Endoplasmic reticulum(ER) is a locus where proteins are modified,folded and calcium stored.The accumulation of unfolded protein and disorder of calcium ion can lead to ER stress.Early ER stress will induce unfolded protein response(UPR)which may be protective to cells.On the contrary,long-time strong ER stress will induce cell apoptosis,even death.ER stress has been suggested to be involved in some human neurodegenerative diseases.However,the exact contributions of ER stress in the various disease processes are yet unknown.This review mainly summarizes recently reported discoveries concerning ER stress associated with neurodegenerative diseases and highlights current knowledge in this field that may reveal novel insight into disease mechanisms and help to design better therapies for these disorders.

[Objective]To seek for a method to rebuild radial head for comminuted radial head fractures,and recommend a new technique of bipolar radial head replacement.[Method]Five patients with fresh comminuted radial head fractures were treated by Tornier cement stem and bipolar radial prothesis.Among them,three were females and two were males,with the average age of 37.4Y(29-48Y).Four cases were to Mason type Ⅲ and one Mason type Ⅳ.All the patients underwent operation within 3-11 days with an average of 6 days after injury.Rehabilitation began in Mason type Ⅲ radial head fracture patients 48 h postoperatively.Both medial and lateral ligaments were repaired in one case of Mason type Ⅳ fracture.Plastic brace were used for 3 weeks during functional rehabilitation.The postoperative elbow joint was evaluated clinically by Broberg and Morrey score.[Result]All the patients healed by first intention were followed up for 7 to 50 months,with an average of 30 months.According to elbow functional evaluation criteria by Broberg and Morrey scores,there were excellent results in three and good in two respectively with an average of 92.2 points.[Conclusion]Cement stem and bipolar radial head prothesis replacement is a good technique for treating comminuted radial head fractures because it meets the designing principle of modern orthopaedics.

Aim To investigate the effect of α1-anti-trypsin Z variant (ATZ)overexpression on cell autoph-agy.Methods HEK 293T cells were transfected with pcDNA3.1 zeo+/ATM or pcDNA3.1 zeo+/ATZ,e-qual amount of empty vector was used as control.Cells were treated with NH4Cl for 4 hours and processed for detecting ATZ,LC3 and p62 by immunoblot.Mean-while ,expression and intracellular localization of ATZ, LC3 in 293 T cells were observed with double labeled immunofluorescence.The mRNA levels of autophagy-related genes were measured by real-time PCR.Immu-nohistochemistry was used to observe the morphology of ATZ-positive cells.Results Compared with the control,higher LC3Ⅱ levels and LC3 puncta were observed in ATZ transfected cells.Meanwhile,the levelsof p62 were decreased in ATZ transfected cells,andreversed by NH4 Cl (25 mmol·L -1 )treatment.Overexpression of ATZ increased the mRNA levels of Atg5and Atg12,but had no obvious influence on Beclin1.ATZoverexpressing cells presented abnormal morphologies.The nuclei became reduced,condensed,and even disappeared in ATZpositive cells.Conclusion ATZ overexpression increases autophagy activity whichmay be related to increasing Atg5 and Atg12 levels.

To investigate the distribution of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes among the population of Dai nationality in Xishuangbanna, Yurman Province HBV genotypes of the Serum samples were tested by PCR-RFLP. This is the first time to discover the B+E genotypes in China. This finding provides new information for understanding the distribution of HBV genotype in China and a provides a basis for establishing a Chinese gene bank.

Objective To explore the possible effects on differentiation of SHI-1 cells induced by puerariae radix flavones(PRF)in vitro.Methods SHI-1 cells were treated with PRF in various concertration,then the inhibitory effects of cell proliferation were detected by MTT assay,the cell cycles were analyzed by flow cytometry(FCM),the cells reduction rates were detected by NBT reduction test,and the expression of CD11b and CD14 were tested by FCM.Results 10-50 μg/ml PRF could inhibit the proliferation of SHI-1 cells in a time-and dose-dependent manner,and the cell cycles were arrested in S phase.When SHI-1 cells were treated with 10,30 and 50 μg/ml PRF in 48 houres respectively,the NBT reduction rates of cells were increased in a dose-dependent with PRF(P＜0.05),and the expression of cells surface differentiation antigen CD14 was also increased along with the concentration of PRF.Conclusion The SHI-1 cells could be induced to differentiation partially after treated with 10,30 and 50 μg/ml PRF in vitro.

Objective curcumin can suppress the proliferation , induce apoptosis and partial differentiation , and inhibit the migration of many kinds of tumor cells .The aim of this study was to investigate the expressions of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPKs) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) when the proliferation of human multiple myeloma RPMI8226 cells was inhibited by curcumin in vitro, and to reveal the antitumor molecular mechanism of curcumin . Methods RPMI8226 cells were treated with various concentrations of curcumin for different periods of times .The inhibitory rate of curcumin on cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay , the cell cycle analyzed by flow cytometry , the protein levels of MAPKs measured by Western blot , and the activity of MMPs analyzed by Gelatin zymography . Results Curcumin inhibited the proliferation of RPMI 8226 cells in a time-and dose-dependent manner , and the cell cycle was arrested in the G 2/M phase ([12.72 ±0.68]%vs [4.79 ±0.15]%).The expressions of JNK and p-JNK showed a con-centration-dependent increase in the RPMI8226 cells treated with curcumin at 6.25, 12.50, and 25.00 μmol/L, respectively (P<0.01) , but the expressions of ERK 1/2 and P38 MAPK did not change significantly compared with the control group (P>0.05).In addition, the activities of MMP-2 and MMP-9 were decreased in a dose-depend-ent manner in the supernatant of RPMI8226 cells ( P <0.01). Conclusion A certain concentration of curcumin could not only acti-vate the JNK signalling pathway of the MAPKs family and induce the apoptosis of RPMI8226 cells, but also inhibit the activity of MMPs and influence the invasion and metastasis of RPMI 8226 cells.

To investigate the distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and subgenotypes among the Bai nationality in Dali, a total of 100 serum samples from patients with chronic HBV-infection were collected for the detection of HBV genotypes and subgenotypes by genotype-specific primers and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RLFP), respectively. Among the 100 samples, the proportions of genotype B, C and mixed genotype (B+C) were 41%, 25% and 34%, respectively. All the genotype B strains belonged to subgenotype Ba. In genotype C, 84% were Subgenotype Cs and 12% were subgenotype Ce. The distribution of genotypes B, C and B+C showed no significant difference between male and female patients (P=0.182) and among the age groups of patients (P=0.812). The rates of HBeAg/HBeAg positivity were no significantly different among genotypes B, genotype C and mixed genotype (B+C) (P=0.077/P=0.663). In Dali, genotypes B, B+C and C existed among Bai nationality with chronic HBV-infection, and genotype B was the major genotype. Subgenotypes Ba and Cs were the predominant strains in patients with HBV genotype B/C infection. The most prominent characteristic was the higher prevalent rate of mixed genotype (B+C) in patients.

Objective To study the effects of Yizhichan moxibustion on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) athletes.Methods 143 patients of CFS were blind randomly devided into3 groups, which were moxibustion of Yizhichan (56 cases) group, general moxibustion group (42 cases), and normal group (45 cases).The normal group was treated by passive massage for relaxation, the moxibustion of Yizhichan group was treated by specific acupoints application of moxibustion of Yizhichan in addition to passive massage;and the general moxibustion groupwas treated by general moxibustion in addition to passive massage.All sample were treated once a day for 6 days in a week.3 weeks was a period of treatment, and the total time of treatment was 15 weeks.Results After treatment, the sleep quality (1.73 ± 0.73, 1.54 ± 0.85 vs.0.83 ± 0.52, F=14.130), time for sleep (1.57 ± 0.60, 1.35 ± 0.60 vs.1.03 ± 0.54, F=5.386), sleep time (1.78 ± 0.71, 1.77 ± 0.61 vs.0.67 ± 0.65, F=19.811), daytime dysfunction (0.78 ± 0.83, 1.64 ± 0.83 vs.1.03 ± 0.83, F=4.798) in the control group, moxibustion of Yizhichan group and a general moxibustion group were statistically significant(P＜0.05).The total effective rate of the moxibustion of Yizhichan group was better than the control group and the general moxibustion group (83.8％, 42.2％ vs.63.6％;x2=13.973, P=0.001).Conclusion Specific acupoints moxibustion of Yizhichan is a beneficial exploration of moxibustion methods of traditional Chinese medicine, and can improve CFS athletes level of physical health, attention and sleep quality.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of infrared laser stimulation on Neiguan (PC 6) for bradycardia of rabbits induced by injection of pituitrin. METHODS: 10.6 microm CO(2) infrared laser, 650 nm semiconductor red laser and the compound laser of their aggregation were sent out by a compound laser sanatory instrument to stimulate Neiguan (PC 6) respectively for the purpose of analyzing the differences of the effects exerted by infrared laser and red laser as well as the changes of the effects after their aggregation. RESULTS: After 30 min and 40 min of the injection of pituitrin, the heart rate showed no significant difference between 10.6 microm CO(2) infrared laser group and the normal control group (P>0.05). However, the heart rate showed significant difference between the 650 nm semiconductor red laser group and the normal control group (P<0.05). After 30 min of the injection of pituitrin, the heart rate of the compound laser group were significantly different to that of the untreated group (P<0.05), and it was not significantly different to that of the normal control group (P>0.05). However, the heart rate of non-acupoint stimulated by the compound laser group showed no significant difference to that of the untreated group (P>0.05), and it was significantly different to that of the normal control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Stimulation on Neiguan with 10.6 microm CO(2) infrared laser can evidently improve the bradycardia induced by injection of pituitrin, while the 650 nm semiconductor red laser has no such function, but they have coordinating effect. The thermal effect produced by CO(2) infrared laser stimulating acupoint is probably beneficial for semiconductor laser penetrating skin as well as the biochemical reactions it carries. The improvement of heart rate produced by the laser stimulation on Neiguan (PC 6) has relative specificity.