Objective To explore the influence of contrast agent injection rate and sequence time resolution on the dynamic contrast-enhanced MR iamging of brain glioma.Methods Fifty eight cases with suspected cerebral glioma were scanned on a Verio 3.0T MRI with the regular head sequences and DCE sequences.All the cases were divided into two groups.There were 41 cases in the regular group in which the injection rate was 3 mL/s and the time resolution was above 5.36 s.Another 1 7 cases were in the optimal group in which the injection rate was 4 mL/s and the time resolution was about 4 s.The DCE images of two groups were Postprocessed by the Tofts model analysis.The curve shape of AIF were evaluated and divided in to the excellent or the secondary level.Chi-square test was used to compare the results of two groups.Results The curve shape of optimal group was much better than that of regular group(P<0.05).Conclusion Speeding up the injection rate and the time resolution of DCE sequences would improve the image quality of DCE MRI of glioma.

Objective To explore the efficacy of flupenthixol melitracen in the treatment of functional dyspepsia (FD) and its effects on receptivity expansion and visceral sensitivity.Methods A randomized,controlled,multi-centre study was carried out.The FD patients with depression were divided into anti-depression group and control group.The patients of both groups received omeprazole and mosapride treatment for eight weeks.The patients of anti-depression group added flupenthixol melitracen and psychotherapy.Before the treatment,by the end of the second,fourth,sixth and eighth week of the treatment,the scores of upper gastrointestinal symptoms and adverse effects of the patients of the two groups were recorded,the psychological status was evaluated by Hamilton depression scale and the gastric receptivity expansion and visceral sensitivity were assessed by water loading test (WLT).The data were analyzed by t test and chi-square test.Results Among two hundred and fifty enrolled FD patients with depression,245 patients (129 in anti-depression group,116 in control group) were enrolled in intention-to treat analysis.Before the treatment and by the end of the eighth week of the treatment,the scores of upper gastrointestinal symptoms of anti depression group were 12.23±4.45 and 2.31±2.13 (t=22.837,P=0.008),the control group were 12.29± 4.62 and 8.58±3.76 (t=6.708,P=0.184).By the end of the eighth week of treatment,the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (t =16.261,P＜0.05).By the end of the fourth and eighth week of treatment,the total effective rates of the improvement of upper gastrointestinal symptoms of anti-depression group were 76.0％ (98/129) and 83.7％ (108/129),control group were 14.7 ％ (17/116) and 25.9 ％ (30/116),the differences between the two groups were statistically significant (x2 =92.191 and 83.117,both P＜0.05).By the end of the eighth week of treatment,the total effective rate of the improvement of depression of anti depression group was 71.3％ (92/129),which was higher than that of control group (23.3％,27/116),the difference between two groups was statistically significant (x2 54.434,P＜0.01).Before the treatment,the maximum WLT volume of anti depression group was (850±130) mL,by the end of the eighth week of treatment was (1400±210) mL (t=25.292,P＜0.01).Before the treatment and by the end of the eighth week of treatment,the maximum WLT volumes of control group were (800± 120) mL and (960±140) mL (t=9.345,P＜0.01).All the adverse effects of anti depression therapy were mild.Conclusion The treatment of flupenthixol melitracen can improve the efficacy in patients with FD,relieve the depression status,improve gastric receptivity expansion and visceral sensitivity with a good safety and tolerability.

Objective To investigate the effect of the psychological behavior intervention on the mental status and clinical symptom of patients with functional constipation. Methods All of 78 patients with functional constipation diagnosed by Rome m diagnostic code were randomly divided into study group (n =40) and control group (n = 38). The psychological behavior intervention was used in the study group, the caccagogue and symptomatic treatment was used in the control group. The self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),self-rating depressive scale (SDS) was analyzed and the improving of clinical symptom, adverse effect was compared before and after 4 weeks of treatment respectively. Results The scores of SAS and SDS in the study group significantly decreased after treatment [ (36.25±8.61 )scores vs (42.97±9.25 )scores, P<0.01 ;(38.81±6.53)scores vs (43.36±7.18 )scores ,P < 0.01].There was significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P <0.05).The effective rate of study group was higher than that of control group .(97.50% vs 84.21%,P <0.05). The rate of celiodynia, diarrhea and the recrudescence after the course of treatment in control group was 23.68%, 15.79% and 89.47% respectively, while this numerus in study group was 5.00%,2.50% and 5.00%. Conclusions Psychological behavior intervention plays an important role in the treatment of functional constipation. It can improve the mental status, clinical symptom, and decrease the adverse effect.

Cell culture technology is the most commonly used method in the in vitro experiments at present. However, monolayer cell culture technology has been unable to meet the demand of the researchers. This is because that monolayer cell culture cannot mimic the cellular environment in which multiple cells interact with each other in the body. We cannot discuss the relationship of many cells, because we do not know the relationship between cells through a single kind of cell. So cell co-culture medicine arises at the historic moment for the demand. With the development of research method in recent years, cell co-culture method also has been improved in practice: from direct contact co-cultures to indirect contact co-cultures, from two-dimensional co-cultures to three-dimensional co-cultures. Cell co-culture method is closer to the human body. It is also more advantageous to study the interaction among cells. Nowadays, there are more researchers tend to select this method to study the physiological and pathological in vitro model, tissue engineering, and cell differentiation research. At the same time, it has become the focus of drug research and development, drug analysis, mechanism of drug action, and drug targets. This article will review the studies of cell co-culture method, summarize advantages and disadvantages of various methods, so as to promote improvement of cell culture methods, to build cells co-culture system that more close to human body, and build the in vitro model that simulate internal circulation of human body further.

Objective Investigate the effect on blood pressure(BP)control to prevent hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage with hematoma enlargement.Methods 96 patients with hypertensive brain hemorrhage in course of disease less than 3 hours and mean arterial pressure(MAP)more than 130 mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa)were divided into randomly treatment group(48 cases)and control group(48 cases).The patients in treatment group were administered 12.5～25 mg Captopril sublingually per 3～4 h to control MPA≤130 mmHg and keep 24 hours since disease onset.However,the patients in control group were disused any hypotensive drug.Two groups were compared with the incidence rate of enlarged hematoma.Results Captopril sublingually had its effect after 15 minutes administered,and MPA was controlled≤130 mmHg during 60 minutes administered and keep well.The difference between two groups was statistically significant.The enlarged hematoma incidence rate of treatment group was 8.3% and that of the control group was 22.9%.The difference between two groups was significant(P

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of paroxetine on functional low fever. Methods:Using a randomized and placebo controlled trail, a total of 54 with functional low fever were randomized into paroxetine group and placebo group. In paroxetine group, 28 patients received oral paroxetine 1 tablet (20mg/tablet), one times a day for 8 weeks. There were 26 patients in the placebo. The criteria of assessing the therapeutic efficacy on functional low fever and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD; 17 items) were used to assess the therapeutic efficacy at the 4th and 8th weekend respectively.Results:After 8 weeks of treatment, the efficacy rate on functional low fever and antidepression were 78.6%, 82.1% in paroxetine group and 26.9%, 23.1% in the placebo group respectively. There was a significant difference between the two groups (P

Objective To investigate the effects and possible mechanisms of ursolic acid (UA) on inhibiting proliferation of human esophageal carcinoma cell Eca-109 and inducing its apoptosis. Methods Cell proliferation was determined by MTT assay. Electron microscope was used to observe the ultrastructural changes of Eca-l09 induced by UA. Cell cycle and apoptotic rate were analyzed by flow cytometry (FCM),and the expression of P27kip1,Bcl-2 and Bax were detected by Western blot method. Results UA could significantly inhibit the growth of Eca-109 cells(P

Objective To explore the establishing methods and differences of rat models of spleen deficiency and spleen deficiency liver cancer using the traditional Chinese medicine Dachengqi and Xiaochengqi decoctions .Methods Spleen-deficiency rat models were developed by multifactor methods:bitter-cold purgation ( Dachengqi or Xiaochengqi de-coction), cold-wet environment, tiredness, and fasting on alternate days for 30 days.Seven days after spleen-deficiency modeled,liver cancer in the spleen-deficiency rats and normal rats was developed by subcutaneously inoculation of Walker -256 carcinoma cell line in nude mice and then transplanted into rat livers .Liver cancer models were observed for 35 days. Sixty 3-week old male Wistar rats were randomly distributed into 4 groups: normal group , liver cancer model group , and Dachengqi and Xiaochengqi decoction groups .Degree of spleen deficiency , changes of the body-weight, survival time and tumor formation were recorded .Results Spleen deficiency rat models were successfully established .The weight gain of rats in the spleen-deficiency groups was significantly inhibited (P<0.01), and during the first 20 days (but not later) the average body weight of the Dachengqi decoction group was significantly higher than that of the Xiaochengqi decoction group (P<0.05).Spleen-deficiency scores of rats in the Xiaochengqi and Dachengqi groups were higher than those in the blank tumor group, especially in the Xiaochengqi group (P<0.01).The total tumor formation rate was 91.1%and 80%in the blank tumor groups , and 93.3%in both Xiaochengqi and Dachengqi groups , respectively .The average survival time of Xi-aochengqi group was lower than that of the blank tumor and Dachengqi groups ( P<0.01 and P<0.05 ) .The cumulative survival rate of the Xiaochengqi group and rats with a higher spleen-deficiency score was lower than that of the other groups (P<0.05).Conclusions Xiaochengqi decoction may induce spleen deficiency more seriously than Dachengqi decoction , and spleen deficiency may be an important unfavorable prognostic factor for rat models of liver cancer .

BACKGROUND:It has been an urgent problem of how to promote cartilage repair of the knee and shorten the total course through a tissue engineering approach. Fortunately, microfracture plus stem cel transplantation may open up a new path for this issue. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinic feasibility of arthroscopic microfracture technique plus stem cel transplantation for repair of articular cartilage injury of the knee. METHODS:From October 2010 to March 2012, a total of 16 patients with articular cartilage injury of the knee were enrol ed, including 12 males and 4 females, with the average age of 38.6 years (16-52). Al cases of cartilage injury were confirmed by arthroscopy. Autologous bone marrow was extracted from patients at 2 weeks before treatment to isolate, culture and amplify bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel s in vitro. The cel culture solution of 3-5 mL (about 107 cel s) was harvested. The articular cavity was clean by arthroscopy and microfracture technique was performed at the area of cartilage injury that was then covered with hemostatic gauze through a minimal y invasive incision and the prepared bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel s were injected. The knee was bandaged with the elastic bandage after aspirating the joint cavity effusion by vacuum suction. Functional exercises were performed early by CPM.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:After fol ow-up of 4-18 months, there were 13 cases of excel ent, 2 cases of valid and 1 case of ineffective. According to Lysholm knee scores, the average scores were improved from 42 points (33-67 points) to 89 points (75-99 points) at 4 weeks after treatment. The function was satisfied and al patients were fol owed up without recurrence or worse. Under the arthroscopy, the combination of microfracture technique and autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel transplantation is proved to be effective for articular cartilage injury of the knee and it can notably improve the clinic symptoms and recover the function of the knee.

Objective To explore the role of body fat distribution in the pathogenesis of obesity-related asthma.Methods Totally 125 patients with stable asthma were recruited and were divided into non-obese group (n =51),peripheral obesity group (n =34) and central obesity group (n =40) according to body mass index and waist circumference.The FEV1％,FVC,FEV1/FVC ratio,IL-6,and hs-CRP levels in peripheral blood,eosinophil and neutrophil percentage in induced sputum,as well as exhaled NO levels were determined,and asthma control test (ACT) scores were calculated.Both one-way analysis of variance and analysis of covariance were used for statistical analysis.Results The values of FVC in the central obesity group and the non-obese group were [3.98 (3.99) ±0.99] L and [4.51 (4.51) ±1.00] L,while the levels of IL-6 and hs-CRP in peripheral circulation and the percentage of neutrophils in induced sputum were [33.63 (33.28) ± 14.04] ng/L and [21.22 (21.33)±11.23] ng/L,[2.12 (2.15) ±0.73] mg/L and [0.92 (0.91) ±0.61] mg/L,52.58 (52.81) ± 14.14 and 45.41 (45.34) ± 12.84,respectively (all P ＜ 0.05).After adjusting for inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) doses,the ACT scores were also significantly higher in central obesity group (22.10 ± 1.68 vs.23.01 ± 1.62) (P ＜ 0.05).Only the hs-CRP level was found significantly higher in peripheral obesity group than in non-obese group [(1.54±0.68) mg/Lvs.(0.91 ±0.61) mg/L] (P＜0.05).Conclusion Central obesity may play the leading role in the pathogenesis of obesity-related asthma.