Objective To evaluate the value of endorectal coil(E-coil) in the diagnosis of prostate diseases.Methods The comparative study was done with E-coil and body coil in 15 patients including 9 cases of prostate carcinoma,4 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia and 2 normal individuals.The conventional spin-echo sequence(SE T 1WI,FSE T 2WI)were done in all cases.The axial images obtained with two types were compared according to the subjective viewing and scoring.Results Overall imaging quality on E-coil was significantly superior to that on body coil.The average scores were 2.97?0.61 points with body coil vs 3.4?0.60 points with E-coil on T 2WI (?

BACKGROUND:Whether adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells are able to exert immunomodulatory effects in the treatment of myocardial infarction, as wel as the best time, is less reported.
OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells on inflammatory reaction and ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction, and to explore the possible mechanisms of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of myocardial infarction.
METHODS:Enzyme digestion method was employed to isolate and culture rat adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. By ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery, we established animal models of myocardial infarction in 40 rats. The rats were randomly divided into four groups:sham group, control group (injected high-glucose Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium), 3-hour transplantation group (transplanted adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells after 3 hours of myocardial infarction), 7-day transplantation group (transplanted adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells after 7 days of myocardial infarction). After 14 days of operation, the levels of tumor necrosis factor-αand interleukin-10 in the plasma were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. After 28 days of operation, the left ventricular end diastolic diameter, left ventricular end systolic diameter, left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular fractional shortening were measured by echocardiography.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the control group, in the 3-hour transplantation group and 7-day transplantation group, the levels of tumor necrosis factor-αwere significantly lower (P<0.01), and the levels of interleukin-10 were significantly higher (P<0.01) at postoperative 14 days;the left ventricular end diastolic diameter and left ventricular end systolic diameter in the two transplantation groups were also significantly smal er (P<0.05), but left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular fractional shortening were significantly elevated (P<0.05), which was more apparent in the 3-hour transplantation group than the 7-day transplantation group. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells transplantation in acute phase of myocardial infarction can suppress the inflammatory response, regulate the cytokine network equilibrium, and thus delay ventricular remodeling and improve cardiac function.

Objective To investigate the expression of somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue and its association with clinicopathological features and prognosis of HCC.Methods HCC samples were collected from 80 patients who visited Third Hospital of PLA and Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University and who underwent hepatectomy from July 2012 to December 2014 and were diagnosed with HCC based on postoperative pathology (trial group).Another 80 patients who were suspected of liver disease and were not diagnosed with HCC by liver biopsy were enrolled as control group.RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry were used to measure the mRNA and protein expression of SSTR-2 and SSTR-3.The t-test was used for comparison of continuous data between groups,the chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups,the Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze patients' survival,and the Cox regression analysis was used to investigate the influencing factors for the prognosis of HCC patients.Results The control group had significantly higher mRNA and protein expression of SSTR-2 and SSTR-3 than the trial group (t =6.456 and 8.128,x2 =7.992 and 9.157,all P ＜ 0.05).The univariate analysis showed that the mRNA expression of SSTR-2 and SSTR-3 was significantly correlated with tumor nodule (t =6.533 and 5.041,both P ＜ 0.05),degree of tumor differentiation (t =4.672 and 4.013,both P ＜ 0.05),depth of infiltration (t =6.735 and 7.019,both P ＜ 0.05),viral hepatitis (t =4.929 and 4.535,both P ＜ 0.05),alcoholic hepatitis (t =4.032 and 4.362,both P ＜ 0.05),and diabetes (t =4.372 and 6.293,both P ＜ 0.05),and the protein expression of SSTR-2 and SSTR-3 was significantly correlated with tumor nodule (x2 =25.223 and 15.399,both P ＜ 0.05),degree of tumor differentiation (x2 =7.535 and 10.944,both P ＜ 0.05),and depth of infiltration (x2 =22.520 and 9.968,both P ＜ 0.05).Compared with the group with positive expression of SSTR-2 and SSTR-3,the group with negative expression had significantly lower cumulative postoperative disease-free survival rate (P =0.015 and 0.004) and postoperative overall survival rate (P =0.009 and ＜ 0.001).The Cox model analysis showed that protein expression of SSTR-2 and SSTR-3,the number of tumor nodules,liver cirrhosis,and vein infiltration in HCC tissue were independent risk factors for overall survival after HCC surgery (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion HCC patients have lower expression of SSTR-2 and SSTR-3 than non-HCC patients,and such low expression is closely associated with invasion/metastasis and poor prognosis of HCC.SSTRs may be the markers for the prognosis of HCC.

To enhance the production of ε-poly-L-lysine (ε-PL) by improving dissolved oxygen level of the fermentation system, different oxygen-vectors were added to broth and n-dodecane was screened as the best oxygen-vector. The best amount of n-dodecane was 0.5% (V/V) and the best time was at start of the fermentation. In a fed-batch fermentation in a 5 L bioreactor, ε-PL concentration reached a maximum of (30.8 ± 0.46) g/L and the dry cell weight obtained was (33.8 ± 0.29) g/L, increasing by 31.6% and 20.7% compared with the control group, respectively. This improvement can be related to 0.5% n-dodecane could maintain dissolved oxygen concentration > 32% of air concentration compared with 23.8% in ε-PL production phase, and the production of a main by-product, poly-L-diaminopropionic acid, fell by 31%. These results indicated that the dissolved oxygen level in the broth was improved by adding n-dodecane, which can inhibit the by-product production and improve the biosynthesis of ε-PL.
Alkanes ; chemistry ; Batch Cell Culture Techniques ; Bioreactors ; Fermentation ; Oxygen ; chemistry ; Polylysine ; biosynthesis

ObjectiveTo explore the imaging of the thrombosis after pharmacological triggering of plaque rupture in atherosclerotic rabbit model by using 3.0 T high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.MethodsTwenty male New Zealand white rabbits were divided into an experimental group (n = 16) and a control group (n = 4).The aortic wall injuries were induced by an intravascular balloon in experimental group rabbits after high cholesterol diet.The pharmacological triggering with Russell's viper venom and histamine was performed after 3 months of establishment of model.All of the animals underwent pre-trigger and post-trigger MR examinations including 3D time of fight (3D TOF),T1 WI,T2WI and post contrast T1 WI.Euthanasia was performed in all rabbits and gross anatomy and histological specimen of aorta were obtained.Comparing the location and length of the thrombus between MRI images and histopathology was used Pearson test.Comparing the calculated indexes of abdominal aorta between rabbits with and without thrombosis was used AVONA test and LSD-t test.Results After triggering,8 in 14 survived rabbits developed thrombosis in experimental group,meanwhile,no thrombus was found in control group.The accuracy of multi-sequences MRI for detecting of thrombus was 87.1％ (27/31).MRI data correlated with the histopathology regarding thrombus length ( r = 0.85,P ＜ 0.01 ) and thrombus location ( r = 0.94,P＜0.01 ).Compared with rabbits without thrombosis,the rabbits with thrombosis had narrower lumen of abdominal aorta in the pre-triggered MR images [ ( 5.71 ± 2.38 )mm2 vs.( 8.93 ± 5.36) mm2,P ＜ 0.01 ].ConclusionMRI is useful tool to determine the thrombosis and plaque rupture in atherosclerotic rabbit model.

Objective To examine HOXA11,ER and PR expression in human endometrial hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma.Methods The immunohistochemistry was applied to analyze the level of HOXA11、ER and PR expression in the proliferative endometria,simple hyperplasia and endometrial adenocarcinoma.Results The expression level of HOXA11 in the endometrial hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma was significantly higher than that of proliferative endometrium(P

The present work is to investigate the correlation between physical properties and deformation behaviors of tablet excipients, and rank them according to their plastic performances during compaction. The excipients selected were compacted using Korsch XP1 after measuring their physical properties where the compression parameters for evaluating deformation behaviors were Heckle equation, compression work and elastic stretch in die. The correlations between compaction descriptors and physical parameters were analyzed by canonical correlation analysis, and factor analysis was simultaneously employed to synthetically assess deformation behaviors for all our samples. The canonical variables show that true density (Pa) correlated negatively with plastic coefficient (PL) and positively with yield pressure (YP); compression degree (Cp) correlated negatively with fast elastic stretch (FES) as well as YP and positively with PL. When factor scores were used in combination with original data, the plasticity of our samples was sorted and ranked as high (-0.56 < F' < 0.21), intermediate (-0.16 < F' < 0.36), or low (0.38 < F' < 0.84), which are in accord with plasticity rankings previously reported in literature. This study indicates factor analysis can be an approach to evaluate deformation behaviors of pharmaceutical powders.

The production of propionic acid by Propionibacterium freudenreichii CCTCC M207015 was investigated in a Fibrous-bed bioreactor (FBB). The FBB was constructed by packing spiral cotton fibrous and immobilized into a bioreactor. By applying this bioreactor to propionic acid fermentation, the propionic acid yield had a significant improvement and reached 20.41 g/L, compared with the cell-free culture of 14.58 g/L (40 g/L of glucose). At the same time, the glucose exhausting time decreased from 120 h to 60 h. Batch fermentations at various glucose concentrations were carried out with FBB. Based on the analysis of the time course of production, fed-batch fermentation was also applied to produce propionic acid with FBB, the maximal propionic acid yield reached 45.91 g/L, and the proportion of propionic acid to total acids was about 72.31%.
Bioreactors ; microbiology ; Fermentation ; Glucose ; metabolism ; Propionates ; metabolism ; Propionibacterium ; classification ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo characterize the flowability of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) powders by using appropriate methods.

METHODWith highly flowable direct compression excipients and Chinese traditional medicine powder as raw materials, the flowability of material powders is determined by the Carr method and the Jenike method.

RESULTThe Carr method and the Jenike method for the determination of the flowability of Chinese herb extract powder and direct-pressing excipients have no obvious difference. But the flowability of Chinese herb extract powder is not as good as direct compression excipients.

CONCLUSIONFrom the characterization results of both methods, we can find that the Carr method better reflects the actual flowability of TCM extracts, while the Jenike method can be used for guiding the design of the hopper device.

Objective:To investigate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) of the abdomen and pelvis.Method:The retrospec-tive and descriptive study was conducted. The clinicopathological data of 8 patients with DSRCT of the abdomen and pelvis, including 3 cases admitted in Yueqing People's Hospital and 5 cases admitted in Wenzhou People's Hospital, from January 2008 to June 2022 were collected. There were 5 males and 3 females, aged (43±5)years. All patients underwent MRI plain and enhanced scanning. Observa-tion indicators: (1) imaging features of DSRCT of the abdomen and pelvis; (2) treatment and pathological examination characteristics of DSRCT of the abdomen and pelvis; (3) follow-up. Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as Mean± SD, and measurement data with skewed distri-bution were represented as M(range). Count data were described as absolute numbers. Results:(1) Imaging features of DSRCT of the abdomen and pelvis. ① Tumor location. Of the 8 patients, there were 6 cases with tumors located respectively at the lower edge of the liver in the right quarter costal region, the medial side of the ileocecal region in the right iliac region, the medial side of the caecum in the right iliac region, the gastro-pancreatic space in the left quarter costal region, the mesenteric space in the left iliac region and the right side of pelvic bladder, and 2 cases with tumors located at retroperitoneal space of left quarter rib region. ② Tumor size. There were 13 lesions in the 8 patients, and the maximum diameter of tumor was 9.1 (range, 3.5?20.0)cm. Of the 8 patients, there were 5 cases with single tumor and 3 cases with multiple tumors. ③ Tumor shape and boundary. Of the 8 patients, there were 4 cases with tumor in expansive growth and 4 cases with tumor in invasive growth. There were 5 cases with tumor of intratumoral necrosis and cystic degene-ration, 4 cases with tumor of intratumoral hemorrhage, 4 cases with tumor of intratumoral spot calcification, 3 cases with tumor of peritumoral tissue exudation. One patient may combined with multiple imaging manifestations. ④ Imaging characteristics of MRI plain scanning. Of the 8 patients, there were 4 cases with tumor of homogeneous hypointensity signal and 4 cases with tumor of hypointensity mixed with speckled hyperintensity (with hemorrhage) in T1 weighted imaging of MRI plain scanning. There were 3 cases with tumor of homogeneous hyperintensity and 5 cases with tumor of high signal at the edge, patchy and spot-shaped in the center in T2 weighted imaging of MRI plain scanning. There were 5 cases with tumor of high, equal and low confounding signals and 3 cases with tumor of high and low signals in T2 weighted imaging fat suppression sequence of MRI plain scanning. There were 3 cases with tumor of uniform high signals and 5 cases with tumor of high, equal and low mixed signals in diffusion weighted imaging of MRI plain scanning. ⑤ Imaging characteristics of MRI enhanced scanning. All 8 patients had tumor of heterogeneous enhancement in MRI enhanced scanning, including 2 cases with significant enhancement in arterial phase, continuous enhancement in portal phase, slightly reduced enhancement in delayed phase, 4 cases with moderate enhancement in arterial phase, continuous enhancement in portal phase, slowly exited enhancement in delayed phase, 2 cases with mild enhancement in arterial phase, continuous enhancement in portal phase, slowly exited enhancement in delayed phase. Of the 8 patients, there were 3 cases with tumor of annular enhancement with intratumoral strip or grid signals and 3 cases with tumor of peritumoral blood vessels increased and thickened signals. ⑥ Tumor invasion and metastasis. Of the 8 patients, there were 4 cases with tumor invaded bowel, 2 cases with tumor invaded surrounding tissues, 1 case with tumor invaded left kidney, spleen and pancreatic tail, 1 case with tumor invaded distal of left ureter. There were 5 cases with abdominal, retroperitoneal and inguinal lymph nodes enlargement, 4 cases with multiple nodular thickening of peritoneum and ascites, 2 cases with tumor liver and lung metastasis and 1 case with tumor rib, femur and sacrum metastasis. One patient may combined with multiple tumor metastasis. (2) Treatment and patholo-gical examination characteristics of DSRCT of the abdomen and pelvis. Of the 8 patients, 3 patients underwent complete resection as clear tumor boundary, 3 patients underwent tumor partial resection as tight adhesion between tumor and surrounding blood vessels, 2 cases underwent tumor tissue pathological examination as extensive metastasis of peritoneum, omentum, mesentery and surrounding intestine. All 8 patients were diagnosed as DSRCT by microscopic examination, electron microscopic examination, immunohistochemical staining and cytogenetic examination. (3) Follow-up. All 8 patients underwent postoperative follow-up and died during the follow-up.Conclusion:MRI features of abdominal and pelvic DSRCT include single or multiple lobulated masses with unclear boundaries, invading the omentum, mesentery, peritoneum and adjacent tissues in most cases, mixed signals and heterogeneous mild to moderate enhancement in enhanced scanning.