Hepatitis B virus exists in the form of quasispecies.Quasispecies are an important basis for the pathogenesis and drug resistance of hepatitis B virus.Researches for quasispecies could contribute to evaluating the progress of disease, predicting drug resistance, adjusting the therapeutic regimen and performing individual treatment.

Objective To compare the effects of two head holders on the setup errors during head and neck neoplasms radiotherapy.Methods Totally 30 patients were divided into groups A and B randomly and equally.Group A applied TypeSTM Extension for setup,and group B used Type-S Overlay Board,with thermoplastic film applied to fixation.Varian23IX image guided linear accelerator was involved in the therapy,and the patients underwent CBCT-guided therapy once a week in 6 weeks.The setup errors at left-right,head-foot and anterior-posterior directions were obtained by bone registration and manual checking.Results The absolute setup error at anterior-posterior direction of group A,was (2.31 ± 1.35) mm,which was significantly higher than (1.88±1.79) mm of group B (P=0.032).There were no obvious differences between the setup errors of group A and those of group B (P＞0.05),and the weekly absolute errors of group A were not statistically different from those of group B (P＞0.05).Conclusion There are no significant differences between the effects of the two head holders on the setup errors during head and neck neoplasms radiotherapy,and proper head holder can be selected according to clinical requirements.

China ; Clinical Laboratory Techniques ; Laboratories ; statistics & numerical data ; Occupational Health ; Quality Control

Arsenic Poisoning ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Hypercalciuria ; complications

BACKGROUND: Dedifferentiation changes in monolayer culture and limited resource are 2 problems in chondrocyte study. There are few reports concerning the phenotype, biological characteristics, and three-dimensional culture SW1353 human chondrosarcoma cells.OBJECTIVE: To observe the kinetics characteristics and ultramicro location of type Ⅱ collagen in three-dimensional cultured SW1353 human chondrosarcoma cells.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: The material-cytology in vitro observation was performed at the Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, from August 2004 to January 2006.MATERIALS: SW1353 human chondrosarcoma cells were provided by ATCC Company.METHODS: After resuscitation, the cells were cultured in DMEM containing fetal bovine serum and vitamin C. Then the cell aggregate was suspended in alginate solution, with final concentration of 2×10~9/L, gel solution was dropped to obtain alginate beads. At weeks 8 after three-dimensional culture, citrate sodium was added to breakdown gel, and the chondrocyte was harvested. The growth characteristics of SW1353 between in monolayer and in alginate three-dimensional were compared. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Phenotype shift was observed by Toluidine blue staining. Type Ⅱ collagen expression in cell was directed by immunohistochemistry. The location of type Ⅱ collagen in ultrastructure was observed by Immunoelectron microscope. Isotope 14C-proline pulse chase experiment was performed to find out the kinetics of collagen Ⅱ in synthesis and secretion. RESULTS: There were phenotype changes after 8 weeks monolayer cultured in SW1353 as the articular chondrocytes had done. Compare with the monolayer culture, the good phenotype was maintained and the proliferation was slow when the cell was cultured in alginate culture and the type Ⅱ collagen in suspension and alginate matrix was decreased either. Type Ⅱ collagen expression in cell can be directed both in cells and outside of cells; type Ⅱ collagen locate almost in rough endoplasmic reticulum in Immunoelectron microscope; Pulse chase experiment found that the 180 minute was the peak of synthesis and secretion of collagen Ⅱ after intervention by ~(14)C-proline. ELISA confirmed that the expression of type Ⅱ collagen was obvious increased at 8 weeks than 1 week in the suspension of monolayer culture (P < 0.05), which was greater than that in alginate matrix of three-dimensional. CONCLUSION: Long term monolayer culture in SW1353 may lead to cell phenotype change. Alginate three-dimensional can improve the phenotype changes by decrease cells metabolism and maintaining the dormancy situation of SW1353. Expression of type n collagen in SW1353 was abundant. This cell line can be a good research model of chondrocyte function.

BACKGROUND: Current research of mechano growth factor (MGF) mainly focuses on the muscles and nerve damage and repair, and it has bean confirmed that MGF can promote muscle cell hypertrophy and nerve repair significantly. Regarding its role in fracture healing is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of MGF on radial fracture healing in rabbits. METHODS: By using random digital table method, 12 New Zealand rabbits were divided into 3 groups: blank control group, low-dose MGF group and high-dose MGF group. The models with 5 mm bone defect were produced in the middle of the left radius in rabbits. At 3 days after the surgical operation, the defective areas were given 0.2 mL PBS or 0.2 mL MGF (0.36 and 0.72 g/L) injected into the ends of fracture areas, respectively, once per day for continuous 5 days. At 4, 6, 8 weeks after operation, X-ray photography was used to evaluate the healing of fracture, and the histological examinations were performed at the 8~(th) weak to observe the call morphology at the fracture lesion. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: At 1 day after operation, the activities of rabbits were reduced, with slightly reduced food intake, at 2 days they almost recovered to normal activities and diet. At 3 days, the surgical incision slightly swelled with a small amount of bleeding and without obvious signs of infection. All 12 rabbits entered the final analysis. X-rays showed that two fracture ends have basically combined in the high-dose MGF group at 4 weeks post-surgery, cortical bone was continuous and fracture lines were unclear. At 6 weaks the bone medullary cavity almost run through and fully run through at 8 weeks. The healing time in the high-dose MGF group was remarkably shorter than that in blank control group and low-dose MGF group, the healing was in high quality. At 8 weeks after operation, a large number of osteoid tissues were observed in the blank control group, a small amount of woven bone formed, at a transition period from the fibrous bone callus to the bony bone callus; a large number of woven bone formed inthe low-dose MGF group, at bony bone callus period; in the high-dose MGF group, a large number of woven bones converted into mature lamellar bone, at the callus rebuilding phase, which was consistent with imaging results. It is indicated that MGF can accelerate fracture healing significantly in a rabbit model and shows a dose-dependent manner in a certain range.

Objective: To examine the characteristics of childhood traumatic experiences in borderline personality disorder (BPD) in college students. Methods: The Personality Diagnosis Questionnaire-~(4+) (PDQ-~(4+)), Personality Disorder Interview- Ⅳ (PDI - Ⅳ) and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire -28 Short Form (CTQ-SF) were administered to 3227 college students of sophomore and junior. Results: (1) In the investigation of PDQ-~(4+), 31 subjects with childhood traumatic experiences (0.96%) were diagnosed as BPD, and the total score of BDL sub-scale was (2. 62 ± 1.70), including 18 females and 13 males. In CTQ test, the scores of bad environment in females were significantly higher than that in males [(13.63±4.54) vs. (9.83±1.95), P<0.01] . (2) Subjects with BPD got higher scores than normal controls in CTQ-SF, such as the emotional abuse [(2.11 ±0.77) vs. (1.66±0.49), P<0.01] .Conclusion: college students with borderline personality disorder mostly have d different childhood traumatic experiences, and there exists a sex difference.

Acute Coronary Syndrome ; Humans

Breast Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cell Polarity ; Epithelial Cells ; metabolism ; pathology ; Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition ; Eye Proteins ; metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Membrane Proteins ; metabolism ; Nerve Tissue Proteins ; metabolism ; Receptors, Proteinase-Activated ; metabolism ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins ; metabolism

Actins ; metabolism ; Angiotensins ; pharmacology ; Animals ; Breast Neoplasms ; blood supply ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cell Proliferation ; Female ; Fibroblasts ; metabolism ; pathology ; physiology ; Humans ; Interferon-gamma ; therapeutic use ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Neovascularization, Pathologic ; Prognosis ; Transforming Growth Factor beta1 ; metabolism