Acupuncture Therapy ; Endophthalmitis ; etiology ; therapy ; Facial Paralysis ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Male ; Phenols ; toxicity ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sertoli Cells ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Steroidogenic Factor 1 ; genetics ; metabolism

Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. It is very important to explore the biomarkers for the early prediction of preeclampsia. Some peptides released from placenta, such as soluble Flt-1 and placenta growth factor (PlGF), have been revealed for definite prospects of application. Meanwhile, the recent advances in proteomics, metabolomics and microRNA shed light on searching of new biomarkers for preeclampsia prediction.

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is a rare and heterogeneous group of tumors with widely varying morphologies and behaviors. Due to their rarity and heterogeneity, progress in improving its treatment has been slow. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) is a subset of NETs, previously known as islet cell tumors, occupies 3% of the primary pancreatic tumors with the annual incidence rate of (1-2)/100 000. In recent years, it is very necessary to improve the diagnosis and treatment of pNETs.

Antibacterial therapy is a global health issue. The antibiotic resistance is becoming an increasingly serious threat, which caused by misuse and overuse of antibacterial agents combined with the emergence of new resistance mechanism. The resulting infection treatment risk and incidence of the spread of disease, severe cases and deaths are increased in different degrees. With the extensive application of biomaterials and nanotechnology to biomedicine, extensive research has been conducted on antibacterial infection. With the specific physicochemical properties like optical, electric and magnetic and high penetration, inorganic nanomaterials can produce natural antibacterial effect. Nanomedicine can be designed to allow controlled drug release and targeting effect, thus demonstrated better antibacterial efficiency. In this review, the mechanism of antibacterial resistance is described, and the antibacterial infection research on inorganic nanomaterials, as well as nano-drug delivery system including liposomes, nanoparticles, dendrimers and biomimetic nanocarriers are summarized. Nanomaterials and nanotechnology offer promising strategies for the development of new agents that can improve efficacy on antibacterial infections and overcome antibiotic resistance potentially.

OBJECTIVETo observe the expression of homeobox gene Msx-1, Msx-2 and Dlx-2 during murine mandibular first molar development.

METHODSThe murine heads or mandibles on embryonic days 11-18 (E11-18) and postnatal day 1-3 (P1-3) were removed, fixed and embedded, 5 micro m serial sections were cut in the coronal plane. Msx-1, Msx-2 and Dlx-2 RNA probes were synthesized by in vitro transcription and labeled with digoxigenin. Msx-1, Msx-2 and Dlx-2 mRNA expression was observed after in situ hybridization.

RESULTSDuring molar development Msx-1 transcripts appeared only in mesenchymal cells, not in epithelial cells. Msx-2 and Dlx-2 both expressed in the epithelial and mesenchymal cells. At the initiation stage of the molar development Msx-2 and Dlx-2 had similar expression. At the bud stage (E13-14) Msx-2 mRNA signaling was intensive in the enamel organ and slight in the dental mesenchyme; Dlx-2 signaling was stronger in the dental papilla. At cap stage (E15-16) Msx-2 showed prominent mRNA signaling in enamel knot and Dlx-2 was maximal in the dental papilla. At the late bell stage (P2-3) Msx-2 transcripts were observed in odontoblasts but not labeled in ameloblasts, and Dlx-2 transcripts appeared in ameloblasts but no labeling was seen in odontoblasts.

CONCLUSIONSMsx-1, Msx-2 and Dlx-2 are expressed in various patterns during murine mandibular first molar development, suggesting they possibly play a role in the interaction between the epithelium and mesenchyme during the molar development.

Animals ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; genetics ; Female ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Genes, Homeobox ; Homeodomain Proteins ; genetics ; MSX1 Transcription Factor ; Male ; Mandible ; embryology ; Mice ; Molar ; embryology ; RNA, Messenger ; analysis ; Transcription Factors ; genetics

Aged ; Female ; Fractures, Compression ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Fractures ; surgery ; Vertebroplasty ; methods

In vivo tumor imaging technique method based on bioluminescence principle was established to evaluate the anti-tumor effect of paclitaxel mixed micelle (PMM). MDA-MB-231 tumor cells with luciferase reporter vectors were firstly implanted into nude mice, and subsequently the luciferase substrate was regularly injected during intraperitoneal administration of PMM. Then the tumor size, growth and the intensity of light signals were monitored with in vivo imaging technique. The method of luciferase tumor in vivo imaging could be real-time, reliable and exact in labeling and reflecting the growth of tumors, and the observed results were consistent with that by conventional method, so it would be a feasible approach to study anti-tumor effect of drugs. The anti-tumor effect of paclitaxel mixed micelle was observed by this method, and the results showed that this formulation could inhibit growth of tumor, and the anti-tumor rate of it was about 85%.
Animals ; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Breast Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Female ; Humans ; Luminescent Measurements ; Male ; Melanoma, Experimental ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Nude ; Micelles ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Paclitaxel ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Particle Size ; Tumor Burden ; drug effects

Objective To evaluate the effect of nimodipine on postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients with lacunar infarction. Methods Sixty patients with lacunar infarction of both sexes, aged 65-80 yr, of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱor Ⅲ, scheduled for elective spinal surgery under general anesthesia, were divided into 2 groups (n= 30 each) using a random number table: control group (group C) and nimodipine group (group N). Nimodipine 7. 5 μg·kg-1 ·h-1 was in-travenously infused starting from 30 min before anesthesia induction until the end of surgery in group N, while the equal volume of normal saline was given in group C. At 30 min before infusing nimodipine (T1 ), immediately after tracheal intubation (T2 ), at 1 h after skin incision (T3 ) and at the end of surgery (T4 ), blood samples were taken from the radial artery and jugular bulb for blood gas analysis. Jugular bulb oxygen content, arterial-jugular bulb oxygen content difference, cerebral oxygen uptake rate and jugular-arterial lactate concentration difference were calculated. The concentrations of S100β protein and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in serum of the jugular bulb were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent as-say. The occurrence of POD was recorded within 3 days after operation. Results Compared with group C, jugular bulb oxygen content was significantly increased, and arterial-jugular bulb oxygen content difference and cerebral oxygen uptake rate were decreased at T3,4 , the concentrations of serum S100β protein were de-creased and the concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor were increased at T2-4 , the incidence of POD was decreased (P<0. 05), and no significant change was found in jugular-arterial lactate concentra-tion difference at each time point in group N (P>0. 05). Conclusion Nimodipine can reduce the devel-opment of POD, and the mechanism may be related to improving intraoperative cerebral oxygen metabolism and reducing brain injury in elderly patients.

Background and Objective：Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM 1)deficiency may increase the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).This study was to evaluate the correlation of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the coding region of GSTMl gene to NPC susceptibility in southern China population.Methods：In total 239 NPC patients and 286 age-matched healthy controls were entered into the study.Among them.225 out of 239 NPC patients and 273 out of 286 controls were used for statisticaI analysis.SNP screening of all exons.relevant intron-exon boundaries.and the promoter region of GSTM 1，in total 4739bp，was performed by PCR direcl sequencing.The loci T1270533G and C1256088Cwere selected for the case-controI study using the tetra-Primer ARMS-PCR.as well as the sequencing method.Results：In totaf 29 SNPs of GSTM 1 were identified by sequencing.Missense mutation occurred in the polymorphic loci of T1270533G and C1256088C.However.no evident relationships between the variant of T1270533G and clinicaI phenotypes of NPC were obsewed in the NPC group and healthy control group(OR=0.1 70，95%CI=0.95-0.306for homozygote TT).The deletion frequency of C1256088C was 45%(45/100)for NPC patients and 42%(42/100)for controls.Conclusions：The polymorphism of T1270533G does not affect the detoxification function of GSTM1.The T1270533G JOCUS has no apparent association with genetic susceptibility to NPC in the southern China population.The IOSS rate of C1256088C is high in this study.