ObjectiveTo investigate effects of anisodamine on myocardial caspase-1 and interleukin-18 expression following overtraining-induced acute myocardial injury in rats.Methods Forty-eight male Wistar rats weighing 200-220 g were randomly divided into 3 groups:group control (group C,n =8) ; group exhausting swim (group ES,n =24) and group anisodamine (group AD,n =16).The animal model of overtraining-induced acute myocardial injury was developed by exhausting swim The animals were forced to swim until they were exhausted.The animals sank to the bottom and no righting reflex or escape response was elicited when they were taken out of water in groups ES and AD.In group AD anisodamine 10 mg/kg was given intraperitoneally 20 min before overtraining.Blood samples were taken from inferior vena cava immediately (T1) and at 6 and 24 h after overtraining (T2,T3 ) in group ES and at T2,T3 in group AD for determination of serum cardiac troponin 1 (cTnI) concentration (by ELISA).The animals were sacrificed after blood sampling and myocardial specimens were obtained for microscopic examination and determination of caspase-1 and interleukin-18 expression (by immuno-histochemistry).ResultsOvertraining significantly increased serum cTnI concentration and up-regulated myocardial caspase-1 and interleukin-18 expression in group ES as compared with group C.Anisodamine significantly attenuated overtraining-induced increase in serum cTnI concentration and myocardial caspase-1 and interleukin-18 expression in group AD as compared with group ES.ConclusionAnisodamine can reduce overtraining-induced acute myocardial injury by down-regulating caspase-1 and interleukin-18 expression.

Objective To explore the change of activin A(ACT A) in umbilical artery blood of newborns with fetal distress and its clinical significance.Methods Forty healthy pregnant women(control group)and 35 pregnant women with fetal distress (experimental group)were collected.The levels of ACT A of umbilical artery blood in both groups were determined by a solid quantitative biotin-avidin system enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(BAS-ELISA),umbilical artery blood gas were also measured.Results The level of ACT A of umbilical artery blood in fetal distress group was (1 235.89?178.78)ng/L,and that in control group was (627.28?75.24)ng/L,and the level of ACT A of umbilical artery blood in fetal distress group was significantly higher than that in control group(P

Objective To evaluate the academic influence of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province during 2005 - 2009. MethodsJournal evaluation data of Chinese Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports(2006 - 2010 periodicals) as a statistical source, the 7 indexes(literature sources, total cites, impact factor, immediacy index, he cited rate, ratio of overseas papers, ratio of funded papers) of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province during 2005 - 2009 were analyzed. Dynamic evaluation model was used to evaluate the academic influence of journals and compute impact assessment score(Ⅰ), relative impact assessment score(Ir), and rate of growth. Results There were 5 kinds of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province during 2005 - 2009, they were Journal of Harbin Medical University, Chinese Journal of Endemiology, Chinese Journal of Critical Care Medicine, Chinese Journal of Preventive Veterinary Medicine,Chinese Journal of Traditional Medical Science and Technology, respectively. Year by year, the total cites,impact factor and ratio of funded papers of above mentioned journals showed increase trend, literature sources, he cited rate and ratio of overseas papers showed stable trend, immediacy index showed greater fluctuations. Ⅰ values of above periodicals were 32 279.79, 379 379.20, 251 240.26, 117 576.00, and 83 156.65, respectively. Ir value of above periodicals were 0.19, 2.20, 1.45, 0.68, and 0.48, respectively. The rates of growth of above periodicals were 0.41, - 0.07, 0.24, 1.04, and 0.87, respectively. Conclusions The development of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province is in good condition, the academic influence is an overall upward trend.

Objective To explore the application of clustering analysis in the study for iodine deficiency disorders(IDD)surveillance.Methods System cluster method of average linkage was applied to study the data obtained from national IDD surveilance in 2005 and a clustering analysis' tree chart was drawn.Such data as the rates of consuming qualified iodine salt,coverage rate of iodine salt,median of iodine salt,median urinary iodine,goiter rate detemined by palpation and B-uhrasonography,Child intelligence quotient were investigated.Results Thirty-one provinces or autonomous regions including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Coms had beed assorted into three types.Tibet was claasified into the type Ⅰ;Guangdong,Qinghai,Hainan,Sinkiang were assorted into the type Ⅱ,other areas were assorted into the typeⅢ.The rates of consuming qualified iodine salt,coverage rate of iodine salt and median urinary iodine in the type Ⅰ area were 21.00%,33.20%and 96.70 μg/L,while they were 71.95%,78.50%and 145.40μg/L,respectively,all being lower than that of type Ⅲ(93.20%.97.70%and 245.20μg/L)with statistical significance(P＜0.05).11.50%of the children in the type Ⅰ area were detected by palpation to have goiter;the child intelligence quotient in three types of areas,was 77.00,95.95±4.46 and 104.59±6.77,the differences being statistical significant between any two types(P＜0.05).Conclusion Multiple areas of IDD could be assorted by clustering analysis into distinct types with different epidemic value.More attentions of the government must be paid to the type Ⅱ areas,the prevention and cure work must be enhanced in the second-class areas while it is carried on in the typeⅢareas.The results are helpful for decision making for epidemic supervisors in the government.

Objective To evaluate the academic status and influence of "Chinese Journal of Endemiology" in the preventive medicinal core periodicals to provide a scientific basis for further improving the quality of the journal. Methods Journal evaluation data of "Chinese Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports" (2005 -2009 periodicals) as a statistical source, twenty-eight core journals of preventive medicine as an evaluation object, a single evaluation index (such as impact factor, total cites and he cited rate) as a reference, integrated 15 journal evaluation indicators of 28 kinds of preventive medicinial core periodicals into 4 comprehensive evaluation indexes.Calculate the composite indicator score through principal component analysis method if the index's relevant eigenvalue was greater than 1 and their cumulative contribution rate was more than 80%. Then calculated the composite indicator scores of the 4 kinds of indexes, which were weighted into linear combination of the composition with its corresponding contribution. Assess the overall level and the academic quality of "Chinese Journal of Endemiology" among core journals of preventive medicine on the basis of the 4 composite score. Results Impact factors of Chinese Journal of Endemiology were 0.909, 1.237, 0.899, 0.832, 1.019 between 2005 and 2009, ranked number 4, 1, 4, 6 and 3 among the 28 core journals. Its total cited frequency respectively were 933, 1172,1101, 1267 and 1491, among the 28 kinds of core journals and ranked number 4, 4, 6, 5 and 6. Comprehensive score of "Chinese Journal of Endemiology" were 0.269, 0.371, 0.282, 0.247 and 0.602, and its rank were 7th, 5th,7th,5th and 4th in the 28 core journals. Conclusions The impact factor and citation frequency of "Chinese Journal of Endemiology" are ranked at the forefront of preventive medicinal core periodicals. More attention should be paid to academic exchanges of related areas, and to enhance the academic quality of the journal.

Objective:To analyze the expression of MUC15 and PI3K/Akt in gastric carcinoma and its association with clinicopathologi-cal characteristics and prognosis. Methods:The expression of MUC15 and Akt was detected in 144 cases of gastric carcinoma tissues and corresponding para-carcinoma tissues by tissue microarray and immunohistochemistry. Results:The positive expression rate of MUC15 in gastric carcinoma was 79.8%, higher than that of para-carcinoma tissues (22.2%, P<0.01). The positive expression rate of Akt protein in gastric carcinoma was 80.6%, higher than that of para-carcinoma tissues (16.7%, P<0.01). The expression of MUC15 and Akt was statistically associated with the grades of differentiation, invasion depth, lymphatic metastasis, TNM stage of tumor tissues (P<0.05), and the positive correlation between the two protein expression that appear in the gastric tumor tissue (P=0.001). Univariate survival analysis showed that the over-expression of either MUC15 or Akt was inversely correlated with the survival time (P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively). Cox multiple regression analysis indicated that patients with over-expression of both MUC15 and Akt had the worst prognoses (HR=3.115, P<0.05). Conclusion:MUC15 may be involved in the occurrence, development, invasion, and metastasis of gastric cancer through the PI3K/Akt cell signaling pathway, and the expression of MUC15 combined with Akt is a powerful predictor for the prognosis of gastric cancer.

Objective To explore the nursing mode of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in field minimally- invasive interventional shelter for treating closed hepatic trauma and hemorrhage. Methods 8 animal modes of closed hepatic trauma were established by beagles. Then, the animals with damaged hepatic arteries were treated by emergency angio-interventional embolic treatment. And specific nursing mode, which was different from in-hospital, was performed in perioperative period. Results All the animal modes of closed hepatic trauma and hemorrhage were rescued successfully, and no operative complications were found. Conclusions With the cooperation of specific nursing mode, the emergency angio-interventional embolic treatment of closed hepatic trauma and hemorrhage in field minimally-invasive interventional shelter under the complex outdoor environment is feasible.

Objectives To evaluate the prognostic value of the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods A total of 334 consecutive patients with SAP who underwent first PCI following multi-slice computer tomography (MSCT) were enrolled from our institution between January 2007 and June 2012. The CAC score was calculated according to the standard Agatston calcium scoring algorithm. Complex PCI was defined as use of high pressure bal-loon, kissing balloon and/or rotablator. Procedure-related complications included dissection, occlusion, perforation, no/slow flow and emer-gency coronary artery bypass grafting. Main adverse cardiac events (MACE) were defined as a combined end point of death, non-fatal myo-cardial infarction, target lesion revascularization and rehospitalization for cardiac ischemic events. Results Patients with a CAC score>300 (n=145) had significantly higher PCI complexity (13.1%vs. 5.8%, P=0.017) and rate of procedure-related complications (17.2%vs. 7.4%, P=0.005) than patients with a CAC score≤300 (n=189). After a median follow-up of 22.5 months (4-72 months), patients with a CAC score≤300 differ greatly than those patients with CAC score>300 in cumulative non-events survival rates (88.9 vs. 79.0%, Log rank 4.577, P=0.032). After adjusted for other factors, the risk of MACE was significantly higher [hazard ratio (HR):4.3, 95%confidence inter-val (95%CI):2.4-8.2, P=0.038] in patients with a CAC score>300 compared to patients with a lower CAC score. Conclusions The CAC score is an independent predictor for MACE in SAP patients who underwent PCI and indicates complexity of PCI and proce-dure-related complications.

Hemorrhoids ; Humans ; Male ; Mucous Membrane

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects and mechanisms of diethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) on morphology and function of progenitor Leydig cells (PLC) in rats.

METHODSTwenty pregnant SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups ( n = 5): normal control group, DEHP low dose group , middle dose group, and high dose group, which were treated from postnatal day (PND) 1 to PND 21 of the pubs with DEHP at the doses of 0, 10, 100, 750 mg/(kg · d) in 0.5 ml of corn oil by gavage respectively. At the end of the treatment, the male pups were killed and blood samples were collected for determination of serum testosterone concentration by chemiluminescence method. The body weight, testis weight and anogenital distance (AGD) were measured. The morphology of PLC was observed by light and transmission electron microscopy. The protein expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein(StAR) in PLC was determined by immunohistochemistry. The mRNA expression of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in the testis was assayed by real-time PCR.

RESULTSCompared with normal control group, the serum testosterone and AGD of male pubs from the middle and high dose groups were declined significantly (P < 0.01), the testis weight and body weight from high dose group were decreased significantly (P < 0.01), while the testis weight increased in the low dose group (P < 0.05). Under light microscope, PLC showed hyperplasia and cluster aggregation in the low dose group and focal hyperplasia in the middle and high dose group. The spermatogenic cells in seminiferous tubules showed decrease, apoptosis and unfix in the high dose group. Under transmission electron microscope, the PLC showed decreased lipid droplets, smooth endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondriae in the treated group. The mRNA expression of IGF-I increased in the low dose group, and the protein expression of StAR decreased in the middle and high dose group.

CONCLUSIONLactating exposure to DEHP may interfere with the synthesis of testosterone of PLC in male pubs, the decrease of StAR and the damage of PLC may be involved in it.

Animals ; Body Weight ; Diethylhexyl Phthalate ; adverse effects ; Female ; Germ Cells ; drug effects ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I ; metabolism ; Lactation ; Leydig Cells ; cytology ; drug effects ; Male ; Organ Size ; Phosphoproteins ; metabolism ; Pregnancy ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Stem Cells ; cytology ; drug effects ; Testis ; Testosterone ; blood