This paper reviews the research progress in relations between indoor air pollution and human health for the last 20 years,and focuses on: the studies on environmental risk assessment methods; the major health effects caused by indoor air pollution; the minor and limited health effects caused by indoor air pollution; other key issues concerned.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Graft vs Host Disease ; prevention & control ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nutritional Status ; Nutritional Support ; Young Adult

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Objective To examine the effects of fixed appliance and micro-implant on the improvement of facial profile in patients with protruding.Methods 30 protruding cases were treated by fixed appliance and micro-implant.Cephalometric data before and after treatment were measured and analyzed to assess the effects.Results The upper incisors were retracted 6.5 mm.The upper lip was retracted 3.8 mm.The lower incisors were retracted 5.8 mm.The lower lip was retracted 5.6 mm.UL-E was retracted 3.21 mm.LL-E was retracted 3.67 mm.NLA was changed from 86.7°to 103.7°.The U1-SN,U1-Y,L1-MP,L1-Y,UL-Y,LL-Y,UL-E,LL-E,and NLA demonstrated significant differences between pre-and post-treatment.Conclusions Fixed appliance and micro-implant might retract the anterior teeth and lead to an improvement of facial profile.

Objective To evaluate the relationship between transplantation of allogeneic peripheral blood stem cells (allo-PBSCs) and low incidence of leukemic relapse. Methods Thirty-seven adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first remission ( n =16) and chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase ( n =21) underwent allo-PBSCT from June 1997 to December 1999. A median number of CD34 + cells, CD3 + cells, CD4 + cells and CD8 + cells infused was 7.3 ?10 6/kg, 364?10 6/kg, 210?10 6/kg and 137?10 6/kg, respectively. Busulfan and cyclophosphamide were used as conditioning regimen (BU-CY2). All patients received cyclosporine and methotrexate for GVHD prophylaxis. Results Engraftment of neutrophil and platelet was achieved at a median of day +13(9～28) and day +12(7～19) respectively. Acute GVHD (aGVHD) occurred in 18 of 37 patients ( 48.6% ) with grade II～IV aGVHD ( 24.3% ). Chronic GVHD (cGVHD) developed in 22 (extensive 8, limited 14) out of 32 evaluable patients ( 68.8% ). 28 patients were still alive in complete remission at a median follow-up of 950 days (range 600～ 1 500 days). The main causes of death were aGVHD in two patients, CMV-IP in four patients, cGVHD in two patients, and relapse only in one patient. The probability of disease free survival at 3 years was 75.7% . Conclusion In our series, leukemia recurrence was seen only in one patient ( 2.7% ), suggesting that a high incidence of cGVHD may have an enhanced graft-versus-leukemia effect and hence reduce the incidence of relapse after transplantation.

Objective To study the immunity suppressive effect of the staphylococcal enterotoxin as a super-antigen and investigate its mechanism.Methods BALB/c mice aged 8-12 weeks were randomly assigned to receive 0.2 ml injection of 50 ?g/ml staphylococcal enterotoxin B(SEB)(n=20) or 0.2 ml physiological saline(n=20).One day later,all mice were sacrifice to collect the splenocytes which were employed to detect the expression of TGF-?1 and to countthe cells expressing CD4 and CD25 by flow cytometry(FCM).Results FMC showed that a remarkable increase of cells that expressed CD4 and CD25 in the SEB-primed splenocytes as compared with the saline primed splenocytes.Conclusion SEB,which is used as a superantigen in vivo,can induce the regulatory cells bearing suppressive activity.This may be partial mechanism of SEB-induced hyporesponsiveness.

Objective To evaluate the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression on varicose recurrence in esophagus after devascularization in portal hypertensive rats. Methods Murine pre-hepatic portal hypertension (PHPH) was induced by partial portal vein stenosis. 3 weeks after the establishment of the PHPH, all rats including sham operation group (SO) underwent devascularization. Esophagus was sampled at the time of 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30, 90 days after devascularization respectively. The expression of VEGF and factor Ⅷ related antigen (FⅧAg) was detected by immunohistochemistry,and the microvessel density (MVD) was counted under FⅧAg staining. ResultsCompared to the SO rats, the MVD of esophagus in PHPH rats increased significantly before devascularization(P0.05). At the third month after devascularization, the MVD of PHPH rats was higher than that of SO rats. In SO rats, MVD increased after devascularization, reaching the peak on the third day and then levelling off.The expression of VEGF before devascularization in PHPH rats was significantly higher than in SO rats, and VEGF experssion was on the pinnacle in two groups after devascularization, but the expression time of PHPH rats was significantly longer than SO rats(P

Objective To investigate the effectsof quercetin on human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC)-12 undergoing endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) induced by TGF-β1; To discuss its mechanism of action. Methods Cell activity of intervening by quercetin with different concentrations and TGF-β1 for 72 h was detected by CCK-8 method;RT-PCR and immunofluorescence staining were used to detect the transition of endothelial and stromal markers; Western blot was used to detect the signal transduction pathway; RT-PCR was performed to detect the transcription factors that play crucial roles in the process of transformation. Results The results of RT-PCR and immunofluorescence double staining showed that TGF-β1 (10 ng/mL) stimulated HUVEC-12 cells for 72 h to induce fibroblast phenotype, showing more interstitial markers and less endothelial markers;Western blot and RT-PCR results showed that quercetin inhibited the phosphorylation of smad2/3 in a concentration-dependent manner;After TGF-β1 stimulation, the downstream transcription factors EndMT of snail1, twist1, twist2, ZEB1, and ZEB2 significantly increased, while 100 μmol/L quercetin could down-regulate the five downstream transcription factors. Conclusion Quercetin has anti-fibrosis effects through inhibiting HUVEC-12 cells undergoing EndMT.

Objective To develop a new method of immune isolation for transplanting pig islets to rat to observe the effects on diabetic rats.Method Diabetes of rat was induced by streptozotocin.Pancreas of pig was digested with type V collagenase.The pig islets were purified by density gradient centrifugation.Insulin stimulation index of the purified pig islets was evaluated.Liver of the 18 diabetic rats and 6 normal rats was exposed by operation.Capsule at one edge of the liver lobe was cut apart and separated from liver parenchyma on both sides of the lobe.An artificial cyst was constructed by a cellulose ester (CE) dialysis bag with a ball of hollow fibers in the bag,and each end of the bag was closed by a thread.Each end of the bag was stuffed into the subcapsule of each side of the liver lobe.The thread at each end of the bag was passed through a hole of the capsule at other edge of the lobe and linked to each other around the lobe to hold the artificial cyst on the liver parenchyma.Middle part of the cyst (with the ball of hollow fibers in) was put between the cuts of capsule and under the skin.The collagen solution (pH 7.4) with pig islets (4000 IEQ) was injected into the subcapsule artificial cyst of 12 diabetic rats as experiment group.The collagen solution without pig islets was injected into the subcapsule artificial cyst of 6 diabetic rats and 6 normal rats as diabetes control group and normal control group respectively.The cut was sutured.The collagen solution became a collagen gel in the artificial cysts.At 8th week of the initial transplantation,the solution with pig islets (2000 IEQ) was injected percutaneously again into the subcapsule artificial cyst of each rat of the experiment group.Rats of the three groups were raised as usual,and the levels of fasting blood glucose were measured regularly.Result The insulin stimulation index of the purified pig islets was 2.2 ± 0.2.At 1st to 8th week of the initial transplantation,the levels of fasting blood glucose in the experiment group at every time point were lower significantly than those in the diabetes control group (P＜0.01).At 13th week of the initial transplantation,there was no significant fibroplasia around the subcasule artificial cysts in the rats by visual observation.Conclusion CE dialysis bag in the liver capsule at 13th week did not show significant stimulation to the surrounding tissues.Pig islets isolated in the subcapsule artificial cyst of rats might live normally and perform hypoglycemic action.Pig islets could be percutaneously injected into the subcapsule artificial cyst.

Objective To investigate the level of human cytomegalovirus(HCMV)specific CD8+ T lymphoeytes in peripheral blood and the immune reaponae of HCMV reactivation after kidney transplantation.Methods Thirty-eight HCMV seropesitive HLA-A*0201 kidney transplant recipients(9 with HCMV infection and 29 without HCMV infection)and 54 healthy individuals were enrolled.The levels of total HCMV specific CD8+ T cells were measured using HLA-A2 pentamer folded with HCMV-peptide NLVPMVATV.The levels of IFN-γ secreting CD8+ T cells were measured by intracelluhr IEN-γ staining pulsed with the same peptide.Results The median levels of pentamer stained CD8+ T cells were 1.19%(0-19.42%),1.20%(0-18.40%)and 3.2%(0.51%-18.90%)in healthy group,negative HCMV group and positive HCMV group(H=5.34,P＞0.05),respectively.The median levels of IFN-γ secreting CD8+ T cells were 0.72%(0-0.70%),0.47%(0-5.61%)and 0.67%(0.07%-4.00%),respectively(H=0.58,P＞0.05).However,the mean proportions of IFN-γ secreting pentamer stained T cells relative to total HCMV specifc CIL were(60.18±19.16)%,(39.19±17.22)% and(20.02±13.26)%,respectively.There were significant differences among the groups(P＜0.01).Condusiorm There was no significant difference of levels of HCMV specific CD8+ T lymphocytes in peripheral blood between the kidney transplant recipients and healthy individuals.However,the proportion of HCMV-specific IFN-γ producing CD8+ T cells in pentamer stained cells was reduced in the kidney transplant recipients especially in those with active HCMV infection,which may contribute to the inability to control HCMV reactivation.