Objective To analyze the core authors, and their organizations, geographical regional distribution of Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics. Methods The core authors, coauthors and their organizations whose articles were published in Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics between 1995 and 2004 were quantitatively analyzed using literature search through CMCI, which programmed by the People's Liberation Army Medical Library and their geographical regions distribution, the organizations of whom had high quantitative publication were determined using literature metrology methods. Results There were 2660 articles published in Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics between 1995 and 2004. All of 1123 authors of 2660 articles had only one article published which accounted for 69.67% of total first authors on the Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics in ten years. There were 2385 articles with one or more coauthors and the cooperative rate was 89.66%, and cooperative degree was 4.11 in the period of time. There were 275 articles with single author, which accounted for 10.34% of total articles. The articles written by the authors from military hospitals, university affiliated hospitals and provinces-level hospitals were 646(24.28%), 1091(41.01%) and 706(26.54%), respectively during the period. There were 218 core authors with 959(36.05%) articles published and there were 20 high-quantities organizations with 1007(37.86%) articles published in this study. The number one region of published articles was Beijing with 667(25.08%) articles. There were 2443 (91.84%) articles pressed from the organizations of affiliated hospitals of universities, provinces-level hospitals and army hospitals. Among them, Tianjin hospital (101 articles), Beijing Jishuitan hospital (100 articles) and affiliated Xijing hospital of the 4th military medical mniversity (79 articles) occupied 10.53% of the pressed papers and they were in the first three positions. Conclusion Authors of Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics have a wide distribution and highly cooperative rate. There were a group of active and talented core authors who has a great influence on the journal.

Objective:To study the effect of retinoic acid(RA) which is used in malignant tumor therapy on the secretion of C3 and factor B in human lung cancer cell line A549 induced by TNF-? and IL-6.Methods:C3 and factor B in the culture medium were measured by ELISA and Western blot,the mRNA expression of C3 and factor B was analyzed by RT-PCR.Results:When using TNF-?(10 ?g/L),IL-6(50 ?g/L) and RA(1 ?mol/L),the results of ELISA,Western blot and RT-PCR showed that TNF-? and IL-6 promoted A549 cells excreting C3 and factor B and their mRNA expression;RA alone did not affect C3 and factor B;in TNF-? group and TNF-?+RA group,the amounts of C3 were 91.40?12.59 and 133.59?11.25(ng/10~6 cells) respectively(P0.05),and the amounts of factor B were 13.07?2.50 and 32.89?4.22(ng/10~6 cells) respectively(P

Exons ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta ; genetics ; Humans ; Kidney Diseases, Cystic ; diagnostic imaging ; genetics ; pathology ; surgery ; Kidney Glomerulus ; pathology ; Middle Aged ; Radiography

Objective To investigate the effect of heat treatment on the proliferation of, melanin synthesis and tyrosinase activity in cultured normal human melanocytes. Methods Normal human foreskin tissue was obtained by sterile circumcision and melanocytes were harvested by using methods for epidermal cell culture. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) was utilized as the primary mitogen to establish the culture system of normal human epidermal melanocytes. Masson-Fontana staining was proformed to identify melanocytes.Third-passage melanocytes were treated with hyperthermia at various temperatures (39 ℃, 41 ℃, 42 ℃, 43 ℃ and 45℃) for 1 hour a day for consecutive 3 days followed by the measurement of cell viability with MTT assay. The hyperthermia at optimized temperature was used to treat fourth-passage melanocytes for 1 hour a day for consecutive 3 days; subsequently, the tyrosinase activity were detected with L-Dopa as the substrate, and melanin content was determined in heat-treated and untreated (control) melanocytes. Results The hyperthermia at 42 ℃ exhibited the strongest promotive effect on the proliferation of melanocytes among these 5 hyperthermia conditions. After treatment with hyperthermia at 42 ℃ for 1 hour a day for consecutive 3 days, melanocytes showed an increment in tyrosinase activity by 36.4% and melanin synthesis by 78% compared with the untreated melanocytes (both P＜0.05). Conclusions Heat treatment can enhance the proliferation of cultured human melanocytes, promote their melanin synthesis and tyrosinase activity.

In 2010,Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted collaboratively a 2010 China Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance,and reported the results of diabetes prevalence and control in Chinese adults,which was published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2013.This article is the interpretation of that report by original authors.

Objective To assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of preoperative low dose intravenous amiodarone in the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). Methods Two hundred patients with coronary atheroselerotic heart disease underwent selected OPCAB and were randomly divided into two groups: control group (100 cases) and experimental group (100 cases). Patients in control group were given conventional medicines and placebo, and patients in experimental group were treated with low dose intravenous amiodarone daily for 4 days before surgery. They were given conventional medicines after surgery. Results After the off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, the incidence of AF, ventricular rate and the duration of AF in the experimental group were lower than those in control group [15% vs. 41%, χ2=16.766, P=0.000; (126.0±20.8) times/ min vs. (150.0±25.6) times/ min, t=0.478, P =0. 017; (8. 0±8. 6) h vs. (12.0±9.6) h, t=0. 439, P=0. 019]. No significant difference were found in the incidence of side effect between low close amiodarone group and the control group. Conclusions Prophylactic application of low dose intravenous arniodarone before off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting can safely and effectively reduce the postoperative ventricular rate and the incidence of AF, shorten the duration of AF, promote the rehabilitation and slightly improve the clinical symptoms.

Objective To explore the effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) on hippocampus neuron and growth associated protein-43 (GAP-43) in rats. Methods 40 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group, CIH 1 week group, CIH 3 weeks group and CIH 5 weeks group with 10 rats in each group. The CIH groups were exposed to intermittent hypoxia in designed cabin 8 hevery day for 1 week, 3 weeks and 5 weeks. The pathological changes of hippocampal neurons were observed by HE staining. The GAP-43 expression of hippocampus was detected by immunohistochemical staining. Results There was degeneration and necrosis of hippocampal neurons in the CIH rats, and it became worse gradually along with the hypoxia. Compared with the control group, the GAP-43 expression in hippocampus increased in CIH rats. The peak of GAP-43 expression appeared in the 1st week (P=0.038) and then it decreased in the 3rd week (P=0.382) and it was closed to the normal level in the 5th week (P=0.860). Conclusion Degeneration and necrosis of hippocampal neurons exacerbated gradually along with the hypoxia, while GAP-43 expression changed inconsistently.

This study is to investigate the anti-allergic effect of anthocyanidin and to explore its possible mechanism. The experiments of passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction (PCA) and colorimetry were used to determine the effect of anthocyanidin on degranulation of mast cells in vivo. For in vitro study, various concentrations of anthocyanidin (100, 50 and 25 micromol x L(-1)) were added to the culture medium of mast cells cultured with 100 microg x L(-1) of dinitrophenyl (DNP) specific IgE overnight. The azelastine (100 micromol x L(-1)) was selected as the positive control. The antigen (DNP-human serum albumin, DNP-HAS)-induced release of degranulation was measured by enzymatic assay, histamine was determined by EIA, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured by Western blotting, separately. In addition, the effects of anthocyanidin on phosphorylation of NF-kappaB, p38MAPK and Akt were observed by Western blotting. The results showed that treatments with anthocyanidin (100 and 50 mg x kg(-1)) were followed by a decrease in PCA of rats. Anthocyanidin (100 and 50 micromol x L(-1)) obviously suppressed the degranulation from mast cells, whereas results from anthocyanidin (100 and 50 micromol x L(-1)) group indicated significant inhibitory effect on histamine, the calcium uptake, TNF-alpha, IL-6, phosphorylation of NF-kappaB, p38MAPK and Akt of mast cells induced by antigen. Anthocyanidin may suppress the anaphylactic reaction by inhibiting the action of mast cells. NF-kappaB, p38MAPK and Akt at least in part contribute to this event.
Animals ; Anthocyanins ; pharmacology ; Anti-Allergic Agents ; pharmacology ; Calcium ; metabolism ; Cell Degranulation ; drug effects ; Histamine Release ; drug effects ; Immunoglobulin E ; immunology ; Interleukin-6 ; metabolism ; Male ; Mast Cells ; immunology ; metabolism ; physiology ; Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis ; drug effects ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; metabolism ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Signal Transduction ; Transcription Factor RelA ; metabolism ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; metabolism ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ; metabolism

A nest RT-PCR/restriction test has been developed in order to distinguish the lapinised vaccine strain from field isolates of classical swine fever virus. The restriction enzyme cut sites mapping of the major coding sequence of E2 gene lapinised vaccine strain and ShiMen strain of classical swine fever virus have been compared. Ten and sixteen unique restriction markers have been found in the lapinised vaccine strain and ShiMen strain. The restriction enzyme cut sites mapping of the twenty six unique restriction marker in the major coding sequence of E2 gene of 17 classical swine fever field isolates have been analyzed. Only 3 sites (HgaI、Hin8I及Hsp92I) are present in the lapinised vaccine strain sequence. Two pans of nested primers and a criteria of analysis have been designed for HgaI restriction marker site. The tests have been conducted first on the lapinised vaccine strain and ShiMen strain of classical swine fever virus resulting in predicted restrection patterns. Finally, the tests have been applied to 5 field isolates of different gene group analyzed by phylogenetic study. The result showed that only HCLV strain gene can be cut to 2 fragment by Hgal , and ShiMen strain and 5 field isolates cant be cut At the same time the sensitivity and specificity of nest RT-PCR have been tested. The sensitivity is 0. 2MLD. The specific fragment of BDV and BVDV were not obtained by the nest RT-PCR. These results showed that the development of the nest RT-PCR/restriction tests is very important for the control and perish of classical swine fever in china.

Objective:To investigate frequencies of microsatellite instability(MSI)and loss of heterozygosity(LOH)in renal ceil carcinoma(RCC),and to discuss the relationship of clinicopathological characteristics of RCC with MSI and LOH. Methods:Twelve microsatellite markers located at chromosomes 3p,9p and 14q were selected to investigate microsatellite alterations(MSI and LOH)in 31 RCC specimens and their paired metastasis specimens by polymerase chain reaction- polyacrylamide gel elect rophoresis-ethylene dibromide(PCR-PAGE-EB)staining and sequencing.Results:The frequency of MSI could reached 61.3% and that of LOH could reach 54.8%.The highest frequency of MSI was at locus of D9S168(32.3%);the highest frequency of LOH was at locus of D3S1289(21.4%).No correlation was found between MSI or LOH and the patients' age,sex,pathology type and metastastis,except that MSI was correlated with TNM stage of RCC(P