Objective To study the changes in intestinal permeability in patients with gallstones of different distribution and properties and to in-vestigate the role of intestinal barrier function in gallstone formation.Methods A total of 108 patients with gallstones in our hospital in need of op-eration from March 2011 to March 2013 were enrolled in this study.Twenty healthy controls were also included.According to the distribution of gallstones,the subjects were separated into the following four groups:normal control group (group A1),gallbladder stone group (group B1),bile duct stone group (group C1),and combined group (group D1),in which gallbladder stones were complicated by bile duct stones.All patients un-derwent operation,and gallstones were collected for chemical analysis.According to the chemical properties of gallstones,the subjects were re-grouped as follows:normal control group (group A2),cholesterol stone group (group B2),pigment stone group (group C2),and mixed stone group (group D2),in which cholesterol stones were mixed with pigment stones.D-lactic acid level and diamine oxidase (DAO)activity in plas-ma and mucosal tissue of the terminal ileum were measured by spectrophotometry.Differences were analysed by ANOVA and LSD t-test.Results Plasma D-lactic acid level and intestinal DAO activity showed no significant differences between groups A1,B1,C1,and D1 (P>0.05). Chemical analysis after surgery found 40 cases of cholesterol stones (37.04%),52 cases of pigment stones (48.15%),and 16 cases of mixed stones (14.8%).Group C2 showed significantly different D-lactic acid level and DAO activity compared with B2 and A2 (P<0.05 ),but no differences from D2 (P>0.05).Group B2 was found of no differences from A2 and D2 (P>0.05).Conclusion Patients with pigment stones were all found of changes in intestinal permeability.The formation of pigment stones is related to impairment of intestinal barrier function.It is possible that impairment of intestinal barrier function plays a certain role in pigment stone formation.

[Objective]To study the dental status,the development of jaw and the size of sella turcica of children with ectoder-mal dysplasia(ED).[Methods]Panaramic radiography and lateral cephalograms of six ED individuals(age range of 6~7 years,five males and one female)were obtained. The dental status was record. 17 measurements about the jaws and the sella turcica were mea-sured and compare them to Chinese children without ED syndrome.[Results]The mean number of missing teeth was 22.3 in perma-nent dentition and 16.2 in primary dentition;The teeth that most likely to absent were permanent lateral incisor ,maxillary first premo-lar,maxillary primary lateral incisor and mandibular primary central incisor,and all remaining teeth are in conical shape. Lateral cephalometric measurements showed that all ED subjects had lower ANS-Ptm,which suggested a short maxilla. Low Co-Po,ANB, NA-PA,N-Me,N-ANS and ANS-Me values that were found in all subjects,as well as low SNA,Y-axis,MP-FH,S-Co,and high SNB,NP-FH,NP-FH that were noted in some subjects showed counterclockwise rotation and protrusion of mandible with short-er length in ED subjects. Some subjects had low ANS-Me/N-Me × 100%and high N-ANS/N-Me × 100%,representing a short facial height. Five cases represented lower length and diameter of sella turcica;two cases showed lower depth of sella turcica ,indicating the abnormal development of sella turcica.[Conclusion]The results of this study suggest that the dentition ,jaws and sella turcica in ED children differs when compared to individuals without this syndrome.