The annual incidence of prostate cancer (PCa) continually increases. New PCa immune therapy has become the fourth line antitumor treatment following surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. As the most promising research direction in cancer immunotherapy,immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as programmed cell death-1 and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitors, block PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1 and then terminate the negative control signal to the T cell, thereby facilitating T cell recovery and reversal of tumor immune-escaping mechanism. These processes restore the capability of T cells for immune response and inhibit and kill tumor cells. This review summarizes the progress on the current application of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in PCa clinical trials.

Lithium(Li) salt is. a kind of effective drug commonly used in the treatment and prevention of mental disorders, but its active mechanism is still not well understood. Getting on for twenty years, many research have been reported on relationship between Li salt and second messenger system, especially the effect of Li salt on adenylate cyclase. Identical result is not obtained and there are few reports on brain calmodulin (CaM) activity change by Li salt. The aim of present expcri- ment is to determine the content of CaM in raet brain by phosphodiesterase (PED) method after chronic application of Li salt and discuss preliminary the molecular mechanism of Li salt action. The result showed that marked change has happened in the content of CaM in rat brain after chronic application of Li salt. It is ins-plied that Li salt brings its action into play probably by changing the content of CaM in rat brain

Thyroglobulin antibody (TGA) production in vitro by cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) was measured by ELISA technique. PBMC from patients with AITD could synthesize and secret detectable amount of TGA. The average positive rate of TGA production in vitro was 31.25%. PBMC from the patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) could produce TGA more easily than that from the patients with Graves'disease (GD). The average positive rate was 44.19% in HT and 16.22% in GD. Pokeweed mitogen could increase TGA production, but soluable thyroglobulin could not stimulate TGA synthesis and secretion. Antithyroid drug methi-mazole had some inhibition effect on TGA production in vitro. A significant positive correlation between the serum TGA and the amount of TGA produced in vitro by PBMC from HT patients (r = 0.4, P

Objective To approach the mechanism of foot reflective therapeutics to sub-health state. Methods 35 patients with sub-health state were treated with foot reflective therapeutics, to press the foot reflective section by using many manipulations (such as press, rotation, push, etc) or apparatuses, once every other day, ten times constituting one therapeutic course. Results In 35 patients, 27 (77.1%) had excellent results, 7 good and one fair, the good rate was 97.1%. Conclusions Foot reflective therapeutics can regulate functions of viscera and dredge meridians on the basis of its convenient and effective characters.

Objective To analyse the diagnosis characteristics of the aged and non-aged patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).Methods 192 inpatients suspected DCM from 2004 to 2006 were analysed retrospectively, as the groups of the aged (≥60 y) and non-aged (<60 y). Results The percentage of the aged group with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) or ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) was obviously higher than that of the non-aged group (P<0.01 and P<0.05, respectively). The percentage of the non-aged group with alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) or viral cardiomyopathy (VCM) was higher than that of the aged group(P<0.01). Conclusion There are various diseases similar to DCM should be identified. The causes leading to DCM are different in the aged and non-aged patients.

Objective To explore the effect of health education path on care and household rehabilitation in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods 100 CP children from June to December, 2012 were divided into experimental group (n=50) and control group (n=50). The control group was given conventional health education, while the experimental group along with the health education path. Mastery rates of disease knowledge and family rehabilitation methods, cooperation rate, and care satisfaction rate of parents was assessed before discharge.Results Mastery rates of disease knowledge, family rehabilitation methods, cooperation rate, and care satisfaction rate of parents were higher in the experimental group than in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Application of health education path can rule the health education of nurses, and improve the CP patient's satisfaction and compliance.

Autophagy generally exists in organisms as a protective mechanism against external pressure, and myocardial autophagy plays a vital role to maintain myocardial function. Early exercise-based rehabilitation improves health-related quality of life and functional capacity after acute myocardial infarction. This paper summarized the role of autophagy in sport rehabilitation for myocardial infarction and possible mechanisms.

Papers on mycorrhizas were searched from SCI (Science Citation Index) database. In order to understand the research progress of mycorrhizas in China, the paper on mycorrhizas from 1989 to 2007 was analyzed with method of bibliometrics. Mycorrhizal researches showed an increasing tendency during 1989 to 2007, while the increase was obviously accelerated after 2000. Only 5.22% of the articles were published in journals with impact factor above 5, indicates that the academic levels of researches need being enhanced. Currently the research on mycorrhizas was mainly focused on Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), especially on effects of mycorrhizal fungi on plant physiology, effects of mycorrhizal fungi on resistance of host plants, Mycorrhizal diversity community and ecological distribution, and phytoremediation with Mycorrhizal plants. The future research should emphasize in phytoremediation with Mycorrhizal plants and identification of fungal species with molecular biological technology.

Using hybridoma technique,17 hybridoma cell lines against astrocyte were ob-tained.The screening test of McAb showed:(1)Using immune enzymatic histochemistryfixed cell staining method all of 17 McAb reacted with astrocyte,(2) Using immuneenzymatic histochemistry viable cell staining method,eight of seventeen McAb react-ed with astrocyte.As to biological properties of McAb results were as follows:(1)Seven of eight McAb that showed positive reaction in viable staining assay have di-fferent degree of cytotoxicity to astrocyte,thymocyte and spleen cell in presence ofcomplement,one of eight has specific cytotoxicity only to astrocyte.(2) McAb(2C)possesses blocking effect on astrocyte,thymocyte and spleen cell proliferation respon-sive to various kind of mitogen.Furthmore,it has been found LPS may promote theproliferation of astrocytes and secreting interleukin 1(IL-1)-like substance This IL-1like substance seems to have a mutiple biological activities,i.e:(1)Thymocyte prolife-ration.(2) Fibroblast(L929 cell) proliferation and(3) Endogenous pyrogen activities.

The experience in the management of 108 cases of deeply situated meningiomas is presented. Complete removal of the tumor has been possible in 83 cases (76.9%), partial resection in 22 cases (20.3%). The surgical results were excellent in 72.2% and fair in 16.7%. Early diagnosis and an attempt to remove completely of such tumors should always be considered as the treatment of choice. In order to reach this goal, we propose:(a)wide exposure, induced hypotension, hypothermia, interruption of the blood supply at the base of the tumor, and careful hemos-tasis are essential; (b) in addition, microsurgical dissection to avoid injury of the neighbouring important structures as well as vital areas of the brain are mandatory. The removal of an unusual giant mening-ioma arising in the medial aspect of the sphenoid ridge illustrated these points well. The tumor was13?10?8cm in size and 864g in weight. The patient recovered uneventfully and his general condition has remained good for years. Recent CT scan showed no recurrence.