Objective: To evaluate the cytotoxicity and targeting ability of self-developed paclitaxel-octreotide (PTX-OCT) conjugates on A549 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells and Calu-6 NSCLC cells. Methods: Conjugates PTX-OCT and 2PTX-OCT were synthesized by our school. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to detect mRNA of human somatostatin receptor subtypes (SSTRs) using specific primers. The cells were treated with different concentrations (1, 100 nmol/L and 1 ?mol/L) of paclitaxel and the conjugates for different time periods (24-72 h); we also set up a control group. MTT assay was used to evaluate the cell viability after treatment; cell cycle perturbations were determined by FAC Scan flow cytometer 24 h after treatment with 1 ?mol/L paclitaxel, PTX-OCT, and 2PTX-OCT. Results: Both A549 cell and Calu-6 cell expressed the mRNA of SSTR2 and SSTR5; no SSTR mRNA was detected in the fibroblasts. The conjugates had a similar cytotoxicity to paclitaxel; they both effectively inhibited the growth of A549 cells and Calu-6 cells in a concentration-and time-dependent manner. After 72 h treatment with 1 ?mol/L paclitaxel, PTX-OCT and 2PTX-OCT, the survival rates of A549 cells were (26.9?7.3)%, (26.6?9.2)% and (35.7?4.3)%, respectively; the survival rates of Calu-6 cells were (29.5?5.0)%, (28.2?9.7)% and (26.5?4.9)%, respectively. The survival rate A549 cells at 72 h after treatment was lower than that at 24 h after treatment(P

Objective To investigate the toxicities and inhibitory effects of three kinds of kegin-type novel heteropoly compounds which were synthesised by molecular assembly interactions on influnenza A virus(H1N1) in vitro.Methods The toxicities and anti-influnenza virus activities were tested by methods of CPE-MTT and chick embryos culture.Results TC_(50) in MDCK cells and LD_(50) in chick embryos of three kinds of kegin-type novel heteropoly compounds were higher than those of amantadine.TI in MDCK cells and chick embryos were both higher than that of amantadine. Conclusion The three kinds of kegin-type novel heteropoly compounds have lower toxicities and higher anti-virus effects on influnenza A virus(H1N1) than amantadine.Through chemic modifications,the toxicity of amantadine can be decreased and the activity of amantadine can be increased.

Objective To analyze the surgical and pathologic features of isolated ascending aortitis without evidence of rheumatologic or autoimmune diseases by comparing that of Takayasu's arteritis.Methods Consecutive 965 excised ascending aortas were reviewed and 40 cases with aortitis were selected from the pathological archives of past 20 years in Fuwai Hospital.The clinical history,laboratory and angiographic data,surgical findings,steroid therapy and followup results of these 40 cases were reviewed.Pathological parameters included the thickness of aortic wall and its various layers,inflammation activity,multinuclear giant cells,inflammatory necrosis,laminar necrosis and atheroselerosis.The t test and Chi square analysis were used to compare the means and the rates between the two groups.Results Twenty-five of 40 cases were diagnosed with isolated aortitis and its prevalencei was 2.6%(25/965),while 8 cases with Takayasu's arteritis and 7 cases with other vasculitis were confirmed.The age of isolated ascending aortitis was older than that of Takayasu's arteritis[(46±12)y vs(34±14)y,t=2.30,P>0.05] while the male/female ratio was similar in both groups(1.1 vs 1.0,t=0.01,P>0.05).Their main clinical manifestation was aortic aneurysm with a bigger aortic diameter in isolated aortitis than that in Takayasu's arteritis [(59±18)vs(46±12)mm,P>0.05].The asymptomatic cages mostly were found in isolated ascending aortitis (28%vs 0,x2=2.98,P>0.05).The erythrocyte sedimentary rate was normal in isolated aortitis but increased in Takayasu's arteritis[(15±17)mm/1 hvs[27±25)mm/1 h,U=48.50,P<0.05 ].Inflammatory edema,thickening and calcification were noted in more than half cases of both groups.but slighter thickening of aortic wall was foand in isolated ascending aortitis in contrast to the remarkable thickening in Takayasu artefifis[(2506±493)vs (3300±430)μm,t=-3.00,P<0.01].Giant cells,inflammatory necrosis,laminar necrosis and accompanied atherosclerosis were more common in isolated ascending aortitis.Aortic regurgitation was common but inflammatory invasion wege found in few aortic valves. Steroid was prescribed in 5 cases with isolated ascending aortitis and none of them was reported with complications while aortic perivalvular leakage occurred in 3 of 20 cases without steroids therapy. In the Takayasu's arteritis cases, new aneurysm of abdominal aorta was found in 1 of 3 cases with steroid therapy. Meanwhile, perivalvular leakage and subclavian artery stenosis occurred in 2 of 5 cases without steroid. Conclusion Isolated aortitis is more common than Takayasu's arteritis in ascending aortic diseases and there is some definite difference in clinical and pathological aspects between these two diseases. Since the effect of steroid therapy is uncertain and in order to avoid overtreatment, we suggest that steroid should not be given to cases with isolated ascending aortitis after surgery and clinical and angiographic follow-up should be emphasized.

Objective To investigate the clinical effect of lumbar catheter drainage combined with intrathecal injection on patients with cerebrospinal fluid leakage and intracranial infection.Methods A retrospective study was conducted.One hundred and fifty-two cases with cerebrospinal fluid leakage and intracranial infection were selected as our subjects who were hospitalized in the First Hospital of Yuncheng from 2006 to 2014.The patients were divided into lumbar puncture + intrathecal group (A),lumbar (group B) and lumbar intrathecal large pool + group (group C) based on post-processing methods.A experimental data were recorded and compared in terms of the total efficiency of treatment,the therapeutically effective time,bacterial clearance and security differences.Results After treatment,the levels of white blood cells,protein,glucose and intracranial pressure were changed compared with that of before treatment in three group(P ＜ 0.01),but there was no significant difference among the three groups(P ＞ 0.05).The therapy periods in group A,group B and group C were (12.80 ± 2.25) d,(12.64 ± 2.00) d and (9.44 ± 1.50) d respectively and the difference was significant(F =25.94,P ＜ 0.05).Compared with Group C,the therapy periods in group A and B were significant different(t =2.769,2.854;P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference between group A and B (t =0.119,P =0.908).The cases with success.effect was 45 (89.1％) in group A,53 (94.6％) in group B,46 (95.8％) in group C,and there was no significant difference among three groups (P ＞ 0.05).In terms of bacterial clearance rate,33 cases(68.75％) was in group A,35 cases(72.91％) in group C and 23 cases (41.07％) in group B and the effective rate in group A or C were higher than that in group B (x2 =9.478,10.63 ; P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The methods of lumbar catheter drainage combinedwith intrathecal injection is proved with a high clinical value of therapy,effective treatment can effectively shorten the time and improve the overall treatment effect.

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Objective To investigate the distribution status of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) in children in Suining area and the changes of drug-resistance spectrum to provide the basis for clinical antibacterial drugs selection .Methods The ATB microbiologi-cal system was adopted to identify the bacteria and the K-B method was used to conduct the drug sensitivity test .The detection situ-ation of PA in our hospital from January 2010 to December 2012 was performed the statistical analysis on the distribution in various specialties of pediatrics and drug resistance .Results Among 46 isolated strains of PA ,39 strains were mainly distributed in the specialties of respiration ,neonatology and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) ,which accounted for 84 .8 % ,22 strains were isolated from sputum specimens ,which accounted for 47 .83% .The isolation rate in last three years showed the rising trend year by year , and the resistance to antibiotics was increased year after year .Conclusion PA is one of the main pathogens of clinical infection .We should strengthen its drug-resistance monitoring and use antibacterial drugs reasonably .

2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) and its by-products dinitrotoluene (DNT) pose a significant threat to human health and other living organisms.However, the conventional analytical methods involved in bulky and expensive instruments are complicated and time-consuming, impeding quick and on-line determination.In this work, a facile yet effective strategy of utilizing UV-vis spectroscopy coupled with partial least squares (PLS) was proposed, through which TNT and two isomers of DNT (2,4-DNT and 2,6-DNT) in nature water could be rapidly and simultaneously determined without any pre-separation.Variable combination population analysis (VCPA) was utilized to select important feather variables and significantly improved the predictive performance of the PLS model.The calibration set contained 25 samples constructed by orthogonal array design (OAD).The predictive ability of the models was validated by an independent prediction set including 15 samples, achieving up to 0.99 of the determination coefficients (R2) for each of the analytes.The optimized models were successfully applied to determine the 3 ingredients in 8 environmental samples involving in tap, lake and two kinds of river water with the recovery values of great than 97%.Finally, the proposed method was further validated by high performance liquid chromatography method.UV-vis spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics may be used as simple and effective strategy with high potential in environmental monitoring.

Objective To investigate the detecting ability of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and CT in skull base invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods Sixty three patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma were examined by whole body and skull base SPECT and CT of nasopharynx and skull base before radiotherapy. The results were double blind compared and evaluated. Results The overall positive rates of skull base invasion detected by SPECT and CT were 63.5% and 25.4%. In patients with headache, cranial nerve palsy and both, they were 87.9%,93.3%,92.3% and 42.4%,46.7%,46.2%. In patients with T 1+T 2 and T 3+T 4 lesions, they were 37.5%,90.3% and 0.0%,51.6%. In patients with N 0+N 1 and N 2+N 3 lesions, they were 63.9% ,63.0% and 19.4%,33.3%. The positive rates of SPECT were higher than those of CT (McNemar Test, P

An statistical analysis of aorta-septal angle(AS angle) between anterior wall of aorta and ventricular septum was taken,AS angle was measured fromthe right ventricle with long-axis, two-dimensional echocardiongram of the left ventricle in 227 consecutive cases of patients with cardiovascular diseases and 80 healthy adults since 1985. It was found that AS angle for normal adults at the end of systoie(ES) and the end of diastole(ED) being 118.50?? 7.70? and 110.60??8.23?; the difference between ES and ED was 7.89??4.51?. In patients with overburdening of left ventricular volume and resistance of coronary artery disease, car-diomycpathy and hypertension , AS angles were amaller,and in patients with overburdening of right ventricular pressure of rheumatic mitral stenosis, AS angles were larger than healthy adults. The difference between ES and ED was smaller than normal for all patients. It was also found that in patients with heartdisease AS angle tends to be smaller or larger before the appearance of abnormality of the left ventricular cavity. Our data suggested that AS angle variance might afford some clinical significance of diagnosis

Spinosyns are secondary metabolites from the aerobic fermentation of saccharopolyspora spinosa Spinosyn is a kind of broad spectrum insecticide, which has contact and ingestion toxicity on insects On lepidopteran insects, spinosad (a mixture of spinosyn A and spinosyn D) is one of the most selective compounds ever discovered In this paper, the structure, biosynthesis, property and process of spinosyns are reviewed