Overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in esophageal cancer has been related to tumor grade, vascular invasion and metastasis. The level of EGFR expression may be a predictive marker of esophageal caneer's sensitivity to chemoradiotherapy. EGFR inhibitors have been indicated as an effective targeted therapy, and promising results have been observed in phase Ⅱ and Ⅲ clinical trials.

Objective To investigate the effect of propofol on C-fos expression and glutamate concentration in rat cerebral cortex induced by ketamine. Methods Twenty-eight male Wistar rats weighing 260-280 g were randomly divided into four groups of seven animals: group 1 received normal saline intraperitoneally (ip) (group NS); group 2 received NS + ketamine 100mg?kg-1 ip (group K); group 3 received propofol 100 mg?kg-1 + ketamine 100mg?kg-1 ip (group PK); group 4 received diazepam 10mg?kg-1 + ketamine 100 mg?kg-1 ip (group DK). The interval between the two intraperitoneal injections was 5 min in each group. The animals were decapitated 30 min after ip injection. C-fos mRNA expression was detected by RT-PCR method and fos protein expression by immuno-histochemical technique. Another forty Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups of 10 animals as was described above. Two hours after ip injection, five animals in each group were decapitated for microscopic examination and the other five animals for determination of water and glutamate content of cerebral cortex.Results C-fos mRNA expression increased at 30 min after intraperitoneal ketamine. Ketamine induced significant increase in Fos protein expression, and glutamate and water content in cerebral cortex 2 h after ip injection. Propofol and diazepam inhibited the increases induced by ketamine ( P

Objective: To investigate mandibular movement characteristics in patients with skeletal class Ⅲ malocclusion during chewing different foods. Methods: 14 skeletal class Ⅲ adult patients with mandibular asymmetry, 10 patients without mandibular asymmetry and 10 normal control cases were chosen to find out the different condylar and incisor movement area ratio based on the aid of ARCUSdigma mandibular moving track analysis system. Results: First,during chewing soft food, the condylar tracing length of skeletal class Ⅲ adult patients with mandibular asymmetry were significant different in sagittal and horizontal plane compared with the other two groups(P<0.05), while the incisor point trajectory difference was not statistically significant. Second, the condylar and incisor movement characteristic showed much more different among three samples during chewing brittle food(P<0.05). Third, in sagittal plane, the deflective condylar movement area ratio was significantly higher than that of the other two groups during chewing hand food(P<0.01). Conclusion: The mandibular movement in skeletal class Ⅲ adult patients are affected obviously by the shape and texture of food. Asymmetric lower mandible patients have a greater preponderance of this phenomenon.

Objective To observe the effects of sleep deprivation(SD)on learning and memory and phos-phorylated cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein(pCREB) expression in hippocampus of mice,and to explore the mechanism of cognitive change after SD. Methods Twenty female C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into sleep deprivation group(SD, n = 10) and normal cage control group (CC,n = 10). Touch method was used to establish the sleep deprivation model. 30 days after SD,all the animals were subjected for Morris Water Maze (MWM) to test mean escape latency and percentage of time spent in the target quadrant. pCREB level in hippocampus was tested with Western blot. Results The mean escape latency in SD group in the second and third day of MWM was (29.31 ±4.93) s and (25.33 ±5.06)s, respectively, and was longer than that in CC group ((26.05 ±5.96)s and (19.35 ±7. 85)s,respectively). Mice in SD group spent less time in the target quadrant than that in CC group((23.61 ±9.86)% and (37.46 ±7. 51)%,.respectively, P<0.05). Results of Western blot for pCREB revealed that the pCREB level in hippocampus in sleep deprivation group was significantly lower than that in control group(0.71 ±0.03 and 0.82 ±0.06, respectively, P<0.01) . Conclusion The impairment of spatial learning and memory ability in sleep deprivation animals may be associated with the reduction of pCREB in hippocampus.

Objective To construct the sequential management model of networked drug-cognitive behavior in patients with chronic insomnia,and to explore the effects of this model on treatment and management of patients with chronic insomnia. Methods A total of 160 patients with chronic insomnia treated from January 2014 to June 2015 were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was treated with networked drug-cognitive behavior sequential therapy and management. Through the establishment of patient management files in the network management system,the disease was assessed,treatment programs were developed, remote implementation of 8 weeks of drug-cognitive behavior sequential treatment was conducted,12 months of net-work remote dynamic management and efficacy evaluation was performed. The control group received 8 weeks of traditional medical care with face-to-face drug-cognitive behavior sequential treatment and 12 months outpatient fol-low-up management. Results Comparison of management core indicators:there were significant differences between two groups in number of visiting hospital,exit status,treatment completion and documentation,sleep diary comple-tion,sleep scale completion and patient satisfaction. Comparison of sleep quality:after 2 months of treatment,there was no difference in quality of sleep between two groups; after 12 months of treatment,there were significant dif-ferences in sleep latency,awakening time after sleep,total sleep time and sleep efficiency between two groups. Scale score:after 12 months of treatment,there were significant differences in Pittsburgh sleep quality index,sleep personal beliefs and attitude scale score between two groups. Conclusion Network-based management improves the compliance of patients with chronic insomnia,reduces the loss of follow-up rate,improves sleep cognition,increases sleep quality,saves patients' time and cost,increases patient satisfaction,which is worth promoting in clinical application.

Objective To analyze and evaluate the final examination paper of Neurology and Phychiatry.Methods We randomly selected 65 examination papers for year 2003 students specializing in clinic medicine and analyzed them.Results The students'scores were normally distributed,with the mean score being 77.03?8.25,the average degree of difficulty being 0.778,and discrimination being 0.426.Conclusion The examination paper could make an assessment of students'command of the course,with moderate difficulty and reasonable score distribution.

BACKGROUND: Incidence of cardiac pathological changes is high under acute cerebral damage, which affects its prognosis. The massive increase of plasma monoamine transmitters might be one of the key reasons of the dependent effects of the heart after cerebral apoplexy.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of monoamine transmitters on the cardiac injury in cerebral hemorrhage in rats for the exploration of the mechanism for the generation and development of cerebral-cardiac syndrome(CCS).DESIGN: A prospective, randomized and controlled study using experimental animals as subjects.MATERIALS: Study was conducted in the Laboratory of Neurology of Daping Hospital. Seventy healthy Wistar rats in either gender with a body mass between 250 g and 300 g were obtained from the animal center of Daping Hospital affiliated to Third Military Medical University of Chinese PLA.INTERVENTIONS: 1 μL of normal saline containing collagenase(l μ/μL) and heparin(7 μ/μL) was injected into the right caudate nucleus of the rats to establish cerebral hemorrhage animal model, while 1 μL of normal saline was injected into the rats of control group.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Plasma noradrenaline (NE) content was analyzed by high-potent electrochemical method, changes of serous creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) were analyzed by enzyme reaction rate method.RESULTS: Both plasma NE and serous CK-MB significantly elevated at 6 hours since the formation of hematoma in the brain of the rat, which were (2. 782 ± 0. 244) μg/L and(3. 504 ± 0. 742) μkat/L respectively. Plasma NE and serous CK-MB most significantly increased at 24 hours, the peak of hematoma after cerebral hemorrhage, which were(3. 517 ± 0. 200) μg/L and(5. 474 ± 1. 540) μkat/L respectively. NE and CK-MB gradually decreased afterwards, and plasma NE returned to preoperative level at 72 hours [ (1. 663 ±0. 094) μg/L] while serous CK-MB still higher than preoperative level [ (2. 713 ± 0. 526) μkat/L].CONCLUSION: Peripheral NE content elevation might participate the generation and development process of CCS.

Objective To study the correlation of expression of DNA topoisomerase Ⅱ alpha (TOP2A)with expressions of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)and gene mutation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)in breast cancer so as to provide reference for prognosis of the cancer and evaluation of drug efficiency.Methods This study enrolled totally 96 breast cancer patients. Tumor specimens were resected.The gene expressions of TOP2A,HER2 and PTEN were analyzed using branched DNA-liquid-chip,and PI3K gene mutation was detected by xTAG-liquid-chip.Correlations between gene expressions and gene mutation were further explored by Spearman correlation analysis so as to clarify the relationship between TOP2A and HER2 signaling pathway gene.Results Co-expression of TOP2A and HER2 was strong,and TOP2A tended to be highly expressed in the presence of high expression of HER2 (P =0.01).The expression of PTEN was not significantly correlated with the expression of TOP2A,whereas the mutation of PI3K had a positive association with the high expression of TOP2A (P =0.004).Conclusion Anthracycline drug resistance factor TOP2A may be related to the critical factors of HER2 signaling pathway,suggesting that HER2 expression and PI3K mutation may be key factors in regulation of TOP2A expression,which would provide important evidence for chemotherapeutic resistance.

Objective Assembly whole mitochondrial genome sequence of Rongshui miniature pig ( RMP ) breed and analysis the structure of mitochondrion based on the next-generation sequecing method.Comparison of phylogenetic relationship and genetic diversity among different pig breeds.Methods We collected peripheral venous blood sample from RMP and constructed two paired-end sequencing libraries.A whole-genome shotgun sequencing strategy and Illumina Genome Analyser sequencing technology were used in our study.Results The mitochondrial genome of RMP consists of 13 protein coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and the length of pig is 16888 bp.The GC content of this pig mitochondrial genome is about 44 %.Based on phlogenetic analysis, population genetic analysis, our findings confirmed that the ancestral cluster in East Asia mainly occurred among Diannan 7#pig, Hainan wild boar, Lanyu and RMP.Conclusion RMP, a typical miniature pig breed in China, is an earlier ancestor than Lanyu pig breed.

Objective To evaluate the outcome of radiotherapy for recurrent esophageal cancer after surgery and to determine the prognostic factors. Methods From Jan 2004 to Dec 2009, 93 patients of esophageal carcinoma with loco-regional recurrence as the first site of failure after surgery were retrospectively reviewed. Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the survival. Logrank test was used to evaluate the difference between the groups. Multivariate survival analysis was conducted using a Cox proportional hazard regression model with a backward stepwise procedure. Results The overall survival rates at 1, 2 and 3 years were 40. 9% , 10. 1% and 6. 7% ,respectively,but with a median survival time of 11.0 months(95% CI 9. 4-12. 6) . In univariate analysis, age,PS, radiation dose and retreatment methods were independent prognostic factors. In multivariate analysis, only radiation dose and retreatment methods were independent prognostic factors for overall survival. Conclusions The prognosis of patients with postoperative loco-regional recurrence of esophageal cancer is poor. However, a long-term survival maybe expected by definitive chemoradiotherapy.