Objective To evaluate the validity, reliability and feasibility of Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Methods34 children with cerebral palsy and 34 healthy children were assessed with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy. The split-half reliability, Cronbach's α coefficient, content reliability, difference validity and feasibility were tested. ResultsSplit-half reliability of this scale was 0.6199, Cronbach's α>0.7. The scores of this scale could differentiate the cerebral palsy from health children. The acceptance rate and the completion rate were both 100%. The median of the complete time was 10～15 minutes. ConclusionThe Traditional Chinese Medicine Scale for Children with Cerebral Palsy is a tool to evaluate cerebral palsy with satisfactory reliability, validity and feasibility.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of surgical retrieval of testicular spermatozoa,and to present the preliminary results of the retrieved testicular spermatozoa used in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for treatment of non obstructive azoospermic infertility. Methods Forty nine cases of non obstructive azoospermia underwent open testicular biopsy and diagnostic testicular sperm extraction (TESE).Those who had sperms in diagnostic TESE underwent ICSI at least 3 months later. Results Sperms were detected in diagnostic TESE in 12 cases (24.9%). The testicular volume,FSH level and testicular pathology did not accurately predict the presence or absence of sperm in testes.Seven (87.5%) of 8 cases had sperm in re TESE, which were used in their ICSI cycles,resulting in 3 clinical pregnancies. Conclusions The diagnostic TESE should be performed to determine the presence or absence of testicular spermatozoa in testicular failure before ICSI,and the surgically retrieved testicular spermatozoa can be adopted in ICSI for treatment of non obstructive azoospermic infertility.

Objective To explore the relationship between the overexpression of P glycoprotein (P GP) multidrug resistance (MDR) gene in the epileptic patient's peripheral blood lymphocytes and the drug resistance of the intractable epilepsy Methods This is a prospective, observational study. First, the overexpression of P GP MDR in 85 epileptic patients' (M 39, F46,overage age 24 years) peripheral blood lymphocytes were investigated by using immunocytochemistry (ICT) or flow cytometer (FCE). Then, patients were given a single or a combining of two antiepilepstic drugs which they did not received before (including carbamazepine, valproic acid, phenobarbitone,phenytoin), when the single drug was not effective in observing the clinical efficacy Results In FCE study group, results showed that the 11 patients with overexpression of P GP MDR in the epileptic patient's peripheral blood lymphocytes became tolerant to antiepileptic drugs. Eighteen out of 32 patients without overexpression of P GP MDR are effective. In the ICT study group, it is effective that there are only 2 out of the 22 patients with overexpression of P GP MDR. Seven of 12 patients without overexpression of P GP MDR are effective Conclusion It is suggested that the overexpression of MDR in the intractable epileptic patient's peripheral blood lymphocytes might be a significant drug resistance marker. The sensibility of ICT method should be better than the FCE,though the latter may be more accurate.

Objective To establish a method for determination of ephedrin in Lianma Spraying by HPLC. Method The analysis was carried out on C18 column (4.6 mm?200 mm, 5 ?m) by HPLC, the mobile phase was NaH2PO3-CH3OH-CH3CN-C3H15N (600∶320∶80∶1), the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, the column temperature was 30 ℃, and detective wavelength was 207 nm. Result The linear range of ephedrin was 0.031 2~0.187 2 mg/mL, the average recovery rate was 98.94%, RSD was 0.8%. Conclusion The method is simple, rapid, accurate and reliable, and can be used to control the quality of the products.

Objective In order to protect the natural resources of Swertia bimaculata which has been destroyed seriously,the method of artificial propagation by way of tissue culture have been systematically studied.Methods The stems,leaves,and stems with buds which were from the seedlings germinated from the seeds on the initial medium were taken as explants.These explants were cultured on MS culture media by adding different portions of hormones at various cultural conditions.Results The stems were the best material in speeding propagation among the three explants.The proper initial medium for the stems was MS+ BA 0.5 mg/L+saccharose 3.0%,the optimum medium for proliferation was MS+BA 0.5 mg/L+IBA 0.1 mg/L+saccharose 3.0%,and the best medium for rooting was 1/2MS+NAA 0.5 mg/L+saccharose 1.5%.Conclusion Tissue culture of S.bimaculata could make its propagation rapid,its resources preserved,and its utilization last.

Objective To investigate the hemostatic and coagulative variations during orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).Method The blood platelet count, coagulant and anti-coagulant functions were assessed pre- and intra-operation of OLT.Results During the operation, activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and prothrombin time (PT) were prolonged, platelet count (PLT), activities of most of the coagulation factors and levels of antithrombin (AT), plasminogen (PLG), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and ?2 -antiplasmin (?2-AP) were reduced, while the levels of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), plasmin-?2-antiplasmin complex (PAP) and thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) were increased. The variations in the neohepatic phase were more significant than that in the pre-operation phase. Conclusion In the entire process of OLT operation, the coagulant and anti-coagulant functions were decreased, and the fibrinolytic functions were sthenic in the anhepatic phase and the neohepatic phase.

Objective:To explore the association of tumor associated macrophages (TAM) with tumor invasiveness, metastasis and prognosis in cardia carcinoma tissues.Methods:The cancer tissues and pericarcinomatous tissues of 100 patients with cardia carcinoma who underwent D2 radical operation in the First Hospital of Putian City from January 2014 to January 2015 were collected. M2-type TAM was marked with CD163. The tissue microarray was made and the expression of CD163 in microarray tissues was detected by using immunohistochemistry. The median number of CD163 positive cells in all cancer tissues was taken as the cut-off value. The patients with the mean number of CD163 positive cells ≥ the cut-off value were those with high TAM infiltration, and vice versa. The association of TAM infiltration with clinicopathological features and prognosis was analyzed, and Cox proportional hazards model was used for multivariate analysis of survival.Results:The positive cell median number of CD163 in cardia carcinoma tissues was higher than that in adjacent tissues [the median number ( P25, P75): 32/high power field (HP) (16/HP, 46/HP) vs. 6/HP (4/HP, 11/HP)], and the difference was statistically significant ( Z = -35.044, P < 0.01). There were 48 cases in low invasive group (< 32/HP) and 52 cases in high invasive group (≥32/HP). The proportion of patients with high TAM infiltration in serosa and extraserosa was higher than that in mucosa and muscle [60.9% (39/64) vs. 36.1% (13/36)], and the proportion of patients with high TAM infiltration for patients with lymph node metastasis was higher than that for patients without lymph node metastasis [61.8% (42/68) vs. 31.3% (10/32)], and the proportion of patients with high TAM infiltration for those with TNM stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ was higher than that for those with TNM stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ [64.4% (38/59) vs. 34.1% (14/41)], and the differences were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). The median overall survival time of high TAM group was shorter than that of low TAM group [24.00 months (95% CI 17.25-43.50 months) vs. 62.00 months (95% CI 34.00-68.00)], and the difference in overall survival was statistically significant (χ 2 = 18.137, P < 0.01). Lymph node metastasis ( HR = 0.301, 95% CI 0.105-0.862, P = 0.025), TNM staging ( HR = 8.404, 95% CI 2.810-25.133, P < 0.01) and TAM infiltration level in cancer tissues ( HR = 4.277, 95% CI 2.372-7.712, P < 0.01) were independent influencing factors for overall survival of patients. Conclusions:TAM plays an important role in the invasion and metastasis of cardia carcinoma and can be used as an independent predictor of biological behavior and prognosis in cardia carcinoma.

Objective To investigate the effect of skull acupuncture on cerebral infarct volume and plasma SOD activity and MDA and NO contents. Method Forty-eight male SPF-grade SD rats were randomized into sham operation, model and skull acupuncture groups. A rat model of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) was made by intraluminal thread occlusion. Rat nerve function was assessed by Zea Longa neurological function scoring. Rat cerebral infarct volume was measured by TTC staining. Plasma superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) contents were measured by colorimetry. Result Rat neurobehavioral score was significantly lower on day 1, 3 and 7 in the model group than in the sham operation group (P<0.01). TTC measurement showed that cerebral infarct volume was significantly smaller in the skull acupuncture group than in the model group (P<0.01). Plasma SOD activity was lower and MDA and NO contents were higher in the model group than in the sham operation group (all P<0.01). Plasma SOD activity increased and MDA and NO contents decreased after skull acupuncture treatment compared with the model group (all P<0.01). Conclusion Skull acupuncture has a protective effect against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury and can increase plasma SOD activity and decrease plasma MDA and NO contents in rats with cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Objective To observe the effects of zinc-deficiency(ZD)on antioxidation system and repair of DNA damage and of hepatic cells by establishing an aging mice model induced with D-galactose. Methods Seventy 3-month-old male mice were divided randomly into 5 groups: normal young group, aging model group, aging+ZD group, aging+pair-fed group, aging+ZS group. The aging model were established with D-galactose (100mg/kg bw) by nap subcutaneous injection, while the young control group were injected with normal saline in the same way which lasted 30 days. Aging+ZD group and aging+ZS group were fed with ZD food(zinc 1.61?g/kg), others with normal food(zinc 50?g/kg). ZS food (zinc 100?g/kg)were given to aging+ZS group for the last 2 weeks in the course. On the 30 th day, all mice were killed by removing eyeballs and samples were collected immediately for later indexes detection. Results Compared with the aging control group, zinc contents and SOD activity of serum and liver decreased significantly, while MDA in the serum and liver and lipofuscin of liver increased much more in ZD mice. Comet assay also showed that the DNA damage of hepatic cells were more serious in aging ZD mice than in the control mice. The ratio of tail length/comet cell length in group ZD also increased significantly. However, moderate zinc supplement significantly improved all those indexes. Conclusions Zinc can affect the speed and degree of aging significantly. Zinc deficiency accelerates the aging progress; while moderate zinc supplement seems to be beneficial for retarding aging progress.

AIM: To explore the mechanisms of resistance to 5-fluorouracil(5-FU) in human colon cancer cells.METHODS: 5-FU-resistant cell lines were established and their IC50 were calculated by detection of cell survival rate.Western blotting was performed to analyze the expression of several proteins,by which the possible mechanisms of acquired resistance to 5-FU were determined in human colon cancer cells.RESULTS: The resistant cells were resistant to 5-FU-induced S phase arrest as well as the expression of DNA damage marker-phosphor-histone H2A.X.Furthermore,data demonstrated that over-expression of Bik,Bcl-Xs,and Bcl-XL proteins were observed in 5-FU-resistant cell lines.However,the DLD1/Bcl-XL cells were only partially resistant to 5-FU-induced apoptosis,but not 5-FU-induced S phase arrest and phosphor-histone H2A.X.CONCLUSION: Over-expression of Bcl-XL protein certainly contributes to acquired 5-FU resistance in human colon caners,but has no effect on 5-FU-induced DNA damage and cell cycle disorder,suggesting that other mechanisms are involved in acquired resistance to 5-FU in human colon cancer.