Objective To observe the clinical efficacy and adverse reactions of meglumine in treartment of sudden deafness.Methods 60 pctients With sudden deafness were randomly divided into control group of 30 patients (conventional treatment)and the observation group(30 cases,meglumine treatment)before and after treatment,the ear hearing level changes in tirmitus,vertigo situation were compared.Results After a course of treatment,the observation group were cured,15 cases,10 cases,ineffective in 5 patients In the control group,10 cases markedly effective,effective in 5 cases,15 cases ineffective,clinical efficacy was significant(U =2.6 35,P ＜ 0.05).After treatment,hearing,tinnitus,dizziness and other symptoms significantly improved compared with before treatment(t =2.720,2.824,2.936,x2 =2.795,2.948,2.954,all P ＜ 0.05)after treatment,observation group improved more significantly than the control group(t =2.682,2.715,2.719,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Meglumine in treatment of sudden deafness had exact effect satisfaction for the recovery of hearing.

Objective To explore the relevance among the cognition function,the autonomic nerve function,and the serum level of monoamine neurotransmitter in the patients with post-stroke depression(PSD).Methods The event-related potentials(ERP),the sympathetic skin response(SSR),and the serum levels of monoamine neurotransmitter were taken in the 33 cases with PSD(PSD group)and 30 normal collators(NC group),the mean of each target was tested by Pearson multiple correlation analysis.Results Comparing with the NC group,the PSD group demonstrated that the latency phase had been prolonged and the wave amplitude reduced significantly(all P

Objective To discuss the relationship between serum uric acid (SUA) and the metabolic components in metabolic syndrome(MS) .Methods 147 female cases of MS aged >60 year old were divided into MS Ⅰ group ,MSⅡ group and MS Ⅲgroup according to numbers of metabolic components ,and the levels of SUA were compared among the three groups .These patients were also subdivided into 4 groups according to the SUA levels by the quartile division ,and the differences of the metabolic compo-nents were compared among the 4 groups .The relationship between SUA and various metabolic components of MS was analyzed by Logistic regression analysis .Results The SUA level had statistical difference among the MS Ⅰ group ,MSⅡ group and MS Ⅲgroup(P<0 .05);the four SUA intervals of q25(< 44 .31 mg/L) ,q50(44 .31 -53 .24 mg/L) ,q75(>53 .24 -62 .68 mg/L) and q100(>62 .68 mg/L) showed significant differences in waistline ,SBP ,DBP ,TG ,HDL-C and FPG(P<0 .05) .Compared with the SUA interval of <44 .31 mg/L ,the occurrence risk of MS in the SUA intervals of (44 .31-53 .24) ,> (53 .24-62 .68) and >62 .68 mg/L were 1 .87(95% CI1 .35-2 .59) ,2 .71(95% CI 1 .88 -3 .91) and 4 .88(95% CI 3 .12 -7 .63) ,respectively .Waistline(OR=2 .56 ,95% CI 1 .52-4 .31) ,TG(OR=2 .21 ,95% CI 1 .63-3 .00) ,SBP(OR=1 .68 ,95% CI 1 .33-2 .12) ,DBP(OR=1 .84 ,95% CI 1 .41-2 .40) ,FPG(OR=2 .16 ,95% CI 1 .68-2 .78) and numbers of metabolic components (OR=2 .87 ,95% CI 1 .89-4 .36) were the risk factors for SUA ,and the HDL-C was the protective factor(OR=0 .48 ,95% CI 0 .29-0 .79) .Conclusion There may be in-teraction between SUA and the metabolic components of MS .

Objective To clone and analyze the coding region of methyltransferase gene from four species of Huperziaceae, the species included Huperzia serrata var.longipetiolata, Phlegariurus minchegensis, Phlegariurus austrosinicus and Phlegariurus petiolatus.Methods The methyltransferase coding region sequences were cloned by RT-PCR with the template of total RNA extracted from four Huperziaceae.Then the sequences were analyzed by means of BLAST and MEGA 5.0 software.ResuIts The coding region sequences of the four species of Huperziaceae were highly similar to the methyltransferase in the database.ConcIusion The methyltransferase genes of the four species of Huperziaceae were cloned in this study.The result will provide a foundation for further elucidate the mechanism of Huperzine A biosynthesis and metabolic pathways in Huperziaceae plants.

Generally, P-wave is the wave of low-frequency and low-amplitude, and it could be affected by baseline drift, electromyography (EMG) interference and other noises easily. Not every heart beat contains the P-wave, and it is also a major problem to determine the P-wave exist or not in a heart beat. In order to solve the limitation of suiting the diverse morphological P-wave using wavelet-amplitude-transform algorithm and the limitation of selecting the pseudo-P-wave sample using the wavelet transform and neural network, we presented new P-wave detecting method based on wave-amplitude threshold and using the multi-feature as the input of neural networks. Firstly, we removed the noise of ECG through the wavelet transform, then determined the position of the candidate P-wave by calculating modulus maxima of the wavelet transform, and then determine the P-wave exist or not by wave-amplitude threshold method initially. Finally we determined whether the P-wave existed or not by the neural networks. The method is validated based on the QT database which is supplied with manual labels made by physicians. We compared the detection effect of ECG P-waves, which was obtained with the method developed in the study, with the algorithm of wavelet threshold value and the method based on "wavelet-amplitude-slope", and verified the feasibility of the proposed algorithm. The detected ECG signal, which is recorded in the hospital ECG division, was consistent with the doctor's labels. Furthermore, after detecting the 13 sets of ECG which were 15 min long, the detection rate for the correct P-wave is 99.911%.
Algorithms ; Databases, Factual ; Electromyography ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Neural Networks (Computer) ; Wavelet Analysis

AIM: To study the effects of astragalosides (AS) on the proliferation and cell cycle of rat glomerular mesangial cell (MC), and verify the correlation between the influence and the AS concentration. METHODS: The experiment was carried out in the Physiological Laboratory of Liaoning Medical University from December 2006 to July 2007. Rat glomerular MCs were cultured in high glucose for 4-7 passages. The experiments were randomly divided into control group and three AS groups with different concentrations (50, 100, 200 mg/L), which were treated with high-glucose liquid and AS respectively. MC proliferation was determined with MTT colorimetric method in each group at hours 48 after intervention. MC cell cycle was detected with flow cytometry. RESULTS: ①MTT results showed that, the values of A490 nm in AS groups were lower than that in the control group at hours 48 (P

BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene polymorphism is associated with the onset of Alzheimer disease (AD), most of the researchers reported that ApoE ε4 allele accounts for familial AD as well as for sporadic AD.OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to validate the relationship between ApoE gene polymorphism and the sporadic AD in Aged Adults in Urumqi, and to evaluate the value of ApoE gene for prediction the risk of sporadic AD.DESIGN: Controlled comparative study based on patients.SETTING: It was conducted at the Institute of Clinical Medicine and the Neurological Department of Urumqi General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA.PARTICIPANTS: From January 2001 to January 2003, 60 aged inpatients and outpatients at the Neurological Department of Urumqi General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA and elderly in the Old People's Home were screened for AD. Of all these participants,28 were males and 32 were females, with an age from 52 to 91, in average of (74.2±19.5) years old, They had 0-16 years education, in average of 4.43 years, 28 were illiterate, 13 were at primary school educational level,12 were at junior middle school educational level, 4 were at high school educational level and 3 were at college educational level. From February to December 2002, 90 genetically unrelated individuals with healthy physical examination findings in Xinjiang area were selected into control group, 59males and 31 females, with an age from 50 to 101 years old, in average of (69.9±25.5) years old, have 0-16 year's education, in average of 7.96years. Of all the controls, 14 were illiterate, 23 were at primary educational level, 25 were at junior middle school educational level, 21 were at high school educational level and 7 were at college educational level. Informed consents were obtained from all the participants.METHODS: 5 Ml blood samples, anticoagulated with ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), were drawn from each participant. Then genome DNA was extracted from peripheral white blood cells using the phenolchloroform method. A fragment containing polymorphism site in exon 4 of ApoE were amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), were digested with Hha I and were identified using electrophoresis and silver staining. Then, ApoE genotypes and the frequency of ApoE alleles were compared between AD group and control group.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① ApoE genotypes and the frequency of ApoE alleles were measured in AD group and control group. ② The frequency of ApoE alleles were calculated in participants with different sex,age and educational level in AD group and control group.RESULTS: Sixty patients with AD and 90 healthy individuals participated this investigation. All of them entered the statistical analysis procedure.① The frequency of ε3/ε4 and ε4/ε4 alleles was higher in AD group than in control group (26.67%,11.11%; 3.33%, 1.11%; P ＜ 0.05). The frequency of e2/ε3 in AD group were lower than control group (5.00%,14.00%, P ＜0.05). ② The frequency of ApoE ε4 allele were higher in AD group as compared with control group (17.50%, 7.22%, P ＜ 0.05). The frequency of ApoE ε2 allele were lower in AD group (6.67%, 13.33%, P ＜ 0.05). ③ The frequency of ApoE ε4 allele in females were higher in AD group than in control group (20.97%, 5.00%, P ＜ 0.01). ④ In AD group, patients ≥ 75 years old have a lower frequency of ApoE ε4 allele compared to those less than 75 years (8.57%, 30.00%, P ＜ 0.01). And in individuals less than 75 years old, the frequency of ApoE ε4 allele were higher in AD group than that in control group (30.00%, 7.02%, P ＜ 0.01). ⑤ In illiterate persons and the individuals with only primary school educational level, the frequency of ApoE ε4 allele were higher in AD group than that in control group (10.00%, 0.56%, P ＜ 0.001; 5.00%,1.12%, P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION: ① It is proved that ApoE ε4 allele is significantly associated with sporadicAD in Urumqi and ε3/ε4 is the major genotype. ② ApoE ε2 allele has a protective effect on onset of AD. ③ Those individuals，female,less than 75,lower educational level or carrying ApoE ε4 allele take a higher risk of AD.

Objective To explore whether synergistic action occurs in development of depression-like behaviors using ovariectomy combined bondage stress,and whether hippocampal neural progenitor state is changed following depression-like behaviors in mice.Methods Forty female C57B/L mice were divided into four groups randomly,which included ovariectomy,bondage stress,ovariectomy combined bondage stress and sham groups.Depression-like behaviors were evaluated by open field test,sucrose preference and forced swimming test after animals had been treated for 21 days.All animals were fixed by 4％ PA perfusion through left ventricle,then brain was removed,and coronal serials sections were made.Expression of Ki67 and DCX was tested by immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence in subgranular zone of hippocampal dentate gyrus (SGZ).Results Body weight((18.70± 0.25) g vs (20.96±0.24)g),novelty-seeking behavior and sucrose preference decreased in ovariectomy combined bondage stress-group compared with those in sham group (P＜0.05),but forced swimming time increased in shame group((165.6±9.6)s vs (140.28±12.3) s).Likewisely,Ki67-positive cells((8.6±2.4)/section) and DCX-positive cells((4.2±1.4)/section) in SGZ decreased in ovariectomy combined bondage stress-group compared with those in sham group(Ki67:(16.7±2.5/section),DCX:(12.6±2.3/section) (P＜0.05).Unsimilarly,depressionlike behaviors had little change in ovariectomy-or bondage stress-groups compared with those in sham-group.Conclusion Ovariectomy combined bondage stress has synergistic action in development of depression,and inhibits the active state of progenitor in SGZ in mice.

0.05).In patients with HSPN capillary wall staining for IgA was more frequently found than in IgAN(71.0% vs 43.5%,P=0.013).With creatinine level doubling as the end point,the follow-up data indicated that the renal survival was 87.1% in HSPN and 91.9% in IgAN and there was no statistically significant difference between HSPN and IgAN(P=0.481).Conclusion:Although significant pathological difference was found between HSPN and IgAN,the renal clinical manifestations and long term outcome were similar between the two diseases in adults.