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Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of bandage contact lens on patients after the pterygium excision surgery.Methods 200 patients with pterygium excision were used retrospectively analysis and were divided into control group and observation group by random digital table method.Patients in observation group wore bandage contact lens while those in control group did not (traditional method).The degree of pain in both groups was evaluated at 8 hours,24 hours and 48 hours after surgery.In addition,patients were surveyed for the satisfaction of our treatment when discharge.Results The ocular foreign body sensation,eye burning,tears and eye open difficult were obviously decreased in observation group (t=5.643,10.315,P ＜ 0.01).The overall comfort level of the patients in observation group was obviously improved.pain feeling of the eye after surgery in 8h,24h and 48h markedly decreased in observation group (t=6.196-12.495,P ＜ 0.01).The degree of satisfaction scores of preoperative guidancein,postoperative pain control,emotion,mental nursing,self-care ability,comfort in observation group were (1.59-0.62) points,(1.83±0.70) points,(1.42±0.68) points,(1.42±0.68) points,(1.48±0.67) points,(1.29±0.77) points,(1.43-0.64)points which were obviously increased than (0.76±0.55) points,(0.83±0.64points,(0.82±0.56) points,(0.80±0.47) points,(0.79±0.61) points,(0.66±0.54) points (t=4.311-9.354,all P＜ 0.01).Conclusions Compared with traditional treatment,bandage contact lens can significantly reduce the discomforts after the pterygium excision surgery,and increase the postoperative comforts of patients.It proves that bandage contact lens have extensive clinical value.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) accounts for the majority of cases of transfusion acquired hepatitis and may cause chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Currently, there is no vaccine against HCV and treatment is expensive and not always effective.The adaptive host immune response in viral clearance of HCV infection was described and the recent progress in vaccine development of HCV, focusing on the fields of DNA vaccine candidates, recombinant viral vectored vaccine candidates and combined (prime-boost) vaccine candidates were summarized. Some challenges and limitations of developing a HCV vaccine were also analysed. In summary, a promising approach of developing an experimental HCV vaccine to induce extremely potent and broad T-cell responses based on prime-boost strategy was presented.

Objective To explore clinical features of severe preeclampsia patients with adverse outcome, and the risk factors of adverse outcomes. Methods From Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2009 149 severepreeclampsia impatients who occurred adverse outcome enrolled as case,and 278 severe preeclampsia impatientswithout adverse outcome at the same period enrolled as control. The clinical features between the two groups were compared and the risk factors were investigated. Results No significant differences were found between the two groups in maternal age,times of previous prenancies. The gestation ages at the onset of preeclampsia and at delivery in the cases were less than controls(P ＜ 0. 05). There was significant difference in irregular antenatal checks between the two groups(x2 = 8. 515, P ＜ 0. 05). Proterinuria and the level of oedema in cases were higher than controls( P ＜ 0. 05). Fetal growth restriction (FGR) occurred more frequently in the cases (P ＜0. 05). Indirect bilirubin, total bilirubin, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, uric acid, creatinine, white blood cell, thrombin time, D-dimeride of cases were higher than those of controls(Ps ＜0. 05). Albumin, platelet and profibrin of cases were lower than those of controls(Ps ＜ 0. 05 ＝. Multivariate logistic analysis showed that the gestation ages at the onset of preeclampsia, regular antenatal checks were significantly associated with adverse outcome(OR = 0. 899, P ＜ 0. 001; OR = 0. 600, P = 0. 022, respectively ＝Indirect bilirubin and D-dimeride were significantly associated with preeclampsia complications(OR = 1. 533,P =0. 010; OR = 1.001, P = 0. 003, respectively). Mean arterial pressure and creatinine were significantly associated with eyeground changes(respectively OR = 1. 030,P = 0. 048; OR = 1. 025, P = 0. 022, respectively).Regular antenatal checks was associated with dead fetus(OR = 0. 317, P = 0. 046). No significant differenceswere found between the two group in uterine-incision delivery(P ＞ 0. 05). Incidence rate of low birth weight infants and postpartum hemorrhage of cases were higher than controls and Apgar score was lower in cases than controls( all P ＜0. 05＝. Conclusion The gestation ages at the onset of preeclampsia,regular antenatal checks,fetal distress were risk factors for preeclampsia adverse outcome. Patients with.high indirect bilirubin and Ddimeride are more likely to suffer adverse pregnancy outcomes.

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for simultaneous determination of the confents of calycosin-7-glucoside,calyco-sin and formononetin in Shenqi granule. METHODS:HPLC was performed on the column of Welch Ultimate XB-C18 with mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.2% Formic acid solution (gradient elution) at flow rate of 1.0 ml/min,detection wavelength was 250 nm, column temperature was 35 ℃,and injection volume was 10 μl. RESULTS:The linear range of sample quantity was 0.008-0.32 μg for calycosin-7-glucoside(r=0.999 9),0.005-0.20 μg for calycosin(r=0.999 7)and 0.007-0.28 μg for formononetin(r=0.999 8);RSDs of precsion,stability and reproducibility tests were no more than 1.59%;recoveries were 98.17%-99.17%(RSD=0.67%, n=6),98.03%-99.66%(RSD=0.57%,n=6) and 98.16%-99.12%(RSD=0.43%,n=6). CONCLUSIONS:The method is sim-ple,accurate and reliable,and can be used for the content determination of Shenqi granule ofiso flavones.

Objective To analyze the changes in the expression of Toll-like receptors 4 (TLR4) and 7 on the surface of murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells following dengue virus type 2 (DEN2) infection.Methods DEN2 NGC strain was infected into BALB/c suckling mice through intracranial injection and injected into C6/36 cells to induce the in vivo and in vitro proliferation of DEN2, respectively.RT-PCR was performed to identify DEN2 RNA.Reed-Muench method was used to determine the 50% tissue culture infective dose (TCID50) of DEN2.Dendritic cells (DCs) were prepared by stimulating bone marrow cells isolated form C57BL/6 mice with IL-4 and GM-CSF and then identified by flow cytometry.The prepared murine bone marrow-derived DCs were infected with DEN2 and observed with direct immunofluorescence assay.Dynamic changes in the expression of CD11c, CD86 and I-A/I-E molecules on DCs after DEN2 infection were detected by flow cytometry.Levels of DEN2 RNA and the expression of TLR4 and TLR7 at mRNA level were dynamically detected by real-time quantitative PCR.Results The TCID50 of DEN2 to C6/36 cells was 10-5.8.Murine bone marrow-derived DCs were acquired with a purity of 70% and could be infected with DEN2 in vitro.The percentages of CD86 and I-A/I-E molecules on the surface of DCs infected with 1×105 TCID50 of DEN2 were statistically different from those of the negative control group.Neither of the two groups showed a significant difference in the percentages of membrane molecules over time.However, the percentages of membrane molecules on DCs increased with increasing viral load.Compared with the negative control group, the levels of DEN2 RNA in infection groups were increased with increasing virus load, while the expression of TLR4 and TLR7 on DEN2 infected-DCs at mRNA level was decreased with increasing viral load.Conclusion DEN2 infection promotes the maturation of DCs.Expression of TLR4 and TLR7 on DEN2 infected-DCs at mRNA level decreases with increasing viral load, which suggests that TLR4 and TLR7 are closely related to viral infection and play a certain role in the pathogenesis of DEN infection.

Background The main mechanism of diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the formation of retinal neovascularization. Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) is primarily factor for DR. Objective The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of angelicae sinensis decoction for supplementing blood ( ASD), a kind of traditional prescription of Chinese herbal medicine, on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level in vitreous and serum of STZ-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods Thirty-four SPF male SD rats were fed using high fat diet for 8 weeks and then the streptozocin of 25 mg/kg was intraperitoneally injected to create the type 2 diabetic models. ASD (3.6 g/kg) and 10 mg/kg Gli of 5 mi were administered intragastrically from the 4th day of high fat die though 8 weeks respectively. Other 10 matched rats were used as normal control group. The body weight, blood glucose level ,triglycerides (TG) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) were detected in 4 and 8 weeks after usage of drug. The vitreous and serum samples were obtained in the 8 th weeks for the VEGF detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). This experiment comlied with the Regulations for the Administration of Affair Concerning Experimental Animals by State Science and Technology Commission. Results The body weight and HDL in DM group were significantly lower than those of normal control group in 4 or 8 weeks ( P＜0. 01 ), but in ASD and Gli groups ,the body weight and HDL were higher than those of the DM group (P＜0. 05 ). the blood glucose level and TG were elevated in DM group compared with normal control group (P＜0. 01 ), but those in ASD group and Gli group were decreased in comparison with DM group ( P＜0.05 ). EIISA revealed that no significant differences were found in VEGF levels between normal control group and ASD group or Gli group (P＞0. 05 ), but in DM group, the serum VEGF level (147.65±4. 55 ng/L) was reduced and vitreous VEGF level (673.45± 100. 85 ng/L) was raised,showing the considerable differences (P＜ 0.05 ). No any correlation was found between serum VEGF level and vitreous VEGF level (r=0.314,P＞0. 05). Conclusion ASD can decrease the VEGF level in vitreous,implying that ASD postpone the occurrence of diabetic retinopathy in DM rat.

Aim To investigate the protective effects of sphingosine 1-phosphate ( S1 P ) postconditioning on hypoxia/reoxygenation( H/R) injury in human umbili-cal vein endothelial cells ( HUVEC ) and its mecha-nisms. Methods HUVECs cells were divided into five groups: normal ( control) group, S1P low concentra-tion group ( L ) , S1 P medium concentration group (M), S1P high concentration group ( H) and H/R group. MTT method was used to measure cell survival. Using flow cytometric analysis, the rate of cell apopto-sis was determined. The activities of total superoxide dismutase ( T-SOD) , copper/zinc superoxide dismuta-se ( CuZn-SOD ) , manganese superoxide dismutase ( Mn-SOD) activity, nitric oxide ( NO) and malondial-dehyde ( MDA ) content in cell culture medium were measured with colorimetry. Mitochondrial membrane potential in cells was observed with fluorescence micro-scope. Bax/Bcl-2, eNOS protein expression levels in HUVECs cells were observed with Western blot. Re-sults Compared with H/R group, S1P low, medium and high concentrations in the intervention group could significantly increase the cell survival rate after H/R injury, and increase activity of T-SOD, CuZn-SOD, Mn-SOD and decrease content of MDA. Moreover, S1 P could significantly increase NO content and in-crease eNOS protein expression, decrease apoptosis rate and inhibit the reduction of mitochondrial mem-brane potential. Conclusions S1P can decrease cell apoptosis rate of HUVECs after H/R injury with a cer-tain concentration dependence. The protection of S1P for cell apoptosis of HUVECs after H/R injury may be related to decreasing the intracellular MDA content and improving intracellular SOD activity, increasing mito-chondrial membrane potential and enhancing expres-sion of Bcl-2, anti-apoptotic protein.

Objective: To study the influence of high cell incubating temperature on AMP-activated protein kinase(AMPK) activity and lipid metabolites of piglets hepatocytes in vitro.Method: Primary hepatocytes of piglets about age 55d were separated and cultured under 37 ℃(control) or 42 ℃(heat stress).The anabolic and catabolic products of [14C]-oleic acid were detected for hepatocytes and culture media at 60min,120min and 180min.There were 9 replicates per time point.Result: Heat stress activated AMPK activity and enhanced fatty acid oxidation.The production of [14C]-CO2 and [14C]-acid soluble metabolites(ASM) was higher in heat stress group than in the control.At the same time,heat stress depressed the incorporation of [14C]-oleate into phospholipids,monoglycerides,triglycerides,cholesterol and cholesteryl ester.Conclusion: Heat stress activated AMPK activity and enhanced the formation of anabolic products and depressed catabolic products in piglets hepatocytes in vitro.

(3S)-Linalool synthase (LIS) is a key enzyme involved in the monoterpene biosynthetic pathway. Based on our previous transcriptome study, the expression level of LIS gene was exceedingly related to glycyrrhizic acid (GA) biosynthesis. Therefore, we used hairy root culturing to further investigate the effect of LIS on the GA biosynthesis. A LIS gene (GenBank accession number: MZ169552) was cloned from Glycyrrhiza uralensis. The plant binary overexpression vector pCA-LIS was constructed by gene fusion. G. uralensis hairy roots overexpressing LIS were induced by the Agrobacterium rhizogenes ATCC15834. The expression levels of LIS were analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and the contents of GA in hairy root lines were determined by UPLC. It was found that in the hairy root lines overexpressing LIS, the expression levels of LIS were significantly higher than that in the wild type, while the contents of GA were remarkably lower than those in the wild type and negative control. These findings indicate that the expression level of LIS is negatively correlated with the accumulation of GA. In this study, LIS was cloned from G. uralensis for the first time and the negative regulatory effect of LIS on GA biosynthesis was confirmed by reverse genetics. This work provides support for further improvement of the molecular regulatory network of GA biosynthesis in G. uralensis.