Objective: To investigate the effect of carboxymethylchitosan on autocrine growth factor and morphology of fibroblasts cultured in vitro, so as to discuss the possible mechanism by which carboxymethylchitosan alleviates overheating and prevents adhesion in wound healing. Methods: Fibroblasts were cultured in vitro. Fibroblasts of passage 4-6 were treated with different concentrations of carboxymethylchitosan (0.01,0.1,1.0 and 10 mg/ml) for 4 days or with 0.1 mg/ml carboxymethylchitosan for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 days. The levels of autocrine transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β 1) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) of fibroblasts were determined by ELISA and radioimmunoassay. The fibroblastic morphology was detected by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and microscope after fibroblasts were treated with different strategies. Results: Carboxymethylchitosan (≥ 0.1 mg/ml) inhibited autocrine TGF-β1 of fibroblast in a time- and concentration dependent manner (P< 0.05). However, Carboxymethylchitosan had no obvious influence on the secretion of EGF(P>0.05). Carboxymethylchitosan (≥ 0.1 mg/ml) also inhibited the proliferation of fibroblasts and caused their ultrastructural changes. Conclusion: Carboxymethylchitosan (≥0.1 mg/ml) can inhibit fibroblasts proliferation and reduce tissue adhesion, possibly through altering fibroblast ultrastructure and selectively inhibiting secretion of TGF-β1.

Objective: To prepare and evaluate the effectiveness of chitosan-carboxymethylcellulose membrane in preventing postoperative intestinal adhesion. Methods: Chitosan-carboxymethylcellulose membrane was prepared with 1:1 ratio of chitosan and carboxymethylcellulose. Glutaraldehyde and ammonium aluminium sulfate were used for cross-linkage, glycerin for enhancing plasticity; and then the product was dried. The membrane was observed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and its tensile strength and breaking elongation were measured. Forty-eight SD rats with ileum injury were randomly divided into A, B and C groups (n=16). During operation, the injury in group A was treated with chitosan-carboxymethylcellulose membrane, in group B with chitosan membrane, and in group C without treatment (control group). The adhesion was observed on the 14th postoperative day. Results: The tensile strength of chitosan-carboxymethylcellulose membrane was 20 MPa and the breaking elongation was 65%. SEM showed that the morphology of the membrane had crossed fibroid structures and irregular pores. The severity of adhesion in group A and B was significantly lower than that in group C (P<0.01). Milder inflammatory changes and less fibrous proliferation were found in group A and B compared with those in group C. Epithelia rehabilitated better in group A than in group B, and the proliferation of fibroblast was not significant under electron microscope. In group C, epithelia rehabilitated slowly and fibroblasts excreted collagen actively. Conclusion: Chitosan-carboxymethylcellulose membrane is feasible for suturing during operation and is effective in reducing intestinal adhesion and it is superior to chitosan membrane.

We examined diseases occurring farmed Whitmania pigra(L.) in Hebei province in the aspect of situation of disease,clinical symptoms and pathological changes.In addition,the molecular identification were conducted to representative strain,the 16S rRNA gene was sequenced and compared with that of related strains,molecular phylogenetic tree was constructed.The results showed that the disease was infected by Aeromonas hydrophila.Pure cultures of 10 strains have the same serotype.Selected representative strain was proved to be the corresponding primitive causal agent of the disease by artificial infection experiment to healthy Whitmania pigra(L.).Antibiotic sensitivity of the isolates to used thirty-seven antimicrobial agents showed that the tested strains were high sensitive to cefotaxime et al.,were sensitive to streptomycin et al.,were resistant to oxacillin et al.

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of vitrectomy combined with internal limiting membrane ( ILM) peeling for treating foveoschisis in high myopia.
METHODS:Thirty high-myopia patients (30 eyes) with foveoschisis from March 2011 to March 2013 were divided two groups: the treatment group ( 16 eyes ) was treated with vitrectomy combined with ILM peeling, and the control group (14 eyes) was treated only with vitrectomy. The foveoschisis reattachment and and best spectacle-correction were measured preoperatively and 2mo after surgery.
RESULTS: The improvement of foveoschisis reattachment and best spectacle - correction in the treatment group was significantly better than those in the control group (P<0. 05).
CONCLUSION: Vitrectomy combined with ILM peeling is a safe and effective treatment for foveoschisis in high myopia.

Case report form (CRF) is a key document for data collection in clinical trials. A well-designed CRF is required for database construction, data accuracy, data query/cleaning, CRF completion and statistical analysis. A well-defined process or SOP should be in place for CRF design. Data collection should fully meet the demand of study protocol. The layout of CRF should be clear with well-structured fields and standard coding for fields.
Clinical Trials as Topic ; standards ; Data Collection ; standards ; Documentation ; standards ; Research Design ; standards

OBJECTIVETo study clinical results of the manual reduction in treatment.

METHODSFrom October 2010 to April 2013,39 children with Monteggia fracture associated with anterior interosseous nerve injury were treated by manual reduction and fixation on buckling rotation backward,including 17 females and 22 males with an average age of 6.3 years old ranging from 3.2 to 11 years old. Among them, 15 cases were on the right side and 24 cases on the left. The course of disease was 40 minutes to 8 days (averaged 1.5 days). There were 7 cases with skateboard injured, 13 cases with stumble injured, 11 cases with falling injured,8 cases with air bed injured. According to Bado classification, 13 cases were type II, 22 cases were type III, 4 cases were type IV.

RESULTSThe distal forefinger showed exercise normally in 34 cases at 3 weeks after treatment, and the patients restored normal activities at 6 weeks after treatment. All patients were follow-up from 54 days to 6 months (averaged 67 days. According to Mayo elbow functional evaluation standard,the scoring result was 19.62±1.35 in activity, 45.00 ± 0.00 in pain, 9.87 ± 0.80 in stability, 25.00±0.00 in strength, 99.49 ±1.92 in total. The outcome of all patients was excellent and good evaluation results.

CONCLUSIONIf the anterior interosseous nerve injury could be identified early and treated timely, patients could gradually restore reasonable function and recover with satisfactory results. Raising understanding of anterior interosseous nerve injury can effectively reduce misdiagnosis.

Arm Bones ; injuries ; innervation ; surgery ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Forearm Injuries ; surgery ; Fracture Fixation, Internal ; Humans ; Male ; Median Nerve ; injuries ; Monteggia's Fracture ; surgery

Successive pathogenic bacteria were examined from liver,spleen, kidney and contents of intestine of diseased stone flounder (Kareius bicoloratus L.) occurring bacterial septicaemia infection caused by Aeromonas salmonicida. Identification of extensive phenotypic information to 6 pure cultures and detection of the mol% G+C ratio of the DNA to representative strains,showed that the examined bacteria belonged to a new morphovar of Acinetobacter junii, and was designated as Acinetobacter junii morphovar I. In addition, serotype, antibiotic sensitivity and pathogenicity of isolates were studied, the results showed that the 6 strains have the same K-antigen and O-antigen, there are no obvious differences in sensitivity and resistance to used 37 antimicrobial agents between strains, and have strong pathogenicity to experimental stone flounder and Bastard halibut.

Cardiomyopathies ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Echocardiography ; Heart Ventricles ; pathology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Young Adult

Background Research showed that transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) promotes scar formation.But its mechanism in scarring after glaucoma filtration surgery is worthy of studying.Objective This study was to investigate the effect of TGF-β2 on myofibroblast transition of human Tenon fibroblasts (HTFs) and scarring after glaucoma filtration surgery.Methods Tenon capsular tissue was obtained from 3 patients with strabismus during the surgery and was incubated in DMEM with 10％ fetal bovine serum (FBS).The cells were collected and passaged in the free-serum medium for 24 hours,and then 1,2,5,10,20 μg/L TGF-β2 was added into the medium respectively,to induce the transformation of HTFs,and 2 μg/L or 5 μg/L TGF-β2 was used to treat the HTFs for 6,24,48 and 72 hours.The control group was not treated with TGF-β2.The expressions of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and phosphorylation of the signaling proteins (pSmad2) in HTFs were detected by Western blot assay.The expressions of α-SMA and F-actin were located by cell immunofluorescine technique under the confocal immunofluorescence microscopy.Cell contractility was determined by collagen gel contraction assays.This study was approved by Ethic Committee of Institute of Surgery Research of Daping Hospital,and informed consent was obtained from each patient or custodian initial of the study.Results The expression of α-SMA protein in the HTFs was increased significantly after the treatment of TGF-β2 in comparison with the control group and reached a peak at 24-48 hours.The α-SMA expression was gradually weakened in the 10 μg/L TGF-β2 groups.Little of α-SMA and F-actin were expressed in the control group.However,strong staining for α-SMA and F-actin were observed in the 1,2 and 5 μg/L TGF-β2 groups and then the staining weakened at the concentration of 10 μg/L.In addition,pSmad2 showed a stronger expression in the 2 μg/L TGF-β2 group than that in the PBS group and FBS group,with the strongest expression in 30 minutes through 2 hours.The untreated gel contracted (78.00±3.13)％ from its initial size,and contraction in the 1,2,5,10 μg/L TGF-β2 group were (63.88±1.78)％,(20.69±0.65)％,(19.49-±0.54)％,(16.24±0.84) ％,respectively,TGF-β2 increased HTFs contraction significantly (Fgroup =859.400,P =0.000).Conclusions TGF-β2 can induce transdifferentiation of Tenon fibroblast into myofibroblast and increase cell contractility,with a concentration-dependent and time-dependent pattern to an extent.It may be the mechanism of scar formation after glaucoma filter surgery.