Objective To investigate the medium and long-term influence of silicon oil versus heavy silicone oil on rabbit retinas.Methods 28 health standard rabbits were randomly divided into A,B and C groups,with 12,12 and 4 rabbits respectively.All rabbits received routine vitrectomy and tamponade with silicone oil (group A),or heavy silicone oil (group B) or balanced salt solution (group C).After 4,8,12 and 24 weeks,the retinal b-wave amplitude was measured by ERG,posterior retinal thickness was measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT).Retinal ultrastructure and tissue morphology were observed by transmission electron microscopy and optical microscopy.Results Compare to group C,the b-wave amplitude decreased at 4 weeks after surgery,and decreased at 8 weeks after surgery for group B,and decreased at 8 weeks after surgery,and decreased at 24 weeks after surgery for group A.The decreases were greater in group B than group A at 8,12,24 weeks after surgery,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The posterior retinal thickness of group A and B was thinner than group C at 24 weeks after surgery (P＜0.05).The decreases were greater in group B than group A,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).Transmission electron microscopy and optical microscopy revealed severe pathological changes of retinal ultrastructure and morphology in group A and B rabbit eyes,at 12 weeks and 8 weeks after surgery respectively.The changes were more severe in group B and group A,including edema and necrosis in cone/rod cells,in disk membranes,mitochondria,cytoplasm,nucleus and other organelles.The morphological changes were also more severe in group B and group A,including degenerations of ganglion cell layer,inner nuclear layer changes.Those changes became more severe when the tamponade time extended.Conclusion The heavy silicone influence on visual function,ultrastructures,histomorphology of rabbit retinas is much worse than the silicon oil,and the effect is more significant with its time prolong.

Objective To identify the characteristics of Candida utilis uricase and that of Bacillus fastidious intra-cellular uricase.Methods The new strains were cultivated to prepare the uricase.Then the uricase was purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation precipitation,DEAE-cellulose 52 chromatography and preparative PAGE.The activity,characterization and subunit constitution were determined with the purified uricase.Results The two uricas-es were the iso-tetramer.The single peptide chain molecular weight and total molecular weight of Candida utilis uricase were 33.0 ku and 134.0 ku individually,the optimum pH was close to 8.8 and more than 50% activity was reserved at pH 7.4,the Michaelis-Menten constant was (32.8 ± 3.1) μmol/L (n = 10) and the inhibition constant of xanthine was (4.8 ± 0.2) μmol/L(n = 3) for this uricase.For Bacillus fastidious intracellular uricase,its single peptide chain molecular weight and total molecular weight were 35.7 ku and 151.0 ku,the optimum pH was over 9.0 and less than 30% activity left at pH 7.4,the Michaelis-Menten constant and the inhibition constant of xanthine were (204 ± 14) μmol/L(n = 8) and (41 ± 7) μmol/L(n = 5) individually for it.Conclusion Through the research,a significant theoretical basis was funded for constructing hybrid medicinal uricase to treat diseases as-sociated with hyperuricemia.

Objective To study the effect of CO 2 pneumoperitoneum and enteric disturbance on serum ?-endorphin (?-EP) in SD rats, in order to investigate their influence on peri-operative stress responses in SD rats. Methods A total of 120 SPF-grade male SD rats were randomly divided into four groups with 30 rats in each group. The four groups received CO 2 pneumoperitoneum (Group A), a 5 cm abdominal incision (Group B), a 5 cm abdominal incision with gastroenteric disturbance (Group C), and intraperitoneal anesthesia (Group D or Control Group), respectively. Concentrations of serum ?-EP of these groups were measured 10 min, 20 min, and 40 min after the beginning of surgery, respectively. Results Concentrations of serum ?-EP in the Group A 10 min, 20 min, and 40 min after the beginning of surgery were 274 7?66 6 pg/dl, 157 3?63 8 pg/dl, and 163 9?74 5 pg/dl, respectively, which were all extremely significantly higher than those in the Control Group ( P

Objective To explore the diagnostic value of secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) and lysophosphatic acid (LPA) for ovarian cancer and evaluate the correlation of sPLA2 activity and LPA level to the prognosis in the patients with ovarian cancer.Methods ~3H oleic acid labeled E. coli membrane and spectrophotometry were used to detect the original and recurrent ovarian cancer. The motive observation between sPLA2 activity and LPA level was done.At the same time, The sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer were analyzed.Results Comparing the original ovarian cancer group with the ovarian benign tumor group, the difference between sPLA2 activity (24.47 ?5.64 U/L,4.94 ?1.86 U/L) and LPA levelc(6.35 ?2.32 ?mol/L,1.92 ?0.75 ?mol/L) were significantly (P

Objective To study the effect of static magnetic fields on the micronucleus in polychromatic erythrocytes(PCE) in the bone marrow and and the lipid peroxidation in the brain tissue in mice.Methods Fourty Kunming mice were randomly divided in to the negative control group,positive control group(cyclophosphamide:145 mg/kg) and the static magnetic fields(20,40,50,60,80 and 100 mT) exposure group,exposed twice a day,for two hours each time.After 15 days,the micronuclei rate of the bone marrow,blood cells and the activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD),the protein malonaldehyde(MDA) were determined.Results Compared with the control,the micronuclei rate in 50,60,80 and 100 mT exposure group increased significantly,the amount of leukocyte significantly decreased,the activity of SOD in the brain tissue in 60,80 and 100 mT exposure group decreased and the content of MDA increased significantly.Conclusion The present experiment demonstrats that static magnetic fields exposure at doses of 50,60,80 and 100 mT may induce the micronuclei rate increase,the amount of leukocyte decrease,the activity of SOD in the brain tissue decrease and the content of MDA increase.

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Objective To assess the effect of smoking and body mass index(BMI) on lung cancer incidence density in male workers.Methods Risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in baseline were surveyed in 1974,1979 and 1980 for 5 137 men aged more than 18 years old from Beijing Capital Steel and Iron Company.Follow-up was carried out to 2001;all diseases were identified by uniform standard.Cox proportional hazards model was used to analyze the relationship between smoking,BMI and lung cancer.Results During mean follow-ups of 20.8 years,106 cases of lung cancer occurred.The crude incident rates of lung cancer were 102.2 cases per 100 000 person-years.After adjustment for age,BMI and other established risk factors,cigarettes consumption of greater than 20 cigarettes/day versus no smoking was associated with a relative risk of lung cancer of 3.45(95% confidence interval(CI): 1.58～7.53).In categories of BMI of less than 18.5(underweight),18.5～24.9(normal weight) and more than 25 kg/m2(overweight and obesity),adjusting for age and other covariables,all workers and smoking workers both showed decreasing tendencies in relative risks of lung cancer in higher BMI groups.The pattern was similar after excluding the early 5-year lung cancer patients.Grouping in smoking and BMI levels,compared with underweight smokers,the relative risks for lung cancer of normal-weight nonsmokers and nonsmokers with overweight and obesity,as well as smokers with overweight and obesity were 0.25(95% CI: 0.08～0.84),0.16(95% CI: 0.04～0.74) and 0.23(95% CI: 0.07～0.77),respectively.Smokers with underweight had higher risk for lung cancer.Conclusion Smoking and underweight increased the risk of lung cancer.Keeping normal weight and giving up tobacco were important for the prevention of lung cancer.

BACKGROUND: Animal experiments show that hormone can induce femoral capillaries poor filling, decrease capillaries density in unit area, and reduce capillaries in cancellous bone inferior to cartilage. However, the involved mechanism remains unclear.OBJECTIVE: To explore the changes of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) during the progress of glucocorticoid induced osteonecrosis.METHODS: The Chinese white rabbits were randomly divided into horse serum plus prednisone group and pradnisone alone group. Typical osteonecrosis model was established by Matsui Method. 10 mL/kg horse serum was injected into horse serum plusprednisone group through the ear margin veins, followed by additional injection after 2 weeks and intraparit0neal injection of prednisone, 45 mg/kg per day for 5 consecutive days. The control group was only subjected to prednisona, 45 mg/kg per day for 5 consecutive days. The VEGF expression was observed by means of reverse transcription polymerase chain react.ion (RT-PCR)before, 7, 14 days after administration, 1, 3, 7, 21, 35 and 49 days following the first application of hormone. The capillaries were quantified.RESULTS ANDCONCLUSION: The VEGF was significantly increased 7 days following horse serum, and gradually decreased to levels before treatment 1 days following hormone. The VEGF mRNA, expression decreased with increasing hormone treatment, in particular at 7 and 21 days (P ＜ 0.05), but cannot restore to normal level. Micrevascular count was decreased gradually, and at 21 days decreased to the minimum, positively correlated with VEGF expression. Results show that adrenal glucocorticoid inhibited VEGF expression in bone tissue and restrained angiogenesis, resulting in ischemia and hypoxia of the local environment in bone tissue. VEGF expression highly correlates with microvascular count and osteonecrosis degree.

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Objective To study the effects of static magnetic field (SMF) on development of rat embryonic spinal cord neurons. Methods Primary cultured embryonic spinal cord neurons of Wistar rat were exposed to 1.0, 10.0, 50.0, 100.0 and 200.0 mT static magnetic field. The morphological structure, cell's differentiation and proliferation of the embryonic spinal cord neurons were observed and the contents of MDA, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and protein contents in the neurons were determined. Results Static magnetic field at density of 50-200.0 mT could inhibit the differentiation and proliferation of the cells and the phenomena such as cell aggregation, detouchment of some cells, decrease of clone-formation rate and the size of the cells were observed. The contents of MDA in the cells were increased, while the activities of SOD and the level of protein were decreased. Conclusion Static magnetic field might damage the development of embryonic spinal cord neurons by enhancing the lipid peroxidation.