Homocysteine(Hcy) is an intermediate product of methionine metabolism.It is considered that Hcy is an independent etiological factor of cardiovascular disease,and blood Hcy level is closely related to many diseases.Patients with kidney disease may have different levels of homocysteine.The study has found that Hcy may not only be related to kidney damage,but also make the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with kidney disease increased.The relationship between Hcy and kidney disease is briefly introduced in this article in order to provide a new basis for prevention,diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease and complications.

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene is one of the major candidate genes for genetic susceptibility to kidney disease,but there is still a controversy on the correlation between ACE gene polymorphism and kidney disease.In this paper,the research on the correlation between ACE gene polymorphism and kidney disease in children is reviewed.

Objective To investigate the expression level and clinical significance of p53 ,C-myc and CerbB-2 in papillary thy-roid carcinoma patients .Methods The expression level of p53 ,C-myc and CerbB-2 were detected in 45 cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma tissue specimens and 45 cases of nodular goiter tissue specimens by using immunohistochemical staining .Their correla-tions with clinic pathological features in papillary thyroid carcinoma were analyzed further .Results The positive expression rates of p53 ,C-myc and CerbB-2 in the papillary thyroid carcinoma tissue specimens were significantly higher than that of the nodular goiter tissue specimens(all P< 0 .01) .The expression of C-myc and CerbB-2 significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis(P< 0 . 05) .The expression of CerbB-2 significantly correlated with tumor size ,local infiltration ,TNM stage ,differentiated degree and lymph node metastasis (all P< 0 .05) .p53 positive expression ,C-myc positive expression and CerbB-2 positive expression were the independent factors of cervical lymph node metastasis .Conclusion p53 ,C-myc and CerbB-2 were highly expressed in papillary thy-roid carcinoma and correlated with cervical lymph nody metastasis .The detection of p53 ,C-myc and CerbB-2 might be helpful for diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinomas .

Objective To investigate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Bax in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and clinical value .Methods Paraffin specimens were collected from 80 cases of NSCLC tissues(NSCLC group) and 20 cases of normal lung tissue adjacent to benign lesions(control group) .Western blot and immunohistochemistry were used to dectect the expression of VEGF and Bax .The relationship of the expression of VEGF and Bax with histological classifica‐tion ,stage ,lymph mode metastasis were analyzed .Results The expression of VEGF in NSCLC group was higher than that in con‐trol group ,the differences were statistically significant (P<0 .05) .The higher expression of VEGF in the group of stage Ⅲ‐Ⅳ was obtained than that in the group of stage Ⅰ‐Ⅱ (P<0 .05) .The higher expression of VEGF in the group with lymph mode metasta‐sis was obtained than that in the group without lymph mode metastasis (P<0 .05) .The expression of VEGF was not found to be related with histological classification (P>0 .05) .The expression of Bax in NSCLC tissue was lower than that in normal tissue ,the differences was statistically significant (P<0 .05) .The lower expression of Bax in the group of stage Ⅲ‐Ⅳ was obtained than that in the group of stage Ⅰ‐Ⅱ (P<0 .05) .The lower expression of Bax in the group with lymph mode metastasis was obtained than that in the group without lymph mode metastasis (P<0 .05) .The expression of Bax was not found to be related with histological classification (P>0 .05) .The expression of VEGF was negatively correlated with Bax in NSCLC (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The ex‐pression of VEGF played a promoting effect in the NSCLC ,and was negatively correlated with the expression of Bax protein ,and the expression of the two could provide a basis for the diagnosis and prognosis of NSCLC .

Objective To investigate the impact of MDR1-targeting small interfering RNA (siRNA) on diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cell OCI-LY1 proliferation.Methods A20 gene was silenced using RNA interference.An optimal concentration and treatment duration of vincristine were selected using MTT.Before and after siRNA transfection, proliferation of OCI-LY1 cells was assayed using MTT assay, and cellular apoptosis was detected using FCM before or after the treatment of the cells with VCR.Detection of A20, NF-κB (p65) and Pgp proteins were conducted using Western blot whereas mRNA of the A20 and MDR1 genes were examined using real time PCR.Results1)Proliferation of OCI-LY1 cells was enhanced (P<0.001) after the transfection with siRNA-2,(P<0.05).In addition, cell proliferation curve was declined after VCR stimulation, but the decrease was slower in siRNA-transfected cells than the untransfected counterparts.2)Apoptostic rate was lower in siRNA-transfected cells than theuntransfected counterparts, and the rate was higher in the cells after treatment with the drug for 24 h (P<0.05).Increased apoptosis was more obvious in control OCI-LY1 cells than in siRNA-transfected cells after treatment with VCR(P<0.05).3)The expression of MDR1 mRNA and Pgp (P<0.001) was significantly increased after transfection, but the expression of MDR1 mRNA and Pgp were significantly decreased (P<0.05).The expression in VCR group was significantly lower than that in siRNA-transfected cells+VCR group (P<0.01).ConclusionsA20 siRNA could effectively enhance NF-kappa B expression in OCI-LY1 cells.NF-kappa B may up regulate the expression of its downstream genes such as MDR1 and cause apoptosis, in turn enhancing the inhibition of cell proliferation.VCR can reduce MDR1 mRNA and Pgp expression in OCI-LY1 cells and the effect of VCR could be attenuated by A20 siRNA.

Objective To investigate the impact of relevant factors in mechanical ventilation on intraabdominal pressure in patients with ALI/ARDS by continuous monitoring of intra-abdominal pressure.Methods A total of 116 ALI/ARDS patients treated with mechanical ventilation in ICU were enrolled in this study.Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) was recorded continuously.Meanwhile ventilator parameters, arterial blood gas analysis, hemodynamic variables, and as well as the levels of IL-4, IL-8 and TNF-α in blood and bronchial alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were determined and recorded.The detection of risk factors for intra-abdomen hypertension (IAH) were carried out using multivariate stepwise logistic regression.ROC curve analysis used to estimate the diagnostic performance of these parameters for IAH.Results The oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2) in patients with IAH after 2 hours' mechanical ventilation was significantly lower than that in patients with normal intra-abdomen pressure (IAP) (P ＜ 0.01);PEEP and RR in mechanical ventilation were higher in IAH group (P ＜ 0.01 or P =0.001);Mean artery pressure (MAP), ejection time percent (ET), stroke volume (SV), cardiac index (CI) were lower in IAH group than those in normal IAP group (P ＜ 0.01);the levels of IL-4, IL-8 and TNF-α in blood and bronchial alveolar lavage fluid were higher in IAH group than those in normal IAP group (P ＜ 0.01);IAH patients have a higher mortality on 28 d (Log rank test, P =0.023).Poor oxygenation index (PaO2/ FiO2) after 2 hours' ventilation, high PEEP setting, low MAP, ET, SV, CI and elevated IL-4 in the BALF were resulted in increasing risk of IAH for ARDS patients under mechanical ventilation support.Conclusions The monitoring of intra-abdominal pressure should be emphasized for ALI/ARDS patients when mechanical ventilation was employed.PaO2/FiO2, SV and IL-4 in BALF might be the independent risk factors of IAH.

Background and purpose:Nowadays, the golden standard of diagnosis for malignant hydrothorax or ascites is exfoliocytology examination, but the missed diagnosis rate is too high. Other methods including immunologic test, telomerase activation test, conjugation of chromosome analysis with cytological examination test, and RT-PCR test. But none of them was widely used due to high cost or high false positive rate. Immunomagnetic beads (IMB) technique is a popular method all over the world in recent years. It was mainly used in isolating and purifying cells, but it was rarely used to detect cancer cells in patients with hydrothorax or ascites so far. Our aim was to fi nd an effi cient way to detect the cancer cells in patients with cancer related hydrothorax or ascites and to improve the corresponding diagnosis rate. Methods:In the experiments, both the traditional exfoliocytology examination method and IMB technique were used to detect the cancer cells in the hydrothorax or the ascites for comparison. Results:Using IMB technique and exfoliocytology method, the positive rates in 30 patients with cancers were 63.3% (19/30) and 23.3% (7/30), respectively, and the false positive rates in 30 patients without cancers were 3.3% (1/30) and 0.0% (0/30), respectively. It could be observed that the positive rate using IMB technique was much higher than that using exfoliocytology method (P0.05). Conclusions:The present study demonstrated that IMB technique is an accurate, sensitive, fast and economic method in detecting the cancer cells in patients with cancer related hydrothorax or ascites, especially for diagnosis and therapy in the early clinical stage. Due to the high effi ciency, IMB technique could be used after exfoliocytology examination to improve the diagnosis rate..

Objective To explore the relationship between cholelithiasis and the function of sphincter of Oddi (SO). Methods To identify the existence of calculi, choledochoscopy was performed in patients 6 weeks after exploration of the common bile duct (CBD) and T tube drainage, in which 71 were patients with stones in gall bladder, CBD or intra-hepatic bile duct, and 9 with trauma of pancreas or liver.Biliary manometry was performed after choledochoscopy, and an additional manometry was applied after calculus removal if calculi were detected. The indices measured included SO basal pressure ( SOBP), amplitude of SO contractions (SOCA), frequency of SO contractions (SOF) and CBD pressure (CBDP). The patients with cholelithiasis were classified into cholecystolithiasis group, choledocholithiasis group, and hepatolithiasis group according to the position of calculi. Patients with trauma were assigned as the control group.Results All variables in 50 patients with choledocholithiasis were similar before and after the procedure.The variables in patients with cholecystolithiasis and choledocholithiasis had no difference from those of the control (P ＞ 0. 05 ). The SOBP and SOCA of patients in hepatolithiasis group were lower than those of the control group ( P ＜ 0. 05 ), while no difference in SOF was detected (P ＞ 0. 05 ). Conclusion The function of SO in patients with hepatolithiasis is abnormal ( decrease in SOBP and SOCA). Biliary manometry cannot be the reliable evidence for the existence of calculi in bile duct.

The paper analyzes the supply, demands and market mechanism characteristics of medical full - text databases frequently used in college and university libraries. Some suggestions are proposed according to current status of medical full - text database market, including establishing science and technology information center, discovering more channels to get more free full - text and regulating the market by government guide.

Objective To isolate and indentify fetal hepatic progenitor/stem cells, and study the feasibility and effectiveness of their transplantation on acute liver injury in nude mice. Methods The primitive cells isolated from 13.5dpc pregnant mouse fetal hver by way of enzyme digesting were cultured in vitro and liver specific markers as AFP, CK19, Albumin, c-Met, were identified by immunofluorescence and RT-PCR on colonies. 4 × 105 cells were transplanted into nude mice with carbon tetrachloride induced acute liver injury. Hapatic functions were measured pre- and -post transplantation on days 1,2,4, 7. Meanwhile, hepatic pathology was studied. Results Compared to control group the hepatic functions gradually recovered in transplant group, on days 1,2,4 after fetal hepatic stem cell transplantation. The hepatic pathology significantly improved in stem cells transplantation group. Conclution Fetal hepatic progenitor/stem cell were successfully yielded by enzyme digest. Stem cells transplantation improved the hepatic function and pathology in acute hapatic injury model of nude mice.