Objective To develop a method used for sex discrimination of thyroid cartilage. Method Seven conspicuous indicators were obtained through examination of the thyroid cartilages from 142 adult Chinese Han individuals. Adopting Fisher and Bayes discriminant analysis, series discriminating functions for sexing thyroid cartilage were set up. Results The discriminating power of the integral and mostly integral thyroid cartilags was 100 % , while the incomplete thyroid cartilages 90 % . Conclusion This method can be used for sex discrimination of the thyroid cartilage in adult Chinese Han population.

Objective To analyze the clinicopathologic features of patients with pathologic T2-3N0 thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and correlation to their prognosis.Methods The clinicopathologic data of 422 patients with pathologic T2-3N0 thoracic ESCC,who were treated with surgery were analyzed.Cumulative survival rate was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared by Log-rank test.Cox regression model was used for multivariate prognostic analysis.Results The overall 1-,3-and 5-year survival rates were 89.3 ％,63.5 ％ and 52.5 ％,respectively.Univariate analysis revealed that the factors affecting the prognosis included gender (x2 =7.45,P ＜ 0.01),depth of invasion (x2 =7.79,P ＜ 0.01) andtissues differentiation (x2 =15.81,P ＜ 0.01).They were also independent prognostic factors according Cox regression multivariate survival analysis.Conclusion The gender,depth of invasion and differentiation should be independent prognostic factors of pathologic T2-3N0 ESCC.Surgery is still the standard treatment for pathologic T2-3N0 esophageal cancer.

Objective To investigate the relationship between lipopolysaccharide binding protein(LBP) in serum and degree of hepatic inflammation. Methods The levels of LBP in serum of 99 patients with chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) were detected by ELISA. The levels of LBP in 33 of all patients with chronic severe viral hepatitis were further detected 2～4 weeks after treatment. Results The serum levels of LBP in patients with chronic viral hepatitis were higher than that in normal patients [(79.62?45.52) ng/ml vs (50.22?31.44) ng/ml, P=0.001]. The serum levels of LBP in patients with chronic severe viral hepatitis were significantly higher than that in patients with moderate degree CVH group, severe degree CVH group, and normal group (P

Objective To investigate effect of alendronate on OPG and RANKL in periprosthetic osdeolysis induced by polyethylene particles.Methods Twelve rabbits which had been implanted a titanium plug in femur by intercondylar notch were divided into two groups randomly,polyethylene particles were injected into the left knee joint,one received alendronate,and the other placebo as control.After 12 weeks,all rabbits were sacrificed.Periprosthetic tissues were observed by ELISA.Results The concentration of OPG in the experimental group was not higher than that of the control (P ＞0.05 ).But the concentration of RANKL in the experimental group was lower(P ＜0.01 ).And specific value of OPG/RANKL was higher in the experimental group ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion The therapy of alendronate can change the concentration of RANKL and specific value of OPG/RANKL in periprosthetic osdeolysis induced by polyethylene particles,inhibit aseptic loosening of prosthesis in rabbits.

AIM:To develop a high performance liquid chromatography -mass spectrometry method for the determination of ?-Lipoic acid in plasma,to study the pharmacokinetics of ?-Lipoic acid and evaluate the bioequivalence of two preparations in healthy subjects. METHODS:A single oral dose of 200 mg ?-Lipoic acid capsules and tablets was given to 22 healthy male volunteers according to an open randomized 2 way crossover design. Plasma concentrations of ?-Lipoic acid were determined by HPLC-MS method. The pharmacokinetic parameters and relative bioavailability were calculated to evaluate the bioequivalence of the two preparations. RESULTS:The pharmacokinetic parameters of the two products were as follows:tmax were (16?4) and (20?20) min,?max were (1490?359) and (1537?290) ng/mL,AUC0-t were (59559?18456) and (58210?15080) ng?mL-1?min,AUC0-∞ were (60068?18556) and (58634?15126) ng?mL-1?min,respectively. The relative bioavailability of AUC0-t and AUC0-∞ were (102.97?18.28)% and (103.09?18.26)%. CONCLUSION:The result demonstrated that two formations are bioequivalent by statistical analysis of variant,two one-side t-test and 90% confidential interval.

Objective To observe the change of serum ischemia modified albumin (IMA) in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.Methods Seventy-four end stage renal disease patients undergoing CAPD more than 3 months (CAPD group) were divided into 2 groups according to clinical symptoms of cardiovascular diseases:CAPD symptoms group (29 cases) and CAPD asymptomatic group (45 cases).Seventy healthy subjects were selected as control group.The serum IMA level and abnormal rate of electrocardiogram and heart color ultrasonic were examined and compared.Results The serum IMA level in CAPD group was significantly higher than that in control group [(92.33 ± 17.17) kU/L vs.(69.63 ± 9.24)kU/L,P＜ 0.01].The serum IMA level in CAPD symptoms group was significantly higher than that in CAPD asymptomatic group [(109.37 ± 21.34) kU/L vs.(85.31 ± 8.58) kU/L,P ＜ 0.05].The elevatory rate of serum IMA level and abnormal rate of electrocardiogram and heart color ultrasonic in CAPD symptoms group were significantly higher than those in C APD asymptomatic group [37.9％ (11/29) vs.15.6％(7/45),62.1％ (18/29) vs.22.2％ (10/45),P ＜0.05].Conclusions The serum IMA level in CAPD patients is elevatory.Serum IMA level is significantly higher in CAPD patients with cardiovascular disease clinical symptoms,it can be used for diagnosis of myocardial damage in CAPD patients.

Objective To study the value of CT perfusion in differential diagnosis of local recur and local radiofibrosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC) at pre-and post-radiotherapy.Methods Dynamic CT scan was performed in 71 objectives: 14 in local recur group,22 in radiofibrosis group,15 in pre-radiotherapy NPC group and 20 in control group,the time-density curve(TDC) and the data of perfusion parameters were recorded and analyzed statistically.Results The TDC feature between local recur group,pre-radiotherapy NPC group and radiofibrosis group,control group had difference.The average of blood flow(BF) had significant differences by two by two comparison in four groups(P

Objective To investigate the association between FcγRIIA H/H131 genotype and pneumonia through a comprehensive meta‐analysis .Methods Databases including PubMed ,Embase ,and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were searched with such terms as “FcgammaRIIa” ,“FCGR2A” ,“Fcgamma receptor IIA” ,“CD32” and“pneumonia” ,“polymorphism” ,“variant” ,“genotype” ,“allotype” ,as well as“pneumonia”and“polymorphism”in Chinese to identify relevant studies .Two reviewers independently extracted the data .Crude odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95%confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated .Heterogeneity across studies and publication bias were evaluated and sensitivity analyses were performed .Results Six case‐control studies were finally included in this analysis .The results indicated an association between FcγRIIA H/H131 genotype and pneumonia susceptibility (OR 1 .67 , 95% CI 1 .11‐2 .51 ) , but no significant association with R/R genotype(OR 1 .09 ,95% CI 0 .85‐1 .40) or H/R genotype(OR 0 .81 ,95% CI 0 .60‐1 .19) . Statistically significant heterogeneity was found during data pooling (I2 was 75 .4 % ,51 .8% and 71 .9% ) .Sensitivity analyses further indicated the reliability of the study .Egger′s and Begg′s tests identified publication bias in R/R genotype ,but not in H/H or H/R genotype .Conclusions We preliminarily find an association between FcγRIIA H/H131 genotype and pneumonia susceptibility .

Objective To evaluate the relationship between dyslipidemia and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), with which as a theory base and proof we may further study about the mechanism of atherosclerosis (AS) leading to AAA. Methods Thirty abdominal aortic aneurysm patients in Guangdong General Hospital from 2013 to 2014 were enrolled into the experimental group and 26 healthy people into the control group. The serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), lipoprotein a (Lpa), nonestesterified fatty acid (NEFA), homocysteine (HCY), apolipoprotein A (ApoA) and apolipoprotein B(ApoB)were tested in the study. The statistical significance of the difference of them was examined by the independent two-sample t-test. Result The serum TG and HCY level in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). The serum ApoA and HDL level in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The serum levels of TC, LDL, Lpa, NEFA and Apo B had no significant difference in both groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion The serum levels of TG and HCY are increased and the levels of Apo A and HDL are decreased in patients with AAA.

Ubiquitination on target proteins is the signal of cellular protein degradation.Ubiquitin ligase E3 is one of the key enzymes in ubiquitination,it recognizes a specific substrate protein and recruits an ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2,mediating the ubquitin transfer from the E2 to the substrate protein.Ubiquitin ligase E3 can be divided into two subfamilies according to their different structure characters and function mechanisms,the HECT(homologous to E6AP C terminus) family and the RING-finger family.Members of the HECT E3 share the common HECT catalytic domain,which can bind to an E2 and load the ubiquitin on themselves before catalyzing the transfer of ubiquitin to the target proteins.While the RING-finger E3 all contain an similar E2 binding domain and a unique substrate binding part,mediating direct ubiquitin transfer from the E2 to the substrate.The most recent progresses in the stuctural and functional studies of these two E3 famlies were summarized.