Behavior Therapy ; Coronary Disease ; prevention & control ; Humans ; Smoking Cessation

Adult ; Child, Preschool ; Heart Ventricles ; pathology ; Humans ; Male ; Myocardium ; pathology ; Pre-Excitation Syndromes ; etiology ; pathology

mRNAs of alpha-adrenoceptor (α-AR) subtypes are found in neurons in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and change after peripheral nerve injury. In this study, the distribution of α-AR subtype proteins was studied in L5 DRG of normal rats and rats with chronic constriction injury of sciatic nerve (CCI). Using immunofluorescence technique, it was found that α1A-, α1B-, and α2A-AR proteins were expressed in large, medium, and small size neurons in normal DRG, and significantly increased in all size neurons 14 days after CCI. α1D- and α2C-AR was also expressed in all size neurons in normal DRG. However, α1D-AR was significantly increased and α2C-AR was decreased in small size neurons 14 days post CCI. α2B-AR neurons were not detectable in normal and CCI DRG. Co-expression of α1A- and α2A-AR in the same neuron was observed in normal DRG and increased post CCI. Collectively, these results indicated that there is distinct distribution of α-AR subtypes in DRG neurons, and the distribution and levels of expression of α-AR subtypes change differently after CCI. The up-regulation of α-AR subtypes in DRG neurons may play an important role in the process of generating and transmitting neuropathic pain.

Objective To assess the value of CMV viral load test in the diagnosis and prognostic judgment of infantile cytomegalovirus infection with whole blood and urine specimens. Methods 50 infants with active CMV infection were selected, which pp65 antigen was positive in serological detection and either CMV-IgM positive or the titer of CMV-IgG ≥40. The viral load in whole blood and urine specimens was detected before and after a course of preemptive ganciclovir treatment and the pp65 antigen was determined after treatment. Results 98% patients were manifested as cytomegalovirus viral load quantitative measurement in whole blood positive before the treatment, while 14% after. The positive ratio of pp65 assay after therapy was 6%. And there was no significant difference between the results of the two kinds of detection methods measurement in urine before and after treatment was 98% and 90%, respectively. The results of urinary viral load quantitative detection did not coincide with clinical characteristics of CMV infection (P＜0.05,Sp＝0.11,PVP＝0.55, (Youden's index)＝0.09). Conclusions Good coincidence could be found between CMV-DNA quantitative measurement in whole blood and pp65 antigenemia assay. And the former could be used as a diagnostic index of CMV positive infection. While single urinary viral load quantitative detection had no significance for the distinction between active and latent CMV infection and dynamic monitoring of CMV treatment.

Adult ; China ; epidemiology ; Chronic Disease ; epidemiology ; Dyslipidemias ; epidemiology ; Female ; Health Status ; Humans ; Hypertension ; epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Obesity ; epidemiology ; Smoking ; epidemiology

OBJECTIVE: This paper presents a method for treating maxillary neuralgia, the second division of trigeminal nerve. METHOD: One hundred and thirty six cases with 136 trigeminal neuralgia were treated from 2004 to 2011. All patients were treated with endoscopic surgery at the pterygopalatofossa through approach to the maxillary sinus for resecting maxillary nerve and infraorbital nerve. RESULT: One hundred and eighteen patients were relieved after operation and no recurrence of neuralgia was occurred after 2 to 8 years of follow-up. CONCLUSION This method had the advantages of avoiding to operate craniotomy with no complications, which was performed easily with valid efficacy.
Aged ; Denervation ; methods ; Endoscopy ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Maxillary Nerve ; surgery ; Maxillary Sinus ; innervation ; surgery ; Middle Aged ; Trigeminal Neuralgia ; surgery

Objective To explore the change of S-100? and glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP)in serum after seizure and medication in children with epilepsy.Methods Serum protein level of S-100? and GFAP were determined by double antibody sandwish enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)in 41 cases with epilepsy and 30 healthy children.The specimen of venous blood were taken by 24 hours after seizure,4 weeks,12 weeks after medicine and their supernate preserved at-80 ℃ after centrifugat.Results Twenty-four hours after seizure,protein level of S-100?,GFAP in serum was significantly higher than that of control group(Pa0.05).Four weeks after medication,protein level of S-100?,GFAP in serum of epileptic group decreased,but still higher than that in control group,and the difference was significant(P

Through an overview of the development of long-term care mode that combined medicine and pen-sion and the existing ethical issues, this paper pointed out that the future long-term care mode should strengthen the enthusiasm of public hospitals to participate in, reduce multiple management by government departments, es-tablish perfect laws and regulations and medical insurance system, enhance the responsibility of the practitioners and the general public, meanwhile, actively practice the principle of humanity and respect, fairness and efficiency, honesty and reliability in ethics, to provide new ideas and directions for the development of this model.

Objective To study the effect of chloral hydrate on click sound evoked auditory brainstem re-sponse (ABR) in healthy adult guinea pig .Methods A total of 20 healthy wild type albino male guinea pigs were se-lected for ABR assessment with click sound stimulation conscious and cholral hydrate anesthesia conditions .The ABR threshold was determined according to the wave that presents highest occurrence rate under different stimulus intensity .The latency ,interpeak latency of each wave at 90 dB peSPL stimulation as well as the amplitude of waveⅡ ,Ⅲ ,Ⅳ under different stimulus intensity were recorded .Results The ABR threshold in chloral hydrate anes-thesia was 25 .50 ± 2 .76 dB peSPL and at the waking state was 28 .5 ± 3 .66 dB peSPL from control group (P>0 .05) .The latencies of each wave recorded under chloral hydrate anesthesia state were prolonged compared to those of under waking state ,wave Ⅲ ,Ⅳ and Ⅴ had significance differences (P<0 .05) ,but wave Ⅰ ,Ⅱ had no significant differences (P>0 .05) .The interpeak latency between wave Ⅰ - Ⅴ ,Ⅲ - Ⅳ ,Ⅳ - Ⅴ in chloral hydrate anesthesia were longer compared to those of under waking state with significant differences (P<0 .05) ,while interpeak latency between Ⅰ - Ⅱ ,Ⅱ - Ⅲ had no significant differences (P> 0 .05) .The amplitude and occurrence rate of wave Ⅱwere the highest among all the waves in both experimental group and control group .The amplitude of wave Ⅱ and Ⅲ in chloral hydrate anesthesia was higher than that of the waking state under acoustic stimulation conditions ofhigh intensity(P<0 .05) while the amplitude of wave Ⅳ was lower than the waking state (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The chloral hydrate anesthesia may be able to apparently lengthen the ABR latencies of wave Ⅲ ,Ⅳ ,Ⅴ and affect the amplitude .This effect should be considered during the assessment of ABR under anesthesia state in guinea pig ;The ABR threshold of guinea pig could be determined according to the wave Ⅱ because it 's highest occurrence rate .

Objective To evaluate effects of interleukin-36α (IL-36α) on psoriasiform skin lesions and C-C motif chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20) expression in mice.Methods Totally,30 BALB/c female mice were randomly and equally divided into 3 groups:control group treated with topical vaseline cream on the shaved back and intracutaneous injection with phosphate buffer saline (PBS),model group treated with topical imiquimod cream on the shaved back and intracutaneous injection with PBS,experimental group treated with topical imiquimod cream on the shaved back and intracutaneous injection with IL-36α solution.Psoriasis area severity index (PASI) was used to evaluate changes of psoriasiform skin lesions in mice,and light microscopy to observe morphological changes of skin lesions and to measure the thickness of the epidermis.Real-time fluorescence-based quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) and Western blot analysis were performed to determine the expression of IL-36α in skin lesions in the control group and model group,and qRT-PCR,Western blot analysis and immunohistochemical study to evaluate changes of CCL20 levels in skin lesions.Results The model group showed significantly increased mRNA (△ Ct value:0.0195 ± 0.0059) and protein expression (3.922 ± 0.248) of IL-36α compared with the control group (mRNA:0.0012 ± 0.0004,P ＜ 0.05;protein:0.690 ± 0.025,P ＜ 0.05).The mRNA and protein expression of CCL20 were significantly higher in the experimental group than those in the model group (mRNA:2.152 ± 0.793 vs.0.999 ± 0.178;protein:0.397 ± 0.033 vs.0.145 ± 0.030;both P ＜ 0.05),and higher in the model group than those in the control group (mRNA:0.378 ± 0.075;protein:0.025 ± 0.009;both P ＜ 0.05).Immunohistochemical study showed that the expression intensity of CCL20 in skin lesions significantly increased in the experimental group compared with that in the model group (Z =2.294,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion IL-36α may aggravate psoriasiform skin inflammation in mice by promoting CCL20 expression.