AIM: To observe the interocular symmetry of primary angle-closure suspects` (PACS) parameters using IOL Master.METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study.Totally 112 eyes from 56 subjects were enrolled to detect the difference of the bilateral axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD) and white to white distance(WTW), and to evaluate the correlation between the interocular differences of △AL, △ACD and △WTW and age, gender.RESULTS: All the parameters were analyzed by paired-samples t test and there were no significant interocular difference (P>0.05).There was no relation of ΔAL,ΔACD and ΔWTW with age and gender.CONCLUSION: Interocular symmetry of parameters by IOL Master was observed in PACS, and we found that the symmetry would not be altered when the age and gender had changed.

AIM: To explore the effect of Bu Shen Yang Xue Ming Mu (BSYXMM) Formula on hydroquinone-induced oxidative stress injury in ARPE-19 cells.METHODS: The oxidative injury model of ARPE-19 cell was induced by exposure to various concentrations of hydroquinone (HQ) to determine the optimal concentration.Intestinal absorption solutions of BSYXMM Formula were prepared.Effect of intestinal absorption solutions of BSYXMM Formula on the cell viability was detected by CCK-8 assay,and the percentage of apoptotic cells was measured by TUNEL assay.The levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in ARPE-19 cells were detected by means of chemical colorimetry.RESULTS: It was found that ARPE-19 cell viability significantly decreased when the concentration of HQ was higher than 90μmol/L.Compared with the model group,1% and 2% intestinal absorption solutions in the pre-treatment group could significantly alleviate HQ-induced injury (P<0.01) and 0.5% and 5% intestinal absorption solutions in the pre-treatment group could alleviate the injury in certain degree(P<0.05).While in the treatment group 1% and 2% intestinal absorption solutions could alleviate the injury to some extent (P<0.05).TUNEL results showed that the apoptosis rate decreased significantly in the pre-treatment group (P<0.01)and to some extent in the treatment group (P<0.05)compared with the model group.It was shown that both levels of SOD and GSH-Px in pre-treatment group and treatment group were markedly higher than that of model group(P<0.05),and pre-treatment group had more significant effect (P<0.01,P<0.05).CONCLUSION: BSYXMM Formula could protect against HQ-induced oxidative stress injury in ARPE-19 cells,which may be related with the increasing of antioxidant enzyme in the cells.

Scientific researchers , medical and nursing staff in Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Chinese PLA General Hospital are the main readers of Medical Library of Chinese PLA.The papers they published in CMCI-covered journals from 2010 to 2012 and their citations were analyzed by citation analysis in order to find the de-mand of users and the use of literature in militarymedical journals , and discover the demand for biological literature information in scientific researchers and nursing staff in Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Chinese PLA General Hospital.The authors proposed that library holding journals should be evaluated with the support rate of highly cited journals and zero citation rate of library holding journals to guide the development of journal resources , provide evidence for the adjustment of resource acquisition , and perfect the library holding resources ofuser-ori-ented demand.

Objective To investigate the clinical and pathological features of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B(LGMD2B).Methods The clinical data and the pathological result of skeletal muscle in five patients with LGMD2B were analyzed retrospectively.Results Five patients presented muscle atrophy and weakness(four limbs in three patients and both lower limbs in two patients),and the chronic onset,and the progressive deterioration.The pathological examination showed that the muscle fibers degenerating,necrotic and regenerating in different extents were observed,and the infiltration of inflammatory cells were appeared on all of cases.Immunohistochemical stains showed that the expression of anti-dysferlin monoclonal antibody was negative,anti-Dystrophy,Sarcoglycan and dystroglycan monoclonal antibodies were positive normaly,anti-CD8+T cell monoclonal antibody was negative,and anti-MHC-1 monoclonal antibody was up-regulated in five patients.Conclusions The clinical characters of LGMD2B are chronic onset,progressive muscle atrophy and weakness in four limbs or both lower limbs.The pathological characters of LGMD2B are similar to the changes of polymyositis.

AIM: To explore the expression changes of bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7) and its receptors (BMPR-Ⅱ, ALK-2, ALK-3, ALK-6) in the renal tubulo-interstitial lesions induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO). METHODS: Rats were divided into normal control, sham operation and UUO groups, and sacrificed at postoperative day 1, 3, 7 and 14. The mRNA levels of BMP-7, BMPR-Ⅱ, ALK-2, ALK-3 and ALK-6 were examined by RT-PCR. The protein expression site and level of BMP-7 was detected by immunohistochemistry staining. RESULTS: Compared to sham operation group, the mRNA levels of BMP-7, BMPR-Ⅱ, ALK-2 and ALK-3 were significantly decreased, but the change of ALK-6 mRNA was not marked in UUO rats. The reduction of mRNA expression levels of BMP-7, BMPR-Ⅱ, ALK-2 and ALK-3 in the kidney tissue aggravated along with the delayed post-operated days. The results of immunohistochemistry staining indicated that BMP-7 mainly expressed in renal tubular and interstitial, rarely in glomeruli. In UUO rats, the protein expression of BMP-7 decreased in varying degrees according to the post-operated days. CONCLUSION: The loss of BMP-7 and its receptors (BMPR-Ⅱ, ALK-2, ALK-3) were observed in the early phase of fibrotic process and this may play a very important role in mediating the renal tubulointerstital fibrosis.

This paper introduced multiple flexible teaching methods in medical immunology based on its characteristics including paying attention to introductory class,activating class atmosphere,integrating multiple teaching form.Results showed that these methods stimulating interests of the students,improving their comprehensive quality and ability of innovation,so teaching effect can be improved accordingly.

Background and purpose:The E-cadherin as a pivotal structural protein is important for cellular polarity and maintainance of normal tissue morphology and cellular differentiation. Recently some study investigated the impact of the C/A genetic polymorphism at-160 from the site of the E-cadherin gene promoter on susceptibility in NPC. To evaluate the association of the E-cadherin gene promoter-160 C/A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk in a Chinese population, we designed a hospital-based case-control study. Methods:Subjects included in this study were 303 patients deifnitely diagnosed with NPC, and 318 matched healthy controls. We used TaqMan Probe method for analyzing polymorphism. Results:The A/A genotype was associated with increased risk of NPC after being adjusted for age and gender (adjusted OR=2.09, 95%CI:1.03-4.22, P=0.04). When 2 gender groups were analysed respectively, female group with A/A genotypes showed a higher risk (OR=7.57, 95%CI:1.57-36.47, P=0.012). Besides, among NPC patients compared with males A/A genotype, females with A/A genotype had a signiifcant risk(OR=2.66, 95%CI:1.14-6.20, P=0.024). Conclusion:The A/A genotype of E-cadherin promoter-160 C/A might be genetic risk factor for NPC, especially female patients.

Objective To analyze the differentially expressed genes in peripheral blood of human immunodeficiency(HIV)/tubercle bacilli co-infected patients and explore the biological regulatory mechanism and network of key proteins,so as to provide new evidence for early diagnosis and clinical treatment of HIV/TB co-infected patients. Methods Microarray gene chip data of HIV/TB co-infected patients were downloaded from public databases GEO and imported into the analysis software GEO,STRING,PANTHER,and GenClip. The gene expression profiles,protein interaction networks,processes of molecular biology,and gene functions were analyzed. Results The expression profiles of 15 529 genes between the two groups of patients were similar,and gene expression profiles from 44 subjects were highly correlated. The 251 differentially expressed genes had good diagnostic capabilities in the differential diagnosis of HIV/TB infection. RPLP1 might be a key gene in the diagnosis of HIV/TB infection. The differentially expressed genes and positive regulators showed certain functions such as external stimuli,signal transduction pathways in cells,migration of neutrophils,and immunological and other relevant functionalities. Meanwhile,they may also be involved in free radical-related apoptosis,inflammation,and activation pathways. Conclusions A total of 251 differentially expressed genes are found to be able to distinguish simple HIV infection from HIV/TB infection. Protein-protein interaction network of top 40 differential expression genes includes RPLP1 gene,which is possibly associated with HIV/TB co-infection and may be involved in and the positive regulation of external stimuli,signal transduction pathways in cells,migration of neutrophils,and immunological functions. These findings may provide certain evidence for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/TB infection.

Thalassemia is a genetic disease with a high-incidence rate which has influenced the health condi-tions of newborns in south China. In this paper, we analyze the policy process of thalassemia prevention strategy in Guangxi based on John Kingdon’s policy stream theory, discussing the problem, policy and political flows of the strat-egy and analyzing how does the policy window open. We found that the thalassemia prevention policy was based on the deep understanding of the women and children’s health conditions, and the policy entrepreneur had made a pro-gram for alleviating to and eradicating the problem. In the condition of deepening health system reform, the thalasse-mia prevention policy in Guangxi had attracted the attention of policy makers. At a right political time for policy-mak-ing, the three above mentioned flows came in bond pushing the policy window open. As long as the thalassemia pre-vention policy process is analyzed based on the policy stream theory, it could be a good theoretical and practical ex-ample for other public health policy analysis in China.

Aim To study the effect of synapsinⅠon synaptic transmission in rat dentate gyrus induced by(-) clausenamide.Methods The basal synaptic transmission experiment was conducted through electrophysiological recordings.The effect of(-) clausenamide on synapsinⅠ phosphorylation was measured by western blot and confocal microscopy.Results(-)Clausenamide increased the population spike(PS) of hippocampal dentate gyrus.The phosphorylation of synapsinⅠ was increased both in cortex and hippocampus,the maximum effect was observed at 5 min in hippocampus and at 15 min in cortex.Furthermore,(-)clausenamide promoted the phosphorylation of synapsinⅠat a dose-denpendent manner in PC12 cells.The phosphorylation of synapsinⅠ in PC12 cells and synaptosomes incubated with(-)clausenamide was increased and reached maximum at 1~2 min.However,H89,PKA inhibitor,blocked the effect of(-)clausenamide on synapsinⅠ phosphorylation.Conclusion(-)Clausenamide activated synapsinⅠ via PKA signal pathway,which may contribute to the effect of(-)clausenamide on potentiating basal synaptic transmission.