Sclerosing cholangitis includes a spectrum of chronic, variably progressive cholestatic liver disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and stricture of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. Sclerosing cholangitis can be divided into primary sclerosing cholangitis of unidentified etiology and secondary sclerosing cholangitis caused by various identifiable etiologies, including immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, ischemic cholangitis, acquired immunodeficiency syndromerelated cholangitis and eosinophilic cholangitis. In this article, we describe the imaging findings of the various spectrums of sclerosing cholangitis with anemphasis on a systemic approach in differential diagnosis. It is very important for magnetic resonance cholangiography and endoscopic cholangiography in imaging diagnosis and differential diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis. We also discuss the clinical significance and therapeutic options for treating sclerosing cholangitis.

The liver specific contrast agent gadolinium ethoxybenzyldiethylenetriaminepe ntaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA) is routinely used in clinical magnetic resonance imaging. It combines assessment of tissue perfusion during the vascular phase with hepatocyte specific imaging during the hepatobiliary phase. This combination of imaging properties has been shown to provide excellent results in the detection and differentiation of liver lesions. The enhancement characteristics of Gd-EOB-DTPA in hepatocellular carcinoma, regenerative nodules and degenerated nodules were summarized in this review. Liver cell specific contrast agent can further improve the diagnostic ability.

Objective To evaluate gastric bypass on relieving type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods From September 2009 to September 2010,Thirty two cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients underwent gastric bypass operation in Xijing Hospital.Preoperative FBG,2hPG,HbAlc,weight,blood pressure and fatty liver were compared with that on 1 month,6 months,12 months after operation. Result There was no significant postoperative complications.FBG on 1 month,6 months,12 months postop and preoperative level was respectively 7.8 ± 2.2,7.7 ± 2.2,7.2 ± 1.8 and 11.1 ± 2.7 ( mmol/L),P ＜ 0.05.2hPG was 10.2 ± 2.6,10.5±2.8,10.5 ±3.1 and 14.0 ±3.5 (mmoL/L),P＜0.05.HbAlc was 7.6％ ±1.4％,7.5％ ± 1.7％,7.1％ ±1.9％ and9.0％±2.3％,P＜0.05.FBG[(6.9±1.5) mmol/L],2hPG[(10.0±3.2) mmol/L] and HbAlc[ (6.9％ ± 1.9％ ) ] on 12 months after operation were lower than preoperative[ FBG ( 10.7 ± 2.9 ) mmol/L,2hPG ( 14.3 ± 4.1 ) mmol/L,HbAlc ( 8.8％ ± 2.0％ ) ] in patients with BMI ＜25 kg/m2 (P ＜ 0.05 ).In patients with preoperative BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2,FBG ( 7.5 ± 2.3 ) mmol/L,2hPG ( 11.3 ±2.9) mmol/L HbAlc (7.3％ ± 1.9％ ),12 mos pest were lower than that of preoperative levels of [FBG(11.7 ±2.3) mmol/L,2hPG(13.5 ±2.4) mmol/L,HbAlc(9.2％ ±2.7％)] (P ＜0.05).Postoperative blood pressure became normal in 5 out of 6 patients complicating preoperative high blood pressure as evaluated on 12 months after operation. Fatty liver ameliorated in 8 out of 17 patients.Conclusions Gastric bypass significantly improves glycometabolism and comorbidity in type 2 diabetes patients.

砄bjective: To investigate Human telomerase reverse transcriptase(hTRT) mRNA expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC) and the relationship between hTRT activity and proliferation cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) expression.Methods: The expression of hTRT mRNA and PCNA was detected by in situ mRNA hybridization and immuno histochemical technique in 52 cases of OSCC and 22 cases of OSCC adjacent tissues including histologically normal mucosas and dysplastic lesions. Results: hTRT mRNA was observed in 82.7% cases of OSCC, 41.7% of dysplasia and 20% of normal mucosa( P

Objective To explore the typing,precaution and treatment of the bone cement leakage caused by percutaneous vertebroplasty(PVP).Methods PVP was performed in 38 cases(11 men and 27 women) with vertebral angioma and vertebral body compression fracture with osteoporosis chosen from November 2002.Results All the patients were followed up for 8 to 16 months and the effects were evaluated by the standards carried out by World Health Organization(WHO).The rate of complete response(CR) plus partial response(PR) was 100 percent.The patients with bone cement leakage by PVP were divided into 3 groups which underwent different remedial methods respectively.Conclusion The bone cement leakage could be prevented through the preoperative preparation,choosing the anaesthesia and scouting the whole operation.The patients with TypeⅠ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ_a needn't treatment,but those with type Ⅲ_b must accept open-operation.Vertebral eggshell technology with open vertebroplasty was effective on the treatment of the bone cement leakage with type Ⅲ_b caused by PVP.

Objective To explore a kind of biomedical signal pattern (BSP) with a new method called as state representation methodology (SRM ) .Methods Based on the heart sound signals ,ECG signals ,breathing ,as the important research problem for BSP description ,with some comparisons on several traditional methods ,in which support vector machines (SVM ) and response sur-face methodology (RSM ) etc .,using frequency slice wavelet transform (FSWT ) method to extract the BSP signal dynamic damping characteristics ,thus ,this paper proposes a new idea of SRM analysis .In the case of heart sound signal analysis ,the general steps of SRM evaluation method is given .Results In 40 cases of normal heart sounds SRM model is set up ,with 80 cases of abnormal heart sounds are compared ,the obvious differences of the SRM state distributions of the two groups are found .Conclusion The combi-nation of SRM with FSWT can provide a novel approach for BSP analysis ,and provide powerful development tool for the analysis of BSP .

Objective To investigate the relationship of the beneficial effect of CsA on vascular reactivity to Rho-kinase,protein kinase C ( PKC) and mitochondrial permeability transition pore ( MPTP) in traumatic hemorrhagic shock rats. Methods With traumatic hemor-rhagic shock rats and hypoxia-treated vascular smooth muscle cells ( VSMCs) ,the role of Rho-kinase and PKC in CsA-regulating vascular re-activity following shock and their relationship to MPTP was observed. Meanwhile,the effects of CsA on inflammatory mediators including TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 were also studied. Results CsA significantly improved the vascular reactivity of superior mesenteric artery following hemor-rhagic shock. Rho-kinase inhibitor Y27632 significantly antagonized CsA-induced increase of vascular reactivity,while PKC inhibitor stauros-porine had no significant influences on the effects of CsA. Further studies showed that CsA and Rho-kinase agonist U46619 inhibited the o-pening of MPTP in hypoxia-treated VSMCs. In addition,shock induced a significant increase of TNF-αand IL-1β,but CsA did not show a sig-nificant inhibitory effect on their level. Conclusion CsA-induced restoration of vascular reactivity following traumatic hemorrhagic shock via inhibiting MPTP opening,and Rho-kinase participate in this process.

The effects of solid-state fermentation (SSF) and submerged fermentation (SmF) and the addition of olive oil on the whole-cell lipase production by Rhizopus chinensis CCTCC M201021 were investigated.Compared with SSF, higher biomass, hydrolytic activity and synthetic activity were observed in SmF.By the addition of olive oil, the synthetic activity of whole-cell lipase in both fermentations was enhanced significantly, especially in SmF, while the biomass and the hydrolytic activity were also increased.Hence, olive oil serves as both carbon source and the inducer of lipases in fermentation.It was also found that the synthetic activity of whole-cell lipase was not accordant to the hydrolytic activity during both SmF and SSF, suggesting that isoenzymes with difference in lipase properties may be produced by Rhizopus chinensis.

Objective To investigate the clinical significance and changes of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S100 protein in blood serum in patients with enterovirus 71 infection.Methods A total of 176 children with enterovirus 71 infection admitted from March 1,2012 through October 31,2012 were enrolled for a prospective and control study.According to diagnostic criteria of the enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection instituted by expert consensus for treatment of severe patients sets in 2011,the patients were divided into three groups:mild group (n =62),severe group (n =65) and critically care group (n =49),and another 30 healthy children served as control group.The demographics of patients including age and sex were comparable between control group and the sick children groups.Four milliliter of peripheral blood were taken from ill children on the first day before treatment and on the first,second,third day after treatment.The blood samples of healthy children were taken on the first day after physical examination.At the same time,the clinical data of blood routine,blood biochemistry,myocardial enzymes and C-reactive protein during the first 24 hours were collected.Immunohistochemical technique was used to study the change of NSE and S100 levels in serum.Data were expressed in mean ± standard deviation ((x) ± s) and were statistically analyzed by using SPSS 13.0 statistical software.Comparisons were carried out among different groups with one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and between groups were performed with the Student t test.Changes were considered as statistically significant if P values was less than 0.05.Results ①Compared with mild group and control group,the levels of NSE and S100 protein were significantly higher in severe group and critically care group (P ＜0.05).②The serum levels of NSE and S100 protein in severe group were higher than in those in mild group with better outcomes (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The serum levels of NSE and S100 protein as biomarkers can be used to evaluate the severity of EV71 infection,and can also be used to determine the efficacy of treatment.

Objective To study metabolism of polyunsantured fatty acid (PUFA) and to investigate the relationship between different PUFA compositions and △6 desaturase (D6D) activity in colorectal carcinoma (CRC).Methods Fresh frozen malignant CRC tissues were obtained from 61 patients and blood samples were detected in 38 patients.The PUFA composition in these samples was determined by gas-liquid chromatography on a capillary column.The fatty acid product-to-precursor ratios in blood and tissue as estimates of desaturase activity (D6D activity index),and its relationship with the ratios between different PUFA compositions were investigated.Results Metabolism of ω-6 PUFA dominated in PUFA metabolism path.The ratio of ω-6/ω-3 PUFA was 4.89 in blood samples and 10.15 in tissues.The ratio of LA/ALA was 101.92 in blood samples and 86.16 in tissues.The ratio of ω-6/ω-3 LC-PUFA was 2.86 in blood samples and 4.51 in tissues.The D6D activity index in ω-6 PUFA metabolic processes both in tissues (t =1 1.609,P =0.00) and blood samples (t =-9.151,P =0.00) were higher than that in ω-3 PUFA.Conclusion In colorectal carcinoma,the ω-6 PUFA metabolic not only plays an important role in the metabolism of PUFA,but also is more active than the ω-3 PUFA metabolic,and in some way links to the development of tumorigenesis in CRC.