Aim To observe the effects of heat shock protein 70 ( Hsp70 ) activator SW02 on lipopolysaccha-ride( LPS)-induced expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase ( iNOS ) and LPS-induced production of nitric oxide ( NO ) in macrophages. Methods RAW264. 7 cells were stimulated by LPS, and were divided into DMSO,DMSO+LPS(1 mg·L-1),SW02,and SW02+LPS ( 1 mg · L-1 ) groups. The protein expression was detected by Western blot. NO concentration was measured by Griess kit. The iNOS mRNA was detected by real-time PCR. The NF-κB binding to iNOS promot-ers was measured by chromatin immunoprecipitation ( ChIP ) assays. Results SW02 significantly blocked the protein and mRNA expression of iNOS as well as the production of NO in LPS-stimulated RAW264 . 7 cells(P<0. 01 or P<0. 05,SW02+LPS group vs DM-SO+LPS group) . SW02 did not affect the LPS-induced degradation of IκB-α( P>0. 05 , SW02 +LPS group vs DMSO+LPS group ) and nuclear translocation of NF-κB ( P > 0. 05 , SW02 + LPS group vs DMSO + LPS group) . However,SW02 reduced the NF-κB binding to iNOS promoters inside the cell( P<0. 05,SW02+LPS group vs DMSO+LPS group) . Conclusion These re-sults show that SW02 prevents iNOS expression and NO induction likely through attenuation of the NF-κB bind-ing to iNOS promoters in macrophages.

OBJECTIVE:To prepare risperidone injectable biodegradable implants and study its in vitro release. METHODS: Polylactide-co-glycolide copolymer(PLGA)was chosen for carrier and N-Methyl pyrolidone(NMP)as solvent to prepare risperidone injectable biodegradable implants. The percentage of accumulative drug release within 30 days,the change in molecular weight of copolymer and superficial opening diameters of copolymer in function time were observed. RESULTS:Drug release curve of risperidone injectable biodegradable implants for 30 days was stable with small burst. The percentage of accumulative drug release was 89.01% and the percentage of burst accounted for 13.8% at the first 24 hours. The average molecular weight of copolymer decreased to about 10 000 from 43 000 after 30 days and the size of the superficial openings became larger and larger. CONCLUSION:Risperidone injectable biodegradable implants can release continuously and stably in vitro for 30 days.

Background The assessment of total corneal power is essential to both the prediction of intraocular lens power before cataract surgery and the diagnosis of corneal ectasia.Objective This study was to access the repeatability of corneal power measurements in post-laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) eyes with GalileiⅡ dual Scheimpflug analyzer.Methods In this cross-sectional study,68 eyes of 36 subjects who received LASIK surgery more than 3 months in Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University were recruited from July to September in 2011.The mean preoperative spherical equivalent diopter was (-4.95±2.08) D in the subjects with the diopter range from-1.75 D to-10.00 D.The parameters of corneal power were measured by Galilei Ⅱ dual Scheimpflug analyzer,including SimK,Ka,Kp,KG and Kray.Three-time consecutive measurements were completed in every examined eye to obtain the data of SimK,Ka,Kp,KG and Kray,respectively.The coefficient of variation (CV),standard deviation (SD),Cronbach α coefficient and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) were calculated to evaluate the repeatability.Concordance between the different measurements was assessed using Bland-Altman agreement analysis.This study followed the Helsinki Declaration,all subjects signed informed consent.Results The CVs of three-time measured SimK,Ka,Kp,KG and Kray were 0.24％,0.28％,-0.37％,0.31％ and 0.32％,respectively,and the Cronbach α values were ＞0.9 and the ICCs were ＞0.982.The Bland-Altman analysis between different measurements showed that the maximum 95％ limits of agreement (LoA) were 0.37 D for SimK,0.46 D for Ka,0.09 D for Kp,0.45 D for KG and 0.49 D for Kray,respectively.Conclusions The Galilei Ⅱ dual Scheimpflug analyzer performed high repeatability and concordance on corneal power measurements in post-LASIK eyes.The differences between measuring results are clinically acceptable.

Objective To explore MRI features of incontinentia pigmenti(IP) in central nervous system (CNS) in newborn infants.Methods MRI and clinical data of 17 cases of IP which confirmed by clinic,skin biopsy or NEMO gene test were analyzed retrospectively.Results There were 17 cases with IP in this study.MRI abnormalities were found in 12 cases, among which 3 cases showed high signal intensity on T2WI and a reduced signal intensity on T1WI,and 9 cases showed normal signal intensity on traditional MRI.Multiple areas of restricted diffusion were found in 12 cases which showed asymmetric high signal intensity in bilateral cerebral cortex and subcortical area, basal ganglia,centrum semiovale and periventricular area on DWI.In addition,basal ganglia was involved in 4 cases,corpus callosum was involved in 5 cases, and thalamus was involved in 2 cases.Conclusion MRI of IP in CNS shows certain specific characteristics.DWI plays an important role in the early detection and prognosis of the disease.

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Background Corneal parameters (such as curvature,thickness,etc) are essential to the diagnosis of corneal related diseases,contact lenses fitting and corneal refractive surgery.Objective The aim of this study was to assess the repeatability and accuracy of corneal parameters obtained by RTVue Fourier-domain optical coherence topography (FD-OCT).Methods In this prospective study,77 eyes of 43 subjects with the refraction from-1.25 D to-10.00 D and astigmatism ＜2 D were enrolled in keratorefractive surgery center,Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College.The anterior and posterior corneal curvature in 3 mm central zone (Ranterior and Rposterior),the ratio of posterior and anterior curvature (Rposterior/Ranterior),corneal central thickness (CCT),total corneal power(Knet),the simulated corneal power (Sim K),the anterior and posterior corneal power (Kanterior,Kposterior)were measured by FD-OCT.Corneal power (Km) was obtained by Topolyzer topography based on Placido ring.Three consecutive scans were acquired in every tested eye.Repeatability of FD-OCT measurement was assessed using the coefficient of variation CV),Cronbach Alpha and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC).Repeated measure ANOVA was used to analyze the differences among SimK,Knet and Km.Pearson correlation analysis was used to analysis the correlation between SimK and K Knet and Km,SimK and Km.The agreement between Sim K and K Knet and Km,SimK and Km was assessed by Bland-Altman plots analysis.All the subjects understood the purpose of this investigation and written informed consent was obtained prior to the medical examination.Results The Ranterior,Rposterior,Rposterior/Ranterior,Kanterior,Kposterior,Sim K,Knet and CCT were (7.691 ±0.302) mm,(6.532±0.276) mm,0.849±0.014,(48.97±1.92)D,(-6.13±0.26)D,(43.95±1.72) D,(42.95±1.68) D and (545.20± 35.04) μm,respectively.The CV of all parameters was less than 1％.The Cronbach Alpha and ICC were both more than 0.9 except 0.802(ICC)of the Rposterior/Ranterior.SimK was (0.27±0.34) D higher than Km,and Knet was (0.73±0.37) D lower than Km.SimK was (1.01 ±0.11) D higher than K and all the differences showed a statistical significance (P＜0.001).There were close positive correlations between SimK and Km,Knet and Km,SimK and Knet(all r ≥ 0.976,P＜0.001).The Bland-Altman analysis showed a poor agreement between SimK and Km,Knet and Km,SimK and Knet.Conclusions The RTVue FD-OCT measuring corneal curvature and CCT performes good repeatability.The Sim K obtained by RTVue FD-OCT is slightly greater than that obtained by corneal topography,and the Rposterior/Ranterior obtained by RTVue FD-OCT is slightly lower than that from Gullstrand model eye.These results offer a basis for establishing a more accurate standardized model eye.

Objective To explore the value of 64-row helical CT multi-phase enhancement scan combined with angiography (CTA)in the diagnosis of pulmonary mass.Methods Two hundred and sixty-five patients with pulmonary mass confirmed by pa-thology were checked,analyzed the CT sign of multi-phase enhancement scan and the blood supply of pulmonary mass displayed by CTA.Results Lung cancer was mainly supplied by bronchial arteries,some by body arteries,the feeding arteries display rate of lung cancer group was significantly higher than that of benign disease group(P <0.05).CT enhancement peak value of lung cancer group was significantly higher than that of tuberculoma group,inflammatory pseudotumor group and hamartoma group(P <0.05), but no significant difference between hemanginoma group(P >0.05).Enhancement dynamic curves of lung cancer group was differ-ent from benign lesion groups:Lung cancer without obvious enhancement in pulmonary artery phase,CT value increased rapidly in aorta phase,120 s reached peak,and declined slowly in delay phase;CT value of tuberculoma was increased slowly without obvious peak;CT value of inflammatory increased gradually in pulmonary artery phase,90 s reached the peak;hamartoma was no obvious enhancement;Hemangioma enhanced rapidly after strengthening in the pulmonary artery phase,reached the peak at about 15 s,and then decreased slowly.Conclusion 64-row helical CT multi-phase enhancement scan combined with angiography have important clinical value,which can differentiate malignant mass from benign ones.

Objective To probe the relationship between the connectivity of premotor area detected by resting state functional MRI and stereotyped behavior of ASD.Methods 39 children patients with ASD and 42 healthy controls with matched age,sex and IQ were recruited.All the 81 subjects performed scaling with behavior scale index and underwent resting-state fMRI scans.After the fMRI data precession,the premotors in left and right sides were selected as ROI seeds to perform functional connectivity.Results Compared with healthy controls,children patients showed significant increased connectivity between the left premotor area and posterior cingulate cortex,as well as decreased functional connectivity between the left premotor area and the left insula.In addition, a negative linear correlation was showed between the connectivity of the left premotor and the insula and the behavioral scores.Con-clusion Imbalanced premotor functional connectivity may be one possible mechanism of stereotyped behavior of ASD,representing an attention deficit and/or impaired sensory perception to the external salient stimuli.

Objective To observe the effects of comprehensive measures of changing grain,selenium supplementation,off-site education and resettlement on prevention of children's Kashin-Beck disease in Aba state.Methods Fifty eight villages in Aba Kashin-Beck disease areas were chosen as intervention points in Aba state Sichuan province from 2007 to 2011.Based on the implementation of prevention and control measures,the villages were divided into off-site education + changing grain + selenium supplementation group and resettlement + off-site education + changing grain + selenium supplementation group,Geletuo town of Seda county,Ganzi state was selected as a control point,and right-hand anteroposterior X-ray examination(including the wrist) was carried out on children aged 6-13 from 2007 to 2011 annually.Clinical and X-ray diagnosis of Kashin-Beck disease was made in accordance with the Diagnostic Criteria of Kaschin-Beck Disease(GB 16003-1995).The effects of prevention and control measures were evaluated by comparing the child X-ray detection rate before and after the implementation of the measures.Results The average X-ray positive detectable rate of children in the intervention points was 2.07％(66/3181),2.72％ (69/2540),1.16％ (35/3017),0.56％ (19/3397) and 0.56％ (24/4273),respectively from 2007 to 2011,with a downward trend (x2trend =66.74,P ＜ 0.01).There was a downward trend in the average X-ray positive detectable rate of children in off-site education + changing grain + selenium supplementation group [1.60％(29/1809),2.63％ (39/1484),1.29％ (25/1941),0.64％ (15/2332),0.42％ (10/2379)] and resettlement + off-site education + changing grain + selenium supplementation group [2.70％ (37/1372),2.84％ (30/1056),0.93％(10/1076),0.38％ (4/1065),0.74％(14/1894)] (x2trend=30.97,35.19,all P ＜ 0.01).The average X-ray positive detectable rate of children in the intervention group was 0 from 2007 to 2010,and was 1.61％ (1/62) in 2011.The difference of X-ray positive detectable rate was not statistically significant in the control group in the 5 years from 2007 to 2011.The difference of children's X-ray positive detectable rate was not statistically significant between control group and intervention group.Conclusions The effect of taking changing grain,selenium supplementation,off-site education and resettlement comprehensive measures to prevent children's Kashin-Beck disease is not significant in those places where the state of Kaschin-Beck disease is not active.

To study the protective effect of Danshen Tongluo capsule on rat hearts in the myocardial infarction (MI) model. After being fed with high fat diets for one month, the SD rats were randomly divided into the sham group and the model group according to the left ventricular ejection fraction (EF). The MI model group was duplicated by ligating coronary artery and then divided into five groups: the model group, the positive control group (model + captopril), the small dose group (model + Danshen Tongluo), the medium dose group (model + Danshen Tongluo) and the high dose group (model + Danshen Tongluo). Four weeks later, changes in myocardium ultra-structure were observed by hemodynamics, cardiac ultrasound and electron microscope. The results showed: (1) All doses of Danshen Tongluo capsule could significantly reduce the left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) (P <0.01), increase the maximum internal pressure of the left ventricle (+ dp/dtmax), and lower the drop rate of left ventricular pressure (- dp/dtmax), with statistical significances in medium and high dose groups; (2) The B ultrasound results showed increase in EF and left ventricular shortening fraction (FS) in all dose groups of Danshen Tongluo capsule; (3) The medium dose group showed significant decrease in myocardial infarction index (P <0.01) and injured and fractured myofilament and sarcomere of ischemic myocardium in myocardial ultra-structure; All of Danshen Tongluo capsule-treated groups revealed reduction in myocardial injury and myocardial infraction area. The study preliminarily proves that Danshen Tongluo capsule can improve hemodynamic function, and has a protective effect on myocardial ischemia.
Animals ; Capsules ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Hemodynamics ; drug effects ; Male ; Myocardial Infarction ; drug therapy ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Myocytes, Cardiac ; ultrastructure ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Ventricular Function, Left ; drug effects