Objective To establish a rat model of pulmonary hypertension induced by left-to-right shunt and explore the influence of high pulmonary blood flow on pulmonary vascular collagen remodeling.Methods Abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava shunting was produced in rats. Pulmonary artery meanpressure (PAMP) of each rat was measured by using a right cardiac catheterization.Pulmonary artery collagen Ⅰ and Ⅲ were detected using immunohistochemisty.Results After 11 weeks of shunting the Qp/Qs was 3.3∶1.0,indicating a large shunt. Pulmonary artery mean pressure was increased as compared with controls[(23.0?0.9) mm Hg vs (15.7? 1.1) mm Hg,P

Calcium Pyrophosphate ; metabolism ; Cartilage, Articular ; metabolism ; pathology ; Chondrocalcinosis ; diagnostic imaging ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Gout ; pathology ; Humans ; Knee Joint ; diagnostic imaging ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; Menisci, Tibial ; metabolism ; pathology ; Middle Aged ; Osteoarthritis ; etiology ; pathology ; Radiography

AIM:To analyze the recovery of visual cortex activation range of color vision in anisometropia amblyopia children after treatment by using blood oxygen level dependence-functional magnetic resonance imaging ( BOLD- fMRI ) and SPM8 software.
METHODS:Self-control study. This fMRI study directly compared activity in visual cortex produced by color monocular stimulation in 13 monocular anisometropia amblyopia children. The project of study was blocked design. The data of functions and anatomical MRI was stimulated by three-primary colors and was preprocessed and analyzed by SPM8 that based on MATLAB software. According to the data, we compared the change of the central area of color vision when first visit and 1, 2 ,4wk after treatment.
RESULTS: The BA17, BA18, BA19 and BA37 of amblyopia children were different activated after they accepted the three-primary colors stimulation (P<0. 01). After 4wk treatment, amblyopia children accepted red stimulation, the visual cortex activation range without expanding; after accepting green stimulus, on the left side of the visual cortex BA37, BA19, BA20, the average t value were 3. 5210, 3. 2716, 3. 1534 ( P< 0. 01 ); after accepting blue stimulation, the scope of the right side of visual cortex at BA19, BA18 were expanded to different extent, the average t value were 3. 7345, 3. 2701 (P<0. 01).
CONCLUSION: After 4wk treatment, visual cortex activation of color vision of anisometropia amblyopic children is expanded, but with low extent, after the short-term treatment of amblyopia, visual cortex activation of color vision has a certain degree of recovery but not obvious.

Animals ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Free Radicals ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Sports

OBJECTIVETo observe the efficacy of the treatment of refractory wound by VSD combined with platelet-rich plasma.

METHODSFrom April 2010 to June 2012,15 patients with refractory wound were treated including 11 males and 4 females with an average age of 35.2 years old ranging from 18 to 45 years old. The formation time of wound was from 6 to 24 months, which was unhealed after long-term medication or repeated treatment. The VSD combined with autologous platelet-rich plasma was applied to treat the wound. The wound healing was an indicator and treatment and clinical features were summarized.

RESULTSAll the patients were followed up for 3 to 8 months (means 5 months). The wound of all patients were healed without recurrence.

CONCLUSIONThe curative effect of VSD combined with platelet rich plasma for treatment of refractory wounds is obvious. It could reduce the treatment course and the treatment cost.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Drainage ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy ; methods ; Platelet-Rich Plasma ; metabolism ; Wound Healing ; Wounds and Injuries ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Young Adult

Animals ; Arthritis ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Humans

There is immense interest in the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids(LC-PUFAs) on account of their health-beneficial properties.There has been considerable interest in the production of LC-PUFAs in transgenic plants to provide a cheap,sustainable and clean source of these fatty acids.Several main LC-PUFAs,their roles and metabolic pathway in plant are introducedbriefly,progresses on biosynthesis of LC-PUFAs in transgenic plant are reviewed,and strategies for improving the yields of LC-PUFAs in plant are also discussed.

Many unusual fatty acids present in the seed oils of non-food plants are modified at the ?12 position either by the addition of epoxy or hydroxy groups or by the formation of triple (acetylenic) bonds or conjugated double bonds. The introduction of these functionalities into C18 fatty acids is catalyzed by a family of divergent forms of the fatty-acid ?12-desaturase (FAD2) enzyme. Genes encoding these enzymes have now been cloned from a variety of organisms and expressed in transgenic oilseeds. However,the accumulation of the intended fatty acids in transgenic plants has been relatively disappointing,and the mechanisms of these unusual fatty acids biosynthesis and transferring from phosphatidylcholine into storage triacylglycerols still need to be elucidated.

Objective:To study the change of immunological response and cell proliferation in breast tissues augmented by polyacrylamide hydrogel injection(PHI).Methods:The expression of CD68,CD25 and PCNA in 20 breast tissues with indurations,12 without indurations after breast augmentation by PHI,and 10 normal breast tissues was examined by immunohistochemistry P-V6000; analysis was also done by H-E staining.Results:Hyperplasia of fibrous tissue and infiltration of inflammatory cells and macrophages were found in the breast and adjacent tissues 3-8 years after PHI.Positive cells of CD68,CD25 and PCNA hardly existed in the normal tissues,but the breast tissues around the polyacrylamide hydrogel had many positive cells of CD68 and PCNA,especially in cases with indurations;there were significant differences between the 3 groups(P

Background With the widely application of phacoemulsication for cataract,dry eye-associated symptoms,such as foreign body sensation and burning frequently occur after cataract surgery in some patients.Objective This study was to evaluate the repair effects of recombinant human epithelial growth factor (rhEGF) on ocular surface injuriy after phacomulsification. Methods This was a prospective study,and informed consent was obtained from each subject before the experiment.One hundreds and twenty eyes of 89 consecutive patients after phacomulsification for age-related cataract were collected and randomized into rhEGF group,hyaluronic acid group and control group and 40 eyes for each.RhEGF drops and hyaluronic acid drops were topically administered 4 times per day for consecutive 4 weeks after surgery in corresponding group,and no drops mentioned above was used in the control group.The 0.3％ ofloxacin eye ointment and tobramycin+dexamethasone drops were used as the element drops in all patients of each group.Corneal fluorescein staining score,tear film break-up time ( BUT),Schrimer Ⅰ test without topical anesthesia were performed 1 day before surgery and 1 day,1 week,2 weeks and 1 month after surgery.Results The demography and the relevant surface examinational outcomes were no significantly different among the rhEGF group,hyaluronic acid group and control group in preoperation (age:F =3.74; gender:x2 =0.615; corneal fluorescein staining:F =0.247 ; BUT:F =0.579 ; Schrimer Ⅰ test:F =0.475 ; all P＞ 0.05 ).With the prolong of the time,the corneal fluorescein staining scores and Schrimer Ⅰ test values appeared a early ascent and latterly decline,and the BUT value showed a early shorten and latterly restore,with a statistically significant differences among various time points( F时间 =6.754,6.079,6.233,P＜0.01 ).Meanwhile,statistically significant differences were found in the corneal fluorescein staining scores,Schrimer Ⅰ test values and BUT among these 3 groups (F分组 =4.953,4.511,4.071,P＜0.05 ).The corneal fluorescein staining scores in the rhEGF group were significantly lower than those in the hyaluronic acid group at 2 weeks and 1 month after operation(P=0.039,0.014),and the BUT values in the rhEGF group were significantly longer than ones in the hyaluronic acid group at 1 week and 2 weeks after operation (P =0.019,0.007).The Schrimer I test values were significantly reduced in the rhEGF group compared with hyaluronic acid group at 1 week,2 weeks and 1 month after operation (P=0.022,0.003,0.019). Conclusions RhEGF promotes the repair of the ocular surface injury in the patients with age-related cataract after phacomulsification.