Objective To investigate the signal transduction of bFGF to regulate the colorectal carci- noma cell growth via PI3K/PKB pathway.Methods MTT assay was used to determine the suppressive effect of bFGF on the growth rate of LoVo cell;(?-~(32)P)ATP incorporation assay was used to detect the increased activity of PKB in LoVo cell;the RT-PCR technique was used to test the expression of cyclin A;Western Blot analysis was used to detect the expressions of PKB and cyclin A protein.Results When the bFGF worked on the LoVo cell at various times,it was found that the PKB activity of the LoVo cell was increased by the(?-~(32)P) ATP incorporation assay.By preprocessing by the depressor-LY294002 and bFGF,the activity of PKB was sig- nificantly reduced(P

Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery is an interdisciplinary speciality,it includes cosmetic surgery,oculo- plastic surgery and orbital surgery.The current mainly problems and strategies will be discussed in this paper,the status and progresses of cosmetic surgery,including cosmetic eyelid surgery,anesthetic injection methods,and laser facial rejuvenation.Present existing prob- lems and their countermeasures in ocnloplastic surgery,including eyelid malignant tumor,eyelid defects,blepharospasm and anoph- thalmic socket disorders.Problems and management of orbital surgery,ineluding thyroid-associated orbitopathy,orbital fractures,and orbital deformities.At last,the mainly problems and corresponding measures of development of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery will be discussed.(Ophthalmol CHN,2007,16:365-367)

Objective To investigate the correlation between the distribution of lesions on MRI and the findings of computerized tomography angiography (CTA) in patients with posterior circulation infarction.Methods Patients with acute posterior circulation infarction were enrolled in the study.The sites of the infarcts were divided into proximal,middle and distal infarctions according to the results of MRI.All the patients received head and neck CTA.The correlation between the distribution of posterior circulation infarcts and the sites of vertebrobasilar system lesions was analyzed.Results A total of 203 patients with acute posterior circulation infarction were enrolled.Their primary clinical symptoms and signs were unilateral limb weakness (n =77,37.93％),dizziness (n =129,63.55％),dysarthria (n =31,15.27％),nausea and vomiting (n =61,30.05％),headache (n =79,38.92％),gait abnormal (n =50,24.63％),nystagmus (n=34,16.75％),and ataxia (n=21,10.34％).Proximal infarction (n=35,17.24％):medullary infarction (n =28,13.79％),posterior inferior cerebellar artery infarction (n =7,3.45％); middle infarction (n =95,46.79％):pontine infarction (n =80,39.4％),anterior inferior cerebellar infarction (n =15,7.39％); distal infarction (n=73,35.96％):middle cerebral infarction (n=6,2.96％),superior cerebellar infarction (n =16,7.88％),thalamic infarction (n =34,(16.75％),occipital lobe infarction (n =10,4.93％),temporal lobe infarction (n =7,3.44％).Extracranial vertebral artery lesions were most common in the distal infarction group.It reached 53.42％,and was significantly higher than 22.86％ in the proximal infarction group (P =0.003) and 33.68％ in the middle infarction group (P =0.010).Intracranlal vertebral artery lesions were most common in the proximal infarction group.It reached 57.14％,and then followed by the middle infarction (41.05％).They were all significantly higher than 15.07％ in the distal infarction group (all P =0.000).Basilar artery lesions were most common in the middle infarction group.It reached 20.00％ and was significantly higher than 4.11％ in the distal infarction group (P=0.002).Posterior cerebral artery lesions were most common in the distal infarction group.It reached 27.40％ and was significantly higher than 5.71％ in the proximal infarction group (P =0.009) and 5.26％ in the middle infarction group (P=0.000).Conclusions The range of vascular lesions of the distribution of lesions shown on MRI and the findings of CTA on vertebrobasilar artery system in patients with posterior circulation infarction had some connection.During the proximal and middle infarctions,the possibility of having intracranial vertebral artery lesions was greater; during the distal infarction,the possibility of having extracranial vertebral artery and posterior cerebral artery lesions was greater.

By analyzing data from a questionnaire survey on bilingual teaching, we evalueted the results of bilingual teaching for seven-year medical students and the main problems of bilingual teaching and solutions accordingly. An uneven English level on the part of teachers and students and imperfect materials etc. affect the overall results of bilingual teaching. Therefore persistent efforts need to be made in enhancing the teachers' English level, improving teaching methods and compiling proper textbooks so as to genuinely improve the bilingual teaching program.

Esophageal Atresia ; complications ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Respiratory System Abnormalities ; complications ; Trachea ; abnormalities ; Tracheoesophageal Fistula ; complications

Clinical Medicine ; methods ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Holistic Health ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine ; methods ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods

Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neurofibroma ; pathology ; Pharyngeal Neoplasms ; pathology

Neural mass models are able to produce epileptic electroencephalogram (EEG) signals in different stages of seizures. The models play important roles in studying the mechanism analysis and control of epileptic seizures. In this study, the closed-loop feedback control was used to suppress the epileptic-form spikes in the neural mass models. It was expected to provide certain theory basis for the choice of stimulus position and parameter in the clinical treatment. With the influence of measurement noise taken into account, an unscented Kalman filter (UKF) was added to the feedback loop to estimate the system state and an UKF controller was constructed via the estimated state. The control action was imposed on the hyper-excitable population and all populations respectively in simulations. It was shown that both UKF control schemes suppressed the epileptic-form spikes in the model. However, the control energy needed in the latter scheme was less than that needed in the former one.
Computer Simulation ; Electroencephalography ; Epilepsy ; physiopathology ; Feedback ; Humans ; Models, Neurological

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Insecticides ; poisoning ; Ivermectin ; analogs & derivatives ; poisoning ; Male ; Middle Aged