Humans ; Iatrogenic Disease ; prevention & control ; Monitoring, Intraoperative ; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve ; physiology ; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries

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Lots of studies implicate that pathological high-frequency oscillation (HFO) was associated with epilepsy. In recent years, new recording technologies have advanced such that, at high temporal and spatial resolutions, high-frequency oscillation can be recorded in partial epilepsy by intracranial electrodes. More and more researchers focus on the study of high frequency oscillation. The techniques, which were used to record, automatic mine, analysis and quantify high-frequency oscillation, are develop quickly. As a new biomarker of epilepsy, high-frequency oscillation can reflect the epileptic form activity. The HFO has a great value in localization of human epileptic brain and epilepsy surgery.

Objective To establish the biological reference intervals of serum immunoglobulin ( Ig) for children ( neonates to young adults) in our laboratory.Methods This was a retrospective study.Serum IgG, IgA and IgM of the neonatal ( 1-28 days ) to 18 years old who visited the First Hospital of Jilin University during January 2011 to July 2014 were measured.The inclusion criteria were normal C-reactive protein content, normal liver and kidney function and without history of chronic diseases, allergic reactions, connective tissue diseases, rheumatic diseases and human immunodeficiency diseases.Children whose Ig tests were below upper limit of adult reference range were divided into 19 age groups.By eliminating outliers within each group, 9 466 cases of reference individuals conformed to the establishment of reference intervals were selected.Rank sum test was applied in comparing Ig levels of each two adjacent age groups, if there was not statistical significance ( P>0.05 ) , the two age groups were merged; otherwise not merged.The upper and lower limit of Ig reference range for each age group were calculated using nonparametric method, and biological reference intervals of children′s serum Ig were established.Results The neonatal serum IgG decreased grually after birth and reached the lowest point at 29 days-3 months, then the concentration increased gradually along with age growth and reached adult level by 11 years old.Neonatal serum IgA and IgM levels were at the lowest point and the concentration increased along with age growth then reached adult levels by 11 and 2 years old respectively.The children′s serum Ig reference intervals were as below:IgG:3.59-7.90, 2.26-5.40, 2.72-6.62, 2.87-7.74, 3.38-8.07, 3.80-9.08, 4.86-11.40, 4.97-11.70, 5.51-12.40, 6.17-13.10, 6.41-13.60, 6.53-14.20 and 6.84-14.30 g/L for neonatal, 29 days-3 months, 4-6 months, 7 months, 8-9 months, 10 months-1 year old, 2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7, 8 and 9-10 years old, respectively;IgA:0.23-0.45, 0.24-1.02, 0.23-0.79, 0.23-0.92, 0.24-1.03, 0.24-1.56, 0.26-1.93, 0.31-2.16, 0.44-2.56, 0.56-2.85, 0.52-3.35 and 0.63-3.23 g/L for neonatal-3 months, 4 months, 5-7 months, 8-9 months, 10 months-1 years old, 2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7, 8, and 9-10 years old, respectively;IgM:0.16-0.70, 0.21-1.20, 0.30-1.62, 0.38-2.16 and 0.44-2.17 g/L for neonatal, 29 days-3 months, 4-7 months, 8-9 months and 10 months-1 years old, respectively.Conclusions There were great differences of the serum Ig concentrations between children and adults, thus children′s immunologic function should not be assessed based on adult Ig reference intervals.According to the research, reference intervals of Ig were obtained for children at different age groups in the laboratory and reference in evaluating children′s immunologic function was provided for clinicians.

Objective · To observe effect of 17β estrodial (17β E2) with different concentrations on C type natriuretic peptide (CNP), insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF1), and natriuretic peptide receptor B (NPR-B) expression and proliferation of growth plate chondrocytes of rats in vitro. Methods · Eight Wistar rats were sacrificed and their epiphyseal cartilages of the upper tibias were separated to obtain chondrocytes on the 14th day after birth. Then chondrocytes were cultured with 17β E2 in different concentrations (10-4、10-6、10-8、10-10 and 10-12 mol/L) for 48 h, while control group was cultured without 17β E2. CCK8 method, ELISA and qRT-PCR were used to analyze the proliferation of chondrocytes, the levels of CNP and IGF1 in culture medium and mRNA levels of CNP, NPR-B and IGF1, respectively. Results · 17β E2 in different concentrations affected the proliferation of growth plate chondrocytes significantly. When the concentration of 17β E2 was 10-8 mol/L, it had the strongest effect on the cell proliferation. When the concentration increased to 10-4 mol/L, the proliferation of chondrocytes was inhibited. With the increasement of 17β E2 concentration, the levels of CNP in the culture medium and the mRNA levels of CNP in the chondrocytes were significantly different. The highest levels of CNP protein and mRNA both appeared in 10-8 mol/L group, while the lowest levels both appeared in 10-4 mol/L group. IGF1 and its mRNA also reached the highest levels in 10-8 mol/L group,but the lowest concentration and mRNA level were in 10-10 mol/L group and 10-12 mol/L, respectively. Both CNP mRNA and protein levels were positive correlated with the proliferation of chondrocytes (P=0.000). Nevertheless, there was no significant correlation between the proliferation of chondrocytes and IGF1 mRNA or protein levels (P>0.05). Conclusion · 17β E2 modulates proliferation of rat growth plate chondrocytes in a dose-effect manner. It enhances proliferation at relatively low concentrations (10-10-10-8 mol/L) and inhibits proliferation at high concentration. This effect is positively related to CNP expression in chondrocytes.

Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea ; surgery ; Craniotomy ; methods ; Endoscopy ; Frontal Sinus ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Nose ; surgery ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Young Adult

Adult ; Child ; Endoscopy ; Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Nose ; surgery ; Orbit ; pathology

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of Hath1 on epithelial ridge (GER) cells from postnatal rat cochlear. METHODS An experimental method was developed which allowed the isolation and culture of GER cells from P1 rat cochleae using a combinatorial approach of enzymatic digestion and mechanical separation. The dissociated GER cells were cultured in DMEM+10% FBS. The GER explants infected with ad-Hath1 for 3 hours were cultured for 10 days and observed under scanning electron microscope. RESULTS The GER cell cultures tended to attach to the substratum and grow in patches which assume a polygonal morphology similar to that of epithelial cells in medium containing 10% serum. Stereociliary bundle-like structures were observed in the boundary of GER cell patches forced to express Hath1. CONCLUSION That GER cells which are likely hair cell progenitors could be cultured in vitro and generate stereociliary bundle-like structure when forced to express Hath1 suggests that the misexpression of Hath1 probably can induce the predifferentiation of pure hair cell progenitors into hair cells in vitro.

OBJECTIVE: To establish the stable and efficient hearing damage model by using low dosage of cispla tin, and investigate the mechanism. METHOD: C57 mice were divided into 7 groups (every group, n = 8), the first group was the control group, the others were separately intraperitoneally injected with different dosages of cispla tin for different time. We measured the auditory brainstem response (ABR) of the mice, and obtained the basal coil of organ Corti. We observed the shape of inner hair cells (IHC) by staining AgNO3 and marked otoferlin in the IHC by immunofluorescence,successively sliced by laser confocal microscopy. The RNA fragments were amplified by RT-PCR. RESULT: After cisplatin administration for four days, the thresholds of the ABR improved in 1.5 mg/kg and 3.0 mg/kg group, and compared with the control group, the ABR thresholds improved in each group with ciplatin administration for seven days. With the same dosage, the ABR threshold of the 0.75 mg/kg x 7 d group was higher than 0.75 mg/kg x 4 d group, and there was no time-effect relationship existing in other groups with different dosage. The otoferlin was less expressed 3.0 mg/kg groups than the control group. However, the oto ferlin expressed in the 1.5 mg/kg groups were almost the same as the control group. The alteration of the IHC was observed most remarkablely in 3.0 mg/kg x 7 d group. CONCLUSION Low dosage of cisplatin can impair the hearing, and the expression of otoferlin may involve in the underlying mechanism.
Animals ; Cisplatin ; toxicity ; Cochlea ; drug effects ; metabolism ; pathology ; Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner ; drug effects ; pathology ; Membrane Proteins ; metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL

Objective To investigate the curative effects of curcumin(CUR)or dexamethasone (DXM)on ischemia-reperfusion injury(IRI)of rat lung grafts.Methods Male SD rats were randomly divided 4 groups:CUR group(CUR was administered intraperitoneally to both donors and recipients at 3 h prior to operation);DXM group(DXM was administered intraperitoneally at 30 min prior to operation);vehicle group(Animals were injected with the DMSO to both donors and recipients at 3 h prior to operation);sham group(Time-matched control animals underwent the same surgery,except that no graft was implanted).Six animals were sacrificed at different reperfusion periods of 2 h and 24 h,respectively.Oxygenation indexes(PO_2/FiO_2),lung injury scores,wet/dry ratio(W/D)and myeloperoxidase(MPO)activity in the transplanted lung were measured.Malondialdehyde(MDA), total anti-oxidative capacity(TAOC),tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-?and interleukin(IL)-6 in the transplanted lung and serum were determined.Results The levels of LPV PO_2/FiO_2 were significant- ly higher in the CUR and DXM groups than in the vehicle groups both 2 and 24 h after reperfusion,re- spectively(P