ObjectiveTo evaluate the role of detecting early change of left ventricular regional myocardial function in the rabbit with type Ⅰ diabetes using omni-directional M-mode echocardiography (OME).MethodsEighty New Zealand rabbits were selected in this study..40 health rabbits were included in the control group,the other 40 with type Ⅰ diabetes were included in the experiment group.The OME was used to measure the peak time of myocardial motion during systole (Ts) and diastole (Td),myocardial velocity gradient during systole (MVGs) and diastole (MVGd) on the left ventricular short axis.These parameters were measured during the first,second,fourth,sixth and eighth week.ResultsOME was able to detect significant changes of Td during the second week,Ts and MVGd during the fourth week,and MVGs during sixth week after modeling ( P ＜0.05 ).ConclusionsOME is an important method to detect early changes of regional myocardial function in the patients with diabetes.

Abdominal Pain ; etiology ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Ovarian Cysts ; complications ; Torsion Abnormality

Objective To study the effects of histone deacertylase inhibitor (TSA) on promoter methylation and expression of E-cadherin gene in a hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC7721. Methods Hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721 was treated with TSA (300 nm/L), MTT method was used to investigate the growth inhibition ratio, TUNNL was conducted to measure the apoptosis ratio, methylation-specific PCR (MSP) was employed to detect changes in the CpG island methylation of E-cad promoter region, Western blot technique was used to detect the expression of E-cad gene and DNMT3b before and after TSA treatment, respectively. Results TSA decreases the SMMC-7721 cell viability and induces apoptosis, the growth inhibition ratio was 21.85% compared with control group. The apoptosis ratio of control group was (4.69±0.56)% ,the apoptosis ratio of TSA treatment group was (14.94±0.91)%. The apoptosis ratio of TSA treatment group was significantly higher than that of control group(P = 0.000). Before treated with TSA, the CpG island of E-cad promoter region was methylated, and the expression of E-cad was negative. TSA treatment induces demethylation of the CpG island in E-cad promoter region, causes the re-expression of E-cad. TSA reduces the expression of DNMT3b. Conclusions TSA decreases the SMMC-7721 cell viability and induces apoptosis, reverses the methylation status of E-cad promoter region, and resumes E-cad gene expression. TSA may induce demethylation through down-regulating the expression of DNMT3b.

Objective To develop a new type of lumbar puncture needle to facilitate to measure intracranial pressure,decrease the risks for intracranial infection and brain hernia.Methods The needle was composed of a body,no.1 and no.2 sleeves,a stylet,a needle base,a catheter,joints and etc.The needle had body and stylet made of stainless steel,the catheter manufactured with medical silicone tube,the joints produced by medical rubber and the remained components by medical plastics.Results The developed needle executed pressure measuring,cerebrospinal fluid collection and medication injection with no extracting the stylet.The outflow velocity of cerebrospinal fluid was limited,and the incidences of the complications were decreased including infection,brain hernia and etc.Conclusion The lumbar puncture needle has simple structure,easy operation and high safety,and thus is worthy promoting practically.

Objective: By taking the holism and differentiation concepts of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as the guidance, physical, mental and workplace factors were recruited in the observation of depression in employees, and were systematically classified to establish a workplace-related Liver Meridian-depression scale, for providing an evaluation index for depression in employees. Methods: NVIVO 11 software was adopted to assort ancient TCM classics. Based on the holism and differentiation concepts of TCM and well-developed scales, the item pool was determined via brain storm and screened by Delphi method after classified; a Wechat questionnaire was handed out 240 times via the online system 'Wen Juan Xing', and the results were statistically analyzed by the SPSS 17.0 version software. Results: Five dimensions consisting of 80 items were obtained after classification, and 60 items were selected by Delphi method; a total of 216 questionnaires were returned and the return rate was 90%. Of which, 215 questionnaires were valid ones, and the valid rate was 99%. By exploratory factor analysis (EFA), 44 items were obtained, and the aggregate split-half reliability coefficient was 0.922. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the five dimensions, i.e. Liver Meridian, relevant meridians, basic psychological activities, work cognition and emotional reactions, was respectively 0.841, 0.842, 0.914, 0.836 and 0.839, indicating a content internal consistency. The score of each item was highly correlated with the corresponding dimension, and the intercommunity was between 0.474 and 0.801. Nine factors were generated, 2 in the dimension of Liver Meridian, 3 in the dimension of relevant meridians, 2 in the dimension of basic psychological activities, 1 in the dimension of work cognition, and 1 in the dimension of emotional reactions, and the load of each factor was between 0.438 and 0.859. The reliability and validity of the scale were well examined. Conclusion: The scale can be applied to evaluate the qi activities of Liver Meridian and depression symptoms related to workplace.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of MSCT in Solitary Pulmonary Nodules (SPN) with different pathologic types .Methods Four-five SPN with pathological findings including 16 benign cases and 29 malignant cases were retrospectively an-alyzed ,and performed with MSCT scanning .Observation of the distribution ,morphology and internal characteristics of SPN by post-processing technique were done ,and the results were compared with pathological findings .Results Among 45 SPN ,the benign nodules included 6 cases of inflammatory pseudotumor ,4 cases of tuberculoma ,3 cases of hamartoma ,2 cases of cryptococcus and 1 case of hemangioendothelioma ,and the malignant nodules included 21 cases of adenocarcinoma ,3 cases of squamous carcinoma ,2 ca-ses of small cell carcinoma and 3 cases of alveolar cell carcinoma .Average diameter of benign nodules was 2 .1 cm ,and 2 .6 cm for the malignant nodules .All SPN ,including 5 cases in the inner zone ,12 in the medial zone and 28 in the lateral zone ,the percentages with malignant signs at the corresponding parts were 40% (2/5) ,50% (6/12) ,75% (21/28) ,there was significant difference be-tween distributions(P<0 .05) .The distributions of malignant nodules in the upper and lower lung lobe had no significant difference (P>0 .05);the incidences of leaf sign ,burr sign ,pleural indentation sign ,cavitas and bronchial air sign ,blood vessels cluster sign of malignant nodules were higher than that of the benign nodules(P<0 .05) ,and the inflammatory pseudotumor and adenocarcinoma owned similar characteristics ;the incidence of calcification in tuberculoma and hamartoma was high ,while cavitas in tuberculosis and lung cancer were high .Conclusion MSCT can sufficiently display the distribution ,morphology and internal characteristics of SPN , and can help make qualitative diagnosis of benign and malignant SPN ,providing great practical value in clinical treatment .

Objective To explore therapeutic effects and mechanisms of radical scavenger edaravone on experimental cerebral hemorrhage.Methods Two hundred-forty male SD rats were divided randomly into four groups:control group,cerebral hemorrhage group,edaravone treatment group before operation (A) and edaravone treatment group after operation (B).Experimental cerebral hemorrhage model was made according to the method reported by Rosenberg.Water quantity contained in brain and nervous missing sign were observed,meanwhile the levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in brain tissue were measured.Results Compared with cerebral hemorrhage group,nervous missing sign and water quantity contained in brain obviously changed in edaravone treatment group (P

Adolescent ; Adult ; Anemia, Aplastic ; etiology ; therapy ; Benzene ; poisoning ; Bone Marrow Cells ; drug effects ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Occupational Diseases ; etiology ; therapy ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects

Adenocarcinoma ; genetics ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Base Sequence ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; genetics ; DNA, Mitochondrial ; genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; genetics ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Sequence Deletion ; Smoking ; genetics

Myeloid differentiation factor MyD88 is a critical adaptor molecule that integrates and transduces intracellular signals in inducing the differentiation of dendritic cells (DCs).The domain regions within MyD88 was searched,it could potentially affect the function of dendritic cells and found that MyD88 aa155-171 motif not only regulate the activity of transcription factor NF-?B, but also control the production of cytokines and expression of costimulatory molecules. Indeed, aa155-171 motif deleted type MyD88 (MyD88155-171) transfected RAW264.7 cells exhibited the reduced NF-?B and AP-1 activity and interrupted the expression of CD86 and B7H1. Meanwhile, lower level expression of cytokines such as IL-12,IFN-? were also observed by means of cytokine array in MyD88-/-DC trasfected with MyD88155-171 as compared to the MyD88 transfected cells. Thus, aa155-171 motif inside MyD88 could affect the expression of costimulatory molecules, production of cytokines and transduction of Toll like receptor signal pathway, suggesting that this motif may play an important role in regulating responses of innate immune system.