Objective To dynamically observe photodamage of subcellular sites by use of laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM). Methods The samples were divided into four groups. Murine lung endothelial cells were subcultured and incubated with HMME for 24 hours. Then the cells were stained with rhodamine-123 for demonstration of mitochondria. LSCM was applied and organelle-cell fluorescence intensity ratio analysis was adopted to study the intracellular distribution of HMME. Then dynamic fluorescence images sequence of rhodamine-123 was collected. Results Rhodamine-123′s fluorescence images of cell sample with HMME was changed gradually during irradiation: the typical characteristic of mitochondria disappeared gradually with decreasing fluorescence intensity. The fluorescence of rhodamine-123 was diffused and distributed in nuclear, while rhodamine-123′s fluorescence images of cell sample without HMME was not changed. Conclusion Mitochondria and nucleus are photodamage sites by HMME-PDT; LSCM can be applied in dynamic observation of photodamage of subcelluar sites.

The authors compared the purpose,and the main content of three international standards in medical education developed by the Institute for International Medical Education (IIME), World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office (WHO/WPRO), and World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) respectively. The IIME's standard is deferent from the others. The IIME's standard contains seven broad educational outcome domains and 60 items in the domains. The purpose of IIME's standard is to improve the common core competency of individual medical graduates of each medical school in the world, and the standard focuses the outcome of medical education and belongs to summative individual evaluation. The WHO/WPRO's and WFME's standards are quite similar. They define the standards across nine broad areas of medical schooling divided into 38 sub-areas. The ultimate goal of the WHO/WPRO's standard is to encourage national governments to adopt a quality assurance process in medical education. The aim of the two standards is to promote the quality assurance of medical schools. Both of the two standards focus the whole process of medical schooling and medical schools, and belong to formative evaluation.

Introduced in the paper is a success story of the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC) and Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) in medical care,research and education.Especially noteworthy are their initiatives in talent development,research and international cooperation,which are expected to be learnt by large eye care and research institutions in China in their discipline development,translational research and interdisciplinary talents development.

Objective To compare and evaluate Organelle-cell fluorescence intensity ratio analysis established in this study with other techniques to determine the subcellular localization of photosensitizers. Methods CCD fluorescence microscopy imaging system was applied and a kind of special organelle probe BODIPY was selected to label Golgi body. Directly observing, pseudo-color fusing, wave-shape comparing, correlation coefficient calcula-ting and Organelle-cell fluorescence intensity ratio analysis were adopted, respectively, to study the intracellular distribution of domestic photosensitizer Hematoporphyrin monomethyl ether (HMME). Results Fluorescence distributing modes of HMME and BODIPY were similar with each other. There ware yellow space-overlap areas in the fusion image. Wave body of changing curve of gray scale value of all pixels in the straight line in two images corresponding to space coordinate was similar with each other. Correlation coefficient in each pixel between fluorescence intensity of HMME and that of BODIPY was 0.602 4. With increasing of parameter m, namely degree of organelles congregated reducing, the average fluorescence intensity ratio (J_1/J_2) of Golgi complex was decreasing, the two parameters po-ssessed obvious relativity. P

Objective To study retrospectively the curative effect of emergent transcatheter arterial embolization(TAE)on ruptured liver cancer with hemorrhage. Methods Twenty-three patients with rupture of liver cancer were emergent treated with TAE for massive hemorrhage. Results Twenty-two patients were treated by TAE effectively with good hemostasis and without recurrence of bleeding as well as liver failure, except one referred for surgery due to anomalous vascular route leading to failure of catheterization. Nine of 22 patients accepted more than one time of TAE according to the curative effect and progress of the disease, but reduction of tumor size or necrosis could be achieved in all these patients. Conclusions Emergent TAE is an effective treatment for ruptured liver cancer with hemorrhage, having good effect of hemostasis and providing the possibility for subsequent treatment.

Objective To explore whether ginsenoside Rg1 can attenuate ?-amyloid peptide 25-35-induced Tau hyperphosporylation in rat embryo cortical neurons by regulating the activity of GSK-3? and PP2A. Methods Primary cultures of cortical neurons were prepared from the embryonic day 18?2 in Sprague-Dawley rats. The experimental groups were designed as follows:1.Neurons culture (control group); 2. Neurons exposed to 20?mol/L A?_ 25-35 for 12 hours (A?-model group); 3.Neurons exposed to 20?mol/L A?_ 25-35 and 10 mmol/L lithium chloride (LiCl), a specific inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase-3?(GSK-3?), for 12 hours (LiCl group); 4.Neurons exposed to 20?mol/L A?_ 25-35 for 12 hours in the presence of 24-hour pretreatment with ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1 pretreatment group) . Western blotting and immunocytochemical staining were used to detect the levels of Tau phosphorylation,total Tau and GSK-3? in cortical neurons. Non-radioimmunoassay was introduced to detect the activity of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). Results In A?-model group, the levels of Tau protein phosphorylation in the sites of Ser 396 ,Ser 199/202 ,Thr 231 and total Tau were enhanced. Meanwhile, the expression of GSK-3? was also increased, but the activity of PP2A was unchanged. In LiCl group and Rg1 pretreatment group , the hyperposphorylations of Tau protein and total Tau and the expression of GSK-3? were markedly reduced compared to those of the A?-model group (P

Objective To analyze the infection sites of pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAE) isolated from patients in hospital ,and in‐vestigate their drug resistance situation ,in order to provide reference information for clinical use of antibiotics rationally .Methods The sample distribution of PAE between January 2012 and December 2013 were retrospectively analyzed .And the resistance rates of PAE to antibacterial drugs from different sites of patients were statistically compared .Results The isolation rate of PAE in re‐spiratory tract was the highest ,accounting for 74 .1% ,closely followed by isolation rate in urine and wound secretion .The resist‐ance rate of PAE to antibacterial drugs in these three kinds of specimen is statistically different (P<0 .05) .The resistance rate of PAE is high in respiratory tract ,and low in wound secretion .Conclusion The pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is mostly common‐ly found in respiratory tract ,and has the highest drug resistance rate .The choice of antibacterial drug should be made according to the infection sites of patients ,because the resistance rate of PAE in different sites of patients is significantly different .

Aim To investigate the effect of resveratrol on astrocyte activation after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.Methods 45 male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into sham,control and resveratrol groups, 15 rats in each group.Resveratrol or solvent was intra-peritoneally perfused into the rats for 7 consecutive days after 3h for MCA I /R.Cerebral infarction volume with TTC,neurological function score with Longa score, and pathological change with HE staining,the protein expressions of Caspase-3 with immunohistochemistry at 24h after MCA I /R were examined.The protein ex-pressions of GFAP and NeuN in penumbra were detec-ted with immunohistochemistry and immunofluores-cence at 14d after MCA I /R.Results Resveratrol treatment significantly improved the neurological func-tion score,decreased the infarct volume,reduced neu-ron loss,and inhibited the activation and proliferation of astrocytes,compared with the control group.Con-clusion Resveratrol can inhibit the excessive activa-tion of astrocytes,protect neurons in penumbra and im-prove neurological function.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical signification of screening 16 target deafness mutations in GJB2, GJB3, SLC26A4, WFS1 and mitochondrial DNA 12S rRNA in 135 children patients with non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss (NSHL) in Zibo City, Shandong province. METHOD: Peripheral blood samples of 135 subjects in the study diagnosed as NSHL were collected; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing were used to analyze the 16 mutation spots. RESULT: Sixty-two cases of 135 patients (45.9%, 62/135) were found out to be carries of at least one pathogenic gene mutation. Among them, 24 cases (17.8%, 24/135) had two mutated alleles (homozygote and compound heterozygote), and 38 cases (28.1%, 38/135) were single mutant carriers. Among all the children patients, 30 cases (22. 2%, 30/135) had SLC26A4 mutations, and 19 cases (14.1%, 19/135) had GJB2 mutations. In the study 86 Mutant alleles were detected, and the allele frequency of SLC26A4 c. 766_2A > G and GJB2 c. 235delC was 11.11% (30/270) and 8.5% (23/270) respectively. The allele frequency of SLC26A4 c. 2168A > G and WFS1 c. 2158A > G is 2.6% (7/270). CONCLUSION SLC26A4 mutation is the primary cause of the patients with NSHL in this study, and GJB2 mutation is the secondary. The most common mutant form is c. 766_2A of SLC26A4, and the second is c. 235delC of GJB2. GJB3 and WFS1 mutations were detected, whereas mtDNA mutations were not found out in this study.
Alleles ; Child ; Connexins ; DNA Mutational Analysis ; DNA, Mitochondrial ; Deafness ; Gene Frequency ; Hearing Loss ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; genetics ; Heterozygote ; Homozygote ; Humans ; Mitochondria ; Mutation ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Ribosomal

Objective To analyze the therapeutic effect and prognosis of peritoneal dialysis in patients with end-stage polycystic kidney disease.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with polycystic kidney disease who were treated with peritoneal dialysis for more than 3 months between July 2007 and September 2016 in the Second Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University.A total of 45 patients were enrolled in this study.Another 45 patients of non-diabetic nephropathy were selected as the control group matched by gender,age,and time of PD initiation.The information of the two groups such as general data,dialysis related complications,incidence of peritonitis,prognosis was recorded.Survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test.The risk factors affecting patients' survival were analyzed with Cox regression model.Results There were no significant difference in pre-dialysis age,sex ratio,blood pressure,urine volume,body weight,eGFR,biochemical data,and the proportion of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the polycystic kidney group and control group.24 h ultra-filtration volume,4 h D/Pcr,Kt/V and Ccr between the two groups showed no significant difference (all P ＞ 0.05).The incidence of peritonitis and the time of the first peritonitis in the two groups respectively as one episode per 82.4 months vs one episode per 81.5 months,(35.8±22.8) months vs (34.5±20.9) months had no statistical difference.The ratio of hernia (6.6％ vs 2.2％),thoracic and abdominal leakage (4.4％ vs 2.2％),dialysate leakage (0 vs 0),catheter dysfunction (4.4％ vs 6.6％),exit-site infections (11.1％ vs 6.6％),tunnel infections (4.4％ vs 2.2％) and non PD related infections (11.1％ vs 13.3％) had no significant difference.The 1-year,3-year,5-year patient survival of two groups respectively were 95.2％ vs 93.3％,78.9％ vs 75.0％,67.6％ vs 64.9％ (P=0.475),and 5-year technique survival was 78.7％ vs 76.7％ (P=0.623),demonstrating no obvious difference.Cox regression analysis showed that age and serum albumin were risk factors for the survival of patients.Conclusions The effect and prognosis of peritoneal dialysis in patients with polyeystic kidney and non polyeystic kidney were similar.Peritoneal dialysis is not the contraindication of polycystic kidney.Peritoneal dialysis can be used as a routine renal replacement therapy in patients with polycystic kidney disease.