In order to study life science,the cell culture device is the foundation contributing to the research.With the development of technology in the area,cell culture devices have been significantly improved,and different kinds of devices were designed and novel devices also have been invented.This article provides an overview of the history and present situation of the cell culture devices.The future trend is prospected.

OBJECTIVE To sdudy the characteristics of nosocomial infections in psychiatric hospital and to take the corresponding prevention measures to control. METHODS The epidemiological characteristics of nosocomial infections occurred in the patients treated in psychiatry department of our hospital from Jan 2003 to Dec 2006 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Of all 5741 patients, 367 cases were definitely diagnosed as nosocomial infection. The incidence was 6.39%, with a decreasing trend. Among these infections, upper respiratory tract infections accounted for 52.78%, lower respiratory tract infections for 13.26%, and gastrointestinal infections for 11.14%. Other sites infections were rare(11.41%). The respiratory tract infection occurred all the year around, especially in the winter, other sites (included skin) infections mainly occurred in the first and the third quarters. The gastrointestinal infection reached its highest in the summer. CONCLUSIONS The nosocomial infection in psychiatric hospital has some characteristics and regularities. These are related to the particularity of the patients, the long stay in hospital, and poor self-care ability. Accordingly, we can take reasonable measures to prevent and control nosocomial infection.

Objective To explore the influence of different preservation conditions and time period on the testing results of Alzheimer's disease(AD) associated neuronal thread protein(AD7C-NTP) in urine specimen.Methods From Oct.2015 to Jan.2016,urine specimen were collected from 50 AD patients,and divided into three groups,according to the different storage temperature,including room temperature group,4 ℃ group and-20 ℃ group.Preservatives were added into specimen of 4 ℃ preservation group and-20 ℃ preservation group.AD7C-NTP level was detected at different preservation time of all specimen.Results The testing results of AD7C-NTP in specimen of room temperature group and 4 ℃ groups,detected within three days,were not significantly different with initial detection value(P>0.05).After seven days,the testing results in specimen of 4 ℃ group were not significantly different with initial detection value(P>0.05).However,after one day,the testing results in specimen of-20 ℃ group were significantly different with initial detection value(P<0.05).Contrast with 4 ℃ without preservative group,the adding of preservative could not increase the stability of AD7C-NTP.The adding of preservative in specimen of-20 ℃ could obviously increase stability,but the deviation of testing results was beyond acceptable limits.Conclusion 4 ℃ without preservatives could be the optimal storage condition for detection of AD7C-NTP in the urine.

AIMTo investigate the effects of polarizing cardioplegia solution with sodium channel inhibitor tetrodotoxin (TTX) on intracellular free Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) in isolated cardiomyocytes of rat.

METHODSVentricular myocytes with beating were isolated from adult rat hearts by enzymatic dissociation, randomly created in group base, group STH2 (contrast group of ischemia/reperfusion) and group TFX (treated group). Both Group STH2 and group TTX were arrested by St. Thomas No. 2 cardioplegia solution and TTX cardioplegia solution respectively, the arrest/re-beating cell model imitating MIRI being established, and imaged by laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) for measuring [Na+]i of cardiomyocytes in different period. The morphology of cardiomyocytes was observed under the inverted microscope.

RESULTS[Na+]i of cardiomyocytes in both group TTX and group STH2 after re-beating was higher than that in group base (P < 0.01), and [Na+]i in group TTX was lower than that in group STH2 (P < 0.01). During arrest, the elevation of [Na+]i in group TTX was lower than that in group STH2. During arrest, the elevation of [Na+]i in group TTX was lower than that in group STH2. Morphologically, after re-beating, the ratio of active cardiomyocytes with normal form in group TTX was higher than that in group STH2 (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONContrast depolarized cardioplegia solution, TTX cardioplegia solution could alleviate ischemia reperfusion injury and intracellular Na+ overload of cardiomyocytes.

Animals ; Cardioplegic Solutions ; pharmacology ; Cell Hypoxia ; Cells, Cultured ; Female ; Heart Arrest, Induced ; Male ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ; prevention & control ; Myocytes, Cardiac ; cytology ; metabolism ; Rats ; Sodium ; metabolism ; Sodium Channel Blockers ; pharmacology ; Tetrodotoxin ; pharmacology

Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of renal transplantation recipients, effective prevention and control measures. Methods A total of 456 renal transplant recipients were monitored from January 2014 to December 2017. Postoperative infection including baseline data, infection site and infectious pathogen type was analyzed. Results Among 456 renal transplant recipients, 78 cases (17.1%) developed nosocomial infection. Postoperative infection time was 9(3-21) d. Infection sites mainly included the lower respiratory tract, urinary system and blood infection. Infection pathogens consisted of Staphylococci (n=13), Enterococcus faecium (n=6), fungi (n=6), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n=4), Acinetobacter baumannii (n=4), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=4), Staphylococcus epidermidis (n=4), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=1), Escherichia coli (n=1) and other negative bacteria (n=9). Among them, 11 cases (14%) were infected with multi-drug resistant bacteria, and 4 cases died. Conclusions In renal transplant recipients, the incidence of nosocomial infection is relatively high, with early postoperative onset, common multiple drug-resistant bacterial infection and high mortality. Preoperative preparations should be fully implemented, postoperative lower respiratory tract infection should be actively prevented and prevention and treatment measures for multidrug-resistant bacteria should be standardized.

Objective:To study the clinical characteristics and classification of gastric neuroendocrine neoplasm(NEN) and prognostic factors of mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma (MANEC) and gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma(NEC).Methods:A total of 148 gastric NENs were divided into type Ⅰ, type Ⅱ and type Ⅲ based on the classification of European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS). Kaplan-Meier test and Cox regression model were used in univariate and multivariate survival analysis in 108 cases with pathological G3 gastric NEN.Results:In this study, the percentages of type Ⅰ, type Ⅱ and type Ⅲ were 25.0%(37), 3.4%(5) and 71.6%(106) respectively. Among type Ⅰ patients, 28(75.7%) lesions were located in gastric fundus or body, 29(78.4%) had bumps. Lymph node involvement was found in 4 (10.8%) patients. Twenty-six (70.3%) patients received endoscopic treatment and 11 (29.7%) with surgery. All 5 type Ⅱ patients presented lesions in gastric fundus or body, including 4 with ulcers, who were all treated by endoscope. Three type Ⅱ patients had gastrinoma, and 2 combined with multiple endocrine neoplasmⅠ. In type Ⅲ patients, 56(52.8%) showed ulcerative lesions. The majority of patients (102, 96.2%) had a single lesion, 94(88.7%) with lymph node or other organ metastasis. In this study, no deaths were reported in gastric NEN with a pathological grade of G1 or G2. The mortality rate was 38.9%(42/108) in patients with G3 NEN. Survival analysis suggested that age, metastasis of tumor were associated with poor prognosis ( P=0.041, 0.025). Conclusions:Patients with gastric NEN have heterogenous clinical presentations according to gender, age, endoscopic features, infiltration and metastasis, and pathological grade. Aging and metastasis are negative prognostic factors of G3 gastric NEN.

Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of nosocomial infection after liver transplantation from organ donation after death of citizens,and to provide evidence for the development of effective prevention and control strategies.Methods Targeted monitoring was conducted on liver transplantation patients in a hospital from January 1,2014 to December 31,2017,and then descriptive statistical analyses were carried out on postoperative infection after liver transplantation.Results The nosocomial infection occurred in 118 cases (55.40％) among 213 cases of liver transplantation.The infection sites were lower respiratory tract,blood system,and intraabdominal infection,accounting for 40.30％,22.39％,and 19.40％,respectively.186 strains of pathogens were isolated,mainly including gram-positive cocci (including 113 strains,60.75％),followed by gram-negative bacilli (56 strains,30.11％) and fungi (17 strains,9.14％).There was significant difference in the infection of the respiratory tract,post-operative wounds and other part s (P＜(0.05).The most common pathogens were Enterococcus faecium,Staphylococcus,Klebsiella Pneumoniae,and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia,accounting for 15.05％,15.05％,10.22％ and 9.69％,respectively.There was significant difference in Gram-negative Bacillus,fungi strains,Acinetobacter strains,Enterococcus faecium strains,Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains,Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and staphylococcus (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The patients after liver transplantation from organ donation after death have a high incidence of nosocomial infection.The infection was mainly distributed in the lower respiratory tract and blood system,and predominantly caused by bacteria and fungi.Infection surveillance of liver transplant patients should be strengthened and comprehensively effective prevention and control measures for nosocomial infection should be developed.

Objective:To study the efficacy and safety of EndoClot polysaccharide hemostatic system (EndoClot PHS) for heparinized arterial hemorrhage of upper digestive tract (Forrest Ⅰa) in animal model.Methods:Twelve experimental pigs were randomly divided into the test group ( n=6) and the control group ( n=6) by simple random grouping method. Gastric arterial hemorrhage models were established. Endoclot PHS and Hemospray were used to spray on the wound to stop bleeding in the test group and the control group respectively. The time of effective hemostasis, the amount of hemostatic particles used, and the blockage of the powder feeding tube and its replacement were compared between the two groups. The survival and complications of experimental pigs were observed after the operation. In 10 days after the operation, the experimental pigs were euthanized for pathological dissection. Results:Spurting or pulsatile bleeding was achieved in all experimental pigs. There were significant differences in the time of effective hemostasis (8.75±0.84 min VS 9.83±0.62 min, t=-2.53, P=0.030) and the amount of hemostatic particles used to achieve effective hemostasis (6.71±0.39 g VS 14.10±1.62 g, t=-10.86, P<0.001) between the test group and the control group. There was no significant difference in the occurence of clogging or the replacement of powder feeding pipes between the two groups (0.64±0.02 times VS 0.67±0.04 times, t=-1.64, P=0.131). In addition, the gas source of the test group was stable, and the visual field under the endoscope was clear. Neither the test group nor the control group had gastric lesions, perforation, or embolism. The blood glucose, blood routine, and liver and kidney functions were normal, and no thrombosis or embolism of the main organs occurred in either group. Conclusion:EndoClot PHS is safe and effective for heparinized upper gastrointestinal arterial hemorrhage (Forrest Ⅰa) in animal models.

Tumor microenvironment contributes to poor prognosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) patients. Proper regulation could improve survival. Melatonin is an endogenous hormone that delivers multiple bioactivities. Here we showed that pancreatic melatonin level is associated with patients' survival. In PAAD mice models, melatonin supplementation suppressed tumor growth, while blockade of melatonin pathway exacerbated tumor progression. This anti-tumor effect was independent of cytotoxicity but associated with tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs), and TANs depletion reversed effects of melatonin. Melatonin induced TANs infiltration and activation, therefore induced cell apoptosis of PAAD cells. Cytokine arrays revealed that melatonin had minimal impact on neutrophils but induced secretion of Cxcl2 from tumor cells. Knockdown of Cxcl2 in tumor cells abolished neutrophil migration and activation. Melatonin-induced neutrophils presented an N1-like anti-tumor phenotype, with increased neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) causing tumor cell apoptosis through cell-to-cell contact. Proteomics analysis revealed that this reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated inhibition was fueled by fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in neutrophils, while FAO inhibitor abolished the anti-tumor effect. Analysis of PAAD patient specimens revealed that CXCL2 expression was associated with neutrophil infiltration. CXCL2, or TANs, combined with NET marker, can better predict patients' prognosis. Collectively, we discovered an anti-tumor mechanism of melatonin through recruiting N1-neutrophils and beneficial NET formation.

BACKGROUND: LY01005 (Goserelin acetate sustained-release microsphere injection) is a modified gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist injected monthly. This phase III trial study aimed to evaluated the efficacy and safety of LY01005 in Chinese patients with prostate cancer. METHODS: We conducted a randomized controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial across 49 sites in China. This study included 290 patients with prostate cancer who received either LY01005 or goserelin implants every 28 days for three injections. The primary efficacy endpoints were the percentage of patients with testosterone suppression ≤50 ng/dL at day 29 and the cumulative probability of testosterone ≤50 ng/dL from day 29 to 85. Non-inferiority was prespecified at a margin of -10%. Secondary endpoints included significant castration (≤20 ng/dL), testosterone surge within 72 h following repeated dosing, and changes in luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and prostate specific antigen levels. RESULTS: On day 29, in the LY01005 and goserelin implant groups, testosterone concentrations fell below medical-castration levels in 99.3% (142/143) and 100% (140/140) of patients, respectively, with a difference of -0.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], -3.9% to 2.0%) between the two groups. The cumulative probabilities of maintaining castration from days 29 to 85 were 99.3% and 97.8%, respectively, with a between-group difference of 1.5% (95% CI, -1.3% to 4.4%). Both results met the criterion for non-inferiority. Secondary endpoints were similar between groups. Both treatments were well-tolerated. LY01005 was associated with fewer injection-site reactions than the goserelin implant (0% vs . 1.4% [2/145]). CONCLUSION: LY01005 is as effective as goserelin implants in reducing testosterone to castration levels, with a similar safety profile. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04563936.
Humans ; Male ; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/therapeutic use* ; East Asian People ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/agonists* ; Goserelin/therapeutic use* ; Prostate-Specific Antigen ; Prostatic Neoplasms/drug therapy* ; Testosterone