Objective: To investigate the quality of life of patients with chronic prostatitis. Methods: Two hundred patients were included and tested with WHOQOL-100 . Results: Compared with normal controls, the following aspects had no significant difference, including energy and fatigue, appearance and status, working activity, daily life and environment. There were significant difference to controls in other 6 fields and 20 aspects. The major factors that do harm to QOL include satisfaction on life, income and depression. Conclusion: It should deserve the clinician's attention that the QOL of patients with chronic prostatitis is greatly lower than that of the normal controls.

Laboratory diagnostics is one of the most fast developing medical sciences.But the teaching quality falls behind due to the traditional education model.Based on the concept of ‘three-stage fusion' of the subject and ‘five abilities' of the training objects,‘three-highlight & stereo' teaching style was established and put through the course,which means to emphasize function,practice,effect in optimizing teaching content and methods,and construct stereo platform including information system,online course,laboratory equipments,research activities and teacher training program.The results showed a significant improvement of the students' knowledge mastering and utilizing capability.And the teaching situation was well re-created.Furthermore,the teaching team was much more powerful than ever.It suggests that ‘three-highlight and stereo' teaching style is a successful explore and practice of teaching reform of laboratory diagnostics on adapting for internationalization of education tendency.

BACKGROUND:In the cytotoxicity test of the mussel adhesive protein dressing for wound healing, because of positive charge properties of the protein, when extracting ratio is 1:9, the cel s exhibit poly-group phenomenon that results in errors in the cytotoxicity test of mussel adhesive protein samples.
OBJECTIVE:According to the existing standards, to improve the leaching proportion and pretreatment of mussel adhesive protein dressing for wound healing based on the special properties and working condition of mussel adhesive protein.
METHODS:(1) Extract method:Extract solution of mussel adhesive protein dressing was prepared with mussel adhesive protein dressing and cel medium at extracting ratios of 1:9 and 1:131. Then, L929 cel s were cultured in extract solutions of mussel adhesive protein dressing, natural latex and high-density polyethylene, respectively. (2) Method of direct contact:Distil ed water, solutions of mussel adhesive protein dressing, dimethyl sulfoxide and cel medium were used to culture L929 cel s.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:When the extracting ratio was 1:9, the cel s agglomerated which is not suitable for cytotoxicity test. When the extracting ratio was 1:131, flocculated sediment and cel aggregation disappeared, the cytotoxicity test results showed no cytotoxicity with higher reliability. Direct contact method showed the samples had no cytotoxicity. The extract method with adjusted extracting radio or direct contact method can be applied to test the in vitro cytotoxicity of mussel adhesive protein dressing for wound healing.

The nutritional and food hygienic character of the new developed soy protein concentrate and soy protein isolate in Heilongjiang province were studied by chemical analysis and rat experiment. These products have not yet been reported in China. The results indicated that the content of protein of soy protein concentrate and isolate was 69.76 and 83.11%(as anhydr-ate basic), the PER 2.00 and 1.34, the apparent digestibility 77.54 and 85.72%, the true digestibility 84.33 and 93.19%, the biological value 79.80 and 62.54%, the NPU 67.39 and 58.28% respectively.The essential amino acid composition of the two samples was the same as the products prepared in the other countries. By the hematological and pathological examination in rats, the contents of serveral harmful substan- ces were allowable or not detected. The authors belived that the nutritional quality of the two soy protein products was nearly the same as those in other countries, and its food safety was satisfactory.

The apparent digestibilities of two preparations of corn as staples in men were estimated during March and April in 1979. Seven healthy adult men, who lived in this region for many years, were accustomed to eat corn as their staple diets. Each of the two preparations from the same batch of corn was used in the experiment. One preparation was "cooked corn meal" and the other was Jian-bing, the latter was considered the better way of cooking. Other ingredients of food in these two test diets were the same. During the test periods, the volunteers ate the test diets and drank boiled water ad lib, but the quantities were recorded. No other foodstuffs and drinks were allowed. The nutritive values of test diets were sufficient to meet the subjects' physiological needs. The 12 days period was divided into adaptative and testing periods of three days each for the two kinds of test diets. During the test periods, the total foodstuffs and the volunteers' faeces were analysed for the contents of water, anhydrates, total ni- trogen, crude fat, ash and fiber in the samples. From the data obtained, the apparent digestibilities of anhydrates, total nitrogen and crude fat ware calculated. Urine nitrogen was analysed and the nitrogen balance was calculated. The body weight at the beginning and the end of test periods were measured.The apparent digestibility (%) of anhydrates was 93.31?0.393 and 94.79 ? 0.578, total nitrogrn 84.60 ? 0.843 and 87.77 ? 1.080 and crude fat 86.32 ? 1.296 and 94.68 ? 0.838 in cooked corn meal diet and the corn flour Jian-bing diet respectively. The apparent digestibility in corn Jian-bing diet was higher statistically than that of cooked corn diet. Body weights fluctuated within the normal range. The nitrogen balances of all subjects were positive and the difference of nitrogen balance studies between the two test diets was not statistically significant.The results of the experiment suggest that, the differences of apparent digestibility between two diets was mainly due to the methods of preparation, Jian-bing being better than cooked corn diet in human nutrition.

Objective To explore the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on osteogenesis during co-culture of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) with osteoblasts in rats.Methods BMSCs and osteoblasts were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats and cultured.Sub-cultured osteoblasts and BMSCs were seeded in transwell cell-culture-chamber polyester inserts to establish the co-culture system.The co-cultures were then randomly divided into a normal co-culture group and a group exposed to an EMF.Single-cultured BMSCs and osteoblasts were set as a single culture group.The EMF group was exposed to an EMF for 4 hours per day.On the 14th day,cell culture plates or inserts were randomly selected for total RNA extraction and measurement of the mRNA expression levels of Runt-related transcription factor 2,transcription factor 7,alkaline phosphatase,collagen type Ⅰ,bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and bone gamma-carboxyglutamate protein (Osteocalcin gene,OC gene) using real-time PCR assays.Cell culture dishes or inserts were also randomly chosen for Alizarin red staining to detect mineralized nodules.Results The level of osteogenic gene expression in single-cultured BMSCs and osteoblasts was low,while it was much higher in the co-culture group.The level of gene expression in the EMF-exposed and co-cultured group was even higher.Alizarin red staining also showed that calcium mineralized modules had increased in the stimulated,co-cultured system compared with the unstimulated,co-cultured cells.Conclusion EMF exposure can promote osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and osteoblasts when they are co-cultured.BMP2-mediated cellular interaction might play an important role in osteogenic differentiation induced by EMF exposure.

Objective To study the expressions of aggrecan (Agc) Ⅰ and Ⅱ collagen and Sox9 by bone mar-row mesenchymal stem cells exposed to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and it's mechanisms involved. Methods Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats and cultured in vitro. The third passage cells were harvested and exposed to 15 Hz 1 mT EMFs for 8 h/d. The semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polyme-rase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique was used to measure parathyroid hormon receptor related peptide (PTHrp) ,Agc Ⅰ and Ⅱ collagen and Sox9 mRNA. Western blotting was used to measure type Ⅱ collagen expression. After the inhibitor of protein kinase A (PKA) H-89 and the inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC) Go-6976 ( 12 μm) were added, the effects of EMFs on Agc Ⅰ and Ⅱ collagen and Sox9 mRNA expressions were measured again by using RT-PCR, and Western blotting technique. Results The EMFs induced significant increase of mRNA expressions of PTHrp, Agc Ⅰ and Ⅱ collagen and Sox9 in comparison to the controls, and promoted type Ⅱ collagen protein expres-sion. The Agc Ⅰ and Ⅱ collagen expressions decreased after PKA pathway inhibitor H-89 and PKC inhibitor Go-6976 were added, but the mRNA expression of Sox9 was not affected. Conclusion This study shows 15Hz 1mT EMFs can promote mRNA expressions of Agc Ⅰ and Ⅱ collagan and Sox9 of cbondrogenesis differentiation markers in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. The effect is correlated with PKA and PKC pathways.

Objective To investigate the effects on the condition of nutrition and immunologic function of gastric cancer treated with the insertion of jejunal nutrient canal after total gastrectomy.Methods In this study 113 gastric cancer patients were randomly divided into enteral nutrition group (the group of the fine-needle/catheter jejunostomy during operation,FCJ group) and parenteral nutrition group (PN group) after total gastrectomy.Evacuating time and postoperative complications were observed and relative laboratory parameters were measured prior to surgery (preoperative) and on days 3 and 7 postoperatively.Results The evacuating time in enteral nutrition group was shorter than that in parenteral nutrition group significantly[(4.1±2.2) d vs.(5.1 ±2.0) d,t =2.156,P =0.037];Serum level of prealbumin[( 18 ± 7 ) mg/dl vs.( 14 ± 7 ) mg/dl,t =2.370,P =0.022]and transferring[(205 ±45 ) mg/dl vs.( 186 ± 39 ) mg/dl,t =3.665,P =0.001]in enteral nutrition group on postoperative day 7 was higher than that in parenteral nutrition group;Serum IgA[( 2.3 ± 1.0 ) g/L vs.( 1.9 + 0.7 ) g/L,t =2.178,P=0.034],lgM[(1.4 ±0.4) g/L vs.(1.0 ±0.4) g/L,t=2.124,P=0.039]and IgG[(9.5 ±1.9) g/L vs.(9.0 ± 2.3 ) g/L,t =2.189,P =0.033]were higher in enteral nutrition group than that in parenteral nutrition group;The incidence of postoperative alimentary dysfunction in enteral nutrition group was lower than that in parenteral nutrition group( 3％ vs.13％,x2 =3.962,P =0.048).Conclusions It is safe and convenient to use early postoperative enteral nutrition support by fine-needle/catheter jejunostomy (FCJ) in gastric cancer patients immediately after total gastrectomy.

Exosomes are vesicular bodies secreted by living cells containing proteins and RNA, and play an important role in the process of physiology and pathology.Pancreatic cancer is one of the common gastrointestinal tumor with high morbidity and mortality.As a hotspot in oncology, exosomes have potential values in the research of development, diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer.This article reviewed the role of exosomes in pancreatic cancer.

OBJECTIVE To understand and use reasonably the strategy of prevention and management of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection(OPSI). METHODS According to intervention to patients with postsplenectomy by means of education,vaccination,antibotic prophylaxis after April 1998,clinical and follow-up data were reviewed and analyzed from 337 cases patients with traumatic splenectomy from Jan 1992 to Jan 2004,and correlative factors of four OPSI cases were further analyzed. RESULTS Incidence of OPSI descended obviously after intervention(P