Animals are essential for medical experiments.This paper proposes to put humanistic care into animal experiment teaching,starting with treating those animals who sacrifice for scientific research with mercy.The 3R theory based cultivation of humanistic value should be the essence of modern medical education.

Objective To investigate the activation of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)9 by acute arterial injury and the involved signaling mechanism in murine femoral artery. Methods In the C57BL/6 mice femoral artery denudation injury were performed. Total protein and membrane protein extracts were prepared from targeted arteries. The MMP 9 activity was measured by zymography assay, the expressions of MMP 9 antigen and protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms were measured by Western blot. Seventy-two hours after mice fed with PKCβ inhibitor (ruboxistaurin), the denudation injury triggered MMP 9 activation was reassessed. Results Within 4-24 hours after denudation injury, MMP 9 activity in femoral arteries was significantly increased, with a peak induction of (99.3±9.5) times the sham control (F=51.49,P＜0.01) at 8 h. MMP 9 antigen increased in parallel with MMP 9 activity. Within 15-120 minutes after denudation injury, there was a significant induction of PKCβⅡ in membrane fraction of femoral arteries, with a maximum induction of (7.50±0.60) times the sham control (F=207.06,P＜0.01)at 30 min. Injury-induced MMP 9 activation was significantly inhibited by ruboxistaurin. Conclusions MMP 9 activation is, at least in part, mediated by PKCβ in acute arterial denudation injury, it highlights the new target for therapeutic intervention to suppress the over-activation of MMP 9, which plays a critical role in restenosis.

Objective To evaluate the value of multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) of spiral CT in diagnosing and staging of cervical cancer .Methods SCT scan with a 3～5 mm collimation thickness and MPR in 1.5～2.5 mm reconstruction interval were performed in 20 patients with cervical cancer , confirmed by biopsy pathology. Results The sagittal imaging could show entirely the growing character of a carcinomal mass;the coronal and transverse imagings showed clearly parametrial invasion and pelvic lymph node metastases. Conclusion MPR images in the pelvic could show entirely the character of growing and invasion of a carcinomal mass. It is an important value in dignosing and staging of cervical cancer.

Objective To explore the application value of dynamic vascular patterns(DVP) curve and parameter figure in the focal liver lesions by contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS).Methods 83 cases of focal liver lesions diagnosed by pathologically or clinically that had undergone CEUS were analyzed by SonoLiver software.Then DVP parametric images were constructed and the time-intensity curve (TIC) parameters were calculated by TIC and DVP curve.Results Rise time(RT),time to peak(TTP),maximum intensity(IMAX),mean transit (mTT),slope of rise,and the absolute value for slope of half down between malignant and benign lesions groups indicated statistically significant difference (P ＜0.05).94.9％ of type Ⅰ was malignant lesions and 100％ Ⅳ type was benign lesions.The four types of DVP curve(Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ)in malignant and benign lesions were 72.5％,13.7％,13.7％,0 and 6.2％,43.8％,31.2％,18.8％,respectively.The proportion and characteristic of DVP parametric images and DVP curves in malignant and benign lesions groups were consistent.Conclusions DVP curve and parametric images of CEUS can demonstrate the difference of flow perfusion static between lesions area and surrounding liver parenchyma dynamically and directly.These are new qualitative indexes of the differential diagnosis in focal liver lesions.

The true meanings of the terms of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) need to be analyzed on a logical basis. It is not suitable to use a new term to interpret an old term of TCM, or arbitrarily specify the special term of TCM corresponding to some substances of modern medicine. In philosophy of language, language has a logical structure, which reflects the structure of the world, that is to say, language is the picture of the world in a logical sense. Using this idea, the authors collected the ancient literature on "kidney essence", and extracted each necessary condition for "kidney essence". All necessary conditions formed a sufficient condition to define the term "kidney essence". It is expected that this example can show the effectiveness of philosophy of language in analysis of the terms of TCM.

Objective: To study the chemical constituents of volatile oil from flower of Dendrobium candidum Wall. ex Lind1. Methods: The chemical compositions of volatile oil of the plant which were obtained by steam distillation with hexane were analyzed by GC-MS equipped with a elastic quartz capillary column-HP-5MS5% Phenyl Methyl Siloxane (30 m? 0.25 mm ?0.25 ?m). The constituents were identifi ed by their mass spectra. The relative percentage of the oil constituents was calculated from the GC peak areas. Results: Eighty-nine kinds of chemical constituents in Dendrobium candidum Wall.ex Lind1.flower were separated; of which fifty-nine compounds representing 76.51% of the oil were characterized. Relative contents that were more than 2.0% were determined as Nonanal 9.21%, Eudesma-5,11-dien-8,12-olide 5.55%, (E)-2-Decenal 4.63%, 2,3-Dehydro- 1,8-cineole 4.39%, Pentacosane 4.03%,?-Cedrol 3.69%, Isoalantolactone 3.65%, (E)-2-Heptenal 3.60%, E,E-2,4-Decadienal 2.14%,?-Phorone 2.03%.Conclusion: This paper reports, for the first time, the composition of volatile oils of Dendrobium candidum Wall.ex Lind1.flower by GC/MS.

Objective To evaluate the ability of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS ) compared to enhanced MRI scan in differential diagnosis of benign and malign tumor of orbit.Methods CEUS and enhanced MRI was performed in 74 patients with tumor of orbit.These patients were divided into two groups:benign and malignant tumor depended on histological diagnosis.The results were analysed with SonoLiver software.The coincidence rate of diagnosis and enhancement intensity among CEUS,MRI and CEUS+ MRI were compared and the quantitative parameters of CEUS were analysed.Results (1 )The diagnostic accordance rate of benign group by three methods were 90.0%,80.0% and 96.0% respectively, there was statistical difference for diagnostic coincidence rate between the MRI and CEUS+ MRI(P <0.05).The diagnostic accordance rate of malignant group by the above three methods were 75.0%,79.2%and 95.8% respectively,there was no statistical difference for diagnostic coincidence rate between the three methods(all P > 0.05 ).(2 )The enhancement intensity of CEUS was different between benign and malignant groups (P <0.05).There was no statistical difference between benign and malignant groups by MRI method (P >0.05).(3)The parameters of tumor imaging obtained time intensity curve(TIC):rise time (RT),half elution time and time to peaking (TTP)were significantly different between benign and malignant groups(P <0.05).While there was no significant difference of parameters as mean transit time (mTT)and arrived time (AT)(P >0.05).Conclusions CEUS had higher diagnostic accuracy than MRI in benign orbital tumor.The contrast enhancement intensity and time-intensity curves provide valuable diagnostic information for differential diagnosis of benign and malignant orbital tumor.

With the aging of population, cerebral small vessel disease has attracted more and more attention. A growing body of literature has confirmed that retinal vascular changes can be used as a potential marker for the prediction of cerebral small vessel disease. The retina is recognized as a window into cerebrovascular and systemic vascular conditions. Combining traditional fundus photograph and fundus fluorescein angiography with optical coherence tomography angiography, the retinal vascular system of patients with cerebral small vessel disease can be comprehensively analyzed. This paper summarizes and analyzes the application of retinal angiography technology in different image types of cerebral small vessel disease and makes a review, in order to provide reference for the early diagnosis and prevention of cerebral small vessel disease.

Objective To evaluate the ability of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS)in differentiate reactive lymph node,metastatic lymph node and lymphoma.Methods In a prospective study CEUS was performed in 129 patients with cervical lymph node enlargement.The entire process were recorded and preserved in DICOM format.The results were registered with Sonoliver.The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve)analysis was performed to find the corresponding cutoff values. The selected node was removed surgically and submitted for histology.Results Of all the nodes,26 were reactive nodes,85 were metastases and 1 8 were lymphoma.Enhancement pattern was the most accurate way to characterize lymph nodes.The enhancement pattern of reactive lymph nodes was homogeneous and most of them were enhanced by lymphatic type while the metastatic lymph nodes were inhomogeneously enhanced or weakly enhanced by peripheral type.Lymph node lymphoma usually had no fixed enhancement pattern. Arrive time (AT),rise time (RT),time to peak (TTP),mean transit time (mTT),maximum intensity (IMAX),under the curve (AUC),rising slope(Kup),semi descending slope(Kdown)and perfusion index (PI)were significantly different in the three groups(P <0.05).RT,TTP and mTT of reactive lymph nodes were the shortest,which had significant difference compared with those of metastatic lymph nodes and lymphoma (P < 0.05 ).Kup,Kdown,IMAX%,AUC,PI in the reactive lymph nodes were significantly decreased compared with the metastatic group (P <0.05),but there was no significant difference compared with those in lymphoma (P >0.05 ).When TTP≥ 7.74 s,mTT≥26.54 s,metastatic lymph nodes were considered.When RT≥4.62 s,TTP ≥ 7.74 s,mTT ≥ 28.32 s,reactive lymph nodes were not considered. Conclusions Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound image and enhancement pattern can distinguish neck lymph nodes while the optimal cut-off point time of the time-intensity curve parameters can further contribute to the identification of lymph nodes.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical effect of Shengxueling Granule (SXLG) in treating idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and to study its possible mechanism. METHODS: Eighty-six cases of ITP were divided into two groups randomly. Fifty-six cases in the treatment group were treated with SXLG, a traditional Chinese medicine, and 30 cases administered with Western medicine (prednisone) were taken as control. Patients in each group took drugs for three months and were under follow-up observation. RESULTS: In SXLG-treated group, the total effective rate in 3 months was 85.71%, similar to 83.33% in prednisone-treated group (P>0.05), while the total effective rate in 6 months in the SXLG-treated group was 91.07%, higher than 53.33% of the prednisone-treated group (P<0.01), and no obvious side-effects were observed. The patients' bleeding was alleviated or stopped, and their general condition was improved. And the blood platelet count (BPC) was increased, the platelet associated immunoglobulin (PAIg) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) were markedly dropped, the level of natural killer cells activity (NKCA) increased, and the rate of T lymphocyte subsets gradually returned to normal level. Megakaryocytes tended toward maturation on bone marrow smear after SXLG treatment. All differences above were statistically significant. CONCLUSION: SXLG is an effective and safe medicine for ITP. It can regulate the cellular immunity, inhibit the platelet antibody to reduce the destruction of the platelet and to increase the number of platelet, promote the differentiation and maturation of megakaryocyte, facilitate the production and release of platelet, lower the fragility of capillary, and prevent the hemorrhagic tendency.