Coronary Restenosis ; metabolism ; Heart Valve Diseases ; Humans ; Osteopontin ; metabolism

Aconitum ; poisoning ; Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Female ; Hemoperfusion ; methods ; Male ; Plant Poisoning ; therapy ; Rabbits

Adult ; Aged ; Face ; Female ; Humans ; Infection ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neck ; Retrospective Studies

Jaundice can occur in most neonates.Most jaundice is benign,but beacuse of the potential toxicity of bilirubin,newborn infants with severe hyperbilirubinemia can develop acute bilirubin encephalopathy or kernicterus.In October 2004,American(academic) of pediatrics produced the latest guideline for newborn jaundice aim to reduce the incidence of acute bilirubin encephalopathy or kernicterus and avoid unnecessary costs or treatment.The latest guideline emphasizes the important of successful breastfeeding,time of jaundice developed,assessment for the risk of severe hyperbilirubinemia,close follow-up,and prompt intervention when indicated,provide a framework for the prevention and management of hyperbilirubinemia in newborn infants of 35 or more weeks of gestation.Some new view in the latest guideline may be helpful to us.

Chemokine is a kind of cytokine that induces cell transport to inflammation sites. It plays an important role in controlling the differentiation, development and directed migration of immunocytes. CCL20 is one of the important members of chemokine family, and it belongs to CC subfamily. Its receptor is CCR6. CCL20 can be expressed in activated monocytes, T lymphocytes, dendritic cells and endothelial cells, and CCR6 can be expressed in liver, lung, and lymphoid tissues. The expression of CCL20 can be induced by tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), interleukin 1β (IL-1β), IL-17, CD40 ligand and interferon γ (IFN-gamma;). In summary, CCL20 plays an important role in tumor growth, invasion and metastasis (mainly refers to intrahepatic metastasis). Copyright© 2011 by TUMOR.

ObjectiveTo investigate the understanding of stroke among stroke patients and promote the direction of rehabilitation.MethodsA survey was carried out among 80 stroke patients by questionnaire.Results42.5% of those patients knew nothing about the risk factor of stroke and the rate of right behavior related to maintain health was relatively low. The rate of satisfaction with rehabilitative direction was only 66.3% though 98% patients had experienced that direction.ConclusionIntensive and continuous direction of rehabilitation is necessary for the stroke patients. Comprehensive health education should be given to those patients to ensure their best self care and improve their quality of living.

Cardiovascular Diseases ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Cerebrovascular Disorders ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Humans ; Public Health Practice

Objective To observe the intluence ot chemokine RANTES influence on cardiac allograft acute rejection caused by alloreactive memory CD4+ T cells (Tm) adoptive transfer.Methods Heterotopic heart transplantation (HTx) from Balb/c donors to C57BL/6 recipients was performed by anastomosis of the vessels of the neck.Mice undergoing heterotopic heart transplantation received either adoptive transfer of 1 × 106 CD4+ Tm from the spleen of alloantigen-primed C57BL/6 mice or no cells (control group).After the cardiac transplantation,the mean survival time (MST),mean histologic rank of rejection,relative gene expression and serum concentration of RANTES in the cardiac grafts.Results (1) The percentage of CD4+ Tm was 26.83％ at the spleen of alloantigenprimed mice; (2) The MST was 5.17 ± 0.17 days in the CD4+ Tm+ HTx group versus 7.76 ± 0.21 days at the HTx group (control group) (P＜0.01); (3) The histological tests revealed that mean histologic rank of rejection activity in the sections of cardiac allografts on the day 5 post grafting was grade 3.92 ± 0.08 in the HTx+ CD4+Tm group versus grade 2.67 ± 0.14 in HTx group (P＜0.01) ;(4) The relative gene expression level of RANTES was 2.6 ± 0.21 in the CD4+ Tm + HTx group,significantly higher than in the control group (P＜0.01) ; (5) The serum concentration of RANTES in the CD4+ Tm+ HTx group was 223.6 ± 16.79 pg/mL,higher than in the control group (120.7 ±9.47 pg/mL,P＜0.01).Conclusion Alloreactive CD4+ Tm contribute to the increased expression and secretion of RANTES,and cardiac allograft acute rejection was more extensive in the CD4 + Tm + HTx group.