Adult ; Aggressive Periodontitis ; drug therapy ; therapy ; Amoxicillin ; therapeutic use ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; therapeutic use ; Anti-Infective Agents ; therapeutic use ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Dental Scaling ; Denture, Partial, Fixed ; Humans ; Male ; Metronidazole ; therapeutic use ; Periodontal Abscess ; drug therapy ; therapy ; Root Canal Therapy ; Tooth Extraction ; Toothbrushing

Objective To summarize the features of signs of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) of small intestinal stromal tumor (SIST) with different invasion risk degrees.Methods The clinical data of 15 patients with SIST who were admitted to the West China Hospital of Sichuan University from September 2008 to June 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.The signs of DSA of SIST with different invasion risk degrees were analyzed.Results The result of DSA showed that 1 patient with low-invasive SIST presented draining veins and clear edge with homogeneously stained tumor in arterial phase.Enlarged tumors vessels,sharp edges and uniform tumor staining were observed in 4 patients with low-invasive risks.Enlarged and disordered tumor vessels and irregular shape were observed in 4 patients with moderate-invasive risks,and 3 of them showed heterogeneity stained tumor.Obvious enlarged and disordered tumor vessels,unclear edge and uniform tumor staining were showed in 6 patients with high-invasive risks.Conclusions The higher invasive risks correlates with more irregular and disorder tumor vessels.The tumors with lower-invasive risks have more regular and trim blood vessels.

Adult ; Giant Cells ; pathology ; Humans ; Lung Diseases, Interstitial ; pathology ; Male ; Pulmonary Fibrosis ; pathology

Objective To explore clinical and cytological features of CSF in meningeal carcinomatosis.Methods The data of clinic, imaging, and cerebrospinal fluid in 44 cases with meningeal carcinomatosis were analyzed retrospectively.Results 31 cases appeared headache or notalgia, 18 cases had cranial nerve lesions, 25 cases showed meningeal irritation sign. MRI enhancement scanning found abnormally diffused piamater enhancement in 3 cases. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure of 32 cases increased, cell population of CSF increased in 41 cases and the most cells were activated monocytes and lymphocytes. All the 44 cases found tumor cells in cytological examination of CSF. 5 cases were intracalvarial primartumors, and the others were metastatic tumors. Cytologic classification showed adenocarcinoma of 33 cases, malignant lymphoma of 3 cases, undifferentiated carcinoma of 2 cases and squamous cell carcinoma of 1 case. Conclusions The clinical manifestations and imaging results of meningeal carcinomatosis lack specificity, and cytological examination of CSF is a reliable diagnosing method for this disease.

BACKGROUND: To explore the effect of negative feedback mechanism of adipose tissue in the pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes through analyzing the function of the adipocytokines in regulating energy metabolism and fat accumulation.DATA SOURCES: We searched in the PubMed database of National Library of Medicine in USA for the articles on negative feedback action of adipocytokine, obesity and type 2 diabetes published from Jan 1962 to Nov 2005, using the key words of "adipocytokines, obesity, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, leptin, adiponectin, resistin and PGAR" and limited the language to English.STUDY SELECTION: The articles of original researches and associated with energy metabolism and fat accumulation were included. The articles of repetitive researches, reviews and little associated with energy metabolism and fat accumulation were excluded.DATA EXTRACTION: A total of 158 articles were collected, of which 35 were closely correlated with this paper, and the 123 excluded articles were all repetitive studies, reviews and little correlated with this paper.DATA SYNTHESIS: Researches show that the fat tissue is able to secrete adipocytokines to regulate the fat mass, While the mass of body fat increases, the adipocytokines will inhibit lipogenesis and promote lipolysis.Adipocytokines can either resist the action of insulin or suppress the secretion of insulin. Thus lead to lipogenesis inhibition, lipolysis increasing and suppressing the utilization of blood glucose.CONCLUSION: When man develops obesity going up to certain degree,the negative feedback action of adipocytokines may lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; instrumentation ; Aged ; Catgut ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Muscle, Skeletal ; physiopathology ; Spasm ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Treatment Outcome

Background Experimental study showed that heparanase (HPA)is overexpressed in choroidal neovascularization,suggesting that it may play a role in the pathogenesis of angiogenesis.To certify HPA inhibitor suppress the formation and development of new blood vessel has an important significance for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization.Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of HPA inhibitor on the proliferation of human umbilical vein vascular endothelial cell (UVEC) and the expression of HPA.Methods Hunan UVEC was primarily cultured and passaged and the third generation cells were used in the experiment.Phosphomannopentaose sulfate (PI-88) solution,a HPA inhibitor,was prepared with endothelial cell medium and the end concentrations were 400.00,200.00,100.00,50.00,25.00,12.50,6.25 mg/L respectively.The cells were treated with PI-88 solutions for 24,48 and 72 hours.The growth and proliferation of human UVEC were analyzed using MTT colorimetric assay at absorbance 570 nm.The expression of HPA in the cells was detected by immunochemistry in 48 hours after addition of PI-88.Results Cultured human UVEC showed the fusiform and polygon in shape.The A570 values of human CVEC were significantly different among various concentrations of PI-88 groups (F=2.721,P=0.053 ) and different action time (F=9.656,P =0.002).When PI-88 was administered for 24 hours,the A570 values of human UVEC were insignificantly altered in comparison with the one without PI-88 culture group (P＞0.05 ).However,in 72 hours after experiment,the A570 values were significantly declined as the PI-88 concentration was ＞50.00 mg/L ( P＜0.05 ).When PI-88 was administered for 48 and 72 hours,the A570 values of human UVEC were significantly higher than those of 24 hours in ＜50.00 mg/L groups (P＜0.01 ),but no statistical differences were seen in ＞100.00 mg/L groups among various time points (P＞0.05 ).HPA was intently expressed in the cytoplasm of human UVEC.However,at 48 hours after addition of ＞25.00 mg/L PI-88,the HPA expression was obviously weaker.Conclusions PI-88 can suppress the growth and proliferation of human UVEC at the dose-and time-dependent manner by downregulating the expression of HPA in the cells.

Objective: To observe the effect of muscle regions of meridians warm needling method plus pricking Jing-Well points for blood-letting in improving nail fold microcirculation in the patients with shoulder-hand syndrome (SHS) after stroke, and the effects on hemorrheology, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and serum substance P (SP). Methods: A total of 72 patients were randomized into an observation group and a control group by the random number table method, with 36 cases in each group. The control group was treated with physical rehabilitation training, and the observation group was treated with additional muscle regions of meridians warm needling method plus pricking Jing-Well points for blood-letting treatment. The treatment course lasted for 4 weeks. After treatment, the clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared. The changes in shoulder-hand syndrome scale (SHSS), simplified Fugl-Meyer assessment-upper extremity (FMA-UE), visual analog scale (VAS), activities of daily living (ADL), traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score, nail fold microcirculation hemorheology indictors [whole blood viscosity (high-shear, low-shear), hematocrit, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)], CGRP and SP levels were observed. Results: The total effective rate in the observation group was 86.1％, higher than 63.9％ in the control group (P<0.05). The overall curative effect in the observation group was better than that in the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the scores of pain sensation, edema, external turn and rotation of the arm in SHSS, and the total score were significantly decreased in both groups (all P<0.05), and each score in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (all P<0.05). After treatment, the scores of VAS and TCM syndrome in both groups decreased significantly (all P<0.05), and the scores of FMA-UE and ADL increased significantly (all P<0.05). The scores of VAS and TCM syndrome in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (both P<0.05), and the scores of FMA-UE and ADL were higher than those in the control group (both P<0.05). After treatment, the whole blood viscosity (high-shear and low-shear) and hematocrit in both groups decreased obviously (all P<0.05), and ESR increased obviously (both P<0.05), and the whole blood viscosity (high-shear and low-shear) and hematocrit in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (all P<0.05), and ESR was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the peritubular state, loop shape, blood flow and total score of nail fold microcirculation in both groups decreased significantly (all P<0.05), and each score in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (all P<0.05). After treatment, SP in both groups decreased obviously (both P<0.05), CGRP increased obviously (both P<0.05), and SP in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (P<0.05), CGRP was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Compared with conventional physical rehabilitation training, muscle regions of meridians warm needling method plus pricking Jing-Well points for blood-letting treatment can significantly reduce the clinical symptoms of SHS, promote the recovery of physical functions, improve the nail fold microcirculation and hemorrheology indictors, and regulate the serum cytokine levels such as CGRP and SP.

Adult ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Hygiene ; standards ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Health ; statistics & numerical data ; Occupational Health Services ; standards ; Young Adult

Objective To explore the effects of lycopene on interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression and motor function after spinal cord injury in rats. Methods 36 healthy adult Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group (A), methylprednisolone sodium succinate (MP) treatment group (B) and lycopene treatment group (C) with 12 rats in each group, and spinal cord injury model at T9 was established with modified Allen's technique (10 g×25 mm). 30 minutes after modeling, group A received no treatment, group B was injected MP 30 mg/ kg, group C was given lycopene 20 mg/kg. They were tested with inclined plate test 1 day, 3 days and 7 days after injury. The expression of IL-6 was examined with immunohistochemistry, then. Results The inclined plate test scores were higher in the group C than in the group A 1 day and 7 days after injury (P<0.05), and in the group B than in the group A 1 day, 3 days and 7 days after injury (P<0.05). The expression of IL-6 was significantly lower in the groups B and C than in the group A 1 day, 3 days, 7 days after injury (P<0.001). Conclusion Lycopene can inhibit the expression of IL-6 in acute spinal cord injury to reduce the inflammation and facilitate the recovery of nerve and motor function.