BACKGROUND:Titanium materials have high mechanical strength, stable physical properties, good biocompatibility, and excelent corrosion resistance, which can be safely used in humans. OBJECTIVE:To compare the safety of mesh-like titanium aloy steel plateversus wire mesh in the repair of chest wal defects. METHODS:Eighteen patients with chest wal defects, 11 males and 7 females, with an age range of 19-65 years, were enroled. The 9 of 18 patients were subjected to repair with mesh-like titanium aloy steel plate, and the other 9 patients underwent wire mesh repair. At 1 week after repair, visual analog scale scores were measured in the two groups, and patient’s satisfaction on the thoracic appearance and incidence of complications were surveyed during the folow-up. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Al patients were folowed up for 1-7 years. During the folow-up, X-ray review displayed good thoracic stability and no fracture of titanium plate and wire mesh. Patients recovered wel from respiratory dysfunction, with unapparent chest wal deformity and high satisfaction rate of the thoracic appearance. Moreover, compared with the wire mesh group, the satisfaction rate of the thoracic appearance was significantly higher (P< 0.05), but the incidence of complications was significantly lower in the titanium plate group (P < 0.05). At 1 week after repair, the visual analog scale scores had no difference between the two groups (P> 0.05). These findings indicate that the mesh-like titanium plate has good biocompatibility and safety to effectively maintain the stability of the chest wal.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the inhibitory effect of FA-MNP-MMP-9-ASODN nanocomposite on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) HNE-1 cell in vitro. METHOD: To observe the MMP-9 mRNA and protein expression levels, proliferation ability, cell apoptosis and invasion ability of HNE-1 cell 48 hours after FA-MNP-MMP-9-ASODN transfection by RT-PCR, Western-blot, MTT assay, flow cytometry and Matrigel invasion test. RESULT: MMP-9 mRNA and protein expression in HNE-1 cell of FA-MNP-MMP-9-ASODN group was significantly decreased compared to control group and nonsense sequence group of FA-MNP-MMP-9-NSODN. At the same time, for the HNE-1 cell in FA-MNP-MMP-9-ASODN group, growth inhibition rate was about 35.66%, proliferation activity significantly decreased compared to the control group and the nonsense sequence group, cell cycle was also inhibited, cell apoptosis rate was about 12.60%, the apoptosis rate was significantly higher than that in the control group and the nonsense sequence group. Invasion assay showed that the transmembrane cells in FA-MNP-MMP-9-ASODN group were about 21.00, significantly lower than that in the control group and the nonsense sequence group. CONCLUSION By inhibiting the expression of MMP-9, FA-MNP-MMP-9-ASODN nanocomposites could reduce NPC cell proliferation and invasion ability, and promote apoptosis, it had a good inhibitory effect in vitro.
Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Carcinoma ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Humans ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 ; metabolism ; Nanocomposites ; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Transfection

Benzene ; adverse effects ; Hearing ; Humans ; Noise, Occupational ; adverse effects

Objective To observe the effect of short-term treatment with metfbrmin on psychological distress and metabolic feature in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS).Methods Ninety women were diagnosed as cases of PCOS based on the 2003 Rotterdam criteria.These patients were divided into three groups:group A,consisted of 26 subjects treated with mefformin only; group B,36 cases treated with metformin plus Dane-35 ; and group C,28 cases treated with placebo and Dane-35.The treatment was carried out for 3 months.Clinical and metabolic parameters were observed.The psychological distress was evaluated by the hospital anxiety and depression scale(HAD scale).Results Compared with group C,patients in group A and B showed significantly lower body mass index(BMI),waist circumference (WC),waist-hip ratio (WHR),serum fasting insulin,homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR),total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG),low density lipoproteincholesterol(LDL-C) levels as well as anxiety and depression scores,but higher high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels (all P＜0.05).Compared with group A,patients in Group B had significantly higher WC,WHR,and LDL-C levels(all P＜O.05).No significant differences in BMI,TG,HDL-C,anxiety and depression scores were found between group A and B (all P＞0.05).In group A,a positive correlation was found between the changes of metabolic feature (BMI,WHR,and HOMA-IR) and the changes of anxiety and depression scores (all P ＜0.05).Conclusion Short-term treatment with metformin will benefit patients with polycystic ovary syndrome,regarding psychological distress and metabolic features.

Animals ; Hippocampus ; metabolism ; Long-Term Potentiation ; Male ; Neurogranin ; biosynthesis ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Sleep Deprivation ; metabolism

China ; epidemiology ; Databases, Bibliographic ; Humans ; Lead Poisoning ; epidemiology ; Occupational Exposure ; Workplace

Objective To study the clinical significance of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 and interleukin (IL)-18 mRNA in the diagnosis and evaluation of disease severity of primary nephrotic syndrome (PNS) in children. Methods The ex-pression levels of TGF-β1 and IL-18 mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were measured by real-time lfuorescent quantitative polymerase reaction (RT-PCR) in 77 children with PNS and 30 healthy children (control group). Results In children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS), the expression levels of TGF-β1 and IL-18 mRNA before treatment and at 1, 4 weeks after hormone therapy were signiifcantly lower in children with simple type nephrotic syndrome than those in children with nephritic type nephrotic syndrome (P<0.05). The level of TGF-β1 mRNA before treatment was signiifcantly lower in children with SSNS than that in children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). With the extension of hormone therapy, the expression levels of TGF-β1 mRNA showed a trend of declining in children with PNA. In children with SRNS, the expression levels of TGF-β1 and IL-18 mRNA before treatment and at 1, 4 weeks after hormone therapy were signiifcantly lower in children with simple type NS than those in children with nephritic type nephrotic syndrome (P<0.05). In children with SSNS, the levels of TGF-β1 and IL-18 mRNA were signiifcantly higher in acute phase than those in the remission phase. Conclusions At the early stage of PNS, the detection of the expression levels of TGF-β1 and IL-18 mRNA is useful for evaluatation of disease activity, clinical identiifcation of nephritic type nephrotic syndrome and simple type nephrotic syndrome and early prediction of SRNS.

BACKGROUND: With the development of thrombolysis therapy in recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the protective effect of ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI) and its mechanism at home and abroad,and aspirin is of great importance in the treatment of thrombus diseases owing to its powerful antiplatelet aggregative activity.OBJECTIVE: To explore the protective effect of aspirin on the gerbil brains with IRI and its influence on the intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) expressions.DESIGN: A randomized controlled animal experiments.SETTING: Department of Neurology, Jinan Municipal Central Hospital,College of Clinical Medicine, Shandong University.MATERIALS: The experiment was performed at the Physiological Laboratory of Taishan Medical University from December 2001 to June 2002.Sixty-three healthy male gerbils of Mongolian specimen were randomly assigned into sham group, IRI group and aspirin group with 21 in each group. And each group was further divided into three subgroups according to the time after IRI: 24 hours, 3 days and 7 days, with 7 gerbils for each.METHODS: The models of global brain IRI were established by bilateral carotid artery occlusion. Sham group: The unfolded bilateral carotid artery was not occluded; IRI group: The unfolded bilateral carotid artery was occluded by bulldog clamp for 7 minutes, and then the blood circulation was recovered by removing the clamp. Aspirin group: Before the operation,50 mg/kg enteric-coated aspirin was infused via gastric canal. And the same procedures as IRI group were performed. The gastric infusion of aspirin was given daily until the gerbils were executed at 24 hours, 3 days and 7 days after IRI for brain tissue examinations. The immunohistochemistry SABC method was applied to detect the changes of ICAM 1 and CGRP expressions as well as the influence of aspirin on the two.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The expressions of ICAM and CGRP in brain tissues.RESULTS: A total of 63 gerbils were involved in the result analysis.①Changes of ICAM expression: In IRI group, the expression of ICAM began to increase at 24 hours after IRI,enhanced remarkably at 3 days and maintained at high levels at 7 days,with the significant difference compared with sham group [IRI group: (3.36±2.26)%, (5.68±3.13)%, (4.98±2.10)%; Sham group: (1.53±1.07)%, (1.56±1.23)%, (1.62±1.33)%, P ＜ 0.05];However,the ICAM expression was significantly lower in aspirin group than in IRI group at different time points [(0.96±0.83)%, (2.76±2.10)%,(1.96±1.09)%, P ＜ 0.05].②Changes of CGRP expression: At the different time points after IRI,the CGRP expression was weakly positive in IRI group [(3.12±2.26)%, (2.68±2.04)%, (2.57±1.97)%], but strongly positive in aspirin group [(4.98±2.47)%, (5.97±2.35)%, (6.04±2.40)%].CONCLUSION: IRI can increase the ICAM 1 expression while inhibit the CGRP expression; Aspirin can make great impacts on brain protection by inhibiting ICAM 1 expression and reinforcing the CGRP expression.

Objective To study the biological and clinical features of familial testicular tumor. Methods 2 cases of familial testicular tumor were reviewed of which one was between father son and the other uncle nephew. Results Of the case between father son,the son was testicular teratoid cancer and father seminoma.Of the other case,both were testicular seminoma. Conclusions Familial testicular tumor presents specific clinical and biological features which help its diagnosis.

Aim To find out the effect of the different organic solvents extracts and plumbagin from Plumbago zeylanica L.on EMT-6 breast cancer of BALB/C mouse and transplanted S180 of KM mouse primarily.Method Experiments of animal transplanted tumor in vivo were adopted.Results ① The high dose of chloroform group and plumbagin group could inhibit the growth of EMT-6 breast cancer in BALB/C mice in vivo.Compared with that of physiological saline group,tumor weight has obviously lightened(P