OBJECTIVETo explore the relationship of the classification of talus fracture and surgery methods with avascular necrosis.

METHODSFrom March 2009 to November 2013, 78 patients with talus fracture were treated, of them, 43 cases were followed up from 2 to 5 years. There were 27 males and 16 females, aged from 17 to 65 years old with the mean of 38.6 years. Thirty-nine cases had talar neck injury and 4 cases had talar body injury. Different treatments were performed according to different injury conditions. The time from injury to treatment was from 6 to 48 hours. The effect of classification of talus fracture and surgery methods on avascular necrosis was analyzed.

RESULTSIn 43 cases,19 cases occurred avascular necrosis, including talar neck fracture of type I in 2 cases, type II in 5 cases, type III in 5 cases, type IV in 5 cases and talar body fracture in 2 cases (combined with talar neck fracture). And 29 patients were treated with operation, there was no statistically significant differences in avascular necrosis with different operations.

CONCLUSIONCompared with talar body fracture, talar neck fracture is more easily to develop into avascular necrosis. In the 4 types of talar neck fracture, the possibilities of type III and IV were the most ones.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Fracture Fixation, Internal ; methods ; Fractures, Bone ; classification ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Osteonecrosis ; surgery ; Talus ; blood supply ; injuries

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.

This study is to investigate the effect of Euphorbia humifusa effective fraction (EHEF) on the CYP51 enzyme activity, the lanosterol content and the MEP, SUB gene expression of Trichophyton rubrum. Trichophyton rubrum was treated by EHEF for 7 days at 26 degrees C. The activity of CYP51 enzyme of Trichophyton rubrum in the cell membrane was determined by using ELISA kit, and the lanosterol content was investigated by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and the MEP, SUB gene expression of Trichophyton rubrum was detected with the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. Results showed that EHEF can decrease the membrane CYP51 enzyme activity, and it also can accumulate the fungal lanosterol in a dose-dependent manner, and it also can decrease the gene expression of MEP and SUB. The antifungal mechanism of EHEF may be related to the inhibition on CYP51 enzyme activity, and to the effects on fungal cell membrane ergosterol biosynthesis. It may also play an antifungal effect by inhibiting the MEP, SUB gene expression of fungal proteases.
Antifungal Agents ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Cell Membrane ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Enzyme Activation ; drug effects ; Euphorbia ; chemistry ; Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal ; Lanosterol ; metabolism ; Metalloproteases ; metabolism ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Sterol 14-Demethylase ; metabolism ; Subtilisins ; metabolism ; Trichophyton ; drug effects ; genetics ; metabolism

Objective: To investigate the levels of resisitin and C reactive protein, and their relationship with diabetic in patients. Methods: The levels of resistin and C reactive protein were determined in 62 diabetic patients and 42 control subjects. Results: The levels of C reactive protein and resistin were (5.62?0.80))mg/L,(37.43?11.52)?g/L,respectively, compared with control subjects(C reactive protein: (3.62?1.1) mg/L, Resisitin: (18.24?5.84) ng/ml),P

Objective Curcumin and MS-275,an inhibitor of histone deacetylase (HDAC),are promising anti-tumor agents. The aim of present study was to investigate the mechanisms of apoptosis induced by combined use of MS-275 in low dosage and curcumin in prostate cancer cell line DU145. Methods MTT assay was used to evaluate the lethal effect on DU145 cells by solitary use of MS-275 and or combined with curcumin. The changes in cell life cycle was detected by flow cytometry. The expressions of the survival signaling pathways were determined by Western blotting. Results Solitary application of MS-275 or curcumin may inhibit the growth of DU145 cells in a time and dose-dependent manner. The combination of MS-275 (1?mol/L) and curcumin (20?mol/L) exhibited obvious cytotoxic effect on cell viability,which was only 45.9% 48h after the combined treatment. Cell cycle assay showed that the combination of MS-275 and curcumin resulted in obvious appearance of sub-G1 phase in DU145 cells,implying that the cell apoptosis had been induced. The results of Western blotting showed that after treatment of MS-275 or curcumin singly,the phosphorylation level of Akt and ERK kinase declined slightly,however,when MS-275 and curcumin were used together,there appeared a prominent inhibitory effect on Akt and ERK kinase,indicated by a sharp decline of their phosphorylation level,and at the same time,the level of cleaved PARP,a hallmark of apoptosis,was increased in DU145 cells. Conclusion Combined use of MS-275 and curcumin may exert a synergistic cytotoxic effect on the viability of DU145 cells,and exhibit an inhibitory activity on Akt and ERK kinases to induce apoptosis.

Objective To investigate the correlation between executive function(EF) and characteristic of symptom in children with Tourette′s syndrome(TS).Methods EF were measured with Wisconsin Card Sorting Test(WCST) in 53 patients with TS,and symptom characteristics were evaluated with Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL) and Yale Global Tic Severity Scale(YGTSS).Results Compared with healthy control,TS had poor executive performances significantly in WCST(all P

Background and purpose: Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor is related to invasion and metastasis of tumor. Inhibition of uPAR expression in tumor cells results in reducing its metastasis. This study was aimed to construct an expression vector with short hairpin RNA (shRNA) of uPAR, which could pave the way for RNAi-mediated tongue squamous cell carcinoma therapy. Methods: Genome sequences of uPAR gene were retrieved from Genhank and cDNA was designed to code expression of shRNA for uPAR gene. The cDNA was synthesized and inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector pWH1, and the recombinant pWH1-uPAR expression vector was identified by enzyme cutting method. Then, pWH1-uPAR expression vector was transfected into tongue squamous cell carcinoma Ts cells by Lipofectomine 2000. At last, the expression of uPAR in Ts cells transfected with pWH1-uPAR expression vector was observed by RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry staining and Western blot. MTT assay was performed to measure the proliferation of Ts cell. Results: The uPAR shRNA eukaryotic expression vector was successfully constructed. Compared with Ts cells and Ts cells transfected with plasmid pWH1, the Ts cells transfected with pWHI-uPAR expression vector showed a lower mRNA and protein expression of uPAR. The inhibition rate of proliferation was 32.9% of Ts cells by transfected with pWHl- uPAR. Conclusion: The constructed uPAR shR.NA expression vector could inhibit the expression of uPAR in tongue squamous cell carcinoma, which may be helpful for further research on the function of uPAR and provide effective methods for therapy of tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

Objectives:To study the effect of Basen on the sensitivity of insulin in diabetes mellitus.Methods:Blood glucose,lipoprotein,insulin,C-peptide were assayed after and before the administration of Basen.Results:Levels of insulin,blood glucose,and C-peptide were lowered after four weeks administration of Basen,which changed contrarily to ISI.Conclusions:Basen has effects not only on lowering blood glucose but also on improving the insulin resistance.

Child, Preschool ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular ; complications ; Humans ; Leriche Syndrome ; complications ; Male