An improved method for the determination of Vitamin D2 in baby food (fortified dried milk) was established by using two steps of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The sample was directly saponified and extracted with benzene. The extracted unsaponifiable matter was firstly subjected to preparative HPLC using a Nucleosil 5C18 column (reversed-phase type) with acetonitrile-methanol (3:2) as a mobile phase. This first step was for the purpose of clean-up, and a fraction containing Vitamin D2 was collected. The separate fraction was subsequently subjected to analytic HPLC with a Zorbax SIL column (straight-phase type) with isopropanol-hexane (0.8 : 99.2) as a mobile phase. The Vitamin D2 was separated from other contaminants and determined with ultraviolet spectrograph by the peak height estimated. The recovery rate was 84%, standard deviation 12.57 and coefficient of variation 4.57%. The proposed method was rapid, accurate, and suitable for the determination of baby food.

Animals ; Cardiac Electrophysiology ; Heart Atria ; innervation ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Vagus Nerve ; physiology

Natural polysaccharides are a kind of hydrophilic polymers.By grafting hydrophobic moieties to the polysaccharide backbone,could form self-assembled micelle with core-shell structure in aqueous by undergoing intramolecular or intermolecular association between hydrophobic moieties.The self-assembly micelles of amphiphilic polysaccharides provides a positive outlook for drug delivery systems with biodegradability,low antigenicity,good biocompatibility and so on.This review focus on biological activity of amphiphilic polysaccharide as self-assembly carriers,the principle of self-assembly of polymeric micelles,and the recent progress in hydrophobic modification of natural polysaccharides.

Objective To review and summerize effectiveness and method of the Boston's balloon dilation in cardiac achalasia. Methods The intensified guide wire was inserted into stomach through mouth cavity under TV controll. The Boston's balloon was inserted to the cardiac stricture through the guide wire and dilatated with 15% contrast medium with to a maximum diameter for five minutes and then the balloon was dilatated again for 3～5 minutes, all together for 3～4 times. The severe stricture must be pre dilatated with 20～25mm diameter balloon. Results The balloon insertion was technically successful in all 26 patients. The once succese of ballon dilation was achieved in 24 patients and twice in other 2. Follow up time was from 2 weeks to 31 months(mean 10.6 months). Recurrent stenosis had not occurred in all patients. Remission rate of dysphagia was 100%. Esophageal reflux occurred in 3 patients. Conclusions The Boston's balloon dilatation is simple and effective for treatment of cardiac achalasia. The method sometimes may replace surgical procedure.

Objective Deletion detection of Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD).Methods Totally 135 patients were tested through polymerase reaction of amplification with 12 dystrophin exons,polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis make gene analysis.Results The deletion of different region was found in 54 patients.Conclusion The deletion region is concentrated in 45～53 exons,the deletion of 48 exons is the peak.

Objective To study the consistency and complementarity of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS),white light endoscopy (WLE) and magnifying endoscopy (ME) in diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC).Methods We collected 125 cases of UC patients diagnosed by WLE and EUS (including 51 cases of WLE + ME + EUS).According to UC mucosal morphology under WLE and crypt openings under ME,we divided all the cases into several groups and analyzed intestinal wall thickness (TWT) under EUS in each group.Results According to the results of UC inflammation degree under WLE,all patients were divided into four groups: 16 severe cases,46 moderate cases,44 mild,and 19 remission stage.TWT results were (5.903 ± 1.551 ) mm,(4.673 ± 1.235 ) mm,(3.756 ± 1.322 )mm and ( 3.464 ± 0.970) mm,respectively.Differences were significant between any two groups ( P ＜ 0.05 ),except for that between mild and remission groups.According to the results of UC inflammation degree under ME,all patients were divided into six groups: 9 cases of villous-like structure,9 cases of typical coral reef-like structure,8 severe coral reef-like structure,13 regular crypt opening,6 epithelial minimal defect and 6 small yellow spot (SYS).TWT results were (5.701 ±0.941 )mm,(5.518 ±0.581 )mm,(5.181 ±0.751 )mm,(3.763 ±0.659) mm,(3.587 ±0.461 )mm and (2.505 ± 0.330 )mm,respectively.Differences were significant between any two groups ( P ＜ 0.05 ) except for those between epithelial minimal defect and regular crypt opening,typical coral reeflike structure,villous-like and severe coral reef-like structure.EUS results showed SYS (6/6) and regular crypt opening ( 10/13 ) were mostly located in mucosa,while lesions of severe coral reef-like structure (8/8) invaded the muscularis propria.Conclusion EUS shows high consistency with WLE and ME in diagnosis of UC inflammation degree and invasive depth.It could assist and even substitute ME for evaluation.

Real-time free breathing cardiac cine imaging is a reproducible method with shorter acquisition time and without breath-hold for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. However, the detection of end-diastole and end-systole frames of real-time free breathing cardiac cine imaging for left ventricle function analysis is commonly completed by visual identification, which is time-consuming and laborious. In order to save processing time, we propose a method for semi-automatic identification of end-diastole and end-systole frames. The method fits respiratory motion signal and acquires the expiration phase, end-diastole and end-systole frames by cross correlation coefficient. The procedure successfully worked on ten healthy volunteers and validated by the analysis of left ventricle function compared to the standard breath-hold steady-state free precession cardiac cine imaging without any significant statistical differences. The results demonstrated that the present method could correctly detect end-diastole and end-systole frames. In the future, this technique may be used for rapid left ventricle function analysis in clinic.
Exhalation ; Heart Ventricles ; pathology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Respiration ; Ventricular Function, Left

Objective To study the effects of cytokines Th1 and Th2 in Class V lupus nephritis (V-LN). Methods Serum concentration of Th1 cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-1, IL-2 and TNF-α) and Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10 and IL-13) were simultaneously analyzed using fast quant human Th1/Th2 protein array, and Pearson analysis was used to evaluate the association between cytokines and clinical parameters. Results ① Cytokine profiling: Among the 9 cytokines detected simultaneously by fast quant human Th1/Th2 protein array, the expression of four cytokines was up-regulated obviously, namely, Th1 cytokines (IL-2) and Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-10 and IL-13); that of IL-10 was 10 times above the normal control. ② Pearson correlation analysis: There was a positive correlation between IL-10 and SLEDAI (r=0.877, P<0.01), but a negative correlation between IL-10 and hemoglobin concentration (r=-0.856, P<0.01). There was also a negative correlation between IL-4 and 24h urine protein (r=-0.754, P<0.05), between IL-13 and 24h urine protein (r=-0.769, P<0.05). Besides, IL-1 and creatinine were positively correlated (r=0.784, P<0.05). Conclusion There were extensively abnormal Th2 cytokines in V-LN patients, suggesting that anti-Th2 therapy may produce a marked effect on V-LN.

Humans ; Pancreatic Neoplasms ; surgery ; therapy

Objective To discuss the clinical manifestations and imaging diagnostic value of tuberous sclerosis accompanied by multi-organ injuries.Methods 2 cases in our hospital and 27 cases of tuberous sclerosis from the published reports were collected.The clinical manifestations and imaging features as well as the extent and type of multi-organ lesion were analyzed.Results Among the 29 patients,17 were male and 12 were female.The averaged age was 16.8.The clinical manifestations included:with family history in 6 , epilepsies in 25 (15 with mental retardation),symmetric angiofibroma in the face in 22 (3 with similar changes in the else body surface),fibromas beneath toenail or fingernail in 4, hyperdactylia of thumb in 2 and abdominal masses in 7 (4 with hematuria), tuberous scleroses beneath ependymal layer in 27,17 patients with kidney diseases,9 involved liver,5 involved spleen.Conclusion Multiple organs can be involved by tuberous sclerosis.The calcification of ependymal lyer and harmatoma of kidney are the most valuable in imaging diagnosis of the disease.