Objective To establish a method for rapid determination of nitrate in air. Methods Nitrate in air was absorbed using Na2CO3-NaHCO3 solution and the content of nitrate in the absorption liquid was determined by ion chromatography. Results The detection limit of NO3- was 0.008 mg/m3 when the sampling volume of air was 100 L. The linear correlation coefficient was 0.999 6. The relative standard deviation of the method was less than 5% and the recovery rates was 92.0%-96.7%. Conclusion The method had good selectivity and was simple and rapid for the determination of nitrate in air.

Objective To report the clinical result of island flaps of hand in reparing of hand skin defects Methods According to location of skin defect, thirty eight cases with skin defect in hand were repaired by different types of island flap on hand Results The repair effect was satisfactory, almost all flaps were transplanted successfully, except two flaps The postoperative follow up period was 6 to 18 months, the blood supply, elasticity and texture of flaps were fine Conclusion Transfering of different types of island flap of hand is an easy, safe and reliable method with fewer complication

Objective For analyzing the outcome of toe transplantation Methods From 1992 to 2001, 24 cases of defect of fingers were treated with toe transplantation, including second toe transplantation for thumb in 19 cases, for index finger in 1 case, and for middle finger 2 cases, as well as second toe and third toe transplantation for middle and ring fingers in 2 cases Results The transplantated toe survived in 23 cases The reconstituted fingers and thumbs showed good shape and excellent function Conclusion Careful examination, reasonable design of reconstrction plan, and fine manipulation to protect blood vessels from trauma induced by operation play a key role in the toe transplantation, especially in the presence of abnormal blood vessels

Objective From the observation of pulmonary function changes in SARS patients during the convalescent period, we aimed to understand if there would be long-term pulmonary function lesions.Methods Pulmonary function tests were performed in 82 SARS patients 3 months after their discharge from hospital (study group) and the abnormal ones were performed pulmonary function tests 6 months after their discharge. The pulmonary function of 28 healthy persons were tesed(control group).Results Pulmonary function tests showed that the mean diffusing capacity of CO(DLCO) was (78.4?17.4)% in study group and (93.8?13.6)% in control group(P35%) in 28 and 11 cases,restrictive defect in 9 and 5 cases.According to the involved areas in chest X-ray during the hospital,the study group were divided into three subgroups:mild,moderate and severe.There was a positive relation between the severity of the disease and the diffusing function lesions 3 months after discharge from hospital.There was no obvious difference in the pulmonary function lesions between the severe patients treated with mechanical ventilation and those not.Conclusion Some of SARS patients have left pulmonary function lesions 3 months and 6 months after their discharge from hospital,which mainly are diffusing capacity abnormality.A few cases have small airway obstruction,residual volume increase and restrictive defect.

The β-sheet peptides can be self-assembled to form different supramolecular solids. The supramolecular solid can be linked to a wide range of functional domains, for example, with cell adhesion sequences, signal domains, and vaccine epitopes to form complex nanostructures, which can be widely used in biomedical fields. In this paper, we mainly reviewed the self-assembly of peptides using β-folding secondary structure to form nanostructures, and discussed the application of nanostructures in drug delivery and tissue engineering.

AIM: To determine the effects of NF-?B on the development of rat pancreatic fibrosis mediated by angiotensin II. METHODS: Spraque-Dawley rats (200-300g) were randomly divided into normal group, control group and losartan-treatment group. Pancreatic fibrosis was induced by injection of 2% TNBS into biliopancreatic duct. Rats in losartan-treatment group and control group were respectively treated with losartan (10 mg?kg~(-1)?d~(-1)) by gavage and the same volume of saline vehicle. The expression, distribution, and activation of NF-?B were studied by Western blot, immunohistochemistry and TransAM~(TM). Toluidine blue staining and transmission electron microscopy were also used to observe the number, distribution and degranulation of mast cells. In addition, RT-PCR was performed to detect the intrapancreatic ICAM-1 mRNA expression. RESULTS: The expression and activity of intrapancreatic NF-?B p65 protein were significantly increased on day 3 after operation, reaching peak on day 7 [(0.406?0.086) mg/g total protein]. Mast cell activation was observed and ICAM-1 mRNA levels on day 3 and 7 were up-regulated in control group. Losartan treatment inhibited NF-?B expression and activation, reduced mast cell infiltration and degranulation and decreased ICAM-1 mRNA expression compared with control rats. CONCLUSION: It might be associated with the expression and activation of NF-?B that angiotensin II mediates inflammation and fibrosis in the early stage of pancreatic fibrosis. [

AIM: To examine the effects of PPAR? activation on the growth of human pancreatic carcinoma in vitro and to explore the role of NF-?B and activator protein-1 (AP-1) in this process. METHODS: SW-1990 pancreatic cancer cells were treated with ligand of RXR?, 9-cis-RA, ligand of PPAR?, 15d-PGJ_2, and both. Antiproliferative effect was evaluated by using MTT assay; the expression of NF-?B p65 active protein was assayed by using TransAM~TM technique. Expression of c-jun and c-fos by SW1990 cells, which were treated with 15d-PGJ_2, 9-cis-RA and both at varying concentrations, were detected by RT-PCR. RESULTS: MTT assay demonstrated that 15d-PGJ_2, 9-cis-RA and the combination of both had a potent inhibitory effect on the growth of SW1990 cells in a dose-dependent manner. 9-cis-RA had a synergic action with 15d-PGJ_2 on the growth inhibition of pancreatic carcinoma. TransAM~TM showed a down-regulation trend of P65 active protein in SW1990 cells treated with 15d-PGJ_2, 9-cis-RA and both. RT-PCR demonstrated that the expression of c-jun mRNA in 15d-PGJ_2, 9-cis-RA and the combination of both-treated cells were firstly increased and then decreased, the expression of c-fos was decreased in 15d-PGJ_2 or 9-cis-RA treated SW1990 cells, but increased in cells treated with both 15d-PGJ_2 and 9-cis-RA. CONCLUSION: Activation of PPAR? exerts a negative regulatory effect on the growth of pancreatic carcinoma in vitro. Activation of RXR? has a synergic action with PPAR? agonist. The mechanism is probably associated with down-regulating the expression of NF-?B and AP-1. [

Twenty five patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) were classified as mild, moderate and severe grade according to apnea hyponea index and lowest oxyhemoglobin saturation.Lower limbs were examined with ultrasonography, blood routine and D-dimer levels were measured in all patients.The results revealed an increased incidence of deep vein thrombosis with the extent of obstructive sleep apnea.There was no deep vein thrombosis in patients with mild-grade OSAHS, while there were 2 in moderate and 3 in severe patients.The blood D-dimer levels were (498 ± 22) pg/L, (659 ±43 ) μg/L, ( 1528 ± 181 ) μg/L in mild, moderate and severe patients, respectively.The hemoglobin levels were (150 ± 8) g/L, ( 183 ± 15) g/L and (261 ± 26) g/L in mild, moderate and severe patients,respectively.There may be some association of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome with deep vein thrombosis.

Objective To investigate the correlation between vertebral artery dominance (VAD) and posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCIS).Methods The consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke hospitalized from November 2013 to October 2015 were collected.All patients underwent MRI and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).The dominant vertebral artery was defined as having the larger diameter if left and right diameter difference ≥0.3 mm or the vertebral artery connected to the basilar artery in a more straight fashion if the diameter difference ＜ 0.3 mm.They were divided into either an anterior circulation ischemia stroke (ACIS) group or a PCIS group according to the classification criteria of Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP).A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the correlation between VAD and PCIS.Results A total of 226 patients withacute ischemic stroke were enrolled,including 172 patients (76.1％) in the ACIS group and 54 (23.9％) in the PCIS group.Fifty-four patients (23.9％) had VAD,including 38 (70.3％) on the left and 16 (29.7％) on the right.The proportion of the patients with VAD in the PCIS group was significantly higher than that in the ACIS group (55.6％ vs.14.0％;x2 =39.115,P ＜ 0.001).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that VAD was an independent risk factor for patients occurring PCIS (odds ratio,13.60,95％ confidence interval 6.90-27.01;P＜0.001).Conclusions VAD is closely associated with the occurrence of PCIS,and it is an independent risk factor for PCIS.

Aim To construct and express the fused gene of anti-glioma single chain Fv(39ScFv)/ human tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α ). Methods The mature peptide cDNA of TNF-α was fused to 3′ -terminus of ScFv gene. The 39ScFv-TNFα fusion gene was cloned into expression vector pET20b(＋ ) and induced to express in E.coli. Results The fusion protein expressed in E.coli account for 20％ of the total bacterial protein. It displayed a single band of Mr 44 000 by reducing SDS-PAGE and Western blot, and retained both of its anti-glioma immunoreactivity and biological activity of TNF. Conclusion The fusion gene was constructed and expressed successfully in E.coli. The fusion protein possessed bifunctional activities, it may prove useful in targeting immunotherapy against glioma.