Objective:To investigate the changes of the protein expression in heart tissue of rats after ischemia-reperfusion(I/R) injury and pre-treatment of carvedilol, and to elucidate the new protective mechanism of carvedilol pre-treatment to I/R heart injury. Methods:18 rats were randomly divided into sham-operation group, I/R injury group and carvedilol pre-treated group. The model of myocardial I/R injury was established by 30min ligation of the left anterior descending branch of the coronary artery and 2h reperfusion. Serum malondiadehyde (MDA) was determined, and the cytosolic fraction of myocardial tissue homogenate was separated applying two-dimensional gel electrophoresis technique. Differentially expressed protein spots were figured out with PDQuest software, while preliminary protein-identification was carried out by means of the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis database on the web. Results:Compared with the sham-operation group, after I/R injury, serum MDA was increased(P

OBJECTIVEThis study aimed to evaluate the effect of resin infiltration and fluoride solution on masking different demineralized white spot lesions by assessing color change.

METHODSArtificial white spot lesions were produced on 60 human molars. Each sample had at least two enamel surfaces opened (named A and B). The samples were randomly divided into groups 1, 2, and 3 according to their time of demineralization (24, 48, and 72 h). After demineralization, the A spot of each sample was treated by resin infiltration. The B spot was treated with 0.1% fluoride solution daily for 30 days. After the remineralization of the B spot, resin infiltration was used again on the B spot of each sample. Color assessment was performed by a spectrophotometer in five distinct stages: baseline, after the production of artificial caries, after resin infiltration of A spots, after 30 days of fluoride solution treatment of B spots, and after resin infiltration of remineralized B spots.

RESULTSBefore demineralization, the L* values of spots A and B in all groups were not significantly different (P > 0.05), whereas the L* values of spots A and B were significantly increased after demineralization. The L* values of A spots recovered significantly after treatment by resin infiltration (P<0.05), but only groups 1 and 2 reached the baseline. The L* values of B spots had no significant differences (P > 0.05) after fluoride treatment compared with that after demineralization. After resin infiltration on B spots, the L* values recovered but could not reach the baseline nor the level of A spots treated by resin infiltration only.

CONCLUSIONResin infiltration is a more effective treatment for masking white spot lesions than traditional fluoride treatment. The effect of masking white spot lesions has certain relationships with the degree of demineralization and activity of the lesion.

Objective To discuss incidence and related risk factors of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) after acute subcortical infarction (SI).Methods One hundred and eighty-two patients with acute SI were divided into two groups:VCI group (81 cases) and no-VCI group ( 101 cases) according to VCI diagnostic standard.Sex proportion,age,culture degree between two groups were compared,and correlation was analyzed between the quantity of risk factors and the incidence of VCI.Results The incidence of VCI after acute SI was 44.5％(81/182).According to age stratification,the incidence of VCI in the patients of 56-65 years was 35.4％ (23/65),in the patients of 66-75 years was 45.3％ (48/106),and in the patients of 76-85 years was 90.9％ (10/11 ).The age in VCI group was significantly higher than that in no-VCI group [(69.93 ±6.91) years vs. (67.62 ±5.56) years,P =0.014],and culture degree was significantly lower than that in no-VCI group (P =0.028).The sex proportion between two groups had no significant difference (P =0.876).The more accompanying risk factors,the higher incidence of VCI.Conclusions Along with the increase of age,the incidence of VCI after acute SI is higher.The more accompanying risk factors,the higher incidence of VCI.

The pattern of immunohistochemical localization of monoclonal antibody MC5 was observed in 215 cases of colarectal adenocarcinoma.It was found that the polarized pattern was predominant in the well-differentiated adenocarcinomas while the deffuse pattern in poorly-differentiated ade-nocarcinomas.Followup study of 133 cases revealed that 5-year sunvival rate was 74.4% in cases with polarized pattern and 36.2% in those with diffuse pattern,a very significant difference between the 2 (P

Objective To study early face processing of internet addiction patients by using ERP method. Methods Ten healthy young man 18~21 years and 10 internet addiction patients 17~22 years served as subjects in experiment. Two runs of 300 stimuli (duration: 50 ms) of 3 facial and 3 non-facial pictures were randomly presented with equal probability (ISI: from 1 000 ms to 1 500 ms randomly), and the subjects were asked to react to facial stimuli and non-facial stimuli by pressing the left button and right button respectively as quickly as possible. Thirty two channel electroencephalogram (EEG) was recorded by Neuroscan Nuamps System. Results 1) Specific-face component Nd170 (face N170 minus object N170) was found in both groups, which was distributed at the temporal-occipital region in control groups but at occipital region in internet addiction group; 2) Compared with Nd170 in internet addiction group, Nd170 was significantly lower at occipital negion and delayed in control group. Conclusion The early face processing mechanism of internet addiction patients may be different from normal people.

Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third cause of cancer-related death worldwide;meanwhile,it is also one of the fastest growing malignancies.The causes of HCC are multiple;HBV is the most important cause in China,with about 25%-30% of HBV infection patients finally develop hepatic cirrhosis and liver cancer.At present,large scale epidemiological studies revealed that the metabolic syndrome(MS) was closely related to liver cancer,and it even served as an independent risk factor for the occurrence and progression of liver cancer.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a metabolic syndrome clinically manifested in the liver;recently it has been indicated to be closely related with HCC development and progression.This paper reviews the recent researches on metabolic syndrome and liver cancer,so as to provide literature for preventive and therapeutic studies on non-virus-related liver cancer.

It is still contradictory whether PGI_2 and TXA_2 can influence hepatic is-chemic damage. Rats were divided into three groups at random. Group 1 and 2 were givensaline; group 3 were pretreated with indomethacin. 30 min before the induction of liverischemia drugs were injected into peritoneal cavity. After 2 h of ischemia and 2 hof reperfusion, the results showed that the TXB_2 content of ischemia group was higherand the P/T ratio was lower than that of the indomethacin group. The control groupshowed no change. Massive necrosis was observed in the ischemia group, but only focalnecrosis was seen in the indomethacin group. There was no hepatic necrosis in the controlgroup. The results suggested: 1. TXA_2 was an important cell injury agent; 2. Indomethacinhave protective effect on the reperfusion liver cell injury.

Heat shock protein (HSP) 105 is a 105x103 stress protein that belongs to the HSP-110 family. It is released by tissues in response to a wide variety of stresses including infection and ischaemia. Studies have shown that the molecule is involved as a biochemical mediator of heat induced apoptosis by binding to p53 at scrotal temperatures and dissociating from it at suprascrotal temperatures in testicular germ cells. Recent studies have shown that HSP-105 is over-expressed in various malignancies besides in normal testicular tissue. HSP-105 may be a candidate of testis antigen.

Objective To study the expression of both nuclear factor-κB(NF-κB)and tumor necrosis fac-tor-α(TNF-α)in pulmonary intravascular macrophages(PIM)of rats with hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS)and the effect of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate(PDTC)on their expression.Methods The Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats were randomly divided into four groups:control,control+PDTC1CCl4,CCl4+PDTC groups.Arterial blood was collected for measurement of blood gas.Venous blood was sampled for hepatic function and endotoxin level.The mesenteric lymph nodes were dissected for bacteriology studies.Proteins of NF-κB and TNF-a of lung tissue were examined by immunohistochemistry.The activity of NF-κB in lung tissues was measured using electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA).By real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCB)using SYBR Green I,the mRNA expression of TNF-α in lung tissues were detected.Results CCl4 group developed HPS with decreased PaO2 and PaCO2,increased alveolar-arterial oxygen difference(A-aDO2),abnormal hepatic function and increased endotoxin level.Culture-positive mes-enteric lymph nodes were found in 62.5%(5/8)of CCl4,group and 66.7%(6/9)of CCl4+PDTC group(P>0.05 J.All lungs from CCl4 and CCl4+PDTC group showed no accumulation of larse mononuclear macrophagelike cells within the lumen of numerous small muscular and nonnulscular pulmonary vessels.The percentages of vessels with more than 1O adherent macrophages was 60.8%(292/480)in CCl4 group but only 19.6%(106/540)in CCl4+PDTC group(P<0.01).The protein expression of NF-κB and TNF-α Was localized to PIM in CCl4 group.The NF-κB activity and mRNA expression of TNF-α in CCl4 group was significantly higher than that in control,con-trol+PDTC group and CCl4+PDTC group(P<0.05).Conclusion The TNF-α expression in PIM induced by NF-κB play an important role in HPS.The inhibitor of NF-κB PDTC can repress PIM activation and decrease the ex-pression of TNF-α.As result.HPS severity is reduced.

Objective To observe the effect of herbs of cleaning away heat,drying dampness and invigorating spleen on insulin resistance and TNF-? of the patients with early stage of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Method Eighty-eight patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly divided into 2 groups.Forty-four cases of the treatment group were treated with herbs of cleaning away heat,drying dampness and invigorating spleen,and 44 cases of the control group were treated with metformin.The data of their weight,glucose,insulin and TNF-? before and after treatment was compared.Results Glucose and insulin of two groups declined(P