AIM: To investigate the expressions of the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor (CKI) in human corneal epithelium.METHODS: The expressions of CKI, P27, P21 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were tested in different regions of corneal epithelium by SP immunohistochemistry.RESULTS: Limbal basal cells stained positively for PCNA while central corneal epithelium cells stained negatively for PCNA, their difference was statistically significant (P＜0.01).Positive staining for P27 and P21 were observed in central epithelium, but there was no positive staining in limbal epithelium. Their difference were also statistically significant (P＜0.01).CONCLUSION: The different expressions of CKI P27, P21and PCNA in different corneal epithelial regions suggest that in limbal basal layer there are a group of cells that have higher proliferative capacity staying in G1 status, namely stem cell.

Objective]To study the correspondence between human and universe theory in Shanghan Lun starting with Zhongjing ’s doctrine of treatment based on four seasons,analyse the influence of the changing seasons on giving names to the six meridians by Zhongjing ,research on the influence of pulse theory based on four seasons in Huangdi Neijing on the pulse system includes the six meridians system ,summarize the rules of the four seasons’ influence on the six meridians system in Shanghan Lun,and return to Zhongjing’s original viewpoint of four seasons and their yin and yang condition. [Method]By studying the Treatise on Four Seasons treatment Dafa Six Classics and veins in the school system, restore Treatise on Heavencorresponding way of thinking. [Result] It finds that seasons law is the core of six distinguished by its Zhongjing school system clock. [Conclusion] Studying the Four Seasonslaw andseasons therapy Dafa can know Treatise on Six by the corresponding season and six by the significance and reflects theTreatise onlearning system from four seasons pulse method.

Objective] The explanations of the six meridians theory in the book Shanghan Lun were always divergent, most of them explained it with medical theory of later ages.However, il ustrating it from the philosophic perspective was not commonly seen. Yi Jing, the book of changes, was the origin of traditional Chinese philosophy, and the six meridian system, which included three yin and three yang, was just derived from the four xiang(a traditional Chinese concept which refers to taiyang, shaoyin, shaoyang, taiyin). [Method] Through the eight trigrams and the images were analyzed with the Treatise on Six Classicsstate gasification combined with analysis Zhongjing Six Classics theoretical system and the principle of prescription. [Result] Found that eight trigrams can be good images of the corresponding six by the system, the difficult provisions in Tretise on Febrile Diseases were wel explained. [Conclusion]Through combining the images of Bagua(eight trigrams) in Yi Jing with six meridians in Shanghan Lun,il ustrating six meridians from philosophic aspect, and explaining the six meridians theory with philosophical ideas before Zhongjing ’s(the writer of Shanghan Lun) age, in order to provide new ways of thinking in comprehending the six meridians system.

Objective To explore the application of Propensity Score Matching Methods in medical scientific research,and demonstrate the operation process of SPSS.Methods This article summarized and discussed the principle and application of PSM through the literature,a real example was adopted to introduce the operation procedures of SPSS.Results We can use PSM process to control confounding factors between the retrospective study groups effectively through SPSS.Conclusions PSM is an efficient tool to conduct retrospective study.It can provide necessary help for clinical data mining.

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect of earthworm fibrinolytic enzyme (EFE) on the metastasis of human hepatoma cells.Methods A metastatic model of human hepatocellular carcinoma in nude mice via orthotopic implantation was established.After the modeling for 7 days,the mice were divided randomly into the control group,low-dose EFE group (800 uku/kg?d-1),and high-dose EFE group (1600 uku/kg?d-1).After administration for 30 days,the implanted tumors were weighted,and the intrahepatic transmission rate and abdominal cavity seeding rate were calculated after examination by naked eyes.Then the pulmonary metastasis were examined under microscope,and the expression of focus adhesion kinase (FAK) and ?1-intigrin were detected through RT-PCR and western blotting method.Results Compared with the model control group,the mean weight of the orthotopic tumor was reduced,and the intrahepatic transmission rate and abdominal cavity seeding rate were decreased in FEF groups (P

Objective To explore the role of TLR2 and TLR4 in the pathogenesis of Henoch-Schonlein purpura ( HSP) by investigating their expression at mRNA and protein levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( PBMCs ) and their influences on Th 1/Th2 immune response in children with HSP . Methods 64 hospitalized children with HSP in the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical Col -lege from October 2011 to November 2012 were enrolled in the study .They were further divided into non-He-noch-Schonlein purpura nephritis ( NHSPN ) group ( n =36 ) and Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) group (n=28).30 age-matched healthy children from Child Health Division of the same hospital were selected as controls .The expression of TLR2 and TLR4 at mRNA level in PBMCs were detected by re-al-time fluorescent polymerase chain reaction .The expression of TLR2 and TLR4 at protein level and T cells subset were detected by flow cytometry .The levels of IFN-γ, IL-4 and IL-6 in plasma were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results (1)Compared with the control group , the expres-sion of TLR2 and TLR4 at mRNA and protein levels were remarkably increased in children with HSP , espe-cially in HSPN group.(2)Compared with the control group, the percentage of CD3+T cells and CD3+CD4+T cells were down-regulated in HSP group , but the percentage of CD 3+CD8+T cells and CD3+HLADR+T cells were up-regulated.(3)The level of IFN-γand the ratio of IFN-γ/IL-4 in plasma from children with HSP were significantly lower than those of the controls , while the level of IL-4 and IL-6 were remarkably higher than those of the controls .(4)The expression of TLR2 and TLR4 at protein level in PBMCs from chil-dren with HSP showed significant positive correlations with the expression of TLR 2 and TLR4 at mRNA level and plasma concentration of IL-4 and IL-6, but a negative correlation with the ratio of IFN-γ/IL-4.Conclu-sions The aberrant activation of TLR 2 and TLR4 might be correlated with the immunological pathogenesis of HSP by enhancing Th2 immune response.The hyper-activation of TLR2 and TLR4 might result in renal injury in patients with HSP .

BACKGROUND:The influence of Tol-like receptor 2 (TLR2), Tol-like receptor 4 (TLR4), Tol-like receptor 6 (TLR6) signal transduction pathway and active Treg in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura has been unknown.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the expression of TLR2, TLR4 and TLR6 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and Treg immune response in patients with Henoch-Schonlein purpura, and to explore the role of TLR2, TLR4, TLR6 and Treg activation in the pathogenesis of Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
METHODForty-two hospitalized children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura were enrol ed in this study. Another 15 healthy children were selected as controls. TLR2, TLR4 and TLR6 at protein level in peripheral blood mononuclear cells were detected by flow cytometey;reverse-transcription PCR and real-time PCR were used to evaluate the level of MyD88;the levels of transforming growth factor-βand interleukin-10 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. t-test or t’-test was used to compare the levels of these genes and proteins. Pearson’s correlation test was done for correlation analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the control group, the protein levels of TLR2, TLR4, TLR6 and the relative expression level of MyD88 mRNA were significantly up-regulated (P<0.01). The serum levels of transforming growth factor-βand interleukin-10 were higher in the Henoch-Schonlein purpura children than the healthy children (P<0.05). There was a significant correlation between the protein levels of TLR2, TLR4, TLR6 and mRNA level of MyD88 (P<0.01), but no relationship was found between TLRs and interleukin-10, transforming growth factor-β(P>0.05). The excessive activation of TLR2, TLR4, TLR6 may be involved in the process of Henoch-Schonlein purpura via MyD88-dependent pathway, and the compensatory activation of Treg may participate in protective immunity.

Objective To evaluate the role of serine-threonine kinase (Akt)/glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β) signaling pathway in isoflurane preconditioning-induced inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition pore protein (mPTP) opening during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) in rats.Methods Ninety-six male Sprague-Dawley rats,aged 3-4 months,weighing 200-250 g,were randomly divided into 4 groups (n =24 each) using a random number table:control group (group C);I/R group;isoflurane preconditioning group (group IPC);Akt inhibitor MK-2206 group (group MK).Myocardial I/R was induced by occlusion of the anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery for 30 min followed by 2 h of reperfusion.In group IPC,1.5％ isoflurane was inhaled for 30 min followed by 45 min washout,and then the model of myocardial I/R injury was established.In group MK,MK-2206 300 μg/kg (in dimethyl sulfoxide) was injected intraperitoneally at 30 min before isoflurane inhalation.At 2 h of reperfusion,8 rats were selected and sacrificed,and the hearts were removed for determination of myocardial infarct size.At 2 h of reperfusion,8 rats were selected,and blood samples were collected from the right internal jugular vein for determination of serum cardiac troponin Ⅰ (cTnI) concentrations.The rats were then sacrificed,and myocardial specimens were obtained for determination of the expression of phosphorylated GSK-3β (p-GSK-3β) in cytoplasm and mitochondria (by Western blot) and co-expression of p-GSK-3β with adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT),voltage-dependent anion channel or cyclophilin D in myocardial tissues (using co-immunoprecipitation).At 2 h of reperfusion,8 rats were selected and sacrificed,myocardial cells were obtained,and the opening time of mPTP was determined with a laser scanning confocal microscope.Results Compared with group C,the myocardial infarct size and serum cTnI concentrations were significantly increased,and the expression of p-GSK-3β in cytoplasm and mitochondria was up-regulated in I/R and IPC groups,the co-expression of p-GSK-3β with ANT was significantly down-regulated,and the opening time of mPTP was shortened in group I/R,and the co-expression of p-GSK-3β with ANT was significantly up-regulated,and the opening time of mPTP was prolonged in group IPC (P＜0.05).Compared with group I/R,the myocardial infarct size and serum cTnI concentrations were significantly decreased,the expression of p-GSK-3β in cytoplasm and mitochondria was up-regulated,the co-expression of p-GSK-3β with ANT was significantly up-regulated,and the opening time of mPTP was prolonged in group IPC,and the opening time of mPTP was significantly prolonged (P＜0.05),and no significant change was found in the other parameters in group MK (P＞0.05).Compared with group IPC,the myocardial infarct size and serum cTnI concentrations were significantly increased,the expression of p-GSK-3β in cytoplasm and mitochondria was up-regulated,the co-expression of p-GSK-3β with ANT was significantly down-regulated,and the opening time of mPTP was shortened in group MK (P＜0.05).No co-expression of p-GSK-3β with voltage-dependent anion channel or cyclophilin D was found in myocardial tissues.Conclusion The mechanism by which isoflurane preconditioning inhibits mPTP opening during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion is partially related to activation of Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway in rats.

Objective To study the quality and effect of root cause analysis (RCA) on long-range video EEG monitoring on epilepsy patients.Methods The process of RCA long-range video EEG monitoring on patients with epilepsy was investigated to find out the root causes for quality of epilepsy capturing from pseudo differential of EEG and video effects.Then the measures were taken to improve the quality of monitoring.Result After the intervention,except canmera not clear enough,the incidences were significantly decreased compared with pre-intervention (all P ＜ 0.001).Conclusions Root cause analysis is effective in improving the quality of long-range video EEG monitoring on epilepsy patients.It is worth clinically promoting.

Objective To analyze risk factors for acute kidney injury after aortic arch operation under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.Methods Between January 2005 and June 2011,549 cases aortic arch replacement under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest were retrospectively analyzed.According to the occurrence of acute kidney injury they were divided into two groups.Univariate and multivariate analysis (multiple logistic regression) were used to identify the risk factors.Results AKI occurred in 102 cases (18.6％) and 27 cases(4.9％) had dialysis.Multiple logistic regression showed that body mess Index(OR =1.072,95％ CI:1.006-1.141,P =0.031),serum creatinin (OR =1.011,95％ CI:1.006-1.017,P =0.000),cardiopulmonary bypass time(OR =1.006,95 ％ CI:1.002-1.009,P =0.005) and the peak intraoperative glucose level (OR =1.007,95 ％ CI:1.002-1.011,P =0.003) were independent risk factors for AKI.Conclusion The higher BMI,serum creatinin level maybe indicate the occurrence of AKI,and AKI maybe can be reduced by controlling CPB time and intraoperative hyperglycemia.