With the introduction of the principle of automatic exposure control system,this paper discusses the relation between ionization chamber and photographic position,and analyzes its effect on X-ray image quality.

Objective To investigate the roles of cell apoptosis and the gene expressions of Fas, FasL, bcl-2 and bax in acute rejection of pancreaticoduodenal transplantation and to evaluate the function of duodenum biopsy for early detection of rejection in rats. Methods Wistar and SD rats were divided into two groups: ①Wistar rats that underwent allogenic pancreaticoduodenal transplantation from the organs of SD rats; ②Wistar rats that received homogenic transplantation. The grafts were then harvested on day 3, 5 and 7 after the transplantation, and all graft samples were observed with HE staining and TUNEL was also used to detect apoptotic cells. The expressions of Fas, FasL, bcl-2 and bax were measured by immunochemical method. According to Nakhleh’s score, pathologic features of transplanted pancreas and duodenum were ranged from one to three scores in order. Results The percentage of same or different scores between the pathological scores of pancreas and duodenum in allogenic pancreaticoduodenal transplantation group were 61.1% (11/18) and 38.9% (7/18) respectively, and there were 6 specimens of pancreatic tissue got higher scores with only one higher score for duodenum. There were significant differences of histopathologic rejection scores and apoptotic indices between the two groups, respectively (P

Objective:To study the diagnostic value of MR diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and CT and MR perfusion imaging in patients with different degrees of liver cirrhosis.Methods:A total of 60 patients with liver cirrhosis,who were treated in Ziyang Hospital of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from August 2015 to February 2017 were selected.According to the Child-Pugh classification,32 cases of grade A were mild cirrhosis (denoted as group A),16 cases of grade B and 12 cases of grade C were moderate to severe cirrhosis (denoted as group B),30 healthy volunteers were selected as group C in the same period.All the subjects in the three groups were examined by DWI,CT and MR perfusion imaging.The ADC value,hepatic portal perfusion ratio [SSr (CT) and SSr (MR)] were compared among the three groups,and Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the indexes.Results:There was no significant difference in ADC values among the three groups (P＞0.05),and the ADC values of group A and B were lower than those of group C,but the difference was not statistically significant (P＞0.05).There was no significant difference in ADC values between group A and B (P＞0.05).The levels of SSr (CT) and SSr (MR) in the three groups were compared,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05);the levels of SSr (CT) and SSr (MR) in group B were significantly higher than those in group A and C,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the levels of SSr (CT) and SSr (MR) in group A and C (P＞0.05).Spearman correlation analysis showed that SSr (CT) was positively correlated with SSr (MR) in the patients with liver cirrhosis (r=0.687,P=0.000).Conclusion:CT and MR perfusion imaging can reflect the lesion degree of liver cirrhosis,and diagnostic effects of the two are better than DWI imaging,which is worthy of clinical promotion.

BACKGROUND:IPS e. max Press porcelain crown has been widely used in clinical restoration because of its aesthetic effect and biological properties. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of IPS e. max Press porcelain crown in esthetic restoration of anterior teeth in terms of marginal adaptation and color match. METHODS:Total y 52 patients with 138 defective anterior teeth (20 males and 32 females, 18-45 years old, including 62 anterior tooth defects, 46 tooth traumas, 30 denticles) were divided into two groups randomly:treatment group (26 cases) and control group (26 cases) were given IPS e.max Press porcelain crown and conditional Co-Cr al oy handcuffed ceramic crowns, respectively. Al the cases were asked for a second visit in 1 week after restoration, and the integrity of ceramic veneer, marginal adaptation, gingival health and color match were evaluated during 6-month and 2-year fol ow-ups. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The degrees of satisfaction on the color, shape and adaptation in the treatment group were al higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). At 6 months after restoration, the marginal adaptation, gingival health and color match in the treatment group were al better than those in the control group (P<0.05). At 2 years after restoration, there was also a significant difference in the marginal adaptation, gingival health and color match between the two groups (P<0.05). IPS e.max Press porcelain crown has the advantages of aesthetics and biological characteristics, so it can be used as an ideal restoration method for esthetic restoration of anterior teeth.

Objective To investigate the role of autophagy and synaptophysin (SYP) in cognitive impairment in de?pressed rats receiving electroconvulsive shock (ECS). Methods Clean and healthy adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were acclimatized to a standard laboratory environment for 7 days. The chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) was used to establish the rat model of depression. Behavior tests were conducted before and after CUMS to evaluate the depression and cognition level of rats. After establishment of the model, 24 rats were randomly divided into ESC group (group E) and depression group (group D) with 12 rats in each group. The rats in group E were administered 80 mg/kg of propofol (10 mg/mL) by intraperitoneal injection, followed by ECS treatment. The rats in group D were administered propofol by intra?peritoneal injection, followed by sham-ECS treatments. The above interventions were conducted daily for 7 consecutive days. After the interventions, rats underwent behavior tests as before. Subsequently, rats were killed and specimens were collected for measurements. Immunohistochemistry was performed to examine autophagy markers such as Beclin 1 and LC3Ⅱand ELISA was used to detect SYP in the hippocampus. Results Group E after ECS significantly increased the percentage of sucrose preference (68.2%±8.7%), rearing times (7.0±1.9), total horizontal distance [(569.5±70.0) cm], es? cape latency [(21.9±5.3)s] and space exploration time [(20.5±3.9)s] compared with group D or group E before ECS. There was no significant difference in these index between groups before ECS or in group E between before and after ECS(P>0.05). Compared with group D, group E had upregulated protein expression levels of Beclin 1 and LC3Ⅱin CA1, CA3, DG as well as the area near the hippocampus and increased SYP contents (P<0.05). Conclusions Cognitive impairment in depression rats following ECS correlates with activated autophagy and increased SYP by ECS.

Aim at the two problems in the field of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) mechanism elucidation, one is the lack of detailed biological processes information, next is the low efficient in constructing network models, we constructed an auxiliary elucidation system for the TCM mechanism and realize the automatic establishment of biological network model. This study used the Entity Grammar Systems (EGS) as the theoretical framework, integrated the data of formulae, herbs, chemical components, targets of component, biological reactions, signaling pathways and disease related proteins, established the formal models, wrote the reasoning engine, constructed the auxiliary elucidation system for the TCM mechanism elucidation. The platform provides an automatic modeling method for biological network model of TCM mechanism. It would be benefit to perform the in-depth research on TCM theory of natures and combination and provides the scientific references for R&D of TCM.
Animals ; Automation ; instrumentation ; methods ; Databases, Factual ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry

cuses tumors. Survivin seems to be a promising marker for analyzing clinical stages and predicting the prognosis of TCC.

Ten compounds were isolated from the artificially induced dragon's blood of Dracaena cambodiana by various column chromatographies on silica and sephadex LH-20 gel. Based on spectral analysis of NMR and MS, their structures were identified as 3, 4-dihydroxyallylbenzene (1), 3', 4', 5'-trimethoxycinnamylalcohol (2), pinoresinol (3), (2R)-7, 4'-dihydroxy-8-methylflavane (4), (2R)-7,4'-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-8-methylflavane(5),(2S)-7,3'-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-8-methylflavane(6) ,(2S)-4',7-dihydroxy-6, 8-dimethylflavane(7), 4,2',4'-trihydroxychalcone(8), 4,4'-dihydroxy-2-methoxydihydrochalcon(9) and Cambodianin E (10). Antibacterial activity assay showed that compounds 1, 4 and 10 have inhibitory effect on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cuben, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum and Ralstonia solanacearum.
Antifungal Agents ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Dracaena ; chemistry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Fusarium ; drug effects ; Molecular Structure ; Plant Extracts ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Objective To investigate the serum levels of IL-10 and TGF-β1 and their significance for patients with sys-temic lupus erythematosus( SLE) .Methods A total of 135 cases were available for the study including 63 cases in primary group(A), 40 cases in remission group(B) and 32 cases in healthy control group(C).ELISA method was used to deter-mine the concentrations of IL-10 and TGF-β1 in serum.Finally, the results of group A were analyzed on the basis of System-ic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index( SLEDAI) .Results The level of IL-10 in serum of group A was significant-ly higher than that of group B and group C.The level of IL-10 in serum of group B was significantly higher than that of group C(P<0.05).The level of IL-10 in group A had active correlation with SLEDAI.The level of TGF-β1 in serum of group A was significantly lower than that of group B and group C.There was no statistical difference between group B and group C(P>0.05).The level of TGF-β1 in serum of group A had negative correlation with SLEDAI.The cases in group A were divided into three subgroups by SLEDAI:21 cases in mild activities subgroup, 30 cases in moderate activities sub-group,and 12 cases in severe activities subgroup, the levels of IL-10 and TGF-β1 in the three subgroups were significantly different(P<0.05).Conclusions IL-10 and TGF-β1 are involved in activity and severity of SLE.

Objective To evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of CT-guided 125I seeds interstitial implantation in treating the refractory liver cancers that show poor response to commonly used therapies. Methods A total of 40 patients with refractory clinically or pathologically-proved liver cancer were enrolled in this study, the diseases included primary liver cancer (n = 27, with coexisting portal vein cancerous thrombus in 2) and metastatic liver cancer (n = 13). CT-guided 125I seeds interstitial implantation was performed in all patients. Preoperative plan of seeds implantation protocol was formulated by using the treatment plan system (TPS); the 125I seed activity was 0.6 -0.8 mCi and the peripheral matching dose (MPD) was 100 -140 Gy. The procedure of 125I seeds interstitial implantation was performed under local anesthesia in all patients. By using percutaneous trans-hepatic puncturing and single-or multiple-needle technique, the 125I seeds were implanted along a line parallel to the long axis of the tumor and/or tumorous thrombus with an interval of 0.5 -1.0 cm. The short-term efficacy was evaluated by modified response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (mRECIST), and the median time to tumor progression (mTTP) and the median overall survival time (mOS) were calculated by Kaplan and Meier method. Results The technical success rate was 100%. The diameter of the tumor was 1.5 -12.0 cm (mean 4.0 cm), and a total of 1 748 125I seeds were implanted in 40 patients (mean 44 seeds per patient). The short-term effective rate was 37.5%(n = 15), including complete remission in 8 cases and partial remission in 7 cases, the stable disease was seen in 15 cases (37.5%), and the disease control rate was 75%. The mTTP was 7.0 months (95%CI:4.524-9.476 months), while mOS was 10 months (95%CI: 6.901 -13.099 months). The procedure-related adverse reactions included small amount of subcapsular hemorrhage (n =2, 5%), intrahepatic migration of 125I seeds (n=2, 5%), pain at liver area (n=1, 2.5%); and no special treatment was needed in these patients. One patient developed high fever with chills 3 hours after the procedure, which was relieved after symptomatic and antipyretic treatment. Conclusion For the treatment of refractory liver cancers, CT-guided 125I seeds permanent interstitial implantation, used as a remedial therapy, is safe and effective. This technique is worth popularizing in clinical practice.