AIM: To study the changes of excretive amount of albumin(ALB) , N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase(NAG) in patients with high altitude polycythemia(HAPC) at different altitude and its mechanism. METHODS: Urinary ALB, NAG, activity of red blood cell superoxide dismutase(RBC-SOD), malonyldialdehyde(MDA) and erythrocyte filtration index(EFI) of 231 healthy subjects and 86 patients with HAPC at different altitude were detected. RESULTS:Excretive amount of urinary ALB, NAG, and plasma MDA, EFI were higher,and RBC-SOD was lower in patients with HAPC than those in healthy subjects, the changes were significantly obvious, with increasing altitude. Urinary ALB and NAG were negatively correlates to EFI, and no correlated to the content of MDA and RBC-SOD. CONCLUSIONS: EFI exertes an independent influence on urinary ALB and NAG. The decrease in erythrocyte deformability caused by the increase of peroxidation of lipids might participate in the pathogenesis and progress of the increase of excretive amount of ALB and NAG in HAPC.

Objective: To plan the future for the establishment and development of health econometrics in China. Methods: To analyze the main current situation of the research on domestic and oversea health econometrics, and to look into the prospective future of its application field of public health in China. Results: Overseas studies on health economics have been relatively mature and extended to generate health econometrics as the independent discipline. However, the research on health economics in China is lagging, and on health econometrics even vacant. Conclusion: The results from foreign studies have revealed that this new discipline plays a unique and significant role in medical health research. Health econometrics occupies broad application prospect in the field of public health in China, which should be paid more attention and support.

Objective: To investigate the chemical consituents from the active fraction in the roots and rhizomes of Cynanchum paniculatum with reversal activity of multidrug resistance. Methods: The active fraction was evaluated for reversing activities toward three human drug-resistance cell lines to clininally common used anticancer chemotherapeutic drugs. The compounds were isolated and purified by chromatography on ODS and preparative HPLC. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic methods, including MS, 1D, and 2D NMR spectral techniques. Results: The active fraction exhibited the significant effects in sensitization of human drug-resistance on gastric carcinoma cell line SGC-7901/VCR and human drug-resistance on colonic carcinoma cell line HCT-8/VCR to fluorouracil (5-FU). Nine compounds were isolated and identified as hancogenin B 3-O-β-D- oleandropyranoside (1), 3β,14-dihydroxy-14β-pregn-5-en-20-one (2), neocynapanogenin F (3), glaucogenin A (4), glaucogenin C (5), neocynapanogenin F 3-O-β-D-oleandropyranoside (6), glaucogenin C 3-O-β-D-thevetoside (7), glaucogenin A 3-O-β-D- oleandropyranoside (8), and 20-hydroxypregna-4,6-dien-3-one (9). Conclusion: Compound 1 is a new steroidal saponin named paniculatumoside D. C21 Steroids isolated from the active fraction in the roots and rhizomes of C. paniculatum have the potential value as multidrug resistance reversing agents.

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Oleic acid was injected intravenously into 29 dogs to induce the experimental 'Respiratory Distress Syndrome'. The chest x-ray manifestations of RDS were observed and analyzed. Correlating the x-ray findings with the findings of patho-anatomical examination, which was done on the killed dogs, the authors tried to investigate the pathogenesis of RDS. Meanwhile the diameter of the first branch of either inferior pulmonary artery was measured to determine the variations of the contractions of the pulmonary arteries.Finally the therapeutic effect of anisodamine and dexamethasone was compared. It seemed that the effect of the former was better than that of the latter from our preliminary trial.

Objective To explore the impact of overweight and obesity on flow mediated dilation (FMD) in adult people.Methods Intact clinical data of 183 healthy people, aged 30~65 in our hosipital were analyzed.According to BMI, all people were divided into obesity group (48 cases), overweight group(75 cases) and normal group (60 cases).FMD was detected by E tracing of ultrasonic.Weight, WC, BFP, baPWV, BP,FPG,CHO,HDL-C,LDL-C,TG and UC were observed at the same time.FMD of three groups were compared and the risk factors of FMD were analyzed.Results The level of FMD in the obesity group and overweight group was significantly higher than that in the normal group[(5.63±2.76)%,(6.45±2.54)% vs.(8.31±3.04)%](F=13.77,P<0.001);there was no statistically significant difference between the obesity group and overweight group (t=1.68,P>0.05).Age(β=0.078,95%CI: 1.004,1.164),BMI(β=0.465,95%CI 1.148,2.208),LDL-C(β=2.294,95%CI: 9.918,1.612) and UC(β=0.007,95%CI 0.986,1.000) were independent risk factors of decreased FMD(P<0.05).Conclusion Age, BMI, LDL-C and UC are independent risk factors of decreased FMD.

The process mechanism and current application status of boron removal in reverse osmosis(RO)desalination were introduced.The characteristic and proper application range of eachboron removal process was summarized.Also,the running conditions of two practical desalination cases were analyzed and compared.Eventually,the future of application and the research direction of boron removal process in RO desalination were prospected.

Objective:Because of the lower proliferation ability of periodontal ligament cells of elderly people,how to choose suitable scaffold materials for them becomes very important.The aim of this study was to observe the morphological manifestation of the periodontal ligament cells of elderly people seeded onto the three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite scaffolds.Methods: Periodontal ligament cells from elderly people were seeded onto the three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite scaffolds,cultured for 15 days in vitro,and observed for the morphological changes by scanning electron microscopy in comparison with those of young people.Results:Fifteen days after seeded on the three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite scaffolds,the periodontal ligament cells of the elderly people exhibited sufficient adhesive behavior,proliferated well and produced tiny calcium nodules,but the number of the nodules was smaller than that in the young people.Conclusion: The periodontal ligament cells of elderly people grow well on three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite scaffolds,and can be considered as a suitable scaffold for periodontal tissue engineering in elderly people.

Objective:To investigate the feasibility of using marrow stromal cells (MSC) as seed cells and three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite as scaffolds for constructing tissue-engineered bone.Methods:MSC from rat were cultured and induced to differentiate into osteoblasts in vitro. And then these induced cells were identified and seeded onto three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite scaffolds, cultured for 15 days in vitro. Scanning electron microscopy was used to evaluate the growth of these induced cells on three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite scaffolds. Results: The activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and the secretion of osteocalcin of MSC from rat appeared and were increased gradually along the culture. The cells seeded on three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite scaffolds could adhere and proliferate well, and come into being many tiny calcium nodules and collagenous fibers. Conclusion:The data demonstrated that the new developed culture method is conducive to MSC’s differentiating and proliferating into osteoblasts that have a fine activity and the three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite may be considered as a suitable scaffold for the seeded cells. Using marrow stromal cells as seed cells and three-dimensional porous nano-hydroxylapatite as scaffolds is advantageous for constructing tissue-engineered bone.

Objective To assess the value of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and abdominal CT scan on preoperative T and N staging of advanced gastric cancer.Methods A total of 188 patients with advanced gastric cancer received EUS and CT scan to evaluate the T and N staging and lymphatic metastasis before surgical operation.The postoperative pathologic results acted as gold standard for comparison of the two methods.The results consistent with pathologic results were considered as correct otherwise were incorrect.The accuracy of EUS and CT and the each consistency of two methods with pathology were analyzed.Results For T staging, the accuracy of EUS and CT was 87.2%(164/188), 76.6%(144/188), respectively, and Kappa value of EUS and CT was 0.726 and 0.509, respectively.There was a statistical difference between the two methods(χ2=7.181,P=0.007).For lymph node metastasis, the accuracy of EUS and CT was 72.9%(137/188) and 79.8%(150/188), respectively, and Kappa value of EUS and CT was 0.397 and 0.487, respectively.No statistical difference was found between them(χ2=0.963,P=0.326).The consistency test between the two methods for T and N staging and lymph node metastasis revealed that the Kappa value was 0.507 and 0.649, respectively.The accuracy of EUS on T staging was 93.0%, 93.3%, 96.8% and 91.5% in cardiac cancer, gastric fundus cancer, gastric corpus cancer, and gastric antrum cancer, respectively.Corresponding Kappa value in the 4 different positions were 0.843,0.881,0.940 and 0.710, respectively according to consistency tests.The accuracy of gastric antrum cancer with pylorus invasion was 63.2% and the consistency test Kappa value was 0.340.Conclusion EUS is an accurate method for T staging and lymphatic metastasis of advanced gastric cancer, but there is a lower accuracy for T staging of gastric antrum cancer with pylorus invasion.