Objective To study the roles of advanced glycation end products and its receptor on fetal brain injury of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) rats.Methods Twenty one adult pregnant Wistar rats were administered streptozotocin (STZ) intraperitoneally to induce GDM rats model.The fourteen pregnant rats were divided into two groups according to the fasting glucose on the 3rd day of pregnancy:severe GDM group with the fasting glucose ＞ 16.7 mmol/L and mild GDM group with the fasting glucose between 6.7 - 16.7 mmol/L Another seven pregnant rats were chosen as the severe GDM and intervention with micronutrient group,receiving gavage with micronutrient during the whole pregnancy.Five control rats received the same volume of citric acid buffer.All the pregnant rats were tested fasting glucose from the tailvein and their weight on the pregnant day 3,13 and 19.Maternal serum levels of AGE were measured by ELISA and RAGE levels in the embryonic brain tissues were tested by immunohistochemistry.Results ( 1 ) There was no statistically significant difference of pre-pregnancy fasting glucose level among all groups (P ＞ 0.05 ).The fasting glucose levels on the 3rd day and the mean fasting glucouse level of pregnancy in the severe GDM group and the severe GDM and intervention with micronutrient group were higher than those of the control group ( P ＜0.05 ).And there was no significant difference between the severe GDM group and the severe GDM and intervention with micronutrient group (P ＞0.05 ).(2)The serum AGE levels in the severe GDM group and the mild GDM group were( 1037 + 38) ng/L and( 880 ± 34) ng/L respectively,with no significant difference ( P ＞ 0.05 ).The serum AGE levels in the control group and the severe GDM and intervention with micronutrient group were (857 ± 32 ) ng/L and (988 ± 37 ) ng/L,and the difference was statistically significant ( P ＜ 0.05 ).The serum AGE levels in the severe GDM and intervention with micronutrient group and in the mild GDM group had no significant difference ( P ＞ 0.05 ).( 3 ) The serum AGE levels in the severe GDM group,mild GDM group and the control group were positively associated with the mean glucose level of pregnancy ( r =0.603,P ＜ 0.05 ) and the grlucose on the 3rd day of pregnancy (r =0.704,P ＜ 0.05 ).(4)The fetal brain nerve cell number and morphology in the control group were normal.While in the mild GDM group fetal brain nerve cells decreased,the proliferation and swelling of glial cells were seen.In the severe GDM group and the severe GDM and intervention with micronutrient group,the fetal brain cells furtherly reduced,and large vacuole around the cells,deformation and debris of the cells were seen. Glial scar formation was visible in some fetal brain tissues.There was a few RAGE expression in the control fetal brain tissues.In the mild GDM group and the severe GDM group,RAGE expression increased significantly.And the RAGE expression intensity in the severe GDM and intervention with micronutrient group was between the severe and the mild GDM groups.Conclusions( 1 ) Abnormal fetal brain development of GDM rats was associated with the increase of maternal serum AGE and the enhancement of RAGE expression in fetal brain tissues,which suggested that AGE/RAGE pathway may play an important role in the fetal brain injury of GDM rats.(2) Micronutrients can reduce the brain damage of GDM fetuses.

Twenty-seven cases of simple type 2 diabetes mellitus,30 cases of coronary heart disease,and 32 cases of type 2 diabetes with coronary heart disease were enrolled in this study according to the results of coronary angiography.Meanwhile,32 healthy subjects were taken as a control group.The serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and other clinical and laboratory parameters were determined.The results showed that serum MMP-9 may play a minor role in the progression of coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients.

Objective To establish and assess the high-birth-weight offspring model of the diabetic rat induced by stueptozotocin,and the long-term metabolic impact of maternal hyperglycemia of those offsprings.Methods Streptozotocin (STZ,25 mg/kg) was given to Wistar rats (G group,n =14) once intraperitoneally to induce maternal hyperglycemia model (blood glucose between 10-20 mmol/L),and there still had a number of rats defined as severe hyperglycemia model group (SG group,n =5).The Control group (C group,n =7) were given the same volume citrate buffer solution.The body weight and blood glucose were recorded,and the lavaging glucose tolerance test (LGTT) was performed by a glucose meter in the gestation.The offsprings were corresponding allocated into 2 groups,and the birth weight were recorded.All the offsprings were observated body weight,blood glucose blood pressure (male rats only),and so on.Results (1) The blood glucose of G group (16.8 ±5.4 mmol/L) and SG group (20.5 ±5.6 mmol/L) were increased significantly as compared with C group (7.0 ± 1.4 mmol/L) 5 days after the model was established (P ＜ 0.01) ; and the average blood glucose of G group (16.6 ± 3.4 mmol/L) and SG group (23.8 ± 1.5 mmol/L) increased too as comparede with C group (5.8 ± 1.1 mmol/L),the difference was significance according to statistics (P ＜ 0.01).(2) According to the LGTT result,which operationed on generation day 4 and day 10,the blood glucose of every time point of G group were increased significantly as compared with C group (P ＜ 0.01).(3) The male and female birth weight of G group was remarkably higher than the C group and the SG group (P ＜ 0.05),and the blood glucose of SG /G/C group was (6.5 ±1.2) mmol/L,(4.1 ± 0.8) mmol/L,(4.1 ± 0.8) mmol/L respectively,according to the statistics results,the difference between SG group and G/C group respectively both remarkable (P ＜ 0.05).(4) The body weight,Lee's index,fat weight,and the fat weight of mass ratio in C group mother rats after lactation presented dressed compared with the SG group (P ＜ 0.05),and so as to the G group compared with the SG group (P ＜ 0.05).(5) In the female offsprings of G group,the birth weight was remarkably increased compared with the C group (P ＜ 0.05) ; the body weight of the female offsprings presented an increased trend compared with the C group since the 12 weeks,but had no statistical significance; there were significant differences of body weight between G group and C group since 15 weeks (P ＜ 0.05),and the trend kept up until 26 weeks; in the male offsprings of G group,the body weight on birth day and 4 weeks had a marked rise compared with the C group (P ＜ 0.05) ; and from then on,the body weight of the male offsprings presented an increased trend compared with the C group,but had no statistical significance until 26 weeks (P＞0.05).(6) In G group,the blood glucose on 30 min and 60 min of LGTT in female offsprings were increased than the C group since 20 weeks (P ＜ 0.05) ; the blood glucose of LGTT (30 min) still had a marked rise until 24 weeks (P ＜ 0.05) ; in G group,the blood glucose on 30 min of LGTT in male offsprings was remarkably incrcascd than the C group since 16 weeks (P ＜0.05) ; the blood glucose of LGTT (30 min) still had a marked rise until 24 weeks (P ＜ 0.05).(7) The blood pressure of male offsprings in G group had a marked rise on 12 weeks compared with the C group (P ＜ 0.05) ; from then on the blood pressure of G group kept up a rise trend until 26 weeks,but had no statistical significance (P ＞0.05).Conclusion The diabetic high-birth-weight rat model could be duplicated with STZ (25 mg/kg) once intrapertoneally on the first day of gestation,which were observed some evidently metabolic changes in weight,glucose tolerance and blood pressure.These results could represent an forward step in the clinical study of human gestational diabetes mellitus and their macrosomia babies,which may suffer some metabolic disease in their later life.

It was found that Ag nanoparticles (NPs) could enhance the chemiluminescence (CL) intensity of luminol- potassium ferricyanide system. On the basis of enhancement effect,a flow injection method was developed for the determination of terbutaline sulfate. The structure and shape of Ag NPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy. The UV-Vis absorption spectra and chemiluminescence spectra suggested that new luminophor was not formed after Ag NPs introducing in luminol-potassium ferricyanide chemiluminescence system. A possible mechanism of Ag NPs strengthening on luminol-potassium ferricyanide CL reaction was also discussed. The effect of concentration of luminol,potassium ferricyanide,sodium hydroxide and Ag NPs on CL reaction was investigated respectively. In the optimum conditions,the linear range was 1.0×10~(-9) -2.0 ×10~(-5) g/L(r =0.9935) and the detection limit was 1×10~(-10) g/L. The relative standard deviation (RSD) was 3.6% for 1. 0 ×10~(-6) g/L terbutaline sulfate (n = 11 ). The recommended method has been successfully applied to the determination of terbutaline sulfate tablets and the recovery was between 98. 5% - 102. 5% ,moreover the results were almost identical with the same results of Pharmacopoeia method.

OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of Bromfenac sodium eyed drops in the treatment of xe-rophthalmia. METHODS:80 patients with xerophthalmia were randomly divided into observation group and control group,with 40 cases in each group. Control group was given 0.1% Sodium hyaluronate,one drop,qd;observation group was given 0.1% Sodi-um hyaluronate eye drops,one drop,bid. Both groups received 14 d of treatment. The subjective symptom and sign,the time of lacrimal film break-up,fluorescent staining score and schemer test were observed in 2 groups before treatment,3,7,14 d after treatment. Clinical efficacy and the occurrence of ADR were observed in 2 groups. RESULTS:There was no statistical significance in subjective symptom and sign,the time of lacrimal film break-up,fluorescent staining score and tear between 2 groups before treatment,3,7 d after treatment(P>0.05). 14 d after treatment,subjective symptom and sign and fluorescent staining score of 2 groups were decreased significantly,and the time of lacrimal film break-up was prolonged and secretion was increased significant-ly;the observation group was significantly better than the control group,with statistical significance (P<0.05). The cure rate of observation group was 60.0%,which was significantly higher than that of control group(35.0%),with statistical significance(P<0.05). There were no statistical significance in ADR between 2 groups(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Sodium hyaluronate eye drops is effective for xerophthalmia,and can relieve the symptoms with good safety.

With the global development of medical information standard, construction work of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) information standard system has been promoted rapidly. The framework of ancient Chinese medical literature clinical terminology classification standardization is one of the foundations of TCM language system. Its research will further promote and perfect TCM information standard system. We have adhered to the connection among ancient TCM classification framework, modern TCM and western medicine classification framework. Exploration on framework construction of ancient Chinese medical literature clinical terminology classification standardization was based on previous work of Chinese medicine clinical terminology classification and code standard, reference frame structure of SNOMED CT, research findings of classification standard framework of Chinese medicine clinical terms, andQian Jin Fang.

Objective To evaluate the correlation of Omentin-1, the high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods Sixty-eight patients with CHD were divided into the unstable angina pectoris (UAP) group (n=36), stable angina pectoris (SAP) group (n=32). And 30 normal subjects without CHD diagnosed by coronary arteriography (CAG) were served as the control group. The serum level of Omentin-1 was measured by enzyme linked immu-nosorbent assay (ELISA) and the serum level of hsCRP was measured by turbidmetric immunoassay. Results The serum level of Omentin-1 was significantly lower, but the serum level of hsCRP was significantly higher in CHD group than that of control group (P<0.05). The serum level of hsCRP was significantly lower in SAP group than that of UAP group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in serum level of Omentin-1 between groups (P>0.05). The serum level of Omentin-1 was significantly lower in patients with single, double and three-vessel lesion group than that of control group, but the serum level of hsCRP was significantly higher in CHD group than that of control group (P<0.05). There were no significant differ-ence in serum levels of Omentin-1 and hs-CRP between single, double and three-vessel lesion groups (P>0.05). The se-rum level of Omentin-1 was negatively correlated with serum level of hsCRP (P<0.01). Conclusion The serum level of Omentin-1 and hsCRP may correlate with CHD, but which may not reflect the severity of artery stenosis.

[Summary] The neuropeptides orexin A and orexin B are involved in numerous central regulation processes such as energy homeostasis,sleeping behaviour,and neuroendocrine activities.Orexin receptors are expressed in a variety of tissues besides the brain,adrenal gland for example.The article reviews the effect of orexin on adrenal gland function.

Objective To discuss the X-ray characteristics of triple negative breast cancer(TNBC)for improving the diagnostic level.Methods 105 cases of TNBC which confirmed by pathology and immunohistochemistry were analyzed their X-ray performance and clinical pathology.Results (1)The main pathologic types of TNBC was infiltrating ductal carcinoma(64 cases,61.0%),secondly was medullary carcinoma(24 cases,22.9%).(2)The X-ray manifestations of this group were mainly the mass shape(78.1 %).Nearly half of them had clear edge(46.3%).And 24.4% were tumor with calcification.(3)The calcification in TNBC was rare and the distribu-tion mainly for regional or cluster,while the morphology was mainly for malignant and suspicious for malignancy.(4)The X-ray per-formance characteristics of infiltrating ductal carcinoma and medullary carcinoma in TNBC had differences in tumor morphology and edge(P <0.05).Conclusion (1)The X-ray manifestations were always the circular similarity of tumor with clear edge in TNBC.(2) The proportion of medullary carcinoma is larger in TNBC,and the X-ray manifestations is more likely show as benign lesions.(3) The calcification probability is lower in TNBC,and the calcification form is mainly as suspicious for malignancy and malignant.

Objective: To examine the relationship between obesity and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in children and adolescents in order to provide scientific evidence for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases. Methods: A total of 289 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years were included in the study, and weight, height, blood pressure and cIMT were measured. Multivariable Logistic regression model was used to analyze the relationship between obesity and cIMT. Results: The level of cIMT and prevalence of high cIMT in obese males were higher than those in non-obese males(P<0.05), while there was no statistical significance between two weight groups in females (P>0.05). After adjusted for sex, age and blood pressure, compared with the non-obese children and adolescents, the odds ratios (OR s) of obesity for high cIMT in total sample, males and females were 3.03 (95%CI=1.11-8.28), 4.32 (95%CI=1.23-15.21) and 1.45 (95%CI=0.23-9.37) respectively. Conclusion Obesity may increase cIMT levels and risk of high cIMT in children and adolescents. Effective measures should be taken to prevent and control the obesity, and to reduce the risk of abnormal vascular structure in children and adolescents.