AIM:To study and compare the outcomes of coaxial 2. 2 mm phacoemulsiflcation with conventional coaxial 3 mm small-incision cataract surgery.
METHODS: A randomized prospective study was conducted on 100 patients with age - related cataract:coaxial 2. 2 mm micro - incision cataract surgery was performed in 50 cases (50 eyes), and coaxial 3 mm small incision cataract surgery was performed in 50 cases ( 50 eyes) . Statistical analysis was takenwith the data of the two groups. Visual acuity, VF and QOL were compared at intervals of 1wk and 3mo after surgery. In addition, surgically induced astigmatism ( SIA ) was analyzed. Statistic analysis was taken by Student's t-test and Chi-square test.
RESULTS:There was no significant difference on BCVA (t=-1. 366, -1. 688; P=0. 148, 0. 107) between these two groups. One week and 3mo after the surgery, SIA was (0. 46±0.29)D, (0. 43±0. 26)D in the 2. 2 group; and (1. 55±0. 59) D, (0. 89±0. 28) D, in 3. 0 group. The differences between these two groups were statistically significant ( t=-7. 348, -3. 788; P = 0. 000, 0. 000 ) There were no statistically significant differences on VF scores between two group, while it's got a better score in 2. 2 groups on vision adaptation. (t=-3. 348, P<0. 05).
CONCLUSION:Coaxial 2. 2mm micro-incision cataract surgery could significantly reduce SIA and obtain morestable status of VF and QOL. This suggests that the coaxial 2. 2 phacoemulsification surgery implanted AkreosMI60 intraocular lens could get earliervisual rehabilitation postoperation.

BACKGROUNDKeloids have a predilection for the aural region because of the special shape of the pinna. It is difficult to resect keloids entirely and maintain a satisfactory pinnal shape. Surgical excision in combination with radiotherapy is considered to be the most efficacious treatment available for severe keloids. This study was conducted to evaluate the treatment of aural keloids with intralesional excision and immediate postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy.

METHODSForty-six patients with a combined total of 74 aural keloids were treated by intralesional excision and immediate postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy. All patients received a total dose of 20 Gy in 10 consecutive days. The time interval between keloid excision and delivery of the first radiotherapy fraction was < 24 hours in all cases. The median follow-up was 2.2 years.

RESULTSTwenty-nine patients with 48 keloids (64.9%) were highly satisfied with their outcome, and were rated as good by the surgeon. Six patients with 12 keloids (16.2%) showed general satisfaction but wanted aesthetic refinement, and these patients were rated as fair by the surgeon. Three patients with four keloids (5.4%) showed no evidence of recurrence after surgery, but disliked the result because of the discoloration and irregularity of the scar surface. These patients were rated as poor by the surgeon. Partial recurrence occurred in 8 patients with 10 keloids (13.5%). No major complications were observed.

CONCLUSIONIntralesional excision and immediate postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy is well tolerated and very effective in preventing recurrence of aural region keloids.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Ear Diseases ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Keloid ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged

OBJECTIVETo explore the relationship between cytogenetic and clinical features and prognosis for patients with acute monocytic leukemia (M5 type).

METHODSChromosome samples were prepared by direct culture of bone marrow for 24 hours. Karyotypes of 80 patients with M5 were analyzed by R banding. Rearrangement of MLL gene and deletion of P53 gene were detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).

RESULTSForty-three patients (53.75%) were found to have abnormal karyotypes, which included 23 patients with abnormalities of chromosome 11 and 20 with other chromosomal abnormalities. Twenty-four patients had MLL gene rearrangements and 17 had P53 gene deletion.

CONCLUSION11q23 has been the most common chromosomal abnormality among patients with M5, which is associated with poor prognosis. The frequency of P53 gene deletion in patients with genetic abnormalities were significantly higher than those with normal karyotypes (P < 0.05).

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Chromosome Aberrations ; Female ; Genes, p53 ; Humans ; Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute ; genetics ; Male ; Middle Aged

AIMTo provide experimental basis for clinical use of cryopreserved dendritic cells (DCs) by investigating the biological properties of cryopreserved DCs derived from cord blood.

METHODSThe biological discrepancies between unfrozen DCs (UFDC) derived from unfrozen cord blood (UFCB) and DCs from cryopreserved cord blood (CPCB) or cryopreserved DCs (CPDCs) were explored by morphological observation and immunophenotype analysis. Moreover, the stimulating index (SI) in mixed lymphocyte culture and cytotoxic eliminating rate (ER) were measured by MTT.

RESULTSThe TBR of CPCB and CPDCs were 95.8% and 88.7% respectively. Compared to UFCB, CPCB differentiated toward DCs in a delayed and decreased mode, displayed lower expression of CD1a, CD83 and HLA-DR, and had reduced SI and ER. Similarly, the CPDCs became adherent DCs later and grew less in number than UFDCs. After culture, the expression of CD1a, CD83 and HLA-DR as well as SI and ER were lower in CPDCs than those in UFDCs.

CONCLUSIONThough the biological properties of CPCB and CPDCs were injured after cryopreservation, they still had relatively complete basic function. Their recoveries rate were > 85%.

Cell Proliferation ; Cells, Cultured ; Cryopreservation ; Dendritic Cells ; cytology ; Fetal Blood ; cytology ; Humans

BACKGROUNDThe epidemiologic pictures of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Shanghai from 1998 through 2002 were reported, while the current status of KD in the following five years remains unknown.

METHODSA questionnaire form and diagnostic guidelines for KD were sent to 50 hospitals providing pediatric medical care in Shanghai, China. All patients with KD diagnosed during January 2003 through December 2007 were recruited.

RESULTSIn total, 1187 cases of KD were enrolled. The incidence of KD was 36.78 to 53.28 (mean 46.32 ± 6.51) per 100 000 children under the age of 5 years between 2003 and 2007, which was higher than the year from 1998 to 2002 of (27.32 ± 7.11) per 100 000, (t = 4.406, P = 0.002). Ages at onset ranged from 12 days to 13.6 years (median 1.8 years). It occurred more frequently in summer and spring. Coronary arterial lesions (CAL), defined as ectasia or aneurysm, accounted for 19.8% (232 cases). Flattened or inverted T wave was the most frequent finding (194 cases, 20.5%) by electrocardiogram. Intravenous gamma-globulin was administrated to 1028 cases (86.6%). The occurrence of CAL seemed less frequent in the patients received gamma-globulin from day 5 to day 9 after the onset with the regimen of 1000 mg/kg once or 1000 mg/kg twice.

CONCLUSIONSThe incidence of KD was increasing in Shanghai. Treatment with intravenous gamma-globulin from day 5 to day 9 after the onset with the regimen of 1000 mg/kg once or 1000 mg/kg twice resulted in less coronary sequelae.

Adolescent ; Age of Onset ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome ; epidemiology ; Surveys and Questionnaires

OBJECTIVETo explore feasible and reliable methods for estnbolishment and of acute lung injury model in animal models.

METHODSTwenty-four healthy adult mongrel dogs with oleic acid-induced acute lung injury were evaluated for early-stage physiological response to acute lung injury using a balloon catheter system for measuring esophageal and gastric pressure.

RESULTSIn canine models of early-stage oleic acid-induced acute lung injury that sustained spontaneous breathing, in terms of respiratory mechanics, some parameters obviously increased including the respiratory rate (RR), minute ventilation (VE), peak inspiratory volume (Vinsp, peak), mean inspiratory volume (VT/Ti), inspiratory airway resistance (Raw, insp) (P<0.001 for all the parameters), with also significantly increased peak transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi, peak, P=0.0185). The tidal volume (VT) and dynamic lung compliance (CL,dyn), however, were significantly decreased (P<0.001), and significant variation occurred in the ratio of inspiratory time to duration of one breath (Ti/Ttot, P=0.163). In terms of gas exchange, the pH, PaO(2), SaO(2), PaO(2)/FiO(2), and end tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PETCO(2)) all evidently declined (P<0.001), but PaCO(2) and ratio of alveolar dead space to tidal volume [VD(alv)/VT] increased significantly (P<0.001).

CONCLUSIONApplication of balloon catheter system for measuring esophageal and gastric pressures allows objective evaluation of the various physiological responses in early stage of acute lung injury.

Acute Lung Injury ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Animals ; Catheterization ; Disease Models, Animal ; Dogs ; Esophagus ; Feasibility Studies ; Female ; Male ; Pressure ; Reproducibility of Results ; Respiratory Mechanics ; physiology ; Stomach ; Time Factors

OBJECTIVETo investigate the specific anti-breast cancer immune response induced by dendritic cells (DC) loaded with trastuzumab and apoptotic Her-2+ breast cancer cells.

METHODSDCs were generated from healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in the presence of recombinant cytokines GM-CSF, IL-4 and TNF-alpha. Mature DCs were harvested after 7 days' co-culture of PBMCs and trastuzumab-treated apoptotic SKBr3 cells. The morphologic characteristics and ultrastructure of the DC were observed under the inverted phase-contrast microscope and transmission electron microscope (TEM), respectively. Flow cytometry (FCM) was used to check the expression of several DC specific markers: CD14, CD1a, CD64, CD80, CD83, CD86, HLA-ABC and HLA-DR. DC-cytokine induced killer (DC-CIK) cells were prepared by co-culture of DCs and peripheral blood lymphocytes in the presence of anti-CD3 antibodies and human IL-2 at an appropriate concentration. The number of antigen-specific T cells was analyzed by human interferon gamma enzyme linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay. MTT assay was employed to assess the lysis of breast cancer cell line induced by DC-CIK cells.

RESULTS5 minutes after the adding of DCs to SKBr3 cells pretreated with trastuzumab, the apoptotic SKBr3 cells were found to be circled by DCs. 48 hours later, many membrane-wrapped organelles of the apoptotic target cells in the cytoplasm of DCs were found by TEM. The majority of the organelles were degraded. Fewer organelles from the apoptotic cells were found in DCs without Herceptin. More than 60% in every group of DCs expressed a high-affinity receptor for IgG (FcgammaRI or CD64). CD14 expression on the mature DCs were comparatively lower, and HLA-DR and HLA-ABC expressions were higher in the trastuzumab group. The expression of CD1a, CD80, CD83 and CD86 in trastuzumab group were higher than those in immature DCs group (P < 0.05). ELISPOT assay suggests that the spot number of antigen-specific T cells were higher in trastuzumab group than that in the antigen unloaded DCs group (P < 0.05). The lysis of SKBr3 cells induced by the SKBr3 antigen loaded DC-CIK cells were 1.7 times higher than that of CIK.

CONCLUSIONThe lysis of SKBr3 cells induced by DC-CIK was increased after that DCs were combined with trastuzumab to capture antigen from SKBr3 cells. These findings support further investigation into the use of combination immunotherapy of the humanized monoclonal antibody, DC vaccines and immunological effector cells.

Antibodies, Monoclonal ; pharmacology ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ; Apoptosis ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Coculture Techniques ; Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells ; immunology ; Cytokines ; metabolism ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ; immunology ; Dendritic Cells ; cytology ; immunology ; metabolism ; ultrastructure ; Humans ; Receptor, ErbB-2 ; metabolism ; Receptors, IgG ; metabolism ; Trastuzumab

The aim of this research is to investigate the protection of PM2.5 infected RAW264.7 cell by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)--Shenlian(SL) extracts and to establish the damage model. We use cell growth, cell damage and oxidative stress related markers, and inflammatory cytokines as observation index to evaluate the protection of PM2.5 infected RAW264.7 by SL extract. The results showed that 50 mg x L(-1) PM2.5 could cause cell particle deposition, inhibit the growth of cells, and significantly increase the cell supernatant of LDH, NO release quantity and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level during 4 h and 24 h. In the intervention of SL extract 50, 25, 10 mg x L(-1), the particle deposition of RAW264.7 cells, cell supernatant of LDH, NO, IL(-1) beta release, MCP-1 was significantly decreased, the SOD activity increased significantly. It shows that SL extracts of PM2.5 infected RAW264.7 cell damage has obvious protective effect, the effect may be related to the direct protection of cells, reduce oxidative stress and inflammatory injury.
Animals ; Cell Line ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Macrophages ; drug effects ; Mice ; Oxidative Stress ; drug effects ; Particulate Matter ; toxicity ; Protective Agents ; pharmacology ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; metabolism

With the emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis, it is very urgent to find novel anti-tuberculosis drugs, especially novel anti-drug-resistant tuberculosis drugs. Because of the slow growth and the need to work in a biosafty environment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the development of evaluation of drug effect is severely impeded. In order to solve these issues, non-pathogenic fast-growing Mycobacterium smegmatis is introduced as test organism. The inhA is one of a target of isoniazid (INH) overexpression or mutation of this gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis conferring resistant to INH. A recombinant plasmid bearing inhA was constructed and electroporated into Mycobacterium smegmatis, using shuttle expression vector pMV261. Transformants were induced to express a protein of inhA, identified by SDS-PAGE. Results show that Mycobacterium smegmatis containing inhA plasmids exhibited 100-fold or greater increased resistance to INH, but it conferred no increased resistance to others first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. Resazurin microtiter assay plate testing of Mycobacterium smegmatis susceptibility to drugs is a rapid, simple, and inexpensive method and could decrease color background of drugs by detecting fluorescence. It will be benefit for high-throughout screening of drugs of anti-isoniazid-resistant Mycobacteria.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; pharmacology ; Antibiotics, Antitubercular ; pharmacology ; Antitubercular Agents ; pharmacology ; Bacterial Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; Electroporation ; Ethambutol ; pharmacology ; Isoniazid ; pharmacology ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Mycobacterium smegmatis ; drug effects ; genetics ; metabolism ; Oxidoreductases ; genetics ; metabolism ; Plasmids ; Rifampin ; pharmacology ; Streptomycin ; pharmacology