Objective To evaluate the direct deleterious effect of immunosuppressive agent to human islets, and to explore the suitable immunosuppressive protocol for human islet transplantation. Methods Human islet cells cultured in vitro were exposed to various therapeutic concentrations of four immunosuppressive agents for 72h respectively. Glucose-stimulating insulin secretion during incubation was measured using the ultrasensitive human insulin ELISA kit. The assessment of islet cell viability was studied with acridine orange (AO)-propidium iodide (PI). Results In vitro, low therapeutic concentrations had no deleterious effect on insulin secretion or viability of islet, but high concentration of the drugs was deleterious to ?-cell survival as well as insulin secretion. The effect of medium concentration varied significantly, and sirolimus tacrolimus demonstrated stronger deleterious effect on human islets than mycophenolic acid. Conclusion The direct deleterious effect of immunosuppressive agents to islet cells is dose-dependent, therefore immunosuppressive agent must be optimized after islet transplantation.

Objective: To investigate the factors related to the of disc displacement in temporomandibular joint disorder(TMD). Methods: The angles of disc anterior displacemen were measured on arthrography of temporomandibular joints in 90 patients with TMD, then the relationship between the angles and symptoms, signs, condyle positions, osteoarthrosis and mouth opening degree were analysed. Results: ①AOB angle in the patients with reducibility of anterior disk displacement(ADwR) was smaller than in those with non reducible anterior displacement (ADw/oR); ②Patients suffered from chronic ADw/oR had smaller degree of mouth opening and larger disc displacement than those with ADwR's. Conclusion: The disc anterior displacement and condyle displacement in glenoid fossa may be correlated with articular remodeling.Prolonging coursees may not always result in the changing of disc structures.

This paper reported a new home-made nonpoisonous substrate of horseradish peroxidase(HRP),3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine sulphate(TMBS),used in ELISA with the aqueous soluble egg antigen(SEA)as antigen;proved patients'sera as antibo- dy and the antihuman IgG was replaced by protein A conjugate. The optimun condition obtained by orthogonal design was 1.0 millimolarity of TMBS,1.2 millimolarity of H_2O_2,and pH value at 5.0.The best time to stop reaction with H_2SO_4,was 30-60 min after adding substrate TMBS.At the same time,TMB and OPD were used as compared substrates.It showed that the reaction colour of both TMBS and TMB remained much more stable than that of OPD when being exposured in light and oxygen.After the solutions of TMBS and TMB were stored under 4℃ in refrigerator for 60 days,the coefficient of variation among different experiments was less than 10%. The results in detecting specific antibody in sera from 28 patients with proved schistosomiasis also showed that the sensitivity of TMBS was remarkably higher than OPD.It was found that TMBS used in enzyme immunoassay for demonstrating specific antibody was suitable not only for optical density(OD)read by spectrophotometer but also for estimation judged by naked-eye.During TMBS and TMB used in indirect immunoperoxidase method(IIP),the specific antibody in the tissue can be easily dete- cted and located as well.

Objective To investigate the pathogenesis of brain-type hemodialysis disequilibrium syndrome(DDS) in dogs with acute renal failure. Methods Seventy-two hours after bilateral ureteral ligation,12 uremic dogs were hemodialyzed for 2 hours,yeilding decreases in plasma urea from (66. 76?13.70) mmol/L to (17. 85?5. 84)mmol/L( P

Objective To observe the changes of body weight,fat mass and skeletal muscle mass of rats after 4 weeks of intermittent fasting,and explore relationship with autophagy in skeletal muscle,so as to provide theoretical basis for intermittent fasting.Method Twenty male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into a control group (Con) and an intermittent fasting group (IF),each of 10.The rats of IF group were forbidden to eat food every Wednesday and Friday,and the body weight of both groups was recorded weekly.After 4 weeks,Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorption (DEXA) was used to analyze the body fat mass,then the bilateral soleus was separated to record the wet weight and measure the cross-sectional area of the soleus fibers by testing laminin with immunofluorescence confocal laser scanning microscope.The form of autophagic vacuole of soleus was observed using a transmission electron microscopy.The expression of autophagy-related protein LC3,p62 and regulating protein AMPK,pAMPK and ULK1 were measured using Western blotting.Result After 4 weeks of intermittent fasting,the weight and fat mass of IF were significantly lower than those of Con (P＜0.01),but there were no significant differences between them in wet weight and cross-sectional area of soleus (P＞0.05).The expressions of AMPK,p-AMPK,ULK1 in IF were significantly higher than those in Con (P＜0.01).Compared with Con,the expression of LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-Ⅰ of IF increased significantly,while the expression of p62 decreased significantly (P＜0.01).Conclusion Four weeks of intermittent fasting decreases the fat mass significantly,and control the weight efficiently.Intermittent fasting can maintain the skeletal muscle mass by promoting moderate autophagy through the AMPK-ULK1 pathway.It should be a potential lose weight method for further research.

Objective To investigate the variation of the oxidative stress status in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS)and significance.Methods Eighty -nine patients hospitalized in our department from September 2012 to April 2014 were divided into three groups: T2DM control (group DM), T2DM with coronary artery disease(group DM-CAD) and T2DM with acute coronary syndrome (group DM-ACS).Blood glucose,HbA1C,Lipids,serum Malondialdehyde (MDA) level, su-peroxide dismutase(SOD) activity, glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity and total anti-oxidation capacity(T-AOC) were deter-mined.Results Blood glucose、HbA1C and Lipids were similar in three groups ( P >0.05).Compared to group DM and group DM-CAD, serum MDA levels in group DM-ACS were significantly higher( P <0.05), while SOD、GSH-Px activities and T-AOC were sig-nificantly lower than those in group DM and group DM -CAD( P <0.05).Conclusions The oxidative stress level being significantly increased in T2DM patients with ACS.

Objective To speculate the precipitating factors,clinical features and histopathological changes in patients with granuloma annulare (GA).Methods A study was performed in 53 patients with GA . Results The incidence of female was more prevalent than male in our study. The exposure of sunlight was found more relatedly in GGA than LGA.The onset age of GGA was inclined to be elder and GGA seemed to last longer.The histopathological study showed that palisading granuloma pattern accounted for 71.7% in all patients,and scattered histiocytic infiltration accounted for 28.3%.Such as cryotherapy,topical steroids were used for LGA and systemic administration was an alternative to GGA. Conclusions Ultraviolet may be associated with the development of generalized GA. The most common pattern is the palisading granuloma though the histopathological changes were variable.Topical therapy is effective in LGA,while the systemic therapy is mainly used for GGA.

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AIM: To analyze the change of serum inflammatory factors in glaucoma patients at different stages and its clinical significance. ·METHODS:Totally 70 cases of 128 eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma in our hospital from January 2014 to August 2016 were selected. According to the mean defect of visual field, they were divided into light ( observation Group 1 ) , moderate ( observation Group 2 ) and heavy group(observation Group 3). Another 65 cases of 130 eyes with cataract were taken as the control group in our hospital. The observation and expression of serum cytokines in these patients with glaucoma were taken. ·RESULTS:There was no significant difference in serum IL-2 and IFN- γlevels between the two groups (P>0. 05). The sIL-2R and IL-4 levels in the glaucoma group were higher than those in the control group, and the levels of IL-6 and IL-12 were lower than those of the control group (P<0. 05). The IOP and proportion of myopia in the glaucoma group was higher than that in the control group, the difference was not statistically significant ( P<0. 05) . The ratio of moderate myopia to severe myopia in each group was not statistically significant (P>0. 05). To observe the low myopia ratio in Group 3 of patients, it was less than observation Group 1 and observation Group2 ( P > 0. 05 ). There was no statistically significant difference between observation Group 1 and 2 of patients on IL-2, sIL-2R, IL-4, IL-6 and IFN-γlevels (P>0. 05). The level of sIL-2R in the Group 3 was higher than that in the Group 1, and the level of IL-12 was lower than that in the Group 1 and in the Group 2 (P<0. 05). There was no significant difference in IL-2, IL-4, IL-6 and IFN-γlevels between the glaucoma patients (P>0. 05). The IOP level and the proportion of myopia in the Group 3 were higher than those in the Group 1 and the Group 2 were observed, the difference was statistically significant (P<0. 05). The intraocular pressure was higher in Group 2 than in group 1 (P<0. 05). There was no statistically significant difference on proportion of myopia between observation Group 1 and observation Group 2 (P>0. 05). ·CONCLUSION: The levels of serum IL-12, sIL-2R and intraocular pressure in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma fluctuated significantly at different stages of the nerve injury, indicating that the immune response and intraocular pressure were involved in the process of optic nerve damage.

Objective To analyze the image and histological results of the combined use of allograft/extracorporeally frozen tumor-bearing bone and vascularized fibular flap for the reconstruction of bony defects following tumor resection,guiding clinical practice.Methods From March 2007 to June 2013,we enrolled 63 patients who had combinative biological reconstruction after bone tumor resection (11 in humerus,22 in femur,21 in tibia,4 in calcaneus).There were 36 male and 27 female in this series.The average age at time of operation was 20 years,ranging from 9 to 48 years.The follow-up ranged from 16 to 102 months with average of 48 months.We investigated the X-ray and CT images for all patients and histological findings of two patients.Patients were assessed functionally with the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society 93 score.Results Three patients with local soft tissue recurrence and one patient with infection underwent amputation.The survival of construct was 93.6％.Bone union achieved in all cases with the average MSTS score of 92.8％.Bone union ranged from 11 to 28 months in allograft group and 9 to 14 months in devitalized tumor bearing bone group.Significant difference of bone union time was found between two groups (Z=-3.638,P=0.000).Viability of the fibular grafts was verified in 58 of 63 patients (92％).Three types of images were observed in complex.Osteopenia and spongy change in fibula were found in 51 patients (81％) with stable fixation of the complex.Five complexes with failed blood supply of fibula and stable fixation revealed no density change of fibula,small amount of callous formation and relative delayed union.In seven complexes (11％) with unstable complex due to patients' incompliance,fibula reacted with dense hypertrophy and microfracture.Fusion of grafts with amount of callus was obviously observed.Union at allograft-host bone junctions occurred by residual host bone-derived external callus and fibular-derived internal callus that bridged the junction and filled the gap between abutting cortices.Callus from fibular graft was mature than that from periosteum of residual host bone.Internal repair was observed at the internal surface of the allografts.Fibula showed significant spongy changes.Conclusion Recycled tumor-bearing bone in combined with fibular flap is a reliable reconstruction as an alternative to traditional Capanna technique.The survival of the fibula is a cornerstone in success of complex reconstruction.Sponginess of fibula and internal repair of allograft compromise the intensity of complex,necessitating the strong instrumentation during reconstruction.