Objective To simulate the mechanical environment of cells in vivo and study cellular signal transduction mechanisms. Methods A device was developed which could provide high cell yield, control the time, strain magnitude, direction and frequency of stretch, and applied 10% cyclic strain to cell culture substrate with stretch frequency at 1Hz. Results After being stretched, morphology and cytoskeleton of cells were altered. The major axis of cells and the alignment of stress fibers were vertical to the orientation of cyclic stretch. Conclusion This device provides versatile options for the study on the cellular responses of mechanical loading.

Adult ; Cholesteatoma ; congenital ; Female ; Humans ; Temporal Bone

Humans ; Vision Disorders/etiology* ; Visual Acuity

Design of structurally-novel drug molecules with deep learning can overcome the technical bottleneck of classical computer-aided drug design. It has become the frontier of new technique research on drug design, and has shown great potential in drug research and development practice. This review starts from the basic principles of deep learning-driven de novo drug design, goes on with the brief introduction to deep molecular generation techniques as well as computational tools and the analysis on representative successful cases, and eventually provides our perspective for future direction and application prospect about this technique. This review will provide ideas on new technique research and references for new drug research and development practice to which this technique is applied.

Three strains having degrading poly(?-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB) activity were isolated from activated sludge of different ecological environments and areas,named DS9701, DS9710 and DS9713.The properties of PHB depolymerase produced by DS9701, DS9710 and DS9713 were studied. All the PHB depolymerases are extracellular enzyme and are induced enzyme. The time that enzyme activities of the PHB depolymerases reach the maximum is 96 hours after inoculation. The apparent optimal temperature range for crude enzymes extract is 40℃～45℃.

Conidial suspension was obtained from the Penicillium sp. DS9713a which could decompose PHB. Through screening a lot of mutants with the methods of transparent zones and flask culture, five strains were selected from starting strain treated with UV and their activity were higher than the original .The best mutant strain named DS9713a-CS01, it's enzyme activity was as 197.42% high as that of the original ,furthermore, the characters of crude enzyme were studied.

A systematic review was undertaken, including studies that evaluated the incidence of the blood system adverse events of Tripterygium wilfordii (TWP). Medline, Embase and the Cochrane library were searched for relevant studies, including RCT, cohort studies and case series, of patients treated with TWP published in English and Chinese from inception up until May 25th, 2013 with the keywords including "Tripterygium wilfordii", "toxicity", "reproductive", "side effect", "adverse", "safety" and "tolerability". Relevant information was extracted and the incidence of the blood system adverse events was pooled with MetaAnalyst software. Besides, subgroup and sensitivity analyses were performed based on age, mode of medicine, observation time and disease system. According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 49 articles were included in the meta-analysis, they were split into 54 researches incorporated in the analysis. There is a large degree of heterogeneity among the studies, so data was analyzed using random-effects model and the summary estimates of incidence of the blood system adverse events was 6.1%. The weighted combined incidence of three major blood system adverse events were white-blood cells decreasing 5.6% (95% CI, 4.3% - 7.3%), hemoglobin decreasing 1.7% (95% CI, 0.5% - 5.0%) and platelet decreasing 1.8% (95% CI, 1.0% - 3.1%), respectively . Sensitivity analyses based on 45 studies with high quality showed the combined value was close to the summary estimate of total 54 studies. The current evidence indicates that the incidence of the blood system adverse events induced by TWP was high; attentions should be paid on to the prevention and treatment of the blood system adverse events.
Blood Cells ; drug effects ; Hemoglobins ; analysis ; Humans ; Tripterygium ; adverse effects

Objective To explore nursing measure in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induced by pulmonary infection after kidney transplantation.Methods To analyze nursing measure in 24 patients with ARDS induced by pulmonary infection after kidney transplantation from year 2003 to 2009.Results Among 24 patients, 15 patients recovered and left hospital, 7 patients died and 2 patients abandoned treatment.Conclusions The patient with ARDS induced by pulmonary infection after kidney transplantation should be under strict surveillance, and given strict sterilization, early positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilation, psychological nursing, fundamental nursing and nutrition support, these will do great help for the patients' recovery.

Objective To study the attitude and knowledge of pulmonary tuberculosis among clinical nurses,so as to provide reference evidence for launching targeted tuberculosis special training.Methods Convenience sampling was adopted to investigate 375 nurses in Grade A hospital with tuberculosis questionnaire.Results The average score of related knowledge of pulmonary tuberculosis among clinical nurses was ( 18.71 ±3.45) with a medium level,and the dimensions score of protection measure,medicine control was lower and respectively was (3.88 ± 1.25 ) and (4.15 ± 1.11 ).The average score of attitude among nurses was (40.08 ±6.01) with a medium level.The tuberculosis nursing experience,attitude and titles were the important influencing factors of knowledge score ( P＜ 0.05 ),and the attitude of pulmonary tuberculosis was positively correlated with knowledge and training(r =0.187,0.122,respectively ;P ＜0.05 ).Conclusions The knowledge of pulmonary tuberculosis among nurses is incomprehensive,ss it is important to strengthen the training on the knowledge of tuberculosis and improve nurses' attitude for the tuberculosis patients,and fully play their role in the prevention and treatment of the pulmonary tuberculosis.

OBJECTIVE: To study the characters of oscillatory potentials (OPs) of electroretinogram (ERG) after methanol intoxication in rats. METHOD: The SD rat models of methanol intoxication were established and divided into control group, 3-day intoxication group, 7-day intoxication group. The changes of OPs of ERG were recorded in a dark room. RESULTS: The total amplitudes of 3-day and 7-day intoxication groups decreased approximately 50% compared with that of the control group, while the schedule delayed approximately 16% and 61%, respectively. CONCLUSION The characters of methanol intoxication in rats included delay in schedule and decline in the total amplitude of OPs.
Animals ; Electroretinography ; Methanol/poisoning* ; Rats ; Retina/physiopathology*