Cardioplegic (and organ preservation) solutions were initially designed to protect the myocardium (cardiac myocytes) during cardiac surgery (and heart transplantation). Due to the differences between the cardiac myocytes and vascular (endothelial and smooth muscle) cells in structure and function, the solutions may have adverse effect on coronary vascular cells. However, such effect is often complicated by many other factors such as ischemiareperfusion injury, temperature, and perfusion pressure or duration. In evaluation of the effect of a solution on the coronary endothelial function, a number of points should be taken into consideration. First, the overall effect on endothelium should be identified. Second, the effect of the solution on the individual endothelium-derived relaxing factors (nitric oxide, prostacylin, and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor) must be distinguished. Third, the effect of each major component of the solution should be investigated. Fourth, the effect of a variety of new additives in the solution may be studied. In the last decades, we have focused our research on the endothelial function during open heart surgery and have for the first time found that high potassium concentration impairs the EDHF-mediated function. This review attempts to discuss the above issues based on available literature in order to provide information for further development of cardioplegic or organ preservation solutions.

Objective To examine the effect of carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum on local pancreas pathological changes, serum levels of amylase, IL-6, E-selectin and P-selectin in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Fifty healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: CO2 experiment group ( n =20): SAP was induced by injecting 5% sodium taurocholate through retrogradely common biliopancreatic ducts via duodenal papilla,and then CO2 pneumoperitoneum was established at a pressure of 12 mmHg for 30 min; SAP group ( n = 20): The rats were treated as same as CO2 experiment group, excepting CO2 pneumoperitoneum; Control group (n = 10): Abdomen was incised and nothing was done to duodenum and pancreas except for moving them softly. The blood samples were gathered for examining serum levels of amylase, IL-6, E-selectin and P-selectin, and histopathologic examination of pancreas was done.Results Compared with control group, the pancreatic pathologic histology score, serum levels of amylase,IL-6, E-selectin and P-selectin were significantly higher in the CO2 experiment group and SAP group (P =0.000). The levels of IL-6 were significantly lower in CO2 experiment group compared to SAP group (P =0. 000). There was no significant difference between CO2 experiment group and SAP group in pancreatic pathologic histology score( P =- 0.294), the levels of serum amylase ( P = 0.073 ), E-selectin and P-selectin. Conclusions CO2 pneumoperitoneum has no adverse effect on the changes of pathological histopathology and the levels of IL-6, E-selectin and P-selectin in SD rats with SAP.

BACKGROUND: The sensorineural deafness occurs as a result of loss of inner ear hair cells in the cochlea or of their primary afferent the spiral ganglion neurons. Stem cells to restore hearing following inner ear cell death has become a focus in recent years.OBJECTIVE: To summarize research progress in stem cells differentiating into inner ear cells in vitro and in vivo and to review the achievement in stem cells replacing inner ear cells in treating sensorineural deafness.METHODS: With "inner ear, stem cells" as key words, a computer-based online search of Pubmed and CNKI was performed for articles published from January 2000 to August 2009. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 170 articles were collected, and experimental studies and review articles on stem cells in sensorineural deafness were included, while repetitive articles were excluded. Finally, 32 articles were summarized and analyzed. Different types of stem cells have the capacity to differentiate into inner ear cells. They can differentiate into neural cell types. Stem cells can live and migrate, differentiating into cell types of the sites of injury. It provides a therapy strategy to restore hearing following sensorineural deafness by he capacity of stem cells differentiating into inner ear cells. However, it remains further investigation how to function following cell differentiation and how to form the appropriate neural pathways by stem cell transplantation in sensorineural deafness.

BACKGROUND: Pdor findings have demonstrated that body mass of Minority students aged 18-22 years old in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China is slightly lower than concurrent nationwide level.OBJECTIVE: To further investigate the information with respect to healthy status including somatotype and body mass of 2 645 Minority students in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China and to search for correlated influencing factors.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A follow-up investigation was performed in the Guangxi University for Nationalities between December 2004 and December 2007.PARTICIPANTS: A total of 2 645 college students consisting of 1 337 males and 1 308 females who received health examination between years 2003 and 2005 in Guangxi University for Nationalities were recruited into this study. They were aged 18-20 years and were from 15 nationalities.METHODS: According to Health Standard of Students' Constitution (Tdal Program) formulated by the Ministry of Education of China and General Administration of Sport of China, examination indices included somatotype, skills, and physical constitution.Physical functions and body mass index (BMI) of 2 645 Minority students were followed up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Body height, body mass, vital capacity, bending forward while in a sitting position, standing long jump, and BMI.RESULTS: ①The mean increase rate of body height and body mass across 3 years for male college students in Grade 2003 in Guangxi University for Nationalities was 2.45% higher than the concurrent nationwide mean level, and somatotype development was in the peak phase; in addition, female students presented with a little thin body shape, demonstrating slightly poor somatotype development. ②When newly recruited into university, the vital capacity of male and female students was very poor,which was greatly lower than the concurrent nationwide level. Three years later, the vital capacity was increased by 11.55% and 27.72% for male and female students, respectively, both of which was higher than corresponding concurrent nationwide level.③ The function of bending forward while in a sitting position of male and female students was higher than the corresponding concurrent nationwide level. The function of bending forward while in a sitting position of male students tended to increase year by year, while the concurrent nationwide level of male students was gradually decreased, and the concurrent nationwide level of rural female students was gradually increased.④The function of standing long jump was greatly improved. The mean increase rate across 3 years was 18.15%, which was 2.61% higher than the concurrent nationwide level. The general standing long jump function of female students was poorer compared to the corresponding concurrent nationwide level. ⑤The general BMI of male and female Minority students was a little lower than the corresponding concurrent nationwide level (P< 0.01).CONCLUSION: All recruited 2 645 Minority students were in the peak of development, and the function of vital capacity was poorer compared to the concurrent nationwide level. BMI distribution was different in female and male students, and there were more female students presenting with lower body mass than male students, demonstrating a general poor nutritional state of college students.

The purpose of the study is to construct R8 peptide (RRRRRRRR) and pH sensitive polyethylene glycols (PEG) co-modified liposomes (Cl-Lip) and utilize them in breast cancer treatment. The co-modified liposomes were prepared with soybean phospholipid, cholesterol, DSPE-PEG2K-R8 and PEG5K-Hz-PE (pH sensitive PEG). The size and zeta potential of Cl-Lip were also characterized. The in vitro experiment demonstrated that the Cl-Lip had high serum stability in 50% fetal bovine serum. The cellular uptake of Cl-Lip under different pre-incubated conditions was evaluated on 4T1 cells. And the endocytosis pathway, lysosome escape ability and tumor spheroid penetration ability were also evaluated. The results showed the particle size of the Cl-Lip was (110.4 ± 5.2) nm, PDI of the Cl-Lip was 0.207 ± 0.039 and zeta potential of the Cl-Lip was (-3.46 ± 0.05) mV. The cellular uptake of Cl-Lip on 4T1 cells was pH sensitive, as the cellular uptake of Cl-Lip pre-incubated in pH 6.0 was higher than that of pH 7.4 under each time point. The main endocytosis pathways of Cl-Lip under pH 6.0 were micropinocytosis and energy-dependent pathway. At the same time, the Cl-Lip with pre-incubation in pH 6.0 had high lysosome escape ability and high tumor spheroid penetration ability. All the above results demonstrated that the Cl-Lip we constructed had high pH sensitivity and is a promising drug delivery system.
Animals ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell-Penetrating Peptides ; chemical synthesis ; chemistry ; Cholesterol ; chemistry ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Liposomes ; Mice ; Oligopeptides ; chemical synthesis ; chemistry ; Particle Size ; Phospholipids ; chemistry ; Polyethylene Glycols

Objective To study the effect of the Aiyishu injection combined with chemotherapy for middle and advanced cancer patients in the near future curative effect and survival quality.Methods 127 middle and advanced cancer patients were randomly divided into two groups,71 cases in therapeutic group and 56 cases in control group.The therapeutic group and control group both choose the same sickness plants and combined chemotherapy plan of pathology,therapeutic group added the Aiyishu injection 40 ml to drip. The treatment course lasted 14 days,with 3～4 courses,Simple chemotherapy was used in the control group. Results In the therapeutic group,there were 3 cases of complete response(CR),23 cases,of partial response (PR),the rate of response is 36.62 %(26/71).In the control group,there was 1 case of complete response(CR), 10 cases of partial response(PR),the rate of response is 19.64 %(11/56).There was significant difference be- tween the two groups(P0.05),whereas it declined significantly in the control group after chemotherapy(P

Objective To explore the atypical ultrasonic appearances of breast fibroadenoma and analyze the cause of mis diagnosis.Methods A total of 493 lesions in 485 patients of breast fibroadenoma detected by ultrasound examination andconfirmed by pathology were retrospectively analyzed.Atypical appearances were analyzed and misdiagnosis rate were cal-culated.Statistical methods were taken to compare the misdiagnosis rates in lesions with various atypical appearances andthose with none or single atypical appearance.Misdiagnosis rates in lesions with different sizes and pathological types wereanalyzed statically.Then misdiagnosing causes were analyzed.Results A total of 404 lesions were diagnosed correctly,in-cluding 99 lesions with atypical appearances,and the other 89 lesions were misdiagnosed,which showed atypical appear-ances.The misdiagnosis rate of lesions with ≥2 atypical features was higher than that with none or single atypical feature(x2 =256.40,P＜ 0.05).Large lesions (maximum diameter＞ 3 am) showed higher misdiagnosis rates than small ones(maximum diameter ≤3 cm,x2=6.73,P＜0.05),and complex fibroadenoma lesions also showed higher misdiagnosisrate than simple ones (x2 =188.01,P＜0.05).Conclusion The lesions with various atypical appearances,large size andcomplex fibroadenoma in pathology are easy to be misdiagnosed.

To exert the role of high quality resources of national experimental teaching demonstration center in teaching,we have promoted laboratory opening through research teaching.By the contest of university students’experiment designing and inviting public bidding for exploring experiment,we encourage students to conduct innovation research,blazed their orexis and enthusiasm to start scientific research.We also encourage teachers to explore new teaching methods and innovated experimental items.

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the simultaneous determination of acetic acid and succinic acid in Banxia syrup. METHODS:RP-HPLC was performed on the column of GL InterSustain-C18 with mobile phase of 0.03 mol/L ammonium di-hydrogen phosphate buffer solution(pH2.0)-methanol(gradient elution)at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min,the detection wavelength was 210 nm,column temperature was 30 ℃,injection volume was 10 μl. RESULTS:The linear range was 0.020 98-0.209 8 μg/ml for acetic acid(0.999 9)and 12.04-120.4 μg/ml for succinic acid(r=0.999 9);limits of quantification were 0.15,18.24 ng,limits of detection were 0.045, 5.53 ng;RSDs of precision, stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 2%;recoveries were 97.45%-101.68%(RSD=1.39%,n=9) and 98.31%-101.08%(RSD=1.01%,n=9). CONCLUSIONS:The method is accurate and rapid,and suitable for the simultaneous determination of acetic acid and succinic acid in Banxia syrup.

The incidence of acute kidney injury(AKI) in neonate is not low,it occurs in many cases such as ischemic-hypoxic injury,infection,administration of nephrotoxicity drugs and urinary tract obstruction,of which perinatal asphyxia ranked first in China.Due to the severe food security crisis,the occurrence of urinary tract obstruction is rising in recent years.The child health care should pay attention to prevent and screen this kind of disease for the high risk group.The diagnosis of AKI is difficult for newborn because serum creatinine and urine are hard to make a definite boundary.So study of early markers of AKI seems to be of great importance,of which neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin and cystatin C are research focuses,treatments should aim at solving primary disease such as ischemic,and so on.Renal replacement therapy is recommended when it comes to severe cases,but mortality still remains high,corresponding to severe primary disease and complications.