Objective To analyze the characteristic of articles, authors and citations in Journal of Clincal Neurology from 2008 to 2015.Methods The data about articles, authors and citations in Journal of Clincal Neurology from 2008 to 2015 were analyzed by bibliometrics method.Results There were 1623 papers published in Journal of Clincal Neurology during the 2008 to 2015 years.The average number of articles per issue was 33.8.The average number of article per paper was 0.424.The papers with funded projects were 432 (26.6%).The first authors were mainly come from Jiangsu, Shandong, Beijing, Shanghai and Hebei, etc.The average cooperation degree was 4.17, and the average co-author rate was 95.81%.The average rate of the papers with citation was 93.96%, and the total number of citations was 18708.The citations were mainly come from foreign language (74.3%) and journals (97.7%).The average Price index was 37.72%.Conclusion Journal of Clincal Neurology is an academic journal of high quality, with strong influence in field of clinical neurology.

In the recent 2 decades,the clinical medical mode has been changed greatly.The experience-based medical mode is gradually replaced by evidence-based mode,ie,evidence-based medicine.Large scale clinical trials provide robust evidence for clinical practice and quality control is critical for the success of one trial.We discuss six facets on this subject,including protocol design,staff training,manual formulating,organization,data management and monitoring.The objective of quality control is to ensure the study conducted according to the protocol,the results are reliable and protect the human rights of participants.

The nature of medical science,especially the highly socialized characteristic of modern healthcare service determines that a larger ratio of medical ethics should be included in the new healthcare reform,with the construction of a new medical ethics taken as support and guidance.An overall view of medical ethics is crucial in the construction of medical ethics under the context of current Chinese healthcare reform,that is,the construction of medical ethics should be performed in an ultra-wide field.Medical ethics should take a complete participation in each and every field of healthcare reform,but not merely focuses on the particular field of medical professionals and the construction of a harmonious physician-patient relationship.In the systematic construction of new medical ethics,the current key issue lies in the reconstruction of a socialist medical ethics and related regulations,both for theoretical and practical reasons.The reconstruction is far more than releasing a couple of policies.Merely in a theoretical perspective,seven major issues are to be resolved during the reconstruction process.

Objective To study the expression of homocysteine in serum of patients with common malignant tumor,and initially investigate the possibility of serum homocysteine as cancer biomarker.Methods Expression levels of homocysteine and caner biomarkers (CEA,AFP,CA125,CA199) in serum of 180 patients with established malignant tumor and 30 healthy controls (control) were measured,the results of homocysteine were compared with that of the cancer biomarkers based on the cutoff value used in clinic.Results The expression levels of homocysteine was significantly higher in patients with malignant tumor than in controls [(13.89 ± 4.95) μmol/L-(21.40 ± 9.38) μ mol/L vs (11.40 ± 3.13) μmol/L,P ＜ 0.05)].Conclusions The positive predictive rate of homocysteine is higher than the four kind of cancer biomarkers in lung cancer,breast cancer,esophageal cancer.The increase of homocysteine in tumors may be universal,and Homocysteine may be used as cancer biomarker in lung cancer,breast cancer and esophageal cancer.

BACKGROUND:Runx2 is considered to the main regulatory factor of osteogenic gene expression and be necessary for osteoblast differentiation, it plays an extremely important role in the osteoblast development, differentiation, regulation, bone calcification formation and bone repair.
OBJECTIVE:To observe the biological properties of mesenchymal stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth, explore the osteogenic differentiation potential of deciduous teeth stem cells, and observe the dynamic expression of Runx2 gene at varying time points.
METHODS:The stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth were isolated and cultured in vitro. The cellsurface antigen was detected with flow cytometry. The third passage cells were cultured in the adipogenic medium for 4 weeks, and oil red O staining was conducted to test lipid droplets formation. The third passage cells were cultured in the osteogenic medium for 21 days, and mineralized nodules were detected by alizarin red staining. Runx2 mRNA dynamic expression was detected with semi-quantitative RT-PCR at different time points.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth were obtained by enzyme digestion and limited dilution methods. Flow cytometry results showed that, CD146 and STRO-1 were expressed to varying degrees. Oil red O staining revealed salmon pink positive particles. Alizarin red staining showed positive expression. RT-PCR results showed that, Runx2 expression was found at day 0, up-regulated from day 0 to day 6, and subsequently dropped with an expression bottom at day 12, after that a second expression peak occurred at day 18, fol owed by a stably regulation. The stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth can be isolated and cultured in vitro, express surface antigen of mesenchymal stem cells, and have the potentials of differentiating into adipocytes and ostetoblasts. Runx2 gene profiles are dynamical y expressed during osteoblastic differentiation. Runx2 express throughout every stage of osteoblastic differentiation. The expression is up-regulated during early and later stages, and down-regulated in metaphase.

The changes of the hemorheology, plasma cholesterol and albumin and clinicaleffects in 36 children with refractory nephrosis after treatment with polysaccharide sulfate (PSS) were observed. The results showed that the indices of hemorheology and the plasma cholesterol decreased obviously and the albumin increased obviously than the control group ( P

Objective To investigate the effects of Kr üppel-like factor 2 ( KLF2 ) on oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) induced expression of microRNA-146a (miR-146a) and proinflammatory cyto-kines (MCP-1 and IL-6) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).Methods Human umbili-cal vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured and then stimulated with 50μg/ml ox-LDL for 24 hours. HUVECs were infected with adenovirus vectors over-expressing human KLF2 at an appropriate multiplicity of infection.KLF2-siRNA duplexes were transfected into HUVECs to silence the gene expression .HUVECs were collected at time points of 0 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after infection.Real-time quantitative-PCR was performed to measure the expression of miR-146a at mRNA level.Silenced endogenous miR-146a using LNA-anti-miR-146 a was transfected into HUVECs with lipofectamine 2000 .The levels of MCP-1 and IL-6 in supernatants were detected by ELISA .Results KLF2 remarkably inhibited the expression of miR-146 a in unstimulated and ox-LDL-stimulated HUVECs in a time-dependent manner .The ox-LDL induced ex-pression of miR-146a, MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs were significantly decreased by KLF2.Silenced expres-sion of miR-146a downr-egulated the ox -LDL induced expression of MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs.Moreover, silenced miR-146 a could partly reverse the inhibitory effects of KLF 2 on ox-LDL induced expression of MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs.Conclusion KLF2 inhibited ox-LDL induced expression of MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs partly through down-regulating the expression of miR-146a.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of extract of Ginkgo biloba(Egb761) on the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1(TIMP-1) and evaluate its intervention effect on airway remodeling in asthmatic rats model. METHODS: Rats were randomly assigned to normal control, asmatic group, Dexamethasone (DXM) group and Egb761 group. The asmatic model was established in rats. The changes of airway morphologic parameter and the relative content of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in bronchial epithelium in these groups were determined using immunohistochemical technique and computer assisted image analysis system. RESULTS: The thickness of airway wall and airway smooth muscle was obviously thicker in the asthmatic group than any other group (P

As a member of PARP superfamily, PARP3 shares a high homology with PARP1 and PARP2, which are all DNA-dependent enzymes that are catalytically activated by DNA strand breaks.Compared to PARP1 and PARP2, PARP3 exerted some special properties in tissue expression pattern and biological function.The evidence has shown that PARP3 could be activated by DNA double strand breaks and special DNA single strand breaks and synthesize mono(ADP-ribose) (MAR) covalently attached to target proteins including itself.PARP3 plays an important role in DNA double strand breaks, DNA single strand breaks, activation of PARP1 and development of nervous system.It has been reported that PARP3 is associated with glioma and breast cancers.In this review, PARP3 structure, activation mechanism, biological function and its relationship with diseases will be presented.

This paper introduced the development of 36-Item Short Form of Health Survey (SF-36), and application of researches in China, especially the applications in gynecological chronic pelvic pain related diseases, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis,etc. It would be a tool of assessment for clinical study if combined with the specific disease quality of life questionnaires.