Cytological characteristics of a case of adult T-cell leukemia were studied by detection of morphologic, cytochemical and immunological methods. The leukemic cells found in the peripheral blood belonged to mature T-lymphocytes and presented the changes of polymorphous nucleus which had diagnostic significance in association with clinical features and positive ATLA antibody. The mechanism of formation of cytological characteristics of adult T-cell leukemia is also discussed.

Inhibition of proliferation and induction of differentiation by 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamm D3 of human promyelocytic leukemic cell line (HL-60)are reported. At the concentration range of 109 to 106 mol/ L, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 had effect in inhibiting cell proliferation with time-dependent and dose-dependent manner. Strong inhibition of colony cell growth (74.8?11.1%)was observed at 107 mol/L concentration. It was also found that HL-60 cells could be induced into monocytes by 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3at the same concentrations,which were demonstrated by cytochemistry and specific antigen of cell surface and NBT reduction test. In addition, the relationship between proliferation and differentiation is discussed according to the result of flow cytometry.

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According to the base complementation, the principle antisense technology is the sequence specific binding of complementary antisense nucleic acids or their chemical modification to the nucleic acids in cells, resulting in the suppression or prevention of gene translation. For the treatment of cancer, a lot of antisense drugs have been designed, which target the genes involved in the pathogenesis of cancer. And some of them have been in clinical trials. The author reviewed the progress of the clinical trials of these antisense drugs.

Diabetes mellitus is a common disease of serious harmful to human health,but its pathogenesis is not entirely clear.Mitochondria are the important organelles to generate energy in eukaryocytes,and play a pivotal role in the regulation of reactive oxygen species generation,intracellular calcium homeostasis,and apoptosis signal transduction.The possible causes of mitochondrial dysfunction include oxidative stress,Ca2+ disturbances,reduction of mitochondrial biosynthesis,opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore,mitochondrial DNA mutations,and etc..Many studies demonstrate that mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with β-cell dysfunction of type 1 diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Moreover,mitochondrial dysfunction plays important roles in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy.This present article reviewed the current status of studies on the relationship of mitochondrial dysfunction and diabetes mellitus and diabetic cardiomyopathy.It is very important to understand and study mitochondrial dysfunction and its important roles in diabetes mellitus and diabetic cardiomyopathy in order to clarify the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and explore new approaches of prevention and treatment for diabetes mellitus.

OBJECTIVE To study the classification and distribution of the ?-lactamases produced by Escherichia coli in diabetic patients.METHODS To detect the ?-lactamases produced by E.coli in diabetic patients with a multi-disk synergy test.RESULTS Forty-nine strains of 60 strains in our study produced the ?-lactamases with total positive rate of 81.67%,From them 5 strains were producing penicillinases,17 strains producing BSBLs(28.33%),and 27 strains were producing ESBLs(45.00%),no carbapenem-hydrolyzing ?-lactamases were detected.In 27 strains producing ESBLs,the sensitivities to the ceftazidime,aztreonam and cefotaxime were similar.CONCLUSIONS The types of ?-lactamases produced by E.coli in diabetic patients are mainly BSBLs and ESBLs,without carbapenem-hydrolyzing ?-lactamases;the sensitivities to the ceftazidime,aztreonam and cefotaxime are similar.

Insulin resistance and islet ? cell dysfunction are well-identified pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. The generation of a great quantity of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) impairs the function of mitochondria and induces oxidative stress during metabolic process of hyperglycaemia and hyperlipemia. Oxidative stress blocks insulin action pathway and induces insulin resistance; inhibit expression of insulin gene; decrease insulin secretion and impair ? cell function. In this paper, the mechanism of the ROS generation, insulin resistance and ? cell dysfunction induced by oxidative stress are reviewed.

Objective:The one-way communication between traditional LIS system and equipment has been unable to meet the needs of business development of medical laboratory in our hospital, we need to upgrade our equipment and to develop the bidirectional communication interface between LIS and equipment.Methods: Our hospital has invested a lot of money to upgrade previous One-way communication interface based on ASTM, the new instrument specifications conform to HL7 standard, and develop bidirectional transmission program based on HL7.Results: After the implementation of the bidirectional communication, testing equipment can automatically identify bar code to get the test request information, after the completion of the test instrument, the inspection unit can automatically send sample results to LIS.Conclusion: Bidirectional transmission improves the work efficiency, transmission based on HL7 is not only fast, but also conducive to the sharing of data between heterogeneous medical information systems, and it is a general tendency.

Objective To study the factors which affect the functional restoration of the elbow for adults with supracondylar or intercondylar fractures of the humerus treated with open reduction and internal fixation. Methods 22 patients with supracondylar or intercondylar fractures of the humerus were treated with open reduction and internal fixation from January, 1999 to December, 2004. They were followed up for an average of 30 months and complete clinical data were kept. The function of the elbow was evaluated with the Mayo elbow performance index. The relationship between the results and the factors —initial time of postoperative rehabilitation, fracture classification, operative approach and interval from injury to operation —were analyzed with cumulative logistic regression model of SAS software V8.2 (SAS institute, Cary, North Carolina). Results Of the 22 cases, 7 were excellent, 9 good, 5 fair and 1 poor. The excellent and good rates were 72.7%. And the odds ratio estimates of the 4 factors were 0.786, 0.299(B/A)0.221(C/A), 1.038, 0.197 respectively. Conclusions The initial time of postoperative rehabilitation, the fracture classification and the interval from injury to operation affect the functional restoration whereas the operative approach does not. Early operation, anatomical reduction, stable fixation and early rehabilitation will help improve the functional restoration.