Objective Beta-amyloid (AB) plaque is one of the most important hallmarks of Alzhe-imer disease (AD). [N-methyl-11C]-[4'-methylaminophenyl]-6-hydroxybenzothiazole (11C-PIB) can have a strong binding potential (BP) of AB plaques in the brains of patients with dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT). This study was to investigate the value of rostral anterior cingnlate cortex (rACC) in diagnosing human AD with 11C-PIB PET imaging. Methods All the subjects were enrolled through ads by Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in USA. Clinical dementia rating (CDR) was the practical grading standard for AD. There were 129 cases of normal control (HC) with CDR =0 and 40 cases of AD patients with CDR >0 (but there were only 120 HC cases and 34 DAT patients with data of rACC PIB BP. All 169 cases had PIB BP data of other studied cerebral subregions). Brain subregions were localized with MRI. PET imaging was performed immediately after intravenous injection of11C-PIB. MRI and PET images were aligned and fused with the help of software. BP was calculated using the Logan graphical analysis and the cerebellar cortex as the reference tissue. The distribution characters of 11C-PIB BP in rACC were analyzed and compared with other brain subregions studied by other scholars with the same research cases. The corre-lation analysis, t-test or variance analysis were calculated with SPSS 11.5. Results rACC PIB BP of 120 HC and 34 AD patients was calculated, rACC PIB BP was statistically linear and positively correlated with CDR significantly (BP=0.2865±0.442,CDR=0.143±0.290,r=0.545,P<0.01). There was no sta-tistical difference among the rACC PIB BP of DAT patients (0.6719±0.1545 vs 0.8933±0.0880,inde-pendent-samples t-test in both groups of CDR =0.5and1, indicated t=-1.245,P>0.05), but signifi-cant difference was found between rACC PIB BPs of HC and DAT patients (0.1589±0.0219 vs 0.7370±0.1125, independent-samples t-test in both group of CDR=0 and>0,indicatedt=-7.998, P<0.01). The threshold of rACC PIB BP for differentiating DAT was 0.4592, greater than what could be thought as suffering from DAT with sensitivity 67.65 % (23/34) and specificity 88.33% (106/120). The BP values of both groups partially overlap each other. In all the studied cerebral subregions, the highest 3 subregions in mean PIB BP of DAT patients or in the difference of mean PIB BP between DAT patients and HC group were precuneus, rACC and prefrontal cortices. Conclusion rACC PIB BP can be used to differentiate DAT patients from normal persons; rACC, precuneus and prefrontal cortices are together the most sensitive brain subregions in the diagnosing DAT.

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Objective To analyze the differential expression of proteome between metastatic lymph nodes and normal lymph nodes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Methods Two dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(2-DE)technique and computer-assisted image analysis were used to separate the protein spots and analyze the differential expression of proteome in the metastatic lymph nodes and normal lymph nodes.Results There were 23 protein spots significantly differentially expressed,of which 4 protein spots were newly found,1 protein spot disappeared,14 protein spots increased markedly,and 4 protein spots decreased significantly.Conclusion The proteomic expression in metastatic lymph nodes of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is significantly different from that of the normal lymph nodes,which may be associated with the mechanism of metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective To study the diagnostic and prognostic values by magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) and computed tomography(CT) for investigation of infantile spasms(IS).Methods Fourty-two patients with IS were retrospectively reviewed by CT scan and MRI T1W,T2W and inversion recovery (IR) and MRA techniques.Results Fourteen cases were found abnormal in CT,including encephalatrophy,hemorrhage,gross malformation and lesions with underlying calcification;MRI studies of 24/28 cases showed that MRI was the most appropriate imaging technique in diagnosis of the underlying substrate of patients with IS and other epilepsies,particularly in periventricular leuko malacia(PL),delayedmyelination(DM),hypxic-ischemic encephalopathy(HIE),kernicterus,tuberous sclerosis(TS),hippocampal sclerosis(HS),brainstematrophy,heterotopia,corpus callosum and vascular malformation,et al.MRI was also valuable for determining the prognoses of IS,but it should be combined with the clinical symptom and ages. Conclusions MRI and CT are highly important for the investigation and treatment of patients with IS; MRI is much more sensitive to exploration of neuropathology of infatile spasms,such as PL,DM,HIE,kernicteus,HS,heterotopias and focally cortical dysplasia.

Objective To explore the relationships between erythropoietin( EPO), endothelin - 1 (ET - 1) and perinatal anoxia. Method ELISA was used to test cord blood EPO and ET-1 in 54 high risk neonates as subjects and 14 healthy neonates as controls.Results The cord blood EPO levels in amniotic fluids turbid Ⅲ degree group and group eclampsia/pre - eclampsia were higher than those in control group (t= 4.0842,3 680 allP

Objective To study the protection and mechanism of co-administration of vitamin E with coenzyme Q10(CoQ10) to valproate-associated hepatotoxicity in infantal rats.Methods The rat models were established by oral administration of valproic acid(VPA) in ablactation(21 days) Wistar rats,at doses of 500 mg/(kg?d) during 30 days,other groups received the same amount of VPA with phemobarbitone(PB) and co-administration with vitamin E and CoQ10.The changes of liver cell morphology and the blood coagulation test,as well as the contents of succinic dehydrogenase(SDH),cytochrome oxidase(CCO),cytochrome,the levels of glutothione(GSH) and malondial dehyde(MDA) in rat liver mitochondria were detected by chromatometry,HPLC,Oil-Red-O staining and electron microscope,respectively.Results 1.Average content of cytochrome aa3 in liver mitochondria of infantal rats were reduced by 58.80% and(61.80%) because of administration of VPA and VPA added with PB.The protection against the loss of cytochrome aa3 by coadministration of VitE and CoQ10 was obvious.As for activities of SDH and CCO,which affected by VPA and VPA added with PB in rats,were significantly lowered compared with control group(P

21 mmHg.The side effects,IOP and application of anti-glaucoma drugs were examined 1 h,1 d,1 week,1 month,3 months and 6 months after SLT. Results The IOP was significantly decreased 1 week,1 month,3 months and 6 months after SLT compared with that before treatment(P21 mmHg using two anti-glaucoma drugs,respectively. Conclusion SLT is a safe and effective method for IOP control in early CPACG after treatment with laser peripheral iridoplasty and laser iridectomy.