Objective To investigate the HBV- positive pregnant women about the knowledge of the route of hepatitis B transmission, hepatitis B hazards, health care during pregnancy, announcements of child- care to explore targeted and effective health education model with self- designed question-naires. Methods Nurses in obstetrics department carried out this questionnaire investigation in the outpa-tients of HBV- positive pregnant women, after that the results underwent statistic analysis. Results The overall knowledge of HBV- positive pregnant women in announcements of child- care, health care during pregnancy and hepatitis B hazards was not very well, and the announcements of child- care was the lowest, followed by health care during pregnancy and hepatitis B hazards. The route of hepatitis B transmission was better, but still not satisfactory. The education should highlight these areas. Well- educated women were better than those who lack education. The age between 20 to 30 years old was better. Conclusions The HBV-positive pregnant women is lack of heath knowledge, so we should gave health intervention in a multi- level, multi- stage standardized and a variety of ways.

ObjectiveTo investigate the corelation between fibrinogen in pleural effusion and pleural adhesion in tuberculosis exudative pleurisy.Methods234 cases of primary tuberculosis pleurisy were divided into 3 groups (A、B、C) according to their level of fibrinogen in pleural effusion from low to high. The incidence rates of pleural adhesion were assessed during the course of treatment and after treatment.ResultsThe incidence rate of pleural adhesion in the course of treatment were as those: group A 10.5%, group B 32.3%, group C 54.5%. After treatment, it was as those: group A 10.5%, group B 16.9%, group C 42.4%. Whenever, there was significant difference between group C and group A or B (P<0.05).ConclusionThe level of fibrinogen in pleural effusion may be associated with pleural adhesion, which hinder the recovery of patients.

Objective To investigate the screening state and cause of neonatal congenital hypothyroidism(CH) in Henan province.Me-thods Three hundred and thirty-eight thousands no-choice newborns in the 156 hospitals in Henan province from Jan.1998 to Dec.2004 were received screening.The heel peripheral blood samples were taken and the levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH) were mea-sured by time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay.Positive newborns were recalled and draw out 2 mL venous blood.The levels of TSH,triiodothyronine(T3) and thyroxine(T4) in serum were detected by direct chemiluminescence.The abnormal criterion was that the level of T3,T4 was under the normal range and the level of TSH was above the normal range.Meanwhile their growth and development,intelligence quotient,related medical examination and family histories were investigated in order to find etiological factors and high risk factors.Results The average coverage rate was 5.93% of neonatal screening for CH in Henan province.One hundrend and nine infants were diagnosed CH.The attack rate was about 0.032%.The site and growth of thyroideas of 109 cases with CH were all normal.There were higher morbidity for pregnant women with unhealthy condition or the families with hypertension,diabetes,deformity or dysnoesia.Conclusions Etiology of newborns with CH in Henan province may be not relate with congenital absence and dystopia of thyroidea,but relate with dyssynthesis and receptor deficiency of hormone.And scientific reference is offered for the further study.

Objective To study the effects of early enriched environment on expression of growth associated protein 43(GAP-43) in hippocampus of white matter damaged(WMD) neonatal rats.Methods Two days old postnatal SD rats (n=29) were collected and randomly divided into normal control group(n=9),intervention group(n=10) and non-intervention group(n=10).The latter 2 groups were subjected to WMD at first.The right common carotid artery was dissected and ligated,and after 2 hours rest,exposed to 60 mL?L-1 oxygen 940 mL?L-1 nitrogen gas mixture.After that,intervention group received the neonatal handling and was kept in an enriched environment for 27 days.Neonatal handling was applied from the 4th day to the 10th day after WMD.Then intervention group was put into enriched environment from the 11th day to the 30th day after WMD.The other 2 groups were fed in normal environment.The abilities of sensorimotor function (hanging test and inclined plane test) were observed after intervention,and Western blot was used to examine the expression of GAP-43 in hippocampus at the 7th day and the 27th day after intervention.Results The sensorimotor function abilities of intervention group were much higher than those in non-intervention group (P

Objective To discuss human papilloma virus(HPV)prevalence and HPV genotypes distribution and the infection factors,to provide scientific guidance for the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer.Methods From March to November in 2009,605 women received cervical HPV testing in the Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University,to obtain specimens of cervical cytology,rapid flow-through hybridization technique (namely Hybribio flow-through hybridization)was used to detect HPV genotypes simultaneously.Single-factor and multivariate factors non-conditional Logistic regression analytic method was used to discuss the relationship between HPV infection of females and age,marital condition,level of education,level of income,occupation,initial age for sex,contraception,number of pregnancies,delivery approach and smoking.Results HPV infection rate was 21.49%(130/605),the positive rate of HPV infection in high-risk subtypes was 15.70%(95/605),the most common type was 5.29%(32/605)in the samples.Single factor non-conditional logistic regression model analysis showed that initial age for sex was the risk factor(X2=4.4618,P<0.05),HPV prevalence increased with a lower initial age for.sex reduced.But there was no significant difference in age,marital condition,education,income,occupation,contraception,number of pregnancy,delivery approach and smoking teams(X2=0.0525,1.8510,1.0348,0.2592,1.1176,1.5664,2.8835,1.4597,2.6161,all P>0.05).The analysis of multivariate factors nonconditional Logistic regression showed that the age of initially having sex,marital status and number of pregnancies were the risk factors(X2=21.6637,8.0574,15.7573,all P<0.05).Conclusions The risk factors for HPV infection are mainly about having sex too young,marital status and number of pregnancies,attention should be paid to screening for HPV.

To investigate the absorption kinetics of Cu B-SDC/PLC-MMs in rat different intestinal segments and compared with the absorption of Cu B suspension. The in vitro everted gut sacs model was established to study the absorption characteristics of Cu B-SDC/ PLC-MMs in rat duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon, and the content of cucurbitacin B was detected by HPLC method, and the effects of concentrations on intestinal absorption were evaluated as well. The results showed that the absorption of Cu B-SDC/PLC-MMs was linearity at different intestine segment and different concentrations (R2 > 0.9), which was consistent with zero order rate process. The Ka of different intestine segments showed a concentration-dependent increasing along with the raised concentration of Cu B-SDC/ PLC-MMs, indicating that it was likely to be a mechanism of passive absorption. The best absorption site of Cu B-SDC/PLC-MMs was ileum, and its absorptions in different intestinal segments were superior to cucurbitacin B suspension. SDC/PLC-MMs could significantly enhance the intestinal absorption of cucurbitacin B, and the study of intestinal absorption kinetics of Cu B-SDC/PLC-MMs had gave a support to its further reasonable solidfication.
Animals ; Deoxycholic Acid ; administration & dosage ; Female ; Intestinal Absorption ; Kinetics ; Male ; Micelles ; Nanoparticles ; Phospholipids ; administration & dosage ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Triterpenes ; administration & dosage ; pharmacokinetics

The five-flavor theory of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) and the flavor efficacy generation mechanism has long been focuses and difficulties in studies on traditional Chinese medicinal properties. In this paper, by using the pharmacophore-based virtual screening technique, the authors discussed the relations between the pungent property and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) by studying the TCM components' role in regulating TRPV1 ion channel. The results showed that the matching relationship between TRPV1 agonist pharmacophore model and TCM chemical components could identify the active ingredients from pungent herbs. Therefore, the authors proposed that TRPV1 is one of the potential targets for efficient pungent herbs. The pungent property of TCMs is decided by its chemical components, and consistent with the inherited and additive characteristics.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Smell ; TRPV Cation Channels ; antagonists & inhibitors ; metabolism ; Taste

OBJECTIVETo explore the effect of MnCl(2) on the mitochondrial function of human lung cells, and to study the changes of protein expression level of nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1) in mitochondrial dysfunction induced by MnCl(2).

METHODSThe effects of MnCl(2) on cell survival rate were assessed by the reductions of tetrazolium dye (MTT) in cultured cell lines 16HBE and A549 cells. All tested16HBE and A549 cells were incubated with different concentrations of MnCl(2). The permeability transition pore (PTP) of mitochondria, mitochondrial membrane potential and the inhibition rate of mitochondrial enzymes as indicators of mitochondrial damage were measured by fluorescent spectrometry and MTT assay, respectively. Apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry. Protein levels of NRF-1 and mtTFA were measured by Western blot assay.

RESULTSMnCl(2) decreased the survival rate of the two cell lines. The IC(50) of 16HBE and A549 cells were 1.91 mmol/L and 1.98 mmol/L, respectively. MnCl(2) caused a concentration-dependent decrease of mitochondrial enzymes and the inhibition rate of mitochondrial enzymes of the two cell lines induced by 1.00 mmol/L MnCl(2) were (52.8 ± 5.4)% and (50.6 ± 2.2)%, respectively. The PTP opening increased in MnCl(2)-treated cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Compared with the control group, mitochondrial membrane potential in the two cell lines was decreased by MnCl(2), by (7.9 ± 3.0)%, (26.2 ± 2.2)% and (27.8 ± 4.1)% in the 16HBE cells, and (4.7 ± 1.0)%, (14.9 ± 2.4)% and (27.5 ± 1.2)% in the A549 cells. Increased apoptosis rates of the two cell lines were induced by 1.00 mmol/L MnCl(2), (12.3 ± 1.9)% and (6.0 ± 0.4)%, respectively. The results of Western blot assay revealed that the protein levels of NRF-1 and mtTFA were decreased in manganese-treated cells in a dose-dependent manner, with a significant difference compared with that of the control cells (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONMnCl(2) induces mitochondrial dysfunction in 16HBE and A549 cells, and decreases the expression level of nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1), indicating that NRF-1 may play an important role in mitochondrial dysfunction.

Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Bronchi ; cytology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Survival ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Chlorides ; administration & dosage ; toxicity ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; metabolism ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Epithelial Cells ; cytology ; metabolism ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Manganese Compounds ; administration & dosage ; Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial ; drug effects ; Mitochondria ; drug effects ; physiology ; Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins ; drug effects ; Mitochondrial Proteins ; metabolism ; Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1 ; metabolism ; Transcription Factors ; metabolism

ObjectiveTo investigate the concentration of water fluoride and the application of water defluoridation projects in Suizhou,and to provide a basis for water improvement and prevention of the disease.MethodsCross-sectional study was carried out to investigate completely the water defluoridation projects built between 1986 and 2009 in the area under Suizhou's jurisdiction; 3 source water and terminal water samples of the projects in use were collected,respectively; 1 water sample was collected,respectively in the 3 projects with out-ofcommission or discarded water sources that used to be major water supply,for detection of fluoride,chloride,total hardness,heavy metals and other indicators.ResultsA total of 21 projects were investigated,14 projects were in normal use (66.7％),7 projects were out of order and abandoned (33.3％).Of the 14 projects normally used,13projects with water fluoride concentration ≤ 1.0 mg/L(92.9％)and 1 project with water fluoride concentration higher than 1.0 mg/L(7.1％),the concentration of water fluoride in the 7 abandoned projects was higher than 1.0 mg/L(100％).Arsenic and lead levels of all the water samples were normal.There were two water samples with iron content exceeded the standard,and one total hardness of water samples exceeded the standard in the normally used 14 peripheral water sources.One chloride content exceeded the standard,one manganese content exceeded the standard,two iron content exceeded the standard and three total hardness exceeded the standard in the seven abandoned projects.ConclusionsSome defluoridation projects are stopped using and abandoned in Suizhou,and the water fluoride exceeds the standard.

Objectives To investigate the effects of ethanol on neural development and kainate receptor expression in young mice. Methods Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder model was established by administration of 20% ethanol solu?tion to 7-day-old Kunming mice and control animals received physiological saline (The number of treatment and control were 80 and 40, respectively ). Body weight and general biological features were observed every day. Morris water maze was used to test learning and memory ability. Fluoro-Jade B was used to examine neural cells 24 hours after treatment in additional thirty 7-day-old Kunming mice which were further divided into two groups:a treatment group receiving 20%ethanol solution (n=15) and a control group receiving physiological saline (n=15). The development of neural cells and expression levels of kainite receptors were examined by using immunofluorescence staining. Results The body weight was significantly lighter in treatment group than in control group(control:21.13 ± 1.72g,treatment:13.96 ± 2.98g,P<0.05). Morris test showed that model group had longer latency than control group to find hidden platform(control:21.05± 5.31s,treatment:34.15±3.26s,P<0.05). Spatial probe test revealed that the number of passing through the platform were significantly smaller in model group than in control group(control:2.70 ± 1.25 times,treatment:0.93 ± 0.80 times,P<0.05). Astrocyte development anomaly was evident after ethanol treatment for 7 days. The expression levels of kainite re?ceptor GluR-6 and KA2 were up-regulated in the CA region of the hippocampus after ethanol treatment for 7 days. Con?clusion Kainite receptor GluR-6 and KA2 in CA region of the hippocampus may contribute to ethanol-induced hippo?campal neural development anomaly.