Congenital vahular aortic stenosis (AS),which refers to a congenital malformation of the aortic valve,is the most common causes of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in chiidren.In 1983,percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (PBAV) was firstly described as the treatment for congenital AS in children.Over the past 30 years advancement in technique and equipment had radically improved the safety and outcome of balloon valvuloplasty of aortic valve.Nowadays the technique is widely regarded as the therapy of first choice for children with congenital AS.However,it is essential to make decisions about treatment and define which approach has the best chance of success for any given patient before the initial intervention,especially for the neonate with critical AS.PBAV is usually effective for acutely relieving left ventricular outflow obstruction and has excellent short term results in most childen with congenital AS.The mid-and long-trem outcome after a successful balloon dilation of congenital AS in childhood is also good,but late restenosis and valve regurgitation eventually necessitate reintervention in the majority of children,which included aortic valve replacement.PBAV was found to have a high incidence of complications and remains one of the most challenging procedures in the inttcventional therapy of congenital heart disease.Operators should not only acquire the necessary manual skills,but also have the ability to make sound clinical judgment and deal with critical events.Owing to its palliative nature of balloon dilation for congenital AS,the follow-up care of patients after procedure is quite important.

Endometrial cancer ( EC) is one of the most common gynecological cancer ,of which the molecular biolog-ical mechanisms is very complex .In recent years, it has been reported that the abnormally regulated PI 3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway is significantly related with endometrial cancer .The mutation and abnormal activation of the receptors and kinase of the PI 3 K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway is a potential therapeutic target of endometrial cancer .

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Objective To observe the abnormality on behavioral ability of transgenic mice for HRX-EEN fusion gene.Methods Transgenic mice for HRX-EEN fusion gene(transgenic group,n=12)and C57/BL mice(control group,n=12)were tested in hidden platform training(day 1 to day 4)and probe trial testing(day 5)in Morris water maze in which ability of spatial learning and retention was assessed.Results In hidden platform training,the latencies of transgenic group were longer than those in control group,and significant differences were observed between the two groups for day 2,3 and 4(P

Based on avian leukosis virus ( ALV) p19 gene terminal nucleotide sequence, a 82 bp double-stranded DNA fragment was chemically synthesized and cloned into the expression vector pGEMEX-1. The sequencing result indicated th at the cloned fragment was a correct version of the one designed both in nucleot ide sequence and in its open reading frame. The recombinant was used to transfor m E.coli BL21 (DE3). The cloned fragment was expressed as a fused protein wi th T7 gene 10 leader peptide and was shown to be 34 kD in size on SDS-PAGE gel when induced with 1 mmol/L IPTG. The expression product was able to bind immunol ogically to rabbit anti-ALV serum in Western-blot assay and is being tested to differentiate exogenous from endogenous ALV.

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Adolescent ; Blood Glucose ; analysis ; Blood Pressure ; Body Mass Index ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; etiology ; Child ; China ; epidemiology ; Diabetes Mellitus ; etiology ; Humans ; Metabolic Syndrome ; diagnosis ; epidemiology ; etiology ; prevention & control ; Obesity ; complications ; Practice Guidelines as Topic ; Risk Factors ; Waist-Hip Ratio

Objective To investigate the effects of recombinate mouse granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor(GM-CSF) alone with mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) on injured lung of rots after exposure to hyperoxia. Method Mouse MSCs were separated, cultured, amplificated, identified and labeled with 4', 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole(DAPI). Thirty-two 3-day-old Sprague Dawley(SD) rats from four litters were randomly divided(random number) into four groups, namely hypemxia exposured + GM-CSF + MSCs group(group A), hyperoxia exposured + GM-CSF group( group B), hyperoxia exposured + MSCs group( group C) and hypemxia exposured group(group D). All rats were placed in a closed Plexiglas chamber with a minimal flow in and out, providing six to seven exchanges of the chamber volume per hour and maintaining O_2 levels above 95%. Seven days lair,all of them were taken out of the chamber. Rats in group A were treated with 5 x 10~4 MSCs intraperitoneally alone with 9 μg/kg GM-CSF subcutaneously, rats in group B received 9 μg/kg GM-CSF subcutaneously, rats of group C were treated with 5 x 10~4 MSCs intraperitonealiy and rats of group D were administrated with phosphatebuffered solution(PBS). Three days latter, all animals were sacrificed by an injection of 120 mg/kg sodium pentobarbital, perfused with cold 0.9% NaCl, and the left lungs were removed. The upper lobe of them were grinded to make tissue homogenates used for ELASA, and the lower lobes of them were made into frozen sections for fluorescence microscope. The right lungs were fixed in situ for 2 hours by intratracheal instillation of 10% neutral formalin and then were still fixed for additional 24 hours. Sagittal sections of paraffin-embedded middle lobe and upper lobe of left hmg tissue were used for Immunohistochemistry and histological study respectively, Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of telomerase reverse transcrip tase(TERT) grade. Results Among 4groups, there were significantly differences in radical alveolar counts(RAC), TNF-α and IL-β1 in tissue homogenates( P < 0. 01 ). Compared with group D, increase in RAC and the decrease in both TNF-α and IL-β1 were found in other groups, and furthermore there were obvious differences in those changes between group A and group B as well as between group A and group C. There were significant differences in TERT(P<0.01) among four groups. The TERT grade in group A and group B were increased more markedly. DAPI-positive cells were found in group A and group C with significantly differences(6.23 ± 1.88, 5.10 ± 0.91, t = 1.53, P<0.05).Conclusions The protective effects of GM-CSF/MSCs on injuried lungs of new born rats after exposure to hyperoxia may be associated with the increase in the proliferation of stem cells improving the local micro-environment of lung tissue. This protective effects against lung injury induced by hyperoxia exposure may be attributed to the synergism between GM-CSF and MSCs.

OBJECTIVETo observe microvessel density(MVD), epithelial stromal vascular cuffing(VC) and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) in human cervical carcinomas and to clarify their significance in the invasion and metastasis of cervical carcinoma.

METHODSVEGF and CD34 were stained immunohistochemically (SP) in 57 cases of cervical carcinoma (30 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 20 of adenocarcinoma 7 of glandular and squamous cell carcinoma), 29 cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and 16 cases of normal cervices, meanwhile, MVD and VC were also assayed.

RESULTSThere were significant differences among the above 5 groups for MVD P<0.01 . The VC pattern showed a significant difference between cervical carcinoma and CIN or control group P<0.01). The positive rates of VEGF in normal cervical epithelium, CIN, squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, glandular and squamous cell carcinoma were 18.8% 3/16, 82.8% 24/29), 93.3% 28/30), 100% 20/20 and 7/7(100%), respectively. There were significant differences between these cervical lesion groups and the control group(P<0.001). The MVD showed significant differences between the positive pelvic node metastasis and negative pelvic node metastasis P<0.05). There was no significant correlation between the expression of VEGF and the tumor diameter, clinical stage, pathologic grade and pelvic node metastasis.

CONCLUSIONThe expression of VEGF may play an important role in the angiogenesis of cervical carcinoma. Degree of malignancy of cervical carcinoma has a close association with microvessel density.

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