Objective To evaluate the safety and feasibility of retroperitoneal laparoscopic excision of pheochromocytoma. Methods Retroperitoneal laparoscopic excision of pheochromocytoma was performed on 20 patients with pheochromocytoma (group A).At the same period, 20 patients with pheochromocytoma undergoing open surgery served as controls (group B).Intraoperative blood pressure, heart rate, plasma noradrenalin (NE) concentration,operative time, volume of blood loss, cases receiving blood transfusion, postoperative activity out of bed days, postoperative hospital stay,were compared between the 2 groups.The NE concentration was determined using RP-HPLC-ECD. Results The operations were successful in all the patients. Intraoperatively,3 cases (15.0%) in group A and 12 cases (60.0%) in group B experienced acute fluctuation in blood pressure,heart rate and pulse [maximum blood pressure,220/110 mm Hg(1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa) vs 210/115 mmHg; minimum blood pressure,88/57 mm Hg vs 85/60!mm Hg;maximum heart rate,122/min vs 120/min, respectively].The NE concentratioo correspondingly fluctuated from the maximum 16.82 ng/ml to the minimum 6.28 ng/ml (normal reference,0.32 ng/ml) (P

Objective To investigate the preventive effect of thin foam dressings(Allevyn Thin)combined with ice compress on facial plastic postoperative swelling and to summarize the nursing key points.Methods Sixty patients after facial plastic surgeries in our department were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group with 30 cases in each group.In the control group,ice packs wrapped with sterile gauze were placed on the patients’ wound dressings postoperatively and fixed properly for 30 to 40 minutes with an interval of 30 minutes,6 to 10 times a day for 72 hours postoperatively.In the observation group,thin foam dressing was stick to the wounds,followed by ice compress as in the control group.The facial swelling degrees of both groups were compared on day 3 and day 7 postoperatively.Result The swelling degree in the observation group was significantly smaller than that of the control group(P<0.01).Conclusion Thin foam dressings combined with ice compress can effectively improve the postoperative early swelling of patients receiving facial plastic surgery and therefore it is worthy of clinical popularization and application.

Objective To investigate the effect of Salvia miltiorrhiza extracts on morphine physical dependence in mice. Methods The physical dependence model was induced by repeated sc morphine daily in mice and then withdrawal symptom was induced by ip naloxone. Different doses of S. miltiorrhiza extracts were administrated by ip during or after the induction phase of morphine dependence, and effects of S. miltiorrhiza extracts both by preventive and acute administration on naloxone-precipiated withdrawal symptom in mice were investigated. The potential physical dependence of S. miltiorrhiza extracts was studied. Results Compared to morphine model group, preventive administration of S. miltiorrhiza extracts (100—200 mg/kg) could reduce the number of naloxone-induced withdrawal jumps (P

Aim To investigate the protective effects and mechanism of aspirin against focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in rats. Methods Right middle cerebral artery was occluded by inserting a thread through internal carotid artery for 2 h, and then reperfused for 72 h. 60 mg?kg -1 dose of aspirin was intragastric administrated at 0 h and 6 h after reperfusion. The brain injured area, the mortality, and cerebral edema were estimated. The apoptotic cells of brain tissue were detected by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP-biotin nick-end labeling (TUNEL) method. Bcl-2 and Bax were detected by immunohistochemical staining method. The activity of calcineurin (CaN) in brain tissue was determined by the inorganic phosphorus method. The content of adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) in brain tissue was separated by capillary electrophoresis. Results By using of aspirin 60 mg?kg -1, all indications were dramatically improved. The injured area of brain [from (10.51?1.12)% to (0.94?0.08)%], the cerebral edema of occluded side [from (82.43?2.0)% to (76.29?0.77)%], and the mortality [from 28% to 0%] were dramatically reduced. In brain tissue of occluded side, 60 mg?kg -1 aspirin helped to reduce the number of apoptotic cells from (26.43?2.0) to (17.53?0.44), increase the ratio of Bcl-2/Bax from (0.61?0.05) to (1.01?0.15), inhibit the activity of CaN from (6.03?1.5) to (3.47?0.96), and improve the ATP level from (10.26?1.02) to (25.65?3.45). Conclusion The neuroprotective effects of aspirin on focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats for 72 h might be attributed to its effects by anti-apoptosis, increasing the ratio of Bcl-2/Bax, inhibiting the activity of CaN, and improving the energy metabolism.

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AIM To study the protective effects of melatonin(MT) on acute cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury.METHODS The model of cerebral ishemia-2 h/reperfusion-24 h was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO) in SD rats. Melatonin (10,20 mg?kg -1 ip)was administered four times in an animal:At 0, 1, 2, 6 h of reperfusion. After 24 h reperfusion, the content of malondialdehyde(MDA),the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD)and myeloperoxidase (MPO)in brain tissue, the content of thromboxane B 2(TXB 2) and 6-keto-prostaglandin F 1?(6-keto-PGF 1?)in plasma were measured. RESULTS Compared with vehicle group, MT 10, 20 mg?kg -1 protected the activity of SOD, reduced the content of MDA, MT 20 mg?kg -1 also inhibited the increase of MPO in brain tissue ,and attenuated the disequilibrium of TXB 2 /6-keto-PGF 1?.CONCLUSION The protective effects of MT on acute cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury may be related to its increasing antioxidase activities,decreasing lipid peroxidative damage and inhibiting inflammations.

Over-expression of APP and Swedish mutation could cause some familial early onset AD. In this study, a primary screening was conducted of effective small interference RNAs (siRNAs) targeted wild type APP (APPwt) and Swedish mutant APP (APPswe). One siRNA targeting APPwt and the other siRNA targeting APPswe were designed. All these siRNAs were endogenously expressed by siRNAs expressing plasmids. COS-7 cells were transiently co-transfected with APP-GFP recombinant plasmids and siRNA expression vector. The silencing effect of each siRNA was quantitatively assessed by the level of expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP). It was found that the siRNAs silenced APPwt and APPswe to different degrees. siRNA directed against APPswe was more effective in suppressing the expression of fusion gene of APPswe than that of APPwt. The silencing effect of siRNA directed against APPswe indicating allele-specific silencing property of the siRNAs. Therefore, siRNAs directed against APP play an important role both in the therapeutic study of Alzheimer disease and functional exploration ofAPP gene.

To establish a new method for simultaneously determining the content of five gingerol compounds in different processing degrees of ginger charcoal and PCA principal component analysis was conducted for analysis. Samples were analyzed on Ultimate TM XB-C18 column (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 μm) , with acetonitrile (A) -0.1% phosphoric acid solution (B) as mobile phase for gradient elution. Detection wavelength was set at 280 nm. The flow rate was 0.6 mL x min(-1) and the column temperature was 30 degrees C. The five compounds were separated well and showed good linearity (r ≥ 0.999 7) within the concentration ranges tested. The average value for recoveries was between 98.86% - 101.5% (RSD 1.4% - 2.9%). The contents of five compounds showed difference among different processing degrees of ginger charcoal. Zingiberone had the highest content in the standard carbon, and the content of gingerol was decreased as the deepening of processing degree. Different processing degrees of ginger charcoal were classified into three groups with PCA, and provided scientific basis for establishing the quality standards of ginger charcoal.
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Various cancers have seriously threatened human' s health. Screening newer and more effective anticancer agents from natural sources to cure these diseases is the focus in research. As novel sources of potential medicine, a number of metabolites isolated from endophytic fungi have been proved to have anticancer bioactivity. Usually, these endophytic fungi have special biochemical pathway and they can accumulate anticancer agents in cultures such as taxane, alkaloids, cytochalasins, podophyllotoxin, brefeldin A and so forth. The research advance on anticancer agents purified from endophytic fungi is expatiated systemically. In addition, the strategy of screening anticancer agents as well as the prospect on this area is introduced briefly.

Objective To evaluate the clinical significance and prognosis of tetus with lateral ventriculomegaly.Methods We retrospectively analyzed 92 singleton pregnant women who were antenatally diagnosed with fetal ventriculomegaly by ultrasound in genetic conselling clinics,Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics,Nanfang Hospital,Southern Medical University between August 2007 and August 2010.All participants were divided into three groups according to the width of the lateral ventricles:group A (10.0-12.0 mm,n＝50),group B (12.1-14.9 mm,n=38) and severe ventriculomegaly group (≥15.0 mm,n=4).All fetuses were followed up.Chi-square test(or Fisher's exact test),Bonfferoni method,Mann Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis test were used for statistics.Results In group A,B and severe ventriculomegaly group,18％ (9/50),65.8％(25/38)and 3/4 of fetuses were complicated with structural malformation,respectively (x2 =22.934,P =0.000),and statistical significance were found only between group A and B (x2 =20.798,P=0.000).The incidences of fetal chromosomal aberration were 4.0％ (2/50),7.9％ (3/38)and 0/4 in the three groups,respectively (x2＝0.878,P ＝ 0.645).Eventually,all four cases with severe cerebral ventriculomegaly were terminated.Among cases of mild ventriculomegaly,63 women continued the pregnancy (48 in group A and 15 in group B).The intrauterine improvement of group B was poorerthan that of group A (Z=-3.317,P =0.001).Respectively,three,ten and two cases of ventriculomegaly deteriorated,stabilized and regressed in group B,and the corresponding figures were 3,15 and 30 in group A.In group A,the prognosis of fetus with non-isolated ventriculomegaly was poorer than that of fetus with isolated ventriculomegaly (Z=-2.631,P=0.009).For neonates 14 days after birth (n=62),the rates of normal neonatal behavioral neurological assessment (NBNA) scoring were respectively 93.8％ (45/48) and 71.4％ (10/14) for groups A and B with statistical difference (Fisher's exact test,P =0.040).Bayley scales of infant development (BSID) used to evaluate infants at 12-month-old revealed that the psychomotor developmental index (PDI) between group A and group B had statistical difference (8,26 and 1 case of good,moderate and poor development in group A; one,seven and three cases in group B; Z=-2.203,P=0.043).However,the mental developmental index (MDI) between group A and B had no statistical difference.Twenty babies among the survived ones received magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination.The results showed that lateral ventricle width regressed in nine babies (45.0％) and progressed in one baby (5.0％).Ten cases (50.0％) did not change.The change of ventriculomegaly after birth was related to BSID evaluation.Better prognosis of fetuses were found in those with regressed ventriculomegaly (P=0.033).Conclusions Fetuses with mild ventriculomegaly (10.0 12.0 mm) have a favorable outcome.Further investigations,such as fetal development,chromosomal examination,intrauterine infection screening and MRI if necessary,are suggested for fetus with ventriculomegaly.Moreover,intensive intrauterine and postnatal follow-up is recommended.