Objective To establish GC and GC/MS qualitative and quantitative analysis methods for identification of cocaine cases. MethodsChoosed and optimized the best analysis parameters of cocaine by GC/MS and GC. We prepared 0.10, 0.20, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80, 1.00, 1.20mg/ml ethanol solution of cocaine standard which all contained 0.6mg/ml diazepam (internal standard) to study the analyse standard curve and the detection limit of cocaine drugs. ResultsThe linear equation of cocaine by GC/FID was Y=1.055X-0.0021, R2=0.9999; That of GC/NPD was Y=0.556X-0.0016, R2=0.9996; The detection limits of cocaine were 10ng by GC/FID method and 2ng by GC/NPD method. On the other hand, we used GC/FID and GC/NPD methods and internal standard to quantitate the cocaine drugs sized by police respectively, the result of concentration was 72%?2.3%. The quantitative data of both methods had good repeatability. ConclusionThe methods established are useful to examine and identify cases of cocaine.

Objective To analyze the clinical feature, treatment and prognosis of ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction Methods Clinical data of 16 patients with ventricular septum repture after acute myocardial infarction were who were hospitalized between January 1990 and July 2004 were analyzed retrospectively Results Among 2?057 patients with acute ST segement elevation myocardial infarction, 16(0 7%) patients (8 males and 8 females) were found to have ventricular septal rupture The average age was 59 4?11 6 years 7 (43 8%) patients had hypertension, 5(31 3%) patients had diabetes and 5 (31 3%) patients smoked 15(93 8%) patients were diagnosed as acute anterior infarction and among them, 6 patients also had posterior infarction 1 patient were diagnosed as inferior infarction 11 patients received coronary arteriography and ventriculography, and in 10 cases, the infarct related arteries (IRA) were found to be LAD (90 9%) Total occlusion was found in 9 cases out of the 11 patients (81 8%) Cardiogenic shock was found in 3(18 8%) patients 12 cases (75%) of ventricular septal rupture occurred within the first seven days after the onset of symptoms The defect on rentricular septumn and its size were confirmed by means of ectocardiography The size of the rupture varied from 0 68 cm to 2 5 cm Surgery was performed in 10 (62 5%) patients, and 3 of them survired All the 6 patients who only received medical therapy died within 30 days Conclusion Ventricular septal rupture after AMI was relatively rare which mostly happened in patients with acute anterior infarction Mortality rate was righ in patients who only received conservative medical treatment Surgical therapy could improve the survival rate

Based on the physical characteristic of ultrasound, the images of body tissues can be obtained through ultrasonic medical technology, which is another flourishing cross-linked branch of BME after X ray technology. Being non-invasive, painless and reusable, ultrasonic medical technology is suitable for the examination and treatment of the soft tissue. This paper introduces such of ultrasonic technology as its basic principle, developing prospect and application to clinical medicine.

In the field of medical engineering, ultrasonic Doppler technology develops rapidly and gains wide application. MICS-51 is one of the main series of MCU family and has been widely used in China. In this paper, the ultrasound Doppler error detection equipment based on MCS-51 is introduced.

Objective: To investigate the inhibitory effects of PTEN gene transfection combined with L-OHP on human cholangiocarcinoma cell line, QBC939, providing a new method for gene therapy of human biliary duct carcinoma. Methods: A eukaryotic expression vector containing PTEN gene was transfected into human QBC939 cells under mediation of lipofectamine and positive cell clones were selected and amplified. Expression of PTEN gene was detected by immunohistochemistry. MTT test was used to determine the in vitro activity of cells, electron microscope was applied to observe cell ultrastructure, and flow cytometry was used for determining the cell cycle and apoptosis. In vitro test was used to study the invasive ability of cells before and after treatment. Results: After transfected with PTEN gene, QBC939 cells had a higher expression of PTEN gene (P

The development of immunotoxin DT386-GMCSF, a fusion protein which bears the N-terminal 386 amino acids of diphtheria toxin and human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and targets the GM-CSF receptor (GM-CSFR), has provided a promising alternative therapy to the acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the poor expression of the protein in E.coli is still a bottleneck which limits the industrial production. To identify the critical down-regulating factors on the expression of DT386-GMCSF, a series of truncated mutants of DT386-GMCSF at the C-terminal of GM-CSF were generated and expressed in E.coli. The results showed that the encoding sequences for the L114 of the GM-CSF dramatically impact the expression of DT386-GMCSF. On this basis, a serial of mutants integrating amino acid substitutes were generated. The results revealed that the expression level of the mutant DF123GVT, which harbors the amino acids 1-123 of GM-CSF whose L114L115V116 was substituted with G114V115T116, was evidently higher than that of the DT386-GMCSF, whereas the specific cytotoxicity to blast recovered from mice injected with HL60, a cell line highly expresses the GM-CSFR, was similar. These results have provided an important basis for the future development of the immunotoxins targeting the GM-CSFR.

OBJECTIVETo observe the characteristics of sperm single-stranded DNA breaks (SSB) and double-stranded DNA breaks (DSB) in infertile men, explore the association of DSB with male infertility, and provide a new observation index and idea for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

METHODSThis study involved 60 infertile men (infertility group) and 30 normal healthy males with infertile wives (control group). We comparatively analyzed the seminal parameters of the two groups, determined sperm concentration and viability using the computer aided sperm analysis system, measured the sperm survival rate by hypoosmotic swelling (HOS) test, examined sperm morphology by Diff-Quick staining, and detected sperm DNA damage by two-tail comet assay.

RESULTSNine two-tail comet models were established for detecting sperm DNA integrity. Comparisons between the fertility and control groups showed that the sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) was (33.8 ± 13.1) vs (16.3 ± 7.9)% (P < 0.01), the SSB-DFI was (19.2 ± 11.4) vs (14.9 ± 7.6)% (P > 0.05), the SSB-DFI/DFI was (56.8 ± 32.4) vs (91.4 ± 27.8)% (P < 0.01), the DSB-DFI was (23.9 +13.4) vs (6.1 ± 2.7)% (P < 0.01), and the DSB-DFI/DFI was (70.8 ± 19.5) vs (37.4 ± 11.3)% (P < 0.01). The optimal cut-off value of DSB-DFI/DFI in the diagnosis of male infertility was 39.5%, with the AUG, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.969, 98.3%, and 90%; that of DSB-DFI was 15.85%, with the AUC, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.912, 86.7%, and 80%; and that of DFI was 18.65%; with the AUC, sensitivity, and specificity of 0.861, 90%, 70%, respectively. In the infertile men, neither SSB-DFI nor SSB-DFI/DFI exhibited any correlation with semen parameters (P > 0.05); DFI was correlated negatively with the percentage of progressively motile sperm, sperm survival rate, and the percentage of morphologically normal sperm (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), but not correlated with sperm concentration (P > 0.05); both DSB-DFI and DSB-DFI/DFI showed a negative correlation with sperm concentration, sperm survival rate, and the percentages of progressively motile sperm and morphologically normal sperm (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONDouble-stranded, rather than single-stranded DNA breaks, may be a factor inducing male infertility. The type of sperm DNA strand damage is of much reference value for the assessment of male fertility.

Case-Control Studies ; Comet Assay ; DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded ; DNA Breaks, Single-Stranded ; DNA Fragmentation ; Fertility ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; diagnosis ; genetics ; Male ; Semen Analysis ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Sperm Count ; Spermatozoa ; Staining and Labeling

Targeting rRNA of bacteria is a new strategy for antibiotic agent development. The rRNA such as mRNA are naturally self-folded molecules which expose only limited accessible target-sites for binding. These accessible sites are pivotal for designing the effective antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, and DNAzymes. MAST, an RNA accessible site screening method, illustrated 6 accessible sites on 16S rRNA by immobilizing 16S rRNA and hybridizing with oligonucleotide library. 5 of the accessible sites were identified valid, and the antisense oligonucleotides targeted to which showed inhibition effectiveness on the proliferation. Among the 5 target sites, one showed the priority of accessibility. Ribozyme designed to this site showed obvious inhibition to the growth when induced expressing in the transfection E.coli.

Objective To estimate the efficacy and safety of Voriconazole as antifungal prophylaxis of invasive fungal infection ( IFI) for malignant hematology patients. Methods The randomized controlled trials of Voriconazole treatment in invasive fungal infection for malignant hematology patients (ended in September 2014) were searched from Cochrane library, Medline, Embase, Pubmed, CBM, CNKI, Blood database. The meta analysis were performed by RevMan5.0. Results Ten literatures reported in 1 773 cases, in which there was significantly difference in effective rate between Voriconazole and other antifungal agents such as Amphotericin-B, Itraconazole, Micafungin and Fluconazole(P < 0.000 01); Four literatures indicated that there was significantly difference in adverse event rate between Voriconazole and amphotericin-B (P < 0.00 001); no significantly difference in adverse event rate between Voriconazole and amphotericin-B(P = 0.57); no significantly difference in adverse event rate between Voriconazole and Micafungin (P = 0.69); no significantly difference in adverse event rate between Voriconazole and Fluconazole (P = 0.70); Subgroup analysis indicated that adverse event rate between Voriconazole and Itraconazole is P=0.001, P = 0.17 respectively. Conclusion Voriconazole showed relative high efficient and low toxicity characteristics in treatment of malignant hematology accompanied by invasive fungal infection. But with its widely clinical application, the clinical value of Voriconazole needs to be further tested.

Objective: To observe the effect of acupuncture on the expressions of insulin receptor β (InsR-β) mRNA and protein in the liver of experimental rats with insulin resistance (IR). Method: Twenty-four rats were randomly divided into 3 groups, control group (n=8),model group (n=8) and acupuncture group (n=8). Rats in the control group were fed with conventional food, and the other rats were induced into insulin resistance model with high fat-sugar-salt food. Once model was induced successfully, rats in the control group were fed with conventional food continually, rats in the model group were fed with high fat-sugar-salt food continually, and rats in the acupuncture group were fed with high fat-sugar-salt food, and treated with acupuncture for 2 weeks. The expression of InsR-β mRNA was detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR, and the expression of InsR-β protein was detected by Western blot. Result: Expressions of InsR-β mRNA and protein in the model group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.01), and those in the acupuncture group were higher than those in the model group (P<0.01, P<0.05). The expressions of InsR-β mRNA and protein between the acupuncture and control group had no significant difference. Conclusion:Acupuncture treatment can increase the expressions of InsR-β mRNA and protein in IR rats'liver to improve insulin resistance.