Objective To study the relationship between the expression of FN in heart, lung and kidney and the mechanism of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Method The Fn in heart, lung and kidney in 20 autopsy cases of MODS were studied immunohistochemically by using anti-FN as the first antibodies. Results The expression of FN in the MODS group were significantly decreased as compared with the control group (P

Objective To investigate the role of p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) in colorectal mucosal carcinogenesis and the relationship between PAK1 expression and biological behavior of colorectal carcinoma. Method PAK1 was detected with immunohistochemical method in 10 normal colorectal mucosas,40 colorectal villous or tubular adenomas and 60 colorectal carcinomas. Results The positive rate for PAK1 was 10.0% in normal colorectal mucesas,and 25.0%, 33.3% and 33.3% in slight, moderate and severe dys-plastic adenomas, respectively, 65.0% was found in colorectul carcinomas. The positive rate for PAK1 in col-orectal carcinomas was higher than that in normal colorectal mucosas(P<0.01), colorectal villous or tubular adenomas(P<0.01), slight dysplastic adenomas(P<0.01) and moderate dysplastic adenomas (P<0.05).The positive rate for PAK1 of poor differentiated colorectal carcinomas was higher than that of high differentiated ones (P<0.05), and the positive rate for PAK1 of patients with lymph node metastasis was higher than that of patients without lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). In clinical stages, the positive rate for PAK1 in Dukes C and D stages patients was higher than that in Dukes A stage patients, respectively (P<0.05). Conclusion PAK1 maybe play some role in the process of carcinogenesis of colorectal mucesa, and be used as an useful marker for assessment of the biological behavior and prognosis of colorectal carcinoma.

Objective To reconstruct the perfusion parameters of murine hindlimbs peripheral tissue by using fluorescence reflectance imaging technique. Methods BALB/c mice were injected with intravenous bolus injection of indocyanine green (ICG) (10μg) into the tail vein. Time-series fluorescence intensity images were obtained for 200 s immediately after the injection. After the serial imaging, silhouette images of the mice were taken under white light to obtain the region of interest (ROI) of the murine hindlimbs. Bi-exponential model was applied to analyze the dynamic fluorescence parameters and the peripheral tissue perfusion parameter images were reconstructed. Results The fitted perfusion curves obtained from bi-exponential model were in good agreement with the measured ones. The parametric images which reflected the vascular sufficiency of murine hindlimbs were reconstructed. Conclusions A novel method for parametric images of murine hindlimbs peripheral tissue blood perfusion is proposed in this paper, which is noninvasive with higher resolution and little damage to biological tissues.

Objective To estimate time of gauze swabs left in abdomen with comparison of the number of foreign body giant cells,theirs nuclei and the proportion of type Ⅰ collagenous fibers to type Ⅲ and argentaffin fibers in different times.Methods F344 rat models dependent 2,8,30,120 days were established by gauze swab fixed in the abdomen,and were studied on gauze swab wrapped by greater omentum,the number of foreign body giant cells and theirs nuclei by HE staining,and the proportion of type Ⅰ collagenous fibers to type Ⅲ and argentaffin fibers by sirius red and silver staining respectively.The results were analyzed by image analysis system.Results The results showed that number of foreign body giant cells,theirs nuclei and the proportion of type Ⅰ collagenous fibers to type Ⅲ and argentaffin fibers increased gradually(P<0.01)followed the time delayed.The Proportion of type Ⅰ collagenous fibers to argentaffin fibersis Power Function of Days of guaze swab left in rat abdomen(r=0.972).Conclusion The number of foreign body giant cells,theirs nuclei and the proportion of type Ⅰ collagenous fibers to type Ⅲ and argentaffin fibers contribute to the estimation of foreign body(eg.gauze swab)left in abdomen.

[Objective]To investigate the efficacy of total hip arthroplasty(THA)on the treatment of traumatic arthritis that caused by internal fixation failures of intertrochanteric fractures.[Methods]During January 2009 and March 2016,35 cases of trau?matic arthritis(male:18 cases;female17 cases;49 ~ 86 years old,with an average age of 68.5 years)caused by internal fixation failures or malunion of intertrochanteric fractures,were undergo THA. Among 35 cases,13 cases were performed with the proximal femoral fixation stems,10 cases were with distal fixation stems,and 12 cases were with extended stems.[Results]With 3~65 months follow-up,the hip joint HSS score was elevated from 44.1(31 ~ 65)preoperative to 82.5(58 ~ 94)postoperative without obvious loosening. No postoperative deep infectionwas found. The femoral stems in 2 cases were found to sink 5 mm and 10 mm,respectively. No obvious prosthesis loosening was found. Taken together ,the satisfaction rate of THA on the joint function of traumatic arthritis was 91.4%.[Conclusion]Total hip arthroplasty is recommended as an effective approach for treating traumatic arthritis caused by internal fixation failures of intertrochanteric fractures. Distal fixed prosthesis was recommended due to bone sclerosis or defects of proximal femur. Coupled with emphasis on reconstruction of the greater trochanter ,good therapeutic effects could be achieved.

Objective To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of dual energy CT myocardial iodine maps in detecting acute myocardial infarction in canine model. Methods Myocardial ischemia model was made by ligaturing left anterior descending coronary arteries (LAD) after thoracotomy in six dogs, while another 3 dogs undergoing thoracotomy not ligaturing LAD as control group. Before and three hours after operation, dual-source CT (DSCT) was performed, followed by resting 99Tcm-MIBI single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging. Then, dogs were sacrificed, and the hearts were removed, triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining and conventional HE staining were performed. CT number of non-ischemic and ischemic regions were measured and analyzed. The wall of the left ventricle in the short axis was divided into 17 segments, the segments of myocardial perfusion defect in DSCT myocardial iodine maps, SPECT, and pathology were determined. Student t test was used to analyze the difference of CT number between infarcted and non-infarcted myocardium. Kappa test was used for the accuracy of DSCT myocardial iodine maps and SPECT in detecting myocardial ischemia according to the pathological results. Results No abnormal regions were detected using DSCT myocardial iodine maps in preoperative control and infarction group. After thoracotomy, partial sparse or defective perfusion was consistently noted in six dogs' apical anterior and partition wall in both DSCT myocardial iodine maps and SPECT. In the infarcted group, the attenuation of infarction region (34.75 ± 16.66) HU was significantly decreased compared with preoperative measurements ( 123. 18 ± 15.38 ) HU ( t = 10. 526, P ＜ 0. 01 ); decreased perfusion in the infarcted region was also noted in the DSCT myocardial iodine maps and SPECT. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of DSCT myocardial iodine maps and SPECT were 85.0% (34/40) , 84. 1% (95/113) ,65.4% (34/52) ,94. 0%(95/101) ,and 82. 5% (33/40), 90. 3% ( 102/113 ) ,75.0% (33/44) ,93.6% ( 102/109 ), respectively.Kappa values were 0. 63 and 0. 71 for the agreement of DSCT myocardial iodine maps and SPECT.Conclusion DSCT myocardial iodine maps is comparable diagnostic accuracy with rest SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in detection of acute myocardial infarction in a canine model.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of maslinic acid preconditioning against injuries of rat cortical neurons induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD).

METHODSThe cortical neurons were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rat embryos at 15-17 days of gestation for primary culture. The cortical neurons were incubated with different concentrations (0.1, 1, and 10 micro;mol/L) of maslinic acid prior to OGD. The cell damage and viability were evaluated for lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage and using MTT assay, respectively, and the expression of Bax protein was detected using Western blotting.

RESULTSOGD significantly increased LDH release rate and decreased the viability of the cells. After preconditioning with maslinic acid (1 and 10 micro;mol/L), LDH leakage rate was decreased and cell the viability increased in cells exposed to OGD. Western blotting showed that Bax expression in the cells decreased as maslinic acid concentrations increased.

CONCLUSIONPretreatment with maslinic acid can protect cultured embryonic rat cortical neurons against OGD-induced injury possibly in relation to decreased expression of Bax.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; Cell Hypoxia ; Cells, Cultured ; Cerebral Cortex ; cytology ; drug effects ; Embryo, Mammalian ; Glucose ; metabolism ; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase ; metabolism ; Neurons ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Oxygen ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Triterpenes ; pharmacology ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; metabolism

Objective To investigate the inhibition effect of liraglutide (lira) on high glucose-induced adhesion of endothelial cells to monocyte.Methods Human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) induced by high glucose (20 mmol/L) were incubated with different concentrations of liraglutide (0,0.3,3,30 nmol/L) for different time.THP-1 cells were pre-labeled with Calcein-AM and then incubated with HUVECs for 1 h,M199 medium were used for washing the nonadherent cells for 3 times,and the adhesion of HUVECs to THP-1 cells were measured by Fluorence microplate reader;real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were employed to detect the mRNA and protein expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1),respectively.Western blot was used to measure the content of IκBα,p-IκBα and the distribution of p65 in plasma and nuclear.GST-IκBα was introduced as substrate to test the activity of IκB-kinase (IKK).Results The adhesion of HUVECs to THP-1 (P ＜ 0.01),the mRNA and protein expression of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 (P ＜ 0.05,P ＜ 0.01),the phosphorylation of κBα (P ＜ 0.05,P ＜ 0.01),the translocation of p65 subunit from plasma to nuclear and the activity of IKK (P ＜ 0.01) in HUVECs were all elevated by stimulation with 20 mmol/L glucose,and the content of IκBα was decreased accordingly (P ＜0.01).Pre-incubation with lira could reverse the above effect of high concentration of glucose.Conclusions Lira could reduce VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 expression through IKK/NF-κB pathways in 20 mmol/L glucose-induced HUVECs,which finally suppress THP-1-HUVECs adhesion.

Leptin, a peptide hormone discovered in the 1990s, arouses interest as it can regulate the body′s metabolism. In recent years, many studies have shown that leptin can promote the proliferation, activation and cytokine synthesis of various immune cells, and participate in innate and adaptive immune responses. This article reviewed the role of leptin and involved signaling pathways in immune response and the potential of leptin as a vaccine adjuvant.

Fermentum Rubrum（FR） is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine with dual-use functions of medicine and food， which has been used for more than 1 000 years. By referring to the ancient herbal classics and modern laws and regulations， the author sorted out the origin of FR， sorted out the development of processing， and analyzed the problems existing in the quality standard， aiming to provide a basis for further research and development of FR. There are many theories about the origin of FR. After summarizing and sorting out the relevant literature， three viewpoints are mainly drawn， including Han dynasty origin theory， Wei and Jin origin theory and Tang dynasty origin theory. After synthesizing the views of various schools， it is believed that the origin of FR should be no later than the Eastern Han dynasty. FR is made from rice by fermentation， which has the effect of strengthening the spleen， eliminating food， promoting blood circulation and removing stasis after fermentation. Although the natural fermentation in ancient times has been able to pay attention to the influence of temperature， humidity and strain on the quality of FR， due to the low level of science and technology， there are still problems such as complicated and cumbersome process， large workload and high labor cost. To the pure fermentation in modern times， the fermentation processing method of FR has been evolved， gradually improved and perfected. However， due to the lack of standardized research， there is no unified standard for the fermentation process of FR in various regions， and the quality standard lags behind seriously， which leads to the unstable product quality on the market. Among the 15 specifications for the preparation of FR， only 6 have been published in the past 5 years， and most of them have not been revised in a timely manner， and some of them have not been included in the updated version. Based on this， it is recommended to carry out a systematic study on processing technology of FR， and the best process is selected to accelerate the revision and improvement of its standardization， so as to improve the quality of FR sold in the market and promote its stable and sustainable development.