Objective To investigate the condition which can induce mouse ES cells to differentiate into epidermal-like stem cells for the clinical application of ES cells-derived epidermal-like stem cells and the research on the mechanism of committed differentiation of ES cells. Methods Coculture mouse ES cells with human amnion for 3-4 days, and the committed differentiation were detected by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. In experimental group 1, amnion was pasted covering the whole bottom of the wells, with the epithelial surface upward, and in group 2 covering the half bottom. No amnion was used in control. Results After 3-4 days of co-culture, epidermal-like stem cell clones were formed on the epithelial surface of amnion in group 1 and group 2, and expressed high levels of integrin-? 1, CK19 and CK15. The percentages of integrin-? 1, CK19 and CK15 positive cells counted in group 1 by flow cytometry were 89.2%, 86.8% and 71.2% respectively, versus the control group of 8.4%,9.6% and 11.8%, the differences were significant in all the three indices (Z tests P

Objective To analyze the VP1-VP4 genetic region of enterovirus 71 ( EV71 ) strains isolated from children with severe or mild hand, foot and mouth disease ( HFMD) in Shenzhen in 2012. Methods EV71 strains were isolated from five children with mild HFMD and five children with severe HFMD in Shenzhen in 2012.Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR) method was used to amplify the sequence of VP1-VP4 genes of EV71 strains.The sequences of the amplified products were analyzed by comparing with those of the EV71 reference strains ( A, B and C genotypes) published in Gen-Bank using nucleotide alignment, amino acid alignment and phylogenetic tree analysis.Results The homo-geneity between the EV71 strains isolated from severe and mild cases was 95.1%-98.2% in nucleotides and 99.2%-100% in amino acids.The VP1-VP4 nucleotide sequences of 5 strains isolated from severe cases and 5 strains from mild cases in Shenzhen shared 87.9%-97.8% homologies in nucleotides and 97.3%-99.9% homologies in amino acids with the genotype C EV71 reference strain.The EV71 strains isolated from children in Shenzhen were highly similar with the EV71 strain (FJ439769) isolated in Fuyang in 2008 and the one isolated in Jingdezhen in 2011 (JQ806378, C4a subtype) in nucleotide sequences.Mutations at the residue 31 in the VP1 region ( N→D ) were detected in 3 strains isolated from children with severe HFMD.Conclusion All of the 10 EV71 strains isolated in Shenzhen in 2012 belonged to the sub-genotype C4a.The mutation ( aa31 N→D) in the VP1 region of EV71 might be related to the different clinical mani-festations of HFMD cases in Shenzhen area.

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of 15 skin diseases in adolescents from Liangshan prefecture in Sichuan Province.Methods A stratified cluster random sampling method was used to select subjects.Adolescents from 2 urban and 3 rural middle schools were investigated,who were required to fulfill self-report questionnaires and received physical examinations by doctors.ResultsA total of 7747 adolescents aged from 12 to 20(15.86 ± 1.86) years were included in the investigation,and skin diseases were present in 6379 adolescents,with a total incidence of 82.34％.In average,each subject suffered from 1.3372 ± 0.96861 skin diseases.Of the adolescents,4698(60.64％) had acne,2219(28.64％) freckle,966(12.47％) lichen pilaris,792(10.22％) eczema or dermatitis,511(6.60％) urticaria,195(2.52％) papular urticaria,37 (0.48％) vitiligo,55 (0.71％) psoriasis,166 (2.14％) verruca vulgaris,168 (2.17％) flat wart,317 (4.09％) tinea manus and pedis,142 (1.83％) tinea corporis,62 (0.80％) chloasma,26 (0.34％) nevus flammeus,15 (0.19％) nevus of ota.Male adolescents showed a higher incidence of acne(63.91％ vs.58.50％),but a lower incidence of eczema,lichen pilaris,freckle,chloasma and psoriasis compared with female adolescents.The incidence of acne,vitiligo,psoriasis and melasma were higher,while that of freckele was lower(25.93％ vs.29.58％ ) in Yi adolescents than in Han adolescents.Increased incidence of acne and papular urticaria and decreased prevalence of urticaria,freckle,melasma and lichen pilaris were observed in urban adolescents compared with rural adolescents.ConclusionsThe prevalence of skin diseases is high in adolescents from Liangshan prefecture.Of these 15 skin diseases,acne,freckle,lichen pilaris,eczema and urticaria are the 5 most common diseases in the area.Differences exist in the incidence of skin diseases between male and female,Han and Yi,urban and rural,adolescents.

Objective: To observe the effect of different doses of Shenfu injection on prognosis and quality of life for patients with vasovagal syncope (VVS). Methods: A total of 126 patients were randomly divided into 3 groups. The control group (n=38) were treated by western medicine comprehensive therapy with tilting training. The low and high dose Shenfu injection groups were treated by Shenfu injection 40 ml/d (n=44) and 120 ml/d (n=44) on the treatment basis of control group. All the groups were treated for 14 days. The patients were followed up for 1 year after discharge. The relapse rate of syncope, quality of life social support rating scale (SSRS), effective rate of treatment, time of stable blood pressure, time of stable heart rate, recovery time of autonomic nervous disorder and adverse reactions were observed in each groups. Results: The total effective rate was 47.4% (18/38) in the control group, 72.7% (32/44) in the low dose group, and 90.9% (40/44) in the high dose group. The difference between the three groups was statistically significant (χ²=18.997, P<0.01), and the total effective rate of Shenfu injection high-dose group was significantly higher than that of low-dose group (P<0.05). After treatment, there were significant differences in the recovery time of blood pressure, heart rate and autonomic nervous disorder among the three groups (F=19.165, 158.428, 33.405, P<0.01). The above indicators in the high dose group of Shenfu injection were significantly higher than the low dose group (t=-4.020, -5.180, -5.307, P<0.05). After 1 year of follow-up, the recurrence rate of the control group was 61.1% (11/18), the low-dose group was 18.8% (6/32), and the high-dose group was 5% (2/40), where there was significant difference among all the groups (χ²=20.886, P<0.01). The quality of life scores were compared for 1 year among the 3 groups, and the difference was statistically significant (F=23.025, P<0.01). Conclusions The Shenfu injection combined with Western medicine comprehensive therapy can improve the prognosis and quality of life of patients with VVS, and the improvement of each indicator of daily dosage of 120 ml is better than the daily dosage of 40 ml Shenfu injection.

Aging is the process spontaneously occurred in living organisms. Cardiac fibrosis is a pathophysiological process of cardiac aging. Mangiferin is a wellknown C-glucoside xanthone in mango leaves with lots of beneficial properties. In this study, rat model of cardiac fibrosis was induced by injected with 150 mg/kg/d Dgalactose for 8 weeks. The age-related cardiac decline was estimated by detecting the relative weight of heart, the serum levels of cardiac injury indicators and the expression of hypertrophic biomakers. Cardiac oxidative stress and local inflammation were measured by detecting the levels of malondialdehyde, enzymatic antioxidant status and proinflammatory cytokines. Cardiac fibrosis was evaluated by observing collagen deposition via masson and sirius red staining, as well as by examining the expression of extracellular matrix proteins via Western blot analysis. The cardiac activity of profibrotic TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the expression of TGF-β1 and the phosphorylation levels of p38 and MK2. It was observed that mangiferin ameliorated D-galactose-induced cardiac aging, attenuated cardiac oxidative stress, inflammation and fibrosis, as well as inhibited the activation of TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway. These results showed that mangiferin could ameliorate cardiac fibrosis in D-galactose-induced aging rats possibly via inhibiting TGF-β/p38/MK2 signaling pathway.

Aging is the process spontaneously occurred in living organisms. Cardiac fibrosis is a pathophysiological process of cardiac aging. Mangiferin is a wellknown C-glucoside xanthone in mango leaves with lots of beneficial properties. In this study, rat model of cardiac fibrosis was induced by injected with 150 mg/kg/d Dgalactose for 8 weeks. The age-related cardiac decline was estimated by detecting the relative weight of heart, the serum levels of cardiac injury indicators and the expression of hypertrophic biomakers. Cardiac oxidative stress and local inflammation were measured by detecting the levels of malondialdehyde, enzymatic antioxidant status and proinflammatory cytokines. Cardiac fibrosis was evaluated by observing collagen deposition via masson and sirius red staining, as well as by examining the expression of extracellular matrix proteins via Western blot analysis. The cardiac activity of profibrotic TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the expression of TGF-β1 and the phosphorylation levels of p38 and MK2. It was observed that mangiferin ameliorated D-galactose-induced cardiac aging, attenuated cardiac oxidative stress, inflammation and fibrosis, as well as inhibited the activation of TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway. These results showed that mangiferin could ameliorate cardiac fibrosis in D-galactose-induced aging rats possibly via inhibiting TGF-β/p38/MK2 signaling pathway.

Objective To investigate the prevalence of vitiligo in China through a multi-center and larse-population epidemiological survey.Methods A community-based survey was conducted in 6 cities from 6 provinces.Cluster sampling method was used.Subjects were required to fulfill the self-report questionnaires and received physical examination by dermatologists.EpiData and SPSS11.5 were utilized for statistical analysis. Results Totally,19 974 patients participated in this study,and 17 345 valid questionnaires were retrieved with a return rate of 86.84%.Of them,122 were found to have vitiligo.The prevalence and standardized prevalence of vitiligo was 0.70% and 0.56% in all patients,0.95% (75) and 0.69% in male patients and 0.50% (47) and O.45% in female patients.respectively.A significant elevation was observed in the prevalence of vitiligo in males than in females (P<0.01).The prevalence of vitiligo was increased with age and peaked in patients aging from 60 to 69 years and those over 70 years.The age at onset of vitiligo varied from 0 to 19 years in 21.85% of these patients,from 20 to 49 years in 47.05%.The most connnon type was focal vitiligo,which accounted for 36.06%,while the rarest type wag segmental type (2.46%).The pesitivity rate of family history of vitiligo was 9.84% in patients and 1.31% in community population (P<0.01).About 31.97% of the patients complained of negative influence of vitiligo on quality of life.Conclusions The standardized prevalence of vitiligo is 0.56%in 6 provinces from China.Males seem to have a higher prevalence of vifiligo than females.