To observe the clinical efficacy of diclofenac sodium eye drops for postoperative recurrence of pterygium, and to provide safer drug regimens to prevent the recurrence of pterygium.
● METHODS: From November 2011 to September 2013, 124 patients 134 eyes who underwent surgery because of pterygium in our hospital were randomly divided into trial group ( diclofenac sodium eye drops and sodium hyaluronate eye drops) and control group ( tobramycin dexamethasone eye drops and sodium hyaluronate eye drops), all patients were followed up for 3mo ( once a week ) and the cornea, intraocular pressure and recurrence of pterygium were observed and compared between the two groups.
●RESULTS: Followed up for 3mo, 43 cases (45 eyes) in the trial group and 38 cases (39 eyes) in the control group had done the follow up as planned, in which 14 cases (15 eyes) showed the signs of recurrence, 2 cases (3 eyes) recurred eventually in the trial group, and in the meantime there were 12 cases (13 eyes) with signs of recurrence and 2 cases ( 2 eyes ) with a recurrence eventually in the control group, but no statistical difference was found between the two groups (P>0. 05);there were 6 cases (9 eyes) dropped out of the study with a higher intraocular pressure in the control group, compared to trial group (0 cases of 0 eye), the difference was statistically significant ( P < 0. 05); cornea conditions between the two groups had no statistical significance (P>0. 05).
●CONCLUSlON:Diclofenac sodium eye drops is effective and safe in preventing the recurrence of pterygium.

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ; Solvents ; analysis ; chemistry ; Volatile Organic Compounds ; analysis ; chemistry

Objective To investigate the protective effects of simvastatin on cobalt choride ( CoCl2 ) -induced hypoxia and reoxygenation injury on alveolar type Ⅱ cells and the underlying mechanisms.Methods CoCl2 was used to establish the hypoxia and reoxygenation injury model on AT Ⅱ cells.Blank,control and variant doses simvastatin-treated groups ( 5,10,20,30,50,100 μ mol/L) were designed in the present study.The proliferation of AT Ⅱ cells was evaluated by Cell Counting Kit-8 ( CCK-8 ) assay.The percentage of apoptotic cells was assessed by flow cytometry AV/PI double-staining.The protein levels of surfactant protein-C (SP-C) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in AT Ⅱ cells was determined by Western blot.Results As compared with the control group,pretreatment with low dose (5 - 20 μmol/L),but not high dose simvastatin (50 - 100 μmol/L) markedly reduced A549 cells apoptosis,and increased their proliferation and the protein levels of SPC and PCNAin vitro.The protective effect could be reversed in vitro by L-mevalonate,a simvastatin competitive inhibitor,which indicated that the inhibition of mevalorate pathway was involved in the simvastatin induced AT Ⅱ cells function restoration.Condusion Low doses simvastatin reversed CoCl2-induced hypoxia and reoxygenation injury of AT Ⅱ cells.The inhibition of mevalonate pathway contributed to simvastatin induced AT Ⅱ cells function restoration.

BACKGROUND: Bone morphogenetic protein(BMP) is one of the most important cytokines that induce and promote seed cells to be transformed into osteocytes. Insoluble natural BMP can hardly affect the life of cultured seed cells. The expensive soluble recombinant BMP is also hard to work on the seed cells at the appropriate time and dose. Therefore, gene therapy technique provides us with a brand new idea of using gene-modified seed cells.OBJECTIVE: To transfect exogenous BMP-3 gene into the fibroblasts and screen the positive fibroblast clones that can express BMP-3 stably.DESIGN: Simple sample study.SETTING: Orthopaedic Research Institute, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University of Chinese PLA.MATERIALS: The fibroblasts(NIH3T3) were kindly presented by Professor Situ Zhen-qiang of the Stomatological College of Fourth Military Medical University of Chinese PLA.METHODS: This experiment was conducted in the Key Laboratory of Chinese PLA, which belongs to the Orthopaedic Research Institute of Fourth Military Medical University. BMP-3 gene was transfected into the fibroblasts through lipofectamin. The transfected cells were screened by G418. The separated cloned cells were identified through immunohistochemistry. The positively stained cells were the clones of BMP-3 expressing fibroblasts.MAIT OUTCOME MEASURES: The screening concentration of NIH3T3 cells, screening of positive transfected cells, and expression of BMP-3 in screened cells.RESULTS: BMP-3 gene was successfully transfected into the fibroblasts. BMP-3 expressing fibroblast clones were creened and identified through immunohistochemistry. Fibroblast strains with stable BMP-3 expression were obtained.CONCLUSION: The transfection of BMP-3 gene eukaryonic expression vector into the fibroblasts and obtaining of fibroblast strains with BMP-3 expression have laid foundation for the usage of gene-modified seed cells in future research of bone tissue engineering.

Adenocarcinoma ; pathology ; Carcinoma ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; pathology ; Humans ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; classification ; pathology ; World Health Organization

Humans ; Metals ; Microwaves ; adverse effects ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects ; analysis ; Workplace

Prolyl-4-hydroxylase domain (PHDs) family is one of the most important regulatory factors in hypoxic stress. PHD2 plays a critical role in cells and tissues adaptation to the low oxygen environment. Its hydroxylation activity regulates the stability and transcriptional activity of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), which is the key factor in response to hypoxic stress. Subsequently, PHD2 acts as an important factor in oxygen homeostasis. Studies have shown that PHD2, through its regulation on HIF-1, plays an important role in the post-ischemic neovascularization. Furthermore, under hypoxic condition, PHD2 also regulates other pathways that positively regulate angiogenesis factors HIF-1 independently. Moreover, recently, several evidences have also shown that PHD2 also affects tumor growth and metastasis in a tumor microenvironment. Based on these facts, PHD2 have been considered as a potential therapeutic target both in treating ischemic diseases and tumors. Here, we review the molecular regulation mechanism of PHD2 and its physiological and pathological functions. We focus on the role of PHD2 in both therapeutic angiogenesis for ischemic disease and tumor angiogenesis, and the current progress in utilizing PHD2 as a therapeutic target.
Animals ; Humans ; Hydroxylation ; Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 ; metabolism ; Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases ; antagonists & inhibitors ; physiology ; Neoplasms ; blood supply ; metabolism ; pathology ; therapy ; Neovascularization, Pathologic ; metabolism ; pathology ; Tumor Microenvironment ; Vascular Diseases ; pathology ; therapy

Aged ; Carcinoid Tumor ; pathology ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; pathology ; Male ; Neoplasm Metastasis

X-Ray tube is the core part of CT machines and its service life is closely tied to its quality,installation & adjustments and the status of the equipment itself.Besides,whether the operaters use the equipment correctly or not also influence the life of X-ray tubes.The author summarizes some methods for extending the life of CT tubes according to the experiences of installation,adjustment and using of the CT tubes for many years.

Objective To investigate the antibiotic resistance of clinical isolates from hospital for the guidance of rational use of antibiotics .Methods Automatic VITEK‐2 system was used to identify bacterial strains and analyze the antimicrobial resistance . WHONET 5 .6 was applied for data analysis according to the breakpoints of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute 2013 . Results A total of 3 880 nonduplicate strains were collected in 2013 ,35 .2% (1 366/3 880) of which were gram positive organisms ,64 .8% (2 514/3 880) were gram negative bacteria .The top 6 most frequently isolated microorganisms were E . coli (20 .2% ) , K . pneumoniae (12 .0% ) , P . aeruginosa (11 .1% ) , coagulase negative Staphylococcus (9 .8% ) , A . baumannii (9 .8% ) ,E .f aecalis (8 .1% ) .The bacteria were mainly isolated from respiratory tract (51 .0% ) ,urine (26 .2% ) , and blood (9 .4% ) .The prevalence of both meticillin‐resistant Staphylococcus was higher than 72 .0% .No staphylococcal strainwasfoundresistanttolinezolid,vancomycinortigecycline.Amongthe509Enterococcusisolates,E.faecalisandE. f aecium accounted for 61 .5% and 32 .8% ,respectively .No enterococcal strain was resistant to vancomycin or tigecycline . Enterococcal isolates also showed low resistance (<2 .0% ) to teicoplanin and linezolid .About 67 .4% of the E .coli strains and 32 .0% of the K lebsiella isolates produced extended spectrumbeta‐lactamases.Thestrainsof E.coli,Klebsiella spp.,Enterobacterspp.,and Proteusspp.wererelatively susceptible to beta‐lactam/beta‐lactamase inhibitor combinations such as cefoperazone‐sulbactam and piperacillin‐tazobactam , carbapenems such as meropenem ,imipenem and ertapenem ,and amikacin (< 15 .0% of the strains were resistant) . K . pneumoniae isolates were more resistant than other gram‐negative bacilli .P .aeruginosa was relatively susceptible to amikacin , tobramycin ,cefepime ,gentamicin ,piperacillin‐tazobactam ,but more than 20% of these strains were resistant to meropenem and imipenem .More than 35 .0% of the A . baumannii isolates were resistant to any of the antimicrobial agents tested . Conclusions Antimicrobial resistance is still a serious threat in clinical antimicrobial therapy .It is important to promote the rational use of antimicrobial agents so that resistance is minimized . It is necessary to conduct epidemiological survey and proactively implement effective interventions in the clinical setting with relatively heavy burden of antimicrobial resistance .