Objective To study the clinical values of polyvinyl alcohol chemoembolization and bronchial arterial infusion(BAI) in interventional therapy of central bronchogenic carcinoma.Methods 45 pathologically proved cases of central bronchogenic carcinoma in mid or late period were randomly divided into two groups(control group in 24 cases and experimental group in 21 cases).After detecting the nourishing arteries of bronchogenic carcinoma with angiography,the treating processes were performed.Control group : anticancer drugs were poured into bronchial artery.Experimental group : the feeding arteries of tumors were co-axially superselective catheterized with microcatheters,the anti-neoplasm agents were poured into everyone of feeding arteries according to the blood supply,then the feeding arteries were embolized by polyvinyl alcohol.Results Control group : the obvious effective rate(CR+PR) was 50%.Experimental group:the obvious effective rate was 90.4%.Two cases in control group obtained the chances of radical operation and chemotherapy were performed after operation,the other 22 cases were undergone synthetic treatment.Seven cases in experimental group obtained the chances of radical operation and chemotherapy were performed after operation,14 cases were undergone synthetic treatment.Three cases in control group died and none of in experimental group died in the follow-up of 2~24 months.Conclusion The short-term effect of polyvinyl alcohol embolization is better than those of BAI for interventional therapy of central bronchogenic cancer,but the long-term effect needs a large number of cases to access the real clinical value.

The effect of water temperature, stocking density and feeding cycle on the growth of Poecilobdella manillensis juvenile was conducted P. manillensis was conducted respectively under different conditions: water temperatures(18, 22, 26, 30,34, 38 degrees C and CT), stocking density (75, 125, 200, 275, 350 individual/L) and feeding cycle(2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 d). After 30 days, survival rate, weight gain rate, specific growth rate were measured. There was a significant correlation between water temperature and specific growth rate (γ = -0.066x2 + 3.543 1x -38.09, R2 = 0.837 9). Based on the regression equation, the specific growth rate of P. manillensis achieved the maximum (9.461 4) at 26.84 degrees C. And the most optimal water temperature was 26-30 degrees C. Meanwhile, the survival rates of P. manillensis was 0 at 38 degrees C in 3 d. There was significant negative correlation between density and specific growth rate (γ = -0.005 7x + 9.197 3, R2 = 0.998 3) and between feeding cycle and specific growth rate (γ = -0.468 2x + 10.574, R2 = 0.998 8).
Animals ; Annelida ; growth & development ; physiology ; Body Size ; Feeding Behavior ; Temperature ; Water ; chemistry

Objective To compare the effects of different maternal rats food restriction on newborn rats.Methods Pregnant rats were randomly divided into 4 groups:3 model groups and control group.The model groups were given middling food restriction throughout pregnancy,severe food restriction from pregnant day 14,severe food restriction from pregnant day 7,respectively.Effects of maternal rats food restriction on newborn rats in growth,main organs weight,and small for gestational age(SGA) occurrence were compared.And his-(tiocyte) morphology of cerebra and stomach were observed.Results The weight,height,trail length,and weight of cerebra,heart,lung,(liver),stomach,spleen,and kidney of newborn rats in model groups were significantly different from those in control group(all P

Objective To analyze the possible reasons of failed surgical treatment of acetabular fractures. Methods Various methods were used for positive patient identification, including according to Matta's X-ray assessment and Merle d'Aubigne & Postel hip function score of clinical standards for classification of acetabular fracture reduction surgery were not satisfied or not carried out a reduction and fixation,the clinical evaluation of hip joint as a "bad", occurrence of femoral head subluxation or dislocation, femoral head necrosis and other serious complications. From February 2000 to February 2008, 22 patients including 14 males and 8 females with an average age of 38.6 years (range, 18-72 years) were considered as failed cases. Results 45.5% of these cases were posterior wall fractures which were not given any fixation, 27.3% of them were posterior column fractures which were not fixed, 13.6% of them whose reduction and fixation of anterior wall fractures were not satisfied, and 9.1% of them were anterior column fractures which needed fixation. One case should take open reduction and iternal fixation instead of THA. The rate of misdiagnosis and mistaken diagnosis were 90% if only X-ray evaluation was made and this rate decreased to 8.3% if computed tomography was taken. The rate of wrong selection of operative approach was 100% in 10 cases of misdiagnosis, and which was 58.3% in 12 cases of correct diagnosis. In the 5 patients with correct diagnosis and selection of operative approach, the reasons of failed surgical treatment were due to imperfect surgical skills in 3 cases, and inappropriate fixation patterns in 2 cases. Conclusion The causes of the failure of surgical treatment for acetabular fracture might include preoperative missed diagnosis and misdiagnose, inappropriate approach, and an unreasonable internal fixation with unskillful technique.

DNA methylation is crucial for mammalian development, and DNA methylation is always in the dynamic status during preimplantation mouse embryos development. The effects of 5-AZA-CdR on the development of preimplantation mouse embryos were evaluated. Preimplantation mouse embryos created by in vitro fertilization were cultured continuously in 5-AZA-CdR (0.2, 1.0, or 5.0 μmol/L). Fertilized oocytes exposed to CZB containing 5-AZA-CdR at the pronuclear stage were unable to form morulae (0.2 and 1.0 μmol/L) or 4-cell embryos (5.0 μmol/L), while 2-cell stage embryos exposed to 5-AZA-CdR developed into uncompacted 8-cell (0.2 and 1.0 μmol/L) or 3/4-cell (5.0 μmol/L) stage embryos. The rate of morula formation was significantly lower in 4-cell embryos cultured in 5-AZA-CdR (1.0 or 5.0 μmol/L) than that in control embryos (P < 0.05). These data indicate that 5-AZA-CdR inhibits the development of mouse preimplantation embryos. Apoptosis, DNA methylation, and transcriptional activity were analyzed to determine the reason for these developmental defects. An aunexin V-PI assay revealed that high doses of 5-AZA-CdR led to apoptosis. Compared to the controls, DNA methylation was significantly reduced in uncompacted 8-cell embryos and morulae (p < 0.05) in a dose- dependent manner, whereas no significant change was detected in 2-or 4-cell embryos (P > 0.05). The observed changes in transcriptional activity, determined by measuring the incorporation of BrUTP, were similar to the observed alterations in DNA methylation. Therefore, the developmental defects induced by 5-AZA-CdR appear to bc mediated by alterations in DNA methylation and transcriptional activity in preimplantation mouse embryos.

This paper discusses the relationship between stimulating pulse width and the threshold of electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP). Firstly, the rheobase and chronaxy from strength-duration curve of nerve fiber was computed using the shepherd's experiment results. Secondly, based on the relationship between ECAP and the action potential of nerve fiber, a mathematical expression to describe the relationship between stimulating pulse width and ECAP threshold was proposed. Thirdly, the parameters were obtained and the feasibility was proved to the expression with the results of experiment using guinea pigs. Research result showed that with ECAP compared to the action potential of nerve fiber, their threshold function relationship with stimulating pulse width was similar, and rheobase from the former was an order smaller in the magnitude than the latter, but the chronaxy was close to each other. These findings may provide meaningful guidance to clinical ECAP measurement and studying speech processing strategies of cochlear implant.
Action Potentials ; Animals ; Auditory Threshold ; Cochlear Implantation ; Cochlear Implants ; Electricity ; Evoked Potentials ; Guinea Pigs ; Neural Conduction

Objective To investigate the coverage of a recombinant protein vaccine based on pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) from both family 1 and family 2.Methods One hundred and fifty-nine Streptococcus pneumoniae strains, including 47 invasive strains, were isolated from children in Nanjing Children′s Hospital.Cell lysates were prepared and reacted with three antibodies recognizing PspA -RX1, PspA-3296 and PspA-5668 for PspA typing by ELISA .Results Among 47 invasive isolates of 9 different serotypes, 10.7%were PspA family 1 and 89.3%were PspA family 2.Among all of 159 clinical isolates, 10.1% were identified as PspA family 1, 88.0%were family 2, while 1.9%of strains could not be typed by ELISA and PCR assays .None of strains belonged to PspA family 3.Conclusion The recombinant pro-tein vaccine based on PspA from both family 1 and family 2 has a broad coverage among clinical isolates and is potentially protective against both invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal diseases .

Objective To investigate the relationship of antithrombin‐Ⅲ activity and thrombosis risk in liver cirrhosis with Child‐Pugh classification .Methods In our hospital from June to December 2014 ,60 liver cirrhosis patients were selected randomly included into this experiment group ,The 60 cases of control group were from medical examination of health in our hospital .The plasma AT‐Ⅲ activity and D‐D concentration in all these cases were detected and analyzed .Results The AT‐Ⅲ in cirrhosis patients were significantly lower than which in healthy persons(P<0 .05) .The lower level of AT‐Ⅲ is in these patients which were in seri‐ous condition(P<0 .05) ,the abnormal rate of D‐D concentration is also higher at the same time(P<0 .05) .Conclusion The detec‐tion of AT‐Ⅲ level in patients with liver cirrhosis is directly related to the severity of clinical and thrombosis risk .The AT‐Ⅲ de‐tection level can be used to judge the patient′s condition and develop appropriate treatment strategies .

In order to select high quality and suitable Bupleuri Radix varieties in Qingchuan, and establish a new comprehensive method to evaluation the quality of Bupleuri Radix, 12 characters of 14 samples were evaluated by DTOPSIS and grey related degree. The results showed that varieties No. 8 and No. 10 had high quality. DTOPSIS and grey related degree gave the uniformity result, and the biggest difference of value of Ci in DTOPSIS method was 46. 33% , but the biggest difference of the weighting correlation number( r (i)) in grey related degree was only 13.10%. The DTOPSIS combined with grey related degree can evaluate the quality of Bupleuri Radix comprehensively and objectively.
Bupleurum ; chemistry ; China ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; supply & distribution ; Quality Control ; Statistics as Topic ; methods

Forensic Medicine ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases