BACKGROUND:Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels are from the umbilical cord of newly born individuals and have no ethical issues, and therefore are promising candidates for seeded cels as a substitute for cel transplantation and regenerative medicine. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of serum from liver injury rats on induced differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels into hepatocyte-like cels and provide experimental evidence for use of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels in the treatment of patients with end-stage liver disease in the clinic. METHODS: Rat models of acute liver injury were established by intraperitoneal injection of 10% carbon tetrachloride. Rats in the control group were intraperitonealy administered the same amount of soybean oil. Forty-eight hours after modeling, abdominal aorta blood was taken for serum preparation. Passage 3 human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels were cultured with 20% serum from liver injury rats and 20% fetal bovine serum. Morphology of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels was observed before and after culture. Levels ofα-fetoprotein and albumin in the supernatant were detected. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Cels exhibited shuttle-shaped appearance and grew in whirlpool-like manner at 1 day after culture with serum from liver injury rats, exhibited short shuttle-shaped appearance at 2 days, were oval-shaped at 3 days, and were round and an extremely smal number of cels were floated at 4 days. At 4 days after culture with serum from liver injury rats, level of albumin in the cel supernatant was significantly increased than that before induction and that in the control group (P< 0.001), and there was no significant difference in level of α-fetoprotein in the cel supernatant. These results suggest that serum of liver injury rats can induce differentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels into hepatocyte-like cels.

Objective To observe the clinical manifestation and ophthalmoscopic image characteristics of uveal metastatic carcinoma.Methods Thirty-six uveal metastatic carcinoma patients (43 eyes) were enrolled in this study.The patients included 21 males and 15 females.The patients' ages ranged from 28 to 71 years,with a mean age of (47.3 ±10.2) years.Seven patients had bilateral carcinoma and 29 patients had unilateral carcinoma.There were 30 patients with lung cancer,three patients with breast cancer,one patient with gastric cancer and two patients without primary tumors.There were 20 patients with known primary cancer,16 patients visited the Department of Ophthalmology first.All the patients were examined documenting visual acuity,intraocular pressure,slit-lamp microscopy and mydriatic fundus examination.Meanwhile,22 patients (26 eyes) were examined using B-type ultrasound and/or color Doppler flow imaging(CDFI).Twelve patients (12 eyes) were examined using fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and/or indocyanine green angiography (ICGA).Seventeen patients (22 eyes) were examined using MRI and/or CT.The clinical manifestation and ophthalmoscopic image characteristics of uveal metastatic carcinoma patients were observed.Results Among 43 eyes,four lesions were in the iris,three lesions in the ciliary body and 32 lesions were in the choroid.Fundus examination showed an isolated mass in 26 eyes and more than two masses in nine eyes.Metastatic tumors of the iris and ciliary body often showed irregular cauliflower-like mass with gray-white or meat-red color and abundant vessels.The choroidal metastasis usually demonstrated flat rounded or irregular intraocular masses with gray-yellow or gray-white color in the posterior pole.B-type ultrasound showed ill-defined,flat,and irregular-shaped masses with uneven internal reflectivity.CDFI showed rich blood flow within the tumor.FFA and (or)ICGA showed pinpoint and mottled leaks against hyperfluorescence background.MRI revealed low or middle signal using T1 WI and low signal intensity using T2WI.Conclusions The uveal metastatic carcinoma usually occurs in one eye with an isolated mass.Most of them show a flat gray-yellow mass in posterior choroids and have the primary cancer sites of the lung.FFA and/or ICGA show pinpoint and mottled leaks against hyperfluorescence background.B-type ultrasound and (or) CDFI show ill-defined,flat,and irregular-shaped mass with rich blood flow within the tumor.MRI reveals low signal intensity on T2 WI.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.Increase in incidence has been shown in HCC over the last few years and more than half of the cases were reported in China,where hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the main etiologic factor.Heterogeneity in HCC's distribution worldwide and difference in etiology may result in a more complicated issue about prognosis-estimation and choosing of treatment options for HCC patients.In the past decade,there have been several clinical staging systems developed in terms of relevant prognostic factors.Among them,the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) and the Hong Kong Liver Cancer (HKLC) staging system are the only two classifications that link prognostic classification to treatment indications.In this review,we mainly focus on the application of BCLC and HKLC staging systems in guiding decision making for HCC,the respective advantages and disadvantages of each classification,and the future perspective of our own prediction model in which some new clinical factors will be integrated.

BACKGROUND: Studies of umbilical cord blood stem cells transplantation for liver function failure have demonstrated that Astragalus membranaceus preparation can stimulate hemopoietic stem/progenitor cell proliferation.OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of Astragalus membranaceus injection on the differentiation of umbilical cord blood stem cell into hepatocyte in vitro and in vivo for the treatment of liver failure. METHODS: The third and fourth passage of human umbilical cord blood stem cells (HUCBSCs) were collected. In drug screening test, there were 4 groups: cells were separately cultured with 0, 40, 200, and 400 mg/L Astragalus membranaceus injection to screen the appropriate for cell growth. In cell differentiation test, there were 2 groups: HUCBSCs were respectively cultured with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF, 10 μg/L), and HGF (10 μg/L) plus 200 mg/L Astragalus membranaceus injection. D-aminogalactose was intraperitoneally injected to establish a model of acute liver failure. Surviving model rats (48 hours) were randomly divided into six groups: model control, Astragalus membranaceus injection, rat peripheral blood mononuclear cells, combination, combination+Cytoxan, and combination+dexamethasone groups. The alpha fetoprotein mRNA and albumin mRNA expression was determined by RT-PCR, and liver function indexes were observed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Different mass concentration of Astragalus membranaceus injection displayed varied influence on HUCBSC proliferation: 200 mg/L was the best for HUCBSC proliferation. Compared with HUCBSC cultured with HGF alone, the number of albumen-positive cells in HUCBSCs cultured with 200 mg/L Astragalus membranaceus injection and HGF was greater (P < 0.05). Moreover, the expression of albumen mRNA in combination, combination+Cytoxan, and combination+dexamethasone groups was greater than rat peripheral blood mononuclear cells group, while alpha fetoprotein mRNA expression was only greater than rat peripheral blood mononuclear cells group in early stage. At 7 days of treatment, the values of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate amino transferase and total bilirubin were significantly greater in combination, combination+Cytoxan, and combination+dexamethasone groups compared with model control, Astragalus membranaceus alone and rat peripheral blood mononuclear cells groups (P < 0.05), but no differences were observed among model control, Astragalus membranaceus alone and rat peripheral blood mononuclear cells groups (P > 0.05). Results indicate that Astragalus membranaceus injection at 200 mg/L can promote the proliferation and differentiation of HUCBSCs into hepatocyte in vitro and in vivo, ameliorate liver function and improve treatment effect of HUCBSC transplantation for liver failure.

Late in-the-bag dislocation of intraocular lens bag complex is a rare but potential complication after cataract surgery,which can affect the quality of patients'life seriously,and usually need surgical treatment.People are paying more attention to this complication,because it has been reported with increasing frequency in recent years.This complication may present after a long time frame.There is a research showing that the interval between cataract surgery and the dislocation was 10.9 years.The cumulative risk of IOL dislocation at 10 years,20 years,and 25 years after cataract extraction was 0.1％,0.7％,and 1.7％ respectively.Late in-the-bag IOL dislocation is a result of progressive zonular dehiscence up to many years after cataract surgery,and its genesis is multifactorial.This article reviews the incidence,possible mechanism and risk factors of late in-the-bag IOL dislocation.

To study injurious effects on rabbit lung from rapid decompression, slow decompression and the rapid decompression were used in two respective groups consisting of 30 rabbits. Slow decompression did not bring about obvious lung injury, but the lung injury in different severity occurred after rapid decompression. The greater the decompression peak value was, the more severe lung injuries was. These results indicated that rapid decompression could inflict lung injury, and the main cause of lung injury might be the temporary high pressure in lungs induced by rapid decompression, leading to over expansion of the alveoli and strong impact of the lung on the chest wall

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value and safety of thoracoscopy routine pleural biopsy combined with frozen biopsy for pleural effusion. Methods A retrospective analysis was made on the pathological diagnosis rate of pleural effusion. Results 120 cases in thoracoscopy, 103 cases were confirmed with routine biopsy specimens (85.8%), 16 cases found in the lesions with conventional clamp not satisfactory tissue specimens, combined with frozen cut obtained satisfactory specimens, the diagnostic accuracy rate of 16 cases of cryobiopsy was 100.0%, and the total diagnostic accuracy rate of medical thoracoscopy combined with pleural biopsy and cryobiopsy was 95.0%. There was significant difference between conventional biopsy and cryobiopsy (P < 0.05). Conclusion Medical thoracoscopy combined with pleural biopsy and cryobiopsy can achieve a higher rate of pathological diagnosis, and the complications are mild, so it is worthy of clinical promoting.

Objective To evaluate the value of diffusion weighted imaging in differential diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma stagedⅠa.Methods A retrospective analysis of 18 patients with endometrial carcinoma staged Ⅰ a which was confirmed by pathology. Other 22 patients with benign endometrial diseases were also enrolled in the study including endometrial hyperplasia in 9,endometrial polyp in 8 and degenerative submucous myoma in 5.DWI with b value of 0 s/mm2 and 1 000 s/mm2 was performed with single shot sequence of EPI,and the ADC values were measured.Results The mean ADC values of endometrial carcinoma staged Ⅰa,endome-trial hyperplasia,endometrial polyp and degenerative submucous myoma were (0.89±0.21)×10 -3 mm2/s,(1.45±0.19)×10 -3 mm2/s, (1.29±0.32)×10 -3 mm2/s and (1.32 ±0.29)× 10 -3 mm2/s,respectively.There were statistical significant differences between them (F =48.021,P =0.00).Furthermore,statistically significant differences also existed between endometrial carcinoma and other groups (P <0.05).Conclusion ADC value shows a good value in differential diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma staged Ⅰa.

Objective To summarize imaging appearances of brain in AIDS patients,as to supply the evidences of imaging diagnosis for this disease . Methods CT or/and MRI appearances of brain in 19 patients with AIDS of nervous system type were reviewed . Results 3 cases showed the symmetry signal abnormal in bilateral whiter matter and 2 cases showed brain atrophy in 5 patients with HIV encephalitis.2 cases of toxoplasma encephalitis appeared multiple abnormal density or/and signal intensity in the brain and multiple ring enhancement . 3 patients with lymphoma displayed single or multiple nodule in the brain and nodular-enhancement or inhomogenous enhancement.3 patients with brain infarction displayed lower density in the basal ganglia on CT.2 patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy displaied multiple patch abnormal signal intensity of the white matter in frontal and parietal lobus.1 patient with cryptococcal infection showed abnormal signal and ring enhancement of the pons.1 patient with cryptococcal meningitis and 2 patients with intracranial hypertension had not abnormal imaging appearances.Conclusion Most lesions of the brain in AIDS patient may be detected by CT and MRI,but the definite diagnosis is still in need of combining with clinical appearances and other relative examination.

Objective:To observe the effect of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen on inflammatory cytokines and intestinal mucosal barrier in rats with postoperative adhesive intestinal obstruction, and to explore its mechanism. Methods:Sixty SD rats were randomly divided into normal group, sham operation group, model group, low, medium and high dose of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen group. Except for the normal group and the sham operation group, and the other animals groups were established the model of postoperative adhesive intestinal obstruction. Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen low, medium and high dose groups were perfused with Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen decoction with the concentration of 0.2, 0.6 and 1.8 g/ml, the normal group, sham operation group and model group were gavaged with equal volume of sterile saline from the first day after the operation, once a day. After corresponding treatment, the adhesion score was observed on the 7th day after the operation, the contents of interleukin-1 β (IL-1β), D-lactic acid (D-LA), diamine oxidase (DAO) and vascular endotoxin (ET) in serum were detected by ELISA method, and the expression of SIgA, CD4 +T and CD8 +T cells in intestinal mucosa were assessed by immunohistochemical method. Results:Compared to the model group, the adhesion score in the low, medium and high dose of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen group significantly decreased ( P<0.05), the level of serum IL-1β [(8.66 ± 1.07) ng/L, (8.15 ± 1.23) ng/L, (7.99 ± 1.11) ng/L vs. (14.08 ± 2.54) ng/L] significantly decreased ( P<0.01), the expression of SIgA (1.38 ± 0.15, 2.87 ± 1.17, 2.79 ± 0.80 vs. 0.65 ± 0.12) in intestinal mucosa in the low, medium and high dose of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen group significantly increased ( P<0.01). The levels of serum D-LA [ (8.57 ± 1.73) mg/L, (7.13 ± 1.75) mg/L vs. (14.58 ± 2.81) mg/L], ET [ (77.39 ± 6.83) mg/ml, (50.49 ± 7.80) mg/ml vs. (138.22 ± 7.79) mg/ml] significantly decreased ( P<0.01), the expression of CD4 +T (2.61 ± 0.83, 2.91 ± 1.62 vs. 1.15 ± 0.98) and CD8 +T (2.88 ± 0.69, 3.01 ± 1.86 vs. 1.26 ± 0.74) cells in intestinal mucosa in the medium and high dose of Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen group significantly increased ( P<0.01). Conclusion:Rhei Radix et Rhizoma and Persicae Semen decoction can improve intestinal mucosal permeability, protect intestinal mucosal immune barrier and reduce inflammatory reaction in the treatment of adhesive intestinal obstruction.