In this study we investigated the effect of recombinant human interleukin-13 (IL-13) on the growth of human erythroleukemia cell line(HEL)-a human megakaryobiastic leukemia cell line. HEL cells were cultured in the presence or absence of IL-13. After incubation for 4 days, the cells were first counted and then stained with a direct immunofiuorescence method for flow cytometric analysis of the expression of glycoprotein(GP) Ⅱ b/Ⅲ a. In order to examine the effect of IL-13 on the proliferation of HEL cells, the immunocyte assay was used for the detection of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyurid:ine (5-Brdu) incorporated into the DNA of HEL cells after they had been cultured for 3 days. We found that the expression of GP Ⅱ b/Ⅲ a on IL-13 treated HEL cells was increased to a significant degree (P

Objective:To determine the changes of intramucosal pH(pHi) after severe craniocerebral injuries and the correlation to bleeding from stress ulceration. Methods:Nineteen cases of severe head trauma patients were enrolled, their pHi were determined at different time point with tonometry. The pH of gastric juice and plasma gastrin concentrations were monitored for 7 days. Results:Five cases(bleeding group) developed stress ulcer bleeding. On admission, the pHi were not significantly different in the non bleeding group, but the differences between two groups at 12 hours, 24 hours, the 3rd day, the 5th day, the 7th day after admission were significant, pHi in the bleeding group was statistically lower than non bleeding group. The pH values of gastric juice and the plasma gastrin concentrations were not different significantly between two groups during each therapeutic periods. Conclusion:Bleeding group had significantly lower pHi than non bleeding group during the therapeutic periods. pHi was predictive for bleeding from stress ulceration after severe craniocerebral injury.

Objective To investigate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori)infection and gastric metaplasia in the duodenal bulb and to pursue whether they play critical roles in pathogenesis of duodenitis and ulcer.Methods Eighty-two archive paraffin blocks of duodenal biopsy were obtained. All sections were stained with H-E, AB/PAS and Giemsa stains for histology, gastric metaplasia and H. pyloriassessment. There were 10 patients with normal duodenum, 47 with duodenitis and 25 with ulcer confirmed by endoscopy. Results There was a discrepancy in diagosis of the normal duodenal bulb mucosa between endoscopy and histopathology. Mild to moderate infiltration of inflammatory cell without gastric metaplasia were detected in 60% of cases with the normal duodenal bulb mucosa judged by endoscopy. Gastric metaplasia in duodenal bulb was the major phenomena in the patients with duodenitis and ulcer (37/82, 45%). H. pyloriinfection in the duodenal bulb always appeared in areas of gastric metaplasia. H. pyloriwas identified in 28 out of 37 (76%) cases in the gastric metaplasia mucosa. The prevalence of gastric metaplasia in the duodenal bulb between the patients with ulcer (72%) and duodenitis (40%) was significantly different (P=0.0078). The frequency of H. pyloricolonization was higher in the patients with duodenal ulcer (89%) than the patients with duodenitis (63%), but did not reach statistical significance(P=0.062). H. pyloriinfection was also higher in the ulcer patients with active, healed or scar stage, being 9/10, 5/6 and 2/2, respectively. Conclusions There is a difference in the frequency of H. pyloricolonization in the gastric metaplasia mucosa in the patients with ulcer and duodenitis, which suggests that infection with H. pylorimay play an important role in ulcer recurrence.

Objective To evaluate the changes and clinical significance of CD+4CDHi25CDLo127 regulatory T cell(Treg) in peripheral blood of patients with lung cancer. Methods 30 patients with lung cancer and 20 heathy volunteers were included in this study. The proportion of Treg population in CD4+ T cells stained with three colors was analysed by flow cytometry. The serum level of IL-10 and TGF-β were measured by ELISA. Results The proportion of Treg in patients with squamous cell careinoma(n=20), adenocarcinoma (n=10) were all significantly higher than that of healthy controls (P <0.05), but there was not obvious difference between the two groups with different pathological types(P0.05). Increased serum level of IL-10 and TGF-β was also detected in lung cancer patients. Conclusion The proportion of Treg is increased in lung cancer patients, which may result in the inhibition of host anti-cancer immune response by excreting IL-10 and TGF-β.

AIM:To investigate the relevance of the proliferation of megakaryocytic cell line-HEL stimulated by the recombinant human interleukin-13 (IL-13) to the expression of pro-oncogene c-mpl in HEL cells. METHODS: MTT colorimetric assay and reverse transcrition polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) are separately used in this study to observe the effect on the proliferation of HEL cells and the expression of c-mpl mRNA in HEL cells by rhIL-13. RESULTS: RhIL-13 stimulated the proliferation of HEL cells and upregulated the expression of c-mpl mRNA in HEL cells. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that rhIL-13 stimulated the proliferation of HEL cells and provide the evidence that its mechanism is partly because of increasing the pro-oncogene c-mpl expression in HEL cells.

Objective To observe the changes of body weight,fat mass and skeletal muscle mass of rats after 4 weeks of intermittent fasting,and explore relationship with autophagy in skeletal muscle,so as to provide theoretical basis for intermittent fasting.Method Twenty male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into a control group (Con) and an intermittent fasting group (IF),each of 10.The rats of IF group were forbidden to eat food every Wednesday and Friday,and the body weight of both groups was recorded weekly.After 4 weeks,Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorption (DEXA) was used to analyze the body fat mass,then the bilateral soleus was separated to record the wet weight and measure the cross-sectional area of the soleus fibers by testing laminin with immunofluorescence confocal laser scanning microscope.The form of autophagic vacuole of soleus was observed using a transmission electron microscopy.The expression of autophagy-related protein LC3,p62 and regulating protein AMPK,pAMPK and ULK1 were measured using Western blotting.Result After 4 weeks of intermittent fasting,the weight and fat mass of IF were significantly lower than those of Con (P＜0.01),but there were no significant differences between them in wet weight and cross-sectional area of soleus (P＞0.05).The expressions of AMPK,p-AMPK,ULK1 in IF were significantly higher than those in Con (P＜0.01).Compared with Con,the expression of LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-Ⅰ of IF increased significantly,while the expression of p62 decreased significantly (P＜0.01).Conclusion Four weeks of intermittent fasting decreases the fat mass significantly,and control the weight efficiently.Intermittent fasting can maintain the skeletal muscle mass by promoting moderate autophagy through the AMPK-ULK1 pathway.It should be a potential lose weight method for further research.

Objective:To explore the relationship between angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/dele‐tion (I/D) polymorphism and familial essential hypertension (EH) .Methods :Fluorescent in situ hybridization stai‐ning DNA sequencing test was used to detect ACE gene I/D genotype frequency and allele frequency in 46 familial EH patients (familial EH group) ,64 EH patients without family history (non‐familial EH group) and 43 healthy people (healthy control group) .Results:In healthy control group ,non -familial EH group ,familial EH group ACE gene DD genotype frequency was 11.6% ,32.3% and 37.0% ;distribution frequency of D allele was 33.7% , 52.3% and 57.6% respectively .Compared with healthy control group ,there were significant rise in ACE gene DD genotype and D allele frequency in familial EH group and non -familial EH group (P<0.05 or <0.01) ,but there were no significant difference between familial EH group and non‐familial EH group (P>0.05) .Conclusion:ACE gene DD genotype and D allele may be genetic predisposing genes of patients with essential hypertension ,and there is no significant difference in genetic constituent ratio between familial EH patients and non‐familial EH patients .

Objective To assess the local anatomy of the Jing Bi with high-frequency ultrasound, and to evaluate the clinical significance of high-frequency ultrasound in acupuncture. Methods A total of 206 healthy subjects were observed with the high-frequency ultrasound. Two common location points of Jing Bi were selected and acupunctured under guidance of high-frequency ultrasound. The sensation of subjects was observed. Brachial plexus diameter, distance between skin and membrana pleuralis, as well as the brachial plexus and the pleura were measured. Results The filiform needle tip to lung, lung tissue and the brachial plexus were all showed, and the brachial plexus diameter, distance between skin and membrana pleuralis, the distance between the brachial plexus and the pleura were obtained. The patients felt when the needle reached the membrane of brachial plexus. All subjects got feeling within 10 seconds after acupuncture, and no pneumothorax occurred. Conclusion The local anatomy of dangerous acupoints can be accurately observed with high-frequency ultrasound. High-frequency ultrasound has important value and significance for acupuncturing the dangerous acupoints.

Neurons descending from the griseum centrale mesencephali, nucleus Darkschewitsch and nucleus interstitialis of Cajal to the nucleus raphe magnus and adjacent reticular formation (nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis and nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis) were identified in 9 adult cats with the retrograde HRP method. In the griseum centrale mesencephali, the labeled neurons were found bilaterally but slightly more ipsilaterally. In the nucleus Darkschewitscb and nucleus interstitialis of Cajal, the labeled neurons were consistently found in its rostral part ipsilateral to the injected side at the level of the posterior commissure. In addition, in 5 of the 9 cases, a few labeled neurons were observed in the nucleus raphe dorsalis.

Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the expression and clinical significance of transcription factors Sp1 and Survivin in breast cancer and to further analyze their correlation.Methods Seventy cases of breast cancer patients were diagnosed as breast cancer from June 2013 to June 2015.The expression of Sp1 and Survivin in 70 cases of breast cancer and 20 cases of adjacent normal tissues were detected by immunohistochemical staining.The relationship was detected between the protein expression and the clinicopathological parameters of breast cancer.Results The positive rates of Sp1 and Survivin in breast cancer were 71.43% and 78.57%,respectively.The positive rates of Sp1 and Survivin were 30% and 10% in adjacent normal breast tissues.They showed a significant difference(P<0.05).In breast cancer tissues,there were no differences in the lymph node metastasis,TNM stage and vessel infiltration(P>0.05).There were also no differences in the age,tumor size and histological grade of patients with breast cancer(P>0.05).In breast cancer tissues,there was a significant positive correlation between Sp1 and Survivin expression(r=0.517,P<0.01).Conclusion The transcription factors Sp1 and Survivin are closely related to the pathogenesis of breast cancer,which may serve as an adjunctive index for the diagnosis of breast cancer.It has certain guiding value for clinical diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of breast cancer.