BACKGROUND:Femoral shaft fracture is common in children Various methods of treatment can be used successfully,depending On the age of the child and the type of fracture.OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of adult reconstruction plate of humeral shaft for pediatric femoral shaft fracture.METHODS:A total of 32 children with femoral shaft fracture were treated with adult reconstruction plate of humeral shaft in First Department of Orthopedics,Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University,including 20 males and 12 females aged 6.7years(5-8 years).All patients were treated with incision reduction and adult reconstruction plate of humeral shaft.The incision length should be made as short as possible according to the fracture type The result of surgery was determined using clinical and radiographic examinations The pain condition was evaluated using visual analog scale method before and 3 days following surgery.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The patients were followed up for 1-2 years(average 1.5 years).All fractures were healed 1-2months postoperatively,and the internal fixator was removed 4-8 months postoperatively.The affected limb was shortened0.6-1.5 cm(average 1.1 cm)in 3 cases.Overgrowth was obsewed in the other patients by 0.3-1.2 cm The average overgrowth length was(0.64±0.312)cm in 29 patients.At 3 days postoperatiVely,the mean subjective pain was significantly reduced,and range of motion was improved compared with the day before surgery There was no infection or implant displacement or re-fracture.It is feasible to use adult reconstruction plate of humeral shaft for paediatric femoral shaft fracture.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an important component of complementary and alternative medicine, has evolved over thousands of years with its own unique system of theories, diagnostics and therapies. TCM has been increasingly used in the last decades and become well known for its significant role in preventing and treating cancer. We believe that TCM possesses advantages over Western medicine in specific aspects at a certain stage of cancer treatment. Here we summarize the advantages of TCM from three aspects: preventing tumorigenesis; attenuating toxicity and enhancing the treatment effect; and reducing tumor recurrence and metastasis.

As the development of hospital information systems in the third-tier hospitals of the first grade in China gradually deepens, there has appeared an urgent need to formulate standards for the management of such systems. The paper offers proposals for the structure, composition and main responsibilities of the centers for hospital information management, posts setting and post responsibilities in the centers, the number of allocated personnel in the centers and the number of personnel required for various posts, and management standards and operating procedures in the centers.

Objective To study the effect of flow-restricted arterio-portal shunt(APS)on the liver.Methods Experimental model of APS and flow-restricted APS were reproduced in rats,and its effects on hepatic blood flow(HBF)and portal venous pressure(PVP)were observed,and the changes in liver structure were investigated six months after the operation.Results Compared with that of pre-operation,both HBF and PVP in APS group at the sixth month after operation changed significantly(P0.05).The PVP changed significantly(P0.05).No obvious lesions were found in the liver by histological examination.Significant differences of both PVP and HBF were found at the sixth month between the two groups(P

To develop an effective therapeutic HBV DNA vaccine, two eukaryotic expressing plasmids, namely pcDNAS 2 ?S and pcDNAIIF , which respectively encoding HBV middle envelope protein preS 2 ?S and human IL 2/IFN ? fusion protein, were constructed by DNA recombinant technique. After identification by restriction analysis and DNA sequencing, the constructed recombinant plasmids were transfected into COS 7 cells in vitro with transfection reagent Lipofectamine. The expressed product in supernatant was quantified by ELISA , and the biologic activities of IL 2 and IFN ? were assayed by CTLL 2 cell line proliferation and cytopathogenic inhibition, respectively. The results showed that secretive expression of preS 2 ?S and hIL 2/hIFN ? fusion protein peaked at 48h after transfection, and the expression levels were HBsAg(P/N)=7 63, IL 2=10 35ng/ml, and IFN ?=7 90ng/ml. The IL 2 and IFN ? activities in the culture supernatant of COS 7 cells transfected with pcDNAIIF were 998U/ml and 249U/ml, respectively. These results suggested that the recombinant plasmids pcDNAS 2 ?S and pcDNAIIF were correctly constructed and the transfected cells could express secretive active protein.

Objective To obtain the sequence of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor (rhbFGF) with endonuclease sites of BamHI and Pst Ⅰ by PCR based gene assembly and construct the recombining vector of rhbFGF gene by TA cloning technique.Methods The rhbFGF gene sequence which was designed for lactococcus with endonuclease sites of BamHI and Pst Ⅰ was divided into 22 oligonucleotides by DNASTAR 6.0 (bFGFl-bFGF22).The 22 oligonucleotides were spliced by PCR based gene assembly to get the rhbFGF eDNA with endonuclease sites of BamHI and Pst Ⅰ.The PCR product was inserted into the PMD18-T VECTOR.The recombining vector were converted to the competent E.coli TOP10.The clones generated from LAB were analyzed by miniprep isolation from LAB host.They were identified by the restriction enzyme cuuing and sequencing.Results The rhbFGFcDNA synthesized by PCR based gene assembly with endonuclease sites of BamHI and Pst Ⅰ was verified by 2％ agarose electrophoresis.The recombining vector of rhbFGF gene by TA cloning technique was identified by enzyme digestion and gene sequencing.Conclusions The TA cloning vector of recombining hbFGF with endonuclease sites of BamHI and Pst Ⅰ was constructed successfully.

Objective To investigate the influence provided by irbesartan on aldosterone escape during an-giotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(ACEI) therapy in patients with essential hypertension (EH). Methods 166 EH patients were treated with ACEI. Plasma angiotensin Ⅱ ( Ang Ⅱ ) and aldosterone(Ald) concentrations were meas-ured by radioimmunoassay following the therapy of 3 months treatment. Aldosterone escape was estimated by the plas-ma Ald level after 3 months treatment. Patients with aldosterone escape were given irbesartan for 6 months. The aldo-sterone escape were observed following the therapy with irebesartan at 1,3,6 months. Results Following the treat-ment of irbesartan for 1 month, plasma Ang Ⅱ and Ald concentrations significantly decreased (P < 0.01 ). However, it began to increase after 3 and 6 months treatment, still lower than that of the therapy not given irbesartan ( P < 0.01 ).The levels of plasma Ang Ⅱ and Aid were higher in 6 months than in 1,3 months ( P < 0.01 ), but there are no differ-ences between 1 and 3 months(P>0.05). Conclusion Irbesartan can reduce aldosterone escape during 6 months.But aldosterone escape may be occur again after 6 months treatment of irebesartan.

Objective:To prepare GST-Orai2 fusion protein and to prepare polyclonal antibody against Orai2 by immunizing rabbits.To further investigate the function of Orai2,a transmembrane protein,this antibody was used to identify the Orai2 conditional gene knockout mice.Methods:ORF of Orai2 was amplified by PCR and subcloned into pGEX-6p-1 vector.After transforming BL21 (DE3) competent cells,we succeeded in inducing the expression of GST-Orai2 fusion protein using IPTG.Then the GST-Orai2 protein was purified by immobilized Glutathione affinity chromatography and identified by SDS-PAGE.A New England rabbit was immunized with the prepared fusion protein in Freund's adjuvant to prepare specific antibody.Finally,the prepared antibody was identified by Western blot by checking its titer and specificity.Furthermore,we took use of the prepared Orai2 antibody to identify Orai2 conditional gene knockout mice,with comparing to the wildtype ones in the same cage.Results:The purity of purified GST-Orai2 reached to 90% and the concentration was 0.35 mg/ml by BCA kit.We could detect Orai2 protein even in dilution of 1:10,000.Also,the prepared polyclonal antibody agianst Orai2 could detect both overexpressed and endogenous Orai2 protein in mouse-brain,without crossing reaction with Orai1.As well,we found that the Orai2 protein expression was of obvious reduction in Orai2 conditional gene knockout mice,compared with the wildtype ones in the same cage.Conclusion:We successfully obtain the purified GST-Orai2 fusion protein and prepare specific and highly sensitive polyclonal antibody against Orai2.The antibody can be used to detect overexpressed and endogenous Orai2 protein inmouse-brain specifically,and to identify Orai2 conditional gene knockout mice,without any crossing reaction with Orai1.Our work contributes a lot to the future investigation of functions of Orai2.

Neuron is the basic unit of the biological neural system. The Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model is one of the most realistic neuron models on the electrophysiological characteristic description of neuron. Hardware implementation of neuron could provide new research ideas to clinical treatment of spinal cord injury, bionics and artificial intelligence. Based on the HH model neuron and the DSP Builder technology, in the present study, a single HH model neuron hardware implementation was completed in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The neuron implemented in FPGA was stimulated by different types of current, the action potential response characteristics were analyzed, and the correlation coefficient between numerical simulation result and hardware implementation result were calculated. The results showed that neuronal action potential response of FPGA was highly consistent with numerical simulation result. This work lays the foundation for hardware implementation of neural network.
Action Potentials ; Computer Simulation ; Humans ; Models, Neurological ; Neural Networks (Computer) ; Neurons ; cytology ; Synaptic Transmission

ObjectiveTo examine the effects of temsirolimus, an inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin, on bladder cancer cell lines T24 and BIU-87 in vitro and in vivo for purpose of evaluating the probability of mTOR targeted therapy for bladder cancer.MethodsAfter being treated by a different concentration of temsirolimus, T24 and BIU-87 cells were tested by MTT assay for cell proliferation activity.Cell cycle and apoptosis analysis were performed with flow cytometer. Wound scratch assay was used for cell migration activity and transwell motility assay. Western blot analysis was used to test the mTOR phosphorylation. Subcutaneous inoculation of 6-week-old nude mice was performed using 1 × 106 T24 cells in 50％ matrigel for both control (n = 10) and temsirolimus (n = 10) groups. The volume of tumors was examined and then the expression of Ki-67 was detected by immunohistochemistry.ResultsTemsirolimus significantly inhibited proliferation of T24 and BIU-87 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. After administration of temsirolimus on T24 and BIU-87 cell lines for 24 h, the rate of wound healing in 0 nmol/L groups were (88.9 ± 14. 1 ) ％ and ( 83.6 ± 16.3)％ , which were higher than in the 5 nmol/L groups, which were (42.7 ± 11.6) ％ and ( 36.9 ± 9.7 ) ％ ( P ＜ 0.05 ). In the transwell motility assay, the number of cells in the 0 nmol/L group was 26.5 ± 5.8 and 28.2 ± 4.6, which was higher than in the 5 nmol/L group ( 19.0 ±3. 8 and 21.3 ± 5.1, respectively) (P ＜ 0. 05). When temsirolimus was administered on T24 and BIU-87 cell lines for 48 h the percentages of cells delayed in phase G0/G1 in 5 nmol/L group were ( 77.46 ±6.11)％ and (73. 39 ± 4. 94)％ respectively, and higher than in the 0 nmol/L group, which were (65.99 ±5.01 )％ 、(60.15 ±3.98)％ (P ＜0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the apoptosis rate between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05 ). In Western blot analysis, the ratios of p-mTOR/β-actin were 0.92 ±0.09 and 1.01 ± 0.08 in 0 nmol/L group, and higher than in the 5 nmol/L group (0.47 ±0.05、0.04 ±0. 01 ) (P ＜ 0.05 ). After administration of temsirolimus for 21 days, the tumor volume in nude mice in the control group were 351.1 ± 139.9 mm3 , which was larger than 351.1 ± 139.9 mm3 in the temsirolimus group ( P ＜ 0.05 ). The positive rate of Ki-67 expression was ( 67.3 ± 8.4 ) ％ in the control group, which was higher than in the temsirolimus group ( 35.5 ± 6.7 ) ％ ( P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclusionsThis study provides in vitro and in vivo evidence that temsirolimus may inhibit the viability of bladder cancer cells and temsirolimus could be exploited as a potential therapeutic strategy in bladder cancer.