Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is one of the most common maternally transmitted hereditary retinal diseases,which is mainly caused by one of the three point mutations in mitochondrial DNA(mt DNA) (G11778A,G3460A and G14484C).LHON is characterized by painless,acute or sub-acute bilateral visual loss in young men with central scotoma.Incomplete dominance and gender bias are two puzzles of this disease.Although currently there is no effective therapy to prevent or cure the LHON,the ongoing clinical trials of gene therapy have showed initial success in some LHON patients with G11778A mutation.Here we summarized recent research progress of LHON,focusing on the clinical features,molecular and pathogenic mechanisms,animal models,and gene therapy of it.

Electronic multimedia teaching has expanded greatly in recent years. Teaching quality is closely relevant to the utilization of the electronic resource. There is a notablely rapid popularization of electronic entertainment equipment among college students during the past years. This trend can be used to assist college English teaching.

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is the inhalation of 100％ oxygen at a pressure higher than one atmosphere absolute (ATA),and has been used as an auxiliary therapy for various skin diseases.It has been proved that HBO can increase the oxygen content in skin tissues,accelerate aerobic metabolism of skin,promote epithelial regeneration and wound healing,relieve adverse stimuli on peripheral nerves and sensors in the skin,inhibit apoptosis of neurons,enhance the function of regulatory T cells,alleviate inflammation,and mobilize vascular stem/progenitor cells (SPCs) from the bone marrow to peripheral blood and ulcer tissues.At present,HBO has been widely applied in the auxiliary treatment of psoriasis,atopic dermatitis,postberpetic neuralgia,chronic refractory cutaneous ulcer,pyoderma gangrenosum,fungal infection,vascular embolization after cosmetic facial filling,and some other skin diseases.

Objective To evaluate the effect of alcoholism history on the elderly patients’early cognitive function after lower abdominal or limbs surgery under general anesthesia through controlled clinical trials.Methods Sixty male patients aged 65-80 years of ASA grade Ⅰ or Ⅱ were selected un-dergoing lower abdominal or limbs surgery,30 cases with alcoholism history as alcohol group(group A),30 cases without alcoholism experience as control group (group C).All patients were anesthe-tized intravenously.The general data before and during operation,and the postoperative complications were recorded.The mini mental state examination(MMSE)was performed to assess the cognitive function 1d before and 1,7 d after surgery,then post-operative cognitive dysfunction(POCD)was compared between the two groups through analysis of the MMSE score.Results The MMSE score of 1,7 d after surgery in two groups was significantly lower than that of the preoperative(P < 0.05 ). Compared with the score 1 d after surgery,the score of 7 d post-operation was significantly higher in group A (P <0.05).The postoperative score in group A were significantly lower than that in group C 1,7 d after surgery (P <0.05).The incidence of POCD in group A were higher than that in group C 1,7 d after surgery (P <0.05 ).Conclusion Alcoholism history can increase the incidence of early cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients after general anesthesia.

Neurotrophic factors are a species of protein molecules,which produced by tissue supplied by nerve and astrocytes and necessary for neuronal growth and survival.Neurotrophic factors play an important role in the development and physiological function of the nervous system.It can promote neurons growth and development,and keep neurons functional integrity.Except for the regulation and functionality action on the innervated tissue,neurotrophic factors play an important neurotrophic role for the tissue physiology,growth and metabolism.The cornea is the highest density of nerve fibers.Abundant nerve fibers enhance the sensory function.In addition,the nerve fibers can also secrete various nutrition and regulatory factors to keep the physiological function and regeneration.In recent years,the research of neurotrophic factors on promoting corneal epithelial wound healing has made great progress.This article reviews the recent advances in different neurotrophic factors promoting the repair of corneal epithelial injury.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of the clinical pathway introduced in children with bronchiolitis.Methods Based on a retrospective study,the duration of hospital stay,hospital expenses,antibiotics usage rates,curative rate and nosocomial infection rate were compared between 181 bronchiolitis patients (the clinical pathway group) managed according to clinical pathway and other 122 bronchiolitis patients (the control group).The variation of clinical pathway was analyzed in the clinical pathway group as well.Results The duration of hospital stay in clinical pathway group [4.96 (4.00,6.00) days] was significantly shorter than that in the control group [5.81 (4.82,7.00) days],and the difference was significant (Z =3.137,P ＜ 0.05).The hospital expenses [3 701.23 (3 124.50,4 396.19) yuan] in clinical pathway group were significantly lower than that in the control group [3 954.22 (3 325.07,4 679.66) yuan],and the difference was significant (Z =2.042,P ＜ 0.05).The antibiotics usage rate (20.44％)(37/181 cases) in clinical pathway group was significantly lower than that in the control group (40.16％) (49/122 cases),and the difference was significant (,x2 =13.945,P ＜ 0.05),and the curative rate (93.92％) (170/181 cases)in clinical pathway group was significantly higher than that in the control group (86.89 ％) (106/122 cases),and the difference was significant (x2 =4.447,P ＜ 0.05).The nosocomial infection rate (4.42％) (8/181 cases)was also lower than that in the control group (10.66％,13/122 cases),and the difference was significant (x2 =4.393,P ＜0.05).The variation rate of clinical pathway was 48.62％ (88/181 cases) in clinical pathway group.Conclusions The curative rate is improved and the duration of hospital can be shortened if the clinical pathway is introduced in bronchiolitis children,with less the hospital expense.Moreover,the antibiotics usage rates and the nosocomial infection rate are reduced in the implementation process of clinical pathway which is worthy to be put in use.However,there is a high variation rate in the clinical pathway.It should be interposed and administrated appropriately in dinical treatment for clinic.

A 5 years old boy was referred to our department with complaints of a painless midline neck swelling. Clinical feature: there was a painless swelling above the middle of thyroid cartilage, it was about 2.0 cm x 0.5 cm, and it was soft. And its boundary was clear. The skin temperature is normal. B-mode ultrasound features: there is a cystic mass in the front of the neck, it is about 2.3 cm x 1.0 cm, and be apart from the skin is 0.3 cm. It is showed that another cystic mass behind this one, is about 1.9 cm x 0.7 cm. The borders are clear, and no blood flow signal is detected. The thyroid was not abnormal. Pathology results showed the wall of cyst and there were pectin in the cyst. Diagnosis: thyroglossal cyst of double cyst.
Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Male ; Thyroglossal Cyst ; pathology

BACKGROUND:New ideas for regenerative treatment of cardiovascular disease are as fol ows:to understand the changes in al kinds of stem cel s differentiating into cardiomyocytes, to determine the physiological role of differentiated stem cel s in cardiac functional activities, to stimulate the proliferative potential of various stem cel s under certain conditions that can directly differentiate into functional cardiomyocytes, thereby replenishing deficient cardiomyocytes and effectively inhibiting excessive proliferation of fibroblasts. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of panax notoginseng saponins, salidroside and astragalus effective components on the homing, proliferation and differentiation of endogenous CD105-positive bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel s of myocardial infarction rats. METHODS:Acute myocardial infarction rats were randomly divided into activating blood circulation group, tonifying qi group, activating blood circulation+tonifying qi group (combined group), model group. Normal rats served as control group. The former three groups were oral y given 80 g/L Xuesaitong soft capsules (panax notoginseng saponins as the main component), 0.5 g/mL astragalus particles and 70 g/L Nuodikang capsules (salidroside as the main component), respectively, at a dose of 1 mL/100 g, once a day, total y for 28 days. The control and model groups were given the same volume of normal saline. Expressions of CD105, CD117, vimentin, cardiac troponin T (cTnT), zinc finger transcription factor 4 (GATA-4) and Ki-67 were detected using immunohistochemical method at 1, 3, 7, 14, 28 days of drug administration. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) Compared with the control group, the expressions of CD105, CD117, cTnT, GATA-4 and Ki-67 were higher in the model group, which were increased at 1-7 days, peaked at 7 days, and then decreased. Compared with the model group, the expressions of CD105, CD117, cTnT, GATA-4 and Ki-67 were significantly higher in the activating blood circulation group, tonifying qi group and combined group, especial y in the activating blood circulating group, at different time of drug administration (P<0.05). In each group, the staining results of Ki-67 were not exactly paral el to those of CD105, CD117, cTnT and GATA-4, but their rising tendency was substantial y the same. (2) Compared with the control group, the vimentin expression in the model group was higher, which showed an increasing tend at 1-3 days, peaked at 3 days and then declined. Compared with the model group, the vimentin expression was significantly lower in the activating blood circulation group, tonifying qi group and combined group, especial y in the activating blood circulating group, at different time of drug administration (P<0.05). It suggested that the activating blood circulation group had a remarkable antifibrotic role. These findings indicate that panax notoginseng saponins, salidroside and astragalus effective components al can promote the proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel s to delay myocardial remodeling, but the recipe for promoting blood circulation has the most obvious outcomes.

BACKGROUND:There is a certain association between stem cels, microenvironment and methods for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis.
OBJECTIVE:To propose a perspective of“kidney properties”of promoting blood circulation and removing stasis by elaborating the correlation and interactions of stem cels and microenvironment with methods for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis.
METHODS:A computer-based search of Chinese Journal Ful-text Database, Wanfang and PubMed was performed for articles published form 2009 to 2015 addressing improving stem cel proliferation and differentiation by promoting blood circulation and removing stasis as wel as microenvironments. The keywords were “bone mesenchymal stem cels, transformation, differentiation, blood-activation and stasis-resolved method, microenvironment” in Chinese and English, respectively. Finaly, 32 literatures were reviewed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Stem cels homing to the damaged tissue trigger an“environment-dependent differentiation”,that is, stem cels candifferentiate into myocardial cels, vascular endothelial cels and other injured tissues and cels under local special microenvironments. Microenvironment as an assembly for integrating dynamic, microscopic changes as wel as development of a variety of indices is of great importance for stem cel survival, proliferation and differentiation. Recipes for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis are involvedto regulate multi-steps and multi-targets during stem cel homing. Theoreticaly, this review attempts to investigate correlation among stem cels, microenvironment and methods for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis in association with previous preclinical and clinical findings. Here, we further refine the view of “kidney properties” of promoting blood circulation and removing stasis and clarify that stem cels as the material basis of “kidney properties”of promoting blood circulation and removing stasis is the main executor for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis. This paper is of a certain value for fuly revealing the scientific connotation of the theory of promoting blood circulation and removing stasis.

Objective Oral lichen planus ( OLP) is a common complaint in the oral mucosa , for which there is no definite therapy hitherto.This article aimed to investigate the possible effect of Huashi Xingyu Qingre Decoction (HXQD) on OLP. Methods This study included 30 randomly selected cases of OLP treated with HXQD .Fasting venous blood and total serum protein were obtained before and after medication for screening and identification of OLP-related differential proteins by two-dimensional fluorescence differ-ence gel electrophoresis (2D DIGE) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), followed by Western blot validation . Results Haptoglobin , antithrombin Ⅲ, C1 complement , and vitamin D binding protein were differentially expressed in the serum of the OLP patients before and after treated with HXQD .Compared with the baseline , the expression of haptoglobin was significantly in-creased (103.086 ±27.536 vs 159.704 ±24.228, P<0.05) while that of antithrombin Ⅲ remarkably decreased after treatment (150.00 ±54.04 vs 98.00 ±28.04, P<0.05). Conclusion Haptoglobin, antithrombin Ⅲ, C1 complement, and vitamin D binding protein are differentially expressed in the serum of OLP patients before and after HXQD medication , which may be associated with the development and progression of OLP .