Objective To study the changes of apoptosis in brain after traumatic injury(TBI)treated with exogenous vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)gene therapy in oder to find out the role of exogenous VEGF gene in protectiog brain tissue.Method The injurea cerebral cortex from the rat models of brain with traumatic injury was injected with adenovirus(adenovirus,Ad)as the carrier of VEGF-165 gene(Ad-VEGF-165 Gene).RT-PCR and Western blot were used to detect the expression of VEGF mRNA and VEGF protein in the brain 6 h,24 h,3 d,7 d and 14 d after injury,and apoptosis in the injured location of brain was also detected by TUNEL successively after Ad-VECF-165 gene therapy.Results With exogenous Ad-VEGF-165 applied to the locally injured brain tissue after injury,VEGF mRNA and VEGF protein showed consistent expression and their expressions were significantly higher than those in trauma group and vehicle control group.Compared with the trauma group.the apoptosis in the gene therapy group 24 h,3 d and 7 d after injury presented a.significant reduction,and had close relationship with VEGF.(Control group:4.17±0.73;TBI group,24 h:47.18±6.01,3 d:79.44±11.23;TBI+VEGF group.24 h:28.72±5.31,3 d:54.18±7.66;P＜0.05).Conclusions The exogenous VEGF gene therapy administered to have protective effects on the local brain tissue in rats with traumatic injury in a certain time.

Objective Through the statistical analysis of the student assessment on curriculum quality,through the observation of the current curriculum teaching situation and its cheracteristics to promote the curriculum construction effectively and improve the medical teaching quality.Methods The current study is carried out among 2 841 undergraduates who study in varied majors and different grades in a medical university.A table of Student Evaluation of Course Teaching Quality developed by the researcher is applied to the questionnaire survey and statistical analysis including comparation means test and correlation tests are adopted in the present study to analyze the course teaching quality.Results Initially.the National Selected Model Courses show no significant difference from the common courses;secondly,three variables including teaching content adopting the course syllabus,good professional qualification and teaching capability of teachers and advanced teaching methods and techniques ale highly scored among ten variables;thirdly,the correlation coefficient of the variable of improving self-learning ability and total score is statistically significant and it can be observed higher than that of other variables and total score.Conclusion Establishing student-centered curriculum evaluation and construction of long-effect mechanism,and developing the students'ability of autonomous learning ale important to improve the quality ofthe course.

Delayed cerebral vasospasm is the leading cause of death in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. A good in vivo animal model of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage helps to understand the occurrence, development of this cerebral vasospasm, and the complicated and various pathophysiological mechanisms. It will provide important information for clinical interventions

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of intermittent pneumatic compression pump to prevent deep venous thrombosis for patients after hip surgery. Methods A total of 104 bedridden patients 72 hours after hip surgery were divided into the treatment group and the control group. Patients in the control group were administrated routine antithrombotic drugs and active functional exercise. While patients in the treatment group were provided with intermittent pneumatic compression pump as assistant based on the routine treatment and active functional exercise. The condition of deep venous thrombosis in the two groups were observed. Results Intermittent pneumatic compression pump had remarkable therapeutic effect on preventing deep venous thrombosis of lower extremity for patients lying in bed over 72 hours after hip surgery. Conclusions Intermittent pneumatic compression pump as an assistant treat -ment based on the routine antithrombotic therapy contributes to prevent deep venous thrombosis of lower extremity for patients lying in bed over 72 hours after hip surgery.

Twenty four hours after occluding of the middle cerebral artery in rats, thecirculating neutrophils were in activated state and the lipidperoxidation increased in ische-mic brain tissue. Tanshinone inhibited the chemoluminescence of the circulating neutrophilphagocytosis and decreased leukocyte infiltration in infarcted brain tissue. It alsodecreased lipoperoxide, malondialdehyde and increased SOD activity in ischemic cerebralregion. In addition, it reduced cerebral infarction size in the model. The correlationbetween inhibitory effects on leukocyte and reduction in ischemic cerebral damage wassignificant. Dexamethasone used as a positive control had similar effects on neutrophils andischemic cerebral injury. It was shown that the prophylactic effcts of Tanshinone oncerebral infarction might be mainly due to its inhibition on leukocyte function.

Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)shows high malignancy and metastasis. Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx), a virus protein coded by hepatitis B virus, plays an important role in HCC metastasis. Recently, it was reported that HBx activates metastatic signal-pathways through MMPs, VEGF, uPA etc.,and promotes metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Objective:To explore the effects of VEGF and CD44V6 on breast cancer MCF-7 cells by NDGA.Methods:MCF-7 cells in the logarithmic growth state were selected and measured.There were four cell groups(concentration:0,1,10,100?mol/L)in the experiment.After 48h treatment of NDGA,the expression of VEGFmRNA was measured by RT-PCR and the expression of CD44V6 was examined by flow cytometry.Results:After treatment of NDGA,the expressions of VEGFmRNA and CD44V6 in NDGA groups were significantly lower than that of the control group(F=2996.13,P

Objective To study the follow-up value of MRI in the sequela hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy(HIE).Methods MRI features of HIE in 81 neonates were analyzed retrospectively,every child had two cranial MRI scans,the first scan at the end of the newborn stage,the second scan at 4 months to 4 years.There were 66 full-term neonates and 15 preterm neonates.Results Of 81 cases,79 cases were abnormal on second MRI examination,including myelinogenetic abnormal in 59 cases(72.8%),external hydrocephalus(EH) in 53 cases(65.4%),brain malacia in 26 cases(32.1%),cerebaral atrophy in 25 cases(30.1%),white matter decrease in 24 cases(29.6%) and dysplasia of corpus callosum in 9 cases(11.1%).EH(26/35cases) and myelinogenetic abnormal(16/35 cases) in mild HIE group,brain malacia(12/29 cases) in moderate HIE group,cerebaral atrophy(16/17 cases) and white matter decrease(15 /17 cases)in severe HIE group were often seen.Conclusion MRI findings can reflect the pathological changes of sequela of HIE,and provide objective basis for diagnosis and assessment of prognosis.

The indoor air formaldehyde pollution has some adverse effects on human health. A number of researches have been reported on appropriate fitment and other measures to reduce the harm of indoor air formaldehyde pollution. The research progress of pollution control measures and the adverse effect of formaldehyde on human health were reviewed in the present paper.

Objective The effect of the pesticides on sister-chromatid exchange and micronuclei frequency of garlic root tip cells was researched. Methods The garlic root tips were treated with 13.65 mg/L phoxim, 25 mg/L lambda-cyhalothrin respectrely.With the positive and negative control, the garlic root tips were treated with 2%CP and distilled water respectively. Sister-chromatid exchange(SCE) and micronucle(iMCN)frequencies were calculated. Results As for the SCE frequency,lambda-cyhalothrin was the same as the negative control, metaldehyde and phoxim were more than the negative control (P