Objective:To examine the expression of integrin ?V?3 in periodontium during experimental tooth movement, and then to propose the possible role of ?V?3 in bone remodeling during tooth movement. Methods:Thirty-five rabbits were divided into 7 groups (5 rabbits per group):untreated(control), 1,3, 5, 7, 14 and 21 d groups. A elastic coil spring was ligated between the incisors and the first molar and exert a force of approximately 0.78 N to pull the first molar mesially. The animals were sacrificed at each time intervals(1,3,5,7,14 and 21 d) respectively and specimens were made to observe the expression of integrin ?V?3 in periodontium through in situ hybridization. Results:Different extent expression of integrin ?V?3 were seen in osteoclasts, osteoblast precursors, osteoblasts,odontoclasts and odontoblast except bone cells. Conclusions: Integrin ?V?3 may play an important role in bone modeling, cementum resorption and its reparation during experimental tooth movement.

Objective:To explore the relationship between the expression of EGFR and STAT3 in human la-ryngeal papilloma and its biological behavior. Method: Reverse transcription polymerasechain reaction(RT-PCR), immunohistochemical staining and Western blot were used to evaluate the mRNA and protein expression of EGFR and STAT3(p-STAT3) in 42 laryngeal papilloma tissues and 15 samples of normal laryngeal tissue, and the rela-tionship between the protein expression of them and clinicpathological parameters was also analysized. Result: The mRNA expression levels of EGFR and STAT3 in laryngeal papilloma tissue were significantly higher than that in normal laryngeal tissue(P<0.05,P<0.01). Protein positive expression of EGFR and p-STAT3 were also detected in a significantly greater proportion of laryngeal papilloma than normal laryngeal tissue by immunohistochemistry and western blot(P<0.01,P<0.05). There was relationship between EGFR and p-STAT3 overexpression in la-ryngeal papilloma(P<0.05). The expression p-STAT3 was correlated with the recurrence and canceration of la-ryngeal papilloma(P<0.05). Conclusion: The EGFR-STAT3 signal transduction pathway may be involved in the pathogenesis of laryngeal papilloma,, and the persistent activation of STAT3 gene plays an important role in the recurrence and canceration of laryngeal papilloma.

Objective: To investigate the effects of He-Ne laser irradiation on orthodontic bone remodeling. Method: Thirt y rabbits were randomly divided into 6 groups with 5 in each group.Another 5 r abbits with no treatment were used as the unforced control. The animals were a nesthetized with 0.05 mol/L pentabarbetal (2 ml/kg). The maxillary first molar a nd the incisor were connected with coil spring ,fixed with ligature wire. Orthod ontic force of 7.84 N was applied on the teeth.The left side was served as contr ol and the right side received irradiation of He-Ne laser at 20 mW with the wav e length of 632.8 nm. Periodontal tissue samples of the experimental teeth were obtainned 1,3,5,7,14 and 21 days respectively after irradation. Tartrate-resist ant acid phosphatase (TRAP) in the tissues was studied with histochemistry. Results: The activity of TRAP in the irradiated tissues was higher than that in the unirradiated 3 and 7 days after treatment (P

Objective To investigate the expression and distribution of cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) in periodontal tissues during experimental tooth movement in rats,and study the relationship between COX-2 and vesscular reconstruction in experimental tooth movement process.Methods Thirty-five healthy Wistar rats were divided randomly into 7 groups on average:normal group and experimental groups for 1,3,5,7,14 and 21 d.A NiTi coil spring with 0.294 N mesial force was connected between first molars of maxillary and the upper incisors.The histological sections were stained with goat anti rat COX-2 antibody,and computer image analysis was used to study the expression of COX-2 in the periodontal tissues of rats.Results Pressure area:compared with normal group(134.75?5.25) the COX-2 expression in 1 d group (147.73?3.27)increased(P0.05).Conclusion The expression of COX-2 in periodontal tissues during experimental tooth movement increase,suggesting that COX-2 can promote the vascular reconstruction in periodontal tissues during orthodontic tooth movement.

BACKGROUND:ETS-1,the first subgroup in the ETS family transcription factor,plays a key role in angiogenesis.Recent studies demonstrate that ETS-1 also has the important regulative functions in apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells.When the blood vessel begins to form,ETS-1 decides the apoptosis of partial endothelial cells.OBJECTIVE:To summarize the function and the research progress of vascular growth factor ETS-1 in angiogenesis and apoptosis.RETRIEVAL STRATEGY:A computer-based search in Pubmed,Sciencedirect and Ovid database was underwent to identify the articles from January 1990 to September 2007,with the Key word "ETS-1,angiogenesis,apoptosis,osteoblast,osteoclast" in English.Simultaneously,Chinese Journal Full-text Database and Wanfang database were retrieved for the related articles from January 2000 to June 2007,with the key word "ETS-1,angiogenesis,apoptosis,endothelial cell" in Chinese.Altogether 128 articles were collected and carried on the first examination.Inclusive criteria:①The articles closely correlated with ETS-1 in angiogenesis and apoptosis.②The articles published recently or in the authoritative magazine were chose for the identical domain.Exclusive criteria:Duplicated researches.LITERATURE EVALUATION:The articles were mainly the experimental study of EST-1 in angiogenesis and apoptosis.Among 31 selected articles,2 were reviews while other 29 for clinical or basic experimental studies.DATA SYNTHESIS:①When orthodontic tooth moves,alveolar bone rebuilding is the dynamical equilibrium process between bone absorption and new bone formation.This process mechanism is complex and adjusted by many kinds of factors.②Among numerous regulatory factors,ETS-1 is the dominant factor and has important effect on angiogenesis.③The research indicates,four kinds of typical vascular growth factors(acid fibroblast growth factor,basic fibroblast growth factor,vascular endothelial growth factor and epidermal growth factor) can induce the ETS-1 expression,and ETS-1 promotes vessel production through inducing the expressions of the related factors with angiogenesis,such as matrix metalloproteinase and integrin ?3.④Many progresses have been achieved in the regulatory effect of ETS-1 in angiogenesis,but it still has many problems,such as how the ETS-1 precisely regulate angiogenesis,how the ETS-1 precisely adjust apoptosis in gene expression and so on.CONCLUSION:As a kind of important regulatory factors,ETS-1 has important regulatory effects on angiogenesis and apoptosis.

BACKGROUND: Blood vessel remodeling is the basis of the remodeling of orthodontic periodontal tissues. Can He-Ne laser irradiation promote blood vessel remodeling and then accelerate the process of the remodeling of orthodontic periodontal tissues or not?OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects and action mechanisms of He-Ne laser irradiation on the blood vessel remodeling of orthodontic periodontal tissues of rabbits.DESIGN: Randomized controlled study.SETTING: Animal experimental center of Jilin University.MATERIALS: Thirty-five flap-eared rabbits weighting 2.0 kg were provided by Animal Experimental Center of Jilin University, license No. SYXK(Ji)2002-0002, production license No. SCXK2003-0003. Animal intervention met animal ethical standard. HNGSQ-1 type of He-Ne laser therapeutic instrument was produced in Shanghai. HPIAS-1000 image analytical system was produced by Tongji Medical University. CD34 monoclonal antibody with the product number of MAB-0034 and vascular endothelial growth factor monoclonal antibody with the product number of MS-350 were offered by Fuzhou Maixin Company.METHODS: Experiments were performed at the Provincial Laboratory of Animal Experimental Center of Jilin University from May to December 2003. ①Thirty-five flap-eared rabbits were randomly divided into seven groups, an unforced group and forced 1-, 3-, 5-, 7-, 14- and 21-day groups with 5 rabbits in each group. A stainless steel closing coil spring was deposited between the maxillary first molar and the corresponding maxillary incisor bilaterally, delivering 0.08 N force. The right maxillary of rabbits of each forced group was irradiated by He-Ne laser, and the left side was as control.The cheek corresponding to the right maxillary first molar was selected as irradiation spot and then received He-Ne laser local irradiation. He-Ne laser's wavelength is 632.8 nm, power output of 20.0 mW and energy density of 2.50 J/cm2.Animals of the unforced group did not proceed with anything, sacrificed after raising for a week. Animals of the forced groups were respectively sacrificed on days 1, 3, 5, 7, 14 and 21. ②The premaxillary bones, including the upper first molar, were cut into sagittal sections. Sections were preceded with CD34 and vascular endothelial growth factor immunohistochemical straining. Microvessel density and microvessel area were measured in the tension zone and the pressure zone of orthodontic periodontal tissues. The staining intensity for vascular endothelial growth factor was evaluated by the measurement of gray value using the Computer Image Analyzing System.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ①Gray integral of vascular endothelial growth factor after immunohistochemical staining. ②Microvessel density and microvessel area.RESULTS: Thirty-five rabbits were involved in the result analysis. ①Microvessel density and microvessel area in He-Ne laser irradiated sides were all obviously larger than in the control sides in every forced group in the tension zone and the pressure zone (P ＜ 0.05-0.01), except for the 1-day group. ②In the 1-day group, the vascular endothelial growth factor expressions in periodontal tissues in pressure zone of He-Ne laser irradiated sides were significantly lower than that of control sides (P ＜ 0.05). In the 3- and 5-day groups, vascular endothelial growth factor expressions in pressure zone of irradiated sides were significantly higher than that of control sides (P ＜ 0.05). The vascular endothelial growth factor expressions in pressure zone of both irradiated sides and control sides reached a peak at 5-day group. The vascular endothelial growth factor expressions of irradiated sides were significantly higher than the corresponding control sides in tension zone at 3-, 5- and 7-day group (P ＜ 0.05). The vascular endothelial growth factor expressions in tension zone of both irradiated sides and control sides reached a peak at 14-day group.CONCLUSION: He-Ne laser irradiation promotes blood vessel remodeling of periodontal tissues, increases the vascular endothelial growth factor concentrations in periodontal tissues and makes the angiogenesis of periodontal tissues more active, followed by the remodeling of orthodontic periodontal tissues.

Objective To investigate whether hepatocyte growth factor ( HGF ) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF1) induce cardiac stem cells (CSCs) to proliferate and directly differentiate into cardiomyocytes in vitro.Methods The myocardial tissues were dissected for primary culture of CSCs with the method of explants .The expressions of c-kit and CD34 were examined with immunofluorescence .Primary cells were purified with c-kit by flow cytometry.CFDA SE fluorescent probe was used to detect the proliferation of c-kit+CSCs.C-kit +CSCs were divided into two groups , and cardiac stem cells group and co-cultured with cardiomyocytes group , both group were cultured with HGF and IGF 1.An inverted microscope was used to observe changes in cell number and morphology in different periods .Living cells workstation was used to observe CFDA SE fluorescence intensity , to acquire images and do statistical analysis .Immunofluorescence technique was used to detect the expression of Nkx 2.5 and cardiac troponin T .Results In cardiac stem cells group ,CSCs had no obvious changes in cell number .In co-cultured with cardiomyocytes group , CSCs proliferated and had changes in morphology .Nkx2.5 and cTnT were positively expressed . Several CSCs differentiated into beating cardiomyocytes . Conclusion In co-cultured with cardiomyocytes condition , HGF and IGF1 may promote CSCs to proliferate and differentiate into beating cardiomyocytes .

Objective To investigate the level of myocardical injury by measuring serum levels of cTnI, MYO, CK and CK-MB before and after catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Methods Forty nine patients underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation were involved in the study, cTnI, MYO, CK and CK-MB levels were measured before and 4 h after catheter ablation. Results Myocardical enzymes were increased in all patients (P0.05). Conclusion The serum myocardial enzymes levels increase after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Of the above myocardical enzymes, cTnI is the most sensitive and specific parameters.

Objective To evaluate the effect of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on left ventricular function in patients with heart failure.Methods We retrospectedly studied 10 consecutive patients with congestive heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 45 percent who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.The change in left ventricular function before and after catheter ablation was monitored during a short-term follow-up period.Results Nine patients underwent catheter ablation successfully.After a mean(SD) of 2.78?1.78 months,the patients showed improvement in left ventricular function through improvement in the left ventricular ejection fraction from 0.41?0.01 to 0.46?0.06,the left ventricular diastolic diameter decreased from 56.00?7.21 mm to 53.33?6.42 mm and the left atrial diameter decreased from 44.22?5.91mm to 42.11?4.65 mm,P

Objective To investigate the prevalence of acute pulmonary vein(PV) conduction recovery during observation time after PV isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(AF),and to evaluate the impact of re-isolation treatment on clinical results.Methods Ninety cases with paroxysmal AF(51 males,mean age of 56.4 12.3 years) were randomized to 3 groups to undergo circumferential pulmonary vein isolation(CPVI).In group A there was no observation time post-ablation.In group B there was 30 minutes for observation time post-ablation and in group C,there was 60 minutes of observation time post-ablation.All PV re-conduction was re-isolated at the end of observation.ECG and Holter were performed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the ablation.Results All cases underwent the procedure successfully.The mean procedural time in group A was significantly shorter than in group B and group C,but there was no significant difference on fluoroscopic time and PV isolation time among the three groups.In group B,PV re-conduction occurred in 8 cases(25%) at 30 min post-isolation,in 10 cases(31.2%) at 60 min post-isolation for the left PVs,and in 6 cases(18.8%) at 30 min post-isolation for the right PVs.In group C,PV re-conduction occurred in 9 cases(30%) at 30 min post-isolation and in 11 cases(36.7%) at 60 min post-isolation for the left PVs;for the right PVs,re-connection occured in 7 cases(23.3%) at 30 min post-isolation and in 8 cases(26.7%) at 60 min post-isolation.During a mean follow-up of 6.7 2.3 months,17 cases(60.7%) in group A,27 cases(84.3%) in group B,and 26 cases(86.7%) in group C had no recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmias,P=0.04.Conclusion The prevalence of acute PV conduction recovery was about 30% after PV isolation,which mostly occurred within 30 minutes after initial isolation.Re-isolation of recovered PV conduction may improve the success rate of ablation for paroxysmal AF.