Objective There are still different news on the preemptive analgesia. We aimed to investigate the preemptive analgesic effect of rofecoxib on the tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) sodium current in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons m a rat model of acute pain. Methods Seventy-five male SD rats weighing 100-140 g were randomly divided into five groups with 15 animals in each group: (A) sham operation + placebo group; (B) operation control group received placebo orally before operation; (C) preoperatine rofecoxib group received oral rofecoxib 10mg?kg-1 h before operation; (D) and (E) postoperatire, rofecoxib group Ⅰ and Ⅱ received oral rofecoxib 10mg?kg immediately (D) and 1 h (E) after operation. Acute pain was produced by an 1 cm long incision in the plantar surface of the right hindpaw through skin, fascia and muscle. Pain threshold to mechanical stimulation with von Frey filament was measured before (baseline) and 2, 6,12, 48, 96 h after operation. The animals were killed by cervical dislocation before and 24, 48, 96 h after incision. DRGs at L3.5 on the operated side were isolated and minced. DRG neurons were isolated by digestion with collagenase Ⅰ A and trypsin TTX-R Na-current density in DRG neurons were measured by using whole-cell patch clamp technique. Results There was no significant change in pain threshold to mechanical stimulation and Na-current density in DRG neurons during the experiment in group A, The withdrawal threshold to mechanical stimuli was significantly decreased after operation compared to the baseline in the four groups ( B, C, D, E). The decrease in pain threshold was significantly less in group C,D,E than that m group B at 2, 6, 12, 24, 48 h after operation and was the least in group C Current density (pA/pF) was significantly increased at 24 h and 48 h after operation compared to baseline in group B, C, D, E. The increase in current density was significantly less in group C, D, E than in group B and was the least in group C.Conclusion Rofecoxib given before operation has preemptive analgesic effect in a rat model of acute pain. Stronger inhibition of TTX-R Na-current m DRG neurons may contribute to the underlying mechanism.

AlM:To determine the changes of regional macular retinal thickness ( RT ) with spectral domain optical coherence tomography ( SD-OCT ) after successful pars plana vitrectomy ( PPV ) surgery with inner limiting membrane ( lLM ) peeling in patients with idiopathic macular hole.
METHODS:A non-randomized retrospective case study on 17 patients ( 17 eyes ) who were hospitalized between March 1, 2011 and June 30, 2013. All 17 eyes had been diagnosed with idiopathic macular hole and thereafter underwent 25G-PPV surgeries performed by the same surgeon with lLM peeling and short - term gas tamponade. ln the 6mo-plus follow-up after surgery, these eyes were found to have successful closure in the macular hole. The macular RT of the nine areas in the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study was measured by SD-OCT. All patients were applied by SD-OCT with linear scan of the macular. At least four examinations on the operated eye were conducted in contrast to the other normal eye: before the surgery, 3~5wk after the surgery (stage A), 2~3mo after the surgery (stage B), and >6mo after the surgery (stage C).
RESULTS:ln stage A, the macular RT of operated eyes in the areas of C, lS, ll, lN, OS, Ol, ON (263. 00±39. 48, 313. 92±18. 35, 311. 00±18. 02, 335. 67±19. 91, 280. 83±33. 74, 269. 92 ± 23. 32, 307. 00 ± 28. 40 ) were significantly thicker than the corresponding areas of the normal fellow eyes (220. 51 ± 23. 94, 292. 08 ± 21. 93, 282. 50 ± 20. 30, 288. 33 ± 20. 76, 251. 25±17. 60, 247. 75±21. 48, 265. 17±24. 76ü m) (P<0. 01) with the exception of the lT (291. 58±18. 97, 280. 33± 20.82üm) and OT (250.83±21.21, 242.08±24.02üm) (P>0. 01). ln Stage B, the macular RT in the areas of ll, lN, OS (335.67±19.20,319.75±19.20, 273.50±16.89üm) were significantly thicker than the corresponding areas of the normal fellow eyes (286. 33±20. 46, 293. 42±17. 64, 252. 50± 16.32üm) (P<0. 01). However, the macular RT of the operated eyes in the areas of C, lS, lT, Ol and OT had no statistically significant difference compared with the corresponding areas of the normal fellow eyes (P> 0. 01). ln Stage C, the macular RT of operated eyes with the areas of lN (321. 17 ± 19. 71ü m) were significantly thicker than the corresponding areas of the normal fellow eyes (296.25±19.57üm) (P<0.01). Meanwhile the other areas of the operated eyes were not significantly different from the normal fellow eyes (P>0. 01). Moreover, the macular RT of operated eyes in the areas of ON, lT (307. 00±28. 40, 291. 58 ± 18. 97ü m ) in stage A significantly decreased compared to that of the corresponding areas in stage C (276. 08±32. 39, 278. 75±10. 19ü m) (P<0. 01).
CONCLUSlON: SD-OCT is a convenient tool for the observation of macular regional changes after macular hole surgery. Macular RT had persistent changes after vitrectomy on eyes with macular hole by SD-OCT. lLM peeling may have caused microstructural changes in wide areas of the macular region after PPV surgery. More support and evidence were provided to the further study of the long - term observation for the structural and function of macular after macular hole surgery.

ObjectiveTo study the toxin genes and pandemic group distribution as well as the genetic correlation between the major serotypes( O3:K6,O1:Kut,O4:K8 ) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP) isolated from the outbreaks of Guangdong province.MethodsThe tdh and trh genes,GS-PCR and orf8 gene were detected on the 62 isolates sourced from patient and seafood occurred in the 23 outbreaks during 2008-2010.44 isolates of which were analyzed on PFGE digested by Not Ⅰ enzyme.ResultsToxin genes distributions suggested that 96.8% (60/62)isolates were tdh+,trh-.Three tdh+ isolates sourced from seafood were found.Pandemic group distribution suggested that 97.2% (35/36) O3:K6,5.88% (1/17) O4:K8,66.7% (8/9)O1:Kut serotype was GS-PCR+ and/or orf8+,respectively.PFGE analysis suggested that 44 isolates were separated into 3 clusters,of which the similarity of PFGE profile was 80.5% in the pandemic group cluster constructed by 28 isolates,the similarity between pandemic group and non-pandemic group was 59.5%.Pandemic group of O3:K6,O1:Kut as well as 04:K8 isolated on some outbreaks were processing the same PFGE profiles.ConclusionThe characteristic of toxin genes of major serotypes VP isolated in the outbreaks of Guangdong province form 2008-2010 was tdh- present and trh- absent.Within the pandemic group,O3:K6 and O1:Kut were the major serotypes.In single outbreak,isolates belongs to pandemic group but with different serotype seem to be close correlations.

Abstract: Total RNA was isolated from Siraitia grosvenorii fruit by the method of modified Trizol, according to S. grosvenorii fruit characteristics of rich phenols, polysaccharide, oil and proteins. The OD260/280, OD260/230, RNA integrity (RIN) and yield of the total RNA with this method were 2.01, 2.02, 9.50 and 260 mirog.g-1, respectively. The open reading frame (ORF) of dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), named as SgDHAR, was cloned by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) and RT-PCR method from S. grosvenorii. The GenBank accession number for this gene is KC907731. The SgDHAR gene contains a full-length cDNA of 1,252 bp including ORF of 819 bp and encodes a predicted protein of 272 amino acids. The molecular mass is 30.217 7 kD and the isoelectric point is 8.76. Homology comparison showed that it shared 87% nucleotide sequence homology with Cucumis sativus. Expression patterns using qRT-PCR analysis showed that SgDHAR was mainly expressed in fruit and stem, followed by flower, and was lowest in root, while the expression level was 6.83 times in triploid. T than that in diploid. Therefore, SgDHAR gene may be involved in abortion of triploid seedless S. grosvenorii.

Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Maxillary Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Myxoma ; diagnosis ; therapy

The noninvasive measurement of liver stiffness (LS) was evaluated by transient elastography (FibroScan) and the possible influencing factors from the patients' clinical situations including age, gender, liver inflammation represented by alanine transaminase (ALT) and total billirubin (TBIL) level, HBV replication (HBV DNA loads), portal vein pressure (portal vessel diameter, PVD), splenic thickness (SPT) and body mass index (BMI) were analyzed in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). A total of 466 patients including 31 patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), and 435 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) among which 82 patients were diagnosed with liver cirrhosis (LC) by clinical manifestations and liver B-type ultrasonic inspection were enrolled at Tongji Hospital from April to December 2009. LS was measured by a FibroScan device (EchoSens, France). Simultaneously, ALT and TBIL levels, HBV DNA loads, PVD, SPT and BMI in all patients were also tested. Forty-one healthy volunteers served as controls. The values of LS were correlated positively with ages of CHB patients and significantly higher in males than in females. In patients with BMI>28 kg/m(2) (obesity) and abnormal levels of ALT and TBIL, LS values were significantly increased as compared with those having normal levels of ALT and TBIL. The patients with ACLF had the highest LS value. Furthermore, LS values in the patients with LC were significantly higher than those in patients without LC. It is concluded that noninvasive measurement of liver fibrosis by FibroScan provides an alternative method to evaluate liver fibrosis of patients with CHB. In order to properly illustrate the stiffness value taken by transient elastography, patients' gender should be taken into consideration and it is also suggested to avoid possible influencing factors including liver inflammation (high levels of ALT and TBIL) and obesity (high BMI).

Objective To investigate the effect of acute myocardium ischemic on heart function of pregnancy rat.Methods 13 female SD rats and 6 early pregnancy rats were divided into normal group, unpregnant group with acute myocardial infarction and early pregnant group with acute myocardial infarction. The anterior branch of the left coronary artery was ligated. 3 weeks later, Image 1.31 software was used to measure areas of myocardial infarction,and to evaluate hemodynamics of heart with powerLAB4.12, and cardiac tissues were stained with Massion. Results Compared with unpregnant group with acute myocardial infarction , the early pregnant group with acute myocardial infarction had less myocardial infarction area (28. 86% vs. 36. 8%), and had a higher left ventricle end systolic pressure, ±dp/dt max, and lower left ventricle end diastolic pressure. Massion stain showed the amount of collagen of the lesion was less in the early pregnant group with acute myocardial infarction than that in unpregnant group.Conclusion The early pregnant group with acute myocardial infarction had better heart contractive and diastolic function.

Objective To explore the effect of reconstructing unilateral cleft lip by changing the arc-shaped incision, combined with the 3D reconstruction of upper lip muscles.Methods Twenty unilateral cleft lip patients were treated by using a new surgical operation, the 3D reconstruction of upper lip muscle, to restore normal anatomy and stress of the mucous membrane, muscle and skin.Operation scar was designed for straight line, located on the philtral ridges of the contour line;phitrum and philtral ridges were rebuilt, and postoperative scar reduced.Results A lot of 20 patients had no local infection, hemorrhage, complex crack, and were stage I incision healing.Followed up for 1-8 months postoperatively, the patient's lip bow line continuity was good, with symmetrical shape and good phitrum and philtral ridges;scar was hidden on the philtral ridges of the contour line, and no obvious upper lip scar contracture found through the follow-up period.Conclusions This improved method is simple in the incision design, and less scar hidden on the philtral ridges of the contour line after operation, which can maximize the recovery of the appearance of nose and upper lip with satisfactory effect.It is a feasible improvement method of repairing unilateral cleft lip.

OBJECTIVETo analyze the expressed mRNA of the factor subunit A (FA) in monocyte in a hereditary factor (F) deficiency family.

METHODSThe F A mRNA of the proband and the other family members was analyzed by RT-PCR, semi-quantitative RT-PCR, cloning and sequencing. The three dimensional structure of the protein was predicted by SWISS-MODEL and viewed by RASMIOL.

RESULTS(1) A large in frame deletion from codons 11 to 279, spanning from exon 2 to 7 of F A (DelCD11-279), was identified in the proband at mRNA level and a truncated protein is predicted composed of 464 amino acids. Compared with the normal and the other families, the proband showed lower level of F A mRNA in RT-PCR. (2) SWISS-MODEL analysis showed that the truncated protein lacked the β-sandwich and a part of catalytic core, resulting in loss of the normal catalytic domains.

CONCLUSIONDelCD11-279 of F A mRNA is associated with hereditary F deficiency. The reduced expressing level of F A gene is one of the causes resulting in F deficiency in the patients.

Adolescent ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; Exons ; Factor XIII ; genetics ; Factor XIII Deficiency ; genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pedigree ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; Sequence Deletion

Objective To investigate the relationship of the cytogenetic abnormalities detected by FISH in patients with MM and their clinical features. Methods FISH on bone marrow (BM) cells was performed in 57 enrolled MM patients. Relationships between cytogenetic abnormalities and clinical features were analyzed. Results By statistical analysis , both D13S319 deletion and RB1 deletion were associated with high level of serum LDH (P = 0.024; P = 0.018) and BM plasma cells index (P = 0.027; P = 0.013). 1q21 amplification was significantly associated with high level of LDH (P = 0.030 ) and the occurence of light chain type myeloma (P = 0.023). IgH rearrangement was associated with renal function damage (P = 0.009). There were correlations among D13S319 deletion, RB1 deletion, 1q21 amplification and IgH rearrangement (P<0.01). Conclusion The genetic abnormalities detected by FISH in patients with MM were correlated with various clinical poor prognostic indicators, which can evaluate the condition and prognosis of patients more efficiently.