The clinical manifestation was painless mass in the parotid gland. Physical examination showed regional swelling in parotid area. Bultrasound examination demonstrated the mass was an hypoechoic nodules of bilateral parotid gland, the border was vague. Absolute value and ratio of peripheral eosinophils were both significantly increased. Pathological examination: parotid eosinophilic lymphogranuloma.
Adult ; Eosinophilic Granuloma ; Humans ; Male ; Parotid Neoplasms

AIM: To investigate the changes of expression of Nogo-A at different time points in brain ischemic infarct rats.METHODS: The model of 80 cases of middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO) in rats was established.The expression of Nogo-A mRNA and protein were determined by Western blotting and hybridization,and the relationship between functional scoring and Nogo-A was also evaluated.RESULTS: In the brain of MCAO rats,Nogo-A mRNA expression was decreased on day 3 and increased significantly on day 7.The highest level was observed at the 21th d,keeping the same level at the 28th d.Nogo-A protein expression showed the same results.These results were correlated with the brain function scoring.CONCLUSION: Expression of Nogo-A does not increase in the early stage,but increases significantly in the late stage of MCAO,suggesting that Nogo-A expression may play an important role in the nerve regeneration of brain ischemic injury.

Triage is one of the important taches for the wounded whom is cured effectively under the condition to limited medical resource in public health emergency events.It is a decision based on doctrine rather than expediency.By the view of ethics,the article considered three doctrines: fairness,benthamism and scientific decision-making,which assures that the outcome of wartime triage at the sea is speedy and exact.

OBJECTIVEThis research aims to study the changes in pain threshold and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in a Sprague Dawley (SD) rat model oftrigeminal neuralgia.

METHODSA total of 36 male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: operative, sham-operative, and control. In the operative group, a chronic constriction injury (CCI) was caused by placing loose chromic gut ligatures around the right infraorbital nerve (ION). In the sham-operative group, the right ION was subjected to the same procedure, but without ligation. In the control group, the right ION was not subjected to any treatment. The pain thresholds of the three groups were recorded at different times after the operation. The GDNF expression in each group was analyzed via immunohistochemical staining.

RESULTSAn allodynia to mechanical stimulation in the region of the ligated ION was observed starting on the 2nd week after operation. Pain thresholds started to increase gradually from the 6th week and returned to the original level at the 10th to 12th week after operation. Cells that expressed the GDNF markedly increased in number in the operative group with changes observed at different times.

CONCLUSIONWe use chronic constriction injury to the infraorbital nerve (CCI-ION) to establish a trigeminal neuralgia-like animal model in SD rats. GDNF may play a role in regulating pain by promoting the restoration and regeneration of nerve fibers.

Animals ; Constriction ; Disease Models, Animal ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factors ; Hyperalgesia ; Male ; Pain Threshold ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Trigeminal Neuralgia

BACKGROUND:With the rapid development of medical technology, computer image technology and the urgent needs of computer-aided clinical teaching, the application of virtual reality technology in oral and maxilofacial anatomy has become an issue of concern. OBJECTIVE:To summarize the application of virtual reality technology in oral and maxilofacial anatomy, thereby providing the better methods for clinical and basic research of oral medicine, laying the foundation for building the digital repository, and realizing the informatization and networking construction. METHODS:A computer-based retrieval was performed by the first author in the CNKI and PubMed databases to search papers related on the virtual reality technology applied in oral and maxilofacial anatomy published between January 2004 and December 2014, using the key words of “tissue engineering, virtual reality, oral and maxilofacial anatomy, digital, 3D reconstruction, multimedia, teeth, skul” in Chinese and English, respectively. According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, 52 papers were included in the final analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The application of virtual reality technology in oral and maxilofacial anatomy mainly includes 3D digital model and virtual digital database of human body. 3D medical reconstruction software includes 3D-Doctor and Minics that support the original data sources including continuous fault anatomical images, varieties of image data and 3D scanning data. A variety of virtual reality technologies can successfuly reproduce the tooth, dentition and oral and maxilofacial anatomy, laying the foundation for building the virtual reality platform in oral clinical application and teaching.

BACKGROUND:Because the content of oral and maxil ofacial anatomy is various and complex, only the traditional way of multimedia cannot display the anatomical structures from multi-angle and al-round. The development of virtual reality technology in oral and maxil ofacial anatomy of three-dimensional reconstruction research is rapid, causes the attention of many scholars, and has become a hot spot. OBJECTIVE:To develop a three-dimensional digital model of tooth, dentition and skul , and establish a multimedia database of oral and maxil ofacial anatomy to facilitate network sharing and information dissemination so as to provide new method for teaching of basic and clinical oral medicine. METHODS:Extracted teeth with intact crown and root, dentition and skul were chosen. Each specimen was taken at horizontal and vertical direction by the camera in the center of turntable. Al the images obtained were treated using Photoshop CS5 for dressing and compression. The image data were input into The VR Worx system, fol owed by parameters and hotspots setting and the compression. Final y, the three-dimensional digital models were reconstructed and output with QuickTime VR format into disk. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Three-dimensional digital models of tooth and skul were constructed with photography and the VR Worx 2.6 software, which could faithful y reproduce the anatomical characteristics of teeth, dentition and skul s, and facilitate researchers to rotate and scale for observation. Also, it was easy for hotspot-marking. On the platform of digital photography and The VR Worx software, it is feasible to establish the three-dimensional digital model of tooth and skul . This approach is the entity reconstruction, and the reconstructed model appears clear, vivid, and is easy to be saved and promoted.

Objective To establish differential protein expressing profiles of human gastric adenocarcinoma cell in primary or metastatic lymph node tissues by two-dimensional differential gel electrophorosis (2-D DIGE) so as to investigate the metastatic molecular mechanism of the gastric cancer.Methods After obtaining 6 samples of human primary gastric cancer and metastatic lymph node tissues,with manual no-staining frozen sections microdissection,human gastric adenocarcinoma cells from primary or metastatic lymph node tissues were isolated,and then the total proteins were extracted and purified.Highly sensitive 2-D DIGE was used to separate the total protein differentially expressed in the cells.The proteins were visualized by using a fluorescence scanner at appropriate wavelengths for Cy2,Cy3 and Cy5 dyes (Typhoon 9400).Image analysis was carried out with the DeCyder-Differential analysis software (Biological Variation Analysis version 5.0).Results Not only can the study procure defined adenocarcinoma cell populations from gastric primary or metastatic lymph node tissues,but also can resolve the problem of the change in 2-D DIGE patterns because of the varying in protein changes owing to dyeing.All these showed that the technique was simple,easy to perform,versatile and of particular usefulness when laser capture microdissection (LCM) was practically unavailable.The 2-D DIGE patterns with high resolution and reproducibility from adenocarcinoma cells in gastric primary or metastatic lymph node tissues were obtained.The number of spots in Gel1,Gel2 were 1 416 (similar 1 062,decrease 277,increase 77),1 299 (similar 1 050,decrease 157,increase 92),respectively.A total of 11 differential proteins were acquired by image analysis with DeCyder-Differential analysis software (Biological Variation Analysis version 5.0).Conclusions In this report,a simple,easy to proform method of protein epuration,manual no-staining frozen sections microdissection is described,and have used the highly sensitive 2-D DIGE for the identification of proteins differentially expressing in human gastric adenocarcinoma cells from primary or metastatic lymph node tissues.These results provide a fundamental basis for further study of metastatic mechanism of gastric cancer and screen its specific markers.

Objective In order to evaluate nursing students' clinical nursing knowledge and ability objectively, we tested a clinical nursing examination system which is based on the computer technology. Methods The proposed project used the whole group of sampling methods. Data were collected via class unit. All the 620 subjects recruited from seven classes of grade 2007 (280 students )and eight classes of grade 2008 (340 students). Results Students of grade two without clinical practice had lower scores when answering clinical nursing case problems compared with grade one students who went through clinical practice. Conclusions The computer simulated clinical nursing testing system has better validity and reliability in evaluating students' clinical nursing ability.

Objective To study the features of esophageal motility in the cases with myasthenia gravis(MG).Methods 15 healthy controls and 45 patients with MG were tested by using a low-compliance four-lumen hydraulic infusion system,respectively.Focused on the following parameters:PP,UESP,UEP,MEP and MERP.Results There were significant differences of the parameters in between MG cases and healthy controls PP (73.24 ± 31.40) mmHg (1 mmHg =0.133 kPa) vs.(103.78±29.47) mmHg,P=0.002;UESP(41.75 ±21.04) mmHg vs.(60.59 ±17.97) mmHg,P=0.003;UEP (56.63 ±30.26) mmHg vs.(78.98 ±30.14) mmHg,P =0.016;MEP(53.96 ±23.25) mmHg vs.(75.11 ±23.75) mmHg(P =0.004).However,MERP of MG cases or healthy controls seemed to be similar[(-7.76 ± 5.94) mmHg vs.(-7.58 ± 5.76) mmHg,P =0.91).Additionally,the above-mentioned parameters in the cases with generalized myasthenia gravis or dysphagia were significantly different compared with other subtypes or healthy controls (P ＜ 0.01).However,there were no significant differences of the parameters in between ocular MG and healthy controls,or in between MG with and without thymoma.Conclusion The upper and middle part of esophageal motility dysfunction is very common in MG cases,especially in those with dysphagia or generalized MG,characterizing by the declined pressure.Manometry in MG cases can help us classify the subtypes of MG and verify their esophageal motility functions.

Objective To investigate the human papillomavirus 16/18 (HPV16/18) infective status and its relationship with the expression of p16,CK17,Ki-67 in immature squamous metaplasia(IM),cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical carcinomas (CC).Methods In situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemistry were applied to detect the expression of HPV16/18,p16,CK17,Ki-67 on tissues from 30 IM,60 CIN and 30 CC.Results The expression rates of HPV16/18 in LSIL,HSIL and CC were 30 ％ (9/30),60 ％ (18/30) and 77 ％ (23/30),higher than that in IM [6.7 ％ (2/30)].HPV16/18 was positively expressed with the progression of cervical squamous epithelial lesions.The expression rates of CK17 in IM was 90 ％ (27/30),higher than that in LSIL,HSIL and CC [17 ％ (5/30),10 ％ (3/30),6.7 ％ (2/30)].The expression rates of p16,Ki-67 were 83 ％ (25/30) and 87 ％ (26/30) in LSIL,90 ％ (27/30) and 93 ％ (29/30) in HSIL,97 ％ (29/30) and 97 ％ (29/30) in CC,higher than that in IM [13 ％ (4/30) and 10 ％ (3/30)].The expression of p16,Ki-67 were particularly seen in HPV16/18-positive HSIL and CC,and the correlation were observed.Conclusion HPV16/18 infection is highly associated with the degree of squamous intraepithelial neoplasia and carcinomas of cervix and upregulated p16 and Ki-67,which suggested that HPV16/18 maybe cause mutation of p16 gene.With the progression of cervical squamous epithelial lesions,positive expression rates of CK17 were decreased compared with increased of HPV16/18,p16,Ki-67.Combined detection of HPV16/18,p16,Ki-67 is helpful for diagnosis and classification of cervical squamous epithelial lesions.