Objective To examine the serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP)levels in subjects with type 2 diabetic mellitus(DM)or DM accompanied by cerebral infarction(DM+CI),and the relationship be- tween the serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP)levels,and to investigate risk factors of cerebral infarc- tion in patients with type 2 diabetic mellitus.Methods The serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP)lev- els were measured in 50 DM patients,50 DM+CI patients and 30 healthy controls by ultra-sensitive immunoassay. hs-CRP values and its relationship with cerebral infarction in patients with type 2 diabetic mellitus and other factors, such as age,BMI,TG,etc,were analyzed.Results Univariate analysis revealed significant differences in hs-CRP concentrations between controls[(0.73?0.46)mg/L]and subjects with DM[(2.26?1.38)mg/L],or subjects with DM+CI[(3.82?2.67)mg/L](P

The microRNA let-7 family,functioning as a tumor suppressor,has emerged as a regulator of stem cell differentiation and tumor repression.The RNA-binding protein lin28 is a stem cell pluripotency factor,which contributes to the maintenance of stem cell characteristics and promoting cell malignant transformation.lin28 can block the maturity of let-7 by combining with the precursors of let-7 family miRNAs,which is itself able to repress lin28 by binding to the 3'-UTR of lin28 transcripts,thus forming a feedback loop.The double-negative feedback loop comprising lin28 and let-7 is involved in several biological processes such as differentiation of stem cell,tumorigenesis,invasion and metastasis,drug resistance and relapse,which couldbe a potential target for cancer therapy.

Objective: To develop the Padua Inventory(PI) for the use of Chinese college students;explore the structure and examine the sex difference in non-clinical sample in China.Methods: The PI was filled by 1300 college subjects,including 680 males and 542 females(78 gender missing),aged 19.6?2.2,for exploratory factor analysis(EFA).The second sample has 30 college students from Peking University for test-retest study.Results: The results of EFA has four factors: impaired control over mental activities/doubting,worries of losing control over motor activities,contamination,and checking.Reliabilities of four factors are 0.94,0.85,0.86,0.83 for each and 0.96 for the total scores.The test-retest correlations of the four factors are 0.77,0.87,0.85,0.84 for each.Females scored significantly higher in factor 3(P=.000) while males scoring significantly higher in factor 4(P=.017).Conclusion: The results suggest that PI has eligible psychometric reliability,but needs further study for the validity in China.

This study was aimed to discuss traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) factors of bone mineral density (BMD) in order to figure out the relation of BMD T-Score to the TCM syndrome of kidney-deficiency, qi-deficiency , and blood-stasis . It may provide the scientific basis for TCM treatment of osteoporosis . Patients were collected from August 2010 to April 2011 at the Longhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine . The assay of BMD was performed with the U . S . HOLOGIC dual-energy radia-tion . The BMD was measured and recorded in the form . All data were collected into the computer using Epi-Data3 . 02 software . Then , the data was analyzed by the SPSS15 . 0 statistical software . The results showed that through the Mann-Whitney U test , the BMD of patients with kidney-deficiency syndrome was worse compared to patients without kidney-deficiency syndrome ( P < 0 . 01 ); the BMD of patients with q i-deficiency syndrome was worse compared to patients without q i-deficiency syndrome ( P < 0 . 01 ); the BMD of patients with blood-stasis syndrome was worse compared to patients without blood-stasis syndrome ( P < 0 . 01 ) . It showed that the BMD of patients with kidney-deficiency , q i-deficiency and blood-stasis was worse compared to patients with-out syndrome of kidney-deficiency , q i-deficiency and blood-stasis . Under a variety of evidence-based BMD distribution , the chi-square test showed that there was significant difference ( P < 0 . 01 ) . It showed that differ-ent BMD had different TCM syndrome distributions . Among normal BMD cases , distributions of syndrome with-out kidney-deficiency, qi-deficiency and blood-stasis occupied the largest proportion. Among osteoporosis cas-es , the distribution of syndrome of kidney-deficiency , q i-deficiency and blood-stasis occupied the largest pro-portion . It was concluded that the syndrome of kidney-deficiency , q i-deficiency and blood-stasis maybe impor-tant factors to influence BMD . It may also be the risk factor of osteoporosis complication . The BMD are relat-ed to the syndrome of kidney-deficiency , q i-deficiency and blood-stasis and their combinations . Among bone mass reduction and osteoporosis cases , the proportion of combination of two or three types of syndromes was more than single one syndrome . It suggested that the combination of kidney-deficiency , q i-deficiency and blood-stasis had more influence on BMD .

Background and purpose:The skeleton is the most common site of tumor metastasis in lung cancer.Skeletal complications from bone metastasis,such as severe bone pain,functional impairment,may substantially reduce quality of life,in some situations,may result in death.We explored the efficacy of ibandronate combined with chemotherapy in treatment of lung cancer with bone metastasis.Methods:Sixty-four lung cancer patients with bone metastasis were randomized into two groups:38 patients in study group received normal chemotherapy combined with ibandronate,and 26 patients in control group received normal chemotherapy only.Results:The response rate of pain relief in the study group and control group was 71.1% and 42.3%,respectively(P=0.006).In study group,serum alkaline phosphatise and serum calcium was decreased after treatment by ibandronate combined with chemotherapy(P0.05).Conclusion:Ibandronate is safe and well tolerated. Ibandronate combined with chemotherapy is effective in relief of the pain caused by bone metastases and may inhibit bone metastasis.

Objective To observe the influence of Fibronectin-Thrombopoietin(FN-TPO) gene modified human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) on the engraftment of cord blood hematopoietic stem cells.Methods FN-TPO gene modified human bone marrow MSCs combined with cord blood mononuclear cells(CB-MNC) were transplanted to sublethal dose treated severe combined immunodeficiency disease(SCID) mice.After transplantation,these mice were observed for 4 weeks.Peripheral blood cell counts were performed at different time point to assay the hematopoietic system status of the mice.Four weeks after the transplantation,human-sourced cell integration was assayed by flow cytometry(FCM) and polymerase chain reaction(PCR).Results One week after the cell transplantation,every main index of the peripheral blood cell counts in the gene modified group was higher than that in the control groups(P

The article introduces the network resource in urology surgery both at home and abroad and analyses the existing problems in carrying out online teaching uronology and puts forward some countermeasures.

Objective] To summarize the clinical key points of acupoint sticking therapy in the application of treating disease before its onset. [Method] From the treatment timing, treatment principle, acupoint selection to expound the academic perspective and clinical experience of our department in the application of acupoint sticking therapy by consulting the ancient literature and summarizing clinical practice. [Result] Through the correct selection of treatment timing for acupoint sticking therapy, which is mainly used in summer, secondly used in winter, and focusing on tonifying Yang-qi, and point selection by pattern identification, paying attention to the accumulation of curative effect, this therapy has good curative effect in the treating disease before its onset.[Conclusion] Nowadays, there are more and more sub-health people. Since acupoint sticking therapy has advantages of“easy, convenient, cheap, uesful”and safe, it is a good therapy to apply for treating disease before its onset.

ObjectiveTo summarize the experience of percutaneous nephrolithotomy under flexible ureteroscope in the treatment of staghorn calculi.Method The clinical data of 30 patieits with staghorn calculi undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy under flexible ureteroscope were reviewed for summarizing the surgical cooperation experience.Results All operations were successful,with the clearance rates of stage one and stage two calculi 86.0% and 95.0%,respectively.There occurred one case of massive hemorrhage,but no cases of kidney perforation,peritoneal perforation,liquid pneumothorax or organ damage.Conclusion Well-prepared surgical cooperation,full mastery of surgical procedures and skilled cooperation can increase surgical efficiency and safety by shortening surgical duration.

Aim: Human ?_2-adrenoceptor contributes to the regulation of adipose tissue lipolysis,glucose homeostasis and vascular tension through endogenous catecholamines.This study was to investigate the association between polymorphisms of ?_2-adrenoceptor Arg16Gly and Gln27Glu and obesity in hypertensive patients.Methods Genotypes were determined using the PCR-RFLP and AS-PCR assay in 225 essential hypertensive patients and 125 healthy volunteers.Statistical analyses include one-way ANOVA and ?~2 analysis.Results The Arg16Gly and Gln27Glu polymorphisms were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.The allele frequency of 27Glu in the patients with hypertension and obesity was 0.069 and significantly higher than that in the patients with hypertension and that in the healthy volunteers(P