Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects of intrasplenically transplanted interferon ? (IFN ?) gene modified hepatocytes on murine implanted liver carcinoma. Methods Murine fetal hepatocytes (BNL?CL2) were transfected with recombinant adenovirus expressing IFN ?. Two cell lines BNL?Lac Z and BNL?CL2 were taken as control. One week after intrasplenically injected C26 cells(colon carcinoma line), sixty tumor bearing syngeneic mice were intrasplenically transplanted IFN ? gene modified hepatocytes and were divided into treated group (BNL?IFN ?) and two control groups (BNL?Lac Z and BNL?CL2), two weeks later, levels of IFN ?, tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF ?) and nitric oxide(NO) in the serum of liver implanted carcinoma bearing mice were assayed, the cytotoxicity of murine splenic cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) was measured. Mophology of hepatic tumors were studied. The therapeutic effects on the mice with the implanted liver carcinoma were also evaluated. Results In treated group (compared with control groups), the levels of IFN ?, TNF ? and NO in the serum increased significantly ( P

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of transplantation of autologous peripheral blood stem cells(PBSC) for the treatment of toe or heel ulcer and of rest pain in patients with lower limb arterial ischemic diseases.Methods To mobilize patients' own stem cells with G-CSF for 5 days.At the sixth day,PBSC are collected with a blood-cells separator.The PBSC were then intramuscularly injected into ischemic areas of the lower limbs.Results After transplantation,all patients are followed up from 3 to 24 months.The rest pain disappeares in 12 patients,while toe or heel ulcers are cicatrized in 11 cases.However,4 patients lost in following up.ConclusionTransplantation of autologous peripheral blood stem cells is an effective method for the treatment of arterial ischemic disease.

Objective To explore the methods of the endovascular repair of aortic disease(aortic dissection and aortic aneurysm).Methods We retrospectively analysed 64cases of aortic diseases treated with endovascular repair,including 42cases of aortic dissection(38 were Stanford B,4 were Stanford A) and 22 cases of aortic aneurysms.The stent-grafts were set into the aorta cavity to cover the damaged aortic intima through the femoral artery under local or general anesthesia;4 cases also underwent by-pass vascular operations.In 6 cases the left subclavian artery(LSA) was covered by stent-graft at the endovascular therapy without by-pass operation.Results Eighteen cases of immediate inner-leak were found after the stent placement,a rate of 28.13 %(18/64).No other severe complications occurred,such as stent-graft shift or error placement,aortic rupture,conversion to open-operation or paraplegia.The blood flow of all the vital branches of aorta were obviously improved.The mortality in the perioperative period was 6.25 %(4/64),the time of follow-up was 1-78 months(mean 32 months).Reoperation was done in 2 cases of aortic aneurysm group and 2 cases of aortic dissection group.Conclusions The endovascular repair is a good method for aortic disease.The short and middle term result is satistactory,and the long term follow-up needs to be studied.

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of polymethylmethacrylate/PMMA (Artecoll) as an injectable dermal filler after using laser, radiofrequency and intensive pulse light. Methods In vitro, factional photothermolysis (Affirm) was directly used on the PMMA to see if there was any change in the structure or surface smoothness. In vivo, pig and guinea pig were used as the short-term and long-term models, respectively, for Artecoll. The dermal filler was first injected and then laser treatments conducted.The skin sample was observed through light microscope, scanning electronic microscope and transmission electronic microscope to see whether there were any structural changes, infiltration of inflammatory cells and the regeneration of collagen. Results Through the microscopic observation of in vitro experiment and the animal models, no distortion or rupture of the microsphere were found after the laser treatment. No uneven surface was found in the PMMA microsphere either. The microshpere was surrounded by the inflammatory cells. The infiltration was mild to intermediate with few foreign body giant cells even after several treatments of laser. There was no macrophage seen. But the collagen regeneration was distinguishable after the laser treatment. No obvious structural change was found eventually. Conclusion Artecoll is a safe and effective permanent injectable dermal filler for wrinkle reduction and contour refining.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the antitumor effects of intrasplenically transplanted interleukin-18 (IL-18) gene-modified hepatocytes on murine implanted liver carcinoma.

METHODSEmbryonic murine hepatocyte cell line (BNL-CL2) was transfected with a recombinant adenovirus encoding IL-18 and used as delivery cells for IL-18 gene transfer. Two cell lines, BNL-LacZ and BNL-CL2, were used as controls. One week after intrasplenic injection of C26 cells (colon carcinoma line), tumor-bearing syngeneic mice underwent the intrasplenic transplantation of IL-18 gene-modified hepatocyte cell line and were divided into treatment group (BNL IL-18) and control groups (BNL-LacZ and BNL-CL2). Two weeks later, the serum levels of IL-18, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and nitric oxide (NO) in the implanted liver carcinoma-bearing mice were assayed, the cytotoxicity of murine splenic cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) was measured, and the morphology of the hepatic tumors was studied to evaluate the antitumor effects of the approach.

RESULTSIn the treatment group, the serum levels of IL-18, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and NO increased significantly. The splenic CTL activity increased markedly (P < 0.01), accompanied by a substantial decrease in tumor volume and the percentage of tumor area and prolonged survival of liver carcinomo-being mice.

CONCLUSIONSIn vivo IL-18 expression by ex vivo manipulated cells with IL-18 recombinant adenovirus is able to exert potent antitumor effects by inducing a predominantly T-cell-helper type 1 (Th1) immune response. Intrasplenic transplantation of adenovirus-mediated IL-18 gene-modified hepatocytes could be used as a targeting treatment for implanted liver carcinoma.

Adenoviridae ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Gene Transfer Techniques ; Genetic Therapy ; methods ; Genetic Vectors ; Hepatocytes ; Interleukin-18 ; genetics ; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental ; therapy ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer ; immunology ; Transfection

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of factional multiplex laser (AffirmTM) with combined apex pulse (CAP) technology in treating depressive acne scars,post inflammatory erythema and enlarged pores and other lesions.By following up,the correlative factors were analyzed to guide the further use of the factional laser (AffirmTM) with CAP technology.Methods Patients who received the AffirmTM laser therapy from Sept.2007 to July 2008 were enrolled in this retrospective follow-up study.Pictures were taken before and after each treatment during the therapy.Then the pictures were evaluated by dermatologists to attain object variables.Other subject variables from patients were recorded during survey.The relation between the efficacy and age,sex and treatment frequencies were analyzed statistically.Results The effective rate was 25.34 ％ for post-acne scars,36.84 ％ for post-acne erythema.28.57 ％ for enlarged pores,and 14.29 ％ for rythids.Nonparametric test showed no statistical difference with gender or age.There was correlation between efficacy and treatment frequencies.No severe adverse effect was observed.Conclusions AffirmTM laser with CAP technology has a good effect on treating post-acne depressed scars and erythema,enlarged pores and fine rythids.

Objective Atherosclerosis is widely accepted as a chronic inflammatory disease. Serum biomarkers for vulnerable plaques not only serve as diagnostic tools for the identification of patients with acute coro-nary syndrome, but also assist the identification of high-risk patients. However, the existing data are limited and conflicting. In the present study, we determined whether the plasma levels of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) are correlated with adverse cardiac outcomes in patients with ST-evaluate acute myocardial infarction (STEAMI) undergoing pri-mary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Effect of the plasma intedeukin-1β level on prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. Method This prospective single-center study included 96 patients with SIEAMI with onset < 12 h who underwent primary PCI, 271 patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) and 148 control subjects without coronary artery disease who were consecutively admitted to hospital be-tween Mar, 2006 and Mar, 2008. Plasma IL-1β levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in all subjects. The patients with STEAMI were then followed prospectively for the occurrence of major adverse car-diac events (MACE) (including cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, heart failure, and cardio-genie shock) during hospitalization. We determined the association between IL-1β levels with the risk of MACE using multivariate logistic regression. Results Compared with the SAP patients and control subjects, patients with STEAMI had higher levels of IL-1β (P < 0.05). During hospitalization, 32 patients (33.3%) experienced MACE [23 males, 9 females; age: (75.44±13.45) years]. In the STEAMI patients, IL-1β was elevated in patients with MACE compared with patients without MACE (median [range]: 26.52 [12.010 to 155.244] pg/mL vs 2.157 [0.433 to 83.021] pg/mL; P < 0.01) by non-parameter analysis. Significant and positive correlations be-tween IL-1β and cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) (r = 0.353, P =0.004) were observed by Spearman's correlations analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that IL-1β levels ≥20 pg/mL were significantly and in-dependently associated with MACE during hospitalization (odds ratio: 32.05; 95% confidence interval: 4.28 to 240.151; P =0.001). Conclusions The present study revealed that patients with STEAMI had elevated IL-1β levels on admission. The plasma IL- 1β level is an independent inflammatory predictor for in-hospital MACE in pa-tients with STEAMI undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Objective To compare the prognosis of cognitive dysfunction in patients with cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction by observing the effect of comprehensive rehabilitation intervention based on attention and working memory on the patients with cognitive dysfunction after cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction.Methods A total of 44 patients with cognitive dysfunction after stroke admitted to the Rehabilitation Department of the First Hospital of Jilin University from September 2018 to January 2021 were selected，including 19 patients with cerebral infarction and 25 patients with cerebral hemorrhage，aged from 18 to 80 years，with the course of disease ranging from 2 weeks to 12 months. Both groups received cognitive training based on attention and working memory and conventional rehabilitation therapy，cognitive training 20 minutes a day,6 days/ week，for 4 weeks. Routine rehabilitation includes physical factor therapy，exercise therapy，occupational therapy，aerobic exercise，acupuncture，etc. Montreal Cognitive Assessment（MoCA） was used to assess Cognitive function in all patients before and after treatment.Results After treatment，MoCA scores of 2 groups were significantly higher than those before treatment，the difference was statistically significant（P<0.05）；The improvement of MoCA scores in cerebral hemorrhage group was higher than that in cerebral infarction group，and the difference was statistically significant（P<0.05）.Conclusion Comprehensive rehabilitation intervention based on attention and working memory can effectively improve the level of cognitive function in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction，and the prognosis of cognitive function after intracerebral hemorrhage may be better.

Prepared from 15.3% N-acetylated chitosan (FNC), half N-acetylated chitosan (HNC) possesses a good solubility in a weak basic solution, guaranteeing the formation of microcapsules by the coacervating reaction between HNC and methacrylic acid (MAA)-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)-methyl methacrylate (MMA) (MAA-HEMA-MMA) terpolymer under physiological conditions. When hepatocytes were encapsulated in such 3-dimensional microenvironment, as compared to monolayer culture, cell functions, including P450 activity, urea production and albumin release, were well supported. The prepared microcapsules have good mechanical stability and permeability.
Animals ; Capsules ; Cell Culture Techniques ; methods ; Cells, Cultured ; Chitosan ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Hepatocytes ; cytology ; drug effects ; Male ; Methacrylates ; Methylmethacrylate ; Polymers ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Tissue Engineering ; methods

OBJECTIVETo investigate the association of the 1891-1892del TC polymorphism of regulator of G-protein signalling 2 (RGS2) gene with hypertension in Xinjiang Kazakh population.

METHODSThe case-control study was performed in 444 cases and 489 controls. The genotypes of the individuals in the 1891-1892del TC locus were identified by TaqMan method.

RESULTSA significant association was observed between the1891-1892TC insertion/deletion polymorphism with hypertension in men (OR=1.698, P=0.03) and in the total population (OR=1.32, P=0.044). The mean systolic blood pressure and serum uric acid levels of the ID+DD carriers were significantly higher than that of the II carriers (adjusted, P=0.04 and P<0.01).

CONCLUSIONThe results suggest that the D allele of the 1891-1892TC insertion/deletion locus of the RGS2 gene might be an independent risk factor for hypertension in Xinjiang Kazakhs; and the polymorphism may have some influence on serum uric acid level in this population.

Adult ; Aged ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; ethnology ; genetics ; Blood Pressure ; Case-Control Studies ; China ; Female ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Humans ; Hypertension ; blood ; ethnology ; genetics ; physiopathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymorphism, Genetic ; RGS Proteins ; genetics ; Risk Factors ; Uric Acid ; blood