AIM:To investigate the effects of tanshinone IIA ( Tan) on cardiac action potential in rats with a-cute cerebral ischemia (ACI).METHODS:ACI was established in rats accordingly .Animals were divided into 3 groups:sham group, ACI group, and ACI with Tan treatment group .The defect of neural function in each group was graded , elec-trocardiogram was measured , monophasic action potential was recorded , and the levels of cardiac troponin I ( cTnI ) and creatine kinase-MB ( CK-MB) were examined by commercially available kits .RESULTS:Compared with ACI group , Tan significantly decreased the scores of the defect of neural function , reduced the incidence and duration of the abnormalities in electrocardiogram , prolonged the effective refractory period , action potential duration at 50%repolarization and action po-tential duration at 90%repolarization, and inhibited the elevation of cTnI and CK-MB levels.CONCLUSION:Tan main-tains a stable heart rhythm in ACI rats , which may be related to its protective effect on ischemic myocardium .

ObjectiveTo investigate the outcomes of mother a nd baby smaller than 37 gestational age caused by preeclampsia. Method sThe data for 122 preterm birth that was single pregnancy with preecla mpsia in our hospital from January 1993 to December 2002 were collected. The pri nciple of diagnosis and treatment, the outcomes were analyzed retrospectively. T he 122 pregnant women were divided into 3 groups according to their gestational age, more than 28 weeks and smaller than 31 +6 weeks was the first group (28 cases), more than 32 weeks and smaller than 33 +6 weeks was the second grou p (26 cases), more than 34 weeks and smaller than 36 +6 weeks was the thir d group (68 cases). The data were statisted with SAS software.Results The earlier the pregnancy-induced hypertension happened, the earlier the preeclampsia occured, the mean time was 14 03 d, 16 85 d,22 22 d, respect ively, (P0.05), the outcomes of mothers were good. Increasing the gestational age under the cond ition that the occurrene of comptications was not increased, 60 64% pregnant wo men accepted the treatment of improving the maturity of fetal lung. There were n o differences among the three groups at the morbidity of perinatal SGA, intracra nial hemorrhage (P 0.05) .ConclusionWe could improve the outcomes of pret erm birth caused by preeclampsia by enhancing the perinatal care, treating and t erminating pregnancy activey Increasing the gestational age, improving the matur ity of fetal lung would decrease the morbidity of severe RDS and improve the pe rinatal outcome effectively.

The zinc content in red blood cells has been proved to be a better index than either serum Zn or plasma Zn for nutritional and metabolic studies. A simple direct dilution method followed by AAS determination of Zn has been developed. The optimum dilution ratio is found to be 1 : 19 of deionized water. Recovery of this method is consistantly between 96-97% with a coefficient of variation less than 3%.

Objective:To observe the effect of the combinative supplementation of Formoterol, Indomethacin and Roxithromycin on cancer cachexia (CC) and to study the mechanism. Methods: Male BALB/c mice bearing colon 26 adenocarcinoma for 9 days were served as models of cancer cachexia. The mice were divided into nine groups. Physiological conditions, body weight and food intake were documented every day. Serum levels of cytokine and nutritional markers were detected 7 days after treatment. Results: Tumor-bearing caused a wasting of non-tumor body weight and gastrocnemius muscle. Serum tumor necrosis factor-?, (TNF-?) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were significantly elevated accompanied with nutrition depletion in tumor-bearing mice. After treatment with combinative supplementation of Formoterol, Indomethacin and Roxithromycin, left gastrocnemius weight and serum glucose were improved and the levels of TNF-? and triglyceride were down-regulated. Conclusion: Formoterol, Indomethacin and Roxithromycin had their own positive effects to CC mice. Drugs combinationin in tumor-bearing mice with cancer cachexia could produce synergistic action.[

Objective:To observe the clinical treatment effects of Tangkang Xifang in the patients with type 0 diabetes foot ( DF) . Methods:Totally 73 patients with type 0 DF were randomly divided into the treatment group (n=37) and the control group (n=36). All the patients discontinued other medications for 7d before the treatment. Base on the blood glucose control with the traditional treat-ment by metformin hydrochloride (1. 5 g·d-1), the treatment group was additionally given warm water foot bath with Tangkang Xi-fang, while the control group was additionally given warm water foot bath, 30 min per time and twice a day for 60 days. The changes in the clinical symptoms, ankle brachial index ( ABI) , motor nerve conduction velocity ( MCV) and some other indices were measured before and after the treatment. Results:In comparison with the control group (58. 3%), the treatment group had higher total effective rate (86. 5%), and the usage of Tangkang Xifang also significantly improved the physiopathologic syndromes of peripheral artery dis-ease and neuropathy (P<0. 01). The ABI and MCV in the treatment group were significantly better than those in the control group (P<0. 05 or P<0. 01). Conclusion:Tangkang Xifang can effectively improve the clinical symptoms of type 0 DF, which is suitable for the clinical application.

Objective To observe the effects of posterior screw and rod fixation on nerve function and vertebral indicators in patients with lumbar vertebral fracture.Methods The clinical data of 32 cases with lumbar vertebral fracture were analyzed retrospectively.According to Frankle grading:grade A 1 case ;grade B 7 cases;grade C 12 cases ;grade D 12 cases.All the patients were treated by posterior screw and rod fixation.The nerve function and vertebral indicators were compared.Results Followed-up for 22.3 months,according to Frankle grading:grade A 1 case;grade B 3 cases;grade C 9 cases;grade D 15 cases;grade E 4 cases.The nerve functions were improved after operation.There was a significant difference between before and after treatment (all P ＜ 0.05).The the height of the front edge of the fractured vertebral and cobb angle were improved after operation (all P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Posterior screw and rod fixation can significantly improve nerve function and vertebral indicators in patients with lumbar vertebral fracture.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers of the digestive tract with an obviously increasing incidence around the word in recent years.It is diffcults to diagnosis in the early stage because of the deficience of specific symptoms.Radical resection is the most effective method to treat pancreatic cancer,but those patient often lose radical surgery opportunity when be diagnosised at advanced stages.Their prognosis is poor.Early diagnosis can greatly improve the rates of radical resection and promote the prognosis of the disease,and reliable tumor markers can be used for early screening and early diagnosis for pancreatic cancer.In recent years,the rapidly development of proteomics and its technology makes tumor markers become a popular research fields in pancreatic cancer.

Objective To investigate the expression of Vav1 in gastric cancer(GC), and analyze its potential relevance to clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic significance in GC patients. Methods The mRNA expression level of Vav1 was detected by real-time quantitative PCR in GC cell lines (HGC-27,SGC7901 and MGC803) and normal gastric mucosa cell line (GES-1). In addition, the protein expression of Vav1 was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in formalin-fixed samples from 105 GC patients. The associations between clinical pathological features and Vav1 protein expression were evaluated in GC patients. Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression analysis were used to analyze the related factors influencing the prognosis of GC. Results The mRNA expression levels of Vav1 were significantly higher in GC cell lines (HGC-27, SGC7901, MGC803) than those in normal gastric mucosa cell line (GES-1, P<0.05). The positive expression of Vav1 in GC tissues was correlated with diameter of tumor and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). The univariate analysis showed that size of tumor, degree of differentiation, serosal invasion, lymph node metastasis and Vav1 expression were significantly related with prognosis of GC (P<0.05). Results of Cox regression showed that tumor invasion depth (HR=2.764, 95%CI 1.316-5.817, P=0.007), lymph node metastasis (HR=1.298, 95%CI 1.098-1.534, P=0.002) and Vav1 expression (HR=2.577, 95%CI 1.066-3.946, P=0.006) were the risk factors affecting prognosis of patients with gastric cancer. Conclusion Vav1 performs important role in the aggressiveness of GC, and Vav1 may serve as a novel prognostic factor in GC.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of rotatory hinge prosthesis replacement for treatment of giant cell tumors around knee joint. Methods Thirty-one patients with giant cell tumors of bone around the knee from January 2001 to January 2008 in our hospital were reviewed. There were 13 males and 18 females. Their ages ranged from 19 to 56 and the mean age was 33.5. The anatomic site for the lesions were the distal femur (20 cases) and proximal tibia (11 cases). Using Companacci’s staging system: 7 patients were classified as grade Ⅱ and 24 as grade Ⅲ. The patients were grouped as follows: the tumor breaking through the cortex with an extraosseous mass in 2 patients,having pathologic fracture in 3,representing more biologically-aggressive lesions in 5,and having one or more local recurrences in 21. All patients had been treated with en block excision and reconstruction with rotatory hinge prosthesis. Results According to the follow-up for 12 to 96 months,all patients had no local recurrence or metastasis. The mean Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) score was 24.0?2.5,with an excellent limb function in 23 patients,good in 6 patients,and fair in 2 patients. The overall excellent and good function was obtained in 93.5% of the patients. Conclusion Rotatory hinge prosthesis replacement is an effective method to treat giant cell tumors of bone around the knee joint. It also can reduce the local recurrence and obtain better the outcomes.