Dental Impression Materials ; Disinfection

Aged ; Bronchogenic Cyst ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Infection ; complications ; Mediastinal Cyst ; complications

Objective: To discuss the feasibility of a new method to evaluate wearing simulators,and to investigate the feasibility of specimens' depth loss as the index of the materials' wearing resistance.Methods: Two commercial composite resins(SureFil and Spectrum TPH) were selected.The specimens were subjected to 100,200,300,400,500,800,1200,1 600 and 2 000 cycles wearing in the CW3-1 wearing system.Wearing was determined quantitatively by weighing the specimen and measuring the height of the specimen,volume loss(mm 3) and height loss(?m) were calculated.Previous clinical study results on SureFil and Spectrum TPH conducted at Hong Kong University were used to examine the relationship between clinical wearing and laboratory wearing.The difference of the wearing resistance between the two materials and the Pearson correlation of the height loss and the volume loss were analyzed by statistical software SPSS 15.0.Results: The wearing resistance of the two materials was significant difference(P

Objective To investigate the effect of flavopiridol on the proliferation,invasiveness and apoptosis of human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP,and to explore the possibility of its application in clinical treatment.Methods MTT assay was used to detect cell proliferation,cell invasion in vitro was detected by Transwell assay,and flow cytometer was used to observe apoptosis.Results Flavopiridol inhibited the growth of LNCaP cells in a concentration-dependent and time-dependent way (P ＜ 0.05),and reduced the ability of invasion capacity.After treated by 10 nmol/L flavopiridol for 24 h,the apoptosis rate was increased significantly to (7.5±0.9) ％ compared with the control group [(5.3±0.5) ％] (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Flavopiridol can inhibit proliferation of LNCaP cells and induce apoptosis,which may be applicable for the treatment of prostate cancer.

AIM:To investigate the differences among Lenstar 900, A-scan ultrasound and keratometer in measurement of axial length ( AL ) , anterior chamber depth ( ACD ) and corneal curvature ( K1 , K2 , Km ) , and evaluate the consistency of the instruments, with the purpose providing references for the clinical application of Lenstar 900.
METHODS: In this study we picked up 36 patients ( 50 eyes ) underwent cataract surgery, and lens nucleus hardness were under level IV. Before the operation, AL, ACD and K1 , K2 , Km were measured by Lenstar 900, A-scan ultrasound and keratometer respectively. The differences between the results were compared by the paired t-test. The correlation of the results was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis, and the consistency was measured by Bland-Ahamn method.
RESULTS: The mean AL and ACD values measured by Lenstar 900 and A-scan ultrasound had no significantly statistic differences (P>0. 05). The K1, K2, Km measured by Lenstar 900 and keratometer were not significantly statistical different (P>0. 05). The results measured by these three instruments had close linearity correlation ( r>0.9, P<0. 01). The consistency of the results was well in Bland-Ahamn analysis.
CONCLUSION:The preoperatively biometric result of Lenstar 900, A - scan ultrasound and keratometer in patients with cataract are all reliable, and they can be substituted by each other. However, Lenstar 900 can not only measure AL, ACD and corneal curvature at the same time, but also cornal thickness, lens thickness, white to white, pupil size, optical axis eccentricity, retinal thickness and so on. It has a number of advantages such as non-touching, convenient and efficient, and can be recommended to use widely.

OBJECTIVETo explore the intervention of baicalin on signal transduction and activating transcription factor expression of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients.

METHODSRecruited were UC patients at Outpatient Department of Digestive Disease, Inpatient Department of Digestive Disease, Center for Digestive Endoscopy of College City Branch, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Southern Hospital affiliated to Southern Medical University from June 2010 to January 2011. They were assigned to the UC group (33 cases) and the diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) group (30 cases). Another 30 healthy subjects were recruited as a healthy control group. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in vitro intervened by different concentrations baicalin were taken from UC patients. IL23R gene expressions in vitro intervened by different concentrations baicalin were detected using Q-PCR. Expressions of signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) , STAT6, phosphorylated-STAT4 (p-STAT4), and p-STAT6 were detected using Western blot. Serum levels of IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-6, and IL-10 were measured by ELISA. Effects of different concentrations baicalin on expressions of PBMCs, and levels of IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-10 of UC patients were also detected.

RESULTSCompared with the negative control group, 40 µmol baicalin obviously decreased IL23R gene expression of UC patients (P <0. 01). Compared with the healthy control group and the IBS-D group, p-STAT4/STAT4 ratios increased, p-STAT6/STAT6 ratios decreased, levels of IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-10 all increased in the US group (all P <0. 05). Compared with the negative control, 5 and 10 µmol baicalin groups, 20 and 40 moL baicalin obviously decreased p-STAT4/STAT4 ratios (all P <0. 05); 20 and 40 µmoL baicalin obviously increased p-STAT6/STAT6 ratios (all P <0. 05); 20 and 40 µmoL baicalin obviously lowered levels of IFN-γ and IL-4, and elevated IL-10 levels (all P <0. 05).

CONCLUSION40 µmoL baicalin could in vitro inhibit p-STAT4/STAT4 ratios, adjust p-STAT6/STAT6 ratios and related cytokines, thereby balancing the immunity and relieving inflammatory reactions of UC.

Activating Transcription Factors ; metabolism ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal ; therapeutic use ; Blotting, Western ; Colitis, Ulcerative ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Cytokines ; metabolism ; Flavonoids ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Interleukin-10 ; metabolism ; Interleukin-4 ; metabolism ; Interleukin-6 ; metabolism ; Irritable Bowel Syndrome ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Phosphorylation ; STAT6 Transcription Factor ; metabolism ; Signal Transduction

A 27-year-old man presented with a 3-year history of persistent asymptomatic papules on the left chest and axirlary fossa. Multiple skin biopsies were performed and histopathology revealed mild acanthosis, extension of the dermal papilla, lichenoid lymphoid infiltrates in upper dermis. Some lymphoid cells migrated into the epidermis and formed Pautrier's microabscesses. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the infiltrating cells were positive for LCA, CD45RO, CD3, CD4 and CD8 (scattered), but negative for CD68 or CD30. Cutaneous laser confocal microscopy showed the shadow of scattered, oval or round, slightly refractive cells measuring 4-8 pm in diameter. A diagnosis of papular mycosis fungoides was made. The papules were softened with the lightening of lesional color after treatment with narrow-band ultraviolet B, topical fluticasone propionate cream and isotretinoin gel.

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphoma, T-Cell ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Myositis ; physiopathology

Objective:To evaluate the cytotoxicity of four dentin filling materials and two dentin adhe-sives with a dentin barrier test and to compare the results with those in a conventional filter diffusion test in order to investigate the advantages of the dentin barrier test.Methods: Eugenol cement, zinc phos-phate cement, adhesive glass ionomer cement, composite resin and two self-etching adhesives ( REMI BOND and Adper Easy One) were tested.In the dentin barrier test, L929 mouse fibroblasts were three-dimensional cultured in polystyrene meshes.The dentin disks were cut from the human third molars, near the pulp and in parallel with the occlusal surface, and their permeability within the measurement area was evaluated by a hydraulic permeability device.A mesh with the cells was placed in the “pulp cavity” of the chamber and one dentin disk was put on the cell mesh and its “pulp side” was in contact with the mesh.The test materials and controls were in contact with the“occlusal side” of the dentine disks for 24 h.The cell viability was obtained with MTT assay and the results were expressed as a percentage of con-trol tissues.The Mann-Whitney U test was used to make the statistical analyses.In the filter diffusion test, after a 24 h contact between the test materials and the filters with monolayer cells, the filters were dyed and the grades of cytotoxicity were decided.Results:A mean permeability of the dentin disks near the pulp was 0.293 μL/(min· cm2· cmH2O)(1 cmH2O=0.098 kPa);In the dentin barrier test, Eu-genol cement, REMI BOND and Adper Easy One respectively reduced the cell survival rates to 82%, 63%and 54%.Other materials showed no or very low toxic reactions; In the filter diffusion test, the light-curing composite resin was moderately cytotoxic, the dental adhesive glass ionomer cement was mild-ly cytotoxic and the others were severely cytotoxic;All the six materials in the dentin barrier test had low-er cytotoxicity than in the filter diffusion test.Conclusion:The cytotoxicity of the test materials using the
dentin barrier test with three-dimensional cell cultures is lower than that in the filter diffusion test, which has good correlation with the clinical situation.

We developed and validated a method using high performance liquid chromatography ( HPLC ) coupled with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry ( ESI_MS/MS ) to simultaneously quantify 11 urinary volatile organic compound ( VOC ) metabolites. The frozen urinary samples were unfrozen at room temperature and centrifuged to remove settled precipitate. 100 μL of the supernatant and 50 μL of internal standard were added and then diluted by 850μL of water so as to be analyzed by LC_MS/MS. The compounds were separated on a XSELECT HSS T3 column using acetonitrile as mobile phase A and 15 mmol/L ammonium acetate as mobile phase B at a flow rate of 250μL/min. The analytes were determined qualitatively and quantitatively under multi_reaction monitoring ( MRM) and negative polarity mode. The limits of detection ranged from 0 . 5-30 μg/L and the spiked recoveries of the analytes ranged from 89 . 8%-123 . 8% with RSDs of 3 . 1%-14 . 4%. This method was applied to 22 h urine samples collected from 16 smokers and 6 non_smokers. The results showed that the contents of the metabolites in smokerˊs urine were higher than those of nonsmokers, especially, smoking more than 25 cigarettes per day.