Iodine is a micronutrient that is essential for the production of thyroid hormones.Either iodine deficiency or excess will not only affect the synthesis and secretion of thyroid hormone but also be related to the occurrence and development of thyroid diseases.Iodine deficiency can cause endemic goiter,cretinism,hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer;high incidence of hyperthyroidism,hypothyroidism,autoimmune thyroid disease,goiter,and thyroid cancer are associated with excessive iodine intake.It is essential to assess iodine nutritional status for the populations,particularly those with thyroid diseases.

Objective To investigate the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) based on the clinical characteristics of GIST in different locations.Methods The clinical data of 486 GIST patients who received surgical treatment at the Peking Union Hospital from January 2003 to December 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.There were 461 patients with primary GIST and 25 with secondary GIST.The clinical characteristics and surgical treatment methods were analyzed.All data were analyzed using the chi-square test.Results Of the 461 patients with esophageal stromal tumors,6 received partial esophagectomy.Of the 234 patients with gastric stromal tumors,183 received partial gastrectomy,23 received proximal gastrectomy + cardiectomy,23 received distal gastrectomy,2 received total gastrectomy and 3 received exploratory laparotomy.Of the 51 patients with duodenal stromal tumors,34 received partial duodenectomy,9 received pancreatico-duodenectomy,5 received pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy,3 received palliative surgery.Of the 116 patients with small intestinal stromal tumors,110 received partial small intestinal resection and 6 received palliative surgery.Of the 29 patients with rectal stromal tumors,13 received posterial transsphincteric surgery of the rectum,12 received transanal local resection of rectal tumors and 4 received abdominoperineal resection; laparotomy was performed on 25 patients with GIST in other positions.Of the 25 patients with secondary GIST,10 patients with liver metastasis of GIST received hepatic segmentectomy,1 received hepatobiopsy; 6 received abdominopelvic tumor resection; 5 received portial resection of the small intestine or colon; 1 received sigmoid colostomy; 1 received splenectomy and 1 received intracranial tumor resection.Of the 461 patients with primary GIST,patients who received combined devisceration accounted for 12.58％ (58/461),and the ratio of combined cholecystectomy was the highest,which was 34.5％ (20/58).Combined devisceration was considered for patients with duodenal stromal tumors,gastric stromal tumors and small intestinal tumors.Laparoscopic surgery accounted for 20.39％ (94/461) of all the surgery,and the ratio of laparoscopic surgery which carried out in recent 5 years was 28.52％ (77/270),which was significantly higher than 8.90％ (17/191) of the earlier 5 years (x2=36.67,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Different surgical treatment methods including minimally invasive surgery could be adopted according to different clinical characteristics of GIST in different locations,and radical resection of GIST is the main objective.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an convenient, effective, and safe technique,and is especially useful for the nutritional support of patients who are unable to befedorally. PEG should be carefully arranged based on indications, ethical criteria, and contraindications. Early PEG can remarkably improve the quality of life.

OBJECTIVE：To study the anti-asthmatic effects of artesunate on the durg-induced asthmat.METHOD:Drug-induced asthmatic model of guinea-pig. RESULTS:Using nubilous inhalation or intragastric administration,artesunate significantly inhibited the guinea-pig model asthma in a dose-dependent manner.It's ED50 were (99.95±7.69)mg.L-1(n=4) and (15.64±1.25)mg.kg-1.d-1(n=4) respectively. CONCLUSION:artesunate showed anti-athmatic effect in guinea-pig asthmatic model.

Objective To construct vectors based on adeno-associated virus type 2 (rAAV2) carrying bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7) and observe their expression in adipose-derived adult stem cells, which can be served as a new gene therapy method and cell source for bone tissue engineering. Methods The coding sequence (1. 3 kb) of BMP-7 was amplified by PCR from the pcDNAl. 1 ( + ) plasmid containing the human BMP-7 cDNA. After purified, the gene fragments were cloned into a plasmid pUC18 and termed plasmid pUC18-hBMP7. The recombinant pUC18-hBMP7 was digested and further ligated to the pSNAV by T4DNA ligase and termed plasmid pSNAV-hBMP7. BHK-21 cells were transfected with the purified pSNAV-BMP7 plasmid according to a standard calcium phosphate precipitation method. The cells were isolated and the integrity of hBMP7 gene was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the above PCR primers. To package the virus, stably transfected BHK-21 cells were subsequently infected with recombinant herpes simplex virus type 1 (rHSV-1). The collected cells were processed by chloroform treatment, PEG8000/NaCl precipitation and chloroform extraction for purification. The tiler was determined using quantitative DNA dot blots and the purity was examined by sodium dodecyl sulphatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Following infection with rAAV2-BMP7 at multiplicities of infection of 1?105 vector genomes per cell and subsequent culture, adipose-derived adult stem cells were assessed qualitatively for BMP7 production. Results The recombinant plasmid pSNAV-hBMP7 was identified by PCR and digested with restriction enzyme. Transfection showed an efficiency of 90 % in ADAS cells. BMP-7 expression in ADAS cells was identified by Western blot. Conclusions The hBMP-7 recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors can be successfully constructed in vitro and rAAV2-hBMP7 can infect ADAS cells.

Objective [WT5”BZ]To improve recognition and differential diagnosis of splenic space occupying disease.[WT5”HZ]Method [WT5”BZ]40 cases admitted from 1983 to 1999 were analyzed retrospectively。[WT5”HZ]Result [WT5”BZ]Twenty six out of 40 cases were of benign splenic disease including one case of cyst, 3 cases of splenic abscesses, 7 cases of splenic tuberculosis, 5 cases of splenic “true” cyst, 4 cases of splenic angiolymphoma, 3 cases of splenic aneurysm, and one each of splenic lymphoangioma, epidermoid cyst and hamartoma. There were 14 cases of malignant tumor, amongwhich,there were two cases of non Hodgkin′s lymphoma and two of leiosarcoma,one angiosarcoma and metastatic splenic malignant tumor in 9 cases.[WT5”HZ]Conclusion [WT5”BZ]Therapeutics should be adopted according the nature of splenic diseases, based on clinical and image characteristics.

Clinical education for undergraduates in China can be divided into three phases:preclinical phase,clinical clerkship phase,clinical practice phase,and each phase has its own features and different teaching tasks.Currently there are four teaching methods mostly applied in clinical education:lecture-based Learning (LBL),team-based learning (TBL),case-based learning (CBL) and problem-based learning (PBL).LBL is a teacher-centered.teaching method,which focuses on making knowledge accurate,systematic and comprehensive;TBL,CBL and PBL are student-centered teaching methods,which can improve students' enthusiasm and subject initiative.Each teaching method has advantages and dis-advantages.According to the different characteristics of three stages of medical education,this paper analyzes the reasonable application of different medical teaching methods in three stages of undergraduate medical education:in preclinical stage,combining LBL with TBL teaching methods;in clinical clerkship phase,combining the teaching methods of LBL,TBL and CBL;in clinical practice stage,combining CBL with PBL teaching methods.

Body composition measurement could significantly facilitate evaluating the content of various body components,getting information about the health status and assessing the diagnosis,treatment,test,and prognosis of several diseases.Human health will be seriously affected by the imbalance of body composition.Body composition measurement methods are generally divided into local measurement methods and general measurement methods.The former ones include skinfold thickness measurement,ultrasonic measurement,computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance measurement;while the latter ones include anthropometry,underwater weighing measurement,air displacement measurement,biological resistance measurement,near infrared absorption measurement,dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurement,isotope dilution measurement,potassium isotope measurement and three-dimensional body scanning measurement,etc.This article reviews a variety of body composition measurement methods and their clinical application.

Objective To investigate the effect of sleeve gastrectomy on the intestinal barrier of obesity rats fed with high-fat diet.Methods Thirty obesity rats fed with high-fat diet were randomly divided into three groups including common diet group (CD,n=10),sham operation group (SO,n=10) and sleeve gastrectomy group (SG,n=10).The lactulose/mannitol ratios (L/M) in 24-hour urine and endotoxin in portal vein were evaluated four weeks after surgery.The levels of tight junction proteins including claudin-1 and occludin in intestinal mucosa were analyzed by western blot.Results The body weight of SG group was significantly decreased than those of CD group (P<0.001) and SO group (P<0.001) four weeks after surgery.The L/M ratio in 24-hour urine of SG group was significantly lower than those of CD group (P<0.001) and SO group (P<0.01).The endotoxin level in portal vein of SG group was significantly lower than those of CD group (P<0.01) and SO group (P<0.05).The claudin-1 level in intestinal mucosa of SG group was significantly higher than those of CD group (P<0.001) and SO group (P<0.01) four weeks after surgery.The occludin level in intestinal mucosa of SG group was significantly higherthan those of CD group (P<0.001) and SO group (P<0.001).Conclusions Sleeve gastrectomy can reduce body weight,L/M ratio in 24-hour urine and endotoxin level in portal vein of obesity rat fed with high-fat diet and increase the levels of claudin-1 and occludin in intestinal mucosa.

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