Background Many kindof cells,cytokineand extracellulamatrix components,such aconnective tissue growth facto(CTGF) and fibronectin (FN),can regulate and controll the formation and developmenof epiretinal membrane.Iiimportanto investigate the morphology and pathology of epiretinal membrane fothe prevention of relevanretinopathies.Objective Thistudy wato investigate the expression of CTGF and FN in differentypeand stageof epiretinal membranes.MethodEpiretinal membranewere collected during vitrectomy and silicon oil removal surgery from 24 eyeof 24 casewith rhegmatogenouretinal detachment(RRD) (including 14 eyewith courses＜90 dayand 10 eyewith course≥ 90 days),20 eyeof 20 casewith diabetiretinopathy (DR)associated with vitreouhemorrhage and tractional RD (course≥ 90 days)and 7 eyeof 7 casewith silicon oil tamponade (course≥ 90 days).The grading of the proliferative vitroretinopathy (PVR) wa＞C2 in all the eyes.Histopathological examination waperformed to assesthe pathological elemenin the differentypeand stageof epiretinal membrane,and the differential expressionof CTGF and FN in the varioutypeof epiretinal membranewere detected by immunochemistry.The amounof cellpositive foCTGF and FN wacompared using the FisheExacProbability method.ResultHistopathological examination showed thaincrease in the numbeof RPE celland inflammatory cellwaprimary characteristiin the epithelial membrane of RRD with courses＜90 days,buthere were loof neurogliocyteand fibroblastin the RRD group with course≥ 90 days.In addition,the infiltration of inflammatory cellwapredominanin the RRD and Dgroups,bufibroplasiwaobviouin the silicon oil tamponade group.When the course wa≥ 90 days,7 eye(70.0％)in the RRD group wapositive foCTGF,and 18 eyes(90.0％)in the Dgroup and 2 eyes(28.6％)in the silicon oil tamponade group were positive foCTGF,with significandifference among them(P=0.037).In regardto FN,9 eyeshowed expression in the RRD group(90.0％),18 eyein the Dgroup(90.0％)and 7 eyein the silicon oil tamponade group(100.0％),withousignificandifference among them (P =0.379).In the RRD group,7 eyewith course≥ 90 dayand 13 eyewith courses＜90 days(92.9％)were positive foCTGF,showing significandifference between them(P =0.032).AfoFN,9 eye(90.0％)with course≥ 90 dayshowed positivity,which wasignificantly highethan the 7 eyewith courses＜90 day(50.0％) (P =0.019).ConclusionThe expression of CTGF in epiretinal membranevariewith the disease type and course duration,buthe expression of FN in epiretinal membrane varieonly with the course duration.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Astrocytoma ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Brain Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Child ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Microsurgery ; methods ; Middle Aged ; Thalamic Diseases ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Thalamus ; surgery ; Treatment Outcome

BACKGROUND: At present, the basic molecular etiological mechanism and core regulatory network of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) remains uncertain, and there is not an ideal measure for early diagnosis of DVT. OBJECTIVE: To study the underlying impact of cathepsin L/G in DVT rat model. METHODS: DVT rat models (n = 50) were established by clamping both femoral vein in three different positions within 3 seconds with mosquito forceps and fixing with cast. According to different observation phases and biological situations of the femoral vein thrombosis, model rats were divided into thrombogenesis group, pre-thrombogenesis group and non-thrombogenesis group. An additional 10 normal rats served as control group. Femoral vein was obtained at corresponding time points to exact total RNA. After a gene chip-based screening, the data of gene expression were further dissected by real-time PCR. RESULTS AND CONCLUSUON: Gene chip hybridization analysis results demonstrated that differential expression of cathepsin L/G gene was significant among groups, and the expression was greatest in the thrombogenesis group, followed by pre-thrombogenesis and non-thrombogenesis groups, which was significantly greater than the control group (P < 0.05). Real-time PCR analysis results were consistent with gene chip hybridization analysis results. These indicate that DVT is associated with an increase in expression of cathepsin L/G in local venous vascular wall, and they may be candidate molecular markers for early diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.

Objective To explore hemodynamic parameter changes in pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH)treated by transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(MMSCs)in the experimental rats.Methods MMSCs cells were collected from bone marrow of Sprague-Dawleye(SD)rat's femoral and tibial bones,cultured and passaged in vitro,then stained by Hoechst 33342 fluorescence dye stuff.Ninety healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups(n=30):normal control group(group N),MMSCs transplanted group(group M),PAH model group(group H).The rats in the two latter groups were given a single subcutaneous crotaline(50 mg/kg)to establish the model of PAH.The rats of group N were injected respectively a single subcutaneous 9 g/L saline water(6 mL/kg).After 21 days,5?109 L-1 MMSCs cultured in 1 mL phosphate-buffered saline were infused into the rats respectively in group M by sublingual vein and 1 mL L-DMEM was given in group H.The indexalso of right ventricle systolic pressure(RVSP),right ventricle hypertrophy index,arterial blood gas analysis and the changes of small pulmonary blood vessel were observed after 28 days.Results The administration of MMSCs 28 days after PAH nearly completely prevented the increase in RVSP with PAH alone [(32.20?2.32)mmHg vs(48.30?1.56)mmHg P

Objective To evaluate the clinical diagnostic value of prospective electrocardiograph (ECG)-gating of CT cardiac angiography in congenital heart diseases of Chinese population through a Meta-analysis.Methods The articles were searched to study CT prospective ECG-gating in diagnosis of congenital heart disease from January 1995 to February 2016 in domestic and foreign publications.The study quality was assessed by the Quality Assessment for Diagnostic Accuracy Studies and the data extraction was performed.The software of Meta-disc1.4 was used for heterogeneity test.Different effect models were choosen according to the results of heterogeneity analysis.Meanwhile,this soft was used to calculate the sensitivity,specificity,likelihood ratio and its 95％ confidence interval (CI),respectively.The forest maps and summary receiver operator characteristic (SROC) curve were drawn.In addition,the area under curve (AUC) was calculated.Results Twelve articles were included in the Meta-analysis.The study included 1 431 congenital heart malformations confirmed by surgery or cardiac catheterization angiography.CT prospective ECG-gating technique had no heterogeneity in sensitivity and specificity of congenital heart disease.The total sensitivity,the total specificity,positive likelihood ratios,negative likelihood ratios and its 95％ CI of CT cardiac angiography were 96％ (95％ CI 94％ to 97％),100％ (95％ CI 100％ to 100％),365.94(95％ CI 231.18 to 579.26),0.04(95％ CI 0.03 to 0.05) with fixed effect model,respectively.The AUC of the SROC was 99.86％,Q =0.987 9.Conclusions Prospectively ECG-gating of CT cardiac angiography has high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of congenital heart diseases.Its AUC of the SROC is large.It has high diagnostic value in congenital heart diseases.

0.05).However,phosphor-ERK and phosphor-STAT3,NF-?B were higher in CVB_3 group than those in control groups(P

Objective To investigate the effect of high power microwave(HPM) irradiation on neuropeptide Y (NPY) and neural nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) expression in the cerebral cortex and hippoeampus of Wistar rats. Methods A total of 110 Wistar rats were used for this study.Three groups of 30 Wistar rats were exposed to HPM irradiation at intensities of 3,10,30 and 100 mW/cm~2,respectively.Twenty rats served as controls and were ex- posed to sham HPM irradiation.At 6 h,and at 1,3,7,14 and 28 d after irradiation,five rats from each group were sacrificed,and their cerebral cortices and hippocampi were harvested.HE staining was used to highlight any change in the structure of the cerebral cortex or hippocampus.Immunohistochemistry techniques and image analysis were used to study the changes in NPY and nNOS expression.Results 10 to 100 mW/cm~2 HPM irradiation caused pyc- nosis and deep staining of some neurons in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus.The increase in nNOS expression and decrease in NPY expression observed were significant at 3 days after irradiation.Conclusion HPM irradiation can induce injury in neurons of the cerebral cortex and hippoeampus,and abnormal NPY and nNOS expression.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Brain Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Meningeal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Meningioma ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Middle Aged ; Mucin-1 ; metabolism ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Reoperation ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Vimentin ; metabolism ; Young Adult

Objective To explore the value of 11C-choline PET/CT in patients with hepatic spaceoccupying lesions that have an indeterminate diagnosis by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT. Methods A total of 25 liver masses in 20 patients with an indeterminate diagnosis based on 18F-FDG PET/CT were enrolled. Regional 11C-choline PET/CT scan was performed in all of the patients. Lesions with intense 11C-choline uptake were considered as positive. The semiquantitative maximum standardized uptake value(SUVmax) was measured and the tumor-to-liver (T/L) radioactivity ratio was calculated. The Mann-Whitney test,Kruskal-Wallis test and crosstabs x2-test were performed by using SPSS version 11.5. Results Of the 25 lesions,21 were proven to be hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC),3 hemangiomas,and 1 parasitic granuloma. The sensitivity of 11C-choline PET/CT for the detection of HCC was 66.7% (14/21). 11C-choline PET/CT had a higher sensitivity for well differentiated HCC than moderately and poorly differentiated HCC on a patient basis (8/9 vs 2/5,respectively). There were significant differences of 11C-choline T/L ratios between the HCC positive group,HCC negative group and benign lesion group ( 1.70 ± 0.35,0.86 ± 0.15,and 0.36 ± 0.18,x2 = 19.00,P ＜0.01 ). The lesion size and alphafetoprotein (AFP) level between the HCC positive and negative groups had no significant difference respectively ( Mann Whitney U = 39.00,P ＞0.05,and U=16.00,P＞0.05,respectively). Conclusions 11C-choline is complementary to 18F-FDG PET/CT for the detection of HCC,especially for well differentiated HCC.

To investigate the effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSC) on acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) and graft versus leukemia (GVL) after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT), both bone marrow cells and BMMSC obtained after three to four weeks of culture from donor mice were transplanted into the recipient mice injected with acute lymphocytic leukemia cells 5 days before, the control group was injected with bone marrow cells alone. The survial time after allo-BMT was recorded; the general manifestation and pathological changes of aGVHD in recipient mice were observed; the effects of BMMSC on the quatity of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell in vivo after allo-BMT were evaluated by flow cytometry; chimerism was detected by sex chromosome. The results showed BMMSC could increase obviously the survival time, and delay onset of aGVHD, BMMSC could decrease the amount of CD4(+) T cell and increase CD8(+) T cell in vivo. It is concluded that cotransplantation of bone marrow cells with BMMSC from the same donor mice has GVL effect. BMMSC can alleviate aGVHD and maintain GVL effect after allo-BMT.
Animals ; Bone Marrow Transplantation ; adverse effects ; methods ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; cytology ; immunology ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; cytology ; immunology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Graft vs Host Disease ; etiology ; immunology ; prevention & control ; Graft vs Leukemia Effect ; immunology ; Leukemia P388 ; immunology ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation ; adverse effects ; methods ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Nude ; Transplantation, Homologous