Objective To observe the stability and the change pattern of VEGF expression in myocardium in varied postmortem periods,and to evaluate its usefulness in diagnosis of early myocardial ischemia after death.Methods An animal model of early myocardial ischemia was established by ligating coronary artery of rabbit,immunohistochemistry(SP protocol),image analysis technique and statistical analysis system are applied to detect and compare the area and intensity of expression of VEGF in cardiocytes,and its stability in different postmortem perieds.ResultsIn ischemic myocardium,VEGF shows foci or sheets of intense positive staining in cardiocytes,with negative or weak staining in some cells.There was weak staining in vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells,but no staining in interstitium.When ischemic myocardium stored at 4℃,the staining of VEGF became weaker with time delay,but there was weak staining in a fraction of cardiocytes even 10d after death.There was significant difference in the intensity of VEGF staining between ischemic and normal postmortem myocardium from 1 to 10d.Conclusion VEGF can withstand a certain degree of autolysis or putrefaction,and the immunohistochemical staining of it is valuable in the diagnosis of early myocardial ischemia in corpses stored at 4℃ for 1~10d after death.

In order to lay a solid medical foundation for Biomedical Engineering students,the basic medical knowledge teaching for Biomedical Engineering in science and technology college should highlight its specialties and closely follow its professional training direction.This thesis discusses the specialties,aims and its realizing methods for basic medical knowledge teaching of Biomedical Engineering in science and technology college.

Objective: To determine the effects of intravenous anesthetics (fentanyl,midazolam and propofol )on inflammatory responses. Method: We employed carrageenan-sensitized endotoxemic rabbit model. Thirty-two New Zealand rabbits were randomly assigned to one of four groups,control group(no anesthetic was used), fentanyl group, midazolam group and propofol group. Different anesthetics were used intravenously for anesthesia induction and maintenance according to the group classification. Meanwhile, all animals were mechanically ventilated, then, 2?g?kg~(-1) lipopolysaccharide(LPS) were injected for endotoxin challenge. Result:In all groups, serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)activity began to increase at 30 min,reached its maximal level at 60 min,and tended to decrease at 120 min after (LPS) challenge,and the significant increase of TNF activity was associated with development of hypotension. Meanwhile,serum phospholipase A_2(PLA_2)activity began to increase at 60 min and persisted in going up within 2h. Those animals,with continuous infusion of these three different anesthetics and mechanical ventilation,had much lower peak level of TNF and higher mean arterial pressure (MAP)than control levels, but their changes of serum PLA_2 activity had no significant difference from control level. Conclusion: With mechanical ventilation, intravenous infusion of these anesthetics can reduce LPS induced injury in the acute phase of endotoxemia, probably by the inhibition of TNF production.

Objective To investigate p53 protein expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and its correlation with biological behavior, p53 gene mutation and EBV infection in 43 cases of NPC. Methods Immunohistochemical staining was applied to detect p53 protein,PCR-SSCP was used to detect p53 gene mutation, and EBV infection was determined with PCR. Results The positive rate of p53 protein expression was 76 7%(33/43)in the NPC. The positive rate of p53 protein expression in stages Ⅲ and Ⅳ was significantly higher (80 6%) than that in stages Ⅰ and Ⅱ(66 6%) (P

It showed that the distribution of examination score was Gaussian distribution,the average score was 74.4,the paper reliability was 0.81,the difficult coefficient was 0.74 by analyzing and evaluating the quality of the examination paper of pharmacology from 2002 seven-year medical students in Central South University.Some objective questions are too difficult,while some subjective questions are too easy.According to the results of analysis,we think it better to culture the student's multi-ability in analyzing and solving questions by increasing the proportion of subjective question with some difficult coefficient and improving the teaching methods in future teaching.

Objective To explore the anatomical basis for clinical application of the compound flap pedicled with arterial arch of palpebral margin by observing eyelid blood supply and anatomical structure and to prove that it is an ideal method of repairing the eyelid defect for clinical application. Methods 15 adult cadavers (30 eyelids) were dissected. The origin, course, branches, diameters and vessel networks of palpebral margin arterial arch were observed particularly. 30 cases of eyelid marginal defect were reviewed and the therapeutic effect of this method evaluated. Results Eyelid was constituted by 5 layers: skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, tarsal plate and conjunctival layers. Most eyelid vessels were mutually anastomosed to form a constant vessel network. Palpebral margin arterial arch and peripheral arterial arch were formed by dorsal nasal artery branches and lacrimal artery branches, both of which nourished the eyelid tissue. All the compound flaps of 30 cases survived completely without any complications. All cases obtained satisfactory results functionally and esthetically. Conclusions The arterial arch of palpebral margin is constant and the blood supply of the compound flap is reliable. It can repair full eyelid defect with the same kind of tissue, and obtain satisfactory appearance. It is an ideal method of repairing the eyelid defect.

Graduation project is key link in the cultivation of innovative talents for college teaching work,which is the need of the era.Thus,this paper introduced the current development of biomedical engineering at home and abroad,and the achievement of the graduation project of our university at present.Then,the necessity of the teaching reform and innovation of graduation project are analyzed.The methods for the teaching reform and innovation of graduation project are introduced including the choice of projects,the adjustment of the project schedule,reinforcing the practice of projects and improving the ability to apply knowledge,the assessment criteria of grades for the project,etc.

AIM: Apply the newly invented method of suppression subtractive hybridization to scan the mitochondria genes expression of hippocampus neurons in post ischemia/reperfusion rats. METHODS: Decapitate the rats suffering 10 min of whole brain ischemia and 24 h of reperfusion in Pulsinelli’s 4 vessels occlusion ischemia/reperfusion model. Dissociated hippocampus and isolated mRNA. After reversed transcription, use SSH to subtract the common sequences, then use suppressed PCR to amplify the differentially expressed sequences. After cloning and DNA sequencing, the dot hybridization was used to finally identify the differential gene expression. RESULTS: In the 78 positive clones acquired from cloning, 7 clones represent differential gene expression after confirmed by clone PCR, dot blot and DNA sequencing. The DNA sequencing data indicate these clones are ESTs of Cytochrome c oxidase subunit and NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 4 gene. CONCLUSION: Cytochrome C oxidase mRNA level changs during brain ischemia /reperfusion. The differential expression of NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain 4, one of those 13 subunits of subcomplex ?, suggests that subcomplex ? may have important function associated with pathophysiologic changs in reperfusion injury.

AIM: To study the difference in gene expression of peripheral blood neutrophils between system inflammatory response syndrome(SIRS) patients and the health volunteers.METHODS: cDNA microarray was used to detect the mRNA from peripheral blood neutrophils in both 4 patients with SIRS patients and 6 health volunteers.RESULTS: Among 8 400 genes,there were significant differences in 382 gene expression,of which 122 expressed higher and 260 lower in SIRS patients than those in healthy volunteers.The differently expressed genes consisted of intracellular signaling transduction genes(35%),cell receptor genes(22%),genes of DNA binding or transcriptional factors(23%)and genes of cytokines(11%).CONCLUSION: Our results suggests the changes in gene expression of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in SIRS may be more complicated than those in vitro experiments,and associated with the effect produced by pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors.

< 0.05; 8.9% vs 0.1%, x2 = 8.23, P< 0.05). Conclusion Low concentration (0.1%) of DMSO could enhance the effect of ALA-PDT on HaCaT cells.