Objective To evaluate the value of enhanced CT scan in differential diagnosis of thyroid neoplasm.Methods 27 cases of thyroid neoplasm including 18 cases of thyroid adenoma and 9 cases of thyroid papillary carcinoma proved by operation and pathology were retrospectively analyzed.Results In 18 cases of thyroid adenoma,there were 12 cases with well defined enhanced ring and 6 cases with enhanced nodule in adenoma.In 9 cases of thyroid papillary carcinoma,there were no complete enhanced ring on the wall,and 4 cases with enhanced nodule on the wall,there were 7 cases with fine granular or plague like calcifications and 4 cases with sign of surrounding structures involved.Conclusion In CT diagnosis of thyroid neoplasm,enhanced scan is necessary for characterization of the tumors.Invasion of surrounding structures is a characteristic sign of malignancy.Nodules enhancement of the tumor wall accompanied with granular calcification is the signs of thyroid papillary carcinoma,tumor sharp wall is the sign of adenoma.

Objective To investigate the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in lumbar dorsal root ganglions (DRG) of rats model of high-dose fentanyl induced hyperalgesia. Methods 64 male SD rats were divided into 2 groups (n = 32), fentanyl group and normal saline (NS) group. The rats were injected with fentanyl (60 μg/kg) or NS 4 times in total subcutaneously with a 15-minute interval. Mechanical and thermal nociception were measured via the tail pressure test (tail flick thresholds, TFT) and paw withdrawal test (paw withdrawal latency, PWL) at 1 day before, at 1, 2, 3 and 4 hour and on 1 ~ 7 day after administration. 4 rats were sacrificed and the lumbar DRG were harvested to analyze the expression of PGE2 , IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-αvia ELISA. Results There were no significant changes of TFT, PWL and the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in DRG compared to baseline of rats in NS group. The value of TFT , PWL in fentanyl group were above the baseline at the 1 ~ 4 hour and below the baseline at 1~3 day after fentanyl injections. PGE2 , IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6 increased on 1,3,5,7 day after fentanyl injections significantly. Conclusions High-dose fentanyl induced significant hyperalgesia and up-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines in DRG. The expression pro-inflammatory cytokines peaked later and were more protracted than the change of behavior test and show no direct relationship between the two.

OBJECTIVE To probe into the impact factors of the nosocomial respiratory tract infections after the operations with tracheal intubation under general anesthesia in order to establish the prevention and treatment strategies and provide the scientific basis.METHODS By descriptive epidemiological method and case-control study method,80 cases with nosocomial respiratory tract infections in nearly 3 years who had tracheal intubation under general anesthesia were selected,and another 180 patients with non-nosocomial respiratory tract infections with tracheal intubation under general anesthesia were selected as the control.RESULTS The incidence of the nosocomial infections from 5923 patients of the operation with tracheal intubation under general anesthesia from 2005 to 2007 accounted for 10.1%.The incidence of the respiratory tract infections of operations under general anesthesia accounted for 5.25%.The nosocomial respiratory tract infection from the tracheal intubation under general anesthesia toped the list and accounted for 52.0%.It showed seven impact factors on the nosocomial respiratory tract infection after the operation with tracheal intubation under general anesthesia by the multi-factorial Logistic regression,respectively,with significant differences(P1).CONCLUSIONS There are many impact factors that the nosocomial respiratory tract infection(especially lower respiratory tract infection) resulting from the operation with tracheal intubation under general anesthesia.The study shows the main risk factors: age,the complications of the disease,surgical condition,the ventilation time of tracheal intubationunder the anesthesia,post-operative recovery time,smoking status,the time that the operated patients start coughing after the operation.Therefore,the prevention is especially important.

Objective To identify the factors related to prognosis of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).Methods A total of 186 patients with type Ⅱ DFU from a single diabetic foot center was included in this prospective study.Follow-up of the final outcome (healing,major amputation or death) was made in 6 months.Influence of patient demographics and clinical data on outcome was detected using multivariate Logistic regression analysis.Results Follow-up was performed in 172 patients,of whom 147 were cured (55 cases cured after minor amputations),3 underwent major amputations,6 died,and 16 were not yet cured at the final follow-up.In multivariate Logistic regression analysis,the outcome was independently correlated with ischemia (P ＜0.01),infection (P ＜ 0.05),ulcer number (P ＜ 0.01) and peripheral neuropathy (P ＜ 0.05) ; the risk of poor outcome increased with ischemia [odds ratio (OR) =10.8],infection (OR =211.4),ulcer number (OR =39.5),and peripheral neuropathy (OR =181.1).Conclusion Prognosis of DFU is associated with ischemia,infection,ulcer number,and peripheral neuropathy.

Objective To retrospectively analyze of clinical application of BF-XP60 micro-bronchoscopy.Methods 135 clinical data of patients who adopted ultrafine micro-bronchoscopy and intervention were collected and analyzed for the complications.Results The frequency of local rhinomusoca damaging and errhysis was in 3 cases,the mucous of the glottis damaging and errhysis was in 2 cases,local mucous of the tracheal bronchus errhysis was in 3 cases.After intervention,the frequency of fever was in 13 cases,massive haemorrhage was in 1 case,pneumothorax was in 1 case,chest pain was in 2 cases,part fiber of inner untrafine micro-bronchoscopy broken was in 2 cases,check failure due to ultrafine micro-bronchoscopy broken in trachea was in 4 cases,and arrhythmia,asphyxia,and death were in 0 case.The overall incidence of side effects was 22.9％ (31/135).Conclusion Application of ultrafine micro-bronchoscopy was contributed to find the lesions within the bronchioles and around the lungs,moreover,it could evaluate the distal bronchus of airway obstruction which was planned to adopt intervention.The topic that how to reduce the incidence of the side effects of the micro-brohchoscopy and improve the success rate and safety of inspection and intervention was worth to be concerned.

Objective To retrospectively analyze the effect of two kinds of biological agents in volume -re-duced bullae .Methods 11 patients who suffered from bullae were operated under large C-arm locating ,and infused two kinds of biological agents through micro catheter of fibreoptic bronchoscopy .All of them were randomly divided into the two groups .The biological agents in group A were fibrinogen and diluent thrombin , and that of group B was Porcine Fibrin Sealant Kit .In group A,the micro catheter with diameter of micro thread less than 1.2mm was placed in bullae through fibreoptic bronchoscope ,and then the 2mL lidocaine,5 ml fibrinogen,and double of 500u diluent thrombin were inproperorder injected through micro catheter .In group B,the Porcine Fibrin Sealant Kit was injected at the same method,and then the suspension fluid was exacted .The operation time was recorded ,and then the clinical efficacy and incidence rate of complications were compared .Results The operation time of group A was 5-15 minutes, and that of group B was 6-20 minutes.For all the patients ,4 cases were totally effective ,2 cases were significantly effective,and 2 cases were totally non-effective.The total effective rate was 81.82%(9/11).The incidence rates of common complications in group A and B were 52.38%(22/42),58.33%(14/24),respectively,the difference was not significant (χ2 =0.22,P>0.05).Moreover,there were no serious complications in all cases .Conclusion The security and effect of two kinds of biological agents might be well enough ,but in view of less cases ,they were worth to further popularized and applied in clinical practice .

Objective To assess reconstructive options for critical limb ischaemia in infrapopliteal arteries. Methods A retrospective review of all CLI patients who underwent infrapopliteal reconstruction was carried out. Patient history, demographics, procedure details, complications, and follow-up information were collected and analyzed. Patency, limb salvage rate was determined by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Results During the period (from December 2003 to January 2008 ), 123 CLI patients with arteriosclerosis occlusions were treated on an intention-to-treat basis with infrapopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).Thirty-three thromboangiitis obliterans and twenty-three arteriosclerosis occlusions suffering CLI were treated by infrapopliteal bypass procedures. Primary patency and limb salvage rate of infrapopliteal PTA at 6, 12 and 24 months was 67%, 54%, 49% and 91%, 85%, 78% respectively, Primary patency and limb salvage rate of infrapopliteal surgical bypass at 6, 12 and 24 months was 90%, 83%, 79% and 92%,87%, 80% respectively, the patency of infrapopliteal PTA was lower than infrapopliteal surgical bypass (P ＜0. 01 ), but the limb salvage rate of infrapopliteal PTA and open surgery was no significant difference (P ＞ 0. 05 ). Conclusion Endovascular treatment (PTA) in patients with infrapopliteal arteriosclerosis occlusions and critical ischaemia is safe, effective. Infrapopliteal PTA can be used as the choice of therapy and surgical bypass reserved in those endovascular treatment failed. While in CLI patients with thromboangiitis obliterans infrapopliteal artery bypass remains the best treatment option.

NAC transcription factors involved in plant growth and development, as well as responses to biotic and abiotic stress. RNAi Vectors for SmNAC transcription factors of Salvia miltiorrhiza was constructed by using Gateway cloning technology, in order to further study the function of SmNAC1 transcription factor. According to Gateway cloning technology, the specific fragments of SmNAC1 containing attB adapter was amplified by PCR using ultra-fideling phusion polymerase of NEB. By the BP recombination reaction, the PCR product containing attB was transferred to an donor vector (pENTR/SD/D-TOPO). Finally, SmNACi specific gene was cloned into pK7GWIWG2D plant expression vectors by LR recombination reaction. Experimental results showed that Gateway cloning technology provide a rapid and highly efficient way to clone the interested gene.
Cloning, Molecular ; methods ; Genetic Vectors ; genetics ; Plant Proteins ; genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA Interference ; Reproducibility of Results ; Salvia miltiorrhiza ; genetics ; Transcription Factors ; genetics

According to the designed specific primers of gene fragment based on the Salvia miltiorrhiza transcriptome data, a full-length cDNA sequence of SQS2 from S. miltiorrhiza f. alba was cloned by the method of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The SmSQS2 cDNA sequence was obtained, this sequence is named SmSQS2 and its GenBank registration number is KM244731. The full length of SmSQS2 cDNA was 1245 bp, encoding 414 amino acids including 5'UTR 115 bp and 3'UTR 237 bp. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that SmSQS2 had relative close relationship to the SQS2 of S. miltiorrhiza. The induction of E. coli [pET28-SQS2] in different temperature, induction time, IPTG concentrations and density of inducing host bacterium (A600) were performed, Shaking the culture at 30 degrees C until the A600 is approximately 0.6 and add IPTG to final concentration of 0.2 mmol x L(-1), and then the optimal expression of SmSQS2 recombinant protein were accumulated after the induction time of 20 h. The research provided important base for the study of sterol and terpene biosynthesis of SQS2 in S. miltiorrhiza f. alba.
Cloning, Molecular ; Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase ; chemistry ; genetics ; metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phylogeny ; Plant Proteins ; chemistry ; genetics ; metabolism ; Salvia miltiorrhiza ; chemistry ; classification ; enzymology ; genetics ; Sequence Alignment

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of affective disorder in Kunming City. Methods: A rep-resentative sample of the Kunming general population composed of 5033 individuals aged 15 years and older was se-lecteed randomly by the method of probability proportional to size (PPS), and then was interviewed with the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 2.1 (CIDI, version 2.1).The preva-lence of affective disorder was investigated. And the relative factors, onset age and comorbid were also analyzed. Results: The 30-duy prevalence of affective disorder was 0.98%, the 12-month prevalence was 1.22%,and the lifetime prevalence was 1.89%. The results of the single factor analysis showed that the urban residents, the persons who divorced, limited divorced or lost one's spouse, and the unemployed or the higher educated were more vulnerable to depression. The results of the multifactor analysis showed that the rural residents and the males were protective factors to affective disorder. Different subunits of affective disorder had different onset ages. The onset age of 90% bipolar disorder patients was before 25 years old. The patients before 50 years old was risky to dysthy-mia. The patients with major depression had a lifetime risk of onset. Anxiety disorder and pain disorder would in-crease the risk of affective disorder. Conclusion: The findings show that the prevalence of the affective disorder is lower than the same kind survey abroad while it is close to the domestic's. More attention and intervention should been given to the urban population, the females, the singles, the unemployed, and the higher educationed.