Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Endothelin-1 ; metabolism ; Male ; Nitric Oxide ; metabolism ; Paraquat ; poisoning ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

X-ray plane film. Three-dimensional CT could show the three-dimensional structure of spinal canal clearly. The postoperative efficacy of all patients was satisfactory. Conclusion The three checking methods of spinal fracture were complementary to each other, but three-dimensional CT had the advantage in reconstructing spinal canal.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of carboxymethyl-chitosan(CMCS) on chondrocyte apoptosis induced by sodium nitroprusside (SNP),and the effects of CD44 in the process.MethodsA small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting to CD44 mRNA (siRNA-1,siRNA-2,siRNA-3) was constructed.The siRNA was transfected into chondrocytes in vitro with LipofectamineTM 2000.The efficacy of transfection was detected by transfecting fluorescence siRNA into cells.The mRNA expression of CD44 in vitro was detected by RT-PCR.The protein level of CD44 was detected by Western blotting.The apoptosis rate of the transfected and non-transfected cells induced by SNP was detected by flow cytometry.Statistical analysis was conducted with one-way ANOVA and SNK-q test.ResultsThe efficacy of transfection was about 60％.As compared with the control group,the mRNA expression was specifically inhibited after transfecting CD44 siRNA-1 for 24,48 and 72 h(0.198±0.007 vs 0.429±0.053 at 24 h,0.211±0.016 vs 0.501±0.037 at 48 h,0.153±0.005 vs 0.341±0.009 at 72h,q=5.93,7.01,11.23,P＜0.01 ),and the protein level of cells was inhibited after transfecting CD44 siRNA-1 for 24 h compared with the control group (0.231±0.064 vs 0.675±0.113,q=13.09,P＜0.01 ).The FCM results showed that 3 mmol/L SNP could induce chondrocytes apoptosis(70±6)％,and 50,100,200 μg/ml C MCS could affect the inhibitory effect of SNP-induced apoptosis of chondrocyte [ (51 ±7)％,(30±4)％,(15±4)％,q=5.08,6.97,9.73,P＜0.01 ],but it had milder inhibitory effect on CD44-siRNA-1 transfected chondrocytes when compared with those of the non-transfected chondrocytes [ (34±6)％ vs(15±4)％,q=6.95,P＜0.01 ].ConclusionThe data of this study has suggest that siRNA-1 against CD44 gene can significantly inhibit the expression of CD44 in chondrocyte of rats in vitro after transfection.The CD44 may play an important role in chondrocyte apoptosis induced by SNP and protected by CMCS.

We investigated the Toxop lasma infection prevalence among planned pregnant women in Chongqing ,and to pro‐vide reference for the first level intervention of birth defects in the region .A total of 11 953 planned pregnant women were se‐lected by proportionally stratified multi‐stage random sampling method .Questionnaire survey was given to the women ,and blood samples were collected .Specific IgM and IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma were detected with ELISA .Results showed that among the 11 953 cases surveyed ,Toxoplasma IgM was positive in 71 cases ,with the positive rate of 0 .59% ;IgG was positive in 771 cases ,with the positive rate of 6 .54% .The positive rate of IgM and IgG antibodies in the metropolitan core re‐gion of the city was higher than that in the suburb areas (χ2 =35 .28 ,P<0 .000 1 ;χ2 =82 .65 ,P<0 .000 1) .The positive rate of IgM antibody increased with the educational level (χ2trend=3 .25 ,P=0 .001 1) .The positive rates of IgM and IgG varied in occupations among women (χ2 =13 .93 , P= 0 .016 0;χ2 = 15 .58 ,χ2 =0 .008 1) ,with the highest rate of public officials . Planned pregnant women with the history of abnormal pregnancy outcomes had higher positive rate of T .gondii IgM and IgG antibodies than those in the control (χ2 =6 .85 ,P=0 .008 9;χ2 =59 .25 ,P<0 .000 1) .There was no significant difference of IgM positive rate between the planned pregnancy women who had closed contact to cats and the control group (χ2 =0 .23 ,P=0 .628 6) ,while the positive rate of IgG was higher than that of the control group (χ2 =9 .95 ,P=0 .001 6) .T .gondii infec‐tion rate was on the low level of planned pregnant women in Chongqing .Adverse pregnancy outcomes are related to Toxoplas‐ma infection .

Objective To investigate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and its epidemiological characteristics among planned pregnancy couples in Chongqing.Methods A total of 10 712 planned pregnancy couples were selected by proportionally stratified multi-stage random sampling method during April and December 2013.A questionnaire survey was performed, and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA) was used for hepatitis B virus surface antigen ( HBsAg ) and hepatitis B surface antibody ( anti-HBs) detection.SAS 8.2 was adopted for data process.Chi-square test and test for linear trend were performed to compare the rates of HBsAg and anti-HBs among different populations.Results Among 21 424 individuals, 1 718 (8.02%) were HBsAg positive.The positive rate of HBsAg in husbands was 9.48%, which was significantly higher than that in wives (6.55%,χ2 =63.39, P<0.01).Anti-HBs was positive in 8 967 (41.85%) individuals, and the positive rates in husbands and wives were 42.39% and 41.32%respectively (χ2 =2.54, P>0.05).The positive rates of HBsAg and anti-HBs increased with the age (χ2 =2.98 and 9.83,P<0.01).The highest HBsAg positive rate and lowest anti-HBs positive rate were observed among individuals of southeast of Chongqing.The positive rates of HBsAg and anti-HBs varied in people with different occupation.The highest HBsAg and anti-HBs positive rates were found in private business owners (9.18%) and public employees (49.69%) , respectively;and the lowest HBsAg and anti-HBs positive rates were found in public employees (6.79%) and farmers (39.08%), respectively.As the education level increased, HBsAg positive rate was decreasing (χ2 =-3.33, P<0.01), and anti-HBs positive rate was increasing (χ2 =9.73, P<0.01).Conclusions The prevalence of HBV infection is still high among planned pregnancy couples in Chongqing in the year of 2013.Vaccination and the related treatments should be enforced in population with high risk of HIV infection.

Adult ; Endoscopy ; Epistaxis ; etiology ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Cavity ; surgery ; Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic ; complications ; surgery

Adolescent ; Adult ; Arsenic Poisoning ; drug therapy ; Child ; Chronic Disease ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Phytotherapy

OBJECTIVE: To study the antibacterial activity of meropenem in vitro and the pharmacokinetics of which in patients with burn injury. METHODS: The minimal inhibition concentration (MIC) of meropenem against 136 clinical isolates was determined with double agar dilution method. 28 patients with burn injury were given 0.5g of meropenem by iv gtt, with the blood concentration of meropenem and the recovery of meropenem in urine were determined at different time. The pharmacokinetics parameters were computed with 3p97 software. RESULTS: Meropenem showed a strong antibacterial activity against K.peneumoniae, pneumonococcus and Enterobacter cloacae. MIC90 was below 0.0 075～0.25?g/ml. Pharmacokinetics parameters of meropenem were the following: t1/2? was (0.35?0.12) h,t1/2? was (2.10?0.71) h,AUC was (44.62?12.95) ?g/ml,Vc was (10.60?3.93) L; CLs was (12.00?3.04) L/h. 6.5 hours later, the mean blood concentration was (1.01?0.53)?g/ml; and the recovery of meropenem in 0h～12h urine was (58.06?16.83) %. CONCLUSIONS: Meropenem showed a very strong antibacterial activity in this study,there were significant differences regarding the in vivo pharmacokinetics parameters between the healthy volunteers and the patients with burn injury.

Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Ethanol ; toxicity ; Hepatocytes ; drug effects ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Transcription Factor RelA ; metabolism

Objective To investigate the protective effects of daidzein (DD) on myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis induced by pressure overload in rats and to study its mechanism. MethodsMyocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis model of rats induced by pressure overload was prepared by constricting abdominal aorta. The operated rats were randomly divided into sham operated control group, aorta-constricted model group, and three DD groups (30, 60, and 120 mg/kg). Four weeks later, the heart-weight (HW), left ventricular weight (LVW), the ratio of HW/BW and LVW/BW (LVI), and the cardio-myocyte diameters (MD) after dying by HE color were measured. The content of collagen and nitric oxide (NO), the activity of calcineurin (CaN) and Na+, K+-ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase in the left ventricle were quantified with spectrophotometry. The angiotension Ⅱ (AngⅡ) in the left ventricle was messured with radioimmunoassay. Results In aorta-constricted model group, the ratio of HW/BW, LVI, and MD as well as the content of collagen and AngⅡ, the activity of CaN in the left ventricle was significantly increased, and Na+, K+-ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase activity and NO content in the left ventricle were obviously decreased. After treatment of the left ventricular with DD, NO content, Na+, K+-ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase activity were significantly increased, the content of collagen and of AngⅡ and the activity of CaN in the left ventricle and the ratio of HW/BW, LVI, and MD were significantly reduced. ConclusionDD has protective effects on ventricular remodeling in rats with myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis induced by pressure overload and its mechanism may be related to raising NO content and reducing the level of AngⅡ and the activity of CaN.