Objective:To observe the efficacy of warm needling in canicular days in treating knee osteoarthritis (KOA).
Methods:Sixty-eight KOA patients were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 34 in each group. The treatment group was intervened by warm needling, while the control group was by conventional acupuncture. The intervention started from the first day of the canicular days, once every day, 10 sessions as a treatment course. The improvement and therapeutic efficacy were evaluated after 3 courses of treatment.
Results:The total effective rate was 91.2%in the treatment group versus 67.6%in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).
Conclusion:Warm needling in canicular days can produce a better efficacy in treating KOA than conventional acupuncture.

Objective To investigate the passive smoking prevalence and its influencing factors among residents aged 15 and ol-der in Chongqing City ,and provide the evidence for the government to make tobacco control policy or improve the present tobacco control policy ,reduce the harm of secondhand smoke .Methods 753 non-smoker residents was investigated by using the multi-stage random sampling .Results The passive smoking rate of residents aged 15 and older in Chongqing city is 45 .95% ,among which ,the male′s is 43 .13% ,the female′s is 47 .45% ,there is no significant difference between gender distribution .There is a significant difference among different age groups(P<0 .05) ,the passive smoking rate of people aged 25 to 34 is the highest(55 .17% ) .There is a significant difference among different occupational groups (P<0 .05) ,the passive smoking rate of the people who engaged in commercial service is the highest(58 .01% ) .There is no significant difference among education level groups .About the non-smok-ers′attitudes to others smoking around ,the higher education level people have ,the more they will care about this ,the number of fe-male(87 .98% ) is significantly higher than male(70 .99% ) .Conclusion The harm of secondhand smoke to the residents aged 15 and older in Chongqing City is high ,so strengthening legislation and law enforcement is necessary to prevent the public exposure to secondhand smoke and reduce passive smoking level .

Objective To investigate the prognostic value of AKT3 expression in gastric cancer. Methods AKT3 expression data in The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA)datasets and its clinical information were downloaded. Statistically assessed was performed for relationship with clinicopatho?logical factors and prognosis. Gene set enrichment analysis(GSEA)was used to predict the gene sets modulated by AKT3. Results The expres?sion of AKT3 was associated with T stage(P=0.001),TNM stage(P=0.049)and differentiation(P<0.001).High level of AKT3 expression indi?cates poor prognosis(P=0.001). AKT3 could regulate gene sets involving cell adhesion molecule,cytoskeleton regulation,focal adhesion and TGF?βsignaling pathway. Conclusion AKT3 could be used as a potential prognostic marker and a therapeutic target in gastric cancer.

To investigate the improving effect of inter-chain disulfide formation on protein trans-splicing, we introduce a Cys point mutation at Tyr(664) in heavy chain and at Thr(1826) in light chain of B-domain-deleted FVIII (BDD-FVIII). By co-transfection of COS-7 cell with the two Cys mutated chain genes, the intracellular protein splicing, inter-chain disulfide formation, secreted BDD-FVIII and bioactivity in culture supernatant were observed. The data showed that a strengthened spliced BDD-FVIII with an inter-chain disulfide detected by Western blotting and an elevated secretion of spliced BDD-FVIII (128 +/- 24 ng mL(-1)) compared to control (89 +/- 15 ng mL(-1)), assayed by a sandwich ELISA. A Coatest was performed to assay the secretion of bioactivity in culture supernatant and shown a much higher value (0.94 +/- 0.08 u mL(-1)) compared to that of control (0.62 +/- 0.15 u mL(-1)). It suggests that inter-chain disulfide formation could improve protein trans-splicing based dual-vector delivery of BDD-FVIII gene providing experimental evidence for ongoing in vivo study.

Objective To evaluate the benefits and the risk of pulmonary embolism between walking exercises and bed rest in the acute stage of deep venous thrombosis (DVT). Methods From February 2008 to March 2009,40 acute primary DVT patients were arbitrarily randomized into controlled group and experimental group,with 20 cases in each group,who were hospitalized within seven days of onset.Patients in controlled group underwent bed rest for 7-10 days,wearing elastic stockings.While patients in experimental group were early (1-2 days after admission) off bed walking about 600-1200 m every day with elastic stockings for 7-10 days.During the process patients in both group received regular anticoagulation treatment,and continued warfarin anticoagulation therapy after out of hospital for at least 6 months.The clinical characteristics of the two groups were comparable.Primary end points were the reduction of pain assessed daily with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS),the reduction of leg circumference at thigh,and cumulative pulmonary embolism incidences of two groups in three months. Results Symptoms in all patients of the two groups were improved,but the pain level showed a statistically significant reduction starting after the third day(58 ±8) mm in the experiment group and after the fifth day (58 ± 13) mm in the controlled group.The leg circumferences of the two groups after 7 days were statistically significantly different (P ＜ 0.05),the cumulative pulmonary embolism incidences of the two groups for 3 months were not statistically significantly different. Conclusion Mobile patients with acute DVT should be encouraged to walk with medical compression stockings.The rate of resolution of pain and swelling is significantly faster when the patient ambulates with compression.The quality of life significantly improved.The risk of pulmonary embolism does not significantly increase by this approach.

Objective To study the changes of DNA repair genes and enhanced anti-tumor effect of cisplatin induced by mifepristone in human ovarian cancer drug resistance cells.Methods The alterations of cisplatin concentration producing 50％inhibition(IC50)in the COC1/DDP cell lines were examined by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT)assay.RT-PCR and flow cytometry were used to analyze the changes of the mRNA of ERCC1,BRCA1,hMLH1 genes and cell cycle and apoptosis.Subcutaneous implantation of COC1/DDP was established in nude mice and the enhanced anti-tumor effect of cisplatin by mifepristone was observed in vivo.ResultsCisplatin IC50 values of COC1/DDP cell were decreased from(3.71±0.38)μg/ml to(3.18±0.46),(1.95±0.14),(0.64±0,18)μg/ml respectively when treated with 2.5,5.0,10.0 μmol/L mifepristone.Mifepristone could down-regulate the mRNA levels of ERCC1,BRCA1,hMLH1 genes and enhance G0/G1 phase block effect pf cisplatin,and 2.5,5.0,10.0 μmol/L mifepristone combined with cisplatin increased rate of cell apoptosis from 0.08％to 5.11％,9.13％and 12.24％ respectively.The percentage of inhibition of xenograft tumor volume in combined treatment group was 70.1％,which was significantly different(P＜0.05).Conclusion By down-regulating ERCC1,BRCA1,hMLH1 genes,blocking G0/G1 phase,and increasing apoptosis rate,mifepristone could enhance anti-tumor effect of cisplatin.

We recently demonstrated that an intein-mediated protein splicing can be used to transfer B-domain-deleted FVIII (BDD-FVIII) gene by a dual-vector. In this study, we observed the effect of a variant heavy chain with six potential glycosylation sites of B domain and L303E/F309S mutations in its A1 domain, which were proven to be beneficial for FVIII secretion, on secretion of spliced BDD-FVIII. By transient co-transfection of cultured 293 cells with intein-fused variant heavy chain (DMN6HCIntN) and light chain (IntCLC) genes, the culture supernatant was analyzed quantitatively by ELISA for secreted spliced BDD-FVIII antigen and by a chromogenic assay for bioactivity. The data showed that the amount of spliced BDD-FVIII protein and coagulation activity in culture supernatant from DMN6HCIntN plus IntCLC co-transfected cells were up to (149 +/- 23) ng x mL(-1) and (1.12 +/- 0.14) u x mL(-1) respectively greater than that of intein-fused wild type heavy (HCIntN) and light chain (IntCLC) co-transfected cells [(99 +/- 14) ng x mL(-1) and (0.77 +/- 0.13) u x mL(-1)] indicating that the variant heavy chain is able to improve the secretion of spliced BDD-FVIII and activity. A cellular mechanism-independent BDD-FVIII splicing was also observed. It provided evidence for ongoing animal experiment using intein-mediated dual-AAV vector technology for delivery of the BDD-FVIII genes.

Objective To analyze the CRE and UREA result of university students,and establish the refer-ence interval for CRE,UREA adapted to this university.Methods Performing serum analysis of 2 926 freshmen for CRE,UREA with the automatic biochemical analyzer ( Olympus AU400 ) .Results Reference intervals were get among freshmen as CRE:74.00-109.00μmol/L (M),59.00-85.00 μmol/L (F),and it was different between male and female(Z =-27.27,P <0.01);UREA:2.70 -6.70mmol/L (male aged 16 -24 years),1.90 -5.70mmol/L (female aged 16-24 years),2.30-6.57mmol/L (male aged >24-45 years),1.94-5.11mmol/L ( female aged 25-45 years) .Conclusion The reference intervals disaggregated by sex and age are initially estab-lished.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive and lethal human cancers. Cur-rent studies on the relationship between complicated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and PDAC prognosis have demonstrated inconsis-tent results. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between complicated T2DM and the clinicopathological characteris-tics of PDAC, and evaluate whether complicated T2DM is a significant predictor for overall survival in patients with resectable PDAC. Methods: In this study, clinicopathological characteristics were observed in 136 patients who underwent surgery for PDAC at the Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between January 2009 and February 2011. The relationship between complicated T2DM and overall survival of PDAC patients was analyzed using univariate and multivariate analyses. Results:The median age of pa-tients was 60 years (range: 35-80 years). Among the 136 patients, 76(55.9%) were male. The prevalence of complicated T2DM was 27.9%in 136 PDAC cases. Preexisting T2DM was not associated with any of the clinicopathological characteristics (all P>0.05). Uni-variate analysis showed that complicated T2DM (P=0.045), maximum diameter (P=0.011), histological differentiation (P=0.013), pT stage (P=0.034), vessel invasion (P=0.032), and pTNM stage (P=0.030) were significantly associated with the overall survival of PDAC patients. The median overall survival time was 14.2 months for T2DM patients, and 18.8 months for non-T2DM patients. In mul-tivariate analysis, complicated T2DM [hazard ratio (HR), 1.873;95%confidence interval (CI), 1.187-2.954;P=0.007], poorly differenti-ated tumor (HR, 2.647;95%CI, 1.413-4.957;P=0.002), and maximum diameter≥4.0 cm (HR, 1.699;95%CI, 1.094-2.640;P=0.018) were the independent predictors associated with poor overall survival. Conclusion:Complicated T2DM was associated with poor prog-nosis. It could be used as a prognostic predictor in patients with resectable PDAC. If confirmed, these findings may provide a novel ap-proach for individualized adjuvant therapy.

This article began from the characteristic and research method of the syndrome in Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)and proteomics,analyzed the superiority and the feasibility of introduction of proteomics into the study of syndrome essence.The author thought that proteome and syndrome in TCM were amazing similar in the aspects of integrity,developments,space and complexity,there was maybe some kind of inner link and the corresponding relations between them.Therefore, the proteomics had the special superiority when it was compared with the general microscopic parameter in study of syndrome essence,also even more accord with the characteristics of syndrome in itself.This article also generalized the research achievement of syndromic proteomics in TCM in recent years from the aspects of specification,thought and method,the relativity of concrete syndrome type and proteome.This article demonstrated the magnificent prospect of proteomics in the study of the syndrome essence of the TCM.