Animals ; China ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Infection Control ; methods ; statistics & numerical data ; trends ; Prevalence ; Schistosomiasis japonica ; drug therapy ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Schistosomicides ; therapeutic use ; Snails ; parasitology

Objective To explore the efficacy of transvaginal color Doppler sonography(TV-CDS)in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of cornual pregnancy.Methods The characteristics of gray-scale and color Doppler ultrasonography of 30 patients with cornual pregnancy confirmed by surgery and pathology,were studied retrospectively.The position,size,figure,echogenicity and vascular pattern of the pregnancy tissue were evaluated,and the resistance index was calculated.Results The 30 patients were classified into two groups:group A with typical gestational sac and group B with abnormal mass in the area of corner.The overall diagnostic accuracy for these patients was 43.3%(13/3)and classified as 90%(9/10)accuracy for group A and 20%(4/20)for group B.Among the 17 patients who were misdiagnosed or diagnosed unclearly by TV-CDS,one patient in group A was misdiagnosed as a normal pregnancy,11 patients in group B were misdiagnosed as gestational trophoblastic disease and the rest 5 patients in group B were diagnosed unclearly.Conclusions TV-CDS is useful for differential diagnosis of cornual pregnancy.The cornual pregnancy with abnormal mass is usually misdiagnosed,and therefore clinical features and laboratory data should be fully evaluated for its diagnosis.

Purpose To observe the mutation of K-ras gene and expression of Fascin-1 protein in CRC tissues and their relationship with clinical pathological features, and then to analyze the correlation between mutation of K-ras and expression of Fascin-1. Methods In 86 cases of CRC tissues, K-ras mutation was detected by DNA sequencing analysis, and Fascin-1 expression was detected by im-munohistochemical method. Results In CRC tissues the mutation rate of K-ras was 34. 88%, the expression rate of Fascin-1 was 60. 47%. The mutation rate of K-ras in lymph node metastasis group was higher than that of without lymph node metastasis group, and that in distant metastasis group was higher than that of without distant metastasis group(P<0. 05). The expression rate of Fascin-1 in serosa invasion group was higher than that of without serosa invasion group, and that in lymph node metastasis group was higher than that of without lymph node metastasis group, and that in distant metastasis group was higher than that of without distant metastasis group (P<0. 01). There was a correlation between the mutation of K-ras gene and the expression of Fascin-1 in CRC tissues (rp =0. 236, P<0. 05). Conclusions The CRC tissues with mutation of K-ras are more likely to metastasize and the CRC tissues with expression of Fascin-1 are more likely to invade serosa and metastasize. The CRC tissues with mutation of K-ras are more likely to express Fascin-1.

Objective To improve the quality standard of Reduqing Oral Liquid. Methods TLC was used to identify the featured spots of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Belamcandae Rhizoma and Scutellariae Radix;HPLC method was usded to detect the contents of Baicalin in Reduqing Oral Liquid. Results TLC could identify the featured spots of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Belamcandae Rhizoma and Scutellariae Radix; Baicalin was detected in range of 53.60–536.00 μg/mL with good linear relationship (r=0.999 99), the average recovery rate was 99.85%, and RSD was 0.63%(n=6). Conclusion The method is simple, accurate and reliable, which can be applied to the quality control of Reduqing Oral Liquid.

ObjectiveTo study the relationship between 18F-FDG uptake and tumor cell density,glucose transporter expression,cellular proliferation and angiogenesis before and after radiotherapy in C6 glioma rats.MethodsThirty C6 glioma-bearing male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:A,B and C ( 10 rats in each group).Two weeks later,18F-FDG PET/CT was performed in group A.In groups B and C,18 F-FDG PET/CT was performed at 48 h and 1 week after radiotherapy,respectively.The ratio of SUVmax of tumor to muscle (T/M) was calculated.HE staining,immunohistochemical staining and Western blot were used to measure tumor cell density,Ki67 labeling index ( LI),microvessel density ( MVD),Glut-1 and VEGF expression quantitatively.The one-way analysis of variance and bivariate correlation analysis were used to compare the changes of each indicator and evaluate the correlation between T/M and biological indicators,respectively.Results Significant differences of T/M,tumor cell density,Ki67 LI,MVD,Glut-1 and VEGF among groups A,B and C were observed ( F =6.77,60.66,104.56,95.49,9.13,24.48,respectively,all P ＜0.05).Least significant difference (LSD) test showed that there was no significant difference between group A and B in T/M,tumor cell density and Ki67 LI ( 10.86 ± 3.31,730.50 ± 78.93,20.02 ± 2.14 vs 9.23 ± 4.56,672.70 ± 92.98,18.56 ± 2.26).However,the indicators of group C (5.16 ± 2.52,355.60 ± 72.62,7.81 ± 1.76 ) were significantly decreased compared with those of groups A and B (all P ＜0.05 ).MVD and Glut-1 expression of group B increased slightly compared with those of group A ( 19.50 ± 1.96,0.20 ± 0.09 vs 17.90 ± 2.02,0.15 ± 0.04),but the difference was not statistically significant.Nevertheless,the two indicators were significantly decreased in group C ( 8.40 +1.84 and 0.07 ±0.06,P ＜0.05).VEGF expression in group B (0.42 ±0.13) was significantly higher than that in groups A and C (0.17 ±0.04 and 0.16 ± 0.09) ( both P ＜ 0.05 ).The changes of T/M were positively correlated with the changes of tumor cell density between groups A and B ( r =O.81,P ＜ 0.05 ).Changes of T/M were positively correlated with the changes of tumor cell density,Ki67 LI,MVD and Glut-1 between groups A and C (r =O.83,0.71,0.68,0.62,all P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclusionsThe changes of 18 F-FDG uptake in C6 glioma rats were only correlated to the changes of tumor cell density at 48 h after radiotherapy.However,the changes of 18F-FDG uptake closely correlate to the changes of a variety of biological indicators at 1 week post radiotherapy.

Objective To investigate the correlation between ~(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake and hypoxia inducible factor1α (HIF-1α) level,microvessel density (MVD) in human gliomas.Methods ~(18)F-FDG PET scan was performed preoperatively in 41 patients with gliomas (including 23 highgrade and 18 low-grade tumors).The ratios of maximum standardized uptake value(SUV_(max))between tumor (T)and contralateral white matter (WM) were calculated (T/WM).Immunohistochemical stain methods were used to evaluate the level of HIF-1α and measure the MVD in tumors.Correlation analysis between SUV_(max) of T/WM and HIF-1α level,MVD wag performed.The t-test,one-way ANOVA test,Spearman rank correlation and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were calculated using SPSS 11.5 software.Results (1)The SUV_(max) of T/WM,HIF-1α level and MVD in high-grade and low-grade tumors groups were 3.39±1.43,95.7% and 44.13±16.1 vs 1.46±0.55.55.6% and 18.83±7.07,respectively.The difierences of SUV_(max) of T/WM,HIF-1α level and MVD between two groups were statistically significant (t=-5.921,z=-3.938,t=-6.745,all P＜0.05).(2)Among 41 gliomas,the strong positive expression of HIF-1α was observed in 8,mederate in 9,weak in 15 and negative expression was found in 9,SUV_(max) of T/WM and MVD increased with increasing HIF-1α level.The differences of SUV_(max) of T/WM and MVD among 4 different groups were statistically significant (F=7.41,P＜0.05).(3) The MVD of all gliomas was ranged from 9.76 to 94.52,which correlated with SUV_(max) of T/WM(r=0.759,P＜0.05).Conclusions The SUV_(max) of T/WM correlates with HIF-1α level and MVD in gliomas.Therefore,~(18)F-FDG PET provides preoperatively a noninvasive assessment of hypoxia or angiogenesis in human glionma.

A total of 1 100 patients underwent renal transplantation in the Organ Transplantation Center,Second Affiliated Department of General Hospital of Chinese PLA between 1988 and 2008 were collected,and retrospective analysis was performed in five female patients with malignant tumor,which appeared at 68 months (20-132 months) following renal transplantation,including 2 with renipelvic and uretal cancer and 3 with bladder cancer. Two of the 3 patients with bladder cancer presented homolateral renipelvic and uretal metastasis. Three cases and 1 case of upper uretal cacer were observed at the homolateral or heterolateral of kidney grafts respectively. The main characteristic of sign was iterative and painless gross hematuria. The 5 patients underwent renal transplantation with intravesical instillation therapy and nephrectomy. All patients were survived without rejection in the 1-62 months follow-up. The incidence of malignancy in renal allograft recipients is much higher than that in normal ones,which is related to the long term use of immunosuppressants. Urinary epithelial cancer is the main complicating carcinoma and the first choice of treatment is surgical operation. Based on the normal renal grafts function,the dose of immunosuppressants should be as low as possible,Moreover,radiotherapy or chemiotherapy should be adopted according to the types and stages of tumor complicating renal transplantation.

The effects of dietary supplementation with Clostridium butyricum on growth performance and humoral immune response in Miichthys miiuy were evaluated. One hundred and fifty Miichthys miiuy weighing approximately 200-260 g were divided into five groups and reared in 15 tanks with closed circuiting culture system. The animals were fed 5 diets: basal diet only (control) or supplemented of the basal diet with C. butyricum at doses of 10(3) (CB1), 10(5) (CB2), 10(7) (CB3) or 10(9) (CB4) CFU/g. Compared with the control, the serum phenoloxidase activity was significantly increased by the supplementation (P<0.05), acid phosphatases activity was increased significantly (P<0.05) at the doses of 10(9) CFU/g. Serum lysozyme activity peaked at dose of 10(7) CFU/g and in the skin mucus at dose of 10(9) CFU/g. Immunoglobulin M level in the serum and skin mucus was increased except at dose of 10(3) CFU/g (P<0.05). The growth at the dose of 10(9) CFU/g was higher than that of the control (P<0.05). It is concluded that supplementation of C. butyricum can mediate the humoral immune responses and improve the growth performance in Miichthys miiuy.
Animal Feed ; microbiology ; Animals ; Antibody Formation ; physiology ; Clostridium butyricum ; immunology ; Dietary Supplements ; microbiology ; Fishes ; growth & development ; immunology ; Probiotics ; administration & dosage

Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is a pathological process correlated with multiple disease causes and actively regulated by cardiac valve cells. In this study, porcine aortic valve myofibroblasts cultured in vitro were treated with 50 μg z L(-1) of pathological factor tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α). Tanshinone II A (TSN) with the concentration of 50 mg x L(-1) and TNF-α were combined in incubating cells for 72 h (3 d) and 120 h (5 d). The Western blotting and Real-time PCR were adopted to detect the changes in smooth muscle α actin (α-SMA), bone morphogenetic protein 2 ( BMP2), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in cells, and expressions of key effect proteins GSK-3β and β-catenin on Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway. According to the findings, TNF-α can significantly increase the expression of myofibroblasts α-SMA and add the transformation activity to them, with nearly no expression of BMP2, ALP and mRNA in the control group and the TSN group but significant increase in their expressions in the TNF-α group (P < 0.01), which showed osteoblast-like phenotype. Moreover, TNF-α down-regulated the expression of up-streaming regulator GSK-3β and mRNA expression (P < 0. 01) , notably increased the expression of key effect protein β-catenin, but with no significant difference in mRNA with the control group and the TSN group. The result demonstrated that TSN showed a certain inhibitory effect on TNF-α's pathological impact (P < 0.05) in a time-dependent manner. Inflammatory factor TNF-α may promote the transformation of aortic valvular myofibroblasts to osteoblast-like phenotype by activating Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway in aortic valvular myofibroblasts, so as to cause AVC. Tanshinone II A can have a preventive effect in AVC by activating GSK-3β proteins and regulating signal transduction of Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway.
Animals ; Aortic Valve ; cytology ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Diterpenes, Abietane ; pharmacology ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta ; Myofibroblasts ; cytology ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Osteoblasts ; cytology ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Swine ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; genetics ; metabolism ; beta Catenin ; genetics ; metabolism

Objective To understand the status of cognitive dysfunction among new onset constipation after stroke and to explore the relationship between them.Methods With a self-designed questionnaire,the general information of 723 inpatients from 10 hospitals in Guangzhou were collected,including general demographic information,stroke situation,defecation situation and Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)etc.Results The incidence of new-onset constipation,cognitive dysfunction(PSCD)after stroke was respectively 34.6％ and 62.4％.Among whom 31.0％ in ischemic stroke,44.8％ in hemorrhagic stroke,47.4％ in cerebral hemorrhage and infarction.There was statistical significance between stroke type and constipation,and ischemic stroke had statistical significance compared to other two types.During the acute phase reached 41.6％,the recovery phase 31.5％ and the sequelae phase 22.6％.The rates of constipation patients with cognitive dysfunction were higher than patients without cognitive dysfunction,and the difference in directional force,memory,attention and calculation force,reading and expression was statistically significant respectively,among which expression was the most relevant.The difference in the incidence of constipation among different cognitive dysfunction groups was statistically significant,and they were positively correlated,compared with normal cognitive function,the light,medium and severe cognitive dysfunction was 1.519,2.879,3.064 times respectively.Conclusions Medical staff need to be alerted to the possibility that patients with impared cognitive function may be at greater risk of constipation.The preventive and treatment measures should be emphasized in order to improve patients' cognitive function.