The ghrelin is an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone (GH) secretagogue receptor,which can regulate the secretion of GH,stimulate the appetite,adjust the energy metabolism,and improve the cardiovascular function.Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) usually suffered from malnutrition and growth retardation,which were connected with insufficiency of energy intake,poor absorption,and increase of nutritional requirement,anatomy and the changes of hemodynamics.Many infants with CHD gradually present ventricular dysfunction and growth restriction in their early childhood,which consequently lead to severe complications.Ghrelin is valuable in the early detection of potential CHD,plays an important role in improving the state of malnutrition and protecting the cardiac function,and provides an important reference to explore the new drug therapy for CHD.This review summarized the effects and significances of ghrelin on growth and cardiac function in infants with CHD.

Objective] To study the transmission of the Ishinpo versions ,understand the prevailing version of Ishinpo. [Method] With the research methods of the Chinese traditional history and philology,collect and sort historical cited references of the Ishinpo, by paying attention to three main emendation in the transmission history of Ishinpo. [Result] Ishinpo of Nakarai is the golden version for document research. The prevailing Ansei Ishinpo version of contemporary China is based on Nakarai version,which consists of twenty seven scrolls of Hei era and three scrolls of Edo Era. Ishinpo Versions have been divided into Emperor Nakarai versions,Uji versions and Family tradition versions. There are big differences in utilization and completeness of the three version system. The Emperor Nakarai versions are relatively good, of which the Nakarai version preserves best. The Uji versions are widespread, of which the RenHe Temple version is better preserved but lacuna. There are lots of lacunas in the family tradition versions, owing to circulateed copies. [Conclusion] In the three main emendation, of Ishinpo, mostly, the Nakarai version is the source edition, the Uji version is primary edition, and the family tradition version is the secondary edition. The paper, which is useful in the transmission of the Ishinpo and thus historical process of medical exchange between China and Japan, has established the system of Ishinpo versions, defined the golden version and the prevailing version.

Objective To determine whether pancreatic ductal preservation(pancreatic ductal injection of sparing TIUW solution at the time of pancreas procurement)can improve islet yield and function after cold preservation of pancreas.Methods Pancreases were classified into five groups:fresh pancreases(group1 ,n= 10);preserved for 6 hr in TIUW solution without and with pancreatic ductal preservation by TIUW solution(group2, n=10 and group3, n = 10);preserved for 24 hr in TIUW solution without and with pancreatic ductal preservation by TIUW solution(group4 ,n= 10 and group5,n= 10).Dithizon(DTZ)staining was used to identify islet morphous and yield, trypan blue uptake(TBU)was used to assess the nonviability of islets, the insulin secretory response to glucose was used to evaluate islet function in vitro, islet transplantation was used to determine islet function in vivo.Results Islet yields per pancreas after purification in group 1 to 5 were 590± 127, 272 ± 50,454 ± 65, 253± 56, 447 ± 66(islet equivalent ± SD), respectively.Percentage of nonviable islets in grouplto5were(5.7±4.2)%,(18.3±6.5)%,(11.7±4.2)%,(26.3±5.6)%,(15.0±5.3)%.Stimulation index in group 1 to 5 were 7.32±2.32, 4.81±1.17, 7.56±2.44, 2.88±1.00, 5.71±1.90.Cure rates in group 1 to 5 were 100%, 0%, 100%, 0%, 70%.In this study, the differences were significant between control groups and experimental groups(P＜0.05, group 2 vs.group3 and group4 vs.group5).Conclusion The pancreatic ductal preservation can improve islet yield and function.

Four methods for evaluating the academic impact of scholars were described according to their literature information, including subjective evaluation method, bibliometric method, social network analysis and comprehen-sive evaluation method .Their development trend was studied by analyzing their characteristics and applications .

Objective To explore the effect of prenatal inflammation on rat offspring's blood pressure and behavioral performance.Methods Twenty-four time-mated Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats were randomly divided into three groups,i.e.control,zymosan and LPS.On their gestation days 8,10,12,the pregnant rats received i.p.injections of sterile saline,0.79 mg/kg zymosan or 0.79 mg/kg LPS respectively.When the offspring were sixty weeks old,eight pups were chosen randomly for the later study.Their serum TNF-? level was detected by ELISA using tail blood,arterial blood pressure was measured by tail-cuff method,and their behavioral performance was detected in Morris water maze test.At the end of the experiment,the brains were rapidly taken from the sacrificed offspring,cut into sections and stained with H&E method to investigate the structural changes of hippocampus.Results Compared with control group,all offspring from the inflammation groups showed increased serum level of TNF-?,increased systemic arterial blood pressure,long latency in finding the safe platform and decreased number of neurons in CA1 region of hippocampus.Conclusion Prenatal exposure to LPS or zymosan results in hypertension and disturbance of learning and memory.

This paper reports a child with acute schistosomiasis,the routine X-ray of chest indicates the case is a typical pulmonary schistosomiasis.

Four synthetic peptides,CP10,CP9,CP33c and CP100,with the sequences corresponding to the capsid protein and nonstructural protein of hepatitis C virus(HCV)respectively,were employed to establish ELISA to detect anti-HCV.Serum HCV RNA was identified with reverse transcriptive polymerase chain reaction(RT - PCR)for comparison.Out of 320 sera collected from patients with viral hepatitis,patients with other diseases and blood donors,49 were positive for antibodies against a single or several peptides.Among the positive rates of antibodies against a single peptide,anti-CP10 rate(9.69%)was the highest and anti-CP33c(3.44%)the lowest.The positive rate for anti-HCV antibodies was significantly higher when 4 peptides were combinedly used than when only one peptide(P

The role of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in inflammatory diseases is the subject of increasing research. This review is focused on the role in the immune system including lymphocytes, neutrophils, NK cells and monocytes. The available data and hypotheses as to the manipulation of PUFAs in immune cells are reviewed. Possible mechanisms include alterations in membrane fluidity, eicosanoid synthesis, signal transduction, gene expression and apoptosis.

Objective To study the ultrasonographic changes and blood flow characteristic ofthromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) by two-dimensional ultrasound and color Doppler imaging MethodForty-seven vessels of 40 patients with clinically suspected TAO vascular detected with two-dimensionalultrasound and color Doppler,and comparison with CT imagmg.Results Color Doppler imaging couldvisualize the arterial wall and blood flow echo filling case,and the spectrum showed the hemodynamicchanges.Conclusions Color Doppler is the first choice for the secondary check to the noninvasivethromboangiitis obliterans,close to the result by an angiography that is usually regarded as a sensitive,accurate and convenient diagnostic method.

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of postmenopausal patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia ( CIN) gradeⅡ/Ⅲand cervical cancer . Methods A retrospective analysis was made on the clinical characteristics of 57 cases of postmenopausal patients who were diagnosed as CIN grade Ⅱor above from January 2014 to September 2015.Their age ranged from 49 to 77 (58.2 ±5.6) years old, and the time of menopause ranged from 1 to 36 (9.4 ±6.9) years. Results ①In postmenopausal women with CIN Ⅱ/Ⅲ and cervical cancer, only about 1/5 (11/57, 19.3%) had clinical complaints, and nearly 2/3 (36/57, 63.2%) had smooth cervical appearance .②There were 36 cases of high-risk human papillomavirus ( HPV) (36/39, 92.3%), 20 cases of single HPV16 infection (20/36, 55.6%), 7 cases of HPV16 type and other high-risk HPV infection (7/36, 19.4%), and 9 cases of other types of high-risk HPV infection (9/36, 25.0%).③The positive rate of high-risk HPV was 92.3%(36/39) and the HPV16 positive rate was 69.2% (27/39).TCT examination showed a positive rate of high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) of only 29.6% (16/54), with significant difference (χ2 =6.686 and 14.286, P =0.010 and 0.000, respectively). Conclusions Postmenopausal women with cervical lesions usually have no obvious clinical symptoms . Gynecological examination alone is difficult to judge whether the cervical lesions exist .Strict cervical lesions screening is particularly important .