Due to the presence of various organotins from numerous anthropogenic sources, a widespread human exposure to these pollutants can be suggested. Human exposed to organotins mainly from dietary besides skin and lung absorption. Based on the exposure routes of organotins to human, such as air, drinking water, food and household commodities, the exposure level of organotins to human and its harmful effects were reviewed. Finally, the methods of human risk assessment of organotins were simply introduced, and the primary problems at present were put forward.

BACKGROUND: Essential tremor is a kind of dyskinesia disease with a tendency to heredity. β-adnephrin receptor blocker is mainly used for treatment, but the dosage was great, patients could not persist in treatment. Hydrochloric-acid arotinolol, which characterizes by little side effect, is a β-receptor blocking agent combined with blocking effect of α receptor, and is an ideal drug to treat essential tremor in Japan.OBJECTIVE: To observe the reliability and curative effect of hydrochloric-acid arotinolol on essential tremor among Chinese people.DESIGN: Case analysis.SETTING: Neurological Departments of Beijing Hospital of Ministry of Public Health and General Hospital of Beijing Military Area Command of Chinese PLA.PARTICIPANTS: Totally 30 patients with essential tremor, 19 males and 11 females, aged from 21 to 74 years, with course of 1-40 years, average of (15.8±12.6) years, were selected from Neurological Departments of Beijing Hospital of Ministry of Public Health and General Hospital of Beijing Military Area Command of Chinese PLA from April 1999 to December 2000.METHODS: Tremor degree of upper limb, caput and lower limb, degree of dysfunction of hand, tremor degree of hand during writing and circling, and chief complaint of pain caused by tremor were scored before medication and 2, 4 and 6 weeks after medication. Scores were determined as 1 point, 2 points and 3 points according to mild, moderate and severe degree respectively. Evaluated criteria: ① Obviously effective: Differences were more than 7 points before and after treatment. ② Effective: Differences were 6.5-3 points before and after treatment. ③ A little effective: Differences were 3-1.5 points before and after treatment. ④ No changes: Differences were from 1 to -1 points before and after treatment. ⑤ Worse: Differences were less than -1.5 points before and after treatment. Meanwhile, blood pressure and heart rate of patients and side effect of drug were observed.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Results of effective evaluation; ②Blood pressure and heart rate before and after treatment; ③ Adverse events and side effect.RESULTS: Totally 30 patients entered the final analysis. ① Among 30 patients with essential tremor, 6 had obvious effect, 11 had effect, 5 had a little effect, 7 had no effect, and 1 was worse. ② Average of blood pressure before treatment was (138.5±14.6)/(84.2±6.4) mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa), and was (130±10)/(79.7±6.3) mm Hg after 1 course. Average heart rate was (77.5±6.4) times/minute before treatment and (75±6.4) times/minute after treatment. The difference was not significant. ③ Among 30 patients, 4 had side effect at various degrees which was accounted for 13.4%; 1 had distress after medication, 1 had agrypnia, 2 had fullness in head and dizziness, and 1 gave up the treatment because of deteriorated tremor.CONCLUSION: Hydrochloric-acid arotinolol can improve tremor symptom of patients obviously and is an effective drug to treat essential tremor with convenient and safe medication.

Objective:To investigate the effect of calcium ionorphore on B7 costimulatory molecules of chronic myeloid leukemia cells line K562.Methods:Well growing K562 cells were cultured in the medium containing calcium ionorphore(375 ng/ml),with K562 cells without CI treatment as control.The cells′ viability and number were calculated by Trypan Blue exclusion at 0,48 and 96 h.Before and after 96 h of cultured,B7-1 and B7-2 expression was assayed by flow cytometry.The proliferation of allogeneic human T cells was measured by MTT colorimetry.Results:B7 costimulatory molecules were abcent or lowly expressed on K562 cells.After 96 h of CI treatment,B7 costimulatory molecules of K562 cells were markedly upregulated and marked activation of allogeneic T cells occurred.No notable morphological change was found during the culture.K562 cells cultured in medium with CI grow slowly than that without CI.Conclusion:B7 costimulatory molecules expression on chronic myeloid leukemia cells line K562 surface was defective.These costimulatory molecules on K562 cells can be upregulated by calcium ionorphore.Calcium ionorphore may inhibit the growth of K562 cells.

OBJECTIVE:To prepare Hongbei hydrogel and establish its quality control method.METHODS:Hongbei hydrogel was preparaed using erythomycin and betamethasone as principal agents and carbomer-940 as key base material.The content of erythomycin and betamethasone were determined by UV spectrophotometry at detection wavelength of 483.3 nm and 260 nm,respectively.RESULTS:The preparation assumed colorless smooth semisolid gel.The linear ranges were 9.69～59.43 ?g?mL-1 for erythomycin (r=0.999 3,n=6) and 6.20～20.27 ?g?mL-1 for betamethasone (r=0.999 5,n=6).The average recovery rate were 98.39% (RSD=1.23%) and 98.24% (RSD=0.43%).CONCLUSION:The preparation technology was simple,feasible and practical for quality control.

Objective To investigate the causes and preventive measures of hepatic failure during perioperative period of liver resection for primary hepatic carcinoma in the elderly patients, and to explore its diagnosis and treatment. Methods The 62 patients with primary hepatic carcinoma undergoing hepatectomy were analyzed retrospectively, and they were divided into two groups: elderly group (age≥60 years) and non-elderly group (age＜60 years). The influencing factors for damage of hepatic function were analyzed using single variant and multivariate stepwise regression analysis in elderly and non-elderly group, pringle maneuver and non-pringle maneuver group, more (≥500 ml)and less (＜500 ml) amount of bleeding group. Results The incidence of hepatic damage and mortality rate induced by hepatic failure were 32. 6% and 1.6% respectively after liver resection for primary hepatic carcinoma. Single variant analysis showed that pringle maneuver, intraoperative blood loss, blood transfusion and size of tumor were associated with postoperative hepatic function.Furthermore, multivariate stepwise regression analysis revealed that pringle maneuver was the independent risk factor associated with postoperative hepatic function (β = 0. 314, t= 2. 272, P ＜0. 05). Conclusions The postoperative hepatic damage is significantly correlated with pringle maneuver and intraoperative bleeding in liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in senile people.And improving operative techniques, shorting the time of pringle maneuver, decreasing intraoperative bleeding were the main preventive measures for hepatic damage after liver resection for primary hepatic carcinoma in the elderly patients.

Objective To study the chemical constituents of Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum.MethodsThe compounds were isolated and purified by silica chromatography and their structures were identified on the basis of physicochemical constant and spectral analysis.Results The compounds were determined as 6-hydroxy-2-[2-(3'-methoxy-4'-hydroxy phenylethyl)] chromone(Ⅰ)and a triterpene,hederagenin(Ⅱ).Conclusion Compound I is a new compound and compound Ⅱ is found in this plant for the first time.

Objective To study the effect of Na-2SeO-3 on experimental carcinogenesis of stomach and on p53 and p16 expression. Methods Weaning male Wistar rats were divided into four groups randomly:high selenium group(4mg/L),low selenium(2mg/L)group,experiment control group and normal control group.Wistar rat gastric cancer was induced by N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine(MNNG,20mg/kg)given daily for 10days.Na 2SeO 3 was given by piped drinking before one week of MNNG administration.Rats were killed at the 43th week.The surface characters of gastric mucosa were observed with noked eyes.Histopathologic changes were observed by methods of HE staining and Alcian Blue Periodic acid Schiff reaction(AB-PAS).Changes of p53 and p16 were detected by SP immunohistochemical method.The immunohistochemical results were quantitatively analysed by image analysis.Statistical analysis was taken by SPSS. Results Dietary Na-2SeO-3(2mg/L,4mg/L)aggravated gastric erosion and hemorrhage and promoted intestinal metaphasia of gastric cancer (P0.05).Conclusion These results suggest that dietary Na-2SeO-3 by piped drinking might not decrease incidence of Wistar rat gastric cancer induced by MNNG.The mechanism may be associated with the mutations of p53 and abnormal expression of p16 gene.

Objective To investigate the effect of genetic alteration(homozygous deletion and point mutation)and expression of p16 gene and p16 protein on hilar cholangiocarcinoma(HCGC) . Methods Genetic alteration and expression of p16 protein were detected by polymerase chain reaction single strand comformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and immunohistochemical method in 36 HCGC tissues. Results p16 gene revealed alteration in 21 of 36 HCGC tissues (58.3%),among which 8 had homozygous deletion and 13 had point mutation. In HCGC tissues, 8 revealed no p16 protein expression and 10 showed low level expression of p16 protein. Conclusions The alteration of p16 gene and abnormal expression of p16 protein are significantly correlated with the biological behavior and clinical staging of HCGC,and may be helpful to evalute the malignant degree of HCGC and the patients prognosis.

Objective:To investigate the expression and significance of Gab 2 in colorectal cancer tissues .Methods:Immuno-histochemistry was used to detect the expression of Gab 2 in 78 cases of colorectal cancer tissues and 46 cases of the adjacent tissues and to analyze the association of Gab2 expression with the clinicopathologic features of colorectal cancer;The expression of Gab2 in samples from 10 cases of colorectal cancer tissues and matched adjacent nontumorous tissues was detected by Western blot .Results: The results of immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the Gab 2 protein positive expression rate in 78 cases of colorectal cancer was 53.85%;whereas was negative expression or weak in the adjacent tissues , showing a significant difference of comparison within this result (P<0.001) .The expression of Gab2 in colorectal cancer was related with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05) , but no relation with the size and differentiation of tumor (P>0.05) .Western blot showed that the Gab2 protein expression of colorectal cancer cases was significantly higher than that of matched adjacent nontumorous tissues ( P<0.05 ).Conclusion: Gab2 was overexpressed in colorectal cancer .Gab2 maybe play an important role in carcinogenesis and progression of colorectal carcinoma .

Objective To investigate the relationship of c erbB2 with endocrine therapy and prognosis, to investigate the rapid and effective method to detect c erbB2 alteration in breast carcinoma(BC).Metheds Semi quantitative PCR was used to detect the amplification of c erbB2, and immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of protein of c erbB2. 58 cases of BC were followed up .Results There was significant relationship between c erbB2 protein overexpression and gene amplification(P