Objective To discuss pathogenesis of low back pain induced by chronic compartment syndrome. Method Thirty patients who had definite chronic lumboscaral compartment syndrome without other lumbal diseases were choosed respectively to test muscle force of lumbar and abdomen,intra-sacrospinal muscle pressure,blood routine,ESR,CK,CK-MM,LDH and LDHs.All patients received decompressive operation.Skeletal muscle specimens taken from sacrospinal muscle in each operation were possessed for histological and ultrastructuml observation. Result All of enzyme tests were normal.The author could observe the dissolved degeneration of part of sacrospinal muscle fibers,muscle fiber hypertrophy,and a small quantity of inflammatory cell infiltration with a light microscope.Focal solution of muscle fiber,the aggregation of mitochondria around the nucleus,the increase of lipid droplet and lysosome in cyte,and the proliferation and differentiation of muscle satellite cell could be observed with an electron microscope. Conclusion Pathogenesis of chronic lumboscaral compartment syndrome may be as followed.Intra-compartmental pressures increase,causing metabolism disturbance of the tissues under fascia compartment,damaging skeletal muscle chronically,then inflammatory factors are released,which stimulates posterior branch of spinal nerves,and finally induces low back pain.

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a frequent congenital heart disease .Incidence rate of PDA accounts for 10% ~21% of total incidence rate of congenital heart disease .In recent years ,along with the continuous deepening understanding of anatomical structure and pathology of PDA ,there were a variety of treatment methods ,including drug therapy ,interventional therapy and operation .The present article made a review about indications ,contraindi‐cations ,advantages and disadvantages of above three treatments .

Objective: To study the pharmacodynamic differences between Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma and bran stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma on the treatment of adjuvant arthritis. Methods: Wistar rats were randomly divided into blank control group (normal saline), model control group (normal saline), Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides (TWG) group (9.45 mg/kg), low-and high-dose (1.080 and 4.320 g/kg) Simiao Pills (crude Atractylodis Rhizoma) group, low-and high-dose (1.080 and 4.320 g/kg) Simiao Pills (stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma with bran) group. Except the blank control group, the other groups were modeled to adjuvant arthritis with complete Freund's. Paw edema value, spleen and thoracic gland indexes, serum interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and nitric oxide (NO) were observed. Results: Both Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma and bran stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma could inhibit paw edema, decrease spleen index, advance the thoracic gland index, and decrease IL-1β and NO. The Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma showed better effects. Conclusion: Both Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma and bran stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma show a certain therapeutic effect on adjuvant arthritis, but the crude Atractylodis Rhizoma is in favor of the efficacy of Simiao Pills.

The concentration of osteopontin (OPN)in serum of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma(n=58),benign maxillofacial tumor(n=45)and healthy controls(n=60)was examined using ELISA kit.The OPN level(ng/ml)in the 3 groups was 1 61 .8 ±1 2.6, 52.3 ±8.6 and 48.6 ±1 2.8(P<0.05)respectively,the cases with nodal metastasis and late clinical stage have relatively higher expression levels of OPN(P<0.05).Serum OPN may be related to OSCC progression.

Aim To investigate the expression of CD31 , CD105 , HIF-1αand VEGF in xenografts tumor of HT-29 tumor cells during different stages of growth. Methods HT-29 tumor cells were transplanted into nude mice, the tumor was removed when the tumor volumes reached <100 mm3 , 100 ~300 mm3 and >300 mm3 respectively. Immunochemical method was a-dopted to detect the expression of CD31 , CD105 , HIF-1α and VEGF. Results HT-29 xenografts tumor vol-umes <100 mm3 , 100 ~300 mm3 , and >300 mm3 showed expressions with CD31-MVD at 37.40±4.17 , 18.80±1.72 and 14.20±2.23 respectively; CD105-MVD at 22.80 ±3.54 , 15.60 ±1.35 and 10.20 ±2.48; positive expression rate of VEGF was 26.20%
±0.83%,40.73% ±6.29% and 13.41% ±1.20%respectively; while positive expression rate of HIF-1αwas 3.20% ± 2.97%, 11.89% ± 1.94% and 80.62% ±3.47% respectively. On the other hand, for different volumes group, CD31-MVD, CD105-MVD, VEGF and HIF-1αexpression ratios had signifi-cant differences ( P <0.01 ) . Conclusions The ex-pression of MVD and vascular-related factors within the tumor caused by HT-29 xenografts tumor in nude mice at different growth stages was varied. There was a cer-tain correlation between tumor volume and MVD, VEGF, HIF-1α.

Objective To study the expression of MAGE-3 in colorectal cancer (CRC) with different differentiation grades. Method Immunohistochemical technique for MAGE-3 antigen was performed in paraffin embedded sections of 101 CRC specimens. The relationship between differentiation and Dukes classification of CRC and the expression of MAGE-3 antigen was analyzed. Result MAGE-3 was only expressed in tumor tissues with the total positive rate of 31.7%. The rate and intensity of MAGE-3 in poorly differentiated group were higher than that of the well differentiated group (P0.05). Conclusion MAGE-3 may be a specific molecular differentiation related marker of CRC. Its antigen may have potential use as a new peptide vaccine for immunotherapy for CRC.

The research of bone tissue engineering provides new thought and method to repair mass bone defect. Neovascularization plays a significant role in bone repair. This article reviews the advancements of the growth factors, seed cells and scaffolds in vascularization of tissue engineering bone, then raise the problems to solve and the prospect of future research.

Objective To study the effect of benzo(a) pyrene on DNA of human embryonic fibroblast under inhibition of DNA repair,and to explore the mechanism of DNA repair involved in the DNA damage induced by xenobiotic chemical carcinogens. Methods DNA damage of human embryonic lung fibroblast (HELF) induced by benzo(a) pyrene was observed when DNA repair was inhibited by treating HELF with arabinosylcytosin(ara-C) to inhibit the activity of polymerase ?/? in the cells. With S9 mixture added as metabolic activation system in vitro,HELF was treated for 2 hours with ara-C at the doses of 0 and 100 ?mol/L combined with-C at the doses of 0,10,20,50 ?mol/L by the 2?4 factor-factorial analysis.Comet assay was used to assess the DNA damage. Results Compared with the control group,the comet rate and Oliver tail moment of groups treated by B(a)P increased significantly (P

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease with various etiologic factors.Asthma is believed as a result of interaction between gene variation and environmental factors.Asthma increased rapidly worldwide in recent 40 years, air pollutants are believed to be the important triggers, crossover design and multi-pollutant models were used in the further studies.Although some efforts had been made in the mechanism of asthma triggers, they were limited to the lab studies.Studies in asthma related SNP and its interaction with air pollutants will be a revised method in mechanism researches.Based on epidemiological studies, in vivo and in vitro studies, the biological effects and mechanisms of air pollutants on asthma were discussed and evaluated in this paper.

Objective To evaluate the outcome of valvular surgery in the elderly. Methods Between 1993 and 2004, 4546 patients underwent cardiac valve operation at our hospital. 252 patients (5.5%)(147 males, 105 females) were 65 or older [mean age (67.9?2.9) years]. Rheumatic valvular disease presented in 201(79.8%) patients and non-rheumatic valvular disease in 51 (20.2%). 56.0% of patients were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class Ⅲ-Ⅳ.63 (25%) patients had aortic valve replacement (AYR), 93 (36.9%) had mitral valve replacement (MVR), 42 (16.7%) had mitral valve repair (MVP), 47 (18.7%) had AVR + MVR/MVP, and 7 (2.8%) had isolated tricuspid repair or replacement.34 (13.5 % ) had concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) . Results Results The operative mortality was 9.1%, and the tendency of decline was observed in recent 3 years. As compared with the patients aged 16 to 64 years, the duration of mechanical ventilation, stay in ICU and in hospital postoperatively was longer [(30.6?42.8)h vs. (24.1?45.0) h,P = 0.02, (60.1?101.2) h vs. (43.0?70.6) h, P = 0.00, (25.7?41.3) days vs. (19.6?14.4) days,P=0.00]. In this group, the morbidity of postoperative complications was significant higher than that of the patients aged 16 to 64 years (10.6% vs.6.4% , P = 0.01). Preoperative NYHA function class was an important factor for postoperative mortality. Multivariate logistic regression showed that concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) , AVR+ MVR/MVP, and prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass time, prolonged aortic cross-clamping time, postoperative acute renal failure demanding dialysis were significant independent predictors of operative mortality. Conclusion The mortality of cardiac valvular surgery in the elderly is acceptable. It is characterized by higher morbidity of postoperative complications and prolonged duration of stay in hospital. Concomitant CABG, AVR + MVR/MVP, prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass time, prolonged aortic crossclamping time and postoperative acute renal failure were significant independent predictors of operative mortality.