Objective To evaluate osteoporosis and the bone turnover markers in patients with Graves′ disease(GD) and the association of bone turnover markers including serum osteocalcin ( OCN ),I procollagen Nterminal propeptide( PINP),serum alkaline phosphatase ( ALP),and β- I collagen carboxyl-terminal peptide ( β-CTX)with thyroid hormone levels.Methods A total of 163 patients with Graves′ disease were enrolled.Serum thyroid hormone,OCN,PINP,and β-CTX levels were measured by the method of ethchemiluminescence.Serum ALP,calcium,phosphorus,and urinary calcium/creatinine ratio were measured by automatic biochemical system.Bone mineral density ( BMD ) of lumbar spines 1-4 ( L 1-4 ) and the proximal left femur was detected by dual energy xray absorptiometry.Results GD cases enrolled were composed of 43 men (26.4％ )and 120 women ( 73.6％ ),with an average age of ( 47 ± 1 ) years.There were 126 cases ( 77.3％ ) with normal BMD,and 37 cases ( 22.7％ ) with osteoporosis.OCN,ALP,PINP,β-CTX,and free T3 levels were significantly higher in the group of osteoporosis than those in the group with normal BMD( P＜0.05 or P＜0.01 ) after adjusting for sex,age,and BMI.The levels of OCN,P1NP,and β-CTX were positively correlated with serum FT3 level ( all P＜0.01 ) and were also progressively increased according to the quartile groups of FT3 levels ( P＜0.01 ) after sex,age,and BMI were adjusted.Conclusion Patients with Graves′ disease had a high incidence of osteoporosis with characristic high rate of bone turnover,which is related to the raised thyroid hormone levels.

Objective To explore the clinical outcomes of nutritional support in children with high nutritional risk. Methods Improved screening tool for the assessment of malnutrition in pediatrics (STAMP) was used to make nutritional risk score in 1296 cases of consecutively hospitalized patients, and to analysis the effects of nutrition support in clinical outcome. Results In these 1296 hospitalized patients, 379 cases had STAMP score?≥?4 and the detection rate of high nutritional risk was 29 . 24 %. A total of 304 cases were included for further analysis, including 85 cases ( 27 . 96 %) of nutritional support, among whom there were 37 cases of parenteral nutrition (PN), 23 cases of enteral nutrition (EN), 25 cases of combined application of EN and PN. Per capita and daily mean support cost were statistically different among patients with EN, PN and combination of PN and EN (P all?

0.05). Conclusions DTI is valuable in assessing the directionality and density of white matter and can reflect the age-related physiological changes of white matter in vivo non- invasively.

Objective To study the clinical characteristics of acute leukemia(AL) patients with cross‐lineage antigen expression . Methods Patients were diagnosed and classified by morphology ,cytochemistry and immunology assay ,and prognostic acting factor were also analyzed .Results According to FAB standards ,acute myeloid leukemia(AML)‐M2 ,acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)‐L2 and no‐classified type were common in 320 patients with cross‐lineage antigen expression .The immunophenotype with B and my‐eloid mixed expression was the most common(176 cases) ,followed by cross expression of antigen T and myeloid(131 cases) ,and the co‐expression of B ,T and myeloid antigen was found in only 10 cases .In lymphoid antigenpositive AML(Ly+ AML) ,CD19 anti‐gen was the most common among B lineage ,CD7 was the most common in T lineage .In myeloid antigen positive ALL(My+ ALL) , CD33 was the most common myeloid antigen .Forty‐five cases were with mixed expression of myeloid antigen and CD56 expression . Correlation existed between CD7 and CD34(P< 0 .05) ,CD19 and CD34(P< 0 .05) .There were 9 patients with CD34 ,CD7 and CD19 co‐expression ,7 patients with CD34 ,CD7 and CD56 co‐express .In Ly+ AML patients ,23 cases were with recurrent chromo‐some abnormality ,including 11 cases with t(8 ;21)(q22 ;q22) ,RUNX1‐RUNX1T1 ,3 cases with t(15;17)(q22 ;q11‐12) ,PML/RAR ,6 cases with bone marrow eosinophilia inv(16)(p13 ;q22) ,CBF beta /MYH11 ,and 3 cases with t(9;11)(p22;q23) , MLLT3‐MLL .In My+ ALL ,15 patients were with recurrent chromosome abnormality ,including 9 cases of B‐ALL with t(9;22) (q34 ;q11 .2) ,BCR‐ABL1 ,3 cases of B‐ALL with t(v ;11q23) ,MLL rearrangement ,and 3 cases of T‐ALL with 14q11 .2 .Among the presence of reproducible chromosomal abnormalities in AL ,the antigen expression of mistranslation was still with a certain fea‐ture:Ly+ AML patients often mistranslated CD19 ,CD56 ,CD2 ,and My+ ALL patients often mistranslated CD13 and CD33 .Com‐pared with the lymphoid antigennegative AML(Ly - ALL) group ,CD7+ AML group ,CD19+ AML group and CD56+ AML group had significant difference in survival curves(with P value of 0 .01 ,0 .02 and 0 .02) .There was no significant difference in survival curves between myeloid antigen negative ALL(My -ALL) group and CD13/33+ ALL group(P<0 .05) .CD7 was also positive com‐monly(53 cases) and related with CD34(P<0 .05) .So it significantly influenced the prognosis .If patients were with co‐expression of CD34 ,CD7 and CD19 ,the prognosis could be worse .Conclusion AL with cross‐lineage antigen expression might be a special type and confirmed by immunotype .Furthermore ,expression types of differentiation antigen could be critical for prognosis and sur‐vival .

Objective To explore the capacity of hematopoietic cells from human umbilical cord blood (UCB) induced by hematopoietic growth fators (HGFS) to differentiate committedly to granulocyte in vitro . Methods Suspension culture of isolated mononuclear cells from fresh UCB samples were conducted for 5 weeks in IMDM medium containing UCB serum and HGFS. The expansion folds of nucleated cells, the changes of CD34+antigen by immunofluorometry, and the colony forming unit granulocyte macrophage(CFU GM) by progenitor clonogenic assay were observed. Results Culture of mononuclear cells with the combination of granulocyte colony stimulating factor(G CSF), granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM CSF), stem cell factor(SCF), interluekin 3(IL 3) and interleukin 6(IL 6) for 3 weeks markedly increased the total count of nucleated cells and CFU GM, being 58.3 and 12.2 folds of the pre cultured, and the cultured cells were mainly neutrophils. However, CD34+ cells in nucleated cells declined from 0.97% to 0.05%. According to the culture condition, a single portion of fresh UCB could increase nucleated cells by (5.1?2.3) fold and CFU GM by (2.2?0.95) fold. Conclusion Hematopoietic cells of UCB may be induced to differentiate committedely to granulocyte lineage by this culture system in vitro to result in the increase of granulocytes and CFU GM in single portion of cord blood.

According to the teaching situation,associated with common problems which influence paper quality,we discussed how to control students' paper quality on preventive medicine,such as adopting strict defense procedure,making score standard of defense,and so on.

Background and Objective Hyperlipidemia is one of the most potent and best substantiated risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). Purified Salvia miltiorrhiza extract (PSME) had been shown to have hypolipidemic effect in animal experiments. This study aimed to evaluate its iipids modulating effects in hyperlipidemic patients. Methods In this single-blind, placebo controlled study, lipid profiles of 80 hyperlipidemic patients were checked at same conditions. They were divided into two equal groups randomly (each composing of 40 patients). They were given PSME tablet (800 mg) three times per day, or placebo tablet. All patients were put on NCEP type Ⅱ diet and six weeks later, lipid profiles were checked. Results In PSME group, total cholesterol decreased by 27.32 mg/dl (12.3% reduction), LDL-cholesterol decreased by 23.13 mg/dl (16.8% reduction) and HDL-cholesterol increased by 9.06 mg/dl (11.1%), all were statistically significant. Although triglyceride dropped by 12.12 mg/dl (5.1%) but this was not significant statistically (P=-0.34). There were no significant changes oflipids levels in the placebo group. Conclusions PSME has significant favorable effect on total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol and may be a potential agent for the treatment ofatherogenic dyslipidemia.

Objective To investigate whether unfolded protein response (UPR) plays a role in the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis (SpA),and to assess UPR-related gene expression in SpA and other arthritis patients.Methods Eighteen patients with SpA,12 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 6 with osteoarthritis (OA) were recruited.Macrophages were isolated from synovial fluid samples by immunomagnetic separation.The expression of UPR-regulated genes,including binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP),glucose-regulated protein 94 (GRP94),C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP),growth arrested and DNA damage-inducible 34 (GADD34),X-box binding protein 1 (XBP-1) and endoplasmic reticulum DnaJ homolog 4 (ERdj4),was tested by real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).Results Compared with macrophages in OA patients,the expression of BiP and GRP94 mRNA [(6.06 ± 2.08) × 10-2 vs (1.11 ±0.72) × 10-2 for BiP mRNA,11.80(7.30-38.40) × 10-3 vs 1.27(1.02-4.18) × 10-3 for GRP94 mRNA,both P values ＜0.01] was significantly increased in macrophages in SpA patients.XBP1 mRNA was up-regulated [(12.70 ± 5.20) × 10-3 vs (4.14 ± 2.56) × 10-3,p ＜ 0.01] in SpA group as well.UPR-regulated gene expression in SpA patients with HLA-B27 positive or HLA-B27 negative was similar.However,none of UPR-regulated genes showed different expression between the SpA group and RA group except for GADD34 mRNA [7.30 (5.56-15.40) × 10-3 vs 21.30 (12.20-27.60) × 10-3,P =0.009].Conclusions Our data suggest that UPR possibly participates in the pathogenesis of SpA,although the relationship between HLA-B27 and UPR still needs further investigation.

Objective To provide evidence for college students'sex education by analysis they status and gender identity of col-lege students'sex knowledge,attitude and behaviors in Guangdong province.Methods By investigating 928 college students of 12 colleges.Results Sex knowledge:Students'awareness of sexual knowledge is low average accuracy rate of question was 37.34%;sex attitude:for sex is a basic human need,love can be sexual,sexual fantasy dreams,masturbation,premarital sex and behavioral aspects of these ideas,the overall degree of recognition is (67.35%,35.24%,56.90%,52.26%,58.04%),boys and girls were sig-nificant differences in acceptance levels(χ2 =7.89,χ2 =48.46,χ2 =189.30,χ2 =32.44,χ2 =27.35,all P <0.01);sex knowledge:students'awareness of sexual knowledge is low;sex behaviors:college Students'heterosexual sex and homosexual sex rates were 8.08% and 1.51%,the incidence of male heterosexual sex is far higher than girls (χ2 = 52.08,P <0.01),there is no significant difference in homosexual acts(χ2 =4.82,P <0.01),condom use rate is low,often use rate was 29.03%,girls was significantly low-er than boys(χ2 = 12.08,P < 0.01 ),they have weak sense of self-protection.Conclusion there are many problems in college students'sex behaviors,attitude and knowledge,and there is need for further strengthening and guidance;we should pay attention to gender differences in education.

From March 2002 to February 2006, 12 patients with soft tissue defects of lower third of leg, ankle and dorsum of foot, who were repaired with reversed island flap pedicled with nutrient vessels of sural nerve, were enrolled at Department of Plastic and Burn Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College. Of the 12 patients, 6 cases were achilles tendon exposure caused by soft tissue necrosis after trauma, 6 cases chronic ulcer in leg ,ankle and dorsum of foot, respectively. All patients knew and agreed to participate in the experiment. The areas of soft tissue defect from 6 cm?7.5 cm-10 cm?12 cm. The maximal area of flap was 12 cm?14 cm. After debridement, the flap which designed based on the size and shape of defect, the line from fibular head to the middle point of lateral malleolus and achilles as axes was transfered to repair the defect, taking 6 cm on lateral malleolus as swivel. Eleven flaps survived postoperatively, and raw surface was primary healing. Margin necrosis was occurred in 1 patient, and healed after changing drugs. Follow-up was performed from 6-18 months in all cases. The texture and color of skin flap is similar to that normal skin, and the function and shape of recipient and donor site were satisfied. No secondary ulcer or functional disturbance, wear-resisting were found. The patients could walk and load normally. The reversed island flap pedicled with nutrient vessels of sural nerve is ideal donor site for soft tissue defect repairing of lower third of leg, heel, dorsum of foot and ankle.