Objective To estimate the effect of the NO on the medial amygdaloid nucleus(Me), we studied the origins of the NOS positive terminals in the Me. Methods Noergic afferent projection to Me was identified by a combined NADPH-d histochemical staning and retrograde CTb immunocytochemical method after microinjecting CTb into Me. Results The double labeled of neurons (NOS and CTb) were located in dorsal raphe nucleus, locus ceruleus, basolateral amygdaloid nucleus, parabrachial nucleus, ventrolateral part of periaqueductal gray.Conclution The NADPH-d positive terminals in the Me originates from the aforementioned nucleus, and may relate to the function of the Me.

Objective:To investigate the effect of play therapy-based group counseling on behavior disorders and mental coping of school-age nephrotic syndrome children.Methods:A total of 140 school-age nephrotic syndrome children were randomly divided into experiment group ( n=70) and control group ( n=70). Children in the control group recieved routine care, while experiment group carried out play therapy-based group counseling based on the routine care. With the Conners Parent Symptom Questionnaire (PSQ) and Coping with a Disease (CODI), the overall curative effect was assessed before and after intervention by their scores. Results:After intervention, the incidence rate of behavior disorder of nephrotic syndrome children in the experiment group was 18.0% (11/63), lower than in the control group 33.8% (23/68), the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 value was 4.131, P=0.042). The conduct, psychosomatic disorder and hyperactivity index scores in the experiment group were (1.12±0.23), (0.24±0.08), (1.22±0.32) pionts, lower than (1.25±0.31), (0.29±0.09), (1.39±0.37) pionts in the control group, the difference was statistically significant ( t values were 2.625, 2.950, 2.825, P<0.05); the scores of acception, escape, negative feelings and total CODI scores were (12.87±3.19), (22.51±5.24), (25.83±4.51), (101.23±11.48) pionts, higher than (11.27±3.77), (20.41±4.00), (24.13±4.38), (95.38±8.33) pionts in the control group, the difference was statistically significant ( t values were 2.191-3.361, P<0.05). Conclusion:Play therapy-based group counseling can effectively alleviate behavior disorders and improve mental coping of school-age nephrotic syndrome children.

Objective To determine the relationship between acceptance of disability and posttraumatic stress response in patients with brachial plexus injury. Methods Total 160 patients with brachial plexus injury were recruited and investigated with the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and the Acceptance of Disability Scale (ADS). Results The total score of ADS was (79.07±11.99) which showed medium level of acceptance of disability. The total score of IES-R was 4-66 (33.51±14.41), which showed that most of the patients suffered from posttranmatic stress response. Significantly negative correlation was found between acceptance of disability and posttraumatie stress response(r=-0.480, P<0.001). Conclusions Nurses should pay more attention to the acceptance of disability and posttranmatic stress response in patients with brachial plexus injury, and provide appropriate health education and effective psychological intervention to improve the patients' mental health and quality of llfe.

OBJECTIVE:To improve the content determination for polygala xanthone Ⅲ in Polygalae Radix contained in Chi-nese Pharmacopoeia (2010 edition). METHODS:HPLC was performed on the column of Hypersil BDS C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.05% phosphoric acid(gradient elution)at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min;detection wavelength was 320 nm,column tem-perature was 25℃,and the injection volume was 10μl. RESULTS:The linear range of polygala xanthoneⅢwas 0.029-0.928 μg/ml (r=0.999 1);RSDs of precision,stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 2.0%;recovery was 94.66%-100.90%(RSD=2.46%,n=6). CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple,stable and reproducible. Although the determination time is prolonged,it has improved the accuracy and it is more suitable for the content determination of polygala xanthoneⅢin Polygalae Radix.

Objective:To explore the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the pathogenesis of multiple my-eloma (MM), in order to provide an epidemiological evidence for the prevention and treatment of MM. Methods:Clinical and epidemi-ological data of 185 MM patients and 182 non-tumorous patients were collected. Subjects were randomly selected from in-patients who were homeochronously admitted to the same five grade-III A hospitals, including Xi'an Central Hospital, Shaanxi People's Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University Xibei Hospital, and so on. MM patients were selected in terms of age and gender. Peripheral blood HBsAg was assayed by ELISA. If HBsAg was negative, the S and C-gene fragments of HBV DNA were tested using nested PCR . Fisher's ex-act test orχ2 test (SPSS statistical software) was used to compare the differences between the groups. Logistic regression was employed to examine the association between the pathogenesis of MM and HBV infection. Results:In MM patients, the HBsAg positive rate was 8.11% (15/185), the occult HBV infection (OBI) positive rate was 3.53% (6/170), and the total HBV infection rate was 11.35% (21/185). For the control group, the HBsAg positive rate was 4.40%(8/182), the OBI positive rate was 0.57%(1/174), and the total HBV in-fection rate was 4.95%(9/182). No statistical difference in HBsAg or OBI positive rate was found between the two groups (P>0.05). However, MM patients showed significantly higher total HBV infection rate than that of the controls [χ2=5.02, P<0.05;OR was 2.46 (95%CI:1.10-5.53, P<0.05)]. Additionally, the proportion of ISS stage III was significantly higher in MM patients with HBV infection than in uninfected MM patients (85.71%vs. 60.37%,χ2=5.15, P<0.05). Patients with HBV infection showed reduced albumin level (χ2=5.60, P<0.05) and aκ/λlight chain ratio (P<0.05) compared with uninfected patients. Conclusion:The risk of MM pathogenesis after HBV infection is significantly increased as OBI is included in the analyses. Furthermore, MM patients with HBV infection will develop more severe liver damage, indicating that OBI in MM patients with negative HBsAg should be screened before chemotherapy to pre-vent HBV reactivation.

OBJECTIVETo identify the mutation in the keratin 6A(K6A) gene in a pedigree with pachyonychia congenita type I (PC-I).

METHODSBlood samples were obtained from 2 affected, 3 unaffected members in this family, and 100 unrelated healthy individuals. Mutation detection was carried out by PCR amplification of the K6A gene and direct DNA sequencing.

RESULTSA heterozygous mutation of T--> C transition at position 521 in exon 1 of the K6A gene was found in the 2 affected, but not in the unaffected members and 100 unrelated healthy individuals.

CONCLUSIONThe mutation of 521T--> C in the K6A gene is the disease causing mutation in this PC-I family.

Adult ; Base Sequence ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Keratin-6 ; genetics ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Pachyonychia Congenita ; genetics ; Pedigree ; Point Mutation

Objective To explore the in vivo/in vitro MR imaging effect of Angiopep2 modified glioma targeted block copolymer micelles(ANPs/CPT). Methods Angiopep2 modified DOTA-Gd conjugated polymeric micelles based on beta-cyclodextrin(β-CD) were successfully synthesized.Water proton longitudinal relaxation rate (1/T1) were calculated to compare the r1of DOTA-Gd and ANPs/CPT. Different concentration of DOTA-Gd, NP/CPT, ANP/CPT were co-cultured with C6 cells, the intracellular content of Gd3+was analyzed by ICP-AES;The signal intensity(SI) and contrast to noise ratio(CNR) were measured by 1.5 T MR;The CNR of ANPs/CPT was evaluated on different organs of normal rats. The enhancement feature of ANP/CPT in glioma as well as T/N and CNR between tumor and normal brain tissue were also investigated.Several comparisons were made between the 3 groups by one-way ANOVA,and the difference were significant when P<0.05.Results The r1of ANPs/CPT(13.900 s-1·mmol/L-1)was 3 times as much as DOTA-Gd(4.927 s-1·mmol/L-1).C6 cells uptake different concentrations of Gd3 +had significant difference among groups(F=362.502,1636.136,386.880,918.173, P<0.001).The difference of SI and CNR among groups were significant(F=55.240,155.419,P<0.001).The CNR of the brain tissue had significant difference with other organs at all times after tail vein injection of ANPs/CPT(F=9.417,21.808, 21.383,107.318,178.762,P<0.01).The ANPs/CPT showed excellent brain-targeting efficiency and theT/N ratio(30 min after),CNR in different time point had significant difference among groups (F=5.349,6.594,24.078,18.508 and 6.840,6.780,5.895,12.620,37.139,368.893, P<0.05).Conclusions ANPs/CPT shows nice agnetic relaxation performance,extended blood circulation duration,excellent brain-targeting efficieney, which will render the theranosticnano-carriers with important reference for the construction of new generation multifunctional nanomedicine.

Objective: To investigate the effect of cycloartenyl ferulate (CF) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), and to explore its relative mechanism. Methods: Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were cultured in vitro, and the experiment was divided into the normal group, CF group, LPS group, and LPS+CF groups at different concentrations. After the corresponding treatment of cells in each group, the cell viability and apoptosis of each group were tested by the cell counter Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay and TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. The protein expression of Bax, Bcl-2, caspase-3 and the effect of CF on the protein expression of Nrf2/HO-1 pathway were determined by Western blot. One-way ANOVA were performed in multigroup mean comparison, LSD-t test was used to compare the mean values of two samples, and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Compared with the LPS group, the survival rate of HUVECs cells in the CF group was significantly increased with different doses, and the survival rate increased significantly in the 320 μmol/L CF group [(69.85±1.2)% vs ( 100.2±1.824)%, P< 0.01]. TUNEL staining showed that compared with the LPS group, the number of apoptotic positive cells in the 320 μmol/L CF group was significantly reduced [(27.33 ± 3.40) vs (11.67 ± 2.04), P<0.01]. Compared with the LPS group, Bcl-2 protein expression level was significantly increased in the CF group at different doses (P<0.01), caspase-3 and Bax protein expression were significantly decreased (P<0.01). Nrf2 protein expression level increased significantly (P<0.01), and HO-1 protein level increased significantly (P<0.01). Conclusion CF can alleviate LPS-induced apoptosis of HUVEC, which may be related to the increase of bcl-2 expression, the decrease of caspase-3 and Bax protein expression and the activation of Nrf2/ HO-1 signaling pathway.

Objective: To explore and analyze the effects of airway management team (AMT) in the treatment of severely mass burn patients combined with inhalation injury. Methods: The clinical data of 58 severely burned patients combined with inhalation injury hospitalized in our unit from January 2012 to August 2014, conforming to the inclusion criteria, were retrospectively analyzed. According to whether airway management was implemented by AMT or not, patients hospitalized from January 2012 to July 2014 were divided into control group (n=27), while patients in Kunshan factory aluminum dust explosion accident hospitalized on 2nd August 2014 were divided into observation group (n=31). Patients in control group received regular airway nursing carried out by nurses on duty, while patients in observation group received specialized airway concentration nursing implemented by AMT. The concrete implementation included overall assessment of patients′ airway, elaborate airway care, and controlled management of mechanical ventilation. Arterial blood gas indexes and oxygenation index of patients in the two groups on post injury day (PID) 1, 7, and 14 were compared. Sputum viscosity, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurrence rate, and ventilation time of patients in the two groups in post injury week(s) 1, 2, and 3 after admission were monitored and recorded. Survival rates of patients in the two groups were compared. Data were processed with analysis of variance for repeated measurement, t test and Bonferroni correction, chi-square test, and Wilcoxon rank sum test. Results: (1) There were no statistically significant differences in pH value, arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO₂), arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO₂), arterial oxygen saturation (SaO₂), and oxygenation index of patients in the two groups on PID 1 (t=0.595, -0.166, 1.518, -0.828, 0.458, P>0.05). The pH values of patients in observation group on PID 7 and 14 were 7.327±0.050 and 7.367±0.043, respectively, significantly better than those in control group (7.304±0.021 and 7.390±0.029, respectively, t=-2.385, 2.391, P<0.05). The PaO₂ values of patients in observation group on PID 7 and 14 were (95.1±6.7) and (106.3±7.8) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), respectively, significantly higher than those in control group [(91.6±5.7) and (102.0±8.3) mmHg, respectively, t=-2.109, -2.059, P<0.05]. The PaCO₂ values of patients in observation group on PID 7 and 14 were (41±4) and (40±4) mmHg, respectively, significantly lower than those in control group [(43±5) and (43±4) mmHg, respectively, t=2.220, 2.304, P<0.05]. The SaO₂ values of patients in observation group on PID 7 and 14 were 0.95±0.04 and 0.96±0.04, respectively, significantly higher than those in control group (0.93±0.05 and 0.94±0.05, respectively, t=-2.201, -2.016, P<0.05). The oxygenation indexes of patients in observation group on PID 7 and 14 were (286±18) and (329±20) mmHg, significantly higher than those in control group [(277±14) and (306±58) mmHg, respectively, t=-2.263, -2.022, P<0.05]. (2) Sputum viscosity of patients in observation group in post injury week(s) 1, 2, and 3 were superior to that in control group (Z=-2.096, -2.076, -2.033, P<0.05). (3) VAP occurrence rate of patients in observation group was lower than that in control group, and time of mechanical ventilation of patients in observation group was shorter than that in control group (χ²=4.244, t=2.425, P<0.05). (4) Survival rate of patients in observation group was higher than that in control group (χ²=4.244, P<0.05). Conclusions The special intensive care of airway management by AMT can effectively improve the oxygenation status of severely burned patients combined with inhalation injury, alleviate the sputum viscosity, reduce the occurrence of VAP, and shorten the time of mechanical ventilation, thus benefits the treatment of severely mass burn patients combined with inhalation injury.

Objective To investigate the effect of nursing intervention combined with stance training on pain after intervertebral foramen mirror surgery.Methods A total of 39 patients with lumbar disc herniation in our hospital were selected and randomly divided into control group and experiment group.A total of 18 cases in the control group were treated with routine nursing,and 21 in the experimental group implemented postoperative nursing intervention combined with standing posture training.After 2 weeks of treatment,the visual analogue scale (VAS) score,Oswestry functional index (ODI) and quality of life scores were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of the experimental group was 95.24％,which was higher than 72.22％ of the control group (P ＜ 0.05);VAS scores and ODI index scores of two groups were reduced (P ＜ 0.05),and the VAS score and ODI index score of the experimental group were lower than the control group,the quality of life scores of the two groups were all increased,and the experimental group was higher than the control group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Nursing intervention combined with standing posture training can effectively relieve postoperative pain,promote the recovery of vertebral function and improve the quality of life.