Objective: To investigate the mechanism of capsaicin in treating active psoriasis vulgaris. Methods: A total of 42 patients with active psoriasis vulgaris diagnosed by histology and clinical features were given either placebo or 0.025% capsaicin ointment four times daily for 30 days randomly by double-blind method. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide receptor 1 (VIPR1) gene translation in active psoriatic lesions before and after treatment with capsaicin ointment was detected by in situ hybridization. Results: There was positive staining of VIPR1 gene in all the layers of psoriatic epidermis (95.5%) before the treatment with capsaicin ointment, but nearly no dyeing in epidermis (18.2%) after the treatment for 30 days. There was nearly no brown staining before and after treatment in control group. Conclusion: VIPR1 gene translation in psoriatic epidermis is down-regulated after capsaicin treatment for 30 days.

Objective: To investigate the mechanism of capsaicin in treating active psoriasis vulgaris. Methods: A total of 42 patients with active psoriasis vulgaris diagnosed by histology and clinical features were given either placebo or 0.025% capsaicin ointment four times daily for 30 days randomly by double-blind method. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide receptor 1 (VIPR1) gene translation in active psoriatic lesions before and after treatment with capsaicin ointment was detected by in situ hybridization. Results: There was positive staining of VIPR1 gene in all the layers of psoriatic epidermis (95.5%) before the treatment with capsaicin ointment, but nearly no dyeing in epidermis (18.2%) after the treatment for 30 days. There was nearly no brown staining before and after treatment in control group. Conclusion: VIPR1 gene translation in psoriatic epidermis is down-regulated after capsaicin treatment for 30 days.

Infant, Newborn ; Female ; Humans ; Amniotic Fluid ; Perinatal Death ; Pneumonia, Aspiration/etiology* ; Arteries

Objective To study the effect of humic acid (HA) and soil on dissolution performance of depleted uranium (DU).Methods Using the static dissolve-adsorption experiment and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry(ICP-MS) to determine uranium concentration and 235U/238U isotope ratios of the samples at different time and study the dissolution of DU in water.Results The solubility of DU in water was reduced by 90％ by adding HA.Soil could increase the solubility of DU in water by nearly 25％,adding an appropriate amount of HA could play a supporting role on the dissolution of DU,in this experiment adding 5％ of HA was best.Conclusions Soil and HA could produce positive and negative impact on the solubility of DU in water,and the combined effect of the two relied on the complex absorption and complexation reactions of soil,HA and dissolved uranium ions.

AIM: To investigate the expression and effect of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA and its protein in infancy rats after exposure to bacterial meningitis. METHODS: Three week old rats were used to construct the models of bacterial meningitis (n=30) and mormal(n=18). At 24 h, 48 h, 5 d after inoculating, the expression of BDNF mRNA and its protein were detected by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical staining methods, respectively. RESULTS: The increase in BDNF mRNA expression was detected by in situ hybridization at 24 h in experiment( 0.13320? 0.02750) compared to control( 0.06269? 0.01147)(P0.05). Meanwhile, in the brain from the experiment rats, strong positive hybridization and immunoreactivity were observed in the infiltrated inflammatory cells in leptomeninges, subarachnoid cavity, ventricles and brain parenchyma. CONCLUSIONS: These results support the hypothesis that BDNF might play a neuroprotective role in brain damage process in bacterial meningitis attacked rats. BDNF might take part in imune response. These results also support the hypothesis that BDNF has some relationships with other inflammatory mediators during acute inflammatory response of bacterial meningitis.

0.05).Compared with I/R group,N group showed significantly better recovery of hemodynamic function.At the same time,the size of myocardial infarction and the number of AI were lowered(vs I/R,P

Background and purpose: High expression of telomerase and telomere stability are two common features in tumor cell. hTERT is a catalytic subunit of telomerase, TRF2 is extremely important to maintain the length and stability of telomerase. This study was to construct the recombinant adenovirus mediated shRNA to hTERT and TRF2, and to investigate the inhibitory effects of the vector by solo-inhibiting and connect-inhibiting in the MCF-7 cells, in order to present a new approach to the gene therapy for breast cancer. Methods: rAd-hTERT and rAd-TRF2 were constructed and the expression of hTERT mRNA and TRF2 mRNA were tested by FQ-PCR 48 hours after transfecting in MCF-7 cells. Apoptosis was observed by flow cytometry 1 to 6 days after transfection. Results: ①At 48 hours after transfection, the results of FQ-PCR showed that compared to PBS group, the expression of hTERT in rAd-hTERT group was obviously decreased and the inhibition ratio was about 86%, but TRF2 had not been obviously inhibited (P>0.05);the expression of TRF2 in rAd-TRF2 group was obviously decreased and the inhibition ratio was about 80%, but hTERT had not been obviously inhibited (P>0.05);in rAd-hTERT/rAd-TRF2 group, the inhibition ratio of hTERT and TRF2 were about 88% and 85%. Comparing rAd-hTERT/rAd-TRF2 group with rAd-hTERT group and rAd-TRF2 group, there were no significant differences of inhibition ratio between hTERT gene and TRF2 gene(P>0.05). Otherwise, comparing rAd-HK group, rAd-blank group with PBS group, there were no significant differences of inhibition ratio between hTERT gene and TRF2 gene(P>0.05). ②The result of flow cytometry showed that apoptosis was induced at the first day after transfecting in rAd-hTERT group and rAd-TRF2 group, the most obvious apoptosis was in the 3rd to 5th days,at the peak in the 5th day, and decreased in the 6th day after transfection. The apoptosis ratio of rAd-hTERT group was 46.2%, rAd-TRF2 group was 43.5%. The apoptosis ratio of rAd-hTERT/rAd-TRF2 group was 46.2% at first day, 68.5% at the second day, the most obvious apoptosis was in the 3rd to 6th days and was 77.6% in the 6th days in rAd-hTERT/rAd-TRF2 group. There were significant differences in apoptosis ratio in solo-inhibiting and connect-inhibiting(P<0.05). In addition, comparing rAd-HK group, rAd-blank group with PBS group, there were no significant differences in apoptosis ratio(P>0.05). Conclusion: ①Target sequence of RNAi which aimed at hTERT gene and TRF2 gene was designed efficiently, and the RNAi expression vectors were seen in vivo study efficiently and specifically inhibited the correspond gene expression and promoted cell apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. ②rAd-hTERT vector and rAd-TRF2 vector have no synergistical effect and antagoinstical effect on inhibiting hTERT gene and TRF2 gene mRNA expressing in MCF-7, but there was synergistical effect in terms of the induction of apoptosis. So association-RNAi-technique targeting to the genes of telomere length and stability can effectively promote tumor cell into apoptosis and inhibit breast cancer cell growth. RNAi technique of connecting correlation genes is a more effective gene therapy strategy.

BACKGROUND: Properties of cancellous bone is significant for metabolic diseases, fracture and joint retrograde diseases.OBJECTIVE: To study the biomechanical properties of cancellous bone.DESIGN: Experimental observation based on femur specimens as the single sample.SETTING: Laboratory of Orthopaedic Biomechanics Ninth Affiliated Hospital Shanghai Second Medical University.PARTICIPANTS: The study was completed in the Laboratory of Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital from May to July in 2001,totally 19 male cadaveric femoral heads were selected.METHODS: Totally 19 cadeveric cancellouce bone specimens(about 30years old) from the bearing area of fresh femur head were tested by compression test.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Yield load limiting stress, limiting strain, energy value and elastic modulus of specimens.RESULTS: The compressive data of cancellous bone were measured, the average value of yield load was (410.64 ± 190.29) N , limiting stress was (8.69 ± 3.75) MPa, limiting strain was (10. 84 ±6.58)%, energy value was (2.54 ± 1.89)J, modulus of elasticity was (40.77 ± 32. 12)MPa, At the early time of loading, the cancellous bone showed elastic deformation, then CONCLUSION: The trial indicates that biomechanical properties lighten the pressure of external compression.

Animals ; Female ; Fetal Heart ; abnormalities ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Heart Defects, Congenital ; diagnostic imaging ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Treatment Outcome ; Ultrasonography, Prenatal

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