AIM To study the pharmacokinetics of SJ SPM. METHOD The pharmacokinetics of SJ SPM was studied after oral doses in dog and in rat, compared with the pharmacokinetics of ASPM. Rat orally administed 40 mg?kg -1 SJ SPM, 72 h urine and bile recoveries were studied. Blood,urine and bile concentrations were tested with agar diffusion method. Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by 3p87 program in computer. RESULTS The plasma drug concentration time data for each subject were analyzed and fitted with a linear two compartment model. Following oral doses of 30,20,10 mg?kg -1 SJ SPM in dog, drug is rapidly and widely distributed throughout the body and lag time are 18～30 min; T max 1 43～2 44 h; C max 1 02～2 94 ?g?ml -1 ; T 1/2? 0 48～1 81 h; T 1/2? 8 40～10 52 h; Oral doses of 30,20,10 mg?kg -1 SJ SPM in dog and 120,80,40 mg?kg -1 in rat resulted in linear increase in the peak serum levels and areas under the serum concentration time curve. The MRT of SJ SPM,ASPM in rat and dog did not change significantly with an increase in oral dosage. Under the same conditions, the pharmacokinetics of ASPM was studied in dog, Oral doses of 30,20,10 mg?kg -1 ASPM in dog, lag time are 0 37～0 44 h; C max 0 87～3 34 ?g?ml -1 ; T max 1 49～2 26 h; T 1/2? 0 59～1 17 h; T 1/2? 7 42～12 04 h; MRT 7 56 h; AUC 7 65, 17 44, 26 25 ?g?ml -1 ?h -1 respectively. Following oral doses of 120,80,40 mg?kg -1 SJ SPM in rat, T max 1 57～2 45 h; C max 0 39～3 14 ?g?ml -1 ; T 1/2? 1 36～1 77 h; T 1/2? 15 63～20 64 h;MRT 13 0 h; AUC 8 44,16 54,37 58 ?g?ml -1 ?h -1 .Rat orally administered 40 mg?kg -1 SJ SPM, 72 h urine and bile recoveries are 2 18% and 4 70% respectively. CONCLUSION There are no significantal difference between SJ SPM and ASPM statistic.

AIM: To investigate the potential of murine epidermal stem cell (ESC) differentiation after seeded in a biodegradable carrier and implanted subcutaneously into syngeneic recipient mice. METHODS: ES cells were induced in vitro to differentiate into ESCs. After stained with a fluorescent dye Hoechst 33342, these ESCs were seeded into a polyglycolic acid (PGA) net containing collagen gel, functioning as a cell carrier, and implanted subcutaneously into 129/J mice, which were syngeneic to these stem cells. RESULTS: The ESCs kept alive in the implant when observed under a fluorescent microscopy 3 weeks or longer after implantation, and could differentiate into hair follicle - like structure,glandular structure, and gave rise to additional structures displaying features resembling native dermis. No apparent rejection or severe side effects were observed at least 10 weeks post- implantation. CONCLUSION: It is feasible to use these ESCs as seed cells in the study to fabricate dermal equivalent having the potential to develop dermal appendages.

Objective:To investigate the association of plasma epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) with early neurological deterioration (END), and whether EETs are mediated by EPHX2 gene variants in patients with minor ischemic stroke (MIS).Methods:This is a prospective, multi-center observational study in patients with acute MIS in the Chinese population. Acute MIS patients with the first onset and onset within 24 hours who were admitted to Deyang People′s Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from March 2013 to June 2015 were recruited. Plasma EETs levels were measured on admission. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of EPHX2 gene rs751141 were genotyped using mass spectrometry. The primary outcome was END within 10 days after admission. END was defined as an increase in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 2 or more points.Results:A total of 322 patients were enrolled, of which 85 (26.4%) patients experienced END. EETs levels were significantly lower in patients with END [(60.3±7.3) nmol/L] compared to patients without END [(68.4±8.1) nmol/L , t=8.464, P<0.001]. Frequency of EPHX2 gene rs751141 GG was higher in patients with END [66/85(77.6%)] than in patients without END [123/237(51.9%),χ2=17.130, P<0.001], and patients with EPHX2 gene rs751141 GG genotype showed lower EETs levels [GG: (59.6±7.8) nmol/L, AG:(67.9±8.2) nmol/L, AA:(68.8±3.2) nmol/L, F=9.285, P<0.001]. Low level (≤64.3 nmol/L) of EETs was an independent predictor of END (31.5-51.3 nmol/L group: OR=2.96,95% CI 1.18-8.77, P=0.02; 51.4-64.3 nmol/L group: OR=2.46,95% CI 1.06-6.89, P=0.03) in multivariate analyses. END was associated with a higher risk of poor outcome (modified Rankin Scale scores 3-6) at 3 months ( OR=1.82,95% CI 1.46-2.35, P=0.02). Conclusion:END is fairly common and associated with poor outcomes in acute MIS. EPHX2 gene variants may mediate EETs levels, and low levels of EETs are related to END in acute MIS.

Sepiolite--an inexpensive, resourceful, fibrous yet inoffensive mineral--made DNA transformation rapid, simple and efficient but the mechanism for DNA transformation was still unclear. Through RNA competition test, we proposed the different transforming mechanisms from the previous report. Meanwhile, we optimized the transforming method and could transfer a colony stored at 4 degrees C for a month with plasmid through sepiolite fibers. The cells could be transformed well without competent cells preparation or incubation process. In sum, this was a novel potential transforming method, which could be explored further if the chemical method and electroporation could not be used.
DNA, Bacterial ; chemistry ; genetics ; Electroporation ; methods ; Magnesium Silicates ; chemistry ; Mineral Fibers ; Nanofibers ; chemistry ; Transformation, Bacterial

To shorten the cultivation time and reduce the consumption of raw materials for microbial lipid production, oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides AS 2.1389 was cultivated using a two-stage culture mode, in which the cell propagation and lipid accumulation were separated. The yeast cells recovered from the propagation culture were re-suspended in glucose solution for lipid accumulation, through which lipid content over 55% of the dry cell weight was achieved, the longer the propagation stage was, the higher the lipid content. Analysis of the lipid indicated that the long-chain fatty acids with 16 and 18 carbon atoms were major components, suggesting that the lipid can be an alternative feedstock for biodiesel production.
Basidiomycota ; growth & development ; metabolism ; Biofuels ; Cell Culture Techniques ; methods ; Fermentation ; Industrial Microbiology ; methods ; Lipids ; biosynthesis

PURPOSE: The role of systemic sensitization in the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) remains elusive. This study sought to characterize the pattern of cytokines in polyp tissues from atopic and nonatopic patients with CRSwNP. METHODS: Atopic and nonatopic polyp and normal tissues were collected from 70 CRSwNP patients and 26 control subjects, respectively. The distribution of inflammatory cells (eosinophils, neutrophils, mast cells, etc.) were examined using immunohistochemistry, the mRNA levels of the transcription factors GATA-3, T-bet, RORc, and FOXP3 were determined using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The levels of inflammatory mediators (IFN-gamma, IL-5, IL-17A, etc.) in tissue homogenates were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Moreover, the levels of inflammatory mediators in the supernatant of anti-IgE stimulated polyp tissues were measured using ELISA. RESULTS: Atopic CRSwNP patients were characterized by increased eosinophil accumulation, enhanced eosinophilic inflammation (elevated IL-5, ECP, and total IgE), and significantly increased GATA-3 mRNA levels (P<0.05), whereas both atopic and non-atopic CRSwNP patients showed decreased FOXP3 mRNA expression (P<0.05). After addition of anti-IgE stimulation, atopic CRSwNP patients produced more IL-5, IL-2, IL-10, IL-17A, and PGD2 in the supernatant of stimulated polyp tissues than nonatopic CRSwNP patients did. CONCLUSIONS: Atopic and nonatopic CRSwNP patients may possess the patterns of inflammatory response in polyp tissues.
China* ; Cytokines ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Eosinophils ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin E ; Immunohistochemistry ; Inflammation ; Interleukin-10 ; Interleukin-17 ; Interleukin-2 ; Interleukin-5 ; Mast Cells ; Nasal Polyps* ; Neutrophils ; Polyps ; Prostaglandin D2 ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Messenger ; Transcription Factors

OBJECTIVETo compare thoracoscopic esophagectomy with traditional esophagectomy in radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer, and to explore the feasibility and safety of thoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomy for esophagectomy.

METHODSClinical data associated with perioperation and mediastinal lymph nodes clearance of 304 patients undergoing radical operation of esophageal cancer via left neck-right chest-upper abdomen in our department from June 2009 to June 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. Among 304 cases, 199 received traditional open radical resection and 105 thoracoscopic esophagectomy. The intrathoracic mediastinal lymph node metastasis rate, extent of metastasis, time of operation, blood loss and complications between two groups were compared.

RESULTSAll the 304 cases completed their operations successfully. A total of 3724 mediastinal lymph nodes were removed, mean 12.3±7.0 per case, including 1065 in thoracoscopic group, mean 10.1±5.5 per case, and 2659 in open group, mean 13.3±7.5 per case, whose difference was significant. But further analysis according to the postoperative pathologic staging showed no significant difference of above lymph nodes removed between two groups. Mediastinal lymph node metastasis was found in 126 patients with a rate of 41.4%, which was 35.6% and 44.7% in thoracoscopic and open groups respectively without significant difference(P>0.05). The left laryngeal recurrent nerve lymph node metastasis rate in open group and thoracoscopic group was 16.1% and 6.7% respectively, and the difference was significant(P<0.05). Differences of lymph node metastasis rate in other regions were not significant between the two groups. There were 365 positive lymph nodes, and the lymph node metastasis degree was 9.8%. which was 8.2% and 10.5% in thoracoscopic group and open group respectively(P<0.05), besides metastasis degree of open group was much higher in right laryngeal recurrent nerve and subcarinal lymph node region. The overall complication rate was 36.8%, which was 28.6% in thoracoscopic group and 41.2% in open group respectively with significant difference(P<0.05). There were no significant differences in operative time and blood loss between the two groups(both P>0.05).

CONCLUSIONRadical mediastinal lymphadenectomy with thoracoscopic esophagectomy is technically safe and feasible for early to moderate stage esophageal cancer with similar lymph nodes removed and lower complication morbidity. In the early period of carrying out thoracoscopic radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy, laryngeal recurrent nerve and subcarinal lymph node region should be identified to prevent incidental injury.

Blood Loss, Surgical ; Esophageal Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Esophagectomy ; methods ; Humans ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes ; pathology ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; pathology ; Mediastinum ; pathology ; Operative Time ; Retrospective Studies

Objective To compare thoracoscopic esophagectomy with traditional esophagectomy in radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer , and to explore the feasibility and safety of thoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomy for esophagectomy. Methods Clinical data associated with perioperation and mediastinal lymph nodes clearance of 304 patients undergoing radical operation of esophageal cancer via left neck-right chest-upper abdomen in our department from June 2009 to June 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. Among 304 cases, 199 received traditional open radical resection and 105 thoracoscopic esophagectomy. The intrathoracic mediastinal lymph node metastasis rate , extent of metastasis, time of operation, blood loss and complications between two groups were compared. Results All the 304 cases completed their operations successfully. A total of 3724 mediastinal lymph nodes were removed, mean 12.3±7.0 per case, including 1065 in thoracoscopic group, mean 10.1±5.5 per case, and 2659 in open group, mean 13.3 ±7.5 per case, whose difference was significant. But further analysis according to the postoperative pathologic staging showed no significant difference of above lymph nodes removed between two groups. Mediastinal lymph node metastasis was found in 126 patients with a rate of 41.4%, which was 35.6% and 44.7% in thoracoscopic and open groups respectively without significant difference (P>0.05). The left laryngeal recurrent nerve lymph node metastasis rate in open group and thoracoscopic group was 16.1% and 6.7% respectively , and the difference was significant (P<0.05). Differences of lymph node metastasis rate in other regions were not significant between the two groups. There were 365 positive lymph nodes , and the lymph node metastasis degree was 9.8%. which was 8.2% and 10.5% in thoracoscopic group and open group respectively (P<0.05), besides metastasis degree of open group was much higher in right laryngeal recurrent nerve and subcarinal lymph node region. The overall complication rate was 36.8%, which was 28.6% in thoracoscopic group and 41.2% in open group respectively with significant difference (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in operative time and blood loss between the two groups (both P>0.05). Conclusion Radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy with thoracoscopic esophagectomy is technically safe and feasible for early to moderate stage esophageal cancer with similar lymph nodes removed and lower complication morbidity. In the early period of carrying out thoracoscopic radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy, laryngeal recurrent nerve and subcarinal lymph node region should be identified to prevent incidental injury.

Objective To investigate the effect of percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage(PTGBD) on different American Society of Anesthesiologists(ASA) grading of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitis. Methods The 324 patients with acute cholecystitis undeigoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy who were hospitalized in Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xianyang Central Hospital from March 2010 to December 2014 were enrolled in the retrospective analysis. According to the history of the patients with or without PTGBD before laparoscopic cholecystectomy, all patients were divided into 2 groups. One hundred and eighty four patients who underwent directly laparoscopic cholecystectomy were the control group, and the other 140 patients who underwent PTGBD + elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were the study group. The rates of conversion to laparotomy, total days of hospitalization, hospitalization days after cholecystectomy incidence, postoperative complications incidence, postoperative drainage were compared between two groups. The difference of clinical data between the two groups were compared under different ASA classification. Measurement data were expressed as ((x)±s) and t-test were used for comparison between groups. Count data were compared by X2 test. Results The rate of intraoperative laparotomy was 23.6％(33/140) in the study group and 20.7％(38/184) in the control group; the mean length of hospital stay was (7.3 ±3.3) days in the study group and (6.8 ±2.3) days in the control group; the postoperative complication rate was 2.8％(4/140) in the study group and 0.5％(1/184) in the control group; the abdominal cavity drainage rate was 80.0％(112/140) in the study group and 73.9％(136/184) in the control group; intraoperative laparotomy rate, postoperative hospital stay, postoperative complications incidence, and abdominal cavity drainage rate between the two groups had no significant difference(P> 0.05). The total length of hospital stay was(17.6 ±4.4) days in the study group and(10.6 ±3.0) days in the control group, and there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups(P <0.001). According to the subgroup analysis by ASA classification, the two groups of ASA-I patients in the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group in the temperature, C reactive protein and the total number of days of hospitalization, and the difference was statistically significant(P< 0.05). The two groups of ASA-Ⅱ patients in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group in age, white blood cell count, C reactive protein and total hospitalization days, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). In ASA-Ⅲ patients, the rate of intraoperative laparotomy was 28.3％ (13/46) in the study group and 32.1％ (9/28) in the control group; the mean hospital stay after surgery was(10.8 ± 3.7) days in the study group and(11.2±4.8) days in the control group; The total length of hospital stay was (19.7 ±7.2) days in the study group and (16.8 ± 8.6) days in the control group; the rate of intraoperative laparotomy, the mean length of hospital stay and postoperative hospital stay in the two groups of ASA-Ⅲ patients had no statistically significant difference(P>0.05). Conclusions PTGBD has different effects on laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with different ASA grading of acute cholecystitis. PTGBD combined with laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and effective method that can turn emergent operation intoselective operation. It is worthy of extensive application.

Objective To compare thoracoscopic esophagectomy with traditional esophagectomy in radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer , and to explore the feasibility and safety of thoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomy for esophagectomy. Methods Clinical data associated with perioperation and mediastinal lymph nodes clearance of 304 patients undergoing radical operation of esophageal cancer via left neck-right chest-upper abdomen in our department from June 2009 to June 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. Among 304 cases, 199 received traditional open radical resection and 105 thoracoscopic esophagectomy. The intrathoracic mediastinal lymph node metastasis rate , extent of metastasis, time of operation, blood loss and complications between two groups were compared. Results All the 304 cases completed their operations successfully. A total of 3724 mediastinal lymph nodes were removed, mean 12.3±7.0 per case, including 1065 in thoracoscopic group, mean 10.1±5.5 per case, and 2659 in open group, mean 13.3 ±7.5 per case, whose difference was significant. But further analysis according to the postoperative pathologic staging showed no significant difference of above lymph nodes removed between two groups. Mediastinal lymph node metastasis was found in 126 patients with a rate of 41.4%, which was 35.6% and 44.7% in thoracoscopic and open groups respectively without significant difference (P>0.05). The left laryngeal recurrent nerve lymph node metastasis rate in open group and thoracoscopic group was 16.1% and 6.7% respectively , and the difference was significant (P<0.05). Differences of lymph node metastasis rate in other regions were not significant between the two groups. There were 365 positive lymph nodes , and the lymph node metastasis degree was 9.8%. which was 8.2% and 10.5% in thoracoscopic group and open group respectively (P<0.05), besides metastasis degree of open group was much higher in right laryngeal recurrent nerve and subcarinal lymph node region. The overall complication rate was 36.8%, which was 28.6% in thoracoscopic group and 41.2% in open group respectively with significant difference (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in operative time and blood loss between the two groups (both P>0.05). Conclusion Radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy with thoracoscopic esophagectomy is technically safe and feasible for early to moderate stage esophageal cancer with similar lymph nodes removed and lower complication morbidity. In the early period of carrying out thoracoscopic radical mediastinal lymphadenectomy, laryngeal recurrent nerve and subcarinal lymph node region should be identified to prevent incidental injury.