Literatures of study on acupoint functional effect of encephalic region with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are collected from the database of China National Knowledge Information (CNKI) and Wan fang database. Analysis and comments are made respectively from the status quo of studies on combination of single acupoint, two acupoints and multiple acupoints under both physiological and pathological conditions. The results show that the corresponding encephalic regions can be specifically activated by acupuncture. And different regions can be activated by different acupoints. However, studies on single acupoint, two acupoints and three acupoints are the major researches carried out at present. It is still lack of observation on effect of commonly-used combinations in clinic. Moreover, the reliability of the research results are also affected by disunity of operations protocol, reinforcing or reducing manipulations, intensity or depth of stimulation and duration of needling retention. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a unified and standard operation protocol to strictly control the bias factors which may affect the result of research in the future, and take patients as the study target as much as possible, so as to further explore the central effect mechanism.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Brain ; diagnostic imaging ; physiology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Radiography

Cochlear Implantation ; Cochlear Implants ; Humans ; Tinnitus

[ABSTRACT]OBJECTIVETo explore the role and mechanism of IL-13 in regulating the differentiation of ciliated cells on cultured human primary nasal epithelial cells.METHODSHuman nasal epithelial cells were cultured in vitro and treated by IL-13, the differentiation of epithelial cells was observed by western blot detection ofβ-tubulinⅣ and ELISA detection of MUC5AC; the percentage of ciliated and goblet cells was quantified by cytospin followed by immunohistochemical staining; the expression level of central ciliary genes was detected by real-time PCR.RESULTSCompared with control group, IL-13 treatment for 14 day significantly decreased the percentage of ciliated cells and expression ofβ-tubulinⅣ, additionally increased the goblet cells and the secretion of MUC5AC; IL-13 treatment significantly reduced the expression of ciliary key transcription factors such as FOXJ1, RFX2 and RFX3, as well as basal body biogenesis genes like CCNO and CETN2.CONCLUSIONIL-13 inhibits the differentiation of human nasal ciliated epithelial cells, which may be by down-regulating the expression of ciliary key transcription factors and basal body biogenesis proteins.

This paper analyzes the present situation and focuses of medical image fusion and especially places emphasis on the developing trend of intelligent image fusion and comachine image fusion technologies.
Diagnostic Imaging ; methods ; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Medical Informatics Applications

Diagnosis related groups (DRGs)have been widely used in many countries and regions.The versions of DRGs in different regions are modified according to the local circumstances and conditions.Beijing version DRGs (BJ-DRGs)is the first DRGs system in Chinese,which was developed locally based on the conditions of medical information system and health relative policies in Beijing.This paper introduced the grouping principles,logic and methodology of BJ-DRGs.Taking“ear,nose,mouth and throat disorders”for example,this paper demonstrated the grouping process of BJ-DRGs.

Objective To investigate the clinic results of treatment of distal tibiofibular fractures by in- direct reduction and plate fixation through inferior fibula.Methods Between 2002 and 2005,32 cases of distal tibiofibular fractures were treated with indirect reduction and plate fixation through inferior fibula.According to the AO/ASIF classification,there were 17 cases of type A,nine cases of type B,and six cases of type C.Twenty of them also received iliac autograft through a limited median incision at the lower tibia to repair their lateral tibial defects.After operation their ankle joints were fixated at 90?with piaster brace and cast for three months.The bone union,wound and the function of the ankles were observed after surgery.Results All the patients were followed up for an average of 16 months.The average bone union time was 14 weeks.No nonunion,screw loosening,broken plate,or infection of the wounds was found in this series.The excellent and good rate was 84.4% according to Mazur's ankle joint function scoring.Conclusion Indirect reduction and plate fixation through inferior fibula is a satisfactory technique in the treatment of distal tibiofibular fractures.

Objective To investigate the effects of methylprednisolone(MP) on the expression of matrix metalloproteinase(MMP)-9 and airway inflammation in murine models of asthma. Methods Thirty female BALB/c mice were randomly divided into asthma group,MP group and control group(n=10).Murine models of acute asthma were established by ovalbumin(OVA) via peritoneal injection and intranasal instillation.The pathological changes of lung tissues were observed with HE staining,and cell quantitation was conducted in bronchalveolar lavage fluid(BALF).The expression of MMP-9 protein was determined by immunohistochemistry and gelatin zymogram,and the expression of MMP-9 mRNA was detected by RT-PCR. Results Compared with control group,there were more significant airway spasm and more infiltration of inflammatory cells in histologic examination,and there was higher eosinophil cell quantitation in BALF in asthma group(P

To understand the impact of salvianolate injection treatment of liver and kidney function using different from the hospital information system nationwide 18 large three hospitals (hospital information system, HIS) to extract using salvianolate age 18-80 years-old patient, a total of 10 470 cases, depending on the treatment used to have two times before and after treatment 7 d aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase patients (ALT), serum creatinine (Cr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) measurement indicators grouped according salvianolate continuous use different treatment patients were divided into two groups, continuous medication time > 14 d were defined as the observation group, ≤ 14 d were defined as the control group, continuous medication longer than 31 d were not included in the analysis. Each index number of the observation group and the control group were: ALT (268/1 465), AST (270/1 585), Cr (278/1 582), BUN (278/1 611). After using propensity score methods to balance two groups of covariates, based on unweighted logistic regression logistic regression propensity score weighting combined with propensity score weighting to adjust for covariates logistic regression of liver and kidney function in the two groups were analyzed. The results showed: three logistic regression analysis showed no likelihood of ALT, AST, Cr targets two groups of patients with abnormal statistically significant difference, continuous medication time > 14 d may increase the risk of abnormal BUN indicators, comprehensive analysis still can not explain use different treatment of patients salvianolate cause liver and kidney toxicity damage, still large prospective randomized controlled trials further study.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Alanine Transaminase ; metabolism ; Aspartate Aminotransferases ; metabolism ; Blood Urea Nitrogen ; Creatinine ; blood ; Female ; Humans ; Injections ; Liver ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Plant Extracts ; administration & dosage ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Prospective Studies ; Young Adult

BACKGROUND: High oxalic acid urine is a risk factor for stone formation. Constructing cel lines with high oxalate metabolic ability using genetic engineering and stem cel technology wil become the effective method to prevent and treat calcium oxalate stone. OBJECTIVE: To construct the adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel lines that can decompose the oxalic acid, through co-transfecting the oxalic acid degradation genes Frc and Oxc of oxalobacter formigenes into the normal adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. METHODS: Frc and Oxc were amplified by PCR, and the eukaryotic expression vectors of pLEGFP-N1-myc-Frc and pBaBE-puro-flag-Oxc were constructed, then co-transfected into the normal adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. The non-transfected bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and the cells transfected with empty vectors were as control. Western blot was performed to detect the expression of the objective genes;the concentration of oxalate in the culture medium after transgenic was determined by ion chromatography. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing results showed that the Frc and Oxc genes were successful y amplified, and the vectors of pLEGFP-N1-myc-Frc and pBaBE-puro-flag-Oxc were constructed. After tranfected into the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, the Western blot results showed that transfected bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells could stably express the target protein myc-formyl coenzyme A transferase enzyme and the flag-oxalyl coenzyme A decarboxylase; ion chromatography test results showed with the prolonging of the culture time, the concentration of oxalic acid in the human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel culture medium transfected with target gene was decreased gradual y. While there was no target protein expression in the non-transfected human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells as wel as the cells transfected with empty vectors. The cells had the ability of oxalate-degradation. The experiment successful y constructs the adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel lines that can decompose the oxalic acid, and the cel lines have the ability of oxalate-degradation and can stably express the oxalate decomposition proteins Frc and Oxc.

Progression of tumor is a complex process with multiple steps and multiple factors.MicroRNA-296 (miR-296) plays an important role in tumor progression,involved in the proliferation,differentiation,angiogenesis,invasion,metastasis,apoptosis and drug resistance of the tumor cells.