Conducting polymers play important roles in tissue engineering and biomaterials. This paper introduces their syntheses and applications to medical engineering.

To observe the changes in hemorheology, endotoxin and TNF ? in blood after hemoperfusion(HP) with adsorbent immobilized polymyxin B (PMB) on sepsis in rats. Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups:LPS+HP+PMB,LPS+HP and LPS. All the rats received intravenously injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS, Escherichia coil O111:B4,1mg/kg). Plasma of the rats in the group of LPS+HP+PMB was passed through a column containing sepharose coated activated charcoal immobilized polymyxin B at the 4th hour after LPS injection. The treated plasma was transfused bak after being mixed with blood cells. In LPS+HP group, the column did not contain immobilized polymyxin B. The animals of LPS group received LPS only. Quantitative endotoxin determination in blood was done with limulus amebocyte lysate test,TNF ? of the plasma assayed with ELISA, and hemorheology parameters were also observed after hemoperfusion. In LPS+HP+PMB group, the concentration of plasma was significantly decreased after hemoperfusion, but it was still significantly higher than the baseline value, and there was a decrease of blood cell ratio after hemoperfusion. The results suggest that specific adsorbent could remove endotoxin in the circulation and improve hemorheology.

Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment of endogenous adenoma of the duodenal papilla by endoscopy.Methods Between June 2005 and October 2008,eight patients who had dilated common and intrahepatic bile ducts with strictured opening of the papilla and lower segments shown by B-ultrasonography or MRCP,were enrolled in this study. The patients were assigned to receive ERCP and IDUS for diagnosis and treatment. Results In this series,three patients received pancreatico-duodenectomy because of tubulovillous adenoma (two cases) or tubular adenoma (one case) complicated with moderate atypical epithelial hyperplasia; one of the two cases with tubulovillous adenoma was confirmed as having local cancer by postoperative pathological examination,and then received interventional therapy and embolization because of liver metastasis in 3 months; the patient who had tubular adenoma was diagnosed with local signet ring cell cancer after the operation,and was followed up at 6 and 14 months afterwards by physical examination,which showed no abnormalities. Endoscopic snare papillectomy followed by bile duct stenting for drainage was performed on two patients,one of them was diagnosed with tubulo-papillary adenoma after the surgery and then showed recurrent tumor at 6 months,resulting death at 10 months; the other one was confirmed as having tubulovillous adenoma complicated with moderate atypical epithelial hyperplasia,this patient showed no abnormalities during follow-up at 6 and 12 months. Plastic bile duct stent was employed in one patient with severe atypical epithelial hyperplasia,but was replaced by metal stent because of repeated infection of the bile duct. One patient with papillary adenoma was lost to follow-up after bile duct stenting for intradrainage. One patient refused any treatment for the tubular adenoma; follow-up by phone showed no abnormality in this case in 12 months.Conclusions Endogenous adenoma of the duodenal papilla is rare detected. The tumor is very likely to turn to malignant. Multi-point biopsy is necessary for the patients with hyperplasia of the mucosal and muscle layers.

Objective To explore the relation between changes in apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE1) gene expression and effects of melphalan on multiple myeloma (MM) cells. Methods Expression of APE1 protein was detected in MM cell line KM3 using immunocytochemical staining and Western blot assay after 0~15?mol/L melphalan treatment for 1~2d. Integral optical density was determined by means of image analysis system. Results There was positive relationship between levels of APE1 protein in KM3 cells and the treatment time and dose of melphalan. Conclusion Expression of APE1 protein could be induced by melphalan treatment. The result suggests that a high expression of APE1 protein may play a certain role in the resistance of multiple myeloma to melphalan.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Cytarabine ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ; drug therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Treatment Outcome ; Vidarabine ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate the effects of Kr üppel-like factor 2 ( KLF2 ) on oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) induced expression of microRNA-146a (miR-146a) and proinflammatory cyto-kines (MCP-1 and IL-6) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).Methods Human umbili-cal vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured and then stimulated with 50μg/ml ox-LDL for 24 hours. HUVECs were infected with adenovirus vectors over-expressing human KLF2 at an appropriate multiplicity of infection.KLF2-siRNA duplexes were transfected into HUVECs to silence the gene expression .HUVECs were collected at time points of 0 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after infection.Real-time quantitative-PCR was performed to measure the expression of miR-146a at mRNA level.Silenced endogenous miR-146a using LNA-anti-miR-146 a was transfected into HUVECs with lipofectamine 2000 .The levels of MCP-1 and IL-6 in supernatants were detected by ELISA .Results KLF2 remarkably inhibited the expression of miR-146 a in unstimulated and ox-LDL-stimulated HUVECs in a time-dependent manner .The ox-LDL induced ex-pression of miR-146a, MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs were significantly decreased by KLF2.Silenced expres-sion of miR-146a downr-egulated the ox -LDL induced expression of MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs.Moreover, silenced miR-146 a could partly reverse the inhibitory effects of KLF 2 on ox-LDL induced expression of MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs.Conclusion KLF2 inhibited ox-LDL induced expression of MCP-1 and IL-6 in HUVECs partly through down-regulating the expression of miR-146a.

Neural stem cell (NSC) has self-renewal and differentiation potential.It can orderly differentiate into neurons,astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in the development of central nervous system.NSC differentiation was commonly regulated by a variety of factors,including cytokines,transcription factors and epigenetic factors.Epigenetic regulation is a heritable gene expression without changing the DNA sequence.Histone modification is an important regulation mode in epigenetic modifications,which is essential in the transcription process.It also plays a critical role in the development of central nervous system.This article briefly reviews the histone methylation and demethylafion in the regulation of NSC differentiation.

Objective To investigate the distribution of blood pressure and incidence of hypertension in children and adolescents from the urban area of Guiyang city aged 8-17 years old,in order to provide scientific evidence for preventing hypertension.Methods Seven thousand nine hundred and sixty-three primary and secondary students were sampled and standardized in blood pressure,height and weight.In accordance with the Working Group on Obesity in China(WGOC)recommendations,the subjects were divided into overweight,obesity and normal weight group,then the relationship between blood pressure and body mass index(BMI)and the prevalence of hypertension in different BMI groups were analyzed.Results 1.Compared with the USA and Shanghai city,the distribution of blood pressure in children and adolescents from the urban area of Guiyang city were different(Pa

Objective To investigate the current status of health education among nursing undergraduates,to analyze the existing problems and to bring up corresponding strategies for improving the health education ability for nursing undergraduates.Methods Totally 381 nursing undergraduates were recruited and investigated with a self-designed questionnaire.Aspects of students' cognition of health education,influencing factors of health education and the implementation of health education in clinic were investigated.Data were processed using SPSS 12.0 and percentages were calculated.Resuits 98.75％ students understood the importance of heath education in nursing work.However,systemic training courses of health education for nursing undergraduates were insufficient in both colleges and hospitals.Meanwhile,clinical teachers' ability of health education was limited.Only 15.59％students provided health education for patients independently.Conclusions Nursing colleges and practicing hospitals should strengthen health education consciousness of nursing undergraduates,enhance faculty construction and should set up related courses to train the health education skills.

Objective:To analyze the characteristics of immune status in patients with different types of oral lichen planus(OLP). Methods:197 cases of OLP,61 with reticular OLP(ROLP)and 136 with hyperaemia erosion OLP(HEOLP)were included.The im-mune status of the patients were investigated by flow cytometry (FCM)for the expression of CD3 +,CD4 +,CD8 +,CD19 +,CD16 ++56 +and CD4 +/CD8 +cells,and nephelometry for the measurements of IgG,IgA,IgM,C3 and CH50 in peripheral blood.The la-brotary norm was used as the reference and the characteristics of immune status in patients with different clinical characters of OLP were analyzed by SPSS 16.0.Results:CD3 +,CD4 +,IgA and C3 decreased,CD19 +cells,IgG,IgMand CH50 increased in patients with OLP.CD16 ++56 +,CD4 +/CD8 +cells decreased in the cases with ROLP(P<0.05);CD8 +cells decreased in the cases with HE-OLP.CD3 +,CD8 +cells were fewer in HEOLP patients than that in ROLP,CD4 +/CD8 +cells were more in HEOLP than that in ROLP(P<0.05).Conclusion:There are defects of cellular immune function and increase of humoral immune in patients with OLP. The patients with different clinical types of OLP may have different immune fuction changes.