Objective To investigate the pollution status of algae and microcystin(MC)in Dianshan Lake,Shanghai City and Poyang Lake,Jiangxi Province.Methods Water samples were collected from different sites of the above lakes,as the pretreatment of intracellular and extracellular microcystins was finished,MC-LR concentration was detected by ELISA.Results The proportion of Cyanobacteria in Dianshan Lake was 38.8% and 68.2% respectively,the mean content of MC was 281.78 and 1 145.77 pg/ml respectively.In Poyang Lake,the proportion of Cyanobacteria was 48.9% and 73.7% respectively,the mean content of MC was 80.53 and 405.65 pg/ml respectively.In the same water-blooming lake,MC content was significantly lower in July than that in October(P

Objective To explore the regulatory effect of apigenin on the blood pressure of the spontaneous hypertension rat(SHR) rats and the possible mechanism.Methods The case groups of rats were fed with different dosage of apigenin(0.03,0.05,0.11 g/kg) by gavage for 4 consecutive weeks,while the control groups were treated with equal cubage of oil.The body weight,heart rate,blood pressure were measured every week.Results After 4 weeks of treatment with apigenin,the blood pressure of SHR in all doses groups decreased significantly;besides,apigenin could reduce the content of ET-1 and AngII,however,it didn't change NOS activity.Conclusion Apigenin has a regulatory effect on blood pressure,its lowest effective dose is 0.03 g/kg bw and it may decrease the blood pressure through reducing the content of ET-1 and AngII,not through the NO/NOS pathway.

Objective:To observe effects of wrist-ankle acupuncture (WAA) onβ-endorphin (EP), nitric oxide (NO) in uterus tissue and prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α), substance P (SP) in serum of rats with primary dysmenorrhea. Methods:A total of 45 non-pregnant Wistar rats were randomly divided into a control group, a model group and a WAA group, 15 rats in each group. Rats in the model group and the WAA group received continuous abdominal subcutaneous injection of Diethylstilbestrol to establish dysmenorrhea rat models. On the first day after modeling, rats in the WAA group began to receive acupuncture on Point Lower 1 and Point Lower 2, once a day for 10 d. The control group and the model group didn’t receive any treatment. Writhing latencies and frequencies were recorded.β-EP and NO in uterus tissue homogenates and PGF2α, SP in serum were detected. Results:In the model group,β-EP and NO levels were the lowest among the groups, the serum PGF2α level was the highest, and serum SP level was the lowest. These measurements showed significantly difference between the model group and the control group (P<0.05). PGF2α in the WAA group was lower than that in the model group;β-EP, NO and SP levels were higher than those in the model group, with inter-group statistically significant differences (P<0.05). Conclusion: WAA may achieve analgesic effect through decreasing PGF2α, increasingβ-EP, NO and SP to relieve uterine cramps, increase blood flow and promote functional improvement.

ObjectiveTo study serum proteomic fingerprints of colorectal cancer during onset and progression and to screen tumor markers related to prognosis.Methods Serum from colorectal cancer patients, non-cancer patients, and healthy control were profiled using WCX ProteinChip or magnetic beads and analyzed by mass spectrometry. Results Seven protein peaks were found related to colorectal cancer. Several peaks were closely related to lymph node metastasis, distal organ metastasis and decreased after surgery. The diagnostic model composed of 3398.3、5477.1、8453.9 u can detect CEA negative colorectal cancer in 100%. Conclusion Protein fingerprinting technology (PFT) in conjunction with bioinformatics can significantly identify novel biomarkers in the serum of colorectal cancer patients with potential values for prognostic evaluation, detection of CEA negative colorectal cancer and changing its progression.

Objective To assess the effect of ultrasound-guided percutaneous 125I seed implantation for the treatment of osteolytic metastases. Methods From February 2011 to December 2013, a total of 18 patients with advanced cancer complicated by osteolytic metastases received ultrasound-guided percutaneous implantation of 125I seeds. According to visual analog score (VAS) the pain was estimated before and 3 days as well as one month after the treatment. One month after the treatment follow-up CT scan was performed in all patients to check the tumor size and the distribution of 125I seeds, and the therapy was repeated if necessary. The efficacy was evaluated according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Results A total of 33 times of procedure were carried out in the 18 patients. Three days after the treatment, local pain was obviously relieved in all cases. Compared with preoperative VAS, the postoperative VAS was significantly improved (P=0.000). The pain was well controlled even one month after the treatment (P=0.000). One month after the last treatment the complete remission (CR) rate was 0% (n=0), partial remission (PR) rate 61.1% (n=11), stable disease (SD) 33.3% (n=6) and progress disease (PD) 5.6% (n=1), and local control rate (CR+PR) was 61.1%. No severe brachytheray-related complications occurred. Conclusion Ultrasound-guided percutaneous 125I seed implantation brachytherapy is technically simple and repeatable, it can safely and effectively guide the performance of percutaneous 125I seed implantation for the treatment of osteolytic metastases. Even in the circumstance of not using TPS, this technique can also obtain satisfactory local control rate and significant pain relief.

Objective To investigate the effect of administration intravenously of rosiglitazone (ROSI) on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in rats and its mechanisms. Method Fifty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (SO group), severe acute panereatitis model group (SAP group) and rosiglita-zone pretreatment group (ROSI group),18 rats in each group.SAP model was induced by retrograde inufsion of 5% sodium taurecholate into the biliopancreatic duct. The rats in SO group and SAP group were injected with 10% DMSO (0.2 ml/100 g) by femoral vein 30 minutes piror to the operation. In ROSI group,rosiglitazone partes ae-quales(6 mg/kg) was injected instead of 10% DMSO. Rats were killed at 3, 6 and 12 h after operation. Serum amylase level and myelopemxidase activity were detected. Pancreatic tissue samples were stained with hematoxylin and eosin for histopathological evaluation. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used for detecting the levels ofTNF-α mRNA and ICAM-1 mRNA in pancreatic tissue. Results Amylase level, myeloperexidase ac-tivity, pathologic score and the expression of TNF-α and ICAM-1 mRNA were increased significantly in SAP group at each time point than those in SO group (P<0.05). Compared with SAP group, pretreatment with rosiglitazone reduced serum amylase level and pathologic score at time point of 6 h and 12 h (P<0.05), decreased myeloper-oxidase activity at 12 h (P<0.05), downregulatied the expression of TNF-α mRNA at all time pointy, (P<0.05),ICAM-1 mRNA at 6 h and 12h(P<0.05). Conclusions Rosightazone has the effect on pancreatitis in SAP through downregulating the expression of TNF-α mRNA and ICAM-1 mRNA.

ObjectiveTo observe the effect of Zhusuanhuoxue Prescription on asymptomatic Hyperuricemia with coronary heart disease.Methods26 subjects were randomly divided into two groups. 11 patients in the treatment group who were treated with Zhusuanhuoxue Prescription and 15 patients in the control group who were treated with Losartan 50 mg. The changes of the blood uric acid level were observed before and 3 weeks after treatment.ResultsThere was a significant difference of uric acid level before and after treatment(P<0.05), but there was no significant difference between these 2 groups(P=0.356).ConclusionZhusuanhuoxue Prescription is effective on asymptomatic hyperuricemia with CHD, which is similar to that of Lostan.

Objective:To supply the reliable evidence for a further research of the TCM syndrome of hyperuricemia and treating it with traditional Chinese medicine,we try to verification the risk factors and to research TCM syndrome differentiation for diagnosis in patients with hyperuricacidemia.Methods: We selected cases according to the standard of hyperuricacidemia's diagnose and adopted the method of retrospective and prospective analysis.Each of cases was investigated and filled in the form.These data were processed through statistical method in the end.Results: Clinical investigation selected 109 cases patients with hyperuricacidemia.First,male group incidence rate was higher than female.Second,incidence rate was increasing with age(r=0.826 p

Objective To investigate the effects of solifenacin on the detrusor instability of patients with overactive bladder (OAB).Methods A total of 20 outpatients with OAB of.1 - 20 ( mean, 8 )years, 12 males and 8 females, aged 21 - 83 ( mean, 43) years were included in this study.Five mg solifenacin was given orally once daily for 12 weeks.Before and after treatment, overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS), patient perception of bladder condition symptoms rating scale (PPBC), and filling cystometry was performed.Results Before and after solifenacin administration, significant decrease were detected in term of unstable detrusor waves ( 2.3 ± 2.4) vs (0.6 ± 1.3 ) ( P ＜ 0.05 ), and detrusor overactivity ( DO ) disappeared in 6 patients.Bladder capacities at first desire to void and maximum bladder capacity were significantly increased (P ＜0.01 ).Bladder compliance and detrusor pressure at maximum urine flow had no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05 ).All patients had significant improvement in OAB symptoms evaluating by OABSS and PPBC ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Six patients had mild side effect of dry mouth and could be relieved by drinking more water.Conclusion Urodynamically, solifenacin decreases the detrusor overactivity, increases the bladder capacity and improves the quality of life of OAB patients.

This paper explores the use of wavelet packet analysis to extract features from spontaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) during three different mental tasks. Artifact-free EEG segments are transformed to multi-scale representations by dyadic wavelet packet decomposition channel by channel. Their feature vectors formed by energy values of different sub-spaces EEG components are used as inputs of a radial basis function network to test the classification accuracies of three task pairs. The results indicate that the classification accuracies of the wavelet packet analysis method are significantly better than those of autoregressive model method. Wavelet packet analysis would be a promising method to extract features from EEG signals.
Electroencephalography ; Humans ; Mental Processes ; physiology ; Models, Statistical ; Multivariate Analysis ; Neural Networks (Computer) ; Regression Analysis ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted