Child ; Chronic Disease ; Cough ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Guidelines as Topic ; Humans ; Pediatrics

Bronchoalveolar Lavage ; Child ; Humans ; Pneumonia ; diagnosis ; microbiology

Anti-Bacterial Agents ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Bronchoscopy ; Child ; Glucocorticoids ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Mycoplasma pneumoniae ; drug effects ; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma ; pathology ; therapy

Objective To observe neutrophil activation and protease imbalance in airway of children after foreign-body aspiration(FBA).Methods Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF) was obtained through fiberoptic bronchoscopy.The supernatant was assayed for the concentration of neutrophil elastase(NE) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and elastase inhibition capacity(EIC)/free elastase activity using a colorimetric assay.The cell pellet were smeared for the expression of ?1-antitrypsin(?1-AT) using cellular immunohisto-chemistry and cytologic analysis by Wright-Giemsa stain.Results Percentage of neutrophil,concentration of NE and the expression of ?1-AT in BLAF group,pair group and pneumonia group significantly increased compared with that of control group(Pa0.05).The ratio of Lib NE in FBA,par and peumcria group was 30.3%,27.3% and 22.7%.Conclusions FBA induces similar airway neutrophil activation and protease imbalance to bacterial pneumonia.The contralateral airway showes the same change as the foreign body side.

Objective To use gene engineering technique to express the humanin.Methods Humanin segment was synthesized and cloned into the prokaryocyte expression vector pGEMEX-1 and pet44a. The plasmid was transformed to E. coli BL21(DE3) by screening and identifying to obtain the high expressing positive clone.Results The humanin segment was cloned into vector successfully,and expressed efficiently with the inducement of IPTG. The molecular weight of the expressed recombinant protein of pGEMEX-1-humanin was about 28 kd while it was 63 kd in pet44a-humanin,and the expressed quantity of fusion protein was 40 percentage of the total bacterial protein while it was 20 percent in pet44a-humanin.Conclusion The humanin has been cloned and expressed successfully and the high efficiently expressed recombinant protein might contain the intact important structure domain of the humanin.

Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Pierre Robin Syndrome ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Prognosis

Adolescent ; Bronchoscopy ; methods ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric ; Male

Humans ; Mandible ; surgery ; Osteogenesis, Distraction ; methods ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures

Adult ; Air Pollution, Indoor ; adverse effects ; Benzene ; adverse effects ; Control Groups ; Female ; Humans ; Leukocyte Count ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects ; Paint

Antigens, CD19 ; analysis ; Asthma ; blood ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin E ; blood ; Lymphocytes ; immunology ; Male ; Receptors, IgE ; analysis