Accidents, Occupational ; Adolescent ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ; Humans ; Male ; Young Adult

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Neuromyelitis Optica ; therapy

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of stomach intestine power regulator, intestinal microecology preparation and tricyclic antidepressant treatment in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and to investigate its pathological mechanism. Methods From November 2006 to November 2010, 103 patients with diarrhea-dominant IBS (D-IBS), who fulfilled the Rome Ⅱ criteria and were excluded from organic disease by entewscope were divided into pinaverium bromide group (26 cases), pinaverium bromide + bifid triple viable group (28 cases), pinaverium bromide + doxepin group (25 cases) and pinaverium bromide +bifid triple viable + doxepin group(24 cases ) by random digits table. The symptom grade, intestinal flora and SCL-90 was tested before treatment and 4 weeks after treatment. Results The total effective rate of pinaverium bromide + bifid triple viable + doxepin group was 83.33%(20/24), significant higher than that in pinaverium bromide group [65.38%(17/26)], pinaverium bromide + bifid triple viable group [71.43%(20/28)], pinaverium bromide + doxepin group [68.00% ( 17/25 )] (P < 0.05 ). Five kinds of intestinal flora and psychiatric symptoms were improved in the four groups, and those in pinaverium bromide + bifid triple viable + doxepin group improved significantly. Conclusions To interfere the correlation factor of IBS can have better efficacy. There is a close relation between brain and gut in patients with IBS, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of IBS.

To knock out β-lactoglobulin (BLG) gene and insert human lactoferrin (hLF) coding sequence at BLG locus of goat, the transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) mediated recombination was used to edit the BLG gene of goat fetal fibroblast, then as donor cells for somatic cell nuclear transfer. We designed a pair of specific plasmid TALEN-3-L/R for goat BLG exon III recognition sites, and BLC14-TK vector containing a negative selection gene HSV-TK, was used for the knock in of hLF gene. TALENs plasmids were transfected into the goat fetal fibroblast cells, and the cells were screened three days by 2 μg/mL puromycin. DNA cleavage activities of cells were verified by PCR amplification and DNA production sequencing. Then, targeting vector BLC14-TK and plasmids TALEN-3-L/R were co-transfected into goat fetal fibroblasts, both 700 μg/mL G418 and 2 μg/mL GCV were simultaneously used to screen G418-resistant cells. Detections of integration and recombination were implemented to obtain cells with hLF gene site-specific integration. We chose targeting cells as donor cells for somatic cell nuclear transfer. The mutagenicity of TALEN-3-L/R was between 25% and 30%. A total of 335 reconstructed embryos with 6 BLG-/hLF+ targeting cell lines were transferred into 16 recipient goats. There were 9 pregnancies confirmed by ultrasound on day 30 to 35 (pregnancy rate of 39.1%), and one of 50-day-old fetus with BLG-/hLF+ was achieved. These results provide the basis for hLF gene knock-in at BLG locus of goat and cultivating transgenic goat of low allergens and rich hLF in the milk.
Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; genetics ; Female ; Fibroblasts ; Gene Knock-In Techniques ; Gene Knockout Techniques ; Goats ; genetics ; Humans ; Lactoferrin ; genetics ; Lactoglobulins ; genetics ; Milk ; chemistry ; Nuclear Transfer Techniques ; Plasmids ; Pregnancy ; Transfection

China ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Neoplasms ; epidemiology ; Registries

BACKGROUNDAn important purpose of orthodontic treatment is to gain the harmonic soft tissue profile. This article describes a novel way to build patient-specific models of facial soft tissues by transforming a standard finite element (FE) model into one that has two stages: a first transformation and a second transformation, so as to evaluate the facial soft tissue changes after orthodontic treatment for individual patients.

METHODSThe radial basis functions (RBFs) interpolation method was used to transform the standard FE model into a patient-specific one based on landmark points. A combined strategy for selecting landmark points was developed in this study: manually for the first transformation and automatically for the second transformation. Four typical patients were chosen to validate the effectiveness of this transformation method.

RESULTSThe results showed good similarity between the transformed FE models and the computed tomography (CT) models. The absolute values of average deviations were in the range of 0.375 - 0.700 mm at the lip-mouth region after the first transformation, and they decreased to a range of 0.116 - 0.286 mm after the second transformation.

CONCLUSIONSThe modeling results show that the second transformation resulted in enhanced accuracy compared to the first transformation. Because of these results, a third transformation is usually not necessary.

Computer Simulation ; Face ; Finite Element Analysis ; Humans ; Models, Theoretical

Animals ; Fatty Liver ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; prevention & control ; Liver ; metabolism ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Superoxide Dismutase ; metabolism ; Taurine ; therapeutic use

OBJECTIVETo investigate the anti-hypoxia and anti-oxidation effects of aminophylline on human with acute high-altitude exposure.

METHODSTotally 100 young male army members newly recruited from Sichuan province (400 meters above sea level) were enrolled. They were randomly divided into two groups: 50 in aminophylline group (A group) and 50 in control group (C group). A group and C group orally took aminophylline and placebo respectively for 10 days, 7 days before entering Lhasa (3 658 meters above sea level) by air and 3 days after it. Several parameters were measured at three time points: before drug taken, 7 days after drug taken, and 3 days after ascending high altitude. These parameters included serum levels of nitric oxide (NO), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), hydrogen dioxide (H2O2), lactic acid (LA), as well as arterial oxygen saturation (SO2), arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2), and arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure (PaCO2). Statistical analysis was conducted to compare the difference between two groups with Stata 7.0 software system.

RESULTSThere were no statistical differences between groups in hypoxia and oxidation indicators before and after drug taken in plain area. Three days after ascending high altitude, the serum levels of SOD, CAT, H2O2, LA, PaCO2 increased in both groups, yet to a much larger degree in C group than A group (P < 0.01); and NO, SO2, PaO2 decreased more markedly in C group (P < 0.05 for NO, P < 0.0001 for SO2 and PaO2).

CONCLUSIONAminophylline has significant anti-hypoxia and anti-oxidation effects at high altitude.

Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Altitude Sickness ; drug therapy ; prevention & control ; Aminophylline ; therapeutic use ; Carbon Dioxide ; blood ; Catalase ; blood ; Humans ; Nitric Oxide ; blood ; Oxygen ; blood ; Partial Pressure ; Superoxide Dismutase ; blood ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo explore whether bulbourethral suspension procedure is effective for the treatment of male urinary incontinence of post-prostatectomy and posterior urethroplasty.

METHODSTwelve male patients with urinary incontinence undergone bulbourethral suspensive operation were reviewed and analyzed with regard to the operation method, postoperative urinary dynamics and clinical results.

RESULTSTen patients resumed complete control of urination and 1 was improved. In one patient, postoperative difficulty occurred in voiding but corrected by transurethral bladder neck revision for free passage of urine and continence. Urodynamic study showed that the maximum urethral pressure ranged from 85 to 115 cm H(2)O (mean 98 cm H(2)O, 1 cm H(2)O = 0.098 kPa). The functional urethral length ranged from 3.5 to 4.5 cm (mean 3.75 cm).

CONCLUSIONBulbourethral suspension procedure is effective in the treatment of male urinary incontinence after prostatectomy and posterior urethroplasty.

Adult ; Aged ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prostatectomy ; adverse effects ; Suture Techniques ; Urethra ; surgery ; Urinary Incontinence ; etiology ; surgery

OBJECTIVETo investigate the role of the expression of PPAR-gamma gene in the adipogenesis in hemangioma evolution.

METHODSRoutine immunohistochemistry staining of Perilipin A, the marker antigen of adipocytes, was performed to observe the adipogenesis in hemangioma. Immunofluorescence staining of PPAR-gamma, the important transcription factor in promoting adipogenesis, was carried out to observe its location in hemangioma tissue, with the co-staining of alpha-SMA and CD31. And RT-PCR was used to examine the expression of PPAR-gamma gene in hemangioma in different stages.

RESULTSIn the evolution of hemangioma, the number of adipocytes increased continuously. And the tumor was replaced by fibrofatty tissue finally. PPAR-gamma was located in the nuclei of perivascular cell in hemangioma tissue. The expression of PPAR-gamma gene in hemangioma increased in the evolution of hemangioma, but still was lower than that in normal fat tissue from children.

CONCLUSIONThe expression of PPAR-gamma in the perivascular cells suggests that they may contribute to the adipogenesis in hemangioma involution.

Adipogenesis ; Adipose Tissue ; metabolism ; pathology ; Hemangioma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; PPAR gamma ; metabolism