Atherosclerosis(AS)is a chronic inflammatory disease of arteries,induced by the injury of endothelial cells,accumulation of mononuclear macrophage and lipid,proliferation of smooth muscle cells and the adhesion of platelets.As a frequent disease and a common pathology in cardiovascular system.In fact,the inciting event of AS is likely an inflammatory insult that occurs decades before the disease becomes clinically apparent.More and more cases were also reported in the childhood recently.Therefore it is important both for clinic and research to investigate the cause and pathogenesis of AS.J Appl Clin Pediatr,2009,24(1):58-60

Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) ithe leading cause of vision disordecaused by variouretinal diseases.Apresent,many therapeutimethodare employed clinically,such aphotodynamitherapy (PDT),anti-vasculaendothelial growth facto(anti-VEGF) and transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT).However,none of them can cure CNV thoroughly and repeated treatmenirequired usually.The reason forecurrenCNV istill unclear.Choroidal hypoperfusion associated with Pdmay be one of the reasons.The purpose of thireview ito discusthe problem of choroidal hypoperfusion associated with PDfoCNV awell aitimpacon the eye and possible solutions.Thipapepresentevidenceof choroidal hypoperfusion aftePDand itrelationship with clinical outcomes.Meanwhile,the effecof combination therapy iassessed.Finally,low-fluence Pdirecommended apotential method to reduce choroidal hypoperfusion.

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Hydrogen sulfide is found to be the third gasotransmitter.It exerts extensive biological effects in nerve system,cardiovascular system,gastrointestinal system,and so on.In cardiovascular system,it exerts the function of vasorelaxation,inhibition of vascular smooth mu-scle cells and cardioprotection.It is also concerted with many cardiovascular diseases such as pulmonary hypertension,hypertension,coronary heart disease,atherosclerosis.This review discusses the latest research progress in the significance of hydrogen sulfide in cardiovascular diseases.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of a cervical back muscle trainer. MethodsA cervical back muscle trainer designed by ourself was used in 128 patients with different kinds of cervical spondylosis. The situation of pain and activity of daily life of the patients before and 1 month after treatment were recorded and compared. ResultsThe neck pain of all of the patients nearly completely disappeared in a month and their activity of daily life improved significantly(P<0.01). ConclusionThe cervical back muscle trainer can improve the stability of cervical vertebrae through increasing the strength of the cervical back muscle, which can be used as an assistant rehabilitation approach of all kinds of cervical spondylosis.

BACKGROUND: In recent years, foreign scholars have found that apolipoprotein E gene was associated with osteoporosis and its complicated hip fracture. National scholars adopted polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) to primarily study the correlation of apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism with bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis.OBJECTIVE: To observe the polymorphism of apolipoprotein E gene, and analyze its correlation with primary osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture.SETTING: Department of Orthopaedics, Nanchang First Hospital.DESIGN: A clinical controlled observation.PARTICIPANTS: Sixty patients with primary osteoporosis (31 males and 29 females), were enrolled, including 30 cases of hip fracture, who were newly fractured and diagnosed according to radiogram, and 30 cases of simple osteoporosis; Thirty healthy subjects (16 males and 14 females)were also involved.METHODS: Sixty outpatients and inpatients with primary osteoporosis were selected from the Department of Orthopaedics, Nanchang First Hospital from January to December 2002, and they were divided into hip fracture group (n=30) and simple osteoporosis (n=30); Another 30 healthy physical examinees were taken as the healthy control group. All the subjects were fasted for more than 12 hours, and the samples of venous blood were collected on the next morning. DNA was extracted from the separated leucocytes. Gene site DNA amplification was analyzed with polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP). The individual DNA templates (provided by Daan Gene Diagnosis Center of Sun Yat-sen University) of identified apolipoprotein E2/2, E3/3 and E4/4 homozygotes were analyzed with PCR-SSCP, and the band showed that E3 was in the front, E2 in the middle, followed by E4. They were in electrophoresis with DNA templates of the samples at the same time, and the apolipoprotein E genotype of the template could be identified by the migration rate of the band.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Apolipoprotein E genotypes were observed.RESULTS: All the enrolled subjects were involved in the analysis of results. ① Six genotypes were detected with PCR-SSCP in the 60 patients with primary osteoporosis and 30 healthy controls, including apolipoprotein E2/2, E3/2, 3/3, E4/2, 4/3, 4/4. ② There were very significant differences in the allele frequency of apolipoprotein E4 among the three groups (χ2=17.520, P ＜ 0.01). The allele frequencies of apolipoprotein E4 in the simple osteoporosis group and osteoporotic fracture group were obviously higher that that in the normal control group (χ2=4.904, 16.681, P ＜ 0.01),it was also markedly higher in the osteoporotic fracture group than in the simple osteoporosis group (χ2=4.658, P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION: Apolipoprotein E4 is closely associated with primary osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture. Apolipoprotein E is a useful marker for primary osteoporosis, especially for osteoporotic fracture.

Objective:To analyze chlorogenic acid of Chaenomeles speciosa by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Methods:A method for determining chlorogenic acid of Chaenomeles speciosa by HPLC-MS is described. The operating conditions were Diamonsil C18 column (5μm, 4.6×250 mm) at room temperature, acetonitrile-0.05%phosphoric acid solution as mobile phase by step gradients elution at a flow of 0.8 ml/min and UV detection at 325 nm. Results: The content of chlorogenic acid of Chaenomeles speciosa is 1.3 mg/g (RSD 0.4%), respectively. Conclusion:Chlorogenic acid was detected from Chaenomeles speciosa, which may be related to its inhibition of FAS and the potential role of anticancer.

Objective: To detect gallic acid in Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Methods: A method for determining gallic acid in Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. by HPLC-MS is described. The operating conditions were Diamonsil C18 column (5μm, 4.6×250 mm) at room temperature, methanol-0.05% phosphoric acid solution as mobile phase by step gradients elution at a flow of 0.8 ml/min and UV detection at 270 nm. Results:The content of gallic acid is 1.8 mg/g. The relative standard deviation of gallic acid is 1.7%. Conclusion:The content of gallic acid in Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. is high, which may be related to the inhibition of FAS.

In order to produce valuable monoclonal antibodies for immunodiagnosis of cysticerco-sis, hybridoma technique was adopted using the fusion of splenic lymphocytes from BALB/c mice immunized with Cysticercus cellulosae antigens and the myeloma cell line NS-1. Through screening and cloning, three monoclonal antibody cell lines have been established. Im- munoglobulin subclasses of 3 lines were determined to be IgGl. These monoclonal antibodies were found to be highly specific and without cross reaction with Echinococcus granulosus hy-datid cyst and Cysticercus fasciolasis. Antigen fractions specifically reacting to monoclonal antibodies were demonstrated with Western blot method. The results showed that specific reaction bands of SCW located in 25 kDa and 17 kDa regions.

Objective To probe into the quantizing rule of the thoracic vertebra rotation.Methods6 healthy corpses specimen were fixed on a wooden apparatus and rotated from 0° to 90° for X-ray examination.A X-ray examination was taken at each 5° rotational point.The characteristic of the image at each examinational point was observed.ResultsThere was radiology characteristic at each rotational point.ConclusionThe thoracic vertebra rotational degree could be quantized by X-ray examinations.