Objective To investigate the possible role of eukaryotic initiation factor 6(eIF6)in the development of kidney inter-stitial tissue fibrosis in a mouse model of unilateral ureteral obstruction(UUO).Methods (1)UUO model was set up in eIF6+/-and eIF6+/+ mice.(2)HE and Masson staining were used to histologically assess the interstitial deposition of collagen in mouse kidney.Immunohistochemistry and image analysis were applied to analyze the expression of α-SMA and TGF-β1 in mouse kidney as well as eIF6 in human kidney samples.Results 10 days after unilateral ureteral obstruction,more kidney interstitial fibrosis tissues were found in eIF6+/- mice than that in eIF6+/+ mice.TGF-β1 andα-SMA were expressed more intensive in tubular epithelial cells of eIF6+/- mice than that of eIF6+/+ mice in the UUO model.Expression of eIF6 is lower in the region of fibrosis than that in non-fibrotic area.Conclusion eIF6 might be involved in the development of kidney interstitial tissue fibrosis by regulating the expres-sion of TGF-β1 .

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intranasal dexmedetomidine and nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation assisted in tooth extraction in elderly outpatients.Methods Sixty elderly patients who need tooth extraction were divided into two groups,with 30 patients in each group.The groupⅠwas treated with nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation,and the groupⅡwas treated with intranasal dexmedetomidine and nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation.Recording those signs basis val-ue(T0 ),during the injection(T1 ),during the extraction(T2 ),10 min after extraction(T3 ):vital signs,Ramsay sedation score,anxie-ty score,VAS pain score and patients′degree of satisfaction.Results In groupⅡ,patients′degree of satisfaction were significantly higher than groupⅠ(P<0.05)after operation.The VAS pain scores and anxiety scores of groupⅡwere significantly lower than groupⅠ in T1 and T2 (P<0.05).In T2 ,group Ⅱ had lower heart rates (P<0.05).In T2 ,Ramsay score of group Ⅱ was higher than group Ⅰ(P<0.01).Conclusion Intranasal dexmedetomidine and nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation can be a safe and effective anesthetic method in tooth extraction of elderly patients.

AIM:We conducted an evaluation of clinical data with meta analysis to investigate the preventive effect of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) on inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD)-associated colorectal cancer ( CRC) or dys-plasia (Dys) (IBD-CRC/Dys).METHODS: The information was retrieved from the main databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, etc.All full-text articles about the prevention of IBD-CRC/Dys by 5-ASA were in-cluded if they conformed to the standards.The odds ratio ( OR) and its 95% confidence interval ( CI) were calculated. According to the types of IBD and the treatment course, the subgroup analysis was conducted, respectively.RESULTS:Fifteen articles were selected, including 5 038 IBD patients.Pooled analysis showed a protective association between 5-ASA and IBD-CRC/Dys (OR=0.53, 95%CI:0.37~0.76).Among them, both ulcerative colitis patients (OR=0.45, 95%CI:0.27~0.77) and Crohn disease patients ( OR=0.39, 95% CI:0.16~0.97) with 5-ASA therapy were less likely to develop CRC/Dys compared with those without 5-ASA treatment.5-ASA treatment for 1~20 years shows a pre-ventive benefit (OR=0.43, 95%CI:0.25~0.74).However, a minimum 5-ASA exposure of 2~6 months did not show a preventive benefit (OR=0.59, 95%CI:0.26~1.34).CONCLUSION:5-ASA protects against CRC/Dys in IBD pa-tients.Additionally, the protective effect is treatment time dependent.Treatment course for 1~20 years shows an evident preventive benefit.

Objective To explore the applicability of the Perceived Stress Scale(PSS) in Chinese medical students.Methods 773 medical students completed the PSS and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS).The reliability and validity of the PSS were analyzed.Results The exploratory factor analysis showed that two factors were extracted from the scale,which could explain 53.74％ of the total variance.The confirmatory factor analysis verified that the structure of the PSS was two-dimensional (x2/df =2.863,CFI =0.943,TLI =0.924,GFI =0.951,AGFI =0.921,RMSEA =0.07).The internal consistency coefficient of the PSS,the perceived stress subscale and the perceived coping ability subscale were 0.858,0.852 and 0.750.The relationship between the PSS and the DASS was significant,which demonstrated that the PSS had a good criterion-related validity.In addition,t-test showed that girls had a higher level of the perceived stress than boys (t =-2.574,P =0.01),and students who lived in rural had a higher level of the perceived stress than students who lived in urban (t =2.788,P =0.005).Conclusion The study indicates that the PSS has a high level of the reliability and validity,and it is worthy of exploring the perceived stress in medical students.

Objective To study the relationship between the changes of TRIM16 in hippocampus of type 2 diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin (STZ) and cognitive dysfunction and apoptosis of hippocampal cells.Methods The male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats of 8 weeks old were randomly divided into diabetic group (DM group) (n=25) and normal control group (NC group) (n=15).NC group were given normal feed, DM rats were fed with high glucose and high fat diet,followed by low dose of STZ (25 mg/kg, intraperitoneal injection), induced compensatory secretion of insulin, five days after the detection of tail vein blood glucose>16.7 mmol/L, and established the STZ.Meanwhile, citric acid buffer was injected to rats in group as control.After successful modeling, the rats in the two groups were fed with 17 weeks.Morris water maze test was used to detect the cognitive function of the two groups of rats.The protein expression of TRIM16, Bax and Bcl-2 protein in fresh hippocampus tissue of DM group and NC group rats was detected using western blotting.Rats in DM group and NC group were perfused with brain, and the hippocampal tissues were stained with immunohistochemistry.TUNEL method was used to detect the apoptosis of hippocampus cells.ResultsCompared with NC group, morris water maze test showed that the escape latency of rats in DM group is longer than NC group, staying at the original platform quadrant time in DM group is less than the NC group.TUNEL assay showed that after injection of 17 weeks, hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells in type 2 diabetic rats appeared obvious apoptosis, positive neurons in the nuclei were brown, karyopyknosis anachromasis, while control group of neurons in the nucleus without brown coloring.Compared with the NC group, hippocampus immunohistochemistry results showed that the protein of TRIM16 in hippocampus CA1 region of type 2 diabetic rats was increased, cytoplasm brown, coarse granular.Compared with the NC group, the expression of Bcl-2 had no obvious change in hippocampus of type 2 diabetic rats at 17 weeks, while the expression of TRIM16, Bax and the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 was significantly increased (P<0.05).Conclusion The protein expression of TRIM16 using immunohistochemical and Western blotting in hippocampus of diabetic rats induced by STZ was increased.There is apoptosis in hippocampus of diabetic rats induced by STZ, the expression of Bcl-2 was not significantly changed, the expression of Bax and the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 were significantly increased.TRIM16 is involved in diabetic cognitive dysfunction by promoting apoptosis of diabetic rat hippocampus.

OBJECTIVE:To train the students’ability about true-and-false identification of pini pollen,typhae pollen and Lygo-dium japonicum. METHODS:Teachers firstly used flexible and diversifided teaching methods to train the learning interest of stu-dents,and then picture antithesis,classroom presentation and other methods were used to teach the distinctive features between the true and false traditional Chinese medicine in the characters of identification. RESULTS&CONCLUSIONS:There were obvious dif-ference among the colors,physicochmical poperties,microscopic characteristics and other aspects of 3 traditional Chinese medi-cines. According to the teaching,the students could not only distinguish the 3 traditional Chinese medicines accurately, but also could identify the true-and-false of them. picture antithesis and classroom presentation method are simple and vivid, and can be used for the training of students’ability about true-and-false identification.

Objective To develop a sensitive and reliable RP-HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of nine nucleosides including uracil, cytidine, guanine, uridine, adenine, guanosine, thymidine, adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine from Fritillaria taipaiensis P. Y. Li that had been cultivated in different producing areas; To compare the contents of these nucleosides from different producing areas. Methods The analysis was performed on a Venusil MP C18 (2) column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm) with a gradient of methanol-water at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min;the detective wavelength was set at 260 nm; the column temperature was set at 35 ℃. Results Uracil, cytidine, guanine, uridine, adenine, guanosine, thymidine, adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine were obtained in the good linear range of 0.269 5–16.17 μg/mL, 0.132 1–7.927 5 μg/mL, 0.095 5–5.73 μg/mL, 1.16–69.6 μg/mL, 0.48–28.8 μg/mL, 0.571 5–57.15 μg/mL, 0.526–52.6 μg/mL, 3.307 5–198.45 μg/mL, 0.530 5–31.83 μg/mL, respectively (r≥0.999 5);the recovery was in the range of 96.49%–101.65%(RSD≤2.92%). Conclusion The contents of the nine nucleosides from different producing areas have differences. Fritillaria taipaiensis P. Y. Li from Xianyi Village, Chengkou County, Chongqing City, whether the cultivated ones or wild ones, contain the highest level of nucleosides. The established method can provide references for the perfection of quality standard for Fritillaria taipaiensis P. Y. Li.

Insulin resistance model of 3T3-L1 adipocytes were prepared with plamotic acid.Adipocytes with generated insulin resistance were cultured with different concentrations of globular domain of adiponectin(gAd:250,500,1 000 ng/ml).The cell culture medium glucose content was detected with the glucose oxidase method,the mRNA expressions of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1),phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase(PI3K),and protein kinase B(PKB) were detected with real-time quantitative PCR method.The phosphorylation of IRS-1 was detected by Western blot.Compared with the control group,the experimental group showed significantly increased glucose consumption (P ＜ 0.01),and with the increasing gAd concentration,glucose consumption was gradually increasing.IRS-1 phosphorylation was increased gradually with the increasing concentration of gAd.These results suggest that gAd can promote glucose uptake by 3T3-L1 adipocyte model with generated insulin resistance.This may be correlated with promoting insulin signal transduction and improving insulin resistance in adipocytes.

Objective To observe the feasibility of posterior internal fixation with pedicle screw rod system for upper cervical vertebra injury. Methods 16 patients with upper cervical vertebra injury accepted posterior pedicle screw system internal fixation were reviewed. Results Venous plexus behind C2 damaged in operation in a case, who needed a microscope for hemostasis. No complication, such as neurological symptoms worse, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, hematoma and infection of incision happened post operation. The neurological symptoms improved 81.8% in all the 7 cases who complained before operation. No complication was found in the follow-up 3 to 18 months after discharge. Their activities of upper cervical was basically unaffected. Conclusion Posterior internal fixation with pedicle screw rod system can provide stable support for patients with upper cervical injury.