Cervical intervertebral disc replacement effectively tackles limited motion range of the neck and long-term adjacent degeneration acceleration following traditional anterior cervical fusion and fixation. This paper reviews history of cervical intervertebral disc replacement,current prosthesis types,related indications and complications,and further investigates the feasibility of minimally invasive replacement.

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Tissue engineering may allow obtaining patient’s own cells, seeding them on biodegradable scaffolds, thus achieving formation of a particular tissue or organs, such as bone, cartilage, muscle, or heart. These tissues or organs can be used to repair tissue or organs defects caused by disease or trauma. Many animal studies have demonstrated the efficacy of using bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in treatment of diseases such as nervous system diseases, liver disease, respiratory diseases and kidney disease. The main ways of the stem cells therapy are local implantation and systemic transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, and the effect of such treatments is notable. The use of gene-modified stem cells in gene therapy is an fantastic option due to theoretical advantage of stem cells compared to somatic cells with respect to higher proliferative capacity. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells can deliver genes and proteins into organs or tissues with specific need for gene therapy.

Objective To construct an oral recombinant DNA vaccine of Helicobacter pylori(H. pylori) neutrophil activating protein (Hp-NAP), and to evaluate its immunotherapeutic effects. Methods The napA gene (encoding Hp-NAP) was amplified by poly mera se chain reaction(PCR) and cloned into TA cloning vector pBT. After nucleotide s equencing and sequence analysis, the target sequence was subcloned into an eukar yot ic expression vector pIRES. Then the identified recombinant plasmid, pIRES-napA , was transformed into a live attenuated Salmonella typhimurium(S. typhimurium ) strain SL7207, and lavaged into a long-term(30 weeks) model of BALB/c mice infected by Sydney strain(SS1) of H. pylori. Results A 435 bp target gene of napA was amplified by PCR. Seq uenci ng and BLAST analysis showed that most of the cloned napA sequence was homologou s with that of SS1 strain of H. pylori. provided by GenBank, and the homolog y of neucleotide and protein was over 98%, respectively. PCR and restriction enzyme digestion id entification indicated that a recombinant live attenuated S. typhimurium DNA vaccine strain carrying Hp-napA gene was successfully constructed. After 4 wee ks of oral immunization, 75% of mice treated with DNA vaccine were rapid urease test negative, while those with vacant plasmid or normal saline alone were all p ositive (P= 0.0476). The titer of serum Hp-NAP antibody was signific antly elevated in treatment group. Conclusions The successful construction of an effective oral recom binant DNA vaccine of Hp-NAP may be helpful for the further development of polyvalent DNA vaccine against H. pylori infection.

Objective To evaluate the effect and safety of the argon plas ma coagulation (APC)a non－ touched technique via endoscopy. Methods Various po wer setting (40 W,60 W,80 W) at increasing exposure time (1 sec,3 sec,5 sec) wer e used during application of APC to different mucosa (gastric body and autrum) o f fresh stomaches gotten from 5 pigs.Histologic appearance and measurement of de pth and diameter of tissue necrosis area were examined through light microscope. Results Under the same power,the depth and the diameter were increased with th e exposure time increasing(P

AIM: To explore the surgical methods and clinical effects on young patients with congenital lower eyelid entropion.
METHODS: There were 27 patients ( 45 cases ) who suffered congenital lower eyelid entropion accepted the modified blepharosphincterectomy. The clinical effects and complications were evaluated.
RESULTS: After followed up for 6mo, 42 eyes were fully recovered, 3 eyes were unsuccessful and the cure rate was 93%, 5 eyes suffered minor lower eyelid skin folds, none had lower eyelid retraction and ectropion.CONCLUSION: Modified blepharosphincterectomy is an ideal cosmetic surgical treatment for young patients with congenital lower eyelid entropion. It is an effective surgical treatment with fewer complications.

Our study demonstrated that ARS cells can be induced to differentiate into macrophage-like cells with changes in phenotype, nonspecific esterase activity and phagocytic function by adding ginsenosides in short-term cultures. Synthesis of DNA, mitosis and the growth of the culture cells transplanted in mouse are also inhibited in this condition. The size of cells, nuclei and nucleoli, as well as nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio of ginsenosides treated cells are diminished significantly. Microvilli of these cells are reduced in number with formation of. ruffles on the cell surface. Mitochondria are increased, their size and distribution become regular. The fact that numerous small cells, induced by ginsenosides exhibit the most conspicuous alteration mentioned above along with marked phagocytic activity indicates that they are highly differentiated macrophage-like cells. Whether the inhibition of cell growth and induction of differentiation by ginsenosides is caused through its action on the molecules regulating the gene expression of cell growth and differentiation needs further study.

A case of multiple keratoacanthoma centrifugum marginatum is first reported in China. A 37-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for papules and plaques on her face, which had been increasing in number for 4 months. Cutaneous examination revealed dozenes of well-marginated, pale-red or skin-colored crateriform papules of variant size, and plaques in a geographic pattern on her face. The papules presented with a central umbilication filled with grey-brown corneous material. The plaques were surrounded by dyke-like borders, covered with thick, crusted brown corneous material, and partly depressed in the center. Histopathology showed hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, irregular strip-like extension of epidermis into dermis, keratinous cysts and squamous eddies. The tumor cells had eosinophilic and glassy cytoplasm characteristic of keratoacanthoma.Given both the clinical and histologic evidence, a diagnosis of multiple keratoacanthoma centrifugum marginatum was made. After more than 3 months of treatment with oral acitretin and topical tretinoin, the lesions faded,leaving rugosity scars. No relapse was noted during 3-year follow-up.

Tumor genesis and development often result from deregulation of important biological pathways at the gene expression level. Although there has been much work focused on searching gene sets using gene expression data or other prior information, proper statistical testing of the gene sets is still an open question. Most studies have expanded the testing method of a single gene into the gene sets. Parametric statistical analysis of gene sets ( p-SAGE ) was presented for determining the significant gene sets or pathways associated with a phenotype of interest. The method was applied to brain tumor experiments to identify many gene sets. Some of the newly discovered gene sets were related to signal transduction and immunity. This simple and effective method gives useful biologically meaningful results.