Objective:To investigate the incidence of hypertension and its risk factors among male bus drivers.Methods:A total of 512 male bus drivers in Chongqing were surveyed.Blood pressure,weight and height were examined.Result:The incidence of hypertension among male bus drivers was 23.63%,which was higher than that in general people.The age,family hypertension history and BMI were the main risk factors.Their OR were 2.014,2.490 and 3.530,respectively.Conclusion:Hypertension was the result of the interaction between inheritance and environment.Therefore,the strategy to prevent and control hypertension among bus drivers should be comprehensive.

Objective To explore the effects of basic fibroblast growth factor(bFGF) pre-inducing on marrow stroma cells(MSCs) which were induced into dopaminergic neurons.Methods The rat MSCs were isolated primarily from the femurs and tibias of the Wistar rats.MSCs were cultured,proliferated and purified by passage culture.After being induced by bFGF,cultuered MSCs were divided into experimental groups(GM1 group,GDNF group and GDNF+ GM1 group) and control group.The surface markers of the differentiated neuron,such as neurone specific enolase(NSE),glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP) and TH were detected by immunocytochemistry after MSCs were cultured in induction media for 3 days and 7 days.Results In control group,the NSE expression of MSCs was very low.Many NSE-positive cells and TH-positive cells were found in the experimental groups at 3 or 7 days after induction.The percentage of NSE-positive and TH-positive cells of GDNF+GM1 group was significantly more than the other experimental groups(all P

Adult ; Chronic Periodontitis ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Dental Implantation ; Dental Scaling ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal ; Humans ; Orthodontics, Corrective ; Radiography, Panoramic ; Tooth Loss ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Toothbrushing

OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical application of pedicled superficial circumflex iliac artery (SCIA) flaps in Burns and Plastic Surgery.

METHODS19 cases with skin and soft tissue defects were repaired with the Superficial circumflex iliac artery flaps. The defects located in the hand and forearm, the lower abdomen and perineal area, the radicle area of thigh, etc. Before the SCIA flaps were transfered to the recipient areas, 15 cases with different kinds of wounds were debrided thoroughly, 3 cases with scar were removed directly. The size of the flaps ranged from 3.0 cm x 4.5 cm to 26.0 cm x 22.0 cm, and the pedical was 5 cm to 7 cm in length.

RESULTSThe flaps in the 18 cases survived completely. Skin necrosis in the distal end of the flap appeared in 1 case, and the wound healed after the second repair. The follow-up period rang from 3 to 18 months. The apperance and function of the hand or foot was satisfactory.

CONCLUSIONSBecause the pedicled SCIA flaps can be obtain conveniently and contain sufficient blood-supply, so the flap is easy to survive and the flap can be designed in a large size. We believe it is an ideal method to use this flap to repair skin and soft tissue defects located in hands, forearms, the lower abdomen and perineal areas, the radicle area of thigh and so on.

Burns ; surgery ; Forearm ; Graft Survival ; Hand ; Humans ; Iliac Artery ; Necrosis ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; Soft Tissue Injuries ; surgery ; Surgical Flaps ; blood supply ; pathology ; transplantation ; Thigh ; Wound Healing

Objective To explore the expression of TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling and its correlation with the progression of acute intestinal graft-versus-host disease (iGVHD) after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in mice.Method Recipient BALB/c female mice were lethally irradiated and were reconstituted within 4-6 h with a transplant of bone marrow cells (1 × 107) and different amounts of splenocytes (1 × 107,n =12 or 2 × 107,n =12) from MHC-mismatched C57BL/6 donors to induce iGVHD,and 6 healthy BALB/c mice served as controls.A globe survey observation of GVHD by survival,clinical manifestation,and histological detection was performed.RT-PCR,immunohistochemistry,and Western blotting technology were used to detect the mRNA and protein levels of TLR4,MyD88 and NF-κB p65 in the small intestine tissue.Result The exacerbation of iGVHD was associated with the increasing dose of allogeneic spleen lymphocytes.The mRNA expression of TLR4,MyD88 and NF-κBp65 was increased as the iGVHD progressed.All of them in severe iGVHD model were significantly increased as compared with the healthy controls (P＜0.05).The expression of corresponding proteins had the same tendency as mRNA.All of the three genes expression was not only positively correlated with each other,but also with the clinical GVHD score:TLR4 (R =0.814,P＜0.001),MyD88 (R=0.828,P＜0.001),and NF-κB p65 (R=0.568,P =0.034).Conclusion Excessive activation of TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway does exist in iGVHD,and the enhanced levels of gene transcription and translation are positively correlated with the deterioration of iGVHD.

Objective To approach a way to induce MSCs to dopaminergic neuron by mesencephalic conditional media and cytokines in vitro,and supply an ideal cells source for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.Methods The rat MSCs were isolated primarily from the femurs and tibias of the Wistar rats.MSCs were cultured,proliferated and purified by passage culture.Cultuered MSCs were divided into the control and the experimental group.In control group,MSCs were cultured without any induction medium.MSCs of experimental group were first cultured at medium containing bFGF for 24 hours.Then media were replaced with induction media which contained the agents as follows,respectively:GM_1,GDNF, GDNF+GM_1,GDNF+GM_1+mesencephalic conditional media.The surface markers of the differentiated neuron,such as NSE and TH were detected by immunocytoehemistry after MSCs were cultured in induction media for 3 and 7 days.Results In control groups,the NSE expression of MSCs was very lower than experimental groups.The percentage of NSE-positive cells of GDNF+GM_1+mesencephalic conditional media group in 7 day((45.257?5.999)/HP)was significantly more than other groups(control group is 2.214?0.779,GM_1 group is 22.014?3.624,GDNF group is 31.345?2.850,GDNF?GM_1 group is 40.314?4.203,P

Objective To investigate the effects of red ginseng saponin components A and B on 15 neurochemicals in rat plasma. Methods Saponin components A and B were prepared from red ginseng total saponin by macroporous adsorption resin. The composition and contents of saponin components A and B were detected using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS method. A total of 15 kinds of neurochemical substances such as dopamine (DA), adrenaline (E), norepinephrine (NE), serotonin (5-HT), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-hydroxytryptamine), tyrosine (Tyr), glycine (Gly), glutamic acid (Glu), glutamine (Gln), aspartic acid (Asp), taurine (Tau), serine (Ser), tryptophan (Try), acetylcholine (Ach), and histamine (His) were measured by high performance liquid chromatography- mass spectrometry (UPLC-QQQ-MS/MS). Results By analyzing the intrinsic relationship between saponin composition and amount of neurochemicals, it was found that components A and B had significant differences in saponin composition, and the larger polar saponins were mainly concentrated in component A. The polar of saponin contained in B is relatively small. The levels of Ach, Tau, Glu, Gln, Asp, Tyr, E, NE, and DA in rat plasma of each dose group were increased, and the plasma levels of Gly, His, 5-HT, Ser, HIAA, and Try were significantly increased and positively correlated with the dose, suggesting that the larger polar saponins could increase the excitatory neurochemical content and the smaller saponin fraction inhibitory neurochemicals. Conclusion Red ginseng has a moderating effect on the content of central nervous system. The content of smaller polar saponins is related to the maintenance of brain activity, improvement of memory function, prevention of brain fatigue, maintenance of awakening and nervous system of anti-aging, while the larger polar saponin fraction is associated with the regulation of psychiatric rhythm, reduction of stress response and improvement of sleeping.

Magnetic susceptibility is an intrinsic physical quantity which describes the relationship between material magnetization and applied external magnetic field. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is an MRI technology which can quantify the buck magnetic susceptibility of tissue in vivo. It is particularly effective at elucidating anatomy with paramagnetic or diamagnetic components. QSM technology is a method for solving the ill-pose problem of unconventional de-convolution of the measured tissue magnetic field with the unit magnetic dipole field to obtain the susceptibility source map. Many multi orientation scan based QSM and clinically acceptable single orientation QSM methods have been proposed to solve this ill-posed problem. In this paper, the QSM concept is introduced and the various QSM methods are systematically categorized and discussed. The aim of this paper is to summarize the current research progress of QSM, popularize the knowledge of QSM and promote the improvements and the rational application of QSM in clinical field.
Humans ; Magnetic Fields ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; trends ; Magnetics

Objective Aggressive fibromatosis is a rare kind of soft tissue tumor and was evaluated by few large studies. This study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and identify the prognostic factors of this disease. Methods One hundred and forty-two patients with aggressive fibromatosis treated from January 1983 to August 2009 in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital were retrospectively reviewed.The prognostic value of clinical and treatment factors was analyzed. Univariate analysis was performed with Log-rank test and Multivariate analysis was performed with Cox regression model. Results The follow-up rate is 93.7% and the median follow up time was 54 months (range,6 -208 months). Sixty-three patients had a minimum follow up time of 5 years and 6 patients had a minimum follow up time of 10 years. The male/female ratio was 1/1.84. The disease was most popular in women aged from 18 to 35 years old. The disease frequently occurred in the trunk (55.6%) and extremity (31.7%). All patients received surgery,and 46 received radiotherapy. The 5-year and 10-year local recurrence rates were 24. 4% and 31.1%,respectively. The 5-year and 10-year overall survival rates were both 99. 3%. Univariate analysis revealed that factors correlated with local recurrence were tumor size ( χ2 = 4. 37, P = 0. 037 ) and margin status (χ2 = 12. 36,P =0. 002). Multivariate analysis revealed that margin status was an independent risk factor (RR = 2. 219; χ2 = 9. 47,P = 0. 002) and radiotherapy was an independent protective factor ( RR = 0. 360;χ2 = 4. 95, P = 0. 026 ) for disease recurrence. When radiotherapy was delivered, the 10-year local recurrence rate decreased from 70. 1% to 20. 7% in patients with positive margin ( χ2 = 4. 22, P = 0. 040 )and decreased from 19.8% to 10.4% (χ2= 0.90, P= 0.344) in patients with negative margin.Conclusions Radical resection is the mainstay of treatment for aggressive fibromatosis. Postoperative radiotherapy can reduce the recurrent rate for patients with positive margin. In patients with negative margin,the role of radiotherapy should to be further evaluated in large clinical trials.

OBJECTIVEStudy on correlation between H2O2 scavenging system and flavonoids accumulation of Scutellaria baicalensis.

METHODThe content of baicalin and baicalein in suspension cell of S. baicalensis was determined by HPLC. The content of total flavonoids and H2O2, the activity of POD and PAL was detected by UV spectrophotometry.

RESULTThe content of total flavonoid and the activity of PAL increased significantly in 12 days after 40 degrees C, dark and PEG stress. Around 12 days after NPA, NPA +40 degrees C, 40 degrees C, NPA + dark, dark and PEG stress, the content of baicalin declined and the content of baicalein rise, the activity of POD showed an increasing trend, and level of H2O2 remain stable.

CONCLUSIONModerate environmental stress could promote the accumulation of total flavonoids in S. baicalensis, baicalin convert to baicalein by POD, and maintaining the stability of H2O2 content to avoid oxidative damage.

Anti-Infective Agents ; analysis ; metabolism ; Antioxidants ; analysis ; metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Darkness ; Flavanones ; analysis ; metabolism ; Flavonoids ; analysis ; metabolism ; Hot Temperature ; Hydrogen Peroxide ; analysis ; metabolism ; Oxidants ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; Peroxidase ; metabolism ; Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase ; metabolism ; Plant Extracts ; chemistry ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; drug effects ; enzymology ; metabolism ; Plants, Medicinal ; Polyethylene Glycols ; pharmacology ; Scutellaria baicalensis ; chemistry ; drug effects ; enzymology ; metabolism ; Stress, Physiological