Objective:To evaluate the wear resistance of four types of composite resin when they were opposed by human enamel antagonist. The relationship between pH value and wear resistance was also evaluated. Methods:Mutual wear between four types of composite resins(3 mm?20 mm?1 mm),Beautifit(B),SureFilTM(S),TE-Econom(T),Charisma (C),with same rough surface and opposing enamel was evaluated using a wear simulator of UMT-2 (n=10).Wear resistance was assessed as weight loss(g).The worn surfaces were observed with scanning electron microscope(SEM).All data were statistically analyzed with SPSS14.0.Results:SEM observation showed that the fillers particles of resin B,S were bigger than that of the others. Fillers of resin C was the smallest and the most well-distributed. Many filler particles were lost. In the acid environment,the enamel surface had the special appearance. The S,C,T composite resins were less worn. The weight loss of the T,B,S composite resins increased when pH value fell down to 4.0 (P0.05).Conclusion:The wear resistance among the different brands of composite resins are discrepant. The weight loss might be accelerated with the decreased pH value.

Objective To explore the diagnostic and treatment value of serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels for the chronic heart failure and its correlation with cardiac function classification.Methods 155 patients with heart failure were selected as treatment group.According to cardiac function,grade Ⅱ in 48 cases,grade Ⅲ in 56 cases,grade Ⅳ in 51 cases.122 healthy people during the same period were selected as the control group.Retrospectively detected serum BNP levels of the subjects,and the BNP levels of the treatment group were detected before and after treatment,and its correlation with heart function was analyzed.Results The serum BNP level of the treatmentgroup was (738.67 ± 61.32) pg/mL,which was higher than (22.36 ± 21.89) pg/mL of the control group,the difference was statistically significant (t =19.38,P ＜ 0.05).The serum BNP level of the treatment group after treatment was (329.58 ± 90.74) pg/mL,which was lower than (738.67 ± 161.32) pg/mL of the control group,the difference was statistically significant(t =19.38,P ＜ 0.05).The serum BNP levels of grade Ⅱ,grade Ⅲ and grade Ⅳ patients after treatment compared with pre-treatment,the differences were statistically significant (t =13.65,15.18,17.39,all P ＜ 0.05),from pre-treatment to pro-treatment,the serum BNP levels were gradually increased with increased grade,the differences were statistically significant (t =10.61,21.33,11.06,16.40,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The serun BNP level of chronic heart failure patients significantly increases,and it increases with the increase of cardiac function classification,and shows correlation.As the objective indicators of chronic heart failure,it has better clinical diagnosis value and treatment and prognostic significance.

BACKGROUND: Progressive body mass losses and physical strength decrease are common complications of malignant tumors, and they are important factors that affect the quality of life of the patients.OBJECTIVE: To probe into the curative effect of a Chinese herbal compound Yiqi Xiaozheng granules combined with antitumor drugs in the treatment of malignant tumors and its effect on the quality of life.DESIGN: A randomized controlled observation.SETTING:Clinical Tumor College of Peking University.PARTICIPANT: Totally 61 patients with malignant pulmonary carcinoma,breast or intestinal carcinoma hospitalized in the Wards of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Beijing Cancer Hospital from June 1999 to March 2002 were recruited.METHODS: Altogether 61 cases of malignant tumor were randomized into the treatment group (treated with Chinese herbal compound Yiqi Xiaozheng granules supplemented with chemotherapy)(n=34) and the control group (treated with only chemotherapy was used)(n=27). The difference in curative effect, survival period with tumor and the quality of life of the two groups were observed. The comparison of the curative effects of the two groups was performed according to Clinical Curative Effect Criteria for Solid Tumors stipulated by World Health Organization: completely response, partly response, stable disease, and progressive disease. X-ray examination was performed on the patients before the therapy and two courses of treatment after the therapy to evaluate the curative effect. Physical strength grading was made according to the evaluation criteria of Eastern Oneology Cooperative Group of the United States. The two groups were graded before and after the treatment. The group with decreased grade after the treatment was considered to be improving, but the group with increased grade after the treatment was considered to be worsening.symptom before and after therapyparison of the curative effect of the two groups: The cure rate of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group (partial response rate,stability rate and progression rate of the two groups was 36% ,7% ;52%,survival with tumors: The mean period of survival with tumors of the treatment group was longer than that of the control group until March 2002ing: Physical strength grading status was better after the therapy in the treatment group than that in the control group [ In the treatment group, 9cases (26%)were ameliorated, 25 (74%)appeared stable , none was aggravated; in the control group, 1 case (4%) was ameliorated, 25(93%) appeared of qi-deficiency symptoms in traditional Chinese medicine before and after the treatment between the two groups. Symptoms such as sweating and qi deficiency manifested as disclination to talk, listlessness, debility, etc. were significantly reduced in the treatment group (The numbers of cases before and after the treatment were 20, 9; 17,9; 20,13 respectively). In the control group, the cases either were stable or showed an increase in symptoms (There were 13, 13; 14, 17; 18, 20 respectively before and after treatment).CONCLUSION: Compared with the control group, in the treatment of malignant tumors, Yiqi Xiaozheng granules supplemented with chemotherapy not only enhanced curative effect, but also improved the quality of life and prolonged the period of survival with tumors.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the Reelin protein and schizophrenia .Methods 89 patients with schizophrenia were served as schizophrenic group and 89 healthy people as control group .Western blot was employed to detect their peripheral blood Reelin protein expression .Results The expression level of peripheral blood Reelin protein of patients in schizo-phrenic group(0 .66 ± 0 .27) was significantly lower than that in the control group(1 .01 ± 0 .23)(P<0 .05) .Reelin protein expres-sion levels of male and female patients in schizophrenic group were 0 .66 ± 0 .22 and 0 .66 ± 0 .26 ,respectively ,with no statistically significant difference(t=0 .181 ,P>0 .05) .Reelin protein expression levels of male and female subjects in the control group were 1 .01 ± 0 .25 and 1 .02 ± 0 .26 ,respectively ,with also no statistically significant difference (t=0 .201 ,P>0 .05) .Conclusion The low expression level of Reelin protein is related to schizophrenia .

Objective To stuay the serum levels of sCD40L,hsCRP,ICAM-1 and VCAM-1,and the expression of CD40L of the CD4+T cells in patients withacute coronary syndrome(ACS),and to explore the relationship between CD40L and inflammatory factors and the effects of CD40/CD40L on ACS.Method Thirty-two coronary heart disease patients without history of other discernible systemic disease and medicine of steroids or immunosuppressants taken were divided into acute myocardial infarction group(AMI,n=11),unstable angina pectoris group(USP,n=14)and stable angina pectoris group(SAP,n=7).The control group was composed of eight healthy volunteers(CON group).Theexpression of CD40L Was determined by flow cytometry(FCM).Serum sCD40L.ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 were determined by using ELISA.The serum hsCRP was assayed by using immunoturbidimetry.Data were analyzed with SPSS 11.0 software for windows.Results The expression percentage(%)of CD40L of the CD4+T cells,and the serum levels of sCD40L,hsCRP,ICAM-1 and VCAM-1were sifnificantly higher in patients of AMI group than those in patients of other groups(P＜0.05 or P＜0.01).Similarly,those biomarkers in patients of UAP group were usually higher than those in patients of CON or SAP groups(P＜0.05).There Was a positive correlation between the expression of CD40L and the serum level of VCAM-1 in paients of AMI group(P＜0.05),and likewise,a positive correlation also existed between the serum level of sCD40L and other factors,hsCRP,ICAM-1 as well as VCAM-1,in patients of AMI group(P＜0.05).Conclusions The enhanced expression of CD40L of the CD4+T cells and high serum level of sCD40L are present in patients with acute coronary syndrome.The hsCRP,ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 play roles in the pathogenesis of ACS,and they have correlation with enhanced expression of CD40L and high serum level of sCD40L.Therefore,CD40L and sCD40L may be used as indicators of risk in coronary heart disease.

Objective To analyze the pathologically confirmed pulmonary Actinomycosis in the 11 patients in focusing on clinical features and mis-diagnostic reasons so as to improve physicians' awareness of this rare disease and reduce the misdiagnosis.Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 11 cases with pathologically confirmed pulmonary Actinomycosis during January 2003-August 2015.The clinical data and main causes of misdiagnosis in these cases were collected and analyzed.Results The study included 11 patients with a mean age of(53.0 ± 11.6.0)years.Among the 11 cases,8 (72.7 ％) patients had complications,6 (54.5 ％) were current or ex-smokers.Main clinical manifestations of 11 cases were cough(11/11,100.0 ％),sputum(11/11,100.0 ％),hemoptysis (7/11,63.6％),chest pain(6/11,54.5％)and fever(3/11,27.3％).Ten patients presented with one lobe of lung lesions,including 4 patients in the lower lobe and 3 in the upper lobe of the left lung,2 in the upper lobe and 1 in the lower lobe of the right lung.While,the remained one case presented with lesion locating in right main bronchus.Iconography often presented as pulmonary mass shadow,consolidation shadow,spicule sign,lobulation sign,hilar and/or mediastinal lymphadenopathy and pleural effusion.Vacuolar lesions were observed in some of the focuses.Flexible bronchoscopy was performed in 8 (72.7％)patients.Among them,7 patients showed mucosal swelling and congestion,luminal occlusion with purulence secretion,2 cases with polypoid neoplasm.Initial misdiagnosis rate were 100％ (11/11),among which 7 cases were misdiagnosed as lung cancer,2 cases as fungus infection,and 1 case as pulmonary tuberculosis and 1 case as pneumonia,respectively.All patients were definitely diagnosed by biopsy finding an evidence of hyphae of Actinomycosis in lung tissue specimens.The definitive diagnosis was made by CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy in 4 cases,by transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB)in 5 cases and by thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) in 1 case respectively.Actinomycosis in most patients was cured with high-dose penicillin administration over a prolonged period.Conclusions The diagnosis of pulmonary Actinomycosis remains challenging via its non-specific clinical symptoms and iconography features,and the presence of comorbidity may further increase the difficulty and complexity of diagnosis,leading to delaying-or mistaking-diagnosis.Obtaining positively pathological specimens is diagnostic key.Transbronchial lung biopsy through a bronchoscope and CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy are the priority methods.

Objective To investigate the effect and its mechanism of diazoxide on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) of rats after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.Methods Sixty Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation group,I/R group,and diazoxide pretreatment groups of low,middle,large dose (5,10,20 mg/kg).The I/R models of rats were performed to undergo middle cerebral artery embolism by thread.BBB permeability was estimated by Evans blue (EB) dyeing,transmission electron microscope (TEM) was used to observe the modification of interendothelial tight junction (TJ) of capillaries.The expression of aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in every rat brain tissues was detected by immunity histochemistry technique.Results (1) Compared to sham operation group,the permeability extent of EB were significantly increased by I/R,which was distinctly attenuated in middle and large dose of diazoxide pretreatment rats,while no obvious changes were found between I/R and low dose groups.(2) TEM showed that TJ of the brain tissue opened after I/R injury and no significant opening of TJ was observed in middle and large dose of diazoxide preconditioning groups.(3) Compared to sham operation group,the expression of AQP4 in the brain tissue of the I/R group was apparently increased (P ＜0.01).Compared to I/R group,the expression of AQP4 was apparently increased in middle and large dose pretreatment groups (P ＜ 0.01),and there were no obvious difference between low dose group and the I/R group.Conclusions Preconditioning of ischemia/reperfusion injury with diazoxide protects the blood-brain barrier,which may due to keep the TJ closed and decrease expression of AQP4 protein.

Objective To analyze the influence of 131 I therapy on thyroid function and bone metabolism in patients with Graves 's disease. Methods From February 2014 to January 2017,60 Graves patients in Shaoxing Central Hospital were studied. According to the random number table method,they were divided into observation group and control group,with 30cases in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with methimidazole,and the patients in the observation group were treated with 131 I combined with methimidazole. After treatment for 1 month, the clinical efficacy,three triiodothyronine (FT3 ),free thyroxine (FT4 ),thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) concen-tration,parathyroid hormone (PTH),procollagen amino terminal propeptide (PINP) and osteocalcin (OCN),1,25 hydroxyvitamin D3(1,25(OH)2D3),bone mineral density (BMD),the incidence of goiter,exophthalmos,incidence of hypothyroidism of the two groups were observed. Results After treatment,the total effective rate of the observation group was 93. 33％ ,which of the control group was 73. 33％ . There was statistically significant difference between the two groups (χ2 = 4. 320,P = 0. 037). Before treatment,the levels of FT3 ,FT4 ,TSH between the two groups had no statisticallysignificant differences (all P > 0. 05). After treatment,the FT3 ,FT4 levels of the observation group were (12. 41 ± 1. 24) pmol/ L,(18. 33 ± 4. 25) pmol/ L,respectively,which were significantly lower than those of the control group[ (15. 98 ± 1. 30)pmol/ L,(22. 75 ± 4. 31)pmol/ L](t = 10. 884,P < 0. 0001;t = 4. 000,P < 0. 000). The concentration of TSH in the observation group was (2. 16 ± 0. 39)mIU/ L,which was significantly higher than that of the control group[(1. 72 ± 0. 34)mIU/ L](t = 4. 658,P < 0. 0001). Before treatment,the PTH,PINP,OCN,1,25 (OH)2D3 and BMD between the two groups had no statistically significant differences (all P > 0. 05). After treat-ment,the PINP and OCN of the observation group were (43. 21 ± 3. 69) μg/ L,(27. 42 ± 6. 48) μg/ Lrespectively, which were significantly lower than those of the control group [(55. 87 ± 3. 71) μg/ L,(31. 84 ± 6. 55) μg/ L] (t =13. 252,P < 0. 0001;t = 2. 628,P = 0. 011). The PTH,1,25 ( OH)2D3 and BMD of the observation group were (55. 87 ± 3. 18)ng/ L,(25. 16 ± 2. 84) nmol/ L,(0. 98 ± 0. 17) g/ cm2 ,respectively,which were significantly higher than those in the control group [(49. 89 ± 3. 21)ng/ L,(23. 2 ± 2. 76)nmol/ L,(0. 85 ± 0. 15)g/ cm2 ] (t = 7. 249, P < 0. 001;t = 2. 697,P = 0. 009;t = 3. 141,P = 0. 003). After treatment,the incidence rate of exophthalmos in the observation group was 6. 67％ ,which in the control group was 30. 00％ ,there was statistically significant difference between the two groups (χ2 = 5. 455,P = 0. 020). The incidence rate of goiter of observation group was 3. 33％ ,which was significantly lower than 23. 33％ of the control group (χ2 = 5. 192,P = 0. 023). The incidence rate of hypothy-roidism of the observation group was 13. 33％ ,which in the control group was 10. 00％ ,the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant (χ2 = 0. 162,P = 0. 688). Conclusion 131 I therapy has good clinical effect on Graves disease. It can effectively improve the thyroid function and bone metabolism and has high safety. It is worthy of widely application and popularizing in clinic.

Clinical data of 46 patients with trans-sphincter anal fistula treated by fistulectomy with external anal sphincter bareness in Department of Anorectal Surgery, Jiaxing TCM Hospital from July 2018 to July 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. All operations were performed successfully. There were no significant differences in Wexner incontinence scores (2.00±0.68 vs.1.99±0.70, P<0.05), mean anal resting pressure [(75.60±8.60) vs.(73.60±8.20)mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), P<0.05] and maximum systolic pressure [(109.60±7.80) vs.(107.20±8.30)mmHg, P<0.05] before and 6 months after operation. There were 1 case with postoperative incision bleeding and 2 cases with postoperative infection. All patients were followed up for 6 months and there was no recurrence and changes in anal shape during the follow-up. Results indicate that the fistulectomy external anal sphincter bareness is safe, efficient with well preserved sphincter function for patients with trans-sphincter anal fistula.

AIM and METHODS: Chemotactic migration of peripheral blood mononuclear cell(PBMNC) of healthy blood donors(BD) and patients with blood stasis syndrome(BSS) across polycarbonate membrane(PCM) and human umbilical vein endothelial cell(HUVEC) monolayer, IL-8 produced by migrat PBMNC and effects of protocatechuic aldehyde(PCA) on the process mentioned above were investigated. RESULTS: 1) The numbers of migrating PBMNC in group BSS was higher than that in group BD(P