Objective The animal model of rheumatoid arthritis was established in Lewis rats by a single intradermal injection of pristane. Methods The degree of pathogenicity and the pathological characteristics were assayed by histiopathological techniques and joint roentgenography. Results The incidence of arthritis in rats immunized by pristane was 62.5%. Peripheral joints were mainly involved. A chronic relapsing and progressive arthritis was developed.As showed by histopathology and roentgenography, typical arthritis pathology such as synovial proliferation, articular cartilage and bone erosien were found. Conclusion Pristane induced arthritis mirrors human rheumatoid arthritis and is a very good animal model for rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective To evaluate the short-term effect of early treatment with clopidogrel before elective coronary stenting in patients with NSTE-ACS,compared with treatment with clopidogrel at the time of the procedure. Methods Patients with NSTE-ACS undergoing elective coronary stenting were randomly divided into two groups: early treatment group (n=272) and control group (n=265). Patients in the early treatment group were given clopidogrel immediately since hospitalization (300 mg loading dose, then 75 mg once daily); while in the control group, patients were given clopidogrel (300 mg) after coronary angiography followed by 75 mg per day after PCI. The composite endpoints were death, recurrent angina pectoris, instent thrombosis, myocardial infarction and urgent target vessel revascularization within 30 days after coronary stenting. Results Differences in baseline characteristics among patients between the two groups were negligible. There were no significant difference in the target vessel lesions requiring stenting between the 2 groups. Compared with the control group, early administration of clopidogrel showed a lower rate of death, myocardial infarction, refractory ischaemia, instent thrombosis and revascularization within 30 days of PCI. Conclusion Compared with administration of clopidogrel at the time of coronary stenting, pre-treatment with clopidogrel in patients with NSTE-ACS could significantly reduce the odds of adverse cardiovascular event and improve clinical outcomes within 30 days of PCI.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of facilitated PCI(low-dose rt-PA combined with percutaneous coronary intervention)in acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Methods One hundred and sixteen patients with AMI were divided into low-dose facilitated PCI group(n=69)and direct PCI group(n=47).69 patients in low-dose facilitated PCI group were treated with an intravenous drip of 50 mg rt-PA and PCI,while 47 patients in direct PCI group were treated with PCI.The rates of recanalization before and after PCI,and the left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF)and major hemorrhage and major adverse cardiac events(MACE)in hospital were compared in two groups.Results There was no significant difference in the interval from hospitalization to the PCI between low-dose facilitated PCI group and direct PCI group.Compared with direct PCI group,the rates of recanalization and TIMI grade 3 before PCI were significantly higher in low-dose facilitated PCI group(44.7% vs 21.7%,P

Objective To study the effect of fibrin gel delivered with CT g ui ded trans-laminar injection on sacral nerve root sheath cysts. Methods From Apri l 1998 to February 2001, thirty-eight cases of sacral nerve root sheath cysts we re treated by fibrin gel injection. The location of cysts consisted of 12 L5 S1, 15 S1,2, 11 S2,3. All the fibrin gel was delivered by CT guided trans-laminar i njection. Results Thirty-eight cases were followed up for 3 to 37 months (averag e 9 months). Most of the patients obtained lower back and sacral pain and sacral nerve symptom alleviation. No infection, nerve injury, recurrence and cerebrosp inal fluid(CSF) leaking occurred. According to the critia of the clinic symptom releasing and the radiographic signs, there were 17 cases (44.7%) rated as excel lent, 18 (47.4%) good and 3 (7.9%) fair, the excellent and good rate was 92.1%. Conclusion CT-guided trans-laminar fibrin gel injection is an effective economic al and mini-invasive way to treat sacral nerve root sheath cysts.

Objective To discover the common characteristics of award winning medical and health science and technology achievements in Shandong province,and provide a useful reference for the Medical Science Research Management.Methods Statistical analysis was conducted on the 2014 Shandong provincial science and technology award winning projects of medical and health.Results The rate of award winning in Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Award in 2014 was 37.42％,and declared the results of medical and health category winner was 27.91％.While the winners percentage was 35.23％-58.59％ in surrounding eight provinces in the same year.In the awarding group,the innovation points,popularize and applying in scientific and technical achievements,patent for invention,professional inventions,authorized patents within 5 years,SCI publication and its number within 5 years in turn was 3.79,1.25,1.81,1.81,1.83,5.48 and 4.23,respectively.In contrast,the numbers in the non-awarding group was 3.36,0.81,0.86,0.99,0.93,3.40 and 2.76.Conclusions Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Award is very competitive to win and is more difficult for the medical and health class.It is helpful with an original innovation achievement,such as service in-ventions or SCI publications within 5 years.The focus of Medical Science Research Management should be made accordingly adaptation.

This study was aimed to establish an Ultra Fast Liquid Chromatography-Photo Diode Array (UFLC-PDA) method for the simultaneous determination of five chemical components, which included chlorogenic acid, loganin, sweroside, evodia rutaecarpa glycosides and triplostoside A, in Pterocephalus hookeri h eck. Agilent Poroshell 120 SB-C18 (100 mm í 4.6 mm, 2.7 μm) was adopted, with acetonitrile-0.2% phosphoric acid solution in gradient elution as the mobile phase at the flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1. And the injection volume was 0.4 μL. The detection wavelength was set up at 237 nm and 325 nm. And the column temperature was 30℃. The results showed that the calibration curve was linear within the range of 8.72~218.0, 1.52~38.0, 2.44~61.0, 29.36~734.0, 3.00~75.0μg·mL-1 (r > 0.999 6, n=9) for chlorogenic acid, loganin, sweroside, evodia rutaecarpa glycosides and triplostoside A, respectively. The average recovery rates were 99.46%, 99.41%, 100.14%, 98.89%, and 99.42%, respectively. The RSD was 0.69%, 0.66%, 0.60%, 1.21%, and 0.64%, respectively (n = 9). It was concluded that this method was simple, accurate and reproducible, which can be used for the simultaneous determination of the content of five chemical components in P. hookeri.

Objective To investigate the expression of NKG2D peripheral blood of patients with esophageal carcinoma and expression of the soluble form of major histocompatibility complex class Ⅰ-related chain A (MICA). To analyze and discuss the function of NKG2D in anti-esophageal carcinoma mechanism and its relation with escape of immunosurveillance of cancer. Methods Flow cytometry analysis was used to detect NKG2D in the peripheral blood of 50 patients with esophageal carcinoma and 25 normal control individuals. Enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay was used to measure serum levels of soluble MICA. Results The expression of NKG2D were(87.25±3.06), (88.38±4.24), (92.46±1.46) respectively. Compared with the normal control individual, the expression of NKG2D in esophageal carcinoma group was significantly low; Among patients categorized according to most disease parameters tested (tumor size, grade of differentiation, regional lymph node status, disease stage), soluble MICA levels in sera did not statistically differ from those in normal control individuals. Patients with stage Ⅳ disease and/or regional lymph node metastasis, exhibited significantly higher serum levels of soluble MICA than control individuals. Conclusion The activity of NK cell and the anti-cancer cellular immunity level reduce in patients with esophageal carcinoma. The decrease of the receptor NKG2D is a reason for the descend of the the activity of NK cells. The escape of immunosurveiilance with esophagal carcinoma may correlate with down-regulate of NKG2D expression and up-regulate of sMICA.

Objective To investigate the effect of Kanglaite injection (KLT) on immunological function of rat models with Lewis lung carcinoma. Methods Forty C57BL/6 mice were used to establish Lewis lung carcinoma models and divided randomly into the high dose(25 mL/kg), middle dose (12.5 mL/kg) and low dose (6.25 mL/kg) of KLT groups and model group(n=10). The mice in the KLT groups were sacrificed after injecting corresponding dose of KLT with intraperitoneal injection for 14 d. No treatment was performed on the rats in model group. The body weight, tumor and spleen weight was weighed, then the ratio of tumor restriction and the index of spleen was calculated. MTT colorimetric method and ELISA were used to detected activity of T cell proliferation and expression of IL-2 in spleen. The expression of NF-κB and IκBα protein was detected by Western blot. Results The ratio of tumor restriction in the high, middle, low dose of KLT groups decreased gradually. The indexes of spleen of the high and middle dose of KLT groups were higher than those in the model group (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Compared with the model group, the activity of T cell proliferation in the high, middle, low dose of KLT groups and the expression of IL-2 in the high and middle dose of KLT groups was increased significantly (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The expression of NF-κB protein in the nuclei of high, middle, low dose of KLT groups increased dose-dependently, and the expression of NF-κB and IκBα protein in the cytoplasm decreased dose-dependently. ConclusionKLT could enhance immunological function by effecting T cell proliferation, expression of IL-2, NF-κB and IκBα, while restricting tumor growth in Lewis lung carcinoma models.

AIM:To research the effects of Kanglaite(KLT)injection on antitumor and expression of epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)in Lewis lung carcinoma(LLC).METHODS:A total of 40 C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into four groups,including model group,KLT 6.25,12.5,25 mL/kg groups.All the mice were injected with 2?106 LLC cells at 1st day.At the next day,mice in the KLT groups were peritoneally injected with KLT for 14 days.And at the 16th day,all the mice were sacrificed and the tumors were harvested.The tumor weight was measured and the tumor growth inhibition rate was analyzed.The expression of EGFR was detected by westernblot.RESULTS:The growth of LLC was significantly inhibited by KLT,the changes of tumor appearance and histology were affected and the expression level of EGFR was decreased.CONCLUSION:KLT injection could obviously inhibit the growth of LLC,whose mechanism maybe related to the inhibition of EGFR expression.

BACKGROUND: Previous research has demonstrated that bone marrow mesenchymal stem calls (BMSCs) differentiate into varying mesoderm-derived mesenchymal cells, such as myocardial cells.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of construction of engineered myocardial tissues with polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) olymer and cardiomyocyte-like cells derived from BMSCs in vitro.METHODS: BMSCs were isolated from bone marrow of SD rats by density gradient cantrifugation. The third passage cells were induced with the culture medium including 5-aza for 4 weeks. After successful induction, the cells were trypsinized and suspended, then the cell suspension was added to the polylactic-co-glycolic acid square slowly and cultured in the incubator for 14 days. The morphological changes were observed before and after induction under phase contrast microscope. The cardiomyocyte-like cells were identified by immunofluorescanca staining. The naked eyes were used to observe the morphology of engineered myocardial tissues. The ultrastructures of the engineered myocardial tissues were viewed with a transmission electron microscope.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: BMSCs of primary culture formed cell colonies at 14 days. The passaged cells were larger than those of primary culture. After induction by 5-aza, the cells presented long spindle and aligned in parallel. The expression of specific proteins of cardiac troponin Ⅰ (cTnl) in induced BMSCs was positive. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the engineered myocardial tissues had myofilaments, Z line-like substances. With PLGA and cardiomyocyte-like cells derived from BMSCs, the engineered myocardial tissues which resemble native cardiac tissues can be successfully constructed in vitro.