Objective To observe the effect of acupoint thread-embedding at Neiguan (PC6) and Zusanli (ST36) on anxiety and sleep disorders after heroin withdrawal. Method Sixty-seven patients with heroin addiction were randomized into a Neiguan group (25 cases), a Zusanli group (22 cases) and a Neiguan plus Zusanli group (20 cases), to receive corresponding treatments once every 20 d, for 4 sessions in total. The Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were adopted to observe the anxiety and sleep condition before and after the treatment. Result After 60 d thread-embedding treatment, the total and standard SAS scores, sleep initiation time and total PSQI score were significantly decreased in the 3 groups (P<0.05), and the sleep durations were significantly extended (P<0.05); in comparing the improvement of anxiety, Neiguan plus Zusanli group > Neiguan group >Zusanli group (P<0.05); in comparing the improvement of sleep, Neiguan plus Zusanli group was superior to both Zusanli group and Neiguan group (P<0.05), while there was no significant difference between Zusanli group and Neiguan group (P>0.05). Conclusion It's effective to use thread-embedding at Neiguan and Zusanli independently or together for anxiety and sleep disorders after heroin withdrawal, but the efficacy is more significant when the two points are used in combination, indicating the synergy of acupoints.

Objective To investigate the prognostic value of CD 4+CD25+/high CD127 low/-and CD14+HLA-DRlow/-for evaluating the severity of acute pancreatitis .Methods The percentages of CD4+CD25+/highCD127low/-and CD14+HLA-DRlow/-and the CD64 index were measured by flow cytometry in pa-tients with acute pancreatitis ( including 43 cases of mild acute pancreatitis and 24 cases of severe acute pan-creatitis).Moreover, the levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), acute physiology and chronic health evaluationⅡ( APACHEⅡ) score and CT severity index ( CTSI ) were detected for a correlation analysis .Results The percentages of CD4+CD25+/highCD127low/-and CD14+HLA-DRlow/-and the CD64 index in patients with severe and mild acute pancreatitis were significantly higher than those in healthy subjects .Patients with se-vere acute pancreatitis showed higher percentages of CD 14+HLA-DRlow/-than patients with mild acute pan-creatitis.With the disease progression, the CD64 index and the levels of CD4+CD25+/highCD127low/-, CD14+HLA-DRlow/-and CRP were significantly dropped after an initial increase in patients with mild acute pancrea -titis, while these indexes were continuously elevated in patients with severe acute pancreatitis .The percent-age of CD14+HLA-DRlow/-was positively correlated with CD64 index, CRP level, APACHEⅡ score and CTSI.Conclusion CD14+HLA-DRlow/-level was closely related to the severity of acute pancreatitis , which could be used as immune parameter for the estimation of the clinical severity of acute pancreatitis .

Objective:To evaluate the clinical outcomes of implant-retained overdentures.Methods:57 patients treated by implant-retained overdentures were included.Parameters for peri-implant tissue conditions (e.g.peri-implant probing depth,plaque index,bleeding on probing,mucosal hyperplasia,peri-implant marginal bone loss) and prosthetic complications were examined and recorded.The precentage of satisfaction of the patients was assessed using the visual analog scale (VAS).Results:After an average follow-up of (48±11.3) months,the survival rate of the implants was 98.1%,the marginal bone loss was (1.38±0.74) mm.There was no statistically difference among the different attachment groups(bar,magnet and ball) regarding the peri-implant marginal bone loss or bleeding on probing(P>0.05).The peri-implant probing depth and plaque index in patients with magnet and ball attachments were lower than those in patients with bar attachments(P<0.05).The major complications were the upper abutment fracture,prostheses fracture and screw loosening.Most patients were satisfied with their prostheses and there was no statistically significant difference between the attachment types(P>0.05),except that magnet and ball attachments were much easier to clean compared with bar attachments(P<0.05).Conclusion:Implant-retained overdenture is a successful and satisfactory treatment option for patients with edentulous jaw.The patients should been given regular clinical examinations to keep peri-implant tissue health and reduce the complications,especially those with bar attachments.

Objective To study dynamic expression of Oct-4 during development of colorectal cancer (CRC) and investigate the association between Oct-4 expression and prognosis of patients with CRC.Methods CRC tissues, matched non-tumor tissues and colonic polyp tissues were collected and Oct-4 expressions were analyzed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), flow cytometry analysis (FCM) and immunohistochemistry (IHC).Medical records of patients with CRC were reviewed.Clinicopathological analysis was performed to assess the association between Oct-4 expression and certain chnicopathological parameters.Kaplane-Meier survival curve was conducted to evaluate association between Oct-4 expression and survival time of patients with CRC.Results The results of qRT-PCR showed that the relative expressions of Oct-4 mRNA in matched non-tumor, colonic polyp and CRC tissues were (0.23 ±0.16) × 10-5, (1.19 ± 0.76) × 10-5 and (3.79 ± 1.94) × 10-5 respectively, with a significant difference (F =8.633, P =0.001).IHC analysis displayed that the positive expression ratios of Oct-4 in matched non-tumor tissues, colonic polyp tissues and CRC tissues were 4.43％, 12.68％ and 40.51％ respectively, and a significant difference was discovered among them (x2 =66.311, P ＜ 0.001).Oct-4 expre-ssion in CRC was significantly correlated with pathological stage (x2 =7.248, P =0.007), lymph node metastasis (x2 =4.888, P =0.027), distant metastasis (x2 =5.732, P=0.017) and TNM stage (x2 =4.174, P=0.041).Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis demonstrated that Oct-4 positive cases had a shorter median survival time (37.0 months) compared with Oct-4 negative cases (76.0 months), with a significant difference (x2 =14.050, P =0.001).Conclusion The expression of Oct-4 is step-wise increased during development of CRC.The abnormal expression of Oct-4 may play certain roles in the development of CRC.Oct-4 may be an important biomarker for the clinical diagnosis, assessment of disease and prognosis in CRC.

Objective To investigate the prognostic value of regulatory B cells (Bregs) in patients with acute pancreatitis .Methods Flow cytometry analysis was performed to detected the percentages of CD19+IL-10+and CD19+CD24hiCD27hi Bregs in peripheral blood samples collected from patients with acute pancreatitis (36 cases with mild acute pancreatitis and 15 cases with severe acute pancreatitis ) as well as the surface costimulatory molecules including CD80 and CD86 on CD19+CD24hiCD27hi Bregs.Their correlations with lymphocytes and C-reactive protein ( CRP) were further analyzed .Results The numbers of lympho-cytes, CD19+lymphocytes, CD19+IL-10+and CD19+CD24hi CD27hi Bregs in peripheral blood samples col-lected from patients with severe and mild acute pancreatitis as well as the mean fluorescence intensities ( MFI) of CD80 and CD86 were significantly lower than those from healthy subjects .Compared with patients with mild acute pancreatitis , the numbers of lymphocytes and CD 19+lymphocytes , the absolute numbers of CD19+IL-10+and CD19+CD24hiCD27hi Bregs as well as the mean fluorescence intensities (MFI) of CD80 and CD86 in patients with severe acute pancreatitis were significantly decreased .The percentages of CD19+IL-10+and CD19+CD24hiCD27hi Bregs in patients with mild acute pancreatitis were significantly increased af-ter an initial drop , but in patients with severe acute pancreatitis those values were continuously decreased along with the disease progression .The percentage of CD19+IL-10+Bregs was positively correlated with the percentage of CD19+CD24hiCD27hi Bregs and the absolute number of CD19+lymphocytes, but was negatively correlated with CRP .Conclusion The abnormal number and function of CD 19+IL-10+and CD19+CD24 hi CD27hi Bregs might be one of the important reasons causing immune dysfunction in patients with acute pan -creatitis.

Graphene ( GN) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes ( MWCNT) composites were coated on glassy carbon electrode ( GCE ) and then poly ( nicotinic acid ) ( PNA ) was electrodeposited on the modified electrode. The electrochemical behavior of pyridoxine hydrochloride ( VB6 ) was investigated at the modified electrode by cyclic voltammetry ( CV ) and differential pulse voltammetry ( DPV ) . Results showed the oxidation current of VB6 at the GN-MWCNT/PNA/GCE was obviously larger than that at GCE, PNA/GCE and GN/MWCNT/GCE. The oxidation process of VB6 was an irreversible diffusion-controlled process involving one electron and two protons. The liner range between the peak current intensity of DPV and the concentration of VB6 was 0 . 05-200 μmol/L with a detection limit of 0 . 02 μmol/L ( S/N=3 ) . The modified electrode showed a good reproducibility with a relative standard deviation of 3 . 1% ( n=8 ) . The proposed method was applied to the analysis of vitamin B6 in vitamin B6 tablets and compound vitamin B tablets with recoveries between 96 . 1%-104 . 5%.

BACKGROUND:Constant magnetic field of proper intensity can inhibit the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells,and it can be used to inhibit the restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of constant magnetic field of different intensities on the expression of osteopontin gene in rat aorta smooth muscle cells, so as to investigate whether magnetic field can be used to prevent and treat restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention.DESIGN: A randomly grouping and controlled observation.SETTING: Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University of Chinese PLA.MATERIALS: The experiments were carried out in the laboratory of Department of Cardiology (Military Institute of Cardiovascular Disease), Xijing Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University of Chinese PLA from February to December in 2006. Male pure SD rats of 200-250 g were used.METHODS : Rat aorta smooth muscle cells were cultured in vitro in DMEM medium containing fetal bovine serum (0.1 in volume serum), and then the cells were randomly divided into control group, constant magnetic field of 1, 5, 10 and 50 Gs groups, those in the control group were not treated with magnetic field, and those in the other groups were treated with magnetic field and cultured for another 48 hours. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were combined with absorbance (A) scanning analysis to observe the effect of constant magnetic field on the expressions of osteopontin and its mRNA in smooth muscle cells.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Expressions of osteopontin and its mRNA in smooth muscle cells.RESULTS: The expressions of osteopontin and osteopontin genes in the constant magnetic field groups were significantly decreased as compared with that in the control group (P ＜ 0.05), there were also significant differences among the constant magnetic field groups of different intensities (P ＜ 0.05). It was indicated that the stimulation of constant magnetic field was in an intensity-dependent manner, and the expressions of osteopontin and osteopontin mRNA were enhanced as the intensity of magnetic field was increased.CONCLUSION: Constant magnetic field of proper intensity can inhibit the osteopontin expression in vascular smooth muscle cells on the gene level, and magnetic field may play a role in preventing and treating the restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention.

A series of tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives were prepared and their peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha/gamma agonistic activities were evaluated to obtain more potent PPAR agonist. All of them were new compounds, and their structures were confirmed by 1H NMR and HR-MS. Three compounds exhibited higher agonistic activities of PPARgamma than that of the comparison, six compounds exhibited higher agonistic activities of PPARalpha than that of the comparison, and compound 8a was discovered as a highly potent PPARalpha/gamma agonist that is much more active than that of WY14643 and rosiglitazone. The development of potent PPAR agonists may offer a new choice for the treatment of diabetes.

Objective To study Edg4 and Edg7 expression in placenta of women with hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy,and to investigate the relation between the expression of lysophosphatidic acid(LPA)and hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy.Methods Immunohistochemical SP method was used to measure the expressions of Edg4 and Edg7 in placenta of women with normal pregnancy,20 women with gestational hypertension,20 with mild preeclampsia,and with severe preeclampsia.Results (1)Location:immunohistoehemical staining for Edg4 and Edg7 protein were located at the membrane and endoehylema of cytotrophoblast as well as decidua cells.(2)The positive expression of Edg4 protein and Edg7 protein on membrane and endochylema of cytotrophoblast was 25% and 20%(normal women),60% and 40%(gestational hypertension),80% and 65%(mild preeclampsia),and 83.3% and 86.7%(severe preeclampsia).The expression of Edg4 and Edg7 protein in mild preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia was significantly correlated with the degree of differentiation(P0.05). (3)The positive expression of Edg4 protein and Edg7 protein on membrane and endochylema of decidua was 20% and 25%(normal pregnancy),55% and 50%(gestational hypertension),70% and 55%(mild preeclampsia),and 83.3% and 73.3%(severe preeclampsia)respectively.The expression of Edg4 and Edg7 protein in mild preeclampsia and severe preeclampsia showed a significant correlation with the degree of differentiation(P0.05).Conclusions The high expression of Edg4 and Edg7 protein in the placentas of patients with hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy indicates that LPA combines with Edg4 and Edg7,inducing the occurrence of hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy.

AIM:To study the effect of hsa-miR-218 on cervical cancer HeLa cell growth and the underlying molecular mechanism .METHODS:The lentivirus expression vector pmiR-218 targeting to hsa-miR-218 was constructed . pmiR-218 was transfected into HeLa cells .The number of viable HeLa cells was counted by the method of Trypan blue ex-clusion.The inhibitory rate of cell activity was detected by WST-8 assay.The expression of LIM and SH3 protein 1 (LASP1) at mRNA and protein levels was determined by real-time PCR and Western blot.The interaction between miR-218 and LASP1 was examined using a luciferase reporter assay .RESULTS:The lentivirus expression vector pmiR-218 tar-geting to hsa-miR-218 was constructed successfully and confirmed by DNA sequencing .Over-expression of miR-218 inhibi-ted the activity of HeLa cells with the inhibitory rates of 15%, 26%and 65%at 24 h, 48 h and 72 h, respectively .The difference between transfection group and blank control /negative control group was statistically significant .The luciferase activity was reduced when co-transfection with miR-218 mimics and LASP1-3’ UTR plasmid.The relative expression of miR-218 was increased after transfection with pmiR-218.Over-expression of miR-218 down-regulated the LASP1 expression at mRNA and protein levels by 25%and 75%respectively.Compared with blank control group and negative control group , the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).CONCLUSION:pmiR-218 effectively inhibits the growth of HeLa cells in a time-dependent manner.miR-218 targets to the 3’UTR of LASP1, thus down-regulating the expression of LASP1 in HeLa cells .