Objective To explore the feasibility and reliability to build a sinoatrial node damage model in canine induced by formaldehyde wet dressing.Methods Twenty dogs were randomly divided into 4 groups(5 in each group) by means of random number table:2-hour,24-hour,1-week and 4-week groups after wet dressing.The sinoatrial node area of canine was damaged by wet dressing with 20% formaldehyde.Sinus node function was measured before,2 h after wet dressing and corresponding times of each group.Electrocardiogram(ECG) of body surface were recorded synchronically.Results Average wet dressing time was 6.2?2.6(3 to 12)min.Five dogs showed significantly decrease of heart rate(HR)(140?11 vs 89?6 beat/min,P

Aging ; Animals ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Male ; Neurotransmitter Agents ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Objective:To explore the association of physical activities,sedentary behaviors with over-weight/obesity in Chinese children aged 9 -1 1 years,analyze the gender difference and heterogeneity of the association across different provinces,and provide evidence for prevention and control of overweight and obesity.Methods:Using the data of 40 692 children aged 9 -1 1 years from Chinese National Survey on Students’Constitution and Health in 201 0,the height and weight were measured and the time spent in physical activities,screen behaviors and homework were collected.We analyzed the associations among physical activities,sedentary behaviors and overweight/obesity in boys and girls separately,and assessed the heterogeneity of associations across different provinces with Meta-analysis.Results:The prevalence of overweight/obesity of the boys (27.1 %)was higher than that of the girls (1 2.9%),compared with the rural students (1 5.6%),the situation of overweight/obesity of the urban students (23.8%)was more serious,the prevalences of overweight/obesity were separately 22.6%,1 9.2% and 1 7.5% among developed,middle-developed and undeveloped social economic status subgroups.The boys with physical activities no more than 1 hour per day were more likely to be overweight/obese,with the OR of 1 .09 (95%CI:1 .02,1 .1 7).The girls with screen time more than 1 hour per day or homework time more than 2 hours per day were more likely to be overweight/obese,with the ORs of 1 .1 3 (95%CI:1 .02, 1 .26)and 1 .1 8 (95%CI:1 .03,1 .35)respectively.The high level of sedentary behaviors (more than 1 35min per day)was associated with overweight/obese in the girls,and the OR was 1 .1 9 (95%CI:1 .08,1 .33).There was no significant heterogeneity of effect values between physical activities and over-weight/obesity in the boys and between sedentary behaviors and overweight/obesity in the girls across the different provinces (P >0.05).Conclusion:The associations among physical activities,sedentary be-haviors and overweight/obesity existed in Chinese children aged 9 -1 1 years,which were different in boys and girls.There was no statistically significant heterogeneity across different provinces.The strate-gies to prevent and control overweight/obesity in primary school students should focus on gender-specific needs.

Objective To study the effect of perioperative psychological nursing on living-related liver transplantation. Methods The following measures were adopted according to the donors' concrete condition: using nursing procedure in holistic nursing, to assess and determine the main problems in perioperative period, nurses mastered psychological nursing knowledge and skills in individualized psychological nursing, giving pertinent and individualized health education to patients in accordance with their psychological problems during the perioperative period. Results The donors could face the operation with good psychological state after being given fully-integrated and whole-system psychological nursing. Conclusions Psychological nursing is important for living-related liver transplantation during the perioperative period.

Aim To investigate the effect of TRPV4 on hepatic fibrosis of rats . Methods Liver fibrosis model of rats was induced by 50% CCl4 twice a week for 12 weeks. HE and Masson staining were used to evaluate the degree of hepatic fibrosis, and the levels of α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA) and TRPV4 were detec-ted in fibrotic liver tissue by Western blot. HSC-T6 cells were activated by transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1),and the protein levels of α-SMA, TRPV4 were detected by Western blot. After using Ru and transfected with TRPV4-siRNA, HSC-T6 was stimula-ted with TGF-β1, the levels of α-SMA, TRPV4 and phosphorylation level of Akt were determined by West-ern blot. Results TRPV4 was highly expressed in model liver tissues and in activated HSC-T6 induced by TGF-β1 . The levels of α-SMA and phosphorylation of Akt decreased in TGF-β1-induced HSC, used with Ru or transfected with TRPV4-siRNA. Conclusions The expression of TRPV4 increases in fibrotic livers and ac-tivated hepatic stellate cells. Knockdown of TRPV4 can suppress the activation of hepatic stellate cells in-duced by TGF-β1 , and decrease the phosphorylation levels of Akt.

Objective To study the effect of Zhuang'er Granules(ZG) on cellular immune function of mice.Methods The immunodepression mice models were induced by injection of hydrocortisone.Then the lymphocyte transformation rate was examined by morphological test and phagocyte phagocytosis by in vitro method after 7-day intragastric administration of the drugs.Results Compared with the negative control group,ZG could significantly improve the lymphocyte transformation rate and phagocyte phagocytosis in the normal mice and immunodepression mice(P

Objective To study an improved automated method for isolation and purification of large amounts of human pancreatic islets from large mammals,and try to create conditions for preparation and isolation of large amounts of human islets.Methods An improved automated system was used to isolate and purify panreatic islets of sogs.Under the general anaesthesia(GA) condition,the pancreas of the dogs was via in situ vascular perfused using cold HC-A solution and then removed en bloc with duodenum and spleen.Then they were placed in cold UW aolutian.Intraductal collagenase-Ⅴ and pefabloc(4 ℃) was delivered with controlled perfusion.lslets were dissociated in system of Ricordi Chamber and purified islets separated with Ficoll density gradient centrifugation under controlled temperature.Digestion time,islets remaining trapped in exocrine tissue,final islet purity,insulin and C-pep secretory activity,and islet recovery were observed.The purified islets were observed under light microscope and electronic microscope after 24 h culture.Results The digestion time rate was(25.0?6.0) min,islets remaining trapped in exocrine tissue was(9.4?2.4)%,final islet purify rate was(89.7?3.5)%,islet recovery after digestion was(17.2?3.6)?104 IEQ/pancreas.Islet recovery after purification was(8.3?2.0)?104IEQ/pancreas.Insulin and C-pep secretory activity of the purified islets and their ultrastructure after 24 h culture were ideal.Conclusions Our improved automated method and facilities for isolation of canine pancreatic islets are reliable,The morphology and function of the procured islets are excellent and they can foreseeably be used for large-scale preparation of huma islets for clinical use.

Objective Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE) is a common complication of SLE, whose path-ogenesis is not yet clear but associated with the alteration of cerebral blood flow ( CBF) in some studies.This study was to investigate the CBF alteration in SLE patients without overt neuropsychiatric symptoms by arterial spin labeling ( ASL) MRI. Methods Twenty-eight SLE patients without overt neuropsychiatric symptoms and 30 age-and sex-matched healthy controls underwent conventional MRI and ASL examinations, and all received such neuropsychologic tests as number connecting test-A ( NCT-A ) , digit symbol test ( DST ) , self-rating anxiety scale ( SAS ) , and self-rating depression scale ( SDS) .Independent sample-t test was used to detect the mean CBF in the whole brain, gray matter, and white matter of the SLE patients and healthy controls.The voxel-wise CBF maps of the two groups of subjects were further analyzed with the SPM8 software to compare the regional CBF between the two groups, followed by evaluation of the correlation between the regional CBF values and clinical markers. Results In comparison with the healthy controls, the SLE pa-tients showed significantly reduced CBF in the gray matter (40.5 ±3.7 vs 37.3 ±6.5, P=0.028) and the whole brain (38.0 ±3.5 vs 35.1 ±6.1, P=0.032), especially in the supplementary motor area and the adjacent middle cingulate, anterior cingulate, left medial frontal gyrus, left inferior frontal gyrus, and left insula (P<0.05, FWE corrected).The NCT-A score was negatively correlated with the CBF values of the left medial frontal gyrus (r=-0.402, P=0.032) and left inferior frontal gyrus (r=-0.382, P=0.045) of the SLE patients. Conclusion ASL and MRI showed significantly reduced cerebral blood flow in the SLE patient without overt neu-ropsychiatric manifestations, which was correlated with the change of the patient's cognitive function.

Objective To explore the MRI features of pelvic endometriosis outside the ovary.Methods 13 patients with pelvic endometriosis outside the ovary were imaged.Their clinical and imaging data were reviewed retrospectively.All cases were con-firmed by pathology.An enhanced MR using T1 WI sequence both in sagittal and transverse position was performed after T2 WI fat-suppression sequence and T1 WI sequence.Our MRI study was focused on the distribution of lesions locating in the deep pelvic cavity and abdominal wall,and the features of MRI signals .Results 13 lesions were found,in which 4 lesions located in the rectouterine pouch of Douglas,2 cases the bladder wall,2 cases the unilateral cystic inlet of ureter,1 case the anal canal wall,and 4 cases the ab-dominal wall.10(10/13)lesions were shown as solid nodules while 3(3/13)lesions as cyst-solid ones.All lesions showed moderate-ly heterogeneous enhancement.Conclusion Pelvic endometriosis outside the ovary mainly shows solid or cyst-solid lesions that lo-cates in the urinary,uterus,rectal wall and spaces around them.MR images show a higher value for the detection of the lesions out-side the ovary.

Objective To investigate the value of MSCT in evaluating pulmonary functional changes in silicosis.Methods 56 cases of silicosis and 10 healthy people(as control group) underwent inspiratory and expiratory MSCT scans and pulmonary functional test one week later.The CT findings including silicotic nodules,large opacity,emphysema,reticular opacities,bronchiectasis and air trapping were recorded and graded subjectively on CT images.Air retention and emphysema were quantified using the software of Pulmo.CT scores were correlated with spirometric findings by using spearman rank correlative analysis in comparison with pulmonary functional index.Results The scores of CT features except for reticular shadows were of significant difference between silicotic group and control group,but not between simple silicotic group and complex silicotic group.The scores of air retention and emphysema on CT were significantly negative correlation.The reticular shadows were of positive correlation with FEF 75%,FEF 50% and FEV1,but on correlation with FEV1/FVC.There were no correlation between the scores of silicotic nodules,bronchiectasis,large shadows and pulmonary functional test.There was obvious correlation between air retention,the scores of emphysema on CT and the index of pulmonary function in obstruction of small airway.Conclusion MSCT is of important value in evaluating the damage of pulmonary function in silicosis.