Cancer-related fatigue survivors have been found to have lower morning serum cortisol levels, flattened diurnal cortisol cy-cles, and decreased cortisol responses to psychological stress. The mechanism may be related to the inflammation caused by disorder of hy-pothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, and there are also some evidences to support that cortisol can be used to reduce cancer-related fatigue. This study introduced the research progress of the relationship between cancer-related fatigue and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.

The fresh cadavers were injected with A. B. S into the popliteal arteries. We have studied the micro-vascular structure of this skin area under scanning electron microscope. There are 5 layers of the vascular network in this skin area. They were formed by the small branches coming from either the direct or indirect cutaneous arteries. The 5 layers are as follows: The capillary network of the papillary layer. The vascular network of the subpapillary layer. The deep dermal network. The network in the subcutaneous tissue. The network in the deep fascia tissue. It is clear that each layer of the vascular network has it's -own special character.

The vascular morphological character of the microcirculation in the nail bed of the toe have been studied with the scanning electron microscope. Three types of vascular network were identified: 1) The blood vessels at the proximal two fifth of the nail bed were parallelly arranged. 2) At the middle two fifths of the nail bed, the blood vessels interwoved with each other and formed the polygonal vascular networks. 3) At the distal one fifth of the nail bed there were only a few vascular loops running in a slanting position. These loops were connected with the vascular network from the papillary layer of the skin of the toe.

Objective:To explore the therapeutic effect of the use of budesonide for externally-used budesonide in the surgical cavities following endoscopic sinuous surgery(ESS).Method:122 cases with chronic sinusitis were randomly divided into two groups treated by the routine procedures after endoscopic sinuous surgery but the treatment group with 61 cases were treated by the addition of budesonide suspension for inhalation in the surgical cavities.The process of the epithelization in the surgical cavities by endoscopy was investigated.Result:The process of cleaning in 15 days in the surgical cavities was better in the budesonide-using group than in the controlled group.A significant difference was found(P

To study the changes of ? adrenergic receptor subtypes (? 1 AR,? 2 AR) and angiotensin Ⅱreceptor subtypes (AT 1 R,AT 2 R)mRNA levels in spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) hearts at 14 weeks of age, and WKY rat hearts at ages 14 and 48 weeks, the total cellular RNA was extracted from the left ventricular tissue, and reverse polymerase chain reaction analysis was performed for measurement of the four receptors. The expression levels of ? 1 AR mRNA and ? 2 AR mRNA were down regulated in WKY hearts at age 48 weeks and in 14 week SHR. AT 1 R mRNA levels were decreased in 48 week WKY and 14 SHR, and AT 2 R mRNA levels were significantly increased in SHR. The expression levels of ? 1 AR and AT 1 R mRNA were declined following the increase of ages. The levels of ? 2 AR mRNA were down regulated in hypertension and myocardial hypertrophy conditions first because ? 2 AR was more sensitive to myocardial hypertrophy than ? 1 AR. Long term and hyper AngⅡ levels stimulated AT 1 R mRNA down regulation in SHR, and it is the myocardial hypertrophic compensatory process that increases the AT 2 R mRNA levels.

[Objective] To understand Chinese scholars in different periods on the different understanding of tongue, for further development of research and provide a theoretical basis. [Method] Access to a large number of ancient books and literature, selection and tongue of related articles, extract and summa-rize the main points. [Result] The ancient understanding of TCM tongue is very knowledgeable, and by the subjective leading generation, does not have the scientific rigour;modern research of Chinese medicine tongue is mainly from the tongue and tongue color, tongue shape and other aspects, the objec-tive diagnosis and analysis system, the research methods of modern TCM tongue with scientific rigor modern Chinese Medicine; from the point of view, different degrees of col aterals and the width of the color purple tongue, sublingual y reflect the progress of the blood stasis degree and disease conditions, different diseases have different characteristics of the tongue. [Conclusion] Research on the development of modern tongue made certain contribution to TCM development.

Microglia(MG)is recognized as the main immune effector in central nervous system injury and disease.MG can regulate the tumorigenesis and development of brain metastases tumor(BMT)by different ways.Studing the roles and mechanisms of MG in BMT will provide new insights into the prevention and treatment of BMT.

Objective To determine the expressions of transcription factor activator protein-2α (AP-2α), estrogen receptor-β (ER-β) and matrixmetalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in lichen planus (LP) lesions and their significance. Methods Tissue samples were resected from the lesions of 30 patients with LP and normal skin of 30 human controls. An immunohistochemical method using streptavidin-peroxidase (SP) was performed to detect the expression of ER-β and MMP-9, reverse transcription-PCR and Western blot to measure the mRNA and protein expressions of AP-2α, ER-β and MMP-9 in these specimens. Results There was a significant decrease in the mRNA expressions of AP-2α (0.488 ± 0.039 vs. 1.008 ± 0.023, P < 0.01 ) and ER-β (0.365 ± 0.032 vs. 0.998 ± 0.036, P < 0.01), together with an increase in the expression of MMP-9 (1.237 ± 0.027 vs. 0.567 ± 0.015, P< 0.01) in the LP lesions compared with the control specimens; similar results were observed for the protein expressions of AP-2α, ER-β and MMP-9. In LP lesions, the expression of AP-2α was positively correlated with that of ER-β (R = 0.89, P < 0.01), but negatively correlated with that of MMP-9 (r = -0.91, P < 0.01). Conclusions The down-regulation of ER-β expression and up-regulation of MMP-9 expression may be ascribed to the abnormal regulation of upstream target genes mediated by the decreased expression of AP-2α, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of LP.

Objective To investigate the effect of intranasal instillation of insulin with different doses on cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD).Methods Sixty-three AD patients were collectcd.According to the order of doctor's office visiting,they were divided into insulin 1 group (21 cases,intranasal instillation of insulin 20 U,2 times per day),insulin 2 group (21 cases,intranasal instillation of insulin 40 U,2 times per day) and placebo group (21 cases,intranasal instillation of physiological saline,2 times per day).Mini-mental state examination scale (MMSE) and Rivermead behavioural memory test second edition (RBMT Ⅱ) were used to evaluate the improvement of cognitive function after 3 months and 6 months.Results Before treatment,the scores of MMSE and RBMT Ⅱ in insulin 1 group were (20.2 ± 2.3) and (17.2 ± 1.9) scores,in insulin 2 group were (20.7 ± 2.8) and (16.5 ± 1.9) scores.After treatment for 3 months,the scores of MMSE and RBMT Ⅱ in insulin 1 group were (21.8 ± 3.2) and (19.2 ± 2.0) scores,in insulin 2 group were (21.6 ± 3.5) and (18.1 ± 2.0) scores.The scores of MMSE and RBMT Ⅱ in insulin 1 group and insulin 2 group significantly improved compared with those before treatment (P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01).But the scores of MMSE and RBMT Ⅱ in placebo group were significantly aggravated,(18.9 ± 3.8) scores vs.(20.9 ± 2.5) scores,(15.2 ± 2.1) scores vs.(16.1 ± 2.0) scores,P ＜ 0.05.After treatment for 6 months,the scores of MMSE and RBMT Ⅱ in insulin 1 group were (22.5 ± 3.3) and (20.5 ± 2.0) scores,in insulin 2 group were (22.7 ± 3.1) and(19.8 ± 1.9) scores,and in placebo group were (17.9 ± 4.5) and(14.7 ± 2.0) scores.The scores of MMSE and RBMT Ⅱ in insulin 1 group and insulin 2 group were significantly better than those in placebo group (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Intranasal instillation of insulin can improve cognitive disorders in patients with AD.