Clinical islet transplantation is currently being explored as a treatment for its superiorities of lesser in vasive,lower risk,avoiding or preventing chronic complications.Because of the difficulty in isolation,purification and transplantation,the yield of islet is lower than needed;shortage of donor,difficulty in obtaining adequate islet cells for sustaining B cell mass and function over time,and immune rejection reactions are the hurdels to widespread application of islet transplantation.

Background and purpose:Backgrounds and Objective: Oxaliplatin is a third-generation platinum compound,there are some distinct differeuces in mechanism between cisplatin and oxaliplatin,and oxaliplatin is less toxic Poorly differentiated cartinoma is the most common histological type,for nasopharyngeal carcinoma,although radiotherapy is the basic therapeutic approach to nasopharyngeal carcinoma,chemotherapy is also important for recurrent and metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma,so in this work we analyzed the effects of oxaliplatin on nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell lines in vitro.Methods:CNE2 was incubated with oxaliplatin at various concentrations and times,cell growth inhibition was assessed by MTT-microculture tetrazolium assay,cell-cycle kinetics and apoptosis were analyzed by flow cytometry and microscopy transmission electron.Results:Growth of CNE2 cells was significantly inhibited in a dose-dependent and time-dependment fashion.The inhibition of cell growth inhibition was(95.6?0.7)% after incubation with 100 ug/ml oxaliplatin for 48 hours,the cell was arrested at G_(2)/M and apoptosis was induced.When CNE2 cells were treated with oxaliplatin at the concentration of 0、0.03、4.0、100 ?g/ml,the rates of CNE2 cell apoptosis were(0.19?0.17)% 、(0.37?0.09)%、(5.50?1.08)%、(9.43?0.09)%,respectively.24 hours after 20 ?g/ml the CNE2 cells were characterized by chromatin condensation,chromatin crescent formation,nucleus fragmentation and apoptosis body by transmission electron microscopy.Conclusions:Oxaliplatin suppresses the growth of CNE2 cells in vitro by causing cell-cycle arrest and cell apoptosis.

In recent years,thyroid cancer incidence increased year by year,after the effective prevention of iodine deficiency disorders in many countries,which caused widespread attention in academia.Whether is this increasing trend related to the implementation of policy of iodized salt in many countries? Currently,the association between iodine intake and thyroid cancer is unclear.This review article describes the metabolic and nutritional status of iodine,and the epidemiology of thyroid cancer,and further elaborates the relationship and the pathogenesis of iodine and thyroid cancer.

Aiming at the issue of motor imagery electroencephalography (EEG) pattern recognition in the research of brain-computer interface (BCI), a power feature method based on discrete wavelet packet decomposition is proposed for the channels C3 and C4. Firstly, a six-border Butterworth filter is used to denoise the two-channel EEG signals. Secondly, two-channel EEG signals are decomposed to five levels using Daubechies wavelet and the fourth level and the fifth level are chosen to reconstruct the signals and compute its power feature. Finally, linear discriminant analysis (LDA) is utilized to classify the feature and the Kappa value is utilized to measure the accuracy of the classifier. This method is applied to the standard dataset BCICIV_2b-gdf of BCI Competition 2008, and experimental results show that this method reflect the feature of event-related synchronization and event-related desynchronization obviously and it is an effective way to classify the EEG patterns in the research of BCI.
Brain-Computer Interfaces ; Electroencephalography ; instrumentation ; methods

Objective Under the psychological stress framework,to investigate the changes of psychological stress before and during the IVF treatment,and the effects of psychological factors on IVF outcome. Methods We assessed factors of psychological stress before and during the IVF treatment with PSS,STAI,SDS and MCMQ. Results 324 women completed the questionnaires. The baseline SDS and PSS scores of 25.26?4.944 and 44.41?9.812,respectively were significantly higher than norm scores(P

BACKGROUND:Impact mechanics properties of thoracic vertebra cancellous bone should be understood in treating osteoporosis,bone remodeling,bone reconstruction,as well as fixator selection for thoracic vertebral fracture.Most of previous studies concerning youth and the elderly bodies alone,reports regarding impact of thoracic vertebra cancellous bone mechanical properties are few.OBJECTIVE:To perform impact experiment to the normal people youth and the elderly fresh corpse thoracic vertebra cancellous bone to survey the impact mechanical properties,and to definite whether the impact mechanical properties of thoracic vertebra trabecular bone have difference between youth and the elderly people.METHODS:Experimental samples were from 4 normal fresh corpse,aged 20,25,70 and 75 years,were provided by Department of Anatomy,Norman Bethune Medical University.Spinal column thoracic vertebra T_(3-12) specimen were obtained from corpse within 1 hours and cut into 40 mm×6 mm×6 mm pieces,with 20 test pieces in each group.The impact experiment was performed using energy liberation method at room temperature under 28 ℃.After experiment,the impact energy was displayed automatic on testing machine,and the impact toughness was calculated by mechanical formula,and the morphology of fracture surface was observed.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The impact energy and impact toughness of the youth group was obviously greater than that of the elderly group (P＜0.05).Majority of the fracture surfaces were comminuted,minority were transverse or oblique fracture.The macroscopic observation showed that trabecular arranged compact in the thoracic vertebra cancellous bone of the youth group,which was sparse arrangement and presented with senile osteoporosis in the elderly group.It demonstrated that the impact mechanics properties of thoracic vertebra cancellous bone are different between the youth and elderly groups,and osteoporosis changes impact mechanics properties in the elderly people.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the serum ghrelin level and ?-cell function after treatment of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods 34 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus were divided into three groups of pre-treatment(DM0),two weeks after treatment(DM1)and six months after treatment(DM2).Intravenous glucose tolerance tests(IVGTT)were performed and blood glucose,HbA1C,ghrelin,insulin were measured during the study.Insulin sensitivity was assessed by homeostasis model assessment(HOMA).Results(1)Compared with DM0 group,beta-cell function and the mean AUC of insulin were dramatically improved in groups of DM1 and DM2(all P

Objective To analyze genetic relationship of Leishmania species and strains from China by RAPD technique. Methods DNAs from Leishmania strains, including L donovani(L d.) isolates from patients, dogs and sandflies of three different foci in China and international reference strains, were amplified by seven random primers. The DNA polymorphic bands detected were analyzed by clustering analysis with SPSS software. Results ① L d . isolates from hill and plain foci in China were divided into two groups. The genetic distance of L d .isolates is distant between them. ② L d .XJ771, L d .XJ901, L d .XJ801 from desert, vicinity of desert, and plain regions in Xinjiang were in the same group.It indicated that the genetic distance among L d .isolates from the three regions is close. ③ L d .isolated from VL patients and dogs in hill foci could not be discriminated distintly, showing high homology between them. ④ L d .DD8 from India,the reference strain of plain type,was clustered with L d .isolates from plain foci in China.It provided scientific basis for the viewpoint "Kala Azar from east area of China is similar to that from India". ⑤ L infantum and L d .isolates from hill foci in China were clustered into different groups. ⑥ The genetic distance is close between L d .isolates from plain foci in China and L d .Jed;⑦ L infantum and L tropica showed the closest genetic distance. Conclusion Differences at genetic level exist in Leishmania isolates from different foci in China.

Objective To study the effect of TGF-?1 on the activation of ERK MAPK in human bronchial epithelial BEP2D cells. Methods Western blot was employed to examine the time-dependent activation of ERK MAPK by TGF-?1. BEP2D cells were harvested after treatment of human bronchial epithelial cells with 2 ng/ml TGF-?1 for 0, 10, 30, 60, 120, 240 and 480 min, respectively. Fluorescent dye staining and flow cytometry were employed to assess the apoptosis of BEP2D cells treated with vehicle, or with 2ng/ml TGF-?1, or co-treated with 2ng/ml TGF-?1 and 5?M U0126. Proliferation of BEP2D cells treated with vehicle, or with 2ng/ml TGF-?1 or 5?M U0126, or co-treated with 2ng/ml TGF-?1 and 5?M U0126 was assayed with colony-forming test, respectively. Morphological observation was performed to observe the morphological changes in BEP2D cells treated with vehicle, or with 5ng/ml TGF-?1 or 5?M U0126, or co-treated with 5ng/ml TGF-?1 and 5?M U0126, respectively. Results TGF-?1 activated ERK MAPK in BEP2D cell. The maximal activation of ERK MAPK took place at 60min after stimulation with 2ng/ml TGF-?1. TGF-?1 treatment effectively inhibited cell proliferation, and induced their apoptosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Pretreatment with U0126, an inhibitor of ERK MAPK, significantly enhanced the TGF-?1-mediated anti-proliferation and apoptosis effects, and inhibited the effect of epithelial-mesenchymal transition of TGF-?1 in BEP2D cells. Conclusion TGF-?1-induced phosphorylation of ERK MAPK may participate in BEP2D cell proliferation and apoptosis regulation.

Objective:To observe the changes of 5-HT1B and D1DR expression in nucleus of SNr/GPi-VL-SMA pathway in pre and post-exhaustive exercise,and investigate the central mechanism of SNr/GPi-VL-SMA pathway modulating the occurrence and development of exercise-induced fatigue.Method:Twenty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group (CG),immediately after exhaustion group (EG),and 90min after recovery group (RG),each consists of 8 rats.The expression level of 5-HT1B and D1DR receptors in each group were observed with the immunohistochemistry technique.Result:Compared with CG,the positive cell area/scanning area value (R value) and the average optical density value (AOD value) of 5-HT1B receptor in SNr and GPi of the EG and RG rats both decreased significantly (P ＜ 0.05),while the R value and AOD value of D1DR both increased significantly(P＜ 0.05).The R value and AOD value of 5-HT1B receptor in VL of EG and RG rats increased significantly(P＜0.05,P＜0.01).In SMA,the R value and AOD value of 5-HT1B receptor of EG and RG rats increased significantly (P＜ 0.05),while,the R value and AOD value of D1DR receptor decreased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion:Changes of 5-HT1B receptor and D1DR receptor expression in the nuclei of ‘SNr/GPi-VL-SMA'pathway caused the changes of the neurotransmitters release,thus affecting the excitability of the electrical activity of neurons,this might be one of the important ways for ‘SNr/GPi-VL-SMA'pathway modulating the exercise-induced fatigue and exercise performance.