Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Objective To research the tissue structure changes of vessels wall in the patients with liver cirrhotic portal hypertension and to investigate the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in development process of liver cirrhosis.Methods The left portal vein,left hepatic artery and left hepatic vein (n=27) were collected from the patients with liver transplantation as the case group and the corresponding vessels of traumatic hepatectomy were collected as control group (n=15).HE staining and Masson staining were performed respectively.The hepatic arteries were stained with elastic fibers and immunized with anti-human iNOS polyclonal antibody.Results Compared with the control group,the portal vein intima and tunica media in the case group were thickened,the smooth muscle cells of tunica media were hyperplasia and hypertrophy,partial smooth muscle cells protruded into the intima;the irregular proliferation of hepatic arterial intima,arterial luminal stenosis,internal elastic membrane flatten,and even fracture,the tunica media smooth muscle hyperplasia to the intima were also observed;no obvious structural changes were observed in the hepatic vein wall.The higher expression of iNOS was found in the cytoplasm of hepatic artery smooth muscle cells (P<0.01).Conclusion The walls of liver artery and portal vein in the patients with liver cirrhosis would secondarily develop the tissue structure reconstruction,which is the results of human body′s own compensatory mechanism,the higher expression of iNOS accelerats the occurrence and development of the tissue structure reconstruction.

BACKGROUND: Construction of lentivirus vector has the advantages of simplicity,it is regard as the most effective and successful method in transgene therapy. OBJECTIVE: To clone the metastasis suppressor gene KiSS-1 from human normal placenta tissue and construct its lentivirus vector. DESIGN,TIME AND SETTING: The open experiment was performed at the Laboratory of Fujian Normal University from September 2006 to December 2007. MATERIAL: The pNL-IRES2-EGFP vector was conservated by the Laboratory of Fujian Normal University. METHODS: Total RNA was extracted from human placenta tissue. The opening reading frame cDNA of KiSS-1 was isolated by using RT-PCR,and cloned into its lentiviral vector pNL-IRES2-EGFP to construct expression plasmid pNL-IRES2-EGFP-KiSS-1. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clone objective gene fragment of KiSS-1,restriction enzyme digestion and gene sequencing of the recombinant plasmid pNL-IRES2-EGFP-KiSS-1 were observed in the study. RESULTS: The nucleotide sequence isolated from the recombinant plasmid pNL-IRES2-EGFP-KiSS-1 was confirmed the same as expected by restriction enzyme digestion and gene sequencing. CONCLUSION: The recombinant plasmid pNL-IRES2-EGFP-KiSS-1 has been constructed successfully.

dbcAMP was injected i. p. into four U_(14) ascitic tumor bearing mice on 3,4,5,6 and 7 days after inoculation of tumor cells. The ascites was aspirated 0.5-1 hour after last injection. For scanning electron microscopy, the tumor cells, washed twice in Hanks solution, were fixed in glutaraldehyde and OsO_4, dehydrated with ethyl alcohol and dried with camphene. For flow microcytometric analysis, the treated tumor cells were fixed in 70% cold ethyl alcohol and stained with propidium iodide. Under SEM, the untreated tumor cells were large, spherical, and uniform in size with numerous long thin microvilli on the cell surface. A few barely visible minute protrusions were present on the microvilli and cell membrane. The great majority of treated tumor cells became smaller and variable in size, with shortened microvilli which reduced in number and even disappeared in some area. Many granular protrusions, larger than that of the control, were clearly observed on the cell membrane and microvilli. The result of flow microcytometric analysis showed that the DNA histogram and cell cycle profile from dbcAMP treated cells have no significant difference from the untreated controls, so it is evident that morphologic changes resulted from dbcAMP were not caused by cell cycle alteration. The morphogenesis of microvilli and cell membrane changes in dbcAMP treated cells is not clear. The relation of these configurations to differentiation of malignant tumor cells is discussed.

Murine ARS reticulum sarcoma cells, when incubated with 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5% DMSO in vitro, were induced to differentiate into macrophage like cells. They showed reduction of cellular and nuclear size and lowering of nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio with marked change in nuclear size. The most effective one was 2.5% DMSO which caused marked reduction of nucleolar size. Tumor cells with nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio less than 0.5 and with reduced nucleoli resembled macrophage. 2.5% DMSO induced the increase of non-specific esterase positive cells and the increase of polystyrene phagocytic percentage and phagocytic index. Under EM, 2.5% DMSO treated ARS cells with nucleocytoplasmic ratio less than 0.5 exhibited abundant cytoplasmic organelles, developed Golgi complex and secondary lysosomes. Scanning EM showed that many large cells with numerous dense slender microvilli were observed in the control. Under the action of 2.5% DMSO, large cells were reduced, small cells were increased and microvilli markedly decreased and shortened. These small cells appeared to be differentiated macrophage like cells and were similar to small cells seen under EM and light microscope. In 2.5% DMSO treated groups, the mitotic index of ARS cells were markedly lowered.

The acurate diagnosis of invasive fungal infection(IFI)is the key point for the treatment and proginosis for IFI patients.Pathological diagnosis is still considered as the gold standard for the IFI diagnosis although difficult.The regular procedures for IFI diagnosis including culture and direct examintion are often low yeilding,the discrimination for contamination and infection is hard.Imaging manifestations are nonspecific but have important suggestive values.The detection for molds antigen content is useful,but its sensitivity and specifity need to be improved.The proper diagnosis for IFI relys on the combination of clinical characteristic,imaging manifestion and serial observation.

Objective:To detect the expression of 5-LOX and observe its inhibitory effect in humane pancreatic cancer cell.Methods:5-LOX mRNA and protein expression were analyzed by RT-PCR and immunocytochemical staining as well as images analyzing system,and the effect of MK886 was tested.Results:MK886 effectively down-regulated the expression of 5-LOX mRNA.Immunocytochemical staining and images analysis confirmed that the expression 5-LOX protein in cell treated with MK886 was lower than untreated control cell.Conclusion:Inhibitor of 5-LOX can effectively prevent the target mRNA into protein product,thus block or weaken the expression of 5-LOX.

Objective:To design a new rehabilitation system for cerebral apoplexy patients, and help patients complete rehabilitation treatment on the bed.Methods: Design the basic structure of the system through mechanical technology, make the realization of the function by using circuit and wireless control system, global-eye system was embedded in it by using the principle of the 3G to 4G intelligent technology for improving the humanized design of the system. Results:Through application in physical therapy, nursing, clinical rehabilitation, and clinical therapy in hospitals, it achieved good economic and social benefits, got the recognition of patients, clinicians and rehabilitation therapists. Conclusion: It can be used for the treatment of cerebral apoplexy, reduce medical expenditure, save amount of social resource and improve the work efficiency of medical staff.

Laparoscopic hepatectomy has the advantages of less trauma and pain,cosmetics and shorter duration of hospital stay,with a widespread application in all kinds of hepatectomy.Intraoperative bleeding control is the most important technology.In recent studies,effective hepatic vascular occlusion,usages of various devices for liver parenchymal transection and low-center venous pressure technology are effective to control bleeding in laparoscopic hepatectomy.