Objective To observe the effect of scalp-acupuncture combined with physical therapy on spastic cerebral palsy.Methods 80 children with spastic cerebral palsy were randomly divided into observation group and a control group,40 cases in each group.The observation group was treated with scalp-acupuncture combined with physical therapy,and the control group with physical therapy only.They were assessed with the Functional Independence Measure for children(WeeFIM) and the Gross Motor Function Measure(GMFM) before and 3 months after treatment.Results No side-effect was observed during the treatment.The scores of WeeFIM and GMFM of the observation group were significantly superior to the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion The scalp-acupuncture can improve the efficiency of physical therapy on motor function in the children with spastic cerebral palsy.

BACKGROUND: There have been no reports available about the direct effect of beer on serum enzyme activity.OBJECTIVE: To observe the changes of the activity of various serum enzymes of the subjects in the in vivo and in vitro experiments after drinking bear.DESIGN: An observational controlled experiment.SETTING: The Institute of Basic Medicine of Taishan Medical College.PARTICIPANTS: The experiment was performed at the Institute of Basic Medicine of Taishan Medical College between March 2005 and April 2005.We selected 17 college students, aged 19 to 35 years, from Taishan Medical College, including undergraduate students and graduate students. In formed consents were obtained from the subjects before the experiment was conducted.METHODS: ① In vivo experiment: 3 mL of venous blood was collected from the subjects 3 hours after the ordinary diet as the control. Then, the subjects drank beer at an amount of 4 mL/kg according to their body mass immediately. 3 mL of blood was collected respectively 15, 30, 45, 60, 90,120, 80 minutes later to measure the changes of the activity of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, al kaline phosphatase, creatine kinase , lactate dehydrogenase, diastase and lipase. ② In vitro experiment: 17 fresh serum samples were added into two test tubes separately with 0.5 mL of serum in each tube. 20 μL of normal saline was added to the tube of the control and 20 μL of beer was added into the test tube. The direct effect of beer on the activity of various enzymes was observed.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The changes of the activity of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, al kaline phosphatase, creatine kinase , lactate dehydrogenase, diastase and lipase of the serum on the in vivo and in vitro experiment .RESULTS: Totally 17 students were involved and all the students entered the stage of result analysis with no loss in the midway. ① In vivo experiment: Beer significantly decreased the activity of serum aspartate aminotransferase (418.08 ±58.68,383.41 ±63.01)nkat/L, significantly in creased the activity of serum alkaline phosphatase, (367 8.57±436.25,396 2.96±400.91)nkat/L (x2=19.00-20.00,P ＜ 0.01). The activity of other enzymes was all increased at different degrees. ② In vitro experiment: Beer inhibited the activity of various enzymes in vitro to a certain degree.CONCLUSION: Beer has some effect on enzyme activity in vivo and in vitro, thus affecting the body metabolism. Over drinking beer can affect health. In the routine detection of serum enzymes, attention should be given to avoid the interference caused by over drinking beer to make sure the experimental results are precise and reliable.

BACKGROUND: Long-term excessive intake of beer might lead to change of intra-corporal tissue or activity of serum enzyme.OBJECTIVE: Observation on relations between intake of beer and fat synthesis of rats and activity of enzyme correlated with catabolism in rats.DESIGN: Matched observations randomly of animal experiments.SETTING: Basic Medical Institute of Taishan Medical College.MATERIALS: The experiments were completed in Basic Medical Institute of Taishan Medical College from December 2004 to February 2005. Totally 60 SD rats were selected and categorized into 6 groups with 10 rats in each group. The rats were perfused with 9 mL/kg, 18 mL/kg, 27 mL/kg, 36 mL/kg, and 45 mL/kg beer respectively according to their fat; The rats in control group were fed with water in stead of beer.METHODS: All rats in each groups were narcotized and executed after continuous feeding 1 week, biochemical analysis and enzyme assay were made respectively after blood samples were adopted, and liver, subcutaneous fat, mesentery fat tissue and gastrocnemius muscle were preserved.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① The level of fat, blood glucose, insulin and blood-lipid of rats in each group after feeding 1 week . ② The enzymatic activity of liver and fat tissue of rats in each group after feeding 1 week . ③ The activity of hormone sensitive lipase and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) of rats in each group after feeding 1 week.RESULTS: Totally 60 rats were channeled into result analysis without any loss. ① Comparison of the levels of fat and biochemical specifications of rats in each group after feeding 1 week: The contents of fat, serum free fatty acid (FFA), high-density of lipoprotein (LP) cholesterol, hepar triacylglycerol and liver cholesterol in beer 36 mL/kg group were higher than those in control groups (x2=19.44-20.01, P ＜ 0.01). ② Comparison of the levels of the enzymatic activity of liver and fat tissue of rats in each group after feeding 1 week: The activities of liver, subcutaneous fat, and liver microsome, I.e. Triacylglycerol alternation protein, phosphatidyl phosphohydrolase, malic enzyme, glucose-6-phasphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) of mesentery tissue in beer 36 mL/kg group were higher than those in control groups (x2=15.02-16.00, P ＜ 0.05). ③ The comparison on level of the activity of hormone sensitive lipase and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) of rats in each group after feeding 1 week: The activity of gastrocnemius muscle of hormone sensitive lipase in beer 36 mL/kg group were prominently lower than those of control groups (P ＜ 0.01), but the activity of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) (P ＜ 0.01) of subcutaneous fat were prominently higher than those in control groups (P ＜ 0.01). The activities of lipoprotein lipase (LPL)of mesentery fat tissue, subcutaneous fat and gastrocnemius muscle tissue in beer 36 mL/kg group were prominently higher than those in other beer groups and control groups (x2=19.00-20.00, P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION: The intake of a certain amount of beer (36 mL/kg) might promote the capability of liver in synthesis and the transport of triacylglycerol in rats. The acceleration of lipid synthesis and storage of fat tissue such as mesentery fat tissue and the increase of fat decomposition and mobilization in peripheral tissue such as muscular tissue and subcutaneous fat would finally lead to the increase of fat.

Objective To investigate the variation of immune index in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treated with autologous purified CD+34 cells transplantation and to clarify the relationship with pathogenesis and prognosis. Methods Flow cytometry (FCM) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) were used to test lymphocyte subsets, C3, C4, CH50, autoantibodies and immunoglobulin for 18 cases of SLE before and after transplantation. Results The results showed that the ratio of all the T cell subsets reduced obviously in early postgraft and recovered gradually in 1 to 3 months after transplantation except CD45 RO+CD+4 cells. The levels of serum C3, C4, CH50 increased significantly after transplantation. No case relapsed within one year after transplantation, but 2 patients relapsed one year after transplantation. The levels of the indexes in the patients with relapse were significantly lower than those in the patients with persistent remission, including C4 in the entire course, CH50 in the 3rd and 12th month after transplantation and CD45 RA+ CD+8 cells in the 6th month after transplantation. However, the ratio of CD45 RO+ CD+4 cells in the first month after transplantation in the patients with relapse was higher than that in the patients with persistent remission. Conclusion Autologous purified CD+34 cells transplantation is effective for treating SLE. Survey of immune indexes before and after transplantation is important to investigate the pathogenesis of SLE. Moreover, these immune indexes can be used to predict therapeutic efficacy of SLE.

Adult ; Burns ; etiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Paraquat ; adverse effects ; Scrotum ; injuries

Objective To optimize extraction process of flavonoids from Toosendan Fructus.Methods Three parameters that significantly affect the extraction rate of flavonoids, ratio of material to water, extraction time and ethanol concentration, were taken into consideration for extraction ratio of flavonoids from Toosendan Fructus. Based on the results of single-factor experiment, the extraction parameters of flavonoids from Toosendan Fructus were optimized by Box-Behnken of response surface methodology (RSM).Results The optimum extraction conditions were as follow: material to water ratio was 1:35; extraction time should be 3 h; ethanol concentration was 70%. The extraction ratio was up to 0.587 3% in the optimum extraction conditions.Conclusion The actual value is highly matching the theoretically value of RSM model. The results indicated that this method can rationally optimize extraction process of flavonoids from Toosendan Fructus.

OBJECTIVETo study the humoral immunity reconstitution and its relationship with infection in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) after undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT).

METHODSForty-two MM patients undergoing auto-HSCT were included in this study. Peripheral blood were obtained for immunoglobulin detection, including IgG, IgA and IgM before transplantation and 1, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after transplantation. The time, type, pathogen of infection between 1 and 24 month after transplantation were analyzed.

RESULTSThe level of IgA at 6 month [(0.75±0.59) g/L] after auto-HSCT was lower than that of pre-auto-HSCT [(1.04±0.70) g/L], and reached the level of pre-auto-HSCT at 9 months [(0.99±0.52) g/L] after auto-HSCT. The level of IgM reached the level of pre-auto-HSCT [(0.45±0.26) g/L] at 3 months after auto-ASCT [(0.50±0.26) g/L]. The level of IgG reached the level of pre-auto-HSCT [(9.80±2.98) g/L] at 1 month after auto-HSCT [(11.09±2.69) g/L], and higher than that of pre-auto-HSCT at 9 months after auto-HSCT [(12.07±3.57) g/L]. The level of IgG with IgG-type MM was higher than that of patients with light-chain type and IgD-type MM at 6, 9 and 12 months after auto-HSCT. The IgA level of patients who obtained complete remission (CR) is much higher than that of patients who obtained nCR in IgG-type patients. The incidence of infection in 6 month after auto-HSCT was higher than that of (6-12) month and >12 month after auto-HSCT. The incidence of infection was strongly negative correlated with IgA (r =-0.943, P=0.005) and IgG (r=-0.943, P=0.005) level. The frequency of viral infection was also negatively correlated with IgA and IgG.

CONCLUSIONThe reconstitution time of IgG, IgA and IgM was different in MM patients after auto-HSCT. IgG recovered first, then IgM, and IgM the last. The incidence of infection was negatively correlated with IgA and IgG. With the recovery of IgG and IgA, the incidence of infection was decreased accordingly.

Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Humans ; Immunity, Humoral ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Myeloma ; immunology ; therapy ; Transplantation, Autologous ; Virus Diseases ; immunology

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Inhalation Exposure ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Paraquat ; poisoning

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of acute mesenteric venous thrombosis(MVT) in the elderly. Methods The clinical features, diagnosis, treatments and prognosis of 10 aged cases with acute MVT were retrospectively analyzed. Results The chief complaints of the 10 cases were different degrees of abdominal pain, which not paralleled with abdominal signs. The accompanying symptoms were nausea, vomiting and bloody stools and so on. All of these patients were misdiagnosised as pancreatitis, appendicitis or intestinal obstruction and so on. diagnosis of two cases was confirmed by ultrasound, 8 by CT. At the same time, 2 cases underwent angiography examination. Of the 8 cases who underwent operation, 5 cases were cured, 3 cases died (1 died of toxic shock and 2 died of multiple organ failure ). Two cases underwent conservative intervention thrombolysis. Conclusions It is essential to improve the knowledge of acute MVT,especially its intricate clinical characteristics, high rates of misdiagnosis and mortality. Early proper diagnosis is crucial. The main treatment is operation and conservative intervention thrombolysis can be performed in the patients whose bowel has not necrosed yet.

Objective To investigate the effects of different doses of pituitary adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide(PACAP)on the functional and morphological outcome in a mice model of Parkinson' s disease(PD)rendered by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine(MPTP).Methods Male mice were treated with PACAP 0.02, 0.20 or 2.00 ?g by iv bolus for 7 days after MPTP was administered, and were compared with the saline-treated mice.The immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used to detect the alterations of PD biomarker including tyrosine hydroxylase(TH), dopamine transporter(DAT)and vesicular monoamine transporter2(VAMT2).In addition, monoamine neurotransmitters in the striatum of mice were measured by the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).Results TH immunohistochemistry indicated that the number of TH-positive neurons in the substantia nigra was increased in all PACAP-treated mice(PACAP(0.02 ?g/d)group was 93.33?4.87, F=85.85,P