12E7 Antigen ; Adult ; Antigens, CD ; metabolism ; Cell Adhesion Molecules ; metabolism ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Kidney ; metabolism ; pathology ; Kidney Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; Nephrectomy ; Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Vimentin ; metabolism ; Wilms Tumor ; pathology

Bias ; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) ; Epidemiologic Methods ; Humans

AIM:To measure the transverse diameter of nasolacrimal duct in patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction,and to analyze the difference of the transverse diameter of the upper,middle and lower nasal nasolacrimal ducts between the diseased eyes and the normal eyes,between the male and the female eyes,and of different ages and sexes and then explore the correlation between the diameter of nasolacrimal duct and nasolacrimal duct obstruction based on computed tomography (CT) dacryocystography.METHODS:From April 2014 to January 2017 in Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital of ophthalmology in tears or pus for complaints,diagnosis of nasolacrimal duct obstruction in 152 patients (179 sick eyes,125 normal eyes).Among them 25 cases were male (sick eyes 28 eyes,normal eye 22 eyes),127 cases were female (sick eves 151 eyes,normal eyes 103 eyes),age from 4 to 87 years old,mean age 53.44±16.06 years old.All patients with perfusion of 30％ iohexol injection in lacrimal passages,and immediately examined with CT scan,upload CT images on PACS workstation for 3D reconstruction of nasolacrimal duct,oblique coronal of nasolacrimal duct and its adjacent structure were observed.We measured and analyzed the transverse diameters of the upper,middle and lower nasal nasolacrimal ducts between men and women,diseased eyes and non diseased eyes,and between the diseased eyes of different age groups.RESULTS:The transverse diameter of the upper,middle and lower nasal nasolacrimal duct was no significant difference between the diseased eye and the normal eye,between the male and female diseased eyes,and between the diseased eyes of different age groups (P＞0.05).The transverse diameters of the upper,middle and lower nasolacrimal ducts were significantly different between the diseased eyes and the normal eyes (P＜0.001),and the transverse diameter of the middle mouth was the smallest.CONCLUSION:Transverse diameter of bony nasolacrimal duct is not a risk factor for nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Abstract?AIM: To investigate mechanism of bradykinin ( BK) on inflammations of retinal pigment epithelium ( RPE) cells.?METHODS: ARPE -19 cells were cultured in vitro, stimulated by 100nM BK for 24h. Cell morphology changes were observed by microscope, and BK receptor localization was detected through cell immunofluorescence. Changes of Ca2+in BK and BR antagonist stimuli were detected by laser scanning confocal microscopy.The expressions of COX-1, COX-2, eNOS and iNOS protein in control group and BK group were detected by Western Blot.?RESULTS: After the stimulation of BK, there was no significant changes of ARPE-19 cells in morphology.Kinin B1 receptors ( B1R ) and B2 receptors ( B2R ) could be detected in ARPE-19 cells.Compared with control group, Ca2+concentrations significantly increased in BK group; in B1R antagonist group and B2R antagonist group Ca2+concentrations increased less than BK group; B1R and B2R antagonist group showed no obvious changes in Ca2+concentrations.Compared with control group, COX-2 and iNOS protein concentrations were significantly increased in BK group (P<0.001).?CONCLUSION:BK induces the increasing expression of COX-2 and iNOS in the cultured ARPE cells through binding with either B1R or B2R.

Two new labdane diterpenoids were isolated from 95% ethanol extract of the leaves of Callicarpa formosana Rolfe by using silica gel column, MCI column, ODS column and HPLC. Their structures were elucidated by HR-ESI-MS, NMR and ECD spectral data. All of them are new compounds, named 13E-6β-hydroxylabda-8(17),13-dien-15-oic acid (1) and 13E-7α-hydroxylabda-8(17),13-dien-15-oic acid (2). Compounds 1 and 2 were tested for antioxidant activity, and none of them had obvious activity.

Objective To investigate the effects of Bushen Huoxue acupuncture method on the behavioral changes and the proliferation of endogenous neural stem cells (NSCs) in hippocampus of Alzheimer disease (AD) model mice. Methods 18 male SAMP8 mice, seven months old, were randomly divided into acupuncture group, non-acupoint control group, and model control group. And another age-matched 6 male SAMR1 mice were prepared as normal control group. Mice in acupuncture group were intervened by acupuncture method in the acupoints of "Shenshu", "Baihui", "Xuehai", and "Geshu". Mice in non-acupoint control group were treated by stimulating the fixed non-point under the bilateral rib, while mice in model control group and normal control group were raised without special treatment but administered the stimulation of catching with the same time and the same stimulus intensity. All treatrment lasted for 8 weeks. After the intervention, the learning and memory abilitities and brain hippocampus Brd U positive cells of all groups were detected. Results Compared with the nomal control group, mice in the model control group had longer escape latency and less time spent in former platform quadrant (P＜0.05); the number of Brd U positive cells decreased significantly (P＜0.05). Compared with the model control group and the non-acupoint control group, mice in the acupuncture group had shorter escape latency and more time spent in former platform quadrant (P＜0.05); the number of Brd U positive cells increased significantly (P＜0.05). Conclusion Bushen Huoxue acupuncture method can improve the learning and memory abilities of SAMP8 mice AD model by inducing the proliferation of hippocampal endogenous NSCs.

Objective To investigate the effect of acupuncture on behaviors and its mechanism of action in a SAMP8 mouse model of Alzheimer disease.Methods Sixty 6-month-old male SAMP8 mice were randomized to acupuncture,model and non--acupoint groups.Twenty male SAMP 1 mice of the same age constituted a normal control group.The acupuncture group received intervention by acupuncture at Shenshu,Baihui,Xuehai and Geshu.After eight weeks,a behavioral test was performed using the Morris water maze in every group of mice.The expressions of Flotillin-1,NEP and Aβ42 in mouse hippocampus were determined by western blot.Results The Morris water maze test showed that as compared with the model group,escape latency shortened significantly (P＜0.05) and the time spent in the former platform quadrant and the number of former platform position crossings increased (P＜0.05) in the acupuncture group of mice;escape latency,the time spent in the former platform quadrant and the number of former platform position crossings had no significant differences in the non-meridian-acupoint group of mice (all P＞0.05).As compared with the model group,Flotillin-1 expression decreased significantly in the acupuncture group (P＜0.05) but had no significant difference in the non-meridian-acupoint group (P＞0.05);NEP expression increased significantly in the acupuncture group (P＜0.05) but had no significant difference in the non-meridian-acupoint group (P＞0.05);Aβ42 expression decreased significantly in the acupuncture group (P＜ 0.05) but had no significant difference in the non-meridian-acupoint group (P＞0.05).Conclusions Acupuncture can markedly improve learning and memory abilities in a SAMP8 mouse model of AD and reduce Flotillin-1 content and upregulate NEP expression in SAMP8 mouse hippocampus to decrease Aβ42 expression,relieve neurotoxicity and produce a neuroprotective effect.

Objective To understand the epidemiological trend on the number of influenzalike cases and to explore the feasibility of early warning systems of influenza in Gansu province.Methods Based on data from the influenza sentinel surveillance program,a sequence chart was used to analyze the epidemiological trend on the number of influenza-like illness (ILI) cases.Both control chart and mobile percentile method were used to select the threshold of premium alert for the ILI of sentinel surveillance program.Warning effects were assessed by statistical model.Results The prevalence of influenza were both low in 2007 and 2008.Alert thresholds for ILI of Sentinel surveillance was built.The thresholds were higher alert in winter,but lower in summer.Both Seasonal Exponential Smoothing Model and Multiplicative Seasonal ARMA Model (1,1,1) (0,1,0) were used to dynamically predict the weekly percentage of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI％)of 2011.The concordance rates (predicted=actual) were 100％ for both of them.According to the RMSE values,the dynamically predicted effect of the seasonal exponential smoothing model was superior to ARIMA.Conclusion Dynamic prediction on the number of influenza-like cases could reflect the epidemiological trend of influenza in Gansu province,but with some limitations.

Aim To investigate the expression of Foxos in human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs)with insulin resistance(IR)induced by high glucose and high fat(HG/HF)stress and its significance.Methods First, the IR model of endothelial cells was established by HG /HF stress.The differential expression of Foxos gene in normal(Ctrl )group and HG /HF group was observed, and the subtypes with the most significant changes in Foxos were screened out, such as Foxo6.Next, Foxo6 was silenced to observe its role in endothelial cell with IR.Finally, whether the mechanism of Foxo6-mediated IR was related to the interaction of NF-κB signaling was investigated.Results The expression increase of Foxo6 was the most significant among Foxos under the IR condition induced by HG/HF.Using a small RNA interference and plasmid transfection technique, we found that the silence effect of the siRNA3 fragments targeting Foxo6 was the most significant among the siRNAs.Moreover, the further study showed that silencing the Foxo6 gene could significantly reverse the endothelial IR induced by HG/HF, and the mechanism of the reversal effect was related to the interaction between the Foxo6 and NF-κB signal.Conclusions Foxo6 mediates the endothelial cell IR induced by the HG /HF stress.The underlying mechanism is that Foxo6 can interact with NF-κBp65 and activate NF-κB signaling pathway.Silencing Foxo6 can improve the IR of vascular endothelial cells induced by HG /HF stress.

BACKGROUNDOmeprazole, usually used in the antiplatelet therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), has been reported to increase ischemic events in retrospective studies. However, other clinical trials gave paradoxical results. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of omeprazole on clopidogrel efficacy and clinical events.

METHODSAll patients (n = 172) received aspirin (loading dose 300 mg and maintenance dose 100 mg/d) and clopidogrel (loading dose 600 mg and maintenance dose 75 mg/d) during the therapy. They were randomized to receive omeprazole (20 mg/d) or placebo for 30 days. Residual platelet activities in the adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) pathway were detected on the fifth day after PCI with thrombelastography (TEG)-mapping. The clinical events were recorded after one month.

RESULTSAccording to the five levels of platelet activities, the frequency distributions of the inhibition rates were significantly different (P = 0.0062). However, no significant change was seen in the distribution among the highest or the lowest inhibiting levels (> 95% and < 30% inhibition rate). And there were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in events incidence, while gastro-intestinal bleeding decreased in co-administration of omeprazole.

CONCLUSIONSOmeprazole significantly blunts clopidogrel efficacy while not exacerbates ischemic events in ACS undergoing PCI. Omeprazole even can decrease gastro-intestinal bleeding in those patients.

Acute Coronary Syndrome ; blood ; drug therapy ; pathology ; therapy ; Aged ; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary ; methods ; Aspirin ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Omeprazole ; therapeutic use ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors ; therapeutic use ; Ticlopidine ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use