Two unusual cases of coexistence of Hashimoto′s thyroiditis and subacute thyroiditis were reported. The diagnosis was based on the comprehensive analysis of clinical symptoms, laboratory data and histological findings. If patients with confirmed evidence of subacute thyroiditis were accompanied with markedly and persistently elevated titers of thyroid autoantibodies, coexistence of both diseases should be suspected.

On the basis of Shay's ulcer model, we have studied the effects of food re. striction time on the experimental gastric ulcer in rats. The results indicat that each restricted group forms gastric ulcer after ligation of pylorus 18 hr. There are a postive correlation between the restricted time and the severity of gastric ulcer, and a negative correlation between the severity of gastric ulcer and the amount of gastric acid secretion. We suggested that Shay's ulcer model does not belong to peptic ulcer, but belonges to one of the stress ulcers. The restricted time may play an important role in the mechanism for this ulcer model.

Objective To explore the principle,effect and method of percutaneous AiDi injection for treatment of implanted VX2 liver tumor with ultrasound guidance.Methods Twenty-eight New Zealand white rabbits with implanted VX2 liver tumors were randomly divided into 3 groups:AiDi injection group (n=12) ,percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) group (n=8) ,and physiological saline group (n=8) .Two weeks after transplantation,the drugs were injected into tumors of all the rabbits once every 3 days.After 4 times injection,the rabbits were killed.The tumors were measured with 64-slice CT,while the rate of tumor necrosis,the volume of tumor and the growth rate of the tumor were calculated.Liver and kidney function tests (AST,ALT,ALP and BUN) as well as white blood eell counts were assessed before and after treatment,and CT examination was performed at the same time.The morphological and the ultramicrostructural changes were also investigated under light microscope or electron microscope.Results Tumors in all groups kept growing after the procedure.Among all 3 groups,tumor growing rate for AiDi injection group was the lowest and the necrotic rate was the highest (P＜0.05) ,while no significant difference was found between AiDi injection group and PEI group (P＞0.05) .Apoptotic index in AiDi injection group was significantly higher than that in PEI group and physiological saline group (P＜0.05) .There was no evident change of liver and kidney function before and after treatment in AiDi injection group and PEI group (P＞0.05) .Conclusion AiDi injection can induce apoptosis of liver VX2 tumor cells.Percutaneous AiDi injection therapy can obviously inhibit and destroy liver VX2 tumor cells.

Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is correlative with many diseases. Angio tensin II (AngII) plays an important role as the final effective approach for RAS. This article reviews the main approach to the action and biosynthesis of AngII: including AngII receptor blocker (ARB), chymase inhibitor and ACE2 which were disscoverd recently.

Objective The aim of this investigation is to explore the effects of hypoxia on the biological activity of endothelial progenitor cells(EPC)and to improve the efficacy of EPC transplantation.Methods Rat bone marrow derived EPC were isolated and cultured either under normoxic or hypoxic conditions.The proliferation,migration and angiogenic ability of EPC were observed.Results In hypoxic group,the number of attached cells per high power field(hpf)was significantly more than that in normoxic group (91.0?8.0)vs(42.5?5.3),P

The constant iv. of aconitine can induce the varied arrhythmias in mice. Taurine 100mg/kg iv. or Quinidine 5 mg/kg iv. can delays the onset time of arrhythmias, and increases the dose of aconitine, respectively .But no effects were seen in mice pretreated with taurine 50mg/kg or quinidine 2.5mg/kg. However their combination can significantly decrease the incident of ventricular fibrillation and delay the onset time of death. Our results suggested that taurine, quinidine and their combination are effective on arrhythmias induced by aconitine in mice.

The effect of Taurine ( Tau)on 45Ca influx of isolated left ventricular muscles in rats has been investigated. The 45Ca influx of the preparations untreated with Tau, are affected by the concentrations of calcium in KH solution. when the concentration of calcium is 0.62; 1.25; and 1.87mmol/L respectively, the 45Ca influx is 1.02? 0.25; 1.37?0.14 and 1.45?0.14 ?mol/g wet tissue, respectively. After adding Tau, the situations above were changed significantly. It was shown that is 1.11 ? 0.11, 1.45?0.12, and 1.48 ? 0.09 ?mol/g wet tissue in low Ca2?; 1.19?0.07, 1.14 ? 0.23, and 0.97?0.24 ?mol/g wet tissue in normal Ca2?; and 1.12?0.05,0.58?0.18 and 0.53?0.10 ?mol/g wet tissue in high Ca2? treated with Tau 10, 20, and 40 mmol/L, respectively. The results show that the varied ,Ca2? concentrations in KH solution can affect 45Ca influx of cardiac muscles, but Taurine has a bisphasic modulation o,f calcium influx in the same tissue. The effects of modulating calcium may play an important role for anti-arrhythmic mechanism of Taurine.

The urinary concentration of pseudouridine, primarily a degradation product of transfer ribonucleic acid, was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography in 84 patients with lung cancer, 22 patients with pulmonary infectious diseases and 69 healthy controls. The concentration of pseudouridine in the patient with lung cancer (33.46 ? 9.94nmol/ ?mol) was significantly higher than that in the paients with pulmonary infectious diseases (26.25 ? 4.17nmol/ ?mol, P

Objective To diagnose Chinese autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) rapidly by detecting microsatellite SM7. Methods Microsatellite SM7 was amplified by modified PCR in two temperatures. Gene linkage analysis was performed. Rusults DNA analysis predicted 9 asymptomatic members as PKD1 gene carriers. Conclusion The presymptomatic gene diagnosis could be done rapidly by detecting microsatellite SM7 with modified PCR amplification in two temperatures.

This article reviews and summarizes recent years’ literature on the correlation of substance P with meridians and acupoints in order to provide a theoretical basis for the mechanism of acupuncture effect.