DNA microarray technology is a high throughout method that can analyze the expression of thousands of genes at the same time to form a complete cellular gene expression profile. It has been applied in immunological researches such as the development, maturation, activation and differentiation of immune cells, the regulation of immune responses, the molecular mechanism of allergy, the relation between phenotype and gene expression, and immunological pharmacology, etc. It has deepened our perception of the immune system. It will as well be helpful in the research of the regulative mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) toward immune cells and immune responses, the therapeutic mechanisms of TCM toward allergy, the standardization of differentiation of syndrome and herbal pharmacology, etc. The data analysis of the results of DNA microarray experiments is aimed to compare the difference of gene expression levels of different samples and obtain diagnostic gene expression profiles. But there are controversies about the number of samples and choices of statistical methods. Researchers are striving in setting standards of DNA microarray experiments.

0.05). HRF couldn′t be detected in 28 ankylosing spondylitis patients. The correlation was found between the serum levels of HRF and CRP in active RA patients (r=0.331,P

Objective To determine the dose of ropivacaine leading to convulsion and the convulsant action of midazolam. Methods Twenty healthy adult rabbits weighing 2.5-3.5kg were randomly divided into two groups with ten animals in each group: ropivacaine group(R) and midazolam-ropivacaine group(MR). Middle artery of ear was cannulated for MAP, HR monitoring and blood sampling for blood gas analysis and determination of plasma lactate and ropivacaine concentrations. Edge vein of ear was cannulated for administration of drugs. In both groups animals received intravenous infusion of 0.75% ropivacaine at a rate of 0.5m1/min until convulsion occurred. In MR group midazolam 0.8 mg/kg was given intravenously before ropivacaine.Results The dose of ropivacaine leading to convulsion was 4.86mg/kg for R group and 12.26mg/kg for MR group. Plasma ropivacaine concentration was 11 .52pg/ml in group Rand 16.77pg/ml in MR group. Convulsion lasted for 7.25 mm(R group) and 8.59mm(MR group) . Plasma lactate concentration increased significantly during convulsion in R group but remained unchanged in MR group. Blood pH decreased significantly during convulsion in R group but there was little change in PaCO2 and PaO2. Blood pH, PaO2 and PaCO2 did not change significantly during convulsion in MR group. There was no significant change in MAP and HR during convulsion in R group. In MR group MAP and HR decreased by 31 % and 35% respectively during convulsion and returned to baseline value gradually after ropivacaine infusion was stopped. All animals survived the experiment in both groups. Conclusions Ropivacaine is less cardiovascular toxic. Pretreatment with 0 . 8mg/kg midazolam greatly increases the dose of ropivacaine leading to convulsion. Midazolam can effectively prevent and treat CNS toxicity of ropivacaine.

Objective To investigate the relationships between incidence of post-stroke depression(PSD)and sex,lesion sites and stroke severity,as well as the treatment of anti-depression in elderly patients.Methods 112 stroke patients were assessed by Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS)and Hamilton Depression Scale(HAMD)to evaluate the severity of depression,and the related features were analyzed in 42 diagnosed PSD patients.Results The incidence of PSD was 37.5% in elderly patients,90.5% of which were mild-and moderate-depression(P<0.01).The incidence of PSD was significantly different between genders(P<0.01).PSD incidence in patients with basal ganglia lesion was significantly different compared to that with lesions of cerebral cortex,cerebellum or brainstem(P<0.01).PSD incidence in patients with left cerebral hemisphere lesion was similar with that in those with right or both sides of cerebral hemisphere lesions(P>0.05).PSD incidence was different between patients with mono-and poly-lesions.PSD incidence in patients with severe degree of neurological dysfunction was significantly different compared to that with moderate or mild degrees of neurological dysfunction(P<0.05,P<0.01).Based on the treatment of stroke,the HAMD scores decreased significantly after mind-cure and anti-depression medication treatments(P<0.01).Conclusion PSD incidence is high in elderly patients,and most of PSD are mild and moderate.Females are susceptibility with PSD than males.PSD incidence is higher in patients with basal ganglia lesion,but is not correlated with the infracted area.The more lesions in cerebral,and the severer degree of neurological dysfunction,the PSD incidence is higher.The treatments of mind-cure and anti-depression medications based on the treatment of stroke are safe and effective for PSD patients.

BACKGROUND:With the development of biochemistry and cel biology, fracture has being study deeper, blood supply has been known to be an important factor influencing the fracture healing. Endothelial progenitor cel s with good ability of angiogenesis wil have a good clinical prospect in fracture healing.
OBJECTIVE:To review the recent research of endothelial progenitor cel s in fracture healing.
METHODS:A computer-based online search of CNKI, Wanfang, PubMed databases was performed to col ect articles published between 1980 and 2014 with the key words“endothelial progenitor cel , fracture, neovascularization, angiogenesis”in Chinese and English. A total of 48 articles addressing endothelial progenitor cel for angiogenesis in fracture healing were included in result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Increasing evidence has shown that endothelial progenitor cel s have great ability of neovascularzition and angiogenesis. Endothelial progenitor cel s used in tissue engineering scaffolds can promote the survival rate of scaffolds in vivo, which is appropriate to a great part of delayed union and nonunion patients. However, the large-scale treatment with endothelial progenitor cel s stil has many problems, such as isolation, culture and amplification of endothelial progenitor cel s in vitro, the number of transplanted cel s and selection of scaffolds for transplanted cel s, which need further research.

BACKGROUND: The residual root of anterior teeth are usually repaired by means of post and cores plus porcelain fused metal crown in clinic, and the retention force is mainly provided by the post because of the deletion of crown, so the retention force provided by the post is directly correlated with the long-term effect of repair.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the changes of retention of cast metal post and core restorations with different convergence angles, and investigate the influence of convergence angles on retention.DESIGN: A repeated observational measurement.SETTING: Department of Prosthodontics, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University.MATERIALS: The experiments were carried out in the building of high polymer material of Sichuan University in May 2005. Fifty-four simulated tooth roots were manufactured by the numerical control machine tools.They were divided into six groups according to the convergence angles of post being 0°, 3.93°, 5.71°, 7.48°, 11.31° and 14.71°, with nine specimens in each group.METHODS: ① Manufacture of the standard specimens: The tooth roots with the convergence angles of 0°,3.93°, 5.71°, 7.48°, 11.31° and 14.71° were prepared with the digital control precision machine. ② Manufacture of the cast post and cores: The post and core wax patterns of the specimens were made in the condition similar to the clinical practice. The post and cores were cast and tried in, necessary grinding was made to ensure the adoption of the posts and the specimens. Then the posts were luted to the specimens with ZPC after the posts and the simulated root canals having een cleaned by alcohol. The posts and the specimens were pressed until the ZPC solidified. ③ Retention Force test: After having been dipped in physiological saline for 24 hours, the bonded castings and specimens were subjected to a tensile testing at the drawing speed of 10 mm per minute.The retention force of post was the load recorded when the post was pulled out from the specimen. ④ Planar bonding strength test: We cut a PMMA stick into the same little cylinders and made angular milling on the flank of the cylinders. The angle between the milled bevel and the central axis of the cylinder was controlled to 0°, 1.9°, 3°, 6°, 9°, 12° and 15°. Afterwards we cut the brass into pieces. Eight wafers were cast with the same diameter of 8 mm and thickness of 1 mm. With the same procedure of bonding the posts to specimens, the brass pieces were bonded to the cylinder bevels and the wafers were adhered to the upside of some unmachinized cylinders.Immerged in physiological saline for 24 hours, their bonding force were tested at the speed of 10 mm per minute, and the load was recorded when the pieces and wafers were separated from the cylinders. ⑤ Calculation of the frictional and interlocking forces: As the post can be regarded as a frustum, the bonding surface area can be calculated with the formula calculating the flank area of frustum, and the area of the occlusal bonding surface is the sum of the annulus part of the root surface and the circular part of the post tip. Some regressions were made to the retention force, frictional strength, bonding strength per unit area, retention force per unit area and frictional force per unit area to convergence angles.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Bonding strength of different convergence angles; ② Influence of different convergence angles on the area and bonding strength of the post; ③ Retention force and frictional force of posts with different convergence angles; ④ The results of the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) of bonding strength, retention force and frictional force per unit area.RESULTS: ① The bonding strength of different convergence angles: It was 0.309 0 N/mm2 for the occlusal plane, 0.128 3 N/mm2 for the axial plane with a convergence angle of 0°, 0.108 7 N/mm2 for the 1.9°axial plane, 0.107 2 N/mm2 for the 3°axial plane, 0.084 9 N/mm2 for the 6°axial plane, 0.056 7 N/mm2 for the 9°axial plane, 0.046 3 N/mm2 for the 12°axial plane, 0.027 4 N/mm2 for the 15°axial plane. ② Bonding strength and bonding area of posts with different convergence angles: The post with a 0°convergence angle had a total post area of 108.047 mm2 and bonding strength of 19.041 N; The most tapered post with 14.71°had a total post area of 90.245 mm2 and bonding strength of 5.131 N. ③ The retention force of cast post and the bonding strength of ZPC declined with the increasing of convergence angles of the post. For the parallel post (convergence angle=0°), the retention force was 321.60 N, the frictional force was 302.559 N, retention force per unit area was 2.976 N/mm2,frictional strength was 3.885 N/mm2; for the most tapered post (convergence angle=14.71°), the retention force was 9.93 N, frictional force was 54.799 N, retention force per unit area was 0.664 N/mm2, frictional force was 0.681 N/mm2. ④ A one-way ANOVA showed that there were significant differences in the bonding strength, retention force and frictional force per unit area among the groups (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION: The retention force, frictional force and the bonding strength of ZPC decrease with the increasing of convergence angles of posts, so the convergence angles of posts should be reduced as much as possible to obtain greater retention.

Laboratory diagnosis is the main contents of diagnostics course for clinical majors,whose contents is too broad and too difficulty to understand.For this reason,the results of traditional teaching method are not satisfactory.Therefore,teaching and research section did an exploratory reform on experiment diagnosis teaching by clearly defining teaching contents,emphasizing clinical thinking way,reforming experimental teaching,adding multimedia to assist teaching and cultivating high quality teaching teams.As a result,the reform enhanced study interest of students,promoted teaching quality and effects greatly and achieved preliminary success.

Guidelines of Prevention and treatment of Children's Influenza A (H1N1) with TCM includes four parts of prevention, diagnosis, clinic treatment and nursing. The drug prophylaxis stresses on administration by identified body without diseases, which includes normal constitution, qi-deficiency constitution, inner-heat constitution and phlegm-damp constitution, children of different constitution are given different appropriate drugs. The treatment bases on syndrome differentiation, such as mild syndrome, severe syndrome, crises and convalescence. The syndrome-classification includes wind-heat invading the exterior, dampness obstructing defensive qi, the heat-toxin blocking the lung, exuberant toxin in both qi and ying, deficiency of heart-yang, the evil sinking into jueyin, residual evil remaining in the body and the deficiency of both qi and yin. The nursing emphasizes the isolation, keeping body warm, bland diet and nursing during convalescence.

This article introduces two medical records of children's influenza A (H1N1). The first case is a child of influenza A (H1N1) complicated with pneumonia and it is differentiated as warm-heat syndrome. The treatment methods are dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, clearing heat in qi level and removing heat at first, and then followed by dispersing lung-qi and clearing away heat pathogen, relieving cough and dissipating phlegm. The second case is a child of influenza A (H1N1) complicated with pneumonia, hypokalemia and exacerbation of primary nephrotic syndrome. The syndrome belongs to wet-heat from the beginning, so the treatment is promoting urination and eliminating turbidity, clearing heat and detoxicating, and combined with antiviral oseltamivir. The syndrome is phlegm-heat obstructing in the lung in the second phase of the disease, and the treatment is removing heat-phlegm, dispersing lung-qi and relieving cough.