?AlM:To investigate the sensitive parameters of the anterior chamber changes with Pentacam anterior segment analysis system before and after laser peripheral iridectomy (LPl) in primary angle-closure suspetive (PACS).
? METHODS: Sixty eyes of 33 PACS patients were enrolled in this study. Pentacam examination was performed before and 1d after LPl to measure the central anterior chamber depth ( CACD ) , the peripheral anterior chamber depth ( PACD ) , the anterior chamber volume ( ACV) and the peripheral anterior chamber angle ( ACA) . Statistical analysis used paired t test.
?RESULTS: There was no statistical significance on the changes of ACD. PACD and ACV increased significantly between before and 1d after LPl. ACA was widened from (22. 26o±5. 18o) to (26. 42o±5. 20o), which were increased significantly between before and 1d after LPl.
?CONCLUSlON: LPl can deepen the PACD and increase the ACV in PACS. PACD and ACV are the sensitive parameters of the anterior chamber changes with Pentacam anterior segment analysis system.

Alzheimers disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder severely affecting the aged population. Its pathological hallmarks include amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, loss of synapes and neurons as well as brain inflammation. This review focuses on multiple roles of p38MAPK, one of the members of mitogen-activated protein kinases(MAPK) family, in the pathogenesis and progression of AD. The review discusses the evidences of p38 activation in AD models, its connection with each pathological mark of AD and the interaction between p38 and significant pathophysiological process, such as inflammation, neuronal apoptosis and hyperphosphorylation of tau. Moreover, a discussion is also made to address the basis of p38 as the target for therapeutic intervention in AD. All in all, p38 is considered to be a new promising target for drugs to control the progression of AD.

Acute Disease ; Bone Marrow Neoplasms ; pathology ; Hematologic Neoplasms ; pathology ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Leukemia ; pathology ; Lymphoma ; pathology ; Myelodysplastic Syndromes ; pathology ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Plastic Embedding ; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic ; pathology

Child, Preschool ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Hysteroscopy ; Pediatrics ; Puberty, Precocious ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Uterine Hemorrhage ; diagnosis ; etiology ; therapy ; Vaginal Diseases ; diagnosis ; etiology ; therapy

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that contain 22 to 25 nucleotides and play important roles in post-transcriptional regulation of target genes. MiRNAs are involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, inflammation, and cancer development. Alveolar bone resorption is the main clinical manifestation of periodontitis. Osteoclasts are unique cells regulated by osteoblasts and inflammatory cytokines and are responsible for bone resorption in periodontitis. Recently, miRNAs have emerged as an important regulator of osteoclast differentiation and function. In this study, we review the recent research progress on the effects of miRNAs on osteoclast differentiation and function, particularly the mechanisms of miRNAs-mediated osteoclast formation and bone loss in periodontitis.
Bone Resorption ; Bone and Bones ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Proliferation ; Humans ; MicroRNAs ; Osteoblasts ; Osteoclasts

Humans ; Hyperplasia ; etiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prosthesis Failure ; Stents ; Tomography, Optical Coherence ; adverse effects ; Tunica Intima ; pathology

Chromatography, Gas ; methods ; Humans ; Ibuprofen ; blood

Chromatography, Gas ; methods ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Humans ; Hypnotics and Sedatives ; blood ; Pentobarbital ; blood ; Pharmaceutical Preparations ; blood ; Sensitivity and Specificity

Based on their multiple years of personal experiences in hospital administration,authors of this article point out that medical service,humanistic service,and emotional service should be the core aspects in the current hospital competition.Medical professionalism embodied in the three levels of consciousness,behaviors,and regulations should be the main subject in the research on the role of medical ethics in hospital administration and medical treatment behaviors.It is an urgent ethical requirement and the chief task for hospital administrators to achieve humanistic medical service through humanistic administration of hospitals.

It has been found by Ju('81)that HRP could be anterogradely transported forlong distances.Based on this fact the rate of anterograde transport was investigatedin the present study,and,at the same time,the rate of retrograde transport and thetime of disappearance of HRP from the labeled sites were observed.Twenty tworabbits,weighing 2～2.2 kg,were used.The HRP was injected into the lower lumbarspinal cord unilaterally.The animals were sacrificed after 12 hours to 7 days andwere processed with benzidine and o-dianisidine.The anterogade labeling in the dorsalaccessory olivary nucleus and the retrograde labeling in the red nucleus and thenucleus raphe pallidus were chosen for study.It was quite unexpected to find that the anterograde and retrograde labelingsparalled each other in time as well as in intensity.They appeared at the same timeand waxed and waned practically in full accord.Labeling of the brainstem firstappeared at 18 hour's survival,reached its peak at the 2nd day,and then graduallyfaded away till at the 7th day when only traces of labeling remained.In the casewhich showed the earliest labeling the distance between the injection site and theobex,which was at about the same level as the most densely labeled parts of thedorsal accessory olivary nucleus and nucleus raphe pallidus,was measured to be 265mm and the rate of transport,the same for anterograde and retrograde transports,was calculated to be more than 350mm per day.Counting from the time of theearliest labeling,HRP was found to remain at the labeled site for as long as 5～6 days.The period of net accumulation of HRP at the labeled sites was about 1 day.Thus,the best survival period would be roughly the time required for HRP to travel thefiber tract plus 1 day.Neurons of the red nucleus and the nucleus raphe pallidus differ greatly intheir morphology,physiology as well as biochemistry.The results in them however,were similar.This,in connection with observations on other nuclei,both anterogr-adely and retrogradely labeled,suggests that the rate of transport and the duration ofpreservation of HRP in the central nervous system are basically the same in differentneuronal systems.