Acupuncture Therapy ; Child ; Humans ; Male ; Torticollis ; complications ; therapy ; Tourette Syndrome ; complications ; therapy

Embryonic stem cells(ESCs),a kind of totipotent cells,can differentiate into cell type of the 3 germ layers.Adult stem cells(ASCs) are pluripotent stem cells,which can self-renew and transdifferentiate into a completely different tissue derivative cells.Thus ASCs can transdifferentiate into germ cells in a certain condition.Great progress has made for the study on human ESCs.However,use of ESCs faces the immunological rejection,oncogenicity and ethical controversies problems,and these limit their uses for treatment of human diseases.On contrast,ASCs can advoid these problems,and they may have a better perspective.Germ cells as carriers of genetic materials,are worth of studying.If male germ cells can be derived from ASCs,this will open the possibilities for the use of these cells for male infertillty in clinical application.In this review,we will introduce the progress on derivation of male germ cells from ESCs and ASCs.

Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Silicosis

Celastrol is a type of quinone methyl triterpene isolated from traditional Chinese medicine Tripterygium wilfordii, with pharmacological activities, like anti-inflammatory, immunosuppression and anti-tumor. This study focused on the effects of celastrol on adhesion, migration and invasion of lung cancer cells. The migration inhibition of lung cancer cells induced by celastrol was detected by the scratch test. The invasion inhibition of lung cancer cells induced by celastrol was measured by the transwell experiment. RT-PCR and Western blot were used to determine the effect of different concentrations of celastrol in integrin family and Akt signaling pathway in lung cancer cells. The results showed that celastrol inhibited adhesion, migration and invasion of lung cancer cells and expressions of integrins β3, β4, αv and phosphorylated Akt, GSK-3β, c-Raf, PDK1 in Akt signal pathway in a dose-dependent manner. Therefore, the study implies that Celastrol could inhibit the metastasis of lung cancer cells by suppressing Akt signaling pathway and expression of integrins.
Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; drug effects ; Humans ; Integrins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Lung Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; genetics ; metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; drug effects ; Triterpenes ; pharmacology

In this paper, we present a 3D virtual phantom design software, which was developed based on object-oriented programming methodology and dedicated to medical physics research. This software was named Magical Phan tom (MPhantom), which is composed of 3D visual builder module and virtual CT scanner. The users can conveniently construct any complex 3D phantom, and then export the phantom as DICOM 3.0 CT images. MPhantom is a user-friendly and powerful software for 3D phantom configuration, and has passed the real scene's application test. MPhantom will accelerate the Monte Carlo simulation for dose calculation in radiation therapy and X ray imaging reconstruction algorithm research.
Algorithms ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Monte Carlo Method ; Phantoms, Imaging ; Software ; Software Design

Objective To compare the effects of different doses of dexmedetomidine on postoperative analgesia and sedation.Methods From January 2014 to November 2015,60 cases who needed postoperative analgesia and sedation in our hospital were selected.According to the dosage of dexmedetomidine,they were divided into control group and observation group,30 cases in each group.Two groups of patients were given analgesia pump for analgesia, with 0.5μg·kg-1·h-1,1.0μg·kg-1·h-1 two doses of dexmedetomidine,and analgesia 48 h.At different time points,the VAS pain score,Ramsay sedation score of the two groups were compared,the calm satisfaction in both two groups was recorded,the average incidence of delirium and delirium score in the process of the treatment and the occurrence of adverse reactions were observed.Results With the extension of time of postoperative analgesia,VAS scores in each group decreased,VAS scores in the observation group after 4h,8h,12h were (3.01 ±0.53)points, (1.95 ±0.58)points,(1.52 ±0.35)points,which were lower than those of the control group[(3.92 ±0.32)points, (2.86 ±0.67)points,(2.25 ±0.78)points],the differences were statistically significant (t=3.42,4.11,2.43,all P<0.05).After 24h,48 h,VAS score between the two groups had no significant difference(P>0.05).Postoperative 4h Ramsay score between the two groups had no significant difference (P >0.05 ).With increased postoperative analgesia time,Ramsay scores in two groups decreased,postoperative 8h,12h,Ramsay scores in the observation group [(2.95 ±0.83)points,(2.22 ±0.55)points]were lower than the control group[(3.76 ±0.78)points,(2.98 ± 0.89)points,t=3.45,2.38,all P<0.05].Postoperative 24h,48 h,the Ramsay scores between the two groups had no significant difference(P>0.05).The sedation satisfaction of the observation group (96.67%)was higher than the control group (86.67%),the incidence rate of delirium and delirium average score [3.33%,(15.11 ± 2.03)points]were lower than the control group[13.33%,(19.23 ±2.21 )points],the differences were significant between the two groups (t =4.32,4.32,3.27,all P<0.05 ).After treatment,the adverse reactions were mainly bradycardia,nausea,vomiting,drowsiness,respiratory depression,urinary retention.The overall incidence rate of adverse reactions between the two groups had no significant difference (P >0.05 ).Conclusion The effect of 1 .0μg·kg-1 · h-1 concentration dexmedetomidine within 24h of postoperative analgesia sedative is best,it can reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium,and without obvious drug side effects.

Objective To study the relation between copper,copper-zinc ratio in blood and blood-fat only in the copper intake lower than the normal acceptable daily intake,and to provide a unified dosage evidence for copper multi-ways exposure.Methods Forty-two SD rats were divided into 7 groups randomly.The rats in one group among them as the normal control group were fed on the normal fodder and water,the other 6 groups were fed on special fodder without copper and deionized water and i.g.copper gluconate at doses of 0ADI(the acceptable daily intake of rat),1/625ADI(0.000 128 mg/ml),1/125ADI(0.000 64 mg/ml),1/25ADI(0.003 2 mg/ml),1/5ADI(0.016 mg/ml) and ADI(0.8 mg/ml),for 30 days.The activity of ceruloplasmin(CP),the content of copper,zinc in the blood and the level of total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),high-density lipoprotein(HDL) and low density-lipoprotein(LDL) were determined.Results In the case of copper intake lower than the normal acceptable daily intake,the activity of CP in the blood of all treated rats were lower than the normal level(P

The effects of Amrinone (AMR)on left ventricular function in 30 cases of congestive heart failure patients was assessed by M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiography. AMR improves the systolic and diastolic function of left ventricle during and after 10 min (AMR lmg ? kg-1, infusion ). The mean stroke volume increased 20% and 18% ; cardiac output increased 23% , 19% ; cardiac index increased 23% and 23% ; ejection fraction increased 32% , 30%; mVcf increased 50% and 48% ; filling velocity in early diastole increased 30% and 21 %; respectively. There were no significant differently between during and after AMR infusion, but there were signifcantly difference a-mong before, during and after AMR infusion. The heart rate changed slightly without statistic significance. The results suggest that AMR could improve the systolic and diastolic function of left ventricle in congestive heart failure patients.

Currently,research and practice in the of hospital management in China are at low level.This paper agrees that the innovation of hospital research management should be based on scientific knowledge management,knowledge communities is a core component of knowledge management implementation in hospitals.This paper descripts the method that how to buide the knowledge community,for example,the types of knowledge community,hospital knowledge system,and the job title based knowledge map and process-oriented knowledge map.

Objective To investigate the incidence of xerostomia in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndromes (AIDS), clarify the association between AIDS and xerostomia to promote AIDS patients' oral health. Method The oral health conditions of 200 hospitalized AIDS patients were investigated by a self-designed evaluation form. Results Among 200 patients, xerostomia occurred in 113 (56.6%) . Among the xerostomia patients, 32.7% were without brushing habits, 63.7% with long-term medication and 43.1% (31 cases) with mainly antibiotics, antivirals and antifungal drugs. 30 (31.9%) patients with xerostomia were mainly associated with symptoms of oral burning, lips dry and scaly, periodontitis, oral mucosal dryness and tooth loss. Conclusions AIDS could increase the incidence of xerostomia. Some effective measures should be taken to promote patients' oral health, including improving AIDS patients' awareness of oral health, close observation of adverse reactions after treatment,looking for related causes, timely and targeted therapies,early detection and treatment of associated symptoms.