[Objective]To investigate the feasibility of the placement of pedicle screws in the thoracolumbar vertebrae under X-ray fluoroscopy step by step.[Method]Eight human cadaveric thoracolumbar spines(T9~L5) were selected and classified into group A and group B randomly,each having 4 specimens.Pedicle screws in group A were placed under X-ray fluoroscopy step by step.CT scanned the specimens of group A and measured the half pedicle length,full pedicle length and the pedicle screw passage length.The "e" angle and "f" angle of pedicle were measured on CT images.When the guide wire was pricked to the half of pedicle length,the wire tip was located at the middle line of the pedicle projection in the standard posterior-anterior image.When the wire was pricked to the full pedicle length in lumbar vertebrae,its tip was located at 3/4 line of the pedicle projection in the standard posterior-anterior image.When the wire was pricked to the full pedicle length in thoracic vertebrae,its tip was located at between 1/2 line and 3/4 line of the pedicle projection.When the wire was pricked into vertebrae,the depth of the wire and the "e" angle were noted in standard lateral image.Pedicle screws were placed by the track of the guide wire.Pedicle screws in group B were placed by traditional technique.The accuracy and feasibility of the method under X-ray fluoroscopy step by step were evaluated by observation of the position of the pedicle screws in group A and group B.[Result] Four of 72(5.56%) pedicle screws were found to have perforated the pedicle wall in group A,and 19 of 72(26.38%) pedicle screws perforated the pedicle wall in group B.The result of group A was superior to that of group B(P

Objective To study the analgesic effect of Eupatorium odoratum L and its mechanism .Methods Mice were random‐ly divided into 6 groups .Swinging tail method in spinal cord destroyed mouse ,hot‐plate and twisted body method in naloxone blocked mouse ,and formalin‐induce inflammatory pain method were done to investigate the analgesic effect of Eupatorium odoratum L .Each pain index under each experiment condition was determined after intra gastric administration of each group of mice .The concentration of NO and PGE2 in serum and brain were measured to study its mechanisms .Results High‐dose of Eupatorium odor‐atum L significantly enhanced pain threshold in either spinal cord destroyed or naloxone blocked mouse with pain induced by hot and acetic acid(P<0 .05) .High and middle dosage groups of Eupatorium odoratum L markedly reduced the first‐and second‐phase re‐sponses of formalin‐induced inflammatory pain mouse(P< 0 .05) ,and decreased the writhing times and licking rear feet times caused by twisted body method(P<0 .05) .The level of NO and PGE2 in serum and brain of mouse induced by formalin were both decreased(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Eupatorium odoratum L has notable analgesic effect ,which may be related to reduce the level of NO and PGE2 in central and peripheral site .

Objective To explore the diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of primary gastric malignant (lymphoma)(PGML).Methods The diagnosis and treatment data of 21 cases of PGML admitted in our(hospital) during 8 years was retrospectively analyzed.The diagnostic methods included barium meal(examination),gastroscopy,B type ultrasonography,and CT scan.All patients underwent operative treatment and most of the patients received adjuvant chemotherapy.Results Upper abdominal pain,digestive tract bleeding,emaciation and abdominal mass were common clinical manifestations of PGML.The resectabilty rate of PGML was 90.5% while the 5-year survival rate was 57.1%.Conclusions The key to a satisfactory prognosis was early diagnosis,radical curative operation and combined treatment.

Objective To investigate the effect of angiotensin Ⅱ(AngⅡ) and losartan on ? cells,and its related molecular mechanisms.Methods Normally cultured RIN-m cells were divided into three groups:control group(cultured with RPMI 1640 medium),AngⅡ group(treated with 100 nmol/L AngⅡ),losartan group(treated with 1 ?mol/L losartan 15min before addition of 100nmol/L AngⅡ).After incubation for another 48h,the apoptosis rate of RIN-m cells was quantified by flow cytometry(FCM) with Annexin-V FITC/PI dual staining.The expressions of Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA and protein were determined by RT-PCR and Western blotting,and the activities of Caspase 3 and Caspase 9 were detected by spectrophotometry.Results The apoptosis rate of RIN-m cells was significantly higher in AngⅡgroup than in both control and losartan group(P0.05).In comparison to the control group,the expressions of Bcl-2 mRNA and protein significantly declined,while of Bax mRNA and protein increased obviously in AngⅡ group(P0.05),but the expressions of Bcl-2 mRNA and protein were significantly higher(P0.05).Conclusion AngⅡ may induce the apoptosis of ? cells through mitochondrial pathway,and pre-intervention with losartan,which partly reverses the effect of AngⅡ,may play a protective effect on ? cells.

Objective To demonstrate the origin of the right inferior phrenic artery(RIPA) in normal and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) patients and provide valuable anatomical information for angiographers before and after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE).Methods Four hundred and forty consecutive patients including 133 HCC cases who had biphase abdominal CT were assessed in this study.The routine abdominal enhanced CT scan(GE,LightSpeed16) was performed with 120 kV,200—240 mAs,10 mm collimation,1.375 pitch,and 10 mm reconstruction interval at 22—25 seconds for arterial phase triggered by timing bolus,60 seconds for portal venous phase after injection of 100 ml contrast material(300 mg I/ml) at a rate of 3.5 ml/s.Multiplanar reconstruction(MPR) and maximum intensity projection(MIP) images were generated using 1.25 mm images reconstructed with 1 mm interval in arterial phase and reviewed by two radiologists.An enhanced artery medial-posterior to the IVC,originated from aorta or its branches to the diaphragmatic dome was interpreted as the RIPA.Results The RIPA was showed in all(440 patients)(100%).Among 218(49.5%) RIPAs originated from the aorta,140 were from the right side of the aorta,22 from the left side of the aorta,56 from the anterior wall of the aorta,36 RIPAs had the same origin with the left inferior phrenic artery.Among 138(31.4%) RIPAs from the celiac artery,10 RIPAs had the same origin with the left gastric artery,and 33 RIPAs had the same origin with the left inferior phrenic artery.78(17.7%) were from the right renal artery,6(1.4%) were from the left gastric artery(the left gastric artery from aorta).The dilatation of the RIPA was demonstrated in 16 of(133 hepatocellular) carcinoma patients.Conclusion Multislice helical CT could demonstrate the origin of the RIPA in arterial phase and provide useful anatomical information for angiographer before and after TACE.

Adult ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; secondary ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; secondary ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ; pathology ; Male ; Spinal Neoplasms ; pathology

The morbidity of diabetes has been increasing rapidly in recent years. Delayed wound healing has become a common complication in diabetes, which seriously affects the orthobiosis of patients. Exploring and finding the molecular mechanisms of diabetic wound healing and the effective therapies to promote wound healing have important clinical significances. Stem cells transplant has become a research hotspot in accelerating diabetic wound healing. This article reviewed the present approaches concerning stem cells transplant in diabetic wound healing both at domestic and abroad, and looked forward the clinical therapy of stem cells on diabetic wound healing.
Diabetes Mellitus ; therapy ; Humans ; Stem Cell Transplantation ; Stem Cells ; Wound Healing

Objective To investigate whether transplantation of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes (ESCMs) directly into the infarcted myocardium could improve the cardiac function in the rats.Methods Cell culture medium with or without ESCMs was injected into the borders of car- diac scar tissue one week after experimental infarction.Cardiac performance was evaluated 4 weeks later by means of echocardiography after ESCMs (n=16) or medium (n=12) injection.Results Im- munostaining confirmed the presence of?-actinin,?-MHC,and cTnI in the beating EBs.RT-PCR analysis of EBs revealed the expression of cardiac-specific genes,including cardiac Nkx 2.5,GATA-4 and?-MHC.ESCMs implantation significantly improved fractional shortening compared with medium- treated hearts (P

Objective Construct the eukaryotic expression vector of inhibitory member of the ASPP family (iASPP) and trans-fect it into colon carcinoma cell lines SW480 and Lovo by liposome .Then observe the expression of iASPP and detect the cell apop-tosis by flow cytometry .Methods The amplified PCR product was digested and inserted into pMD19-T simple vector and sub-cloned into eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3 .1(+ ) .The recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3 .1(+ )-iASPP was transfected into colon carcinoma cell lines SW480 and Lovo by liposome ,the iASPP expression was analyzed by RT-PCR .The cell apoptosis was detected by FCM .Results The eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3 .1(+ )-iASPP was constructed success-fully ,the gene squence of iASPP was consistent with that reported (gi 60457962) in GenBank .The mRNA expression levels of iASPP gene of SW480 and Lovo cell lines which transfect the positive plasmid were increased ,and the cell apoptosis rates were de-creased .Conclusion We successfully constructed the recombinant expression plasmid pcDNA 3 .1(+ )-iASPP ,and the plasmid were successfully expressed in colon carcinoma cell lines SW 480 and Lovo ,the cell apoptosis rates of those cell lines were decreased .These facts indicated that reducing the high expression of iASPP may be a new strategy to renew the abilities of P 53 tumor suppressor .

Objective To study the effect of homocysteine(Hcy)on the formation of atherosclerotic and acceleration of ApoE-/-mice liver lipid metabolism disorder .Methods 12 normal 5 weeks old C57BL/6J mice served as control group ,and 36 5 weeks old C57BL/6J A poE-/- mice were randomly divided into 3 groups(n=12 for each group) ,the model control group ,the hyperhomocys-teinemia(HHcy)group and the intervention group(intervened by folate and vitamin B12 ) .18 weeks later ,the blood of the mice was gotten using a Unilateral enucleation method ,and the Serum Hcy and lipid changes were detected by Biochemical analyzer .And the changes of plaque size were measured by HE staining .The liver tissues of the 4 groups mice were taken and the changes in hepato-cyte lipid were detected by oil red O staining ,and the hepatic lipid levels were measured by enzymatic determination(by Semi-quan-titative image analysis) .Results The results showed that ,when compared with the control group ,the serum Hcy ,LDL ,TG and CHOL levels of the HHcy group significantly increased by 2 .3 ,2 .8 ,5 .0 ,10 .7 fold(P<0 .01)and the content of HDL decreased by 64% (P<0 .01) ,and the result showed that ,conpared with the HHcy group ,the seram Hcy ,LDL and CHOL levels of the interven-tion group were significantly decreased by 43% ,34% ,21% (P<0 .05) .Atherosclerotic fatty plaque could be seen in the hyperlipi-demic ,model and intervention group .Meanwhile ,there was a large number of scattered fat in A poE-/-mice liver by oil red O staining in the HHcy group ,and the CHOL and TG levels were 2 .2 fold and 2 .8 fold higher in the HHcy than that in the normal control group respectively(P<0 .01) .And compared with the HHcy group ,the serum CHOL and TG levels of the intervention group sig-nificantly decreased by 34% ,33% (P<0 .01) .Conclusion It is found that Hcy can induce the formation of As and accelerate liver lipid metabolism disorder .