Objective To investigate effects of Cocain and amphetamine-regulated transcript(CART) peptides on cerebral ischemic damage and Caspases-3 activities of neurons.Methods 12 mice were randomly divided into CART group and the control group.Mice model of cerebral ischemic was made,after CART group was lateral ventricle injected CART peptides,control group was lateral ventricle injected saline water.Infarction volume was detected by TTC staining.Viability rate of OGD-neurons with CART peptides or salinewater,after mice cortical neuron in vitro was detected by MTT.Caspases-3 activitie was measured by ELISA.Results Infarction volume in the CART group [(0.225?0.044)mm3] was significantly smaller than that in the control group [(0.389?0.055)mm3](P

BACKGROUND: Interlocking nail implantation exhibits great stability and preventory effect on fracture shortening or rotation.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reasons and countermeasures for the complication after interlocking nail implantation in treating femoral fracture.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: The case analysis was performed at Department of Orthopedics, Changhai Hospital of Second Military Medical University of Chinese PLA from April 1987 to April 2008.PARTICIPANTS: 352 patients underwent femoral interlocking nail implantation, including 289 male and 63 female with an average age of 35.9 years (range 18-84 years).METHODS: 127 patients were treated with close interlocking nail implantation, of which 30 cases were subjected to minimal incision to assist nail insertion; 24 were treated with dynamic interlocking nail implantation; 321 with static interlocking nail implantation, and 38 with interlocking nail implantation for femoral reconstruction.MIAN OUTCOME MEASURES: Complications post-implantation; limb joint function recovery during long-term follow-up.RESULTS: 331 cases were followed-up for over 60 months, and the longest follow-up lasted for 252 months. Complications were found in 16 cases, including deformity union in 2, femoral neck fracture in 1, exit of the nail in 2, infection in 2, breakage in 8 (nonunion in 3), and perineal nerve injury in 1. Except 2 with deformity union and recovered by secondary surgery, all patients developed bone union. During the followed-up, no pain or knocked pain was found with normal pseudoarthrosis activities and functional activities. The excellent function recovery in joints and limbs was 91.2%.CONCLUSION: Nail breakage is the main complication after interlocking nail implantation. Therefore, we should select longer and thicker interlocking nail as the first choice. In addition, the interlocked screws should be distal to fracture site. For the patients with severe trauma, the interlocking nail implantation in early stage of fracture would not increase complications.

BACKGROUND: With the advanced progress of prostheses manufacture and surgical technique, early loosening of hip articulation prostheses and femoral neck fracture tend to reduce after hip surface arthroplasty. Meanwhile hip articulation activity has been improved.OBJECTIVE: To discuss the biocompatibility between the implants and the hosts in patients underwent hip surface arthroplasty and observe the functional recovery of hip articulations.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: Retrospective case analysis was carded out in the Department of Orthopaedics, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to the Second Military Medical University of Chinese PLA (Shanghai, China) from January 2006 to August 2007.PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-two patients with hip articulation diseases, including 25 females and 27 males, underwent sixty-three hip surface arthroplasties, and eleven cases of them were subjected to bilateral arthroplasty. Their average age was 47.6 years.METHODS: Hip resurfacing prostheses were offered by Zimmerm Company (Huntington, Indiana, USA). Hip resurfacing was performed using 4-mm-thick cement-less acetabular bone (metal acetabular cup of 3.7-ram thickness was coated with 0.3-mm plasma titanium). Acetabular cup exhibits large diameter and arch shape (165°), is coated with 0.3-ram plasma titanium and fixed with cement less. By means of posterolateral approach, acetabular prostheses were implanted to the central position of hip articulation with regards to anatomy. Acetabular prostheses were covered more than 90% area.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Subsequent to the arthroplasty, biocompatibility between the implant materials and the hosts was recorded, such as dislocation and infection. Functional recovery of the patients was assessed with Harris hip score at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after operation and annually thereafter. Radiological evaluation was conducted to record radioactive permeability in the areas of 1 ram around acetabular cup in the DeLee and Charnley zone.RESULTS: All patients were involved in the follow-up. There were no cases of dislocation, deep venous embolism, deep infection or neurovascular complications that required further treatment. The mean Harris score was 38 points before operation and significantly increased to 90 points after operation. Two patients appeared a 2-mm crevice below acetabular prostheses, which disappeared 6 months after arthroplasty. Acetabular or femoral prostheses removal, or local osteolysis was detectable.CONCLUSION: Metal-on-metal hip surface arthroplasty has excellent early effects on young and active patients. The arthroplasty potentially offers the ultimate bone preservation and better restoration of hip articulation function in patients, without specific biocompatibility.

Objective:To improve the TLC identification method in the quality standard for Yangyin Qingfei granules by identifying paeoniflorin and radix scrophulariae on the same condition plate. Methods:The preparation method for paeoniflorin sample solution in the original standard of TLC identification was improved, the extraction method was water-saturated n-butanol extraction, and the reference crude herb solution of radix scrophulariae was prepared. Simultaneous TLC identification of paeoniflorin and radix scrophular-iae was carried out according to the method described in the original standard. Results:The improved TLC method could be used in the simultaneous identification of paeoniflorin and radix scrophulariae, the spots were clear, and the separation and reproducibility were promising without interference. Conclusion:The improved method is more useful in the quality control of the product with simplified operation.

Asialogycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) is a specific receptor of mammalian hepatocytes,exclusively up-take the glycoprotein in the blood.The number of ASGPR correlates significantly with liver function,and the reduction of the number of ASGPR suggest liver dysfunction.Decreased ASGPR in patients with liver cirrhosis or portal hypertension or hepatocellar carcinoma,lead to varying degrees of liver dysfunction,which made it more susceptible to post operative complications.liver ASGPR scintigraphy with Technetium-99 m DTPA-galactosyl human serum albumin (99m Tc-GSA),combinating with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) technology can assess the functional reserve of remnant liver and predict incidence of postoperative complications,then assist to evaluate the use fulness for clinically surgical decisions.Current situation and progress of 99mTc-GSA SPECT imaging in hepatic surgery were reviewed in the paper.

This paper describes the anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effects of Sudoxicam ( Sud) synthesized by Shenyang Pharmaceutic College.Sud is found to possess significant anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic quality in such animal models as carrayeenan-induced paw oedema ( ED50=5.26mg/kg ) , tylolinduced ear oedema in mice, adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats, yeast-induced fever in rats, acetic acid-induced arithing ( ED50= 5.0mg/kg ) and hot plate-induced pain reaction in mice.

The acute iv and ig LD50 of sudoxicam synthesized by Shanyan Ph-armaceutic College was calculated to be 135?10. 7 and 320 ? 96 mg/kg in mice. In polyarthritic rats, Sud at 2 and 4 mg/kg/d for 28 days did not induce changes in serum AKP, SGPT, BUN the morphal-ogic characteristics of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and kidney. In 3 dogs orally given Sud 16 mg/kg/d for 5 consecutive days, 2/3 died at days 10 to 13. In other 3 dogs given Sud 16 mg/kg/d every other day, plasma concentrations of Sud were determined by ultra violet spectrophotometry. It was found that on the days 10 to 20 , the concentration time curves had attained a intoxicant steady state with plasma sudoxicam concentrations as high as 44. 9 ? 73. 9?g/ml ,and all of them died after 17~25 days. Their bleeding time and coagu- lation time were prolonged to 2 or 3 times of the control and serum BUN was increased. In one dog autopsy revealed the interstitial inflammation of the kidney and small local necrosis of the live, but not in other dogs.Gastric ulceration in rats can be produced by the oral administration of verious doses of Sud. The UD50 of Sud was 15.47mg/kg. It was found that the gastric ulceration in rats is related to the plasma levels

Cartilage antuumor component (CATC) was isolated from a 1 mol/L guanidine hydrochloride extract of bovine cartilage by acetone fractioned precipitation and superfiltration. Using human skin fibroblasts as a normal control, it was demonstrated that CATC inhibited the DNA synthesis of Hela, QGY7703 tumor cell lines and bovine artery endothelial cells, but accelerated the normal cells, when the concentration was below 1250 ?g/ml. At the concentration of 5 000 ?g/ml, CATC inhibited the two cell lines. With human tumor stem cell assay, CATC inhibited the stem cell growth of Hela and QGY7703 cell lines. These suggest that CATC has the effects of inhibiting angiogenesis and tumor cells.

Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP)-induced sodium dodecyl sulfate/dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (SDS/DTAB) catanionic surfactant coacervate extraction method coupled with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to detect the migration of phthalates from disposable tablewares to drinking water. The concentration factors are larger than 82 and extraction recoveries over 53%for water samples spiked with 100 or 200 ng/mL phthalates. Limit of detection is in the range of 1.0–2.6 ng/mL. Good linearity with correlation coefficients larger than 0.9985 is obtained in the concentration of 20–1500 or 40–3000 ng/mL. Relative recoveries are from 82.4%to 123.6%for water samples spiked with 30/60, 250/500, and 1500/3000 ng/mL phthalates, respectively. Relative standard deviations (RSDs) are 0.4%–7.4% for intraday precision (n ? 5) and 0.6%–7.8% for interday precision (n ? 3). Four of studied phthalates are found in the drinking water samples prepared from four kinds of tablewares.