Humans ; Methyl Ethers ; toxicity ; Occupational Exposure

Objective:To study the long-term stability of 6MV photon beam on TrueBeam, which is a new linear accelerator introduced by Varian Medical System. Methods:QA BeamChecker Plus (QABC+, Standard Imaging Inc., Middleton, USA) was used to measure 6MV X-ray on TrueBeam linac as daily quality assurance (Daily QA). Dosimetric parameter, including output Constancy, flatness and symmetry, were employed to evaluate the dose delivery stability of TrueBeam linac. Results: Daily QA results of 18 months showed the dose output delta was (0.0%±0.7%), only once out of tolerance of 2%. The constancy of Flatness was excellent with the delta of (0.1%±0.1%). The symmetric of axial and transverse varied within 1%. Conclusion:The output constancy of TrueBeam with 6MV is very stable, as well as flatness and symmetry. It’s stable and reliable to implement Truebeam linear accelerator in clinical.

Objective:To promote hospital medicalmetrology and quality control management. by using information management mode.Methods: Through the analysis of our hospital medical equipment measurement and quality control management present situation, put forward the necessity of metrology and quality control management of Xinxi sanitary equipment,introduces the application situation of our hospital dynamic health equipment metrology and quality control management system.Results: The medical equipment metrology and quality control management system perfect the medical equipment measurement and quality control of management process, improve the qualified rate of equipment.Conclusion:Application of sanitary equipment measurement and quality control management platform to improve the delivery rate of equipment, ensure the equipment unqualified clinical use.

Objective:To discuss the effect of montelukast combined with salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone propionate on serum IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 levels in asthma patients. Methods:Totally 80 patients with asthma were randomly divided into the control group (n=42) and the observation group (n=38). The control group was treated with salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone, and the observa-tion group was treated with the combination of montelukast and salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone. The course of treatment was 9 months. The clinical efficacy and the changes of IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 in the two groups were compared before and after the treatment. Results:The clinical total effective rate of the observation group was 92. 11%, which was significantly higher than that of the control group (73. 81%, P<0. 05). The correlation indices (FEV1, FEV1, PEF and FEV1/FVC) of the lung ventilation function in the ob-servation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0. 05). Before and after the treatment, the differences in the levels of serum IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 were statistically significant (P<0. 05), and the differences between the two groups were also statistically significant (P<0. 05). Conclusion: Montelukast combined with salmeterol and fluticasone propionate can significantly affect on the inflammatory factors in serum of patients with asthma, which should be used and popularized in clinics.

Objective To investigate the relation between paraoxonase (PON) 1 Q191R gene polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with hypertension. Methods Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes. The studied DNA was amplified by PCR, and then digested with the restriction endonuclease AlwⅠ and separated on 2% agarose gel electrophoresis. PON activity was estimated by spectrophotometer. Serum insulin and C-peptide were measured by radioimmunoassay. Results The frequencies of QQ genotype and Q allele in type 2 diabetes mellitus with hypertension group were significantly higher than those in type 2 diabetes mellitus group (P

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty for treating the vertebral compression fractures and vertebral metastatic neoplasms, and to assess its clinical curative effects Methods Among 81 cases (47 men and 34 women; ages 35～84, mean age 61 2 years), 110 vertebrae with metastatic neoplasms (61 cases) or vertebral osteoporosis (20 cases) were infused with methacrylate guided by DSA Effect of the operations was observed closely after the procedures Results The procedures were successful in all the involved patients and no significant complications were noted clinically Among the 61 patients treated for malignancies, 58 showed marked pain relief and 3 moderate pain relief 20 patients with vertebral osteoporosis demonstrated complete pain relief The cement leakage observed on radiographs included slight leakage to the adjacent disc (6 of 110, 5 5%), the epidural fat (8 of 110, 7 3%), the perivertebral venous plexus (2 of 110, 1 8%), and the paravertebral soft tissues (2 of 110, 1 8%) Conclusion Percutaneous vertebroplasty can significantly relieve the pain in patients with osteoporotic fractures caused by the malignancies and the vertebral osteoporosis We suggest that slight PMM leaks, when not symptomatic, should not be considered as complications

Objective: To optimize Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori)oipA gene and develop strain of vaccine in Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium SL7207 haxboring recombinant plasmid pVAX1-oipA and pVAX1-optioipA, then to study its protection against H.pylori in C57BL/6 mice.Methods: oipA gene was modified by codon optimization,inserting the Kozak sequence and engineering CpG motifs.The optioipA gene and oipA gene was inserted into the eukaryotic expressing vector pVAX1 respectively to develop recombinant plasmid pVAX1-optioipA and pVAX1-oipA.The AGS cells were transfected by pVAX1-oipA,pVAX1-optioipA and pVAX1 respectively.Then the OipA protein expression was confirmed by Western blot.pVAX1-oipA,and pVAX1-optioipA were converted to LB5000 for methylation and then the modified eukaryoticvector was electrotransfered to final host SL7207 respectively, SL7207/pVAX1-oipA, SL7207/pVAX1-optioipA was identified with PCR and enzyme digestion.Specific serum IgG antibody was detected by indirect ELISA after oral inoculation with vaccine strains.Mice were challenged with live Sydney strain(SS1)three times at 0,2,4 d(5 × 10~8CFU/each mouse).Fonr weeks after challenge, the mice were sacrificed.The colonization of H.pylori in gastric mucosa were detected by rapid urease test and quantitative culture of H.pylori.Results: The AGS cells transfected with pVAX1-oipA and pVAX1-optioipA had expressed corresponding production, moreover, the expression level of pVAX1-optioipA was higher than those of pVAX1-oipA,SL7207/pVAX1-oipA and SL7207/pVAX1-optioipA confirmed with PCR,enzyme digestion;Two weeks after last immunization,immunized mice.were induced to produce anti-OipA IgG antibodies, and the levels of anti-OipA IgG antibody in pVAX1-optioipA group was obviously higher than in pVAX1-oipA group(P＜0.01); After challenged with SS1, the infection rate of pVAX1-oipA and pVAX1-optioipA group was 60%(9/15)and 26.67%(4/15), which was significantly lower than 100%(10/10)in the control group(P＜0.01).Conclusion:Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium SL7207 containing pVAX1-oipA, pVAX1-optioipA is successfully constructed.It can protect mice from H pylori infection and optimizing oipA gene can enhance the protection efficiency.

Objective:To study the diagnostic value of MR diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and CT and MR perfusion imaging in patients with different degrees of liver cirrhosis.Methods:A total of 60 patients with liver cirrhosis,who were treated in Ziyang Hospital of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from August 2015 to February 2017 were selected.According to the Child-Pugh classification,32 cases of grade A were mild cirrhosis (denoted as group A),16 cases of grade B and 12 cases of grade C were moderate to severe cirrhosis (denoted as group B),30 healthy volunteers were selected as group C in the same period.All the subjects in the three groups were examined by DWI,CT and MR perfusion imaging.The ADC value,hepatic portal perfusion ratio [SSr (CT) and SSr (MR)] were compared among the three groups,and Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the indexes.Results:There was no significant difference in ADC values among the three groups (P＞0.05),and the ADC values of group A and B were lower than those of group C,but the difference was not statistically significant (P＞0.05).There was no significant difference in ADC values between group A and B (P＞0.05).The levels of SSr (CT) and SSr (MR) in the three groups were compared,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05);the levels of SSr (CT) and SSr (MR) in group B were significantly higher than those in group A and C,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the levels of SSr (CT) and SSr (MR) in group A and C (P＞0.05).Spearman correlation analysis showed that SSr (CT) was positively correlated with SSr (MR) in the patients with liver cirrhosis (r=0.687,P=0.000).Conclusion:CT and MR perfusion imaging can reflect the lesion degree of liver cirrhosis,and diagnostic effects of the two are better than DWI imaging,which is worthy of clinical promotion.

The influence of short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated osteopontin (OPN) gene silencing on the proliferation and invasion of human renal cancer ACHN cells was investigated. Four types of OPN shRNA recombinant plasmids were constructed and RT-PCR assays were used to screen the most highly functional shRNA recombinant plasmids, which were transferred into the cultured ACHN cells by Lipofectamine 2000. The cells transfected by shRNA expression vectors (ACHN/OPN) were visualized under an inverted microscope and screened by G418. Untreated cells (ACHN) and cells transfected by mock vectors (ACHN/Vect) were used as control groups. The expression levels of OPN mRNA and protein were detected by real-time PCR and Western blot respectively. The cell cycle and ratios of apoptotic cells were assessed by flow cytometry. MTT method was used for drawing the growth curve and observing cell proliferation in vitro. The abilities of migration and invasion in three groups were measured by Transwell chamber test. The expression levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 in three groups were examined by Western blot. Our results showed that the recombinant plasmid could be successfully transferred into ACHN cells by LipofectamineTM 2000. Compared with untreated cells, the expression levels of OPN mRNA and protein in ACHN/OPN cells were decreased by 59.68% and 76.42%, respectively (P<0.05), ACHN/OPN cells were blocked in S phase and apoptotic ratio increased significantly (P<0.05), however, no significant differences were found between ACHN/Vect and ACHN. Recombinant plasmid significantly attenuated expression levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9 proteins and suppressed the proliferation, migration, and invasion of ACHN cells. This study suggested that OPN may play an important role in the growth and invasion of human renal cancer ACHN cells, and these processes are correlated with the activations of MMP-2 and MMP-9. Our data provided preliminary experimental evidence for the feasibility of RNA interference technology in gene therapy of human renal cancer.

An optimized two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE) system for analyzing plant proteins was developed by evaluating different reagents and concentrations used in the sample extraction solutions and lysis buffers. Two main sample preparation methods, referred to as trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-acetone method and phenol extraction-ammonium acetate/methanol (phenol-NH4Ac/methanol) precipitation method, were compared. Four ecotypes of reed plants (Phragmites communis Trin.) from the desert region of north-western China were used as experimental materials: (1) swamp reed (SR) which grows in water about 1 m deep; (2) dune reed (DR) which grows on 5～10 m high sand dunes; (3) heavy salt meadow reed (HSMR) which grows on low-lying salt flats; and (4) light salt meadow reed (LSMR) which grows in the transition area between DR and HSMR growing areas. The optimized phenol-NH4Ac/methanol precipitation method consisted of extracting leaf proteins of different ecotypes of reed with water-saturated phenol and then precipitating with a 5-fold volume of 0.1 mol/L NH4Ac in methanol, followed by dissolving in the lysis buffer. The optimized protein lysis buffer consisted of 7 mol/L urea, 2 mol/L thiourea, 4% CHAPS, 2% Ampholine(pH 3.5～10∶pH 5～8 = 1∶4) and 65 mmol/L DTT. The prepared protein sample (80 ?g) was then separated by 2-DE gel and detected by silver staining method. This improved 2-DE system resulted in a 2-D protein profile of higher resolution and higher protein yields as analyzed by PDQuest software. Good results were also obtained when this 2-DE system was used in 2-D analysis of proteins from other plant materials, such as rice leaves, indicating that it is a suitable 2-DE system for analyzing leaf proteins of different plant species.