%-27.6%. The variable sites were 71 while the informative sites were 46. The inter-specific genetic distances calculated by Kimura 2-parameter (K2P) of Dendrobium were 0.006 1-0.058 1, with an average of 0.028 4. The K2P genetic distances between Dendrobium species and Bulbophyllum odoratissimum were 0.093 2-0.120 4. The NJ tree showed that the Dendrobium species can be easily differentiated from each other and 6 samples of the inspected Dendrobium species were identified successfully through sequencing the psbK-psbI intergenic spacer. Therefore, the chloroplast psbK-psbI intergenic spacer can be used as a candidate marker to identify Dendrobium species and its adulterants.
Chloroplasts ; DNA, Chloroplast ; genetics ; DNA, Plant ; genetics ; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer ; genetics ; Dendrobium ; classification ; genetics ; Plants, Medicinal ; classification ; genetics

Objective To establish a dual real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (dual real-time PCR) assay to detect human vitamin D receptor (VDR) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Methods GAPDH gene was used as the internal control. The specific primers and TaqMan probes were designed by Primer Premier 5.0 software, which were applied to detect the VDR/GAPDH mRNA levels. The obtained PCR products were puri-fied to construct the VDR/GAPDH recombinant plasmid, which was taken as the standard to analyze the sensitivity and re-peatability of the method. Results The amplification products were confirmed as the specific fragment of VDR/GAPDH by DNA sequencing instrument. The results showed that the sensitivity, linear range, the determinate coefficient, the amplifica-tion efficiency, the intra-assay and inter-assay coefficient of variation were 40 copies/μL, 4.00 × 101-4.00 × 105 copies/μL, 0.998, 96.10%, 0.09%-1.21%, 0.17%-0.51%for VDR, and 40 copies/μL, 4.00 × 101-4.00 × 105 copies/μL, 0.999, 85.15%, 0.35%-0.88%, 0.51%-2.46% for GAPDH, respectively. Conclusion These results demonstrate that the dual real-time PCR assay with high sensitivity and specificity can detect the relative expressions of human VDR by single reaction tube, which can effectively shorten the time and reduce the experimental error.