We report 3 cases of unusual cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC). The ages of the first two cases of CMTC were premature babies, born at intrauterine pregnancy of 31 weeks and 34 weeks. the other patient was a 45-year old female. Compared to the age of other cases reported in the literature our patients ages are unusual. It is not surprising that the first two cases of premature babies had typical signs because CMTC is a congenital disorder, usually seen at birth, but the fact that the skin lesion of CMTC appeared already in the early third trimester may provide some clues to the pathogenesis of CMTC. The third case seems to be very rare because most reported cases show that the skin lesion usually disappear gradually over a period of months to years. The site and size of the lesion in the last case was told to have been fixed for 45 years without any change.
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities ; Female ; Humans ; Parturition ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, Third ; Skin

Objective To observe the protective and repairing effects of bone mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs) transplantation on cerebral infarction in rats and to study the different effect of transplantation at different time points. Methods Middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO) models were set up,and the rats were divided into a control group,a group with PBS transplantation and five groups with BMSCs transplantation 3,6,12,24 and 72 h after MCAO,respectively.The volume of infarction area and the neurological severity score(NSS) in all the groups were compared. Results Twenty-eight days after MCAO,the TTC staining indicated that the volume of infarction area in the groups with BMSCs transplantation decreased remarkably compared with the control group and the group with PBS transplantation(P

0.05),20%(P

Objective To investigate the health condition of swimmers who swim in a river in Guangzhou city and to know the influencing factors in order to provide the scientific data for making the diseases control guide for swimmers swimming in the river.Methods The swimmers who swam in a river in Guangzhou city were selected and the cluster sampling survey was conducted by telephone interview and questionnaires in 2006.The statistic analysis of the data was done with the chi-square and Logistic regression.Results 17.9% of the investigated swimmers felt disconffortable in the first time to swim in the river,the main symptoms were eye and skin symptoms,12.2% had the same symptoms in second time to swim in the river,there was a significant difference between the prevalence rates of the eye symptoms.The Logistic regression analysis showed that the following factors were associated with the prevalence of discomfortable symptoms:age,gender,swimming with any kinds of tampon in unclean river water,in the first time to swim in the river and in the second time to swim in the river,the related OR values were 0.95 and 0.97,3.55 and 2.32,14.83 and 6.7.Other factors associated with the prevalence of discomfortable symptoms were as follows:swimming period in unclean fiver water,swimming stroke,chokes the water,times of choking water,using earplugs,head position in water,the related OR values were 1.06,0.50,2.1,1.22,0.44,1.65.Concousion To swim in the natural unclean river may cause the discomfort,the main problems are eye and skin symptoms.

Human protein tyrosine phosphatase β (HPTPβ) is an endothelial cell-specific receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase(PTP). HPTPβ plays an important role in regulating pathophysiological processes such as angiogenesis and cell-to-cell adherens junction, and is taken as a novel target for developing new antiatherosclerosis and antitumor drugs. In this review, the latest research progress in the structure, physiological functions and small molecular inhibitors of HPTPβ is summarized.

Objective To establish a loop-mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP) quantitative method for rapid detection of Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever virus.Methods According to the LAMP principle,design primers for LAMP detection and reaction system,establish LAMP detection method,and to evaluate the linear relationship between initial copy number and the specificity,sensitivity,repeatability and the reaction time(fluorescence signal value of 1×104 corresponding time).Results One sets of LAMP primers could be used to complete the detection work in 0.5 h.The sensitivity of LAMP detection technology was 10 times higher than that of the classical PCR technology,and no cross reaction with other viruses,and the coefficient of variation of the average test was less than 5%.There was a good linear relationship between cycle threshold and template concentration.Conclusion This method has high specificity,sensitivity,simple operation,which is easy to get the results,low equipment requirements and rapid,suitable for primary health institutions and the field inspection agencies for wide applications.

The region of about 4.0 kb upstream of Spodoptera litura nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpltNPV) chiA gene was sequenced, in which six open reading frames(ORF1～6) were found. These ORFs are 156, 297, 540, 369, 1281, and 228 nucleotides long, encoding the proteins of 51, 98, 179, 122, 426, and 75 amino acids with the molecular weight of 6.15 kD, 11.46 kD, 21.70 kD, 14.69 kD, 47.59 kD, and 9.09 kD respectively. One early promoter motif CAGT in ORF1 and ORF3, two early promoter motifs CAGT in ORF2, one late promoter motif TAAG in ORF4 and two late promoter motifs TAAG in ORF5 were found in 5′noncoding regions of these ORFs. The polyadenylation signals, AATAAA, are located downstream of the translation stop codon of ORF1, ORF4 and ORF5. ORF4 is the homologous gene of AcMNPV ORF53, BmNPV ORF42, OpMNPV ORF56 and LdMNPV ORF54. Compared with all genes from baculoviruses, ORF1, ORF2 and ORF6 have no homologous genes. It is suggested that ORF1, ORF2 and ORF6 may be three novel baculovirus genes.

ObjectiveTo explore the clinical therapeutic effect and safety of treating the vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis with rotational manipulation.Methods180 patients with vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis were treated by rotational manipulation.ResultsBy follow-up, 89 patients were evaluated as excellent, 73 as good and 18 as fair. The total rate of excellent and good results was 81%.ConclusionRotational manipulation is an effective method. The correct diagnosis and indication are keys to take good treatment results and safety.

Small molecule fluorescent probes have gained widespread attention for their advantages of high selectivity, sensitivity, and easy to operate, and have played a critical role in the detection of various species. They have also demonstrated great potential in the field of biomedical research. Iron, as the most abundant transition metal in the human body, plays a vital role in many physiological functions. Due to the influence of the reductive microenvironment of cell, ferrous ion (Fe²⁺) is the main component of labile iron in living cells. Heme, consisting of Fe²⁺ and protoporphyrin IX, is one of the main signaling molecules that wrap biological iron in the human body, and also participates in many physiological and pathological processes. Therefore, the development of small molecule fluorescent probes for detecting Fe²⁺ and heme as effective monitoring tools will help to further understand their pathological and physiological functions, with potential applications in other fields. This review summarizes the research progress of small molecule fluorescent probes for Fe²⁺ and heme detection in recent years, and provides insights into future directions for their development.