We studied the changes of colony-stimu lating factor (CSF) level, the type of CSF after intraperi-toncal injection of estriol sodium succinate (E3?SNa) and the effect of E3?SNa itself on the proliferation of bone marrow precursors with the use of both agar colony assay and [3H]-TdR incorporation assay. Our experiment shows that CSF was at high level 6 h after E3?SNa administration and reached a peak by 24 h, and that elevation of CSF in the serum was maintained for at least 30 d. Using 0.14-28 mg of E3?SNa there was a dose-dependent increase in serum CSF when tested 24 h after E3?SNa treatment. The main type of CSF was GM-CSF. There was no direct stimulation of E32?SNa itself on the proliferation of mouse bone marrow precursors. So we think that the effect of estrogens on the hematopoiesis may, at least in part, be mediated by altered CSF activity.

Objective:To study the effects of human CBS(Cord Blood Serum) on hematopoietic cells culture in vitro.Methods:CBS and/or different combinations of cytokines were added to the culture system derived from human bone marrow mononuclear cells.Colony forming capacity of colony forming unit-granulocyte/ monocyte (CFU-GM)?colony forming unit-granulocyte/ erythrocyte/ megakaryocyte/ monocyte (CFU-GEMM)?cobble-stone area forming cells (CAFC)?long-term culture initiating cells (LTC-IC) were observed.Results:CBS had certain cytokine-like stimulating activity that could promote the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells of bone marrow in vitro. By comparison with cytokines, its GM-CSF-like activity was equal to 65.6 ?g/L rhGM-CSF, and its IL-3-like activity was equal to 2.9 ?g/L rhIL-3.Conclusion:CBS contains stimulating activities for proliferating and differentiating of hematopoietic cells. CBS alone can maintain hematopoietic cells culture in vitro. This study showed the prospect of clinical application of CBS.

Objectives To explore the effects of hyperosmosis of sea water and low temperature on hemorrhage and coagulation sys- tem of dogs after open abdominal injury followed by sea water immersion,and to observe the efficiency of plasma in addition to routine first aid,so as to provide a theoretical basis for the early treatment of open abdominal wound in naval warfare.Methods 24 dogs with open in- jury of the abdomen were randomly divided to three groups with 8 animals for each group.The dogs in control group were not subjected to sea water immersion and received routine treatments;dogs in conventional therapy group were immersed in sea water and then given the routine first aid;dogs in plasma group were immersed with aqua marina and then given a combined treatment of routine first aid plus an in- fusion of plasma.The following parameters were measured and recorded:survival time,body temperature,mean arterial blood pressure, osmotic pressure of plasma,prothrombin time,partial thromboplastin time,d-dimer and factorⅡ.Results Prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time were significantly prolonged,D-Dipolymer increased and factorⅡdecreased after sea immersion with open abdominal wound.The survival time of dogs in plasma group(45.6?12.5h)was significantly longer than that of dogs in both control and conven- tional therapy groups(P

Objective To evaluate the helical CT diagnostic value of primary retroperitoneal neoplasm(PRN). Methods 32 cases of PRN confirmed by operation and pathology were retrospectively analyzed. Plain and enhanced CT scan were perfomed in 28 cases,and only 4 cases underwent plain CT scans. Results Of 32 cases,15 were benign tumor and 17 cases were malignant tumor.Among them ,16 cases were mesenchymal tissue-origin(11 cases were malignant neoplasm), 10 cases were nervous tissue-origin(3 cases were malignant neoplasm),3 cases were rudimental embryonal tissue-origin(all benign), and the source of unknown-origin were 3cases(all malignant neoplasm).To be correctly localized was 28 cases(87.5%) and correctly qualitative diagnosis of the tumor was 20 cases (62.5%) by CT before operation. Conclusion PRNs have many typies, helical CT provides informations in both position and characteristics before operation.

Objective To analyze the practicality of current diagnostic criteria of invasive fungal infection (IFI) in patients with hematologic diseases/malignant tumors,so as to enhance the recognition of characteristics of pulmonary IFI after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).Methods The clinical features of 51 cases with IFI after allo-HSCT were analyzed retrospectively.Results Pulmonary IFI accounted for 42.1％ (51/121) of the whole infectious pneumonia diagnosed among the patients admitted during the study.One (2.0％) case was proven diagnosis ; 24 (47.1％) were probable diagnosis and 26(51.0％) were possible diagnosis.The using of immuno-suppressors and corticosteroids,and the presence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) were the main host factors.The patients with two or more host factors simultaneously accounted for 66.7％ (34/51) of all pulmonary IFI patients.Totally 94.1％ (48/51) of the patients with pulmonary IFI presented nodules and/or patches as the main features in high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scanning.The positive rates of fungal antigen detection were 58.6％ for G test and 33.3％ for GM test,which were relatively high.Twenty patients (39.2％) showed decrease of arterial partial pressure of oxygen and hypoxia in blood-gas analysis.Conclusions For the diagnosis of pulmonary IFI post allo-HSCT,the administration of immuno-suppressors and corticosteroids,and the presence of GVHD were the main host factors.Nodules and/or patches were the main features in HRCT image.Fungus antigen detection is the main tool to support clinical diagnosis.

Aim To evaluate the effects of ferulic acid ( FA ) on lipopolysaccharide ( LPS )-induced neuroin-flammation in microglia cells and its potential mecha-nisms. Methods Microglial activation was induced by stimulation with LPS, and the effects of FA pretreat-ment on microglial activation and production of proin-flammatory mediators, nitric oxide/iNOS were investi-gated. The role of the mitogen-activated protein kinases in the antiinflammatory actions of FA in LPS-stimulated microglia was further elucidated. Results Cell viabil-ity experiments revealed that FA did not produce cyto-toxicity in microglia. FA significantly inhibited LPS-in-duced production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha ( TNF-α) , interleukin-6 ( IL-6 ) , interleukin-1 beta ( IL-1β) , and nitric oxide ( NO ) . Protein and mRNA levels of COX-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase ( iNOS) were also attenuated by FA. Further experi-ments on intracellular signalling mechanisms showed that inhibition of extracellular regulated kinase ( ERK) contributed to the anti-neuroinflammatory actions of FA. Conclusion The results suggest that FA inhibits LPS-induced microglial inflammation by partial targe-ting of ERK signalling and attenuation of ERK.

This critical review was summarized more systematically about the JAK2V617F mutation of related research progress in myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) research fields and the identification of JAK2V617F mutation represents an important advance in our understanding of MPD was agreed. The authors focused on several sensitive problems of post the JAK2 mutation era, and expressed their opinions. The Guideline of the MPD diagnostic criteria recommended by WHO in 2008 was accepted. The authors recommend the MPD, rather than myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN). The treatment for the MPD (not including the CML) is recommended. Before the effective targeting of JAK2V617F specific inhibitors for the treatment of the MPD, short-term of use hydroxyurea (HU) was suggested to suppress excessive proliferation of bone marrow of MPD and a long course of treatment application of inteferon-α(IFN-α), and low-dose of aspirin in a timely manner were recommended to prevent thrombosis and other complications.

Objective To analyze the efficacy and safety of HAA induction regimen consisted of homoharringtonine (HHT),cytarabine (Ara-C) and aclacinomycin (ACM) in naive and refractory relapsed acute myeloid leukemia.Methods Data from 66 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases hospitalized and treated with HAA induction regimen was analyzed retrospectively.Results 45 of the 66 cases suffered from naive AML,and 21 were refractory relapsed.HAA efficacy in naive AML was evaluated in 41 cases with 36 in complete remission (CR) and 1 in partial remission (PR).The efficiency of HAA induction regimen was 90.2 ％ (37/41)in naive AML group and 42.9 ％ (9/21) in refractory relapsed group,respectively.There were no differences (P ＞ 0.05) when considering patient' s gender,age,disease subtype and white blood cell count at onset.14 patients in CR with naive AML were followed-up for a median time of 9 months (2-17 months),and 5 cases relapsed (35.7 ％) in a range of 2-8 months.The median myelosuppression period was 14 days (3-23 days).Nausea and vomiting [20 ％ (13/66)] were the major side effects of HAA regimen,and the other side effects were abdominal pain and diarrhea [9 ％ (6/66).After chemotherapy,53 ％ (35/66) of the cases experienced infection/fever due to neutropenia.Other severe non-hematological side effects did not occur.Conclusion HAA regimen may be an ideal choice for the induction chemotherapy of naive and relapsed refractory AML.

Objective To explore the feasibility of low-dose chemotherapy (LDCT) combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) (LDCT+TKI regimen) as the first-line induction regimen for Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+-ALL).Methods The efficacies and adverse effects of various induction regimens in 61 newly diagnosed patients with Ph+ ALL were retrospectively analyzed.Results The complete remission (CR) rate of the first induction therapy was 73.8 ％ (45/61) for all 61 cases,and that of the second induction therapy was 86.7 ％ (13/15) for non-remission (NR) patients after the first induction.The total CR rate for two-course induction was 95.1％ (58/61).Treatment related mortality happened in one case (1.6 ％) after the first induction therapy.The response rates between conventional-dose chemotherapy (CDCT)±TKI group and LDCT±TKI group were not statistically different [without TKI,65.5 ％ (19/29) vs 60.0 ％(3/5),P =0.812;with TKI,90.5 ％ (19/21) vs 100.0 ％ (6/6),P =0.432].The response rate of LDCT+TKI group was not statistically different from that of CDCT alone group (P =0.089).The introduction of TKI to LDCT and CDCT could improve the response rate (CDCT+TKI group,P =0.041;LDCT+TKI group,P =0.087).The total response rate of the induction therapy with TKI was significantly higher than that without TKI [92.6 ％ (25/27) vs 64.7 ％ (22/34),P =0.01].The response rate of the TKI-based second induction therapy for non-CR cases after the first induction therapy without TKI was significantly higher than that after the first induction therapy with TKI [100.0 ％ (8/8) vs 33.3 ％ (1/3),P =0.011].There were no significant differences in the efficacies of the first induction therapy between various genetic subgroups (all P ＞ 0.05),and the introduction of TKI to the treatment of various genetic subgroups could improve the efficacies to a certain extent without statistical significance (all P ＞ 0.05).The incidences of treatment related infections and bleeding due to the first induction therapy in all patients were 50.8 ％ (31/61) and 4.9 ％ (3/61),respectively.Compared with LDCT±TKI group,the overall incidences of treatment related infections and bleeding in CDCT±TKI group were higher,but there were no statistical significances [infection,56.0 ％ (28/50) vs 27.3 ％ (3/11),P =0.084;bleeding,6.0 ％ (5/30) vs 0 (0/1 1),P =0.405].The incidence of treatment related infections in LDCT+TKI group was significantly lower than that in CDCT+TKI group [0 (0/6) vs 71.4 ％ (15/21),P =0.002] or that in CDCT alone group [0 (0/6) vs 44.8 ％ (13/29),P =0.039].The incidence of bleeding in LDCT+TKI group was not statistically different from that in CDCT+TKI group or that in CDCT alone group (all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion LDCT+TKI regimen as the first-line induction regimen in Ph+-ALL is deserved to be investigated further.

Objective To evaluate the clinical application of endoscopic technique in corrections of square face. Methods A total of 38 patients (age 21~40 years, 35 women and 3 men) with square face were corrected by endoscope-assisted intraoral approach and resected mandibular angle with the high-speed pneumatic drill or bulky masseter muscle and buccal fat pad. Results The use of an endoscope offered a clear view of the mandibular angle region and the application of high-speed pneumatic drill facilitated accurate and easy resection of the the mandibular angle. These patients were successfully treated for these new techniques: ruduced surgical trauma, operative bleeding and surgical time, along with a reduced risk of infection. Conclusion The endoscopic assisted correction of square face offers more satisfactory clinical results with a clear view of operation and less haematoma, risk of infection, surgical trauma and time.