Objective: To study the scavenging capacity of extract from four kinds of barley leaves on superoxide free radical and hydroxyl free radical. Methods: Measure the content of superoxide free radical and hydroxyl free radical by nitro blue tetrazolium(NBT) photo-reduction. Results: Along with the flavonoid in the reaction liquid, the scavenging rate shows ascending trend . When the concentration of flavonoid is 12?g/ml, its scavenging rate is 95.56% and 94.12% on superoxide free radical and hydroxyl free radical respectively. Conclusion: The flavonoids of barley leave s have stronger anti-oxidative action.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of the double-orifice technique in the treatment of the anterior leaflet prolapse of mitral valve. Methods: 35 patients with severe anterior leaflet prolapse of mitral valve underwent valve repair using the double-orifice technique. The condition of valve was assessed with echocardiography preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively. Results: The mean postoperative valve area was (4 1?1 8) cm 2 against the preoperative valve area of (8 3?1 6)cm 2. Mild regurgitation was found in 2 patients after operation. There were no hospital deaths. At the latest follow-up, the heart function was improved significantly in all patients (NYHA class I). Echo-Doppler assessment of valve showed stable valve function in all patients. There were no late stenosis of valve and no late death. Conclusion: The results of this study show that the double-orifice technique is a safe and effective method for treatment of anterior leaflet of mitral valve with low mortality and morbidity, and excellent early and mid-term results.

Animals ; Birds ; Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus ; genetics ; immunology ; Humans ; Influenza A virus ; genetics ; immunology ; pathogenicity ; Influenza in Birds ; immunology ; pathology ; virology ; Influenza, Human ; immunology ; pathology ; virology ; Virulence ; genetics

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.

Adult ; Cadmium ; Female ; Glomerulonephritis, IGA ; etiology ; Humans ; Occupational Exposure

Objective To study the combined effect of chlorotoluron and atrazine on the testis of mice. Methods Kunming mice were divided into groups and treated with chlorotoluron and atrazine alone or in combination by gavage at different doses for 25 consecutive days. Microscope and electron microscope were used to observe the morphological changes. Results The herbicides used alone or in combination, at all the test doses, caused the morphological changes in degrees in the testis. Under the light microscope, seminiferous epithelium arrayed loosely and disorderedly, spermatogenic cell shed, and layers lessened compared with the control group. Under the electron microscope, mitochondria in the seminiferous epithelium appeared vacuolated, karyotheca swelled, bent and the function of sustentacular cell declined. Compared with alone use groups, the pathological changes were more serious in combination use groups. Conclusion Chlorotoluron and atrazine can produce a combined toxic effect on the testis of mice.

Objective To provide a new approach of preservation for germplasm resources of Citrus medica var.sarcodactylis(CMS).Methods A micrografting test was made on CMS shoot-tips after vitrified cryopreservation,resulting in living shoot-tip.Results First the CMS shoot-tip is inoculated in medium consisting of MS,5%DMSO,and 5%sucrose for 48 h preincubation.Then the shoot-tips were cut off 3—4 mm long and fore-treated by 60%PVS_2 at room temperature(25℃) for 30 min.After that,they were treated by PVS_2 at 0℃for another 80 min and conserved in liquid nitrogen for 24 h.Next the shoot-tips were defrosted by aqueous bath at 40℃and cleaned twice at room temperature(25℃) by MT minimal medium with additive 1.2 mol/L sucrose,10 min once.Finally data collected recorded a higher survival rate of 81.25%by TTC inspectation and a better regeneration rate of 52.94%if the CMS shoot-tips had been grafted on darkly-cultured parental stock,growing,and differentiating normally afterwards.The plantlets detected by polymerase chain reaction(PCR) showed that the pathogens of Huanglong disease had been removed.Conclusion Therefore a conclusion is made that the approach of vitrified cryopreservation may be applied to the preservation of CMS germplasm resources.

Objective To study the synthesizing and secretion of hippocampus neuron amino acid on epilepsy, and explore the pathogenesis of epilepsy attack.Methods We treated culturing hippocampus neuron cell in rats by coriaria lactone(CL), and measured the contents of glutamate(Glu), asparte(Asp), gama aminobutyric(GABA) and glycocine(Gly) of the internal and external culturing hippocampus neuron cell by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC).Results The Glu synthesizing of epilepsy hippocampus neuron cell increased relatively, the Glu secretion increased significantly( P 0 05), or decreased relatively, the secretion increased significantly( P

Objective To approach the correlation between histology manifestation or Ki-67, p53 expression and superficial bladder cancer. Methods 54 cases of superficial bladder cancer were classified into two groups(with and without recurrence). The histological morphology was reviewed according to the 1998 WHO/ISUP classification. The expression of both Ki-67 and p53 was detected with immunohistochemical method, and a comparison was made between with- and without recurrence group. Results The average duration of follow-up survey for the patients was 32 months. Among the 54 patients, 28 got recurrence. Of the recurred cases, 5 were papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP), 14 were low grade papillary urothelial carcinoma (LGPUC), and 9 were high grade urothelial papillary carcinoma (HGPUC). While among the 26 cases without recurrence, 4 were papilloma, 12 were PUTLMP, 8 were LGPUC, and 2 were HGPUC. The recurrence rate was 29.4% (5/17) in PUTLMP, 63.6% (14/22) and 81.8% (9/11) in LGPUC and HGPUC, respectively. There was a significant difference in Ki-67 and p53 expression between the recurrence and non-recurrence groups, the positive rate in recurrence group was significantly higher than that in non-recurrence group (P

Objective To investigate the correlation between caspase-3 and left ventricular function at different phases after ischemia-reperfusion. Methods Totally 36 wistar rats were randomly divided into Sham operation group and ischemia-reperfusion(IR)group. The rat ischemic cardiac region of IR group was taken after 1, 3, 6, 12 and 24-hour reperfusion followed to 30-minute ischemia and detected for the activity fragment of caspase-3 P20, the activity of caspase-3, myocardial apoptosis index, left ventricular function (LVF) and creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) respectively. Results With reperfusion time prolonging, the activity fragment of caspase-3 P20 increased, the activity of caspase-3, myocardial apoptosis index, left ventricular function and CK-MB all changed. The activity fragment of caspase-3 P20 and CK-MB peaked at 6 h, and the activity of caspase-3 and myocardial apoptosis index at 12 h, and then maintained platform; LVSP and ?dp/dt_max increased while LVEDP decreased gradually with the reperfusion time prolonging. All indexes mentioned above of IR group had statistical significance as compared with that of Sham operation group(P