Objective:To study the deficiency ofshort stature homeobox containing (SHOX)gene deficiency ofshort stature and the relationship between genotypes and its corresponding phenotypes. Methods:Microsatellite analysis and direct sequencing were selected to analyze the deletions and mutations of SHOX gene in 203 cases of short stature;in addition ,anthropometric measures were assessed and radiographs of the left forearms and wrists in patients were collected to observe their phenotypes. Results:one mutation and eleven deletions were found;Detailed examination revealed certain dysmorphics,such as short forearm and lower leg,et al. Conclusion:In our study,the prevalence of SHOX deficiency in patients with short stature was 5.9% ,and certain correlations had been found between genotypes and corresponding phenotypes。

Objective:To investigate the effect of Siwutang on promoting hematopoietic function of mouse splenocytes. Methods:Effect of Siwutang on concanavalin A (Con A)-primed mice splenocytes production of IL-3 and IL-2 was studied by 3H-TdR incorporation and dot blot hybridization. Results: Siwutang significantly enhanced Con A-primed mice splenocytes production of IL-3 and IL-2(P

Objective To study the chemical constituents from Curcuma longa.Methods The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by various chromatographic methods and their structures were elucidated by the analysis of spectral data and physicochemical properties.Results One new compound was isolated from the EtOH extract of C.longa,which was named curcumaone J.Conclusion Curcumaone J is a new compound.

Second primary malignancies are more likely to occur in the multiple myeloma patients .Most of them are Acute myeloid leukemia ( AML) or Myelodysplastic syndrome ( MDS) .The incidence in male or those multiple myeloma patients who is less than 60 years old are more than female or those multiple myeloma patients who are bigger than 60 years old.In recent years,studies of multiple myeloma secondary to leukemia and other tumors are gradually increasing ,but the mechanism and treatment are still unclear .These diseases have the follow-ing characteristics such as progress rapidly ,high mortality rate and low complete remission rate after chemothera-py.

Objective To observe the effects of respiratory training on pulmonary function in the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD). Methods A total of 74 patients with COPD were recruited and randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group with 37 subjects in each.The treatment group re-ceived respiratory training including lip-contracting breathing,abdominal breathing and breathing exercises for 6 months in addition to routine medical treatment.The control group received only routine medical treatment.Pulmona-ry function was evaluated before and after treatment. Results After treatment,both groups improved in terms of all the pulmonary function measures,showing increased vital capacity(VC),forced expiratory volume after 1 s(FEVl),peak forced expiratory flow rate(PEFR),as well as forced expiratory flow at 25%of Vcmax(V25),de-creased residual volume and residual volume as a percentage of total lung capacity(RV/TCL).The difference be-tween the two groups was significant with regard to the extent of improvement. Conclusion Respiratory training can improve the pulmonary function of COPD patients.

Objective:To compare the pharmacokinetics and relative bioavailability between matrine sustained release tablet,matrine conventional capsule and matrine injection. Methods: Dogs were given single oral dose and multiple doses of matrine sustained release tablet, capsule or injection in a randomized crossover way. Matrine concentrations in dog plasma were determined by RP-HPLC method. Results: The results showed that the t max and c max were 300 min and (5.088?0.490) ?g/ml for matrine sustained release tablet, (85?12) min and (6.360?0.215) ?g/ml for the conventional capsule, and 10 min and (6.500?0.404) ?g/ml for the injection. The relative bioavailability of the sustained release tablet was (153.7?9.4)% compared with that of the conventional capsule; the absolute bioavailability of the sustained release tablet was (73.5?14.2)% compared with that of the injecetion. The in vivo absorption rate of the sustained release tablet was significantly correlated with the in vitro release rate(r=0.981 2,P

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Xuebijing injection in the adjuvant treatment of children with perforated appendicitis. METHODS:72 children with perforated appendicitis in the Dept. of Pediatric General Surgery of our hospi-tal were enrolled into a prospective clinical trial,and randomly divided into experimental group (n=36) and control group (n=36). Both groups received the emergency surgery and anti-infective treatment;experimental group had additionally given Xuebijing injection. The white blood cell count (WBC),C-creation protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT),liver and kidney function and hospitalization time before and after treatment were collected and adverse reaction. RESULTS:The WBC in experimental group af-ter 3 and 6 d of treatment was respectively(13.6±3.4)×109 L-1 and(9.1±4.2)×109 L-1,CRP was respectively(52.7±13.6)mg/L and(8.5±3.3)mg/L,the PCT(0.3±0.2)ng/ml,and the hospitalization time after 3 d were lower than control group,with signifi-cant difference(P<0.05). There were no significant difference in the liver and kidney function(P>0.05). There was 1 case with itch of skin but with no severe ADR. CONCLUSIONS:Xuebijing injection in the adjuvant treatment of children with perforated ap-pendicitis is safe and effective.

Objective Human serum albumin ( HSA) is a kind of plasma protein , which can transport various small molecu-lar substances to the body.A disulfide bond breaking strategy is used to fabricate HSA-curcumin nanoparticles(NPs-CCM) in order to improve the solubility and tumor targeting capability of curcumin . Methods NPs-CCM were fabricated with dithiothreitol as the re-ducing agent .The size and shape of the nanoparticles were observed with high resolution electron microscopy .We explored the change of hydrophobic region during the process of degeneration of albumin , the releasing behavior in the solution and the tumor targeting capa-bility in vivo and vitro of NPs-CCM. Results The diameter of NPs-CCM was about 150 nm.The determination of surface hydropho-bicity showed that ANS fluorescence intensity decreased gradually as the extension of degeneration time , at the time 0 min, 2 min, 5 min and 10 min, ANS relative fluorescence intensity was 5492(5432-5673), 2486(2319-2878), 1998(1904-2317), 1503 (1280-1584) respectively.The hydrophobic region of albumin gradually reduced during the degeneration time .The curcumin re-leased from NPs-CCM amounted to about 50% within 40 h, and the NPs-CCM can be absorbed by tumor cells and accumulation in tumor tissue. Conclusion Albumin can improve the solubility and tumor targeting capability of curcumin , and it has potential clinical application value.

Objective To comprehensively study the oxidative stress of bone tissue in rats with chronic fluorosis treated with anti-oxidant,the oxidative damage of lipid,protein and DNA.Methods Forty Wistar rats weaned 2 weeks were randomized by weight and divided into 4 groups according to body weight,control group (treated with tap water) and 3 NaF (sodium fluoride) exposure groups (treated with NaF at 50,150 and 250 mg/L),5 female rats and 5 male rats in each group.NaF was given through drinking water.After 6 months of treatment,a 12-hour urine samples were collected,then rats were killed,serum was collected,right rear tibiofibula was separated.Bone and urinary fluoride content and incidence rate of dental fluorine were studied and the levels of bone tissue suppression function of hydroxy free radical,superoxide dismutase (SOD),catalase (CAT),glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px),8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG),protein carbonyls (PCO),and malonaldehyde (MDA) were assayed.Results ① Results of suppression function of hydroxy free radical:The difference of bone tissue suppression function of hydroxy free radical among control [(22.99 ± 4.31)U/mg prot],low-excess dose [(22.76 ± 8.11)U/mg prot],medium-excess dose [(13.47 ± 4.56)U/mg prot] and high-excess dose [(19.40 ± 5.92)U/mg prot] groups was statistically significant (F =5.01,P ＜0.05).②Results of SOD:The difference of bone tissue SOD among control [(5.06 ± 1.16)U/mg prot],low-excess dose [(5.32 ± 1.18)U/mg prot],medium-excess dose [(3.71 ± 0.72)U/mg prot] and high-excess dose [(4.80 ± 1.10)U/mg prot] groups was statistically significant (F =4.44,P ＜0.05).③ Results of CAT:The difference of bone tissue CAT among control [(25.20 ± 5.91)U/mg prot],low-excess dose [(22.53 ± 7.10) U/mg prot],medium-excess dose [(17.96 ± 4.71)U/mg prot] and high-excess dose [(19.52 ± 5.52)U/ mg prot] groups was statistically significant (F =2.85,P ＜0.05).④Results of GSH-Px:The differences of bone tissue GSH-Px among control [(52.86 ± 12.88)U/mg prot],low-excess dose [(70.05 ± 15.72)U/mg prot],medium-excess dose [(51.55 ± 6.97)U/mg prot] and high-excess dose [(57.47 ± 10.99) U/mg prot] groups was statistically significant (F =4.89,P ＜0.05).⑤Results of PCO:The differences of bone tissue PCO among control [(58.73 ± 20.86)ng/L],low-excess dose [(89.41 ± 26.20)ng/L],medium-excess dose [(97.07 ± 22.24)ng/L] and highexcess dose [(83.96 ± 29.55)ng/L] groups was statistically significant (F =4.43,P ＜0.05).⑥Results of 8-OHdG:The differences of bone tissue 8-OHdG among control [(87.66 ± 6.32)ng/L],low-excess dose [(86.31± 6.30)ng/L],medium-excess dose [(92.17 ± 4.28)ng/L] and high-excess dose [(88.02 ± 6.14)ng/L] groups was not statistically significant (F =1.88,P ＞ 0.05).⑦Results of MDA:The differences of bone tissue MDA among control [(3.70 ± 1.73) nmol/mg prot],low-excess dose [(2.10 ± 0.95)nmol/mg prot],medium-excess dose [(3.32± 2.20)nmol/mg prot] and high-excess dose [(2.71 ± 2.18)nmol/mg prot] groups was not statistically significant (F =1.37,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The activity of SOD and CAT of bone tissue are inhibited and suppression function of hydroxy free radical is decreasing under fluorosis influence,which results in protein damage.Oxidative stress is considered to be one of the mechanisms of skeletal fluorosis.

Objective Studies show that the abnormal ex-pressions of APC and survivin play important roles in the development and progression of colon cancer .Survivin shRNA and APC double gene co-expression lentiviral vector was constructed to observe whether it could be successfully expressed in HT-29 colon cancer cells and whether it could impact on colon cancer cell apoptosis . Methods We selected the best shRNA interference fragment from the construc-tion of three pairs of complementary shRNA fragments and connected it with the effective fragment of APC ( aa1020-1698 ) to construct a double gene co-expression lentiviral vector .HT-29 cells were divid-ed into experimental group , empty loading group and blank group .HT-29 cells were observed by fluorescence microscopy after infec-tion.Survivin and APC expression levels were observed by real time PCR and western blot .Apoptosis was detected by caspase-3 activi-ty assay. Results ①We successfully constructed three pairs of shRNA sequences and proved that they had no human gene homolo -gous to the rest.Real time PCR analysis showed that the best sequence was shRNA 3.②After the sequence alignment of constructed shRNA vectors, three pairs of shRNA sequences were completely the same with the first designed sequence .Green fluorescence was observed in HT-29 cells by fluorescence microscope .The survivin content in experiment group (31.71 ±1.49) was significantly de-creased compared with empty loading group (100 ±0) and blank group(95.12 ±2.15)(P<0.05).The expression level of APC mR-NA was significantly increased compared with empty loading group (0 ±0) and blank group(0.51 ±0.15)(P<0.05).③The relative ratio of apoptosis in experiment group (0.573 ±0.050) was significantly increased compared with empty loading group (0.390 ± 0.040) and blank group(0.407 ±0.030)(P<0.05). Conclusion We have successfully constructed survivin-shRNA-APC double gene co-expression lentiviral vector which can be successfully expressed in HT-29 colon cancer cells , providing references for subse-quent gene therapy by the use of the carrier .