OBJECTIVE:To provide suggestions for the setting-up of the current pharmacovigilance(PV)system.METHODS:The characteristics of the setup of the PV system in both US and France were analyzed and the problems encountered in current monitoring system of adverse drug effects were pointed out.RESULTS & CONCLUSION:Both American and French PV systems have their own advantages and we should learn from it and draw useful experiences from them.In constructing PV system,China should make improvement in organization,communication,financial resource and information technology etc.

In order to have a better understanding of the relation between vertical dimension and occlusal force,a meter was made by means of straingauge.Five Japanese men were investi- gated for occlusal force at different vertical dimensions.The measurements showed that the maximal occlusal force of the posterior teeth occured at 8 to 15mm or the vertical dimension, the maximal occlusal forec of the anterior teeth occured at 13 to 18mm.This indicated that the occlusal force was closely related to the state of jaw closing muscle.

Animals ; Blood Glucose ; Cucurbita ; chemistry ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ; drug therapy ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; pharmacology ; Lipids ; blood ; Oxidative Stress ; Polysaccharides ; pharmacology ; Rats

The immunoregulatory effects of mescenchymal stem cell (MSC) and its application have become a focused research topic in recent years. This article reviews the up-to-date research advances in the features and mechanisms of immune regulation of MSC and its application.

Objective To analyze the factors affecting on early efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis with atleplase.Methods The clinical data of 100 acute cerebral infarction patients treated by intravenous thrombolysis with atleplase were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into early effective group and ineffective group,whieh assessed by National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) with criteria of whether there were ＞ 3 or not at 24 hours after therapy.Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to determine the differences of clinical data between the two groups.Results Univariate analysis revealed that the early improvement was significantly associated with favorable outcome at 3 month (P =0.000).Multivariate logistic analysis revealed that the systolic pressure at baseline was moderately positively associated with early improvement (OR 1.031,95％ CI 1.008-1.056,P =0.009).Conclusion Moderately lower baseline systolic pressure is associated with early improvement after thrombolytic therapy which is associated with favorable outcome at 3 month.

BACKGROUND: Vitapex is an injectable root canal filling material. It possesses effects of antibiosis, analgesia, as well as promotes formation of alveolar bone, dentin and cementum, which had been widely used in apexification. However, it also has weakness of long induction time and need reduplicated subsequent visit.OBJECTIVE: To explore the therapeutic effect of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and Vitapex paste on apexification.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: The contrast observation experiment was performed at the Department of Stomatology,Shenyang Children's Hospital from February 2006 to November 2008.PARTICIPANTS: A total of 42 patients with 49 teeth were included in this study, including 28 anterior maxilla and 21 premolars.The X-ray film showed that the root tip of teeth was immature.METHODS: The teeth were randomly divided into the experimental group (n=25) and control group (n=24), which was apexificated by MTA and Vitapex paste, respectively.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The effective rate of two groups was compared at months 3, 6 and 12 after operation.RESULTS: All teeth were included in the final analysis. The effective rate of experimental group was greater than the control group at 3 months after operation, and the difference had significant (P < 0.05), while, the effective rate was similar in two groups at 6 and 12 months after operation (P > 0.05).CONCLUSION: Both MTA and Vitapex paste are ideal filling materials in apexfication. Nevertheless, MTA may be a substitute in apexfication for its short therapy duration and precisely therapeutic effect.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are a class of small non-protein-coding RNAs, approximately 18 to 25 nt long. MicroRNAs can act as endogenous RNA interference. MicroRNAs can posttranscriptionally regulate the expression of hundreds of their target genes, controlling a wide range of biological functions such as cellular proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. MicroRNAs can posttranscdptionally regulate the expression of genes by hybridizing to complementary sequences in 3' UTR (3' untranslated region) of target messenger RNA (mRNA), repressing the translation of mRNA or increasing the instability of mRNA. A number of miRNAs are mapped to cancer-associated fragile regions (FRAs) as well as in minimal regions of loss of heterozygosity, minimal regions of amplification, or common breakpoint regions in the genome, suggesting that miRNAs might be involved in tumorigenesis. Many miRNAs are up or down-regulated in cancers as potential oncogene or tumor suppressors. It has been considered that the mutation of a series of oncogene or anti-oncogene gradually causes tumorigenesis. The conventional points of view were changed with the finding of non-protein-coding RNAs. MiRNA as members of non-protein-coding RNAs may play an important role in regulating tumor formation. Recent studies have in-vestigated the relationship of miRNAs with neoplasia, development, treatment and prognosis. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths all over the world. Its etiology is primarily genetic and epigenetic damage caused by tobacco smoke. Systematic analysis of RNA and protein expression levels of thousands of genes has also contributed to defining the molecular net work of lung carcinogenesis. MiRNAs are closely related to lung cancer and play an important part in the diagnosis, therapy, surveillance and prognosis of lung cancer. We reviewed some miRNAs closely associated with lung cancer such as miRNA-126, miRNA-221, miRNA-222, has-mir-221, a polycistronic microRNA cluster miR-17-92, miRNA-128b, has-mir-137, has-mir-182, has-mir-372 and miRNA let-7. We summarized the roles of miRNAs in the genetic susceptibility, invasion or metastasis, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of lung cancer.

Under pathologic conditions, nitric oxide causes peripheral insulin resistance by impairing key signal molecules of insulin signaling pathway and mediates dysfunction of islet ? cells caused by lipids, cytokines and hyperglycemia, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective To investigate the effects of ischemia reperfusion on the morphological changes of sinoatrial node(SAN) cells in rabbits in vivo . Methods Ninety healthy adult rabbits were randomly divided into 3 groups with 10 rabbits in control and every subgroup: control group [a suture passed under the root section of right coronary artery(RCA) without ligation], ischemia group(occluding the root section of RCA for 10, 30, 60 and 120 min respectively), ischemia reperfusion group(10, 30, 60 and 120 min ischemia after respectively followed by 4 hours′ reperfusion). Results ① Compared with control group, abnormal structure of SAN cells was not seen in 10 min ischemia group and 10 min ischemia reperfusion group with light microscopy, except slight mitochondrial swelling of SAN cells in former group with electron microscopy. ② There were morphological changes of SAN cells in 7, 6 and 8 rabbits in 30, 60 and 120 min ischemia group, presenting mainly as cellular swelling, karyopyknosis, and focal necrosis under a light microscope, and mitochodrial swelling, cristae disorganization or break under an electron microscope. The most severe cellular damages were found in 120 min ischemia group. ③ In ischemia reperfusion group, there were morphological abnormalities of SAN cells in 6, 8 and 7 rabbits in 30, 60 and 120 min ischemia reperfusion groups. The morphologic changes were similar to those in ischemia group, but injury degree was more severe than that in ischemia group with the same ischemic time. Conclusion Ischemia and ischemia reperfusion can induce morphological changes of SAN cells in a time dependent manner in rabbits in vivo , and the injury degree is more severe in ischemia reperfusion group than that in ischemia group with the same ischemic time.

By means of histological and immunohistochemical methods,effects of a singleintraperitoneal injection of ethane dimethanesulphonate(EDS,75 mg/kg bodyweight)on the hypothalamo-pituitary-testicular axis of the rat were observed inthis study.Three days after administration of EDS,Leydig cells were eliminated;some LH cells in pituitary became larger or decreased in immunoreactivity;but nosignificant change could be found in hypothalamic GnRH system.Seven days afterEDS,degeneration of spermatogenic epithelium was marked,the staining intensity ofLH cells was generally reduced,the number of GnRH immunorcactive neurons inthe hypothalamus as well as the density and staining intensity of GnRH fibers andterminals in the median eminence were significantly diminished.Testosteronereplacement increased the number of late spcrmatids in testis and restored theabove-mentioned changes in the hypothalamus and pituitary.These results indicate that following administration of EDS,1)spermatogenesisdamage is resulted from destruction of Leydig cells and cessation of testosterone secretion;2)respective hormone release from hypothalamic GnRH system andpituitary LH cells is increased;3)loss of testosterone negative feedback is themajor factor responsible for the enhancement of secretory activity of the hypotha-lamo-pituitary axis;and that 4)EDS can be a useful experimental tool forstudying hypothalamo-pituitary-testiculer axis and intratesticular local regulation.