Objective To investigate the asthma and the risk factors in the greenhouse-vegetable planter in Tangshan, Hebei province. Methods 1604 planter were chosen by cluster sampling and were investigated by questionnaire according to the standard of Chinese Medical Asthma Association (2003) during Jan.-June, 2006. Results 42 asthma patients were diagnosed, the prevalence rate was 2.62%, 1.78% in the male and 3.42% in the female. The family history, history of allergic diseases, upper respiratory path infection, smoking, kind of plant, pets were the risk factors. Conclusion The prevalence of asthma in the greenhouse-vegetable planters in Tangshan is related to the family history, history of allergic diseases, upper respiratory path infection, smoking, kind of plant, breed pets and working time.

BACKGROUND:Studies have confirmed that nicotine affects the activity of osteoblasts, osteoclasts, fibroblasts and erythrocytes.
OBJECTIVE:To study the nicotine effects on osseointegration and the expression of osteoprotegerin and bone morphogenetic protein 2 after implantation of dental implants with surface treatment by sandblasting or acid etching.
METHODS:Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to two groups and received daily injections for 2 weeks as folows: Nicotine 2 mg/kg twice for experimental group, saline solution for control group. Then the titanium implants with surface sandblasting or acid etching were implanted into the tibiae folowed by continuous nicotine or normal saline injection. At weeks 2 and 4 after implantation, the implants and surrounding bone tissue were prepared for CT, X-ray and hematoxylin-eosin staining examinations to evaluate bone healing and expression levels of bone-related genes were measured by quantitative RT-PCR.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the control groups, the degree of osseointegration and the expression of osteoprotegerin and bone morphogenetic protein 2 in the experimental groups were decreased significantly (P < 0.05), except that the expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 in the experimental group with acid etching was not significantly reduced. In addition, the expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 in the experimental group with acid etching was higher than that in the experimental group with sandblasting at 2 weeks after implantation (P < 0.05). The X-ray and CT show that the quantities of new generation bone and the degree of bone mineralization of the sandblasting group were significant lower than those of the acid etching group under the intervention of nicotine. Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed that the activity and quantity of osteoblasts around the implants down-regulated significantly, but acid etching-treated implants showed better outcomes than sandblasting-treated implants.

Objective To construct recombinant lentiviral vector of microRNA-34a and observe the cell viability,cell cycle and apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells transfected with the vector system and treated with Doxorubicin.Methods Recombinant lentiviral vector containing microRNA-34a gene was constructed and transfected into 3 hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines,and cells were treated with Doxorubicin.The expression of microRNA-34a gene was detected by real-time PCR.The effect of microRNA-34a overexpression on hepatocellular carcinoma cells proliferation were quantified via MTT assay,cell cycle and apoptosis was evaluated by flow cytometry.Western blotting was used to evaluate the expression of cell cycle and apoptosis related protein.Results The successful construction of microRNA-34a recombinant lentiviral vector was confirmed by plasmid enzyme digestion and DNA sequencing.Compared with the control group,relative expression of microRNA-34a gene in hepatocellular carcinoma cells significantly increased ((HepG2:t=15.36,P＜0.01;Hep3B:t=36.75,P＜0.01;Bel-7402:t=24.17,P＜0.01)).Cells viability decreased (HepG2:t =7.12,P ＜ 0.01;Hep3B:t =8.89,P ＜ 0.01;Bel-7402:t =13.62,P ＜0.01),G1 phase cells increased significantly(HepG2:F =137.65,P ＜ 0.01;Hep3B:F =143.39,P ＜0.01;Bel-7402:F =1 306.47,P ＜ 0.01) and cell apoptosis increased(HepG2:F =386.14,P ＜ 0.01;Hep3B:F =881.94,P ＜ 0.01;Bel-7402:F =885.89,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions MicroRNA-34a recombinant lentiviral vector (LV-hsa-mir-34a) transfected hepatocellular carcinoma cells overexpress microRNA-34a,reduce the malignant biological behavior.MicroRNA-34a recombinant lentiviral vector (LV-hsa-mir-34a) enhance the in vitro inhibitory effects of Doxorubicin on hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines.