Adult ; Deferoxamine ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Lung Diseases, Interstitial ; chemically induced ; Male ; Myelodysplastic Syndromes ; drug therapy

OBJECTIVEDNA damage in human buccal cells of workers occupationally long-term exposed to carbon disulfide (CS(2)) was monitored with comet assay.

METHODSNinety workers exposed to CS(2) were randomly selected as exposure group from a large-scale chemical fiber manufacturer in Hubei and 81 workers not exposed to CS(2) as control group. DNA damage in their buccal cells was detected with comet assay.

RESULTSRate of DNA tail was 0.51% in exposure group, significantly higher than that in control group (0.23%), with very statistical significance. Rate of DNA tail was 0.50% in male exposure group and 0.56% in exposure group with short length of employment, significantly higher than that in control group (0.08% and 0.25%, respectively). Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that possibility of DNA damage was significantly higher in exposure group than that in control group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONLong-term exposure to lower concentration of carbon disulfide could cause certain damage to human buccal cell DNA.

Adult ; Carbon Disulfide ; poisoning ; Case-Control Studies ; Comet Assay ; DNA ; drug effects ; genetics ; DNA Damage ; Female ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Multivariate Analysis ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects ; Risk Factors ; Time Factors

OBJECTIVE: To seek a exact method of age determination. METHODS: This sample consists of 73 male Chinese han individuals whose ages have been known. Eight positions were selected from their radiograms which have been divided into three or six grade and then set up a mathematical model to deduce age by multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS: The standard deviation of male thyroid cartilage is 1.854 and the multiple correctation coefficient is 0.9971. CONCLUSION The observation proved that age determination by radiographic feature of thyroid cartiage may be suitable for male Chinese han population from 13 to 67 years old.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Determination by Skeleton/methods* ; Aged ; Asian People ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Reference Values ; Thyroid Cartilage/diagnostic imaging*

Objective To investigate whether mesenchymal stem cells can promote the recovery of acute renal tubular damage induced by mercuric chloride and to explore its possible mechanism.Methods Acute renal failure rat model was established by intraperitoneal injection of mercuric chloride.SD rats were randomly divided into three groups which were MSCs injection group, saline infusion group and normal control group.Seven days later,the changes of rat weight,survival,renal function and pathology were observed;PCNA,ED-1 and GFP were detected by immunohistochemistry; The expression of cytokines in kidney and the distribution of GFP plasmid-transfected MSCs in kidney were examined by RT-PCR.Results MSCs infusion ameliorated the decline of rat weight,survival, renal function,and pathological changes.PCNA and ED-1 positive cells in MSCs group were fewer than those in saline group.Expression of growth factors EGF,PDGF,HGF were obviously up- regulated and pre-inflammatory cytokines TNF-?was significantly reduced in MSCs-treated kidneys. GFP-labelled MSCs occurred occasionally in renal interstitium of MSCs-treated rats,but not in renal tubules.Conclusions Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells can promote the recovery of acute renal tubular epithelial cells damage caused by mercuric chloride.The mechanism may partly depend on regulating the excretion of cytokines in renal microenvironment rather than completely depend on their differentiation to tubular cells.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the therapeutic effect of Liujunzi decoction combined with Zuojin pills in treating the radioactive duodenitis and their mechanism, and compare with clinical routine acid suppressants combined with mucous membrane protective preparations to study the mechanism of their efficacy.

METHODAccording to the study of Williams J P and characteristics of duodenitis, and by reference to the radiation enteritis modeling standard, we took the lead in establishing the mouse radioactive duodenal injury model. The model mice were randomly divided into the control group (n = 26), traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) group (n = 16) and the western medicine (oral administration with famotidine 0.5 mL + almagate suspension 0.3 mL per mouse, once a day) group (n = 16). After the standard administrating, such objective indexes as general condition, weight, changes in health score, pathology and expression of inflammatory factors were observed to evaluate the efficacy.

RESULTThe radioactive duodenitis model of mice was successfully established with 12 Gy. Mice in the control group suffered from weight loss, anorexia, low fluid intake, loose stools, and occasionally mucous bloody stool, poor spirit, dim fur, lack of exercise and arch back. Mice in drug intervention groups were generally better than those in the pure irradiation group. The IL-6, IL-1beta, TNF-alpha mRNA expressions in spleen and mesenteric lymph node tissues in TCM and western medicine groups showed a declining trend compared with the control group. Their concentrations in peripheral blood serum also slightly changed. The TCM group revealed notable advantage in reducing inflammatory factors. The microscopic observation showed that a better mucosa repair in intervention groups than the pure irradiation group. The improved Chiu's scoring method showed a statistical significance in the difference between TCM and western medicine groups (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONLiujunzi decoction combined with Zuojin pills could treat acute radiation enteritis, regulate organic immunity, and inhibit acute injury, promote local tissue repair, with the potential to resist such adverse effects as radiation intestinal fibrosis. The regulation of inflammatory factor release is one of efficacy generation mechanisms.

Animals ; Cobalt Radioisotopes ; adverse effects ; Drug Interactions ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Duodenitis ; blood ; drug therapy ; Interleukin-1beta ; blood ; Interleukin-6 ; blood ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mucous Membrane ; drug effects ; radiation effects ; Radiation Injuries, Experimental ; blood ; drug therapy ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; blood

Objective To probe into the clinical features, ways of diagnosis and treatment measures of concurrent paratyphoid fever A after renal transplantation. Methods The 5 patients were all town or village people under the county level. After the operation, the immunosuppressive scheme of ciclosporin A (or Tacrolimus) + mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) + prednisone acetate was adopted. One case was caused by catching cold and the rest 4 had no any distinct inducement. Five patients fell ill respectively at the 5th, 7th, 7th, 9th and 14th month after the operation. On the admission, the 5 patients suffered from gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea to varying degrees; 3 from toxic symptoms such as fever, intolerance of cold, hypodynamia and headache; 3 from symptoms of the respiratory system such as stuffy nose and congestion of throat; 1 from elevation of blood pressure; 1 from relative slow pulse. In 3 patients with decrease of urine volume, 1 suffered from gross hematuria, swelling of transplanted area of the kidney, pain on pressure and rise of blood pressure. Only 1 patient's paratyphoid fever A antibody in the Widal's test gastroenteritis or untoward reaction of MMF and the curative effect was bad. After definite diagnoses,the combined treatment of the third-generation cephalosporin and FQNS were given to all of them.After treatment for 7-10 days, the symptoms in all patients all disappeared. During the treatment, 1 patient was diagnosed as acute rejection and given the methylprednisolone shock for 3 days. After that, the patient's graft function was improved; 3 patients suffered from relatively great fluctuation of blood concentration of immunosuppressive agent and toxic symptoms such as decrease of the graft function, etc. After adjustment of dosage, their indicators of renal function became normal. Conclusion Early symptoms and accessory examinations of paratyphoid fever A after renal transplantation lack specificities. Diagnosis of paratyphoid fever A after renal transplantation mainly depends on blood culture. Drugs of first choice include FQNS and the third-generation cephalosporin. During the treatment, the doctor should closely monitor blood concentration of the immunosuppressive agent.

Objective To investigate the roles of different effective dosages of morphine on incision pain in rats.Methods Clean-degree male SD rats were randomly allocated to three groups(n=11): normal saline group(NS group),low-dose morphine group(LM group,0.6 mg/kg) and high-dose morphine group(HM group,6 mg/kg).After administration of morphine twice at 30 min interval,the incision pain models of rats were prepared according to the Brennan's method.Morphine was administered once again following the operation,while the NS group was administrated isovolumic normal saline.Then the mechanical threshold of rats was detected with von Frey filaments from the pre-operation to the 8th postoperative day,and the hyperalgesia induced by morphine on the praxiology level was explored. ResultsThe values of mechanical threshold postoperation in each group were significantly lower than those of the baseline.The mechanical threshold of HM group was significantly higher than the NS group on the second day postoperation(P

AIM To investigate the effect of fenofibrate and simvastatin on the serum free fatty acids of alcoholic fatty liver in rats. METHODS The rat model of alcoholic fatty liver was reproduced by chronic ethanol ingestion plus olive oil diet. The model rats were divided into three groups as follows: finofibrate treatment group(finofibrate 80 mg?kg -1 po, once a day),simvastatin treatment group (simvastatin 4 mg?kg -1 po, once a day)and control group without either above-mentioned treatment. Experimental rats were treated for four weeks and then sacrificed for blood sampling. Serum free fatty acids were analyzed by gas chromatography. RESULTS Fenofibrate significantly ameliorated the decrease in polyunsaturated fatty acids induced by ethanol [oleic acid:(38.212?7.788) ?g?L -1 vs (31.620?6.142) ?g?L -1,linoleic acid:(37.269?8.065) ?g?L -1 vs (30.254?9.063) ?g?L -1,arachidonic acid:(11.646?2.601) ?g?L -1 vs (9.012?1.236) ?g?L -1] accompanied by the improvement of the fat infiltration of the liver, but demonstrated no effect on the increase in serum saturated fatty acids by ethanol. In the contrast, simvastatin can aggravate the decrease in polyunsatrurated fatty acids and significantly increase the levels of satrurated fatty acids in serum induced by ethanol along with the pathological aggravation of alcoholic fatty liver. CONCLUSION The results of present study revealed that fenofibrate and simvastatin exerted different effect on the serum free fatty acids of alcoholic fatty liver. Polyunsatrurated fatty acids in the serum play an important role in the pathogenesis and treatment response of alcoholic fatty liver.

Objective To investigate the prognostic factors of cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions treated by cold knife conization with negative margin.Methods Two hundred and sixty-six women with cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions treated by cold-knife conization with negative margins at Beijing Hospital between Jan 1999 and Jan 2004 were analyzed retrospectively.All patients were followed up with cytology,high-risk human papillomavirus(HPV)test and eolposcopy if necessary.Results The cervical CIN recurrence rate was 8.6% with no incidence of invasive cervical cancer after a median follow-up of 46 months.The recurrence was related to the grade of lesions and gland involvement pathologically.One of 20(5.0%)cases with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia(CIN)Ⅱ,9 of 164(5.5%)cases with CIN Ⅲ(excluding carcinoma in situ,CIS)and 13 of 82(15.8%)cases with CIS recurred(P

Objective To report clinical study of diabetic foot with microsurgical treatment.Methods 32 cases basing on physical treatment underwent operation which included reconstruction of vessel under DSA and flap transfer and relaxation of nerves.Results 8 eases were examined with DSA after operation,it showed that the bypass grafts were unobstructed and the distal blood were improved;All flap were lively. Conclusion The ulcer of the patients with diabetic foot was closed early and the blood supply of the limb have been reconstructed by microsurgical treatment,it can not only avoid amputation or lower the limb amputation level,but also improve the life quality of patients and obtain social benefit.