Objective To investigate characteristics and psychological mechanisms of creativity of college students by using divergent thinking tasks and creativity potential test.Methods Totally 150 college students were selected and assessed with three types of open-ended divergent thinking tasks (unusual uses task,instances task,consequences task) and the Williams Scale of the Creativity Assessment Packet (CAP) in this study.The divergent productions were scored by two independent raters on fluency,originality,flexibility dimension,and the CAP results were analyzed on risk-taking,curiosity,imagination and complexity.Results (1) The results showed that scores on fluency,flexibility,and originality correlated with each other on each of the three different divergent thinking tasks (P＜0.01).(2) Scores on fluency and flexibility among the three different divergent thinking tasks significantly correlated with each other (fluency:r=0.22,P＜0.01; r=0.47,P＜0.01 ; r=0.26,P＜0.01 ;flexibility:r=0.26,P＜0.01 ; r=0.28,P＜0.01 ; r=0.18,P＜0.05),while the correction coefficients of scores on originality among the three tasks were not significant.(3) Most scores of fluency or flexibility of different tasks were significandy correlated with risk-taking and imagination (P＜0.05),while originality was correlated with different creativity potentials on each task (originality of instances task and imagination:r=0.18,P＜0.05 ; originality of consequences task and risk-taking:r=0.26,P＜0.01 ; originality of unusual uses task and complexity:r=0.17,P＜0.05).Conclusion The results suggest that fluency and flexibility are the general characteristics of divergent thinking,which are associated with imagination and adventure,while originality is specific nature of divergent thinking,which is associated with various creative potentials according to the tasks.

Objective To explore the effects of alendronate on adipogenic differentiation of bone marrow stremal cells (BMSCs) and the role of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) signal pathway in this process. Methods BMSCs were derived from 9-month-old ovariectomized SD rats and exposed to 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 μmol/L of alendronate for 2 weeks. The number of BMSCs was counted under light microscope after oil red O staining. The expression of peroxisome proliferators activated receptor-γ, 2 (PPAR-γ2) was measured by RT-PCR. The effect of alendronate on MAPK signal pathway was detected by Western blot. Results After two weeks of induction of BMSCs by alendronate, BMSCs with positive oil red O staining significantly decreased as the increase of the concentration of alendronate (P <0.01), so did the expression of PPAR-γ2. The expression level of PPAR 2 increased when exposing BMSCs to ERK1/2 or JNK specific inhibitors, PD98059 and SP600125 for two weeks. However, the expression level of PPAR 2 decreased when exposing BMSCs to SB203580 (an inhibitor of p38) for two weeks. Condusion Alendronate can inhibit adipogenic differentiation of BMSCs derived from ovariectomized rats in a doso-dependent manner by activating ERK1/2 and JNK rather than p38.

OBJECTIVE To explore the disinfection methods for slippers that used in operation room. METHODS A total of 120 pairs of slippers were monitored on their disinfection half of them were with automatic washer machine as a test group; while control group was dealed mannally with compound chlorine disinfection solution. The disinfection effects of two groups were compared. RESULTS The disinfection effects of two methods were identical, but had a difference of work efficiency. CONCLUSIONS The slippers used in operating room are contaminated by bacteria seriously. The manual disinfection method is low inefficient. The test group by machine method is with good efficiency and safety, so, it was recommendable for clinical use.

ObjectiveTo establish an effective method for F9 gene mutation detection by using high resolution melting ( HRM ) curve analysis.Methods Peripheral blood samples of 55 hemophilia B (HB) patients were collected from Shanghai Ruijin Hospital during January 2005 to June 2010.Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood.PCR amplification combined with sequencing was used to identify the F9 gene mutations in 40 patients.HRM assay was established on the 21 DNA samples with known mutations in exonl to exon7 of F9 gene.Mutation scanning of exonl to exon7 by HRM combined with direct sequencing of exon8 was used in the molecular diagnosis of 15 HB patients with unknown F9 gene mutations.ResultsF9 gene mutation was detected in each of the 40 HB patients by direct sequencing.By HRM,the different melting curve patterns were identified in 19 out of 21 cases.The detection rate was about 90％.Through mutation scanning of exonl to exon7 by HRM combined with direct sequencing of exon8,F9 gene mutations were detected in all the 15 HB patients with unknown F9 gene mutations.Thirty-four F9 gene mutations had been identified in the 55 HB patients.ConclusionsA new strategy of HB genetic diagnosis,scanning mutations of exonl to exon7 combined with DNA sequencing of exon8 of F9 gene,is established in this study.The new strategy is efficient and reliable.

Objective The study aimed to construct one severity of illness scoring system specially for children with complex congenital heart diseases and analyzed the applicability of this new score,which will be helpful to assist the medical workers in evaluating children's condition.Methods A total of 1284children patients with complex congenital heart diseases in Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to School of Medicine of Shanghai Jiaotong University.The general information and clinical data were collected.Logistic regression,method of percentiles and expert opinions were used to construct the new severity of illness scoring system.Area under ROC curve,Hosmer-Lemeshow,goodness of fit test were used to evaluate the performance and applicability of the new score.Results A total of 1284 children with complex congenital heart diseases split into construction group (1138 cases) and verification group (146 cases).The new score included seven indexes (systolic blood pressure,blood oxygen saturation,lactic acid,potassium,potential of hydrogen,glucose,positive inotropic drug score).The range of the score was 0-57 and the cut-off point was 10.The discriminatory power was sufficient (area under the curve ＞ 0.75),and the calibration capability of the score was tolerable (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The applicability of the new score is well and it is easy to use,which will not increase the workload for the medical workers while assisting them in the clinical environment.

Objective:To better understand the changes of the NKT like cells after HIV infection and HAART treatment.Methods: Peripheral blood from HIV-infected individuals, HAART-treatment AIDS patients and healthy controls were collected, the expression of CD57 and the proliferation ability of NKT like cells before and after HAART were analyzed by flow cytometry.Results:We found that the percentage of NKT like cells before HAART was significantly lower than the healthy controls ( P<0.01 ) , and recovered after HAART treatment ( P<0.05 );the aging of NKT like cells was significantly higher before HAART compared with health individuals (P<0.01),and recovered after HAART treatment(P<0.05)the proliferation was significantly lower in vitro before HAART compared with healthy controls,and partial recovered after HAART.Conclusion: After HAART treatment,the number of NKT like cells,CD57 expression and the proliferation ability of HIV infected patients were restored.

Objective To establish the method of gene mutation screening for HME and investigate the relationship between genotype and clinical phenotype in HME patients. Methods Fifteen cases of HME probands were divided into the following four subgroups: mild (M) and severe ( Ⅰ S, Ⅱ S, Ⅲ S) according to the clinical diagnosis. DNA samples were obtained from the probands and family members. All of the EXT1 and EXT2 gene exons and their boundary sequences were amplified by PCR, and sequenced by directsequencing. Then the relationship between the genotypes and clinical phenotype was analyzed. Results Among the fifteen cases of HME probands, nine harbored EXT1 gene mutation, while the other 6 were positive for EXT2 gene mutation. Moreover, six novel mutations in EXT1 gene, including I8 + 2T ＞ G, c. 1182delG,c. 1108G ＞T(p. E370X) ,c. 335delA,c. 361C ＞T(p. Q121X) and c. 1879_1881delCAC were identified. In 9 patients with EXT1 gene mutation, 2 (22. 2% ) were M-type, 2 (22. 2% ) were Ⅰ S -type, 4 (44. 4% )were Ⅱ S-type,and 1 ( 11.1% ) was ⅢS-type. Whereas, 5 cases (83.3%) were M-type and only one case was Ⅱ S-type( 16. 7% ) in 6 patients with EXT2 gene mutation. Conclusions An accurate and simple gene diagnostic method for HME was established. Six novel EXT1 gene mutations, including I8 + 2T ＞ G,c. 1182delG, c. 1108G ＞T(p. E370X), c. 335delA, c. 361C ＞T(p. Q121X)and c. 1879_1881delCAC were identified as well. The clinical phenotype of the patients with EXT1 gene mutation was more severe compared to those with EXT2 gene mutations.

Objective To explore the clinicopathological features and imaging characteristics of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis in central nerve system,thus to facilitate the diagnosis and differential diagnosis.Methods A total of ten cases were enrolled in the study,with seven cases of Rosai-Dorfman disease(RDD) and three cases of xanthoma disseminatum (XD).Data on the clinicopathological features,imaging,immunophenotype and prognosis were collected and analyzed.Results Seven patients with RDD,5 males and 2 females with the mean age of 46.7 years old,all presented as dural-based or intraparenchymal hypo-to isointense lesions on T1 and T2 with post-contrast enhancement.The polymorphous admixture of histiocytes,lymphocytes and plasma cells was observed in a fibrous stroma,with emperipolesis of some histiocytes.The immunohistostaining of CD11c,CD68,MAC387 and S-100 was positive in the histiocytes,while the staining of CD1α was negative.Five patients recovered after the operation,while one patient died of the disease.All the 3 XD patients were female,with the median age of 20.7 years old.All XD patients presented as multiple intraparenchymal hypointense lesions on T1 and hyperintense lesions on T2 with post-contrast enhancement.The infiltration of foam-like histiocytes,a few Touton giant cells,lymphocytes and eosnophils was observed in all XD patients.The immunohistostaining of CD68 and CD11c was positive in the histiocytes and that of MAC387 partly positive,while the staining of S-100 and CD1α was negative.One XD patient survived well,while another one died of the disease.Conclusions The diagnosis of RDD and XD should be based on their typical morphology and immunophenotype and should be differentiated from Langerhans cell histiocytosis and other non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis.Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis in central nerve system often presents untypical clinical presentation and imaging features,thus the communication and cooperation between clinician and pathologist is needed.

Objective To investigate the optimal scan time of MRI using the imaging probe alphamethyl-L-tryptophan(α-MTrp)-superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) for localizing temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) foci.Methods α-MTrp-SPIONs were injected into rat models of TLE through the tail vein during the acute and chronic stages (72 h and 8 weeks after status epilepticus,respectively).MRI was performed before and 1,2,4,8,24 h after the injection in all animals,and the T2 values of the epileptogenic regions were measured.One-way repeated measures analysis of variance was used for data analysis.Results Compared with the T2 values before the injection of α-MTrp-SPIONs,the T2 signal of epileptogenic regions after the injection had a negative increased change.The T2 values before and 1,2,4,8,24 h after the injection in acute stage were 112.08±5.85,107.83±6.59,105.08±6.79,95.58±5.14,100.92± 5.81,105.17±6.31 respectively,and those in chronic stage were 112.08±7.53,107.75±7.10,102.75± 5.50,96.17±5.01,97.75±4.37,102.92±4.74.The T2 values after the injection were significantly different from those before the injection (both P＜0.01).The T2 value at 4 h after the injection decreased mostly.Conclusions α-MTrp-SPIONs can precisely localize epileptogenic regions of TLE on MRI.The optimal scan time is 4 h after the injection.

OBJECTIVE: To study the influence of PD173074 on proliferation and apoptosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. METHOD: With immunoblotting and RT-PCR, FGFR1 expression was detected in CNE, PONE1 and C666-1 cell lines. With MTT assay,the time-effect and dose-effect correlation between PD173074 and inhibition of CNE proliferation was evaluated. After PD173074 stimulation, the phosphorylation level of FGFR1 and AKT was detected with immunoblotting assay. Furthermore, influence of PD173074 on the activation of Caspase3 and Caspase9 was detected to study the underlying mechanism of why PD173074 could inhibit CNE proliferation. RESULT: FGFR1 has the highest expression in CNE cell line. Under incubation of 10 nmol/L PD173074 stimulation for 36 hours to 72 hours, the phosphorylation of FGFR1 and AKT was impaired significantly, which further reduced the proliferation of CNE. Moreover, PD173074 can activate the intrinsic apoptotic pathway by stimulating Caspase9,which activated Caspase3 and induced the apoptosis. CONCLUSION PD173074 could inhibit proliferation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell through reducing the phosphorylation of FGFR1 and AKT. Additionally, PD173074 can induce CNE apoptosis by activating intrinsic apoptotic pathway via cleaving Caspase9 and Caspase3.
Antineoplastic Agents ; pharmacology ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Carcinoma ; Caspase 3 ; metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation ; Humans ; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Pyrimidines ; pharmacology