Objective To investigate clinical and MRI features of the reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome (RPES).Methods Clinical and MRI materials of 4 RPES cases confirmed by integrated clinical diagnosis were retrospectively analyzed.Results All the cases presented with a rise of blood pressure.The neural symptom include severe headache (2 cases),dysphoria (3 cases),blur of vision (2 cases),impairment of impermanent memory (1 case),seizure (2 cases).In MRI,the lesions mainly systematically located in posterior parietal lobe and occipital lobe in all cases,or randomly located in frontal lobe (2 cases).Lesions demonstrated high signal on T_2 weighed and water-suppressed sequences in MRI.The lesions dominantly located in cortex in 2 cases,in both cortex and subcortieal white matter in 1 case and in subcortical white matter in 1 case.Four cases resolved their lesions when re-examined. Conclusions RPES represents such characteristic MRI findings as symmetrical distribution of reversible lesions in posterior brain with involvement of cortex or subcortieal white matter.When combined with hypertension and neural symptoms caused by involvement of posterior brain structure,it is helpful for early differential diagnosis of this syndrome.

Objective: To measure the level of T-lymphocyte subsets and immunoglobulin in severe traumatic brain injury and to explore the clinical significance. Method: 48 cases with severe traumatic brain injury were measured in T-lymphocyte subsets and immunoglobulin of vein blood before and after the rehabilitation therapy. By comparing with the control group and combining clinical evaluation to analyze the immune functional state in the state of TBI and the prognosis. Result:The cellular and humoral immune were inhibited distinctly. The level of CD3 + ,CD4 + ,CD4 +/CD8 +, IgG and IgA of TBI group were lower than the level of the control group. In prognosis, the early immune state of severe disability+vegetable state group was inhibited more seriously than good recovery + mild disability group. Conclusion: The cellular and humoral immune of severe traumatic brain injury were in inhibited state. The severe inhibition of immune, the worse the prognosis.

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the simultaneous determination of chlorogenic acid,hesperidin and baicalin in Shubiaoling granule. METHODS:HPLC was performed on the column of SAGA Tri-Sal C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.5%phosphoric acid(gradient elution)at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min,detection wavelength was 320 nm,column temperature was 30℃,in-jection volume was 10μl. RESULTS:The linear range was 2.463-240.5μg/ml for chlorogenic acid(r=0.999 9),6.577-642.3μg/ml for hesperidin(r=0.999 8)and 1.708-166.8 μg/ml for baicalin(r=0.999 8);RSDs of precision,stability and reproducibility tests were no more than 1.8%;recoveries were 97.02%-102.40%(RSD=1.9%,n=6),96.55%-100.20%(RSD=1.6%,n=6) and 97.51%-100.70%(RSD=1.2%,n=6),respectively. CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple,accurate with high sensitivity and good reprosucibility,and can be used for the simultaneous determination of chlorogenic acid,hesperidin and baicalin in Shubiaoling granule.

The detection of blood flow velocity has great significance for blood vessel monitoring and the research of cardiovascular pathogenesis. Blood flow velocity measurement based on ultrasonic is becoming more and more popular in doctors and patients compare to several other techniques in nowadays, as they are non-invasive, cheap and fast. Most of the traditional ultrasonic blood flow velocity measurement methods are based on the Doppler frequency shift, but theses methods have some limitations, such as angle dependence, limited spatial resolution and so on. Therefore, blood flow velocity techniques based on non-Doppler frequency shift also get rapid development in recent years. This article mainly summarizes the techniques of blood flow velocity estimation based on ultrasonic in these two aspects.
Blood Flow Velocity ; Humans ; Ultrasonography

Animals ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Silencing ; Hematologic Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; Hematopoiesis ; genetics ; Humans ; MicroRNAs ; metabolism ; physiology ; Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; T-Lymphocytes ; metabolism

Objective To investigate the changes of cerebral regional glucose metabolism and regional homogeneity (ReHo) and their relation in patients with major depression disorder (MDD) using 18F-FDG PET/CT and functional MRI (fMRI).Methods A total of 18 MDD patients (6 males,12 females,age:(33.00±7.59) years) and 17 healthy controls (6 males,11 females,age:(34.59±8.96) years) underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT and fMRI.The changes of glucose metabolism on PET and ReHo on fMRI were analyzed individually by SPM and ReHo fMRI 1.0 software.Pearson correlation analysis was used.Results Compared with the glucose metabolism of control subjects,those of MDD patients decreased in the bilateral superior,middle and inferior frontal gyri,bilateral superior and middle temporal gyri,bilateral anterior cingulate cortices,bilateral putamina and caudate nuclei and the left pallidum.Meanwhile the glucose metabolism increased in the bilateral hippocampi and the left thalamus.The ReHo in MDD patients decreased in bilateral superior and middle frontal gyri,left pallidum,bilateral putamina,left anterior cingulate cortex,whereas increased ReHo was found in right hippocampus and right thalamus.The SUV of bilateral superior,middle and inferior frontal gyri,bilateral superior and middle temporal gyri,bilateral putamina,left caudate,left pallidum,left anterior cingulate cortex,bilateral hippocampi and bilateral thalami were correlated with ReHo (r =0.51-0.83,all P＜0.05).However,no correlation was found between the SUV and ReHo in right caudate and anterior cingulate cortex (r=0.41,0.37; both P＞0.05).Conclusion There may be relative characteristic models of abnormal cerebral metabolism and cerebral dysfunction impairment in MDD patients,and the changes of cerebral regional glucose metabolism may be correlated with the changes of ReHo.

Objective:To understand outcome of heroin addicts after abstinence and analyze the factors related to relapse. Methods:A follow-up of 149 heroin addicts in a correction camp was carried out at 6th months after their discharge. Demographic characteristics, clinical features, addiction severity and psychiatric comorbidity were compared between those who relapsed and those who remained abstinent. Results: 22.8% of the subjects were abstinent, 46.3% relapsed, 29.5% in probation or in treatment,1.3% died. Relapse was related to the presence of drug addiction in family members, lack of abstinence intention, antisocial personality disorder, lack of rehabilitation therapy, intravenous heroin use and ASI scores in heroin abuse, composite family/social and legal factors. Conclusion:The outcome of heroin dependence after correction was poor. Relapse was related to family environment, abstinence intention, the heroin addiction severity,antisocial personality disorder.

Objective To observe the therapeutic efficiency of naoxintong capsule on the patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrom ( OSAHS ) of cognitive dysfunction. Methods Sixty pa?tients of moderate OSAHS were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, 30 cases in each group. Patients in the treatment group were given naoxintong capsule,three goals,three times a day,at the same time,with double level positive pressure ventilation therapy for 3 months. Patients in the control group accepted double level positive pressure ventilation therapy for 3 months. The questionnaires of Montreal Cognitive Assess? ment( MoCA) were administered to assess cognitive in all the patients before and after treatment. Results There was no statistically significant difference in term of MoCA score between the two groups before treatment( t=0. 14,P>0. 05). After treatment,the MoCA score of the treatment group was (25. 83+1. 70),of control group was (22. 70+2. 51),the difference was statistically significant(t=5. 62,P<0. 05). The visual space and execu?tive function,naming,attention,language,abstract,delayed recall and directional score in the treatment group af?ter treatment were (5. 03±0. 81) points,(2. 90±0. 31) points,(4. 73±0. 58) points,(2. 63±0. 49) points, (1. 97±0. 18) points,(3. 93±0. 98) points,(5. 03±0. 56) points respectively,compared with before treatment ((4.07±0.79) points,(2.17±0.59) points,(3.40±0.50) points,(2.03±0.49) points,(1.80±0.41) points,(2. 87±0. 73) points,(4. 03±0. 77) points),the differences were statistically significant (t=6. 55, 6. 89,13. 36,5. 29,2. 41,4. 87,6. 60;P<0. 05) . The naming,attention,language,abstract,delayed recall and di?rectional score in the control group after treatment were ( 2. 77 ± 0. 43 ) points, ( 4. 07 ± 0. 75 ) points, ( 2. 20 ±0. 55) points,(1. 87±0. 35) points,(3. 10±0. 66) points,(4. 67±0. 71) points respectively,ompared with be?fore treatment((2. 30±0. 65) points,(3. 43±0. 68) points,(2. 00±0. 70) points,(1. 73±0. 45) points,(2. 93 ±0. 58) points,(3. 93±0. 69) points),the differences were statistically significant(t=5. 04,4. 34,2. 26,2. 11, 2. 41,6. 28;P<0. 05) . MoCA score in treatment group than the control group have improved significantly in visu?al space and executive function,attention,language and delayed recall,directional ( t=4. 51,3. 80,3. 22,3. 86, 2. 23,P<0. 05) . Conclusion Naoxintong capsule can improve cognitive dysfunction in patients with moderate OSAHS.

BACKGROUND: Present studies have proved that titanium coating nanotubes cannot only promote the biological activity of the material itself, but also be used as a drug carrier loading antibiotics and growth factors. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the antibacterial properties of vancomycin/hydroxyapatite/titanium dioxide nanotubes in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: The releasing property in vitro of vancomycin/hydroxyapatite/titanium dioxide nanotubes and vancomycin/titanium dioxide nanotubes were detected. And 1010/L Staphylococcus aureus dilution was put onto the commercial titanium, titanium dioxide nanotube and vancomycin/hydroxyapatite/titanium dioxide nanotube, respectively. Twenty-four hours later, the bacterial growth and activity was observed by scanning electron microscope and confocus scanning electron microscope, respectively. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Scanning electron microscope showed: the number of Staphylococcus aureus was the least on the vancomycin/hydroxyapatite/titanium dioxide nanotube, and the bacterial morphology was destroyed. Confocus scanning electron microscope observed: the number of bacteria and viable bacteria was the least on the vancomycin/hydroxyapatite/titanium dioxide nanotube, and the most on the commercial titanium. Besides, the releasing time of vancomycin from the hydroxyapatite/titaniumdioxide nanotube was up to 18 days, but the releasing time of vancomycin was only 4 hours from the titanium dioxide nanotube. In conclusion, the vancomycin/hydroxyapatite/titanium dioxide nanotube has good antibacterial property and slow-releasing performance.

ROS-mediated oxidative stress involved in a variety of cellular signal transduction, FOXO3a transcription factor is an intersection in regulating a variety of cellular oxidative stress. FoxO3a has been extensively studied in regulating oxidative stress because of its rather complex and pivotal regulation of cell proliferation, cell cycle arrest, ROS scavenging and apoptosis. This review will elucidate the FOXO3a’s regulatory mechanisms and describe the target genes involved. It will also provide the clinical significance and strategies to target FOXO3a to regulate oxidative stress.