Female ; Hamartoma ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Mouth Diseases ; Palate, Soft

Objective To observe the expression of OBR and NPY in mouse hypothalamus.Methods In mouse hypothalamus,the location and coexpression of OBR and NPY were observed with immunohistochemistry and double immunohistochemistry.Results OBR positive cells distributed as clump in hypothalamus ME,ARC and VMN,having obscure boundary.OBR positive cells were also present in choroid plexus,brain ependymal layer cell and vascular endothelial cells.In hypothalamus ARC,NPY positive neurons were present with bright red color in cell plasma.The NPY positive neurons were found as round or ellipse,having many neurites.NPY positive fibers were present in ME.In double immunohistochemistry result,the coexpression of OBR and NPY showed black color,because that OBR positive cells showed brown purple or dark purple granula near the NPY positive neurons.Conclusion OBR distributed in ME,ARC,VMN of mouse hypothalamus,choroid plexus,brain ependymal layer cells and vascular endothelial cells.Meanwhile NPY also distributed in ME,ARC,cerebral cortex and hippocampus and so on.Moreover the coexpression of OBR and NPY was present in mouse hypothalamus ARC.

Objective To abserve the acute toxicity in mice administered with Wuweizi Ningshen oral liquid.Methods The maximum administration dosage(MAD)of Wuweizi Ningshen oral liquid were determined by administration intragastricly in mice.Wuweizi Ningshen oral liquid was administered for 2 weeks,and the growth condition,body weight growth and index of main viscera were measured.Results The index of growth condition,body weight growth and index of main viscera were in normal ranges.Conclusion It could be concluded that Wuweizi Ningshen oral liquid is safe to be administered in the dose prescribed.

Objective To analyze the validity of Caprini venous thrombosis risk assessment model (Caprini RAM) in the tunneled cuffed dialysis catheters (TCCs) dysfunction patients with central venous thrombosis (CVT).Methods A total of 187 maintenance hemodialysis patients with TCCs dysfunction admitted to West China Hospital of Sichuan University from January 2013 to September 2016 were analyzed retrospectively.According to the chest computed tomography venography results,patients were divided into CVT group and non CVT group.Their general clinical data (age,gender,primary diseases,history of dialysis access,etc.),blood biochemical data (hemoglobin,serum albumin,blood lipid,etc.) and 40 risk factors of Caprini RAM were collected.Caprini RAM scores were computed for risk stratification of thrombosis.Two groups were compared to analyze the value of Caprini RAM in these patients by statistics.Results One hundred and twenty CVT patients and sixty-seven non CVT patients were enrolled.In CVT group the duration of dialysis,hemoglobin and hematocrit were higher than those in non CVT group (all P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference between the two groups in gender,age,primary diseases,duration of catheter dependence,catheter tip position,usage of urokinase (all P ＞ 0.05).The average score of Caprini RAM in CVT group and non CVT group did not show statistical difference (6.23+ 1.81 vs 6.19+ 1.95,P=0.913).All patients were stratified into higher risk level and highest risk level according to Caprini RAM.Higher risk level patients accounted for 18.18％ and highest risk level patients accounted for 81.82％.As patients with inequable Caprini RAM scores,their incidence of CVT did not differ statistically (x2=0.105,P=0.746).CVT incidence rate of higher risk level patients was 61.76％,and of highest risk level patients was 64.70％.Conclusions Caprini RAM verifies that maintenance hemodialysis patients with TCCs dysfunction have high risk of venous thrombosis,but this model fails to distinguish patients between CVT group and non CVT group.Its clinical diagnosis is relatively limited and needs to be further explored.

Objective To explore the relationship of GFAP, NDKA and PARK7 serum concentrations of patients with IS, and their diagnose and prognosis value in IS. MethodsThe serum concentrations of GFAP, NDKA and PARK7 were detected in 37 IS patients, 28 ICH patients and and 30 healthy persons by ELISA. These indexes of patients were detected in 12 hours, 3 d and 14th day after onset of ischemic stroke. Their neurological injury status were also evaluated by MESSS at corresponding time points, and their activities of daily living were evaluated by BI at 14 d discharge from hospitaL At the same time, the diagnostic efficiency was analysed for IS using the three biomarkers and the combined detection. ResultsIn IS group, the serum concentrations of GFAP in 12 hours, 3rd and 14th day after onset were (5. 49 ±2. 25 )μg,/L, (5. 17 ± 2. 29) μg/L and (5. 96 ± 2.39 ) μg/L, respectively. The serum concentrations of NDKA were 9. 15(6.28 -12.79) μg/L, 9. 13(6.31 - 12.23) μg/L, 9.31(6.40 - 11.83) μg/L respectively,and the serum concentrations of PARK7 were (32. 71 ±6. 34 ) μg/L, (31.23 ±6. 04) μg/L, (32. 79 ±6. 94) μg/L respectively. The serum levels of GFAP, NDKA and PARK were respectively (4. 62 ± 1. 56)μg/L, 4. 24(3. 30 -5. 61 ) μg/L, ( 14. 25 +2. 65) μg/L in healthy control group. The levels in IS groups were remarkably increased compared with the healthy control group except the level of GFAP in the 3rd day (t = 1. 129, P＞0. 05). The levels in other time points were significantly different between patients group and healthy control. t value of GFAP were respectively 2. 642, 1. 870,P＜0. 05; Z value of NDKA were 6. 173, 6.100, 6.278,P ＜0. 01; t value of PARK7 were 14.964, 15.367,16.060, P ＜0. 01. The specificity and sensitivity of the individual detection for diagnosis of IS was 46. 7％ (14/30) and 81.1％( 30/37 ) for GFAP, 90. 0％ ( 27/30 ) and 78.4％ ( 29/37 ) for NDKA, 96. 7％ (29/30) and 97.3％ ( 36/37 )for PARK7. The specificity and sensitivity for combined detection of 3 biomarkers was 96. 7％ (29/30) and 100％ (37/37). The combined detection achieved better specificity and sensitivity. Moreover, the risk of IS with higher level GFAP was 1. 3 times that of the controls ( OR = 1. 300, P = 0. 044 ). The risk of higher NDKA was 1.7 times higher( OR = 1. 668, P = 0. 036 ). The risk of higher PARK7 was 1.8 times higher (OR = 1. 809, P =0. 005 ). The serum levels of GFAP were significantly different between IS and ICH in 12 h(t= 4.097, P=0.000). The serum concentrations of GFAP, NDKA and PARK7 were positively correlated with MESSS score at different time points. In IS, r value were 0. 534, 0. 482, 0. 357 , P ＜ 0. 05at less than 12 h; r value were 0.433, 0.487, 0. 299,P value were 0. 007, 0. 002, 0.073 at 3 d;r value were 0. 394, 0. 200, 0. 084,P value were 0.016, 0. 236, 0.620 at 14 d. And the serum levels of GFAP,NDKA and PARK7 were negatively correlated with BI score at 14th day, r value were -0. 430, -0. 321,-0.076,P value were 0.044,0.050,0.657. Conclusions The concentrations of GFAP, NDKA and PARK7 in serum are closely related with IS. The increased seruro levels of these indexes are risk factors in IS. The detection of these indexes could be helpful for the early diagnosis, timely treatment and prognosis assessment for IS.

OBJECTIVETo analyze the genetic difference of biological characters on germplasm resources of Sophora alopecuroides.

METHODTwenty-three populations of S. alopecuroides from Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolian were used to analyze the seed size, 1 000-grain weight, and germination characteristics and so on.

RESULTIt showed that there were significant differences in seed size, 1 000-grain weight and the vitality of seeds. The biggest seed of S. alopecuroides was 4.7 mm x 3.5 mm, and the smallest was 3.8 mm x 2.9 mm, and the 1 000-grain weight was 15-26 g. Results of seeds vitality in 8 populations indicated that the highest vitality of seeds were No. 103 and No. 122. The germination index was 36.51 and 36.24 respectively, and the vitality index was 1 323.49 and 1 274.56. The coefficient of variation in seed traits exceeded 10% except the seed size.

CONCLUSIONThere are some differences and different heredity background in various S. alopecuroides germplasm resources.

0.05. Conclusion The tumour chemosensitivity test in vitro gave some prediction and guidances for the clinic chemotherapy,and it could discover the drug resisting cases.The combined chemotherapy should be selected for gastric carcino- ma patients.

BACKGROUND: As dental implants, pure titanium and Ti-6Al-4V has achieved broad clinical applications, but they also contain toxic vanadium and aluminum element. Moreover, their elastic modulus is so high as to produce stress shield. OBJECTIVE: To examine the micro-hardness and elastic modulus of the self-made Ti-30Nb-8Zr-2Mo titanium alloy. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: An observational experiment was performed at the laboratory of College of Material Science and Engineering at Hebei University of Technology between March 2003 and February 2006. MATERIALS: Titanium alloy was prepared using titanium sponge (≥ 99% purify), niobium strip (≥ 99.9% purify), molybdenum powder (≥ 99% purify) and zirconium sponge (≥ 99.4% purify).METHODS: The micro-hardness of the specimens was determined after uniformly annealing, hot-forging and solution. Compression test was conducted on post-aging samples. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hardness and stress-strain curve.RESULTS: The maximal alloy strength was obtained after solution under 800 ℃ for 0.5 hours. Post-aging alloy's hardness was improved significantly although little change occurred on solution alloy. Compressive strength of alloy samples was 1 054 MPa, while elastic modulus reached 16.5 GPa. CONCLUSION: Both micro-hardness and elastic modulus of the self-made Ti-30Nb-8Zr-2Mo titanium alloy have satisfied performance requirements for dental implant materials.

Objective To observe the effect of PM10 (inhalable particles) in moxa smoke on apoptosis of human lung adenocarcinoma cell line-A549 cells, and explore the possible mechanisms of inducing apoptosisMethods The A549 cells were studied in vitro experiment method, which were stained by Hoechest33258 staining method. Their morphological changes of apoptosis were observed by the fluorescence microscopy. The levels of intracellular Ca2+ and reactive oxygen species (ROS), and expression of NF-κB p65 were also measured.Results Some apoptotic cells were observed after treated with moxa smoke PM10 in the concerntration of 400μg/mL. After 4 hours intervention by moxa smoke PM10 in A549 cells, the intracellular Ca2+ level increased significantly (P<0.01). Compared with the blank control group, the expression of NF-κB p65 decreased significantly (P<0.05) after intervention of moxa smoke PM10 with different concerntrations for 4 hours. When the A549 cells were cultured with moxa smoke PM10 for 20 hours, the expression of p65 decreased significantly (P<0.05) in the concerntrations of 70, 280μg/mL, while there was no significant change in the concerntration of 140μg/mL (P>0.05). Compared with the blank control group, ROS level was significantly lower (P<0.05) in A549 cells after intervention of moxa smoke PM10.Conclusion PM10 in moxa smoke could induce apoptosis of A549 cells, could increase cytosolic Ca2+ level.

BACKGROUND: Interleukin-1 (IL-1β) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1 ) can mediate neutrophilic infiltration, which is closely relevant to cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of physcion on cerebral inflammatory reaction after ischemia-reperfusion injury.DESIGN: A completely randomized study based on animals.SETTING: Neurological department in a university hospital.MATERIALS: From September to December 2003, the study was conducted in the Animal Laboratory, Hebei Staff and Workers Medical College. Totally 91 healthy male SD rats, supplied by Laboratory Animal Center of Hebei Medical University, were used in the experiments. They were divided into sham operation (SO) group, ischemia-reperfusion group, normal control group, 20 mg/kg physcion group and 40 mg/kg physcion group.Each of the former two groups would be divided into 4 subgroups named as the 6th-hour-after-reperfusion group, the 12th-hour-after-reperfusion group, the 24th-hour-after-reperfusion group and the 48th-hour-after-reperfusion group. Each of the latter two groups were divided into 2 subgroups named as the 12thhour-after-reperfusion group and the 24th-hour-after-reperfusion group. Each subgroup contained 7 rats.INTERVENTIONS: Middle cerebral artery occlusion model (MCAO model) was applied, and IL-1β was measured by radioimmunoassay and ICAM-1 was detected by immunohistochemical staining.MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: The IL-1 β level and the positive expression of ICAM-1 in the rats' cerebella were observed.RESULTS: Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rats reached its peak 6 hours after reperfusion, and then it decreased gradually. In the 12-hour-after-reperfusion subgroup amd the 24-hour-after-reperfusion subgroup of the 40 mg/kg physcion group, and the 12-hour-after-reperfusion subgroup of the 20 mg/kg physcion group, IL-1β in the injured parts of the cerebella decreased dramatically, compared with MCAO model controls ( P＜ 0.01 ). In the normal control group and SO group, a small quantity of ICAM-1 was detected in rat' s cerebral cortex, and some fulvous staining substance was observed in the plasma and membrane of cerebral vascular endothelium cells. In the cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury group, positive staining substance could be observed 24 hours after the reperfusion, then darkened gradually (integral absorbency value: 31.89 ± 4.38, area density value: 0. 018 5 ± 0. 003 1). In the 12-hour-after-reperfusion subgroup of the 40 mg/kg physcion group (integral absorbency value: 13.33 ±6. 12, area density value: 0. 007 6 ± 0. 002 2) and the 24-hour-after-reperfusion subgroup of the 40 mg/kg physcion group (integral absorbency value: 20.04 ±4.65,area density value: 0. 012 9 ±0. 003 6), and in the 24-hour-after-reperfusion subgroup of the 20 mg/kg physcion group (integral absorbency value:23.73 ±4.51 area density value: 0. 014 1 ±0. 003 8), expressions of ICAM-1 around the infarctions significantly decreased as compared with those in the MCAO model controls respectively ( P ＜ 0.01 or P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION: Physcion tends to decrease the expressing of IL-1β and ICAM-1 in a cerebellum after ischemia-reperfusion injury, thus, it may help alleviate the ischemia-reperfusion injury.