Objective To investigate the variations of serum levels of visfatin in pregnant women with different types of glucose intolerance and the associations with insulin resistance.metabolic parameters and newborn birth weight.Methods Totally,120 pregnant women in late trimester were divided into 3 groups according to the results of 50 g glucose challenge test(GCT)and 75 g oral glucose tolerance test:GDM group(n=45),GCT(+)group(n=20),and NGT group(n=55).Fasting levels of visfatin,insulin,total cholestrol and triglyceride were measured and the newborn birth weight was recorded.Results The serum visfatin level was significantly elevated in GDM group compared with the NGT group[(374.9±23.1)ng/ml vs(308.9±16.8)ng/ml,P＜0.05],but no significant difference was shown when compared with the GET(+)group[(346.5±23.1)ng/ml].Furthermore,serum visfatin levels had no relationship with insulin resistance,metabolic parameter and newbom birth weight.Conclusions Visfatin is elevated in GDM women and closely related with GDM,but not with insulin resistance,metabolic parameters and newborn birth weight.

Aim The metabolic character of neferine(Nef) in rat liver microsomes was studied in vitro to identify which isoforms of cytochrome P450 were responsible for Nef metabolism in rats.Methods ① Wistar rats were untreated or treated with various inducers including dexamethasone(DEX,50 mg?kg~(-1),ig?4 d),phenobarbital(PB,75 mg?kg~(-1),ip?3 d) and ?-naphthoflavone(?-NF,80 mg?kg~(-1),ip?3 d).Liver microsomes were obtained from these rats and incubated with Nef in the presence of reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.A HPLC-UV method was developed to determine Nef and its metabolites.② The enzyme kinetics of the metabolism of Nef was investigated in rat liver microsomes.③ Troleandomycin,a CYP3A selective inhibitor,was used to study its inhibitory effect on the metabolism of Nef in vitro.Results ① The metabolism of Nef in rat liver microsomes showed the characteristic of enzymekinetics.② The correlation between peak area of a metabolite and original concentration of Nef in rat liver microsomes solution was significant(r=0.993).③ The disappearing rate of Nef in the incubation solutions of the rats liver microsomes,which treated with DEX or PB,were markedly quicker than that of control group(P0.05).The average disappearing rates of Nef in rat liver microsomes after incubation with different inducers were as follows: DEX,80.6%?9.5%;PB,61.5%?6.7%;?-NF,20.7%?1.5%;Control,19.9%?1.6%.④ Troleandomycin could significantly inhibit the metabolism of Nef in rat liver microsomes.Conclusion Our results suggest that both CYP3A and CYP2B are involved in Nef metabolism in rats liver microsomes,and CYP3A probably play a major role.

Objective To evaluate the levels of LDH in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with different types of central nervous sys‐tem diseases .Methods Cerebrospinal fluid LDH were detected by rate assay in control group and disease group(including patients with acute leukemia ,lymphoma ,brain neoplasms and meningitis) .Results In ptients with acute leukemia ,the cerebrospinal fluid LDH level of central nervous system leukemia(CNSL) group was (28 .68 ± 9 .29)U/L ,which was higher than that of non CNSL group ,and the difference were significance(P<0 .05) .In lymphoma patients ,cerebrospinal fluid LDH level of brain metastasis pa‐tients was (125 .20 ± 115 .24)U/L ,which was higher than that of lymphoma patients without brain metastasis ,the difference was significant(P<0 .05) .In patients with brain neoplasms ,cerebrospinal fluid LDH level of meningeal carcinomatosis group was (77 . 37 ± 128 .15)U/L ,which was higher than that of primary brain neoplasms group ,the difference was significant(P<0 .05) .In pa‐tients with meningitis ,cerebrospinal fluid LDH level of tuberculous meningitis group and purulent meningitis group patients were (54 .48 ± 84 .60U/L) and (43 .54 ± 32 .05)U/L respectively ,which were higher than those of viral meningitis group patients ,and the differences were significant (P<0 .05) .Conclusion LDH in cerebrospinal fluid can be used in early diagnosis of CNSL ,brain metastsisly of mphoma ,meningeal carcinomatosis and differential diagnosis of meningitis .

Objective To evaluate the performance of high-fluorescence body fluid cell (HF-BF)mode on the platform Sysmex XE-5000 automated blood analyzer,and analyse its clinical application value in diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis.Methods E-valuated the performance of HF-BF by using precision test and methodology comparison test.Retrospectively analyzed 295 test re-sults of cerebrospinal fluid in Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University from June 2010 to September 2012.Results HF-BF on the platform Sysmex XE-5000 automated blood analyzer had high precision,and exhibited a good consistency with cytolgical examination.The percentage of high-fluorescence body fluid cell(HF-BF%)in the meningeal carcinomatosis group was higher than that in other cerebral diseases groups,had statistically significant differences (P < 0.05 ).The cut-off value for HF-BF% was 4.3%,while the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC)curve (AUC)was 0.933,the sensitivity was 95.2%,and the specificity was 92.7%.When HF-BF% was over 4.3%,it was more likely to detect tumor cell in cerebrospinal fluid cytology.Con-clusion HF-BF is an effective reference index for the early diagnosis of meningeal carcinomatosis and has significant clinical appli-cation value.

Objective To investigate the relations between low birth weight and infantile cerebral palsy. Methods Population based survey was done in townships in Nanning city, Heng county and northern district of Qinzhou city from May to December in 1998. All children in the project townships, from 1 to 6 years old, was investigated for cerebral palsy(CCP). The pediatricians were well trained and qualified before participated. Results One hundred and fifty thousand eight hundred and six infants were enrolled, and 193 infants with cerebral palsy were diagnosed, and the morality of CP was 1.28‰. Sixty one infants with cerebral palsy were found among 1 450 low birth weight infants(42.07‰. One hundred and twenty five cerebral palsy infant were diagnosed among 148 599 infants with normal birth weight(0.84‰). The cerebral palsy rates were significantly different between low birth weight and normal birth weight infants. The lower the birth weight was, the higher the morality. Among the 61 cases of the cerebral palsy infants with low birth weight, there were different conditions of the mothers in the aspects of environment and nutrition during their pregnant period. Among these mothers, 1/3 of them had been got the unhealthy factors;26 cases of them (42.6%) had had complications of pregnancy;38 cases of them(62.3%)had been ill during the neonatal period;20 case of them(32.8%) had been got the abnormal pregnant and delivering history or the premature labor history. Conclusions The low birth weight is a highly risk factor related to cerebral palsy, the mothers have similar disease in the pregnant period. Low birth weight infants should get intensive care, and the illness neonates should be prevented.

Objective To explore the asymmetry of metabolic products of the auditory cortex in normal human brain after being stimulated by the pure tone with the proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy(1 H-MRS). Methods Twelve healthy volunteers, including 7 males and 5 females, were performed MRS tests before and after the stimulation of the pure tone of 90 dB in intensity and 1000 Hz in frequency. The the metabolites peak of the N-acetylaspartate (NAA) ,creatine(Cr) ,choline( Cho) , glutamine/glutamate ( Glx) and GABA in auditory cortex were investigated, The content of metabolic products were conducted with half-quantitative analysis. The differences of the NAA/( Cho + Cr) ,Glx/Cr and GABA/ Cr ratios before and after pure tone stimulation in the bilateral auditory cortex were analyzed. The difference of distribution of the metabolic products between the left and right auditory cortex was also analyzed to explore the asymmetry of the auditory cortex. Results The NAA/( Cho + Cr) and GABA/Cr ratios increased,the Glx/Cr ratio decreased in the left auditory cortex after being stimulated by the pure tone. There were significant differences in the NAA/( Cho + Cr) , Glx/Cr and GABA/Cr ratios before and after pure tone stimulation (P<0.05) ;the GABA/Cr ratio decreased,the Glx/Cr and NAA/( Cho + Cr) ratios increased in the right auditory cortex after being stimulated by the pure tone, and statistical difference of the GABA/Cr ratio was found before and after pure tone stimulation (P<0. 05) ,however the difference of the Glx/Cr and NAA/(Cho + Cr) ratios before and after pure tone stimulation was not significant (P>0.05). There were statistically significant differences in the Glx/Cr ratio of the auditory cortex between two sides after being stimulated by the pure tone. Conclusion The metabolic lateralization exists in auditory cortex of normal human brain after being stimulated by the pure tone, which may be the bases of the functional asymmetry.

Objective To investigate the relationship between different expression of gastrocolic omentum visfatin (VF) mRNA and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in late trimester pregnancy. Methods One hundred cases of pregnant women in late trimester were divided into two groups, including 45 GDM women( GDM group) and 55 normal glucose tolerance women( NGT group). Semi-quantitative RT-PCR was applied to determine the expression of VF mRNA in gastrocolie omentum. Fast-blood glucose, insulin,cholesterol(TC) and triglyceride (TG) levels were measured. The progestational body mass index(BMI) and the homeostasis model assessment(HOMA) insulin resistance(IR) were calculated in these cases. Results The expression of gastrocolic omentum VF mRNA in GDM group and NGT group were 0.8 ±0.4,0.5±0.3. Fast-blood glucose levels were(4.12±0.14),(3.65±0.13) mmol/L. Insulin levels were (72±5) ,(61±5) pmo]/L TG levels were (5.6±0.3), (3.8±0.3) mmol/L TC levels were(5.6±0.9 ), (3.9±0.3) mmol/L HOMA-IR were 12.5±5.9,9.5±0.8. The progestatianal BMIs were(22.6±0.8), (20.9±0.4) kg/m2. All the indices in the GDM group were significantly higher than NGT group (P<0.05). Furthermore, the expression of gastrocolic omentum VF mRNA had a positive correlation with BMI (r=0.32, P<0.01), but had no association with insulin resistance or metabolic parameters. Conclusion The experiment demonstrates that different expression of VF mRNA has a strong correlation with GDM and obesity.

Objective To study the brain functional activation under speech stimulation in presbycusis pa‐tients using blood oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD - fMRI) .Methods Eighteen normal hearing young volunteers ,10 normal hearing elderly people and 10 presbycusis patients received fM ‐RI under auditory task .Experimental tasks included monosyllabic verbal stimulating at tone of 1 kHz and sound in‐tensity to 90 dB ± 3 dB(after ambient noise detector Smart Sensor AR844 measurement and calibration) randomly transmitted to left and right ear .Following block design ,each stimulus was repeated twice .The lateralization of brain activation analysis observed changes in hemispheric dominance cases (or ear advantage change) .We observed brain activation analysis and changes of hemispheric lateralization advantage (or ear advantages) .SPM5 software was used to deal with the original pictures in the off - line work station to get fictional maps ,volume and intensity of the acti‐vated brain regions of interest ,and calculate the laterality index (LI) .Results To young people ,regardless of left or right ear stimulation ,the contralateral (region of intrest ,ROI) activation volume and intensity significantly increased compared to ipsilateral ,appearing contralateral hemispheric dominance ,and laterality index were - 0 .58 (left ear stimulation) and 0 .37 (right ear stimulation) .Compared to young people ,elderly people with normal hearing and presbycusis contralateral hemisphere conduction advantage was significantly reduced under monaural stimulation ,and the laterality indexes were - 0 .24 ,0 .28 (the aged group) ,- 0 .18 ,0 .25 (presbycusis group) .Young people received the left and the right ear auditory task respectively ,and the ratio of the total volume of bilateral ROI activation was 1 :2 .06 ,appearing to the right ear advantage (left brain dominance) .While the aged and presbycusis group manifes‐ted as right ear advantage decreased (left ear advantage enhanced) ,whose the total volume ratio was 1 :1 .51 for the old normal subjects and 1 :1 .61 for the hearing impaired seniors .Conclusion Auditory verbal tasks activated brain regions in the superior temporal gyrus and middle temporal gyrus were most obvious .Aging may cause these brain regions to be activated weaker ,appearing to the trend of contralateral hemisphere .The aging and deafness lead to the cortical reorganization .This may be one of the reasons for the declined speech recognition .

ObjectiveTo study the relation between premature and cerebral palsy(CP).MethodsTo sample all the children between the age of 1 to 6 years old for investigating CP situation in Nanning city, Heng county and Qinbei region of Qinzhou city (once named Qinzhou county ) from May to December, 1998 by qualified pediatricians.ResultsThe total investigating cases were 150,806,in which diagnosed CP were 193 cases and the incidence of CP was 1.28‰. Among them, premature infants were 872 and diagnosed CP were 46,the incidence of CP was 52.75‰ in this group. While term laboring infants were 149,934 with CP 142 and the incidence of CP was 0.95‰. The difference between two groups was very significant(P<0.001).The shorter the gestational weeks were, the higher the incidence of the CP was. Among 46 premature infants with CP, there were 18 cases' mothers(26 person times) involved in abnormal pregnancy and delivery history, accounted for 39.1%, while 36 with pregnancy complications(78.3%). There were 23 cases (30 person times) suffered from the disease during neonate, accounted for 50%.ConclusionThe premature delivery is a risk factor associated with childhood CP.

Objective To investigate the effects of kidney-deficiency on auditory cortex metabolism in the elderly by using the proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy(1H-MRS).Methods 50 volunteers,including 20 young subjects and 30 older subjects matched for gender,were measured by pure tone audiometry、“kidney-deficiency”-related test and were executed 3.0 T multi-voxel 1H-MRS tests,The ratios of N-acetylaspartate (NAA),choline (Cho) and lactate (Lac) to creatine (Cr) were measured and were compared between the two groups.The t-test analysis were used for statistic process.The relationship between auditory cortex metabolism and the symptom of kidney-deficiency was also analyzed.Resnlts The result of kidney-deficiency-related test and pure tone audiometry revealed that there was significant difference between the two groups and the older subjects had the more severity kidney-deficiency and high-frequency hearing loss (t=6.335、19.558,P＜0.05).The NAA/Cho ratio in the auditory cortex in the older group was significantly lower than that in the younger group (t=2.90,P＜0.05).There were no significant differences between two groups for the ratios of NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr (t=1.415、0.927,P＞0.05).Decrease of the ratio of NAA/Cho in the older group is significantly related with kidneT-deficiency(r=- 0.773,P=0.025).Conclusion kidney-deficiency play a very important role in the hearing loss and reduction of the number of neurons in auditory cortex of older healthy subjects.It suggests one possible underlying mechanism for the speech perception difficulties exhibited by aging adults.