OBJECTIVE: To discuss the strategy of comparative advertisement use in medical profession. METHODS: The excellence and the shortcoming of comparative advertisement were analyzed in case study, and the strategy of comparative advertisement use in medical profession was put forward. RESULTS&CONCLUSIONS: The use of comparative advertisement in a practical, rational and innovative way helps advertisement to play its potentials.

Objective To assess the correlation between the pregnancy‐associated plasma protein A (PAPP‐A)level with gesta‐tional diabetes mellitus(GDM )in primiparous women .Methods The nonparametric test and Logistic regression analysis were used to retrospectively analyze 168 pregnant women of GDM and 273 normal pregnant women ,including age ,body weight ,PAPP‐A ,freeβ‐human chorionic gonadotropin(fβ‐hCG) .Results The age had significant difference between GDM group and control group(P<0 .01) ,the PAPP‐A concentration and corrected multiple of the median (MoM )of PAPP‐A in the GDM group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0 .01) .Conclusion Low level of PAPP‐A during early pregnant stage in primiparas is strongly associated with GDM and can be used as the risk factor of GDM .

BACKGROUND:Studies have demonstrated that chitosan can indirectly promote the proliferation of fibroblast and the synthesis of collagen, Using chitosan and specific fibroblasts together to construct tissue-engineering materials for tendon repair may be an adequate way to promote healing and prevent adhesion during the healing process.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of water soluble chitosan (WSC) on the growth and genotype of 3T3TK fibroblasts.DESIGN: Controlled experiment based on observation.SETTING: Jiujiang University Medical College.MATERIALS: 3T3TK fibroblasts were provided by Cell Bank of Chinese Academy of Sciences. WSC (specification: 60 mesh, 30CPS, Jinan Haidebei Marine Bioengineering Co.,Ltd),DMEM (low sugar) (Gibco Company, USA), fetal bovine serum (FBS, Sijiqing Biological Engineering Institute, Hangzhou), penicillin, streptomycin (Biosharp Company, USA),trypsin (BioEev-Tech Scientific & Technical Co.,Ltd, Beijing).METHODS: This experiment was carried out in the Laboratory for Clinical Application of Biology, Center for Medial Scientific Research, Jiujiang University between November 2004 and April 2006. ①Cells in the log phase were digested with 2.5 g/L trypsin to produce single cell suspension and inoculated into a 96-well culture plate at a density of 6 000 cells /200 μL medium. Five groups were prepared, 5 holes per group. 200 μL cell suspension was added into each well.After 24 hours of cultivation, supernatant was discarded, 200 μL DMEM with 1, 0.1, 0.01 and 0.000 1 g/L chitosan was added respectively in the first four groups. The remaining group was taken as the negative control group, in which 200 μL DMEM medium without chitosan was added. The cell suspension was routinely cultured for 72 hours. The cell viability was measured by CellTilter- GloTM Luminescent Cell Viability Assay according to the manufacturer's protocol. Cells in the log phase were split and inoculated into 24-well culture plates. Four groups were prepared (5 holes per group). 1 mL DMEM medium supplemented with 1, 0.1, 0.01 g/L chitosan was added into the first 3 groups respectively, and the 4th group was set as control group. Hydroxyproline and alkaline phosphatase(ALP) kits were used for detecting the contents of collagen and ALP in the supernatant of fibroblasts.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES : ①Effect of WSC on viability of fibroblasts cultured in vitro.②Contents of collagen and ALP in the cell culture supernatant of fibroblasts.RESULTS:①Detection results of viability of fibroblasts: There were no significant differences in viability of fibroblasts between each chitosan group and control group (P ＞ 0.05).②Contents of collagen and ALP in the cell culture supernatant of fibroblasts: Hydroxyproline content in the cell culture supernatant of fibroblasts of 1 g/L and 0.1 g/L groups was (7.598±0.770) and (8.366±0.308)mg/L, respectively, which was higher than that of control group [(11.269±0.707)mg/L,P ＜ 0.01]; Collagen content in the 1 g/L and 0.1 g/L groups was(56.703±5.748) and(62.437±2.301)mg/L, respectively, which was lower than that of control group [(84.099±5.280)mg/L,P ＜ 0.01]. With the concentration of chitosan increasing, the collagen content was decreased in a dose-dependent manner. There were no significant differences in ALP activity in the cell culture supernatant between each chitosan group and control group (P ＞0.05).CONCLUSION: WSC does not obviously inhibit the viability of 3T3TK fibroblasts, but can markedly reduce the content of secreted collagen. It is indicated that chitosan can be used as tissue engineering material for tendon repair, and inhibit adhesion formation during tendon repair.

Objective To explore the experience of emergency operation for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in neonates and to assess the therapeutic effect.Methods The clinical data of 31 PDA neonates(15 male,16 female) treated in our department from July 2012 to February 2015 were reviewed retrospectively.Of these cases,28 were preterm infants and 3 were full term infants.Mean gestational age was 30+4 weeks ranging from 26+2 to 39 +3 weeks.Mean birth weight and weight at operation was(1 159.0 ± 729.2) g and (1 522.0 ± 644.5) g,respectively.We operated with left transaxillary straight incision in 6 cases and posterolateral minimal incision in 25 cases,and the pleural cavity was entered via the 4th intercostal space.All the neonates were divided into ＜ 1 500 g group(n =24) and ＞ 1 500 g group(n =7) by weight,the clinical prognosis were analysized.Results All 31 operations were finished successfully.No deaths occurred as a result of surgery.Average time of operation was (62.7 ± 29.9) min.Mean time of mchanical ventilation after the operation among survivors was (5.5 ± 4.7) d.The time of mechanical ventilation between ＜ 1 500 g group and ＞ 1 500 g group were (7.2 ± 2.3) d and (4.9 ± 2.4) d respectively,and there was significant difference between two groups(P ＜ 0.001).The time of hospital stay were (45.3 ± 11.0) d and (20.4 ± 14.5) d respectively between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Twenty-eight cases recovered and released from the hospital successfully.Two cases quited the treatment themselves and 1 succumbed to death because of heart failure,hyperkalemia and arrhythmia.ConclusionEmergency surgical closure is a safe and effective method for the treatment of neonatal large PDA,especially with congestive heart failure,a variety of complications,long time ventilator dependence,medical treatment failure,which should be ligatured timely as it can have severe influence on the cardiopulmonary function.After ligation the abnormal shunt will disappear and the cardiopulmonary function will be better.It is helpful to extubate ventilators and improve the survival rates.

Objective To investigate the clinlic therapeutic result of detenial sigmoid neobladder after radical cystectomy.Methods 20 patients with bladder cancer(18 males and 2 females;age range from 33 to 76 years) were admitted and underwent radical cystectomy and detenial sigmoid neobladder.Results All the 20 patients were followed up for a mean of 18 months(range from 6 to 48 months).The blood Cr and BUN levels were both in the normal range without acidosis in all the cases.Only 1 had unilateral ureteral urine reflux during cystography.3 of the 20 cases were incontinent,but 2 of the 3 cases could control urination by being woken up at night.The capacity of the neobladder was 230 to 500ml with a mean of 330ml and the maximal pressure of the neobladder during filling was 16 to 50cmH_2O.Conclusion As a simple operation the detenial sigmoid neobladder can be performed easily with less complications and more reliable results.This operation may be generally applied in clinical practice.

Objective:To evaluate the effects of periodontal treatment with scaling and root planning supplemented with chlorhexidine on plasma lipids in patients with chronic periodontitis and hyperlipidemia(CPH).Methods:6 1 patients with CPH were randomly as-signed into control-treatment group(n=30)and intensive-treatment group(n=31).Patients in the control-treatment group underwent a standard cycle of supragingival mechanical scaling and polishing.Patients in the intensive-treatment group underwent the adjunctive full-mouth intensive removal of subgingival dental plaque biofilms with the use of scaling and root planning.Periodontal parameters,to-tal cholesterol(TC),triglycerides(TRG),high-density lipoprotein(HDL)and low-density lipoprotein(LDL)were measured before treatment and 2 and 6 months after treatment.Results:2 and 6 months after treatment,TRG was significantly lower in the intensive-treatment group than that in the control-treatment group(P<0.05),the levels of HDL were significantly higher(P<0.05);however, the levels of total cholesterol and LDL,in the intensive-treatment group were not significantly different from those in the control-treat-ment group 2 and 6 months after therapy.Conclusion:Intensive periodontal treatment may improve serum lipid levels in patients with hyperlipidemia and chronic periodontitis.

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) could be differentiated into mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with notable advantages over iPSCs per se. In order to promote the application of iPSC-MSCs for osteoregenerative medicine, the present study aimed to assess the ability of murine iPSC-MSCs to differentiate into osteoblast phenotype. METHODS: Osteogenic differentiation medium, blending mouse osteoblast-conditioned medium (CM) with basic medium (BM) at ratio 3:7, 5:5 and 7:3, were administered to iPSC-MSCs, respectively. After 14 days, differentiation was evaluated by lineage-specific morphology, histological stain, quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and immunostaining. RESULTS: The osteogenesis-related genes, alp, runx2, col1 and ocn expressions suggest that culture medium consisting of CM:BM at the ratio of 3:7 enhanced the osteogenic differentiation more than other concentrations that were tested. In addition, the alkaline phosphatase activity and osteogenic marker Runx2 expression demonstrate that the combination of CM and BM significantly enhanced the osteogenic differentiation of iPSC-MSCs. CONCLUSION: In summary, this study has shown that osteoblast-derived CM can dramatically enhance osteogenic differentiation of iPSC-MSCs toward osteoblasts. Results from this work will contribute to optimize the osteogenic induction conditions of iPSC-MSCs and will assist in the potential application of iPSC-MSCs for bone tissue engineering.
Alkaline Phosphatase ; Animals ; Bone and Bones ; Culture Media, Conditioned ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; Mice ; Osteoblasts ; Phenotype

The research of sleep staging is an important basis of evaluating sleep quality and diagnosing diseases. In order to achieve automatic sleep staging, we proposed a new method which combines with principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machine (SVM) for automatic sleep staging. Firstly, we used PCA to reduce dimension of time-frequency-space domains and nonlinear dynamical characteristics of sleep EEG from 5 subjects to reduce data redundancy. Secondly, we used 1-a-1 SVM to classify sleep stages. The results showed that the correct rate can reach 89.9%, which was better than those of many other similar studies.
Electroencephalography ; Humans ; Nonlinear Dynamics ; Principal Component Analysis ; Sleep Stages ; Support Vector Machine

Objective:To detection antibody against heat-stable enterotoxin by fusion protein.Methods:Mutant heat-stable enterotoxin precursor gene was ligated in vector pGEX-4T-2 to inductively express as a fusion protein GST/proST_m with glutathione S-transferase(GST).To investigate the antigenic action,serum and fecal antibodies against heat-stable enterotoxin was detected with this fusion protein.Results:The fusion protein was a about 32 kD protein.All the samples contain the antibody against ST.Conclusion:Such strategy was a promising method to detect antibody against heat-stable enterotoxin.

BACKGROUND:With the increasing of aging, the incidence and mortality of osteoporotic hip fracture wil rise. It is of great significance to study the pathogenesis and preventing method. At present, finite element analysis can be used to judge fracture, only for the distribution trend of fracture failure in the starting point or section view, but it cannot completely reflect actual situation of fracture. OBJECTIVE:To build the fracture model of the femoral neck fracture caused by fal ing-induced external force based on the finite element analysis LS-DYNA software, and to evaluate the effect of rupture. METHODS:CT image data of one case of elderly femoral neck fracture were col ected. Using Mimics software, region growth of the contralateral area, cavity fil ing, editing, rebuilding the contralateral proximal femur model were conducted. Data were imported in Hypermesh and LS-DYNA software for meshing, and defining material properties. The failure parameters and interfacial properties were set. The load and force boundary constraints simulating the fal ing were simulated. The model of femoral neck fracture was calculated. Rupture effect was evaluated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) The validity of contralateral proximal femur three-dimensional model was verified. Based on the finite element analysis software LS-DYNA, the femoral neck fracture model matched the actual fracture line to a degree of close to 83%. (2) Above results confirmed that based on the finite element analysis, LS-DYNA software can wel simulate the femoral neck fracture, which provides experimental basis to the exploration of femoral neck fracture classification mechanism caused by different fal ing-induced external forces.