Afferent Pathways ; anatomy & histology ; Animals ; Female ; Ganglia, Spinal ; anatomy & histology ; Neurons, Afferent ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Urinary Bladder ; innervation

Objective To study the effects of short-term cryopreservation on the proliferation ,bio-characteristics and osteogenic capability of rabbit BMSCs and lay the foundation for the further study .Methods The 5th generation of rabbit BMSCs were cryo-preservated by liquid nitrogen for 30 days ,and then thawing the cells to culture it to the 10th generation in vitro ,put the non-cryo-preservated and the same generation BMSCs as the control group .The MTT ,cell cycle ,cell surface marker ,the content of ALP and the immunohistochemical staining for collagen typeⅠ and alizarin red staining for calcium after differentiation induced by osteogene-sis were used to evaluate the proliferation ,bio-characteristic and osteogenic differentiation capability of rabbit BMSCs .Results The growth incubation period of BMSCs after cryopreservated was extended ,but it gradually recover through serial passage .The prolif-eration index and the proportion of BMSCs in G1 phase were 42 .9% ± 3 .4% and 57 .0% ± 3 .4% respectively .The positive rate of cell surface marker of CD44 was 93 .62% ± 1 .05% without expression of CD45 .The contents of ALP(U/gprot) were 6 .73 ± 1 .92 and 15 .99 ± 4 .36 in BMSCs after 7th day and 14th day with osteogenic induction ,respectively .The collagen typeⅠ and alizarin red staining for calcium indicated positive at BMSCs after 14th day and 21th day with osteogenic induction ,respectively .These results showed no significant difference compared with the control group (P>0 .05) .Conclusion Short-term cryopreservation has no obvi-ous impacts on the proliferation ,bio-characteristic and osteogenic capability of BMSCs and it could be used for further study .

Objective To culture the rabbit bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) ,and to observe their biologi-cal characteristics in vitro and the expression of BMP2 and EGFP after Ad-EGFP-BMP2 infected on them .Methods To isolate and cultivate BMSCs by density gradient centrifugation and adherent culture in vitro ;the cell cycle and the surface marks were detected by flow cytometer ;rabbit BMSCs were differentiated into the direction of osteogenetic cells by in vitro induction .After transfection , the expression of exogenous gene in the cells was detected by the immunocytochemical staining and Western blot .Results About 56 .84% of rabbit BMSCs cell cycle was in the G1 phase;the D44 expression was positive and the CD45 expression was negative ;af-ter induction by osteogenetic cells ,the Ⅰtype collagen immunohistochemical staining was positive and the alizarin red staining was positive .After transfection ,the strong expression of BMP2 and EGFP in cells was showed by Western blot and the immunocyto-chemical staining .Conclusion rabbit BMSCs are successfully isolated ,cultured and identified to have the ability of osteogenetic dif-ferentiation ;the structured Ad-BMP-2/EGFP can efficiently transfected rabit BMSCs and stably express the target gene of BMP 2 .

More than one hundred strains of marine molds have been isolated from the sediment and the sample of seawater collected from the South China Sea. By the first screening, more than 30 strains of marine molds which can inhibit tested fungi such as Candida albicans and Fursarium sp. were obtained.The results of the second screening showed those strains designed as B 4#-6、B 4#-3、1-B 6-6、1-B 6-10-5、1-B 6-22、C 2#-5、A 2-9 and 1-B 6-10 can produced extracelluar antifungi metabolic products and the crude extract of the strains 1-B 6-10-5 and B 4#-3 can inhibit the growth of many other species of fungi.

Objective To investigate the effect of early rehabilitation on neurological function and cerebral blood flow of patients with acute cerebral infarction.Methods100 cases of acute cerebral infarction were randomly divided into the rehabilitation group(53 cases) and control group(47 cases).Both groups received the routine treatment;besides,patients in the rehabilitation group were treated with early rehabilitation training.The treatment efficacy was assessed by neurological function deficit evaluation,and the cerebral blood flow was measured by transcranial Doppler(TCD) before and 30 days after treatment.ResultsThe scores of neurological function deficit evaluation of all patients in each group decreased after treatment,but the scores of the rehabilitation group were obviously lower than that of the control group(P<0.01);and the results of TCD of the rehabilitation group were also superior to that of the control group(P<0.01).ConclusionEarly rehabilitation training may obviously improve neurological function and cerebral blood flow of patients with acute cerebral infarction.

OBJECTIVETo compare the efficacy and safety of docetaxol, pemetrexed and EGFR-TKIs in the second-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

METHODSThe clinical data of 170 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who failed standard first-line chemotherapy were reviewed. Those who received docetaxol as second-line therapy were designated as group A (n = 60), those who received pemetrexed as second-line therapy were designated as group B (n = 49), and those who received EGFR-TKIs as second-line therapy were designated as group C (n = 61). PFS and MST were estimated by Kaplan-Meier method and the differences between groups were compared by log-rank test.

RESULTSThe response rate in the groups A, B and C group was 15.0% (9/60), 24.5% (12/49) and 36.1% (22/61), respectively. The PFS after second-line therapy in the groups A, B and C was 5.49 months (95%CI: 4.03 - 6.95 months), 5.42 months (95%CI: 4.23 - 6.60 months) and 9.31 months (95%CI: 6.88 - 11.73 months), respectively (P = 0.045). The MST after second-line therapy in the groups A, B and C was 14.89 months (95%CI: 11.23 - 18.55 months), 15.81 months (95%CI: 12.11 - 19.52 months) and 17.47 months (95%CI: 13.38 - 21.56 months), respectively (P = 0.574). Regression analysis showed that the performance status score (PS) and response for second-line treatment are independent prognostic factors in each sub-group, and pathological type is an independent prognostic factor in the group C (P = 0.003).

CONCLUSIONSThe safety of the three drugs used as second-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, who failed standard first-line chemotherapy, is comparable, but the EGFR-TKIs group has the highest response rate, and the EGFR-TKIs group has the longest PFS with a statistically significant difference, while there is no significant difference in MST among the three groups. When patients receive second-line treatment, the performance status < 2 and the response rate for second-line treatment are independent prognostic factors. Furthermore, pathological type (adenocarcinoma) is also an independent prognostic factor for EGFR-TKIs as second-line treatment.

Adenocarcinoma ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Aged ; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic ; therapeutic use ; Antineoplastic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Disease-Free Survival ; Erlotinib Hydrochloride ; Female ; Glutamates ; therapeutic use ; Guanine ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Male ; Neoplasm Staging ; Pemetrexed ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; therapeutic use ; Quinazolines ; therapeutic use ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor ; antagonists & inhibitors ; therapeutic use ; Survival Rate ; Taxoids ; therapeutic use

OBJECTIVETo investigate Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate and Totropiumi treatment of Sillicosis merger Asthma.

METHODS30 patients with Sillicosis merger Asthma were randomly divided into group Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate( Single group) ( n=14) and group Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate and Totropiumi (Joint group) ( n= 16), patient in single group were only given Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate (50 f.Lg Bid) inhaling,and those in Joint group were given Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate (50 f.Lg Bid) and Totropiumi ( 18 f.Lg Qd) inhaling. The treatment was last for 6 months.Before the treatment,evaluation of the two groups of Sillicosis installment,determination their foungation lung function and ACT score .. After the cause of treatment, lung function FEV10/FVC(% ), FEV10 pred%, FEV10(ml), ACT score, the incidence of side effects of two groups were compared and analyzed.

RESULTThe two groups before the treatment of lung fuction and ACT score had no statistically significant difference. The two groups after treatment of lung fuction FEV10/FVC (% ),FEV10 pred%, ACT score obviously higher than before treatment (P<0.05), Joint group in FEV1/FVC(% ), ACT score significantly higher than in Single group (?<0.05), Joint group acute attack times(0.98±0.79)/time lower than Single group (2.10 ± 0.81 )/time (t=3.86,P<0.05). There were no significant side effect in two groups.

CONCLUSIONSalmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate or the combination of Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate and Totropiumi can improve lung function and clinical symptoms of patients with Sillicosis merger Asthma. It is also better that the combination of Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate and Totropiumi obviously improve clinical symptoms of patients and reduice acute attack times.

Administration, Inhalation ; Adult ; Albuterol ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; Androstadienes ; therapeutic use ; Asthma ; complications ; drug therapy ; Drug Combinations ; Female ; Fluticasone-Salmeterol Drug Combination ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Silicosis ; complications ; drug therapy ; Treatment Outcome

OBJECTIVETo investigate the relationship between 1137-1140 Del GTGA in exon 1 at KCNN3 gene and schizophrenia.

METHODSThe study included 289 subjects (affected 107; unaffected 182) from 95 schizophrenic trios. All subjects were collected from Han Chinese in south China and genotyped for 1137-1140 Del GTGA in KCNN3 using PCR and restriction endonuclease Dde I. All the affected patients met the CCMD-II-R criteria for schizophrenia. The haplotype-based haplotype relative risk(HHRR) and transmission/disequilibrium test(TDT) analyses were done in 95 schizophrenic trios.

RESULTSComparative analysis on the distribution of alleles between the affected and unaffected parents(87 family trios) showed no significant difference(X(2)=0.253, P> 0.05). HHRR showed that KCNN3 gene alleles transmitted to the patients were not different from that of the non-transmitted parental alleles(X(2)=0.042, P> 0.05). TDT revealed that A(2) alleles were not preferentially transmitted to schizophrenic patients(X(2)=3.000, P=0.0833).

CONCLUSIONIn this study a lower frequency for 1137-1140 Del homozygote of KCNN3 gene was observed, and the HHRR and TDT analyses suggested that the 1137-1140 Del alleles of KCNN3 gene be unlikely to confer susceptibility to schizophrenia.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Family Health ; Female ; Frameshift Mutation ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; genetics ; Haplotypes ; genetics ; Humans ; Linkage Disequilibrium ; genetics ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nuclear Family ; Schizophrenia ; genetics ; Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels ; genetics ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo compare the efficacy of second-line EGFR-TKIs followed by third-line pemetrexed with second-line pemetrexed followed by third-line EGFR-TKIs in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma.

METHODSFrom March 2007 to August 2008, 83 patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma who failed standard first-line chemotherapy were included in this study. The patients who received EGFR-TKIs as second-line therapy followed by third-line pemetrexed were designated as group A (n = 45). The patients who received pemetrexed as second-line therapy followed by third-line EGFR-TKIs were designated as group B (n = 38). PFS and MST were estimated with Kaplan-Meier analysis and the difference between groups were compared with Log-rank test.

RESULTSThe progression-free survival (PFS) after second-line therapy in the groups A and B was 8.05 months (95% CI, 5.90 to 10.20) and 4.20 months (95% CI, 3.33 to 5.06), respectively (P = 0.001). The PFS after second-line therapy in smokers and non-smokers was 3.69 months (95% CI, 5.00 to 7.59) and 7.12 months (95% CI, 5.51 to 8.38), respectively (P = 0.007). The PFS of male and female patients was 5.56 months (95% CI, 4.02 to 7.10) and 6.85 months (95% CI, 4.98 to 7.58), respectively (P = 0.279). The PFS after third-line therapy in groups A and B was 6.88 months (95% CI, 5.07 to 8.69) and 7.60 months (95% CI, 5.59 to 9.12) respectively, (P = 0.899). The PFS after third-line therapy in smokers and non-smokers was 4.95 months (95% CI, 2.83 to 7.05) and 8.49 months (95% CI, 6.27 to 10.76), respectively (P = 0.050). The PFS after third-line therapy in male and female patients was 5. 96 months (95% CI, 4.02 to 7.91) amd 8.38 months (95% CI, 5.68 to 11.07), respectively (P = 0.176). The MST in groups A and B was 23.60 months (95% CI, 19.23 to 28.00) and 15.58 months (95% CI, 11.85 to 19.32), respectively (P = 0.021). The MST in smokers and non-smokers was 11.99 months (95% CI, 8.55 to 15.49) and 23.18 months (95% CI, 19.33 to 27.02), respectively (P = 0.001). The MST in male and female patients was 17.40 months (95% CI, 13. 19 to 21.61) and 22.74 months (95% CI, 18.29 to 27.19), respectively (P = 0.111).

CONCLUSIONSSecond line EGFR TKIs followed by third line pemetrexed regimen improves the PFS and MST compared with the regimen second line pemetrexed followed by third line EGFR TKIs in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma. Smoking status is an independent prognostic factor. Survival is not influenced by gender. Prospective clinical trials are needed to confirm these findings.

Adenocarcinoma ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Adult ; Aged ; Antineoplastic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Disease-Free Survival ; Erlotinib Hydrochloride ; Female ; Glutamates ; therapeutic use ; Guanine ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Staging ; Pemetrexed ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; therapeutic use ; Quinazolines ; therapeutic use ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor ; antagonists & inhibitors ; Retrospective Studies ; Smoking ; Survival Rate