Objective To investigate the expression o f telomerase activity in pheochromacytoma and to assess its utility as a prognos tic marker. Methods Telomerase activity was estimated in 23 samples of pheohromocytoma tissue and 6 samples of normal adrenal medullae by autoradiography-based telomeric repeat amplification protocol. The reaults w ere analized with follow-up findings. Results Of the 2 3 pheochromocytoma samples, 2 had telomerase activity and both the telomerase-p ositive pheochromocytomas apparently arose from extraadrenal tissues. All normal adrenal medullae samples were negative for telomerase activity. During follow- up, we found both of the telomerase positive patients developed mutiple metastat ic lesions after surgery. Only one of 21 telomerase negative patients clinically developed bilateral lung metastases and a local recurrence after surgery. Conclusions Telomerase activity may be used as an important i ndicator of potentially malignant pheochromocytoma and may serve as a prognosti c marker.

Objective To detect the pain condition in patients with Parkinson's disease(PD) and explore the clinical significance.Methods From May 2007 to February 2008,pain was examined in 162 PD patients in Department of Neurology,West China Hospital,Sichuan University and in 135 healthy controls well matched for gender,age and education.Statistics analysis was employed according to gender,age,the form of morbility,early-onset PD or late-onset PD,duration and Hoehn-Yahr degree.Results The incidence of pain in PD patients(53.1%)was higher than that in the healthy controls(23.7%)(P

Research of the impacts of probation administration on teaching quality for students'clinical probation study is to control the whole process of probation teaching,which is through the strengthening of administration on three parts,including pre-clinical probation,clinical probation and post-clinical probation,so that administration elements of teaching for probation forms close links,including formulation of teaching plan goals,organization and implementation of the probation process,means and methods of probation,and evaluation of effects and quality of probation results and quality of student evaluation of teaching management trainee factors into a closed ring. Considering highly the administration process,refining the administration flow-sheet,identifying administration objectives,and systematic evaluation of the quality of teaching trainees to achieve continuous improvement of the quality of probation teaching reflect the concept of "student-centered" teaching management concepts,and provides a new approach to enhancing the quality of clinical probation teaching for adapting to the new model of medical education and management development needs.

Objective To explore the effects of intramuscular injection human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells(hUCMSC)intramuscular injection on the cardiac function and myocardial ultrastructure in rats with Adria-mycin -induced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)rats.Methods One hundred and sixty rats were randomly divided in-to a normal group (20 cases)and DCMgroups (1 40 cases),rats in DCMgroups receiving Adriamycin (2 mg/kg)in-traperitoneally once a week for 8 weeks to establish DCM models.The DCM rats were randomly divided into a model control group (served as model group),the supernatant of hUCMSC group (served as supernatant group),the low -dose hUCMSC group(served as low -dose group),the medial -dose hUCMSC group(served as medial -dose group), and the high -dose hUCMSC group(served as high -dose group).Echocardiography was performed to evaluate the car-diac function,plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)level and serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI)level were detected by enzyme -linked immunosorbent assay kit;light microscope and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)were used to observe the ultrastructure of myocardium.Results Rats in the DCM group showed low spirit,declining food intake, progressive emaciation,slow growth,hair loss and ascites.After the intramuscular injection of hUCMSC,the above symp-toms of rats in the low -dose and the medial -dose hUCMSC groups were improved significantly.Before the administra-tion of hUCMSC,the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)[(64.53 ±2.61 )%]and the left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS)[(30.80 ±2.1 1 )%]were significantly decreased in the DCMgroup compared to those of the con-trol group[(79.67 ±3.02 )%,(43.08 ±3.1 5 )%,all P <0.01 ].After the administration of hUCMSC,LVEF [(75.5 ±7.4)%,(74.0 ±6.1 )%]and LVFS[(40.8 ±3.8)%,(40.2 ±5.0)%]were significantly increased in the low -dose and the medial -dose group compared with those of the model group [(65.8 ±4.5)%,(30.2 ± 2.9)%,all P <0.01 ].The concentration of plasma BNP level [(438.3 ±82.2)ng/L,(341 .7 ±68.9)ng/L]and serum cTnI level [(375.9 ±1 1 0.9)ng/L,(355.9 ±55.6)ng/L]were significantly decreased compared with those of the model group [(449.9 ±91 .8)ng/L,(425.9 ±42.6)ng/L,all P <0.05].The findings of HE staining showed that cardiomyocytes were orderly arranged,edema decreased and cell nucleus homogeneously stained in the low -dose and the medial -dose group.The outcomes of TEM revealed that the ultrastructure of cardiomyocytes was improved in the low -dose and the medial -dose group compared with that of model group,and the cardiomyocyte sarcolemma re-mained intact,and the swelling of mitochondria ameliorated and the cristae of mitochondria remained clear.Conclusions Intramuscular injection of hUCMSC could significantly increase LVEF and LVFS in the Adriamycin -induced DCM rats,and decrease the plasma BNP levels and the serum cTnI levels,attenuate the myocardial pathological damage and improve myocardial ultrastructure.

BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that intramuscular transplantation of xenogeneic umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cel s in a certain dose range is safe and reliable, and it also confirm that this approach is equal y safe and effective for heart failure in rats with dilated cardiomyopathy. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cel s through intramuscular injection on the cytokine expression in adriamycin-induced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) rats. METHODS:Total y 160 rats were randomly divided into control group (n=20) and DCM group (n=140). Rats in the DCM group were administered adriamycin intraperitoneal y to establish DCM model. The DCM rats were randomly subdivided into model control group (served as model group), cel supernatant group, the low-dose mesenchymal stem cel group (served as low-dose group), the middle-dose mesenchymal stem cel group (served as middle-dose group), and the high-dose mesenchymal stem cel s group (served as high-dose group). Secondary injection was performed at 4 weeks after first injection. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The ELISA test showed that the serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), leukemia inhibitor factor (LIF) and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) were higher in the model group than the control group before and after intramuscular injection (P<0.05). After intramuscular injection, the levels of HGF, LIF, GM-CSF and VEGF in the low-dose group were increased significantly (P<0.05), which were significantly higher than those in the model group (P<0.05). The level of LIF in the middle-dose group was significantly elevated after injection (P<0.05), while there were no significant differences in HGF, VEGF and GM-CSF levels in the high-dose group before and after intramuscular injection (P>0.05). Both the immunohistochemical and RT-PCR results showed that the expressions of insulin-like growth factor-1, VEGF and HGF were increased in al the DCM rats as compared with the control group, which were increased most in the middle-dose group. These findings indicate that low-dose and middle-dose human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cel s intramuscular injection can increase the serum levels of HGF, LIF, GM-CSF, VEGF and the expressions of IGF-1, HGF and VEGF in the myocardium of DCM rats.

A total of 180 community medical staff in Jiangning District of Nanjing received continuous education in practical emergency medicine through theory teaching,practice and scene simulation once a year from 2011 to 2013.And the training outcomes were evaluated before and after training and the feedbacks of community medical staff collected each time.The assessment results of theory and practical skills after training in 2013 were better than before training in 2011 [theory:(61.72 ± 5.03) vs.(92.11 ± 5.56) points ; operation skills (55.28 ± 6.18) vs.(93.33 ± 3.45) points] (P ＜ 0.05).And the total satisfaction rate was 98.0％.

ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical efficacy of Jin’s eye three-needle acupuncture as main therapy for acquired paralytic strabismus.MethodSeventy patients with acquired paralytic strabismus were randomly allocated to acupuncture and Western medication groups. Both groups of enrolled patients took prednisone,methycobal, vitamin B1and vitamin B12. In addition, theacupuncture group received Jin’s eye three-needle acupuncture as main therapy. The clinical therapeutic effects and adverse reactions were observed after four and eight weeks of treatment.ResultThe total efficacy rate was 75.0% in the acupuncture group and 51.6% in the Western medication group after four weeks of treatment and 90.6% in the acupuncture group and 77.4% in the Western medication group after eight weeks of treatment. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05). Patients in the acupuncture group occasionally had acupuncture syncope and local blood stasis. Both groups had no special discomforts.ConclusionJin’s eye three-needle acupuncture has a quick and definite therapeutic effect on acquired paralytic strabismus.

Objective To evaluate the possibility of keyhole approaches for surgical treatment of petroclival meningiomas. Methods We retrospectively analyzed our experience in 14 cases with petroclival meningiomas surgically treated from May 2003 to January 2004. Eight tumors involved the upper and middle clivus.five tumors were attached to the entire width of clivus and one tumor involved the middle and lower cilvus. The tumors infiltrated into parasella regions or cavernous sinus in six cases simultaneously. Retrosigmoidal keyhole approach was selected to remove the tumors in 6 cases, and subtemporal keyhole approach was selected in 2 cases,while the combined retrosigmoidal and subtemporal keyhole approaches were applied in other six cases. Results Gross total resections of the tumors were achieved in 8 cases, subtotal resections in 4 cases, large resection in two cases who had recurrent tumors. Postoperatively, neurological intact or unchanged were found in 8 cases. The main surgical complications were mild facial palsy (4 cases) , abducent dificits (3 cases) ,temporary oculomotor nerve dificits (2 cases),and lower cranial nerve palsy (1 case). One patient died from disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) two weeks after surgey. There were no CSF leakage and infections after surgery in all cases 11 to 19 months follow-up studies demonstrated the great improvement of the Ⅲ and Ⅶ nerve deficits,but minor improvement in the Ⅵ nerve deficits. Conclusion According to the location and extension of the tumors, retrosigmoidal or subtemporal keyhole approaches or their combined can be selected for surgical treatment. These keyhole approaches can expose sufficiently the petroclival region, shorten the surgical time, and minimize the complications. Combined usage of minimally invasive techniques including the keyhole approach and radiosurgey in the treatment of the petroclival meningiomas is suggested.

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