Objective To observe the change characteristics of serum prealbumin and cholinesterase in the liver cirrhosis pa-tients ,and to discusses the determination of these two indicators in diagnosis ,treatment and prognosis of clinical significance in pa-tients with liver cirrhosis .Methods A total of 45 liver cirrhosis patients diagnosis in our hospital from July to December 2013 were recruited into study group ,at the same time 98 healthy people were recruited into control group .The Hitachi 7170 automatic bio-chemical analyzer was used to detected serum prealbumin and cholinesterase ,the former was detected by immunoturbidimetry meth-od ,the latter was detected by butyryl glucosinolates choline bottom method .The levels and abnormal rates of the two indicators be-fore and after treatment in the study group were compared with those of the control group .Results The serum prealbumin and cho-linesterase at different stage in the study group were significant lower than those of the control group(P<0 .05) .The abnormal rate of serum prealbumin after treatment was significant different with those among and before treatment in patients with cirrhosis (χ2 =10 .08 ,P<0 .05) ,but there were no significant difference on cholinesterase(P>0 .05) .Conclusion The serum prealbumin is a sensitive indicator of liver cell damage ,its change could reflect the condition of treatment and development status ,which has im-portant clinical significance on judging the prognosis of patients with liver cirrhosis .

Humans ; Intestinal Obstruction ; diagnosis ; etiology ; therapy ; Neoplasms ; complications ; Palliative Care ; methods ; Quality of Life

Objective To explore the susceptibility of Candida albicans biofilms to micafungin. Methods In vitro model of C. Albicans biofilm was established in 96-well microtiter plates with 30 C. Albicans isolates from the Department of Mycology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai. The susceptibility of C. Albicans biofilms to fluconazole, amphotericine B and micafungin was evaluated by colorimetric XTT-reduction assay. Sessile MIC80 (SMIC80), defined as the lowest antifungal concentration at which an 80% reduction in fungal growth was achieved, was determined. Results Of the 30 C. Albicans isolates grown in sessile states, all were resistant to fluconazole (SMIC80≥64 μg/mL), 4 sensitive to amphotericine B (SMIC80≤1 μg/mL), 26 resistant to amphotericine B (SMIC80 > 1 μg/mL), 27 sensitive to micafungin (SMIC80 < 16 μg/mL), 3 resistant to micafungin (SMIC80 >16 μg/mL). Statistical analysis revealed a significant difference in the activity against C. Albicans biofilms between micafungin and fluconazole (χ2=736.36, P<0.01), micafungin and amphotericine B (χ2=529.95, P<0.01), but not between anphotericine B and fluconazole (χ2=2.29, P>0.05). Conclusion C. Albicans biofilms are resistant to routine antifungal agents such as fluconazole and amphotericine B, but relatively more sensitive to micafungin.

BACKGROUND: More and more patients with periodontal disease require orthodontic treatments. Thus, the remodeling process and its mechanism of inflammatory periodontal tissues become a hot point during orthodontic tooth movement.OBJECTIVE: To observe the remodeling of inflammatory periodontal tissues during orthodontic tooth movement.METHODS: A total of 50 Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into the control and periodontitis groups. In the periodontitis group, rats were established periodontitis models. After that, all rats were prepared for orthodontic tooth movement models. The remodeling of periodontal tissues was observed by hematoxylin-eosin staining at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 14 days after orthodontic tooth movement.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The movement distance of the periodontitis group was greater than that of the control group. At 0-7 days after orthodontic force application, there was obviously bone resorption at the pressure side and the bone formation was inhibited at the tension side; at 14 days after force application, the bone resorption was diminished, associated with large numbers of multinucleated osteoclasts at the pressure sides in both groups. The findings showed that rats with periodontitis suffered more periodontal traumatism during orthodontic tooth movement, thus, treatment should be delayed until the inflammatory signs were controlled and the local inflammatory was eliminated.

Animals ; Aortitis ; pathology ; Biopsy ; Dendritic Cells ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Giant Cell Arteritis ; drug therapy ; etiology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Glucocorticoids ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Interleukin-12 ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; Polymyalgia Rheumatica ; pathology ; Temporal Arteries ; pathology

Objective To observe the effect of resveratrol on arterial remodeling in spontaneous hypertensive rats.Methods Spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHRs, n=20) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYs, n =10) were randomly assigned to three groups: control group, model group and resveratrol group.Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) of the three groups was observed.Morphological observations were obtained by hematoxylin and eosin or victoria blue and picrosirius red.The content of nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) were determined to assess the endothelial function.Oxidative stress was assessed by malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) , and activities of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT).Results Compared with control group, SBP, PWV, wall thickness, wall-lumen ratio,vascular cross-sectional area (VCSA), luminal cross-sectional area (LCSA) and collagen-elastic ratio were increased, and the levels of NO, SOD, CAT in rat aortic tissues were decreased, while ET-1,MDA, H2O2 levels in rat aortic tissues were enhanced in model group at the end of 22 weeks.After the treatment of resveratrol, SBP had no significantly difference between model and resveratrol groups, while PWV, aortic wall thickness, wall-lumen ratio, VCSA, LCSA and collagen-elastic ratio were decreased in resveratrol group as compared with model group [(6681.1 ± 2154.9) cm/s vs.(4283.1±946.1) cm/s, (234.7±51.8) μm vs.(123.4±21.5)μm, (10.3±2.3) ％ vs.(5.8±1.4) ％, (6.4±0.4) mm2 vs.(4.8±0.6) mm2, (4.1±0.1) mm2 vs.(3.2±0.4) mm2, (1.1±0.3) vs.(0.4±0.2), P＜0.05 or 0.01].Compared with model group, the expressions of NO, SOD, CAT in rat aortic tissues were increased and levels of ET-1, MDA, H2 O2 in rat aortic tissues were decreased in resveratrol group after treatment of resveratrol (P＜0.01 or P＜0.05).Conclusions Resveratrol has an antioxidant effect, and it could attenuate arterial remodeling by improving oxidative stress.

Objective To investigate influence of hyperlipidemia in parents on plasma lipid level,blood pressure,body mass index(BMI) and waist circumference(WC)of their children.Methods Eighty children whose parents had been with hyperlipidemia(Group A) and 893 children whose parents had been normal plasma lipid levels(Group B) were studied.BMI,systolic pressure(SP),diastolic pressure(DP),WC,plasma triglyceride(TG),cholesterol(CH),high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-c),low density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL-c)of two groups were measured and compared.Results The levels of BMI,TG,TCH,LDL-c,SP,and DP had a increasing trend in group A compared to those of group B.HDL-c in group A had a decreasing trend compared to that of group B.But only the increase of BMI is significant(P

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Objective To improve the anderstanding of clinical profile of primary plasma cell leukemia.Methods Case report and literature review.Results A rare case of nervous system relapse in primary plasma cell leukemia was reported.Six patients were identified from the literature.The type of immunoglobulin included IgG(3 patients),IgD(2 patients).Clinical manifestations of nervous system were variable.The average interval from initial diagnosis to the development of nervous system relapse was 16.5 months.Plasma cells were found in cerebrospinal fluid in 4 patients.The mean surviaval time was 6.7 months after nervous system relapse.Conlusion Nervous system relapse in primary plasma cell leukemia is rare with poor prognosis.

Objective To evaluate the effect of moderate activities at moderate high altitude on acute mountain sickness (AMS) incidence .Methods Ninety-one healthy sea level residents traveled from sea level (345 m) to high altitude city (3200 m) ,by train within 48-hour .They walked 5 kilometers after 2-night stayed ,Lake Louis Score (LLS) Questionnaires ,blood pressure(BP) and oxygen saturation (SpO2 ) was administered before and after walking .Results Seven subjects were excluded because of incomplete data .The incidence of AMS before and after exercise was 20 .24% (n=17/84) and 11 .90% (n=10/84) respectively(P>0 .05) .Af-ter a 5 kilometer walking ,the heart rate increased from (73 .83 ± 9 .96)bpm to(84 .31 ± 12 .55)bpm (P<0 .05) ,Systolic BP and SpO2 level decreased from(128 .86 ± 13 .93)mm Hg to (124 .48 ± 13 .13)mm Hg ,(92 .80 ± 2 .25)% to (89 .94 ± 2 .45)% (P<0 .05) .Headache symptom improved after walking (P<0 .05) .Smoking was negative correlate with LLS score before and after ex-ercise(P<0 .05) .There is no relation between SpO2 and LLS scores .Conclusion Walking five kilometers at 3200 m improve head-ache symptom and tend to decrease AMS .