Objective To investigate Shuxuening injection combined with deproteinized extract of calf blood on serum IGF-1, IL-1 and ICAM-1 level in patients with cerebral infarction recovery stage.Methods 120 patients with cerebral infarction were collected.According to the different drug treatment, 60 cases in each group were given corresponding drug treatment, on the basis of control group, the calf blood extract injection was given in experimental group.After the end of treatment, all patients blood rheology, IGF-1, IL-1 and ICAM-1 levels were tested.Results Compared with control group, the indexes of the patients in experimental group improved more significantly, whole blood viscosity, red blood cell pressure volume, platelet aggregation rate decreased significantly(P<0.05); serum IGF-1 levels in experimental group decreased significantly(P<0.05).The levels of serum IL-1, ICAM-1 in experimental group decreased significantly(P<0.05).Conclusion Shuxuening injection combined with deproteinized extract of calf blood can significantly reduce serum IGF-1, IL-1 and ICAM-1 levels in patients with cerebral infarction recovery stage, improve blood flow, reduce blood viscosity.

it was 4% (3/75). GP73-positive rate in HCC was higher than that of the normal liver tissues (χ2=73.60, P<0.05). sCLU-positive rate in HCC was also higher than that of the normal liver tissues (χ2=207.94, P<0.05). GP73 expression was positively correlated with sCLU expression in HCC (r=0.405, P<0.05). GP73 and sCLU were associated with clinicopathological features including tumor differentiation, TNM stage and vascular invasion (P<0.05); GP73 and sCLU had no correlation with the patient’s gender, age, HBsAg, cirrhosis, AFP value, portal vein thrombosis and tumor numbers (P>0.05). GP73 was associated with survival but not sCLU. Conclusion:GP73 and sCLU have higher positive rates in HCC and GP73 is positively correlated with sCLU. The expression of GP73 and sCLU are probably closely related with the invasion of HCC, which can help evaluate the prognosis of the patients.

6-11 years old were 9.67%, 6.81%, 3.49% and 0.80%, respectively.Furthermore, the infection rates between each two age stages were significantly different(Pa0.05).4.Infection rates in 2005,2006 and 2007 were 4.0%, 8.92%, 8.85%,respectively.Infection rates between 2005 and 2006,2007 were significantly different(Pa

OBJECTIVETo evaluate pathologically the effect of the single or combined application of UDP-glucose, GDNF and memantine on the improvement of white matter injury in neonatal rats with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) under light and electron microscopy.

METHODSA five-day-old neonatal rat model for PVL was established by ligation of the lateral common carotid artery following 120-minute hypoxia. Rats were randomly divided into six groups (30 rats in each group): sham-operated, PVL, UDP-glucose (UDP-glucose 2000 mg/kg intraperitoneally after PVL), GDNF (GDNF 100 μg/kg intracerebrally after PVL), tmemantine (memantine 20 mg/kg intraperitoneally after PVL), and a combination administration of three drugs (UDP-glucose, GDNF and memantine). The rats were sacrificed 7 or 21 days after PVL for assessment of pathological changes in the white matter under both light and electron microscopy. The number and thickness of the myelin sheath in the white matter were measured under electron microscopy, and both of pathological grading and scoring were undertaken under light microscopy.

RESULTSThere was rare and sparse myelinogenesis with a loose arrangement of nerve fibers in the white matter under electron microscopy in the PVL group at 7 and 21 days after PVL. The number and thickness of the myelin sheath in the PVL group were significantly less than in the sham-operated, UDP-glucose, GDNF, memantine and combination administration groups (P<0.01). The results of pathological grading of white matter under light microscopy showed that all rats in the PVL group manifested either mild injury (38%-50%) or severe injury (50%-62%) at 7 and 21 days after PVL. The majority of rats (50%-88%) in the four drug administration groups had normal white matter at 7 and 21 days after PVL. The pathological scores at 7 and 21 days after PVL in the PVL group were the highest, and they were significantly higher than in the other five groups (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONSThe single or combined application of UDP-glucose, GDNF and memantine may significantly improve pathological changes in the white matter of rats with PVL. The favorable effect is inferred to be closely correlated with the improvement of brain microenvironment and the enhancement of nerve regeneration promoted by the three drugs.

Animals ; Brain Ischemia ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Cerebral Ventricles ; pathology ; ultrastructure ; Female ; Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Leukomalacia, Periventricular ; drug therapy ; Male ; Memantine ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Microscopy, Electron ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Uridine Diphosphate Glucose ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use

OBJECTIVETo understand the characteristics of adenovirus infection in hospitalized children with pneumonia in Guangzhou area.

METHODSThe infection rate, hospitalization time and hospitalization expenses of adenovirus-infected hospitalized children with pneumonia in Guangzhou area from 2005 to 2007 were analyzed.

RESULTSThe total adenovirus infection rate was 6.04% in these children, with a male to female ratio of 1.47:1, showing significantly higher infection rate in female (7.92%) than in male patients (5.21%, P<0.05). The hospital stay and hospitalization costs between male and female children showed no significant difference (P>0.05). Adenovirus-infected children from birth to six years old accounted for 90.50% of the total adenovirus-infected children, and the infection rate in 0 to 1-year-old children (3.71%) was significantly lower than that in elder children (P<0.05). Although the infection rate in winter (8.44%) was significantly higher than that in the other seasons (P<0.05), the cases from March to August accounted for 60.11% of the total infected cases. Furthermore, the infection rate in 2007 (4.31%) was significantly lower than that in 2005 and 2006 (7.11% and 6.71%, respectively, P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONAdenovirus infection is an important pathogen in hospitalized children with pneumonia in Guangzhou area, and the infection rates differed between gender, age, season and the years.

Adenovirus Infections, Human ; economics ; epidemiology ; Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Cost of Illness ; Female ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Male ; Pneumonia ; economics ; virology ; Seasons ; Sex Factors

OBJECTIVETo study the rearrangement of immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain variable region (V(H)) genes in human neonates with different gestational ages (GA).

METHODSPeripheral blood from the neonates with GA of 27 weeks (4 cases), 28-32 weeks (9 cases), 33-36 weeks (12 cases), and 37-42 weeks (13 cases) was collected. RT-PCR was used to amplify the Ig V(H) gene, and the PCR products were separated by electrophoresis and analyzed using 6% denaturing PAGE gel.

RESULTSAll Ig V(H) family genes had several rearranged genes in each GA group, and the neonates with different GA showed no significant difference in the median molecular weight for each rearranged Ig V(H) family gene.

CONCLUSIONThe neonates with GA of 27-42 weeks exhibit diversity in Ig V(H) gene rearrangement, and for the same Ig V(H) family, the median length of the arranged Ig V(H) genes is independent of the gestational age.

Gene Rearrangement ; Genes, Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains ; genetics ; Immunoglobulin Variable Region ; genetics ; Infant, Newborn ; Multigene Family ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Analysis, DNA

Aged ; Animals ; China ; epidemiology ; Disease Outbreaks ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Orientia tsutsugamushi ; Scrub Typhus ; epidemiology

Acute Kidney Injury ; etiology ; Child, Preschool ; Favism ; complications ; Humans ; Male

OBJECTIVETo study in vivo the endogenous self-repair mechanism in immature white matter induced by ischemia in neonatal rats with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL).

METHODSFive-day-old neonatal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into sham and PVL groups. Rat model of PVL was prepared by ligation of the right common carotid artery following 2 hours of exposure to 8% oxygen. Pathological changes and myelination in the white matter were assessed under light and electron microscopy at 7 and 21 days after PVL. O4-positive OL precursor cells in the white matter were determined with immunofluorescence staining. Activation, proliferation, migration and differentiation of glial progenitor cells in SVZ were observed using immunofluorescent double labeling of either NG2 (marker of progenitor cells) and 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), or O4 (marker of OL precursor cells) and BrdU.

RESULTSAll rats in the PVL group manifested either mild or severe white matter injury under light microscopy, and had higher pathological scores of white matter compared with the sham group at 7 and 21 days after PVL (P<0.05). Electron microscopy showed that the number and thickness of myelin sheath in the PVL group were significantly reduced compared with the sham group (P<0.01). O4-positive OL precursor cells in the white matter observed under fluorescence microscopy were significantly reduced in the PVL group compared with the sham group (P<0.05). BrdU/NG2-positive cells in the SVZ increased significantly in the PVL group 48 hours after PVL and migrated into the periventricular area, reaching a peak on day 7 after PVL. BrdU/O4-positive newborn cells began to appear in the periventricular area 72 hours after PVL, and the number of BrdU/O4-positive cells in the PVL group was statistically more than in the sham group on day 21 after PVL (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONSIschemia may induce brain self-repair in neonatal rats, resulting in activation and proliferation of NG2 glial progenitor cells in the SVZ migration and differentiation into OL precursor cells in periventricular white matter.

Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Brain ; pathology ; Brain Ischemia ; pathology ; Bromodeoxyuridine ; metabolism ; Cell Differentiation ; Disease Models, Animal ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Leukomalacia, Periventricular ; pathology ; Myelin Sheath ; physiology ; Neuroglia ; pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Stem Cells ; pathology

Objective To explore an endogenous self-repair potentiality for injured cerebral white matter from both of subependymal ventricular zone and white matter cell cultures in neonatal rats with oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD) in vitro.Methods The white matter and subependymal ventricular zone tissues from the neonatal rats within 5 days old were separately used to prepare primary glia-derived cell cultures,and these cell cultures were randomly divided into the control group and the OGD group.The double-label fluorescent immunoanalysis was used to observe the proliferation and differentiation of the glia-derived cells came from both of subependymal ventricular zone and white matter activated by OGD.The Hoechst33342/propidium iodide (PI) staining and the flow cytometry technology were used to assess the apoptotic rates of the newborn cells.Results More apoptotic and necrotic cells appeared in the OGD group than those in the control group both in subependymal ventricular zone and white matter cell cultures in the flow cytometry test and Hoechst33342/PI staining at 24 h,48 h,72 h,7 d and 14 d after OGD (all P ＜ 0.01).Furthermore,fluorescence microscope showed that the number of the NG2 + progenitor cells,the O4 + oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the OGD group were all significantly more than those in the control group during 72 h after OGD (all P ＜ 0.05,0.01),while the number of the immature and mature oligodendrocytes in the OGD group decreased significantly compared with those in the control group on 7 d and 14 d after OGD (all P ＜ 0.05,0.01).Conclusions OGD may activate 2 endogenous self-repair pathways from subependymal ventricular zone and white matter in vitro.The activated subependymal ventricular zone and white matter-glial progenitor cells appear to proliferate markedly,and differentiate along an oligodendroglial pathway.However,only a few newly generated precursor cells can be differentiated into the immature or mature oligodendrocytes and OGD may induce the newborn cells to appear apoptotic and necrotic.