Objective:To observe the clinical effects of Tip-Edge Plus appliance in treating bimaxillary protrusion patients and discuss its mechanics. Methods:20 patients with bimaxillary protrusion were treated with Tip-Edge Plus appliance. 4 premolars in all those cases were extracted. The results of cephalometric measurements of pretreatment and posttreatment were statistically analyzed to evaluate orthodontic effects. Results:20 patients received an average of 18 months of treatment,after treatment dental coverage and molar relations of these patients were in the normal range. Analysis of related projects cephalometric showed that patients with lateral outlook improved significantly,SNA,SNB and U1~L1 angle changes in hard tissue with significant difference in cephalometric measurements(P

Objective:To investigate the expression of osteopontin (OPN) mRNA and protein and its correlation with clinico-pathological features of salivary gland tumors. Methods:OPN mRNA and protein level were detected by fluorescent quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)and Western blot in 41 cases of malignant salivary gland tumors,21 of benign salivary gland tumors and 10 of normal salivary gland tissues. The relationship between the relative content of OPN mRNA and protein and clinico-pathological features of salivary gland tumors were analyzed. Results:The differences of OPN mRNA and protein expression levels in various tissues (malignant salivary gland tumors,benign alivary gland tumors and normal salivary gland tissues) were statistically significant,and the mRNA expression levels were correlated significantly with node metastasis and TNMstage,the expression levels of OPN protein were correlated significantly with node metastasis and TNMstage(P

Objective To investigate the mechanism of electroacupuncture in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD).Methods Thirty-three male SD rats were randomized into 2 groups:normal control group(n=11,fed with normal food)and experimental rats(n=23,fed with high-fat food).Eight weeks later,3 rats were randomly selected from the 2 groups respectively and killed to undergo pathological examination of the liver.When the establishment of experimental rats was confirmed,the remaining 20 experimental rats were divided into 2 equal subgroups:NAFLD group(fed continuously with high-fat food)and electroacupuncture treatment group(fed continuously with high-fat food and received the treatment 15 min per day,once a day for 4 weeks).Then all rats were killed to detect the serum levels of fasting blood glucose(FBG),fasting insulin(FINS)and free fatty acids(FFA),liver contents of malondialdehyde(MDA),glycerin tripalmitate(TG)and total cholesterol(TC),and the activities of liver superoxide dismutase(SOD)and glutathione(GSH).Liver pathological changes was examined.Results Compared with NAFLD group,electroacupuncture reduced the serum levels of FBG,FINS and FFA(P

Aim To develop a rapid and inexpensive method for purification of human albumin, a method of immunomagnetic microspheres (IMMS) based on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)for the purification of human albumin from human serum. Methods Polystyrene magnetic microspheres with carboxyl groups as carriers were prepared, and then the carboxyl groups on the surface of the microspheres were activated by ethylcarbodiimide (EDC). Finally rabbit anti-human serum albumin (HSA) antibodies were covalently bound to it and the complex can specifically capture HSA. After the procedure of capturing HSA, through taking rabbit anti-human albumin protein antibodies as a capture antibody, and goat anti-human albumin protein antibodies as a detection antibody, an ELISA on IMMS was developed, which can determine the recovery yield of HSA from the human serum. Results The result of the experiment was that the recovery of human albumin with IMMS was (86 ± 4) % , and IMMS were reused for two other purifying cycles, the results of which were (69.0 ± 0.6) % and (40.8 ± 0.8) % , and the purity of the product was about 90%. Conclusion The results above prove that the immunomagnetic purifiying strategy was shown to be efficient and offers an new thought for a large scale production of highpurity HSA.

BACKGROUND:Human embryonic stem cels are able to self-renew indefinitely and have the capacity to differentiate into al three germ layers (ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm). These properties imply great potential in the basic research and clinical application, including regenerative medicine, drug screening and toxins, early human embryo, cel transplantation, gene therapy,etc. However, it is a substantial chalenge to develop efficient techniques for their large-scale culture under defined conditions, and for controling and directing their differentiation. For therapeutic purposes, many scholars are trying to establish methods for maintaining pluripotency in defined xeno-free conditions and scalable culture systems. OBJECTIVE:To discuss the progress of serum-free culture systems in human embryonic stem cel research reported in recent years and to highlight the chalenges and advances being made towards the development of serum-free and xeno-free culture systems suitable for therapeutic applications. METHODS:A computer-based search of CNKI and PubMed academic database was performed for articles addressing serum-free culture systems of human embryonic stem cels published from 2008 to 2015. Repetitive and old articles were excluded. Finaly, 58 articles were summarized. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Several groups have attempted to exclude individual animal components by using feeder-free matrices, feeder cels of human origin, or defined xeno-free media, aiming to select a suitable matrix and medium that can minimize or not use heterologous components, in order to obtain cel lines at clinical level. However, the current cel products are far from clinical application. There are stil many problems to be solved, such as standardization, normalization and individualization of cel products. With the normative development of stem cel research and industry, human embryonic stem cel products are expected to be widely used in clinic.

Objective To investigate the effect of platelet-derived growth factor-D (PDGF-D) on the prostate cancer cells migration and its possible mechanism. Methods The expressions of PDGF-D in LNCaP and PC-3 cells were detected with western blot.PDGF-D siRNA was synthesized according to mRNA sequence of PDGF-D gene and was transfected into PC-3 cell.The cells were treated with PDGF-D and PDGF-D siRNA,the cell migration was examined by Boyden chamber migration assay.The expression changes of VEGF and MMP-9 mRNA were detected by RT-PCR. Results The results of western blot indicated that the PDGF-D protein expression level was lower in LNCaP cells (29.47 ± 1.68) than that in PC-3 cells (63.43 ±2.10),(P ＜ 0.05).PDGF-D siRNA could down-regulate the PDGF-D protein expression in the transfected group (35.19 ± 1.51).The exogenous PDGF-D could promote migration of LNCaP and PC-3cells,and up-regulate the expression of VEGF,MMP-9 mRNA in PC-3 cells (P ＜ 0.05,compared with control group).PDGF-D siRNA inhibited PC-3 cells' migration and decreased the level of VEGF,MMP-9mRNA expression (0.72 ± 0.09 vs 0.43 ± 0.18,0.65 ±0.07 vs 0.22 ± 0.08) (P ＜ 0.05). Conclusion PDGF-D is involved in the promotion of prostate cancer invasion and angiogenesis.

As the specific endangered medicinal plant in Xinjiang, resources and distribution of Ferula sinkiangen-sis are important for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development of Chinese medicine resources. The spa-tial distribution and resources of F. sinkiangensis were researched based on low altitude remote sensing and sample investigation. The results showed that the optimum working time for F. sinkiangensis monitoring by low altitude remote sensing was the nearby 5 hills, which covered about 0.88 km2. It was suggested that the fence area should be expanded for protection. According to the results of low altitude remote sensing, the amount of F. sinkiangensis in yellow (diameter exceeding 0.3 m) was about 3 191. However, the sample investigation on amount of F. sinkiangensis in yellow (diameter exceeding 0.3 m) was about 2 752. The error between them was 14%. The monitoring time and range for F. sinkiangensis by low altitude remote sensing were also ensured. It was concluded that low altitude re-mote sensing had the advantage of quickly receiving distribution situation of F. sinkiangensis, which can effectively evaluate dynamic changes of F. sinkiangensis in Xinjiang.

0.05).However,the patients with increased levels of sHLA-G had higher incidence of central nervous system involvement(P=0.007) and more severe disease activity(P=0.027) in comparison with patients with normal plasma sHLA-G levels.Finally,the expression of plasma sHLA-G was not influenced by the treatment with glucocorticoids,immunosuppressive agents or antimalarials.Conclusion The increased production of sHLA-G indicates that sHLA-G may play an important role in the pathogenesis of SLE.The expression of sHLA-G may be associated with disease activity and severity of lupus patients,but be independence of HLA-G 14bp ins/del polymorphism and drug treatment.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 0.03% tacrolimus ointment for the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD) in Chinese children. Methods A total of 139 children, 2 to17 years of age, with moderate to severe AD from 5 study centres were enrolled in this multicentre, randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled, parallel group study. Treatment with 0.03% tacrolimus ointment or vehicle was applied twice daily to the affected areas for 3 weeks. Visits were scheduled on day 1 (base line, before treatment) and 1, 2, 3 weeks after the treatment. The main therapeutic parameter was the efficacy rate at the end of the treatment. Results The efficacy rates were 84.6% and 29.0% for tacrolimus group and vehicle group, respectively (P

Objective To investigate the clinical features of patients with bacterial liver abscess.Methods The clinical data of patients with liver abscess during January 2014 to December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.Results There were 93 cases enrolled,26.88％ were accompanied by diabetes mellitus (DM),60.22％ were accompanied liver,gall bladder,pancreas diseases or had history of liver,bile duct or gastrointestinal surgery.The most common symptoms were fever (94.62％) and gastrointestinal symptoms (50.54％),while 15.05％ for shock;91.40％ were single abscess,and 73.12％ were in the right lobe.The white blood cell count (WBC),neutrophil (N),hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP),procalcitonin (PCT),alanine aminotransferase (ALT),and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were elevated in 60.22％,65.59％,97.85％,82.93％ (34/41),47.31％,and 46.24％ of patients,respectively.12/62 (19.35％) were positive by blood culture and 32/54 (59.26％) were positive by pyogenic fluids or bile culture,the top two pathogenic bacteria were Klebsiella pneumonia (52.27％) and Escherichia coli (27.27％).Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ) scores were between 0-25 points,72.04％ cases were (0-10) points,26.88％ case were (11-20) points and one patient was more than 20 points.Among the 93 cases,82.79％ were underwent antibacterial by carbapenem,penicillin enzyme compound preparation or combined with levofloxacin,and 45.16％ were underwent liver puncture of drainage treatment.A percentage (96.77％) of patients was cured or recovered.Conclusions Biliary retrograde infection is the main cause of hepatic abscess.In the early experiential antibacterial therapy,the first-line choices of antibiotics are those effective to extended spectrum 3-lactamase (ESBL) positive enterobacteriaceae bacteria.Liver puncture of drainage treatment may be effective and safety.APACHE Ⅱ score may be useful to assess the prognosis of live abscess.