Thyroid-stimulating antibodies were determined with cyclic AMP accumulation induced by unfractionaled serum using cultured human thyroid cells. Thyroid-stimulating antibodies were found in 83.3% (25/30) of patients with Graves' disease without treatment, 43.8% (7/16) of patients with Graves' disease during antithyroid treatment, 4% (1/25) of normal people and none of patients with simple goitre or thyroid adenoma. The results indicate that determination of thyroid-stimulating antibodies using this method is sensitive and characteristic in patients with Graves' disease.

Objective To investigate the feasibility of a single-stage operation in the treatment of traumatic osteomyelitis with flap and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone. Methods Forty-one cases using one single-stage operation in the treatment of traumatic osteomyelitis with flap and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone were cured, osteomyelitis recurred in 2 cases, and was cured after debridement and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone plantation again. 1 case occurred nonunion and was cured by autogenous nonvascular iliac bone transplantation. Results All cases were followed from 4 months to 2 years, the average fracture cured time was 5.3 months(3-9 months), and the average wound cured time was 3.7 weeks. The soft tissue defect was cured in one stage, the osteomyelitis of all cases was cured at last. Conclusion It is feasible that one single-stage operation treated the traumatic osteomyelitis with flap and vancomycin-impreganted artificial bone.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficiency of perforator pedicled propeller flaps for soft-tissue coverage of the lower leg and foot defects.Methods From July 2007 to December 2011,twentyfive cases with soft-tissue defects of the lower leg and foot were cured by using the perforator propeller flaps.The origins of the perforator were 18 cases from peroneal artery,six cases from posterior tibial artery and 1 case from dorsal foot artery.The minimum of the flap scale was 4-9 cm,and the maximum was 10-33 cm.Results All cases were followed-up from 1 to 26 months.All the flap pedicles were smooth with a satisfied appearance.The donor sites were sutured directly in 9 cases and cured with skin-grafting in 16 cases.Three cases suffered from vein congestion,two cases were cured by incisions in the distal parts of the flaps,one flap had necrosis of the distal 1/3 part and was cured by skin-grafting.Conclusion The perforator pedicled propeller flap is a simple,safe and useful flap.It has more advantages than other pedicled flaps for softtissue coverage of the lower leg and foot defects.

ObjectiveTo investigate the corelation between fibrinogen in pleural effusion and pleural adhesion in tuberculosis exudative pleurisy.Methods234 cases of primary tuberculosis pleurisy were divided into 3 groups (A、B、C) according to their level of fibrinogen in pleural effusion from low to high. The incidence rates of pleural adhesion were assessed during the course of treatment and after treatment.ResultsThe incidence rate of pleural adhesion in the course of treatment were as those: group A 10.5%, group B 32.3%, group C 54.5%. After treatment, it was as those: group A 10.5%, group B 16.9%, group C 42.4%. Whenever, there was significant difference between group C and group A or B (P<0.05).ConclusionThe level of fibrinogen in pleural effusion may be associated with pleural adhesion, which hinder the recovery of patients.

The modern physicians have different views on acupoint combination and acupuncture-moxibustion prescription and confuse them in clinical practice. It is significant to clarify the conception, connotation and relationship between them so as to normalize the therapeutic program of acupuncture and moxibustion and promote the standardization of acupuncture and moxibustion. Through the collection of relevant literature and analysis on the differences in the understandings among physicians, the conception, connotation and relationship between acupoint combination and acupuncture-moxibustion prescription are summarized. It is viewed that the acupoint combination is based on TCM theory. Under the guide of acupoint selection, in combination of the characters of clinical practice and acupoint indications, two or more than two acupoints of the same function are combined to enhance the collaborative effects of acupoints so as to achieve specific efficacy and improve clinical efficacy. Regarding acupuncture-moxibustion prescription, on the basis of disorder and syndrome differentiation of patients, the concrete therapeutic program is put forward, including acupoint composition and therapeutic method. Acupoint combination is the basic element of acupuncture-moxibustion prescription. Acupuncture-moxibustion prescription is the specific application of acupoint combination.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Moxibustion

OBJECTIVE:To establish a HPLC method for determining the contents of rhein and emodin in Jianfei Jiangzhi tablets.METHODS:Stationary phase was Waters Symmetry C 18 (250mm?4.6mm;5?m),mobile phase was menthol-0.01%H 3 PO 4 (90∶10),detection wavelength440nm,flow rate1.0ml/min and column temperature30℃.RESULTS:There was good linearity in range of0.108?g～0.468?g for rhein and in range of0.180?g～0.480?g for emodin.The average recoveries of rhein and emodin were99.7%and98.6%respectively;RSD were1.93%and2.19%respectively.CONCLUSION:This method is rapid and accurate.It can be applied to effective control of the quality of Jianfei Jiangzhi tablet.

Objective To understand the relationship between clinical manifestations and Kashin-Beck disease(KBD) and their contribution to diagnosis of KBD and to construct the diagnosis model for KBD in adolescents.Methods A total of 2248 subjects under the age of 18 were collected from 6 KBD endemic and 1 non-KBD areas of the Shaanxi province in China.Analysis of 32 indicators,including gender,age,and KBD clinical indicators.Indicators of the distribution of measurement data between the two groups using t test and analysis of variance,x2 test with count data,multi-category ordered response variables Logistic regression analysis for model building.Results It showed the KBD prevalence rate in adolescent had an increasing tendency with age.Analysis of indicators between the two groups,in addition to the age factor(P ＜ 0.05),the difference of ankle pain,knee pain,wrist movement disorder and other 5 indicators(P ＜ 0.05) and the last bend,elbow movement disorder,syndactyly and other 9 indicators(P ＜ 0.01 ) were statistically significant.Sixteen clinical and radiographic features in the clinical manifestations were significantly related with the clinical severity grading with KBD(P ＜ 0.01 ).Four models on the diagnostic indictors were constructed by cumulative logit model for adolescent KBD (-21ogL,Score,Wald x2 test,P ＜ 0.01 ).Conclusions The establishment of the diagnostic model based on their contribution of the joint involvement in systemic performance-related indicators has an important role for clinical diagnosis of KBD.

Objective To explore relationship between imaging classification and pathological type,and the electron microscopic ultrastructure by observing the ultrastructural features of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM).Methods Children with CCAM in the Guangdong Women and Children Hospital from May 2014 to November 2014,were analyzed,imaging classification was performed according to enhanced Computed Tomography (CT) scanning,and the surgical specimens were stained by HE and scanning electron microscope was used to observe the tissue structures of various of CCAM.Results Eight cases were enrolled in this research (5 boys and 3 girls),and the mean age of surgery was (5.4 ± 1.1) month old.According to the features of enhanced CT scanning,there were 2 cases of the type-Ⅰ,and the other 3 cases of type-Ⅱ,and 3 cases of type-Ⅲ;According to the characteristics of the pathological types,there was 1 case of type-Ⅰ,4 cases of type-Ⅱ,and the other 3 cases of type-Ⅲ.There was 1 case which classified as type-Ⅰ by CT,however classified as type-Ⅱ by pathological typing.The findings of CT features were in complete correspondence with the pathological types in the rest cases.Electron microscopic findings showed the alveolar spaces were enlarged,the alveolar cells were reduced,the lamellar bodies were decreased and immature and microvilli were also decreased.There was no significant difference between Ⅰ and Ⅱ type under the viewpoint of electron microscope.The common features between type Ⅰ,and type Ⅱ included that the alveolar space was enlarged,the alveolar space had been pressed between enlarged alveolar space,the alveolar cell were decreased and immature,and fibrous hypertrophy was also found.Conclusions There are differences between ultrastructural analysis and clinical pathological typing which suggests the clinical importance of the electron microscopy ultrastructural analysis combined with pathology for typing.There need further clinical and laboratory studies,especially the combination of microscopy-electrical control microscope for typing with related predictive models for follow-up of CCAM.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the effect of fumigating with Yinxieling (YXL) in treating patients with psoriasis vulgaris and its influence on T-bet and GATA-3 protein expressions in peripheral blood monocyte (PBMC).

METHODSWestern blot method was employed to detect the T-bet and GATA-3 protein expressions in PBMC of 30 psoriasis vulgaris patients before and after they received fumigation therapy with YXL, also in 25 healthy persons for controls. The therapeutic efficacy was observed and the relationship between PASI scores and levels of T-bet and GATA-3 analyzed.

RESULTSAfter treatment, 12 out of the 30 patients were cured, 9 were markedly effective, 8 effective and 1 unchanged, the cure rate being 40.0% and the effective rate 96.7%. Level of T-bet expression in PBMC of patients was 1.7917 +/- 0.3840, which was higher than that of healthy persons (0.8860 +/- 0.1486, P < 0.01), but the GATA3 expression was lower than that in control (0.8777 +/- 0.3114 vs. 1.2384 +/- 0.1783, P < 0.01). However, the two indexes were restored after fumigation to 1.3410 +/- 0.3642 and 1.0883 +/- 0.2435 respectively, showing significant difference to those before fumigation (P < 0.01). Correlation analysis showed that PASI score was positively correlated with level of T-bet expression (r = 0.7448, P < 0.01) and negatively correlated with level of GATA-3 expression (r = -0.8291, P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONFumigation therapy is effective in treating psoriasis vulgaris, its mechanism is possibly by way of modulating the equilibrium of the transcription factors T-bet and GATA-3 protein expressions in PBMC, and rectifying the immune abnormality of Th1/Th2 subsets imbalance.

Administration, Inhalation ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Animals ; Case-Control Studies ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Female ; GATA3 Transcription Factor ; genetics ; immunology ; Gene Expression ; drug effects ; Humans ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear ; drug effects ; immunology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Psoriasis ; drug therapy ; genetics ; immunology ; T-Box Domain Proteins ; genetics ; immunology ; Young Adult

Objective To observe the expression of STEAP4 gene(a novel obesity-related gene) during the period of human preadipocyte differentiation and to explore the relationship between the STEAP4 gene expression and adipocytes differentiation,adipogenesis.Methods Human preadipocytes were cultured and differentiated into the matured adipocytes in vitro.Adipocytes morphology and lipid accumulation were observed during this process.Total RNA was extracted from adipocytes at various time points (preadipocyte,Day 0,Day 4,Day 6,Day 8,Day 11,Day 14,and Day 17) and the level of STEAP4 mRNA expression was measured by fluorescent real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polyme-rase chain reaction(RT-PCR).Results The level of STEAP4 mRNA expression remained high in preadipocytes.In the presence of differentiation medium (Day 4),there was a transient upregulation in the expression of STEAP4 gene.After that,with the human preadipocytes being differentiated into matured adipocytes,the expression of STEAP4 mRNA was downregulated and reached the lowest level in fully differentiated adipocytes.There was a significant difference between any 2 detected phases in the level of STEAP4 mRNA expression (Pa