Animals ; Blood Platelets ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Dental Implants ; Fibrin ; chemistry ; history ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Gingival Recession ; therapy ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; cytology ; drug effects ; Osteoblasts ; cytology ; drug effects ; Sinus Floor Augmentation ; methods

Objective To study the role of cell apoptosis during the chemotherapy of human gliocytoma in order to get effective suvilliance on the effect of chemotherapy. Methods Gliocytoma cells were isolated and cultured from 40 human gliocytoma samples. Mitochondrial membrance potential (MMP), cell cycle, the level of Bcl-2 and Bax were detected by flow cytometry (FCM) at 24, 48, 72 hours respectively of incubation with Lomustine (CCNU) and Teniposide (VM-26), and the trends were also analysed. Results MMP decreased greatly, the apoptosis part in the cell cycle ananlysis increase, the expression level of Bcl-2 decreased, and that of Bax increase rapidly, while the Bcl-2/Bax ratio decreased. Conclusions CCNU and VM-26 have singnificant effect in gliocytoma chemotherapy on inducing gliocytoma cell apoptosis. VM-26 has more stronger effect on the cell cycle. MMP is the most sensitive and the fastest index in apoptosis detection.

Objective To evaluate the effect of cytokine-induced killer cells (CIKs) as an adoptive immunotherapy option for treatment of leukemia relapse after allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).Methods Two cases of infusion of donor CIKs in patients with leukemia relapse after allo-HSCT were retrospectively analyzed.Patient one relapsed 986 days (+986d) after HLA-matched unrelated donor allo-HSCT.Applications of chemotherapy only resulted in short term remission,but allo-CIKs were successfully expanded from the patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells of donor origin.Totally five cycles of CIKs infusion were infused as an alternative of adoptive immunotherapy.Patient two had recurrent in the + 158d after HLA-matched sibling alloHSCT.At + 204d and + 294d,two cycles of CIKs which were expanded from donor peripheral blood mononuclear cells were infused.Results One cycle of CIKs was given to patient one after the application of chemotherapy to reduce the tumor burden,and the patient successively achieved complete remission.Again after additional four cycles of CIKs infusion,consistent remission was maintained during the following seven months.Patient two who had relapsed disease posttransplantation,achieved cytological complete remission after withdrawal of immunosuppressants and undergoing chemotherapy combined with G-CSF mobilized stem cell infusion.However,at + 187d,the patient suffered from side-effect of acute graft versus host disease and extramedullary infiltration.The symptoms were alleviated markedly after one cycle of CIKs infusion at + 204d.Moreover,the pain disappeared after an additional infusion at + 294d.And up to the present,the bone marrow aspiration showed complete remission while the extramedullary disease vanished.Conclusion The use of CIKs in the treatment of leukemia relapse after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation can be feasible and well tolerated.

AIM:To discuss Daidzein intravitreal injection whether has protective and recovery effects on acute nerve damages.
METHODS:After the crush models of acute optic nerve were set up, 72 males SD rats were divided into 4 groups randomly as common group without surgery, FBS negative control group, Daidzein treatment group ( 10μmol/L, 100μmol/L, 1000μmol/L ) and positive control group using rats nerve growth factor ( mNGF, 100ng/mL ). Three days after interference, all experimental animals were executed. HE staining was used to evaluate morphologic change of the retina, immunohisochemical staining and western-blot tests for identifying and quantifying the distinct expression of Caspase-3 and GAP-43 among the groups.
RESULTS: Compared with the normal group and negative control group, retinal morphology of different concentrations of each Daidzein treatment group and positive control group was more complete, the expression of Caspase-3 protein was relatively lower, the expression of GAP-43 protein was relatively higher, the differences have statistically significance (P<0. 05).CONCLUSION: Daizein injection in the vitreous cavity has the capacity of protection and restoration in rat's acute nerve damages.

Case-Control Studies ; Female ; HIV Infections ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ; epidemiology ; Risk Factors

A complex disease is rarely a consequence of abnormality in a single gene. It is known that many drugs exhibit a therapeutic effect by acting on multiple targets, produce synergies to intervene the occurrence and development of diseases. Unlike the traditional methods which act on single molecule or pathway, this disease-drug target network constructed with high throughput data vividly showed the complex relationship between drugs, their targets and diseases. However, the networks are usually extremely complex. In order to reduce the complexity, it is necessary to deconstruct the network and identify module structures. In this study, framework of module analysis was summarized from four aspects: module concept, structure and identification methods, importance of disease-drug module identification, and its application. Module-based analysis provides a new perspective for deciphering the drug intervention mechanisms for complex diseases, and provides new ideas and pathways to reveal the mechanisms of multi-target and multi-component drugs.
Drug Delivery Systems ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Gene Regulatory Networks ; drug effects ; Humans ; Molecular Targeted Therapy

BACKGROUND: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is recognized as the only method of curing chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML). Lmatinib mesylate (STI571) is a competitive inhibitor of the bcr-abl tyrosine kinase, as a represent of synthetic gene-targeting drug in recently, which has been used more and more on the Philadelphia chromosome positive CML patients.OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of STI571 to related allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of CML patients.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A controlled observation between ST1571 treated group and transplantation group was performed in the Department of Hematology, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology between April 2002 and October 2006. PARTICIPANTS: All 90 patients with CML in the chronic phase were selected from Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and they were diagnosis based on the examinations of bone marrow morphologic, cytogenetics and/or molecular genetics. METHODS: All 90 patients with CML in the chronic phase were divided into two groups. 67 patients received oral STI571 (400 mg/day) in succession at the beginning time from April 2002 to June 2006, and the observation ended until October 2006, Blood routine will be done weekly, and bone marrow morphologic and cytogenetic examination would be done every three months. Other 23 patients selected from Union Hospital from March 1999 to April 2006 accepted allo-HSCT, with BuCy2 or modified BuCy2 as conditioning regimens. Cyclosporin A combining with short-term MTX were used in all patients for prophylaxis of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hematology responses, eytogenetic response and two years survival in two groups were observed. RESULTS: Complete cytogenetic response was achieved in 60% and 100% of the patient treated with STI571 and transplantation respectively (P < 0.01). But two years survival of ST1571 and transplantation were 83.33% and 77.03% respectively, and no difference was found between the two groups (P > 0.05). No one died or discontinued therapy for adverse effects, and 4 out of 67 (5.97%) had grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia and/or leucopenia in the ST1571 group. Moreover, in transplantation group, 7 patients (30.4%) developed grade 2 to 4 acute GVHD, but 4 died of failed treatment. CONCLUTION: Compared with transplantation, patients treated with ST1571 achieved low complete cytogenetic responses and the treatment-related complications were mild and manageable or no need for treatment.

Objective To study early diagnosis and treatment of Wernicke's encephalopathy(WE) in allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation recipients.Method A 17 years old patient with acute B-lymphocytic leukemia received HLA-matched nonrelative allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation after conditioning with total-body irradiation/idamycin/cyclophosphamide (TBI/IDA/Cy) regimen.CD25 monoclonal antibody and cyclosporine A+mycophenolate mofetil + methotrexate were administrated for graft versus host disease prophylaxis.Result On the day 8,the platelet was over 20 × 109/L; On the day 10,the neutrophile granulocyte was over 0.5 × 109/L; On the day 28,full engraftment was confirmed by a bone marrow medicolegal identification.The continued nausea and vomiting after HSCT resulted in deficiency of intake and malabsorption.On the day 54,illusion and tremor occurred,and the follow-up brain MRI suggested WE,but the patient died before thiamine replacing therapy.Conclusion WE is also a rare neurologic complication of HSCT,however,it can easily be overlooked.So early radiologic surveillance and treatment for patients with WE is very important to minimize central nervous system complications and unwanted mortality.

Objective To explore a more reasonable and effective therapeutic regimen and evaluate prognostic factors in hepatoblastoma patients after combined therapy.Methods Sixteen patients diagnosed on hepatoblastoma between Jan.2000 and Nov.2007 were reviewed and followed-up.Resection with chemotherapy was taken among 16 cases.Chemotherapy included pre-operation and post-operation.Five cases were cured by transcatheter arterial chemombolization(TACE).Six cases were cured by single chemotherapy(both TACE and single chemotherapy were taken in 2 cases).Five cases weren't cured by pre-operation chemotherapy.Nine cases were subjected to curative resection,3 cases to alleviative resection,2 cases with single chemotherapy,1 case with single TACE,and 1 case refused operation and left hospital.Their mean survival duration was 13.5 months(3-98 months).SPSS 13.0 software was used to analyze the data.Results The total survival rate of cases as stage Ⅳ as lower than cases as stage Ⅰ,Ⅱand Ⅲ.Both alpha-fetoprotein(AFP)100 000 ?g/L cases had worse survival rate.The prognosis of mixed type was better than fetal type,embryonal type and anaplasia type.The survival rate of cases with standard chemotherapy was higher than cases with unstandard chemotherapy.And the surgical resection cases had better survival chance than non-surgical resection cases.The survival rate of surgical residual cases was worse than non-surgical residual cases.Conclusions Chemotherapy can improve the total survival rate and long-term survival rate of hepatoblastoma patients.TACE is a safe and effective choice for hepatoblastoma patients.We need to be alert and make the diagnosis as early as possibe,and treat it early and properly.

BACKGROUND:Constructing animaI model of intervertebraI disc degeneration which more faithfully mimics the pathologic hallmarks of human intervertebral disc degeneration can be a beneficial assistance for further intervertebraI disc degeneration therapy.However,there is not an accepted optimal model for intervertebral disc degeneration study OBJECTIVE:To compare the rabbit model of degenerative intervertebral disc constructed by anulus puncture and anulus incision.METHODS:Totally 32 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into the anulus puncture group and annulus incision group.Intervertebral disc of L_(3-6) 6was exposed by extro-peritoneal approach,and the discs were injured by puncturing the anulus or cutting the anulus The deep and direction were controlled.Pathological change of intervertebral disc was checked with MRI and histopathological examination at weeks 2,4,12,and 20 after operation.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:At week 4 after operation.the area of nucleus gelatinosus was deflated with enlarged anulus fibrosus,T_2-weighted image(T_2WI)declined,blurred,and the height of intervertebral space was also decreased,the grade of T2 value in the anulus puncture group was lower than that of the annulus incision group(P＜0 05):with time prolonged,T2 scores increased,and the intervertebraI space narrowed.which reached a peak at week 20 after operation.The differences had no significance.The histological sections demonstrated that the cell content in nucleus pulposus was increased gradually.The rabbit model of intervertebraI disc degeneration can be successfully constructed by the methods of anulus puncture and annulus incision.The degeneration of incision modelis more severe than that of puncture model.Anulus puncture method can faithfully mimic intervertebral disc degeneration after damage in human being.