1.THE EXPLORATION OF PREVENTION OF WOUND INFECTION IN CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2001;24(3):16-17
Objective:To explore the timing and indications of preventive antibiotics-using cholecystectomy.Methods:304 cases of cholecystectomied patients were divided into 4 groups and compared.Results:Compare wound infection rate of preventive group with that of control group,χ2=8.5,P<0.01,with that of group having more infectious chance,χ2=7.1,P<0.01,with that of group having less infectious chance,χ2=0.4,P>0.05.Compare wound infection rate of all patients that have different preventive medicine-using time,χ2=0.02,P>0.05.Conclusion:preventive antibiotics-using in group having more infectious chance can decrease postoperative wound infection rate apparently.Medicine should be used from anesthesia induction period,and using time shouldn't excess 2 days.Of all medicines,gentamicin and metronidazole are preferable medicines to choose.
2.Construction of injectable tissue engineered cartilage in vitro
Dongwu WANG ; Liu YANG ; Xiaojun DUAN ; Zhong LI
Journal of Third Military Medical University 2003;0(11):-
Objective To observe the biological behavior of chondrocytes in chitosan based hydrogel in vitro and to evaluate the possibility of chitosan and glycerophosphate mixed gel using as injectable scaffolds in tissue engineering.Methods A novel injectable thermosetting gel was made of chitosan and glycerophosphate mixture.Chondrocytes isolated by enzymic digestion from the articular cartilage of the young rabbits aged 3-4 weeks were cultured in monolayer system.After primary culture and subculturing,the cells were seeded in chitosan based gel in concentration of 5?10~7/ml in vitro.Characteristics of chondrocytes during 4-week culture were observed with invert microscope.MTT was used to detect the seed growth after one-week culture.In 4th week,after haematoxylin eosine and toluidine blue staining,the artifical cartilage was performed type Ⅱ collagen immunohistochemistry and observed by scanning electron microscope.Results Chondrocytes retained their round morphology,multiplied,and produced matrix in chitosan and glycerophosphate mixture gels.The results of immunohistochemistry were strongly positive.Conclusion That most chondrocytes appeared to occupy large areas of rough chitosan based gels,guarantees a suitable environment where chondrocytes secrete matrix macromolecules and preserve their round morphology in vitro.Chitosan and glycerophosphate mixture gel may be a vehicle for injectable tissue-engineered cartilage.
3.The Effect of Curcumin on Breast Cancer Cells.
Journal of Breast Cancer 2013;16(2):133-137
Curcumin, which is extracted from the plant Curcuma longa, has been used in the therapeutic arsenal for clinical oncology. Curcumin has chemopreventive and antitumoral activities against some aggressive and recurrent cancers. The expressions and activities of various proteins, such as inflammatory cytokines and enzymes, transcription factors, and gene-products linked with cell survivals and proliferation, can be modified by curcumin. Moreover, curcumin decreases the toxic effect of mitomycin C. Though curcumin has shown highly cytotoxic to some cancer cell lines, curcumin is insoluble and instable in water. The solubility of curcumin could be enhanced by utilizing the solubilizing properties of rubusoside. In addition, the selective delivery of synthetic analogs or nanotechnology-based formulations of curcumin to tumors may improve the chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic effects. The focus of this short review is to describe how curcumin participates in antitumor processes in breast cancer cells.
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4.Rheumatoid arthritis with Castleman-like histopathology in lymph nodes:A case report
Dongwu LIU ; Jie CHEN ; Mingli GAO ; Jing YU
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2024;56(5):928-931
Rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is a common chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease,charac-terized by persistent polyarthritis.Patients with RA may exhibit varying degrees of B lymphocyte activa-tion,clinically manifested as enlarged lymph nodes.Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and glu-cocorticoid are often used to treat RA.Biological agents targeting tumor necrosis factor alpha,interleukin-6(IL-6),and B lymphocytes are often used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.Castleman disease(CD)is a rare benign lymphoproliferative disorder.Histopathological examination is the most important method to diagnose this disease.Based on the different lymph node involvement areas CD can be divided into uni-centric CD(UCD)and multicentric CD(MCD).Surgical removal of lymph nodes is a common treatment method for UCD.MCD often requires chemotherapeutic drugs combined with glucocorticoid therapy.For the most recent years,biological agents targeting IL-6 and B lymphocytes have shown good curative effects on CD.In the past,patients with rheumatic immune disease accompanied by Castleman like histo-pathology in lymph nodes were commonly referred to as rheumatic immune disease combined with CD.In 2021,experts unanimously agreed that autoimmune diseases with Castleman like lymphadenopathy should be diagnosed as rheumatic autoimmune diseases with Castleman like histopathology in lymph nodes.This report introduces a 65-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis who was admitted to the hospital due to joint swelling and pain.Physical and chemical examinations after admission showed that rheuma-toid arthritis was in an active phase.Chest CT revealed multiple enlarged lymph nodes in the right arm-pit.Then it was removed by surgery.The histopathological report showed that the lymphatic sinus disappeared,the lymphoid tissue proliferated,the lymphoid follicles increased,and the size was incon-sistent.The small lymphocytes around the germinal centers of some follicles were concentric circles,and the follicular interstitial blood vessels proliferated.She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis with Cas-tleman like histopathology in lymph nodes and was treated with methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine sul-fate combined with glucocorticoids.The patient was followed up for 2 years.In the first year after sur-gery,the patient's condition remained stable and there was no growth of lymph nodes in the right axilla.The patient passed away due to severe infection in the second year after the surgery.