The elements in blood or serum, including calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, chromium, manganese, nickel, selenium, lead and cadmium were determined in the normal and patients in Nanjing by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The method used was proved to be reliable being checked by the reference bovine serum and the data obtained in this paper was coincident with those reported by the other authors previously. The relationship between the concentrations of elements and the ages as well as the sexes in the normal was discussed briefly. The concentrations of several of the elements of the patients were significantly different from those of the normal in the same ages.

Objective:To investigate the antitumor efficiency of the special cytotoxic T lymphocytes(CTLs) activated by dendritic cells(DCs) pulsed with K-ras (12-Val) antigen.Methods:DCs was generated from PBMC in the presence of granuloceyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor(GM-CSF),interleukin-4(IL-4)in vitro.DCs were differently sensitized with K-ras mutant pancreatic cancer cell line,K-ras(12-Val) mutant peptide,K-ras(12-Val) mutant peptide with the surface of cationic nanoparticle.Cell surface markers on DCs was measured by flow cytometry.The activation of CTL induced by DCs was detected by ~3H- thymidine incorporation test.The killing effects of CTL to pancreatic cancer was detected by ~(125)I-UdR release test. Production of IL-12 and IFN-γ by DCs and PBMC was detected by ELISA.Results:Compared with DCs pulsed with K-ras(12-Val) mutant peptide and K-ras (12-Val) mutant peptide with the surface of cationic nanoparticle,DCs pulsed with whole tumor antigen could better induce CTLs killing activity(P＜0.05).The DCs with K-ras(12-Val) mutant peptide and K-ras mutant peptide with the surface of cationic nanoparticle could produce specific CTL killing activity aganist pancreatic cancer cell line Patu8988(K-ras+)(P＜0.05),but not SW1990(K-ras-)(P＞0.05). K-ras (12-Val) mutant peptide with the surface of cationic nanoparticle at lower concentrations can be effectively presenting on the surface of DCs than only K-ras (12-Val) mutant peptide.Conclusion:K-ras (12-Val) mutant peptide with cationic carrier can be effectively presenting and expression of DCs and induce CTL specific killing activity aganist pancreatic cancer cell lines with K-ras (12-Val) mutant peptide.

Initiation of insulin therapy is challenging in the primary care setting without nursing support. Doctors have to prepare their practices to deal with these challenges in order not to delay insulin therapy when needed.

ObjectiveTo analyze the influential factor of anxiety and depression scores in patients with broken limb(finger),and find the effective nursing interventions.MethodsThe international general hospital anxiety and depression scale research studies on the 100 patients with broken limb(finger) were conducted.ResultsThe patients' age,education level,the nature and size of the company,pre-service training,the level of income and the patients' family economic conditions had a significant impact on scoring a high level of anxiety and depression in patients with broken limb (finger).The differences between the various influencing factors were statistically significant (F =2.926,2.722,t =5.701,4.117,3.311,2.837,3.021,2.947,4.106,3.199,5.286,4.310,5.129,4.152,all P ＜0.05 ).Then the patients' gender,marital status,work experience,the time of injury for overtime and the injured situations do not constitute the relevant factors affecting the patients' anxiety and depression scores.ConclusionPatients with broken limb(finger) have a high incidence of anxiety and depression.The patients' age,education level,the nature and size of the company,pre-service training,the level of income and the patients' family economic conditions have significant impact on scoring a high level of anxiety and depression in patients with broken limb (finger).Clinical care for such patients,should be thought their background,in order to take appropriate nursing intervention.

Objective To study the effects of diabetes on hippocampal synaptic plasticity in perforant path-dentate gyrus pathway (PP-DG) in rats. Methods 70 SD rats( 180±20) g were divided into 3 groups at random: control group, type1 diabetes group (DM1)and type2 diabetes group (DM2). After Morris water maze test, 15 rats that showed worse spatial memory ability were selected in each model group to investigate the variation of paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) and the range of synaptic plasticity. Field potentials were recorded in the dentate gyrus of the dorsal hippocampus by stimulating the perforant path. Results Contrast to the control group, diabetic rats' hippocampal LTP were depressed (P<0.05), and type1 diabetic rats' LTP reduced much more. Diabetic rats' PPF ratio was reduced contrast to the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Type1 and type2 diabetes impaired synaptic plasticity of hippocampal PP-DG pathway in rats, which conformed the results of water maze test.

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of serum amyloid A protein in patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Methods Serum amyloid A (SAA) levels were detected by ELISA in 131 patients with HCV infection and 20 normal controls. The expression of SAA-mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) was detected by RT-PCR from some blood samples of HCV patients and normal controls. Results The SAA levels in the patients with chronic HCV infection were markedly higher than those in normal controls (t = 17. 14, P < 0. 01 ). The expression of SAA-mRNA detected by RT-PCR was closely correlated with concentrations of SAA measured by ELISA ( r = 0.86, P <0.01 ). No correlation was found between SAA expression and serum HCV RNA titers, as well as between SAA and serum ALT in patients with chronic HCV infection. Conclusion SAA levels are increased in patients with chronic HCV infection, which is not correlated with HCV RNA titers and serum ALT levels.

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Objective:To investigate the availability for rhIL-18 in the in vitro culture system to stimulate PBMHCs,with inducing cytotoxicities against tumor cells and to analyze the influencing factors for the effects.Methods:The NK cells,T cells and dendritic cells were separated from fresh PBMNCs by using the Stem Sep TM immunomagnetic beads.Cell phenotypes of the purified cell populations were identified with FCM technique.The cell co-culture system was established as follows.The PBMNCs or the cell preparations deleting the definite cell subset with immunoscreening were co-cultivated with mitotic-inactivated tumor cells in the presence of rhIL-18.Cytotoxicities of the various effector cell preparations to a series of tumor cell lines were examined by the isotope releasing assay.Results:In the in vitro cell co-culture system,rhIL-18 rapidly induces activation of the cytolytic responses against various tumor cell lines mediated by PBMNCs.The rapid induction within 24 h of culture was dependent on the dosage of rhIL-18,with the optimal dose of 100 ng/ml of the cytokine.The activated cytotoxicities were abrogated by deleting NK cells prior to the cell co-culture but did not vary when either T cells or DCs were removed.The cytotoxic responses were shown as a pattern of broad-spectrum to the target cells used and were not blocked by anti-MHC moAbs.Conclusion:NK cells were responsible for the rapid induction of cytotoxicities against tumor cells by rhIL-18.

Objective To get genetic information of VP 1 coding region of HEV 71 in Beijing in 2008.Methods Enteroviruses were isolated from samples of throat swabs collected from 33 HFMD patients within 3 days after onset by rhabdomyosarcoma(RD) cells and identified by RT-PCR method with specific primers to human enteroviruses,then VP 1 coding region was amplified and sequenced by Sanger dideoxy.Bioedit 7.0.5 and MEGA3.1 were used for the nucleotide sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis.Results 16 virus strains were isolated from 33 samples,of which 14 strains were identified as HEV 71 and 2 were CVA 16,and 1 was co-infected with CVA 16 and HEV 71.Sequence analysis of VP 1 nucleotide sequences of 10 HEV 71 isolates showed that homologous analysis of nucleotide identity amino acid 95.5%～100% and 98.9%～100% respectively;representative strains of Fuyang in 2008,nucleotide identity was 95.4%～99.1%;with representative strain of C 4 nucleotide identity was over 92%.Phylogenetic analysis of HEV 71 strains for the nucleotide sequence of VP 1 coding region clarified that the HEV 71 isolates in Beijing belonged to C 4a cluster of C 4 sub-genotype and 10 strains formed four relatively separated clusters.Conclusions The HEV 71 viruses isolated from children of HFMD in Beijing belonged to C 4 sub-genotype,and C4a cluster which was the predominant in China since 2004.According to phylogenetic analysis,HEV 71 which belonged to more than 4 different clusters were circulating in Beijing in 2008.More virological suggestion for disease control and prevention,and information of HEV 71 molecular epidemiology need to be collected urgently due to the successive large epidemic of HEV 71 in China.

Objective To optimize the extract technology of Quyou Tincture with orthogonal design.Methods With the determination of peoniflorin and paeonol and the extraction rates as indexes,the extract conditions of Quyou Tincture was optimized by orthogonal design.Results The optimal preparation process of alcohol was as follows:adding 6 times alcohol(75%),immerse 24 hours and percolate with 1 mL/min.Conclusion The optimum extracting condition was simple,with a high extraction rate and low cost.