BACKGROUND:Cartilage is an avascular tissue and has a limited capacity for self-repair after injury. There are various methods for the treatment of articular cartilage injury ranging from conservation therapy to invasive surgery. With the development of tissue engineering technology, it provides a new way for treating articular cartilage injury. OBJECTIVE:To review the new development of tissue engineering technology for repairing articular cartilage injury. METHODS:The PubMed database and CNKI database were retrieved for articles from 2000 to 2013 by the first author with computer in May 2013. The key words were“cartilage tissue engineering, cartilage defect, stem cell, scaffold, growth factor”in English and Chinese. A total of 64 articles were included which related to cartilage regeneration and cartilage tissue engineering. For the articles in the same field, those published recently or in authorized journals were selected. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The three elements of cartilage tissue engineering, seed cells, scaffolds and cytokines, must be coordinated and mutual y beneficial development. At present, the research of tissue engineering for repairing articular cartilage injury has made a great progress. But the application in clinic has not enforced yet which is limited in experimental exploration stage. With the continuous development of new materials, the new tissue engineering cartilage repair materials should meet the requirement of material science and biological science, thus making the materials closely meet the biological characteristics of the self tissues. The animal studies wil turn to clinical experiments with the support of new technique, which make a breakthrough in the treatment of articular cartilage injury.

Objective To investigate the relationship of the expression characteristics of CD4 + CD25 + Foxp3 + Treg cells and CD4 + IL-17 + Th17 cells and the progress of the elderly patients with laryngeal cancer.Methods Sixty elderly patients diagnosed as laryngeal cancer in our hospital from January 2013 to June 2014 were chosen.Among them,28 cases had lymph node metastasis and 32 without.Thirty cases without laryngeal diseases were chosen as control.The peripheral blood of elderly patients with laryngeal cancer and normal controls was extracted.The expression levels of Treg and Th17 cells in all groups were detected with flow cytometry,and the expression changes of Foxp3,RORγt in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) were detected with real time quantitative PCR.Results Compared with the control group,CD4 + CD25 + Foxp3 + Treg and CD4 + IL-17 + Th17 cell percentage,Treg and Th17 cells specific transcription factor Foxp3,RORγt expression levels in elderly laryngeal cancer patients without lymph node metastasis were significantly higher (t=9.817,P=0.018; t=12.120,P=0.009; t=6.090,P=0.023; t=7.130,P=0.028).Compared with elderly laryngeal cancer patients without lymph node metastasis,Treg and Th17 cell percentage and Foxp3,RORγt expression levels were significantly increased (t =9.070,P =0.014; t =12.140,P =0.009; t =10.130,P =0.009 ; t =13.070,P =0.008),and the ratios of Th17/Treg and Foxp3/RORγt were significantly lower (2.401 ± 0.614 vs 3.763 ± 0.959 ; 0.401 ± 0.075 vs 0.563 ± 0.091 ; t =9.070,P =0.014 ; t =11.140,P =0.007) in elderly laryngeal cancer patients with lymph node metastasis.Conclusion In elderly patients with laryngeal cancer,Treg cells and Th17 cells imbalance is positively correlated to disease progression.Therefore,monitoring and correcting the expression levels of Treg and Th17 cells may be important for the diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of the elderly patients with laryngeal cancer.

Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Intervertebral Disc Displacement ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; surgery ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Thoracic Vertebrae ; surgery ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To explore the effects of sensory system obstacle on balance ability of patients with hemiplegia after stroke. Methods20 patients with hemiplegia after stroke (experimental group) and 20 normal people (control group) received Sensory Organization Test(SOT) with Smart Equitest Balance Master system. The balance index and the sensory index were accessed. Results The scores of the balanceindex in the experimental group were lower than in the control group in EC, SV, EOSS, ECSS, SVSS (P<0.05). The scores of somatosensory,visual and vestibular indexes in the experimental group were lower than in the control group (P<0.05), especially for vestibular index.Conclusion The sensory loss caused the balance dysfunction in patients with stroke.

Objective To assess the short-term effects and adverse reactions of combination regimen of gemcitabine, nedaplatin and paclitaxel for patients with metastatic cisplatin-resistant nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods A total of 15 patients with metastatic cisplatin-resistant NPC were enrolled. All patients were treated with a combination regimen including gemcitabine with 1000 mg/m2 on day 1st and 8th, nedaplatin with 70 mg/m2 on day 1st and paclitaxel with 135 mg/m2 on day 1st, repeated every 21 days. Response was evaluated according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria 3.0. Results The overall response rate was 40.0 %, with a complete response rate of 6.7 % (1/15) and a partial response rate of 33.3 % (5/15). Six patients (40.0 %) had stable disease and 3 patients (20.0 %) had progressive disease. The median time to progression (TTP) was 4.7 months and the median overall survival was 6.3 months. Hematological toxicities were the adverse reaction with 40.0 % of leucopenia, 6.7 % of anemia and 20.0 % thrombocytopenia. One patient needed for platelet transfusion. Other adverse reactions were mild. Conclusion The combination regimen of gemcitabine, nedaplatin and paclitaxel is feasible as second-line chemotherapy in patients with metastatic cisplatin-resistant NPC.

PurposeTo evaluate the existence and extent of magnetic resonance(MR) artifacts caused by frequently used metallic dental materials and to compare the influence of different MRI sequences on artifacts.MethodsA total of 22 kinds and 25 metallic dental samples were tested with 1.5 T MR imager and gradient-echo sequence. Spin-echo and fast spin-echo were added to parts of these samples. Results Of all the 25 metallic dental samples, 11 including gold, amalgam, and silver point did not produce artifact. Titanium alloy and porcelain product fused in metal had mild artifacts. Whereas the remaining 12 samples such as the retention pin and pivot pin showed severe artifacts. Artifacts produced by retention pin, nickel chromium crown and so on were less severe on fast spin-echo. ConclusionsAttention should be paid to some of the metallic dental materials, which could cause severe MR artifacts and image degradation, when undergoing face,jaw and head MR examination. Artifacts can be alleviated by using proper metallic materials or choosing proper imaging sequence and parameters.

Gout ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Humans ; Radiography ; Tartrates ; analysis ; Young Adult

Erythromelalgia ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Mercury Poisoning ; complications ; Middle Aged

Objective To systematically evaluate the health status and intervention measures in the US Armed Forces, and to provide reference for the development of health promotion strategies in our army.Methods The PubMed, Medline, Springer, Elservier, HighWire and CNKI Database were searched electronically, with assigned search strategy for American military health status and intervention measures published from Jan.1997 to Dec.2015.Results There were 25 of pieces literature about training injury, low back pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and cardiovascular disease that were screened.Conclusion The main health problems facing the US Armed Forces and the focus of the intervention measures involved training injuries, low back pain, mental illness and cardiovascular disease.Protection of military health is shifting from the single disease prevention to diversified comprehensive maintenance in the new era.

Objective To study the sensitivity and reliability of rat skin anaphylactoid test method, detect and evaluate the anaphylactoid reaction of traditional Chinese medecine injection. Methods The condition of rat skin anaphylactoid test was optimized by studying the influencing factors of sensitivity and reliability of test with C48/80 as a tool drug, Tween80, endotoxin, China cobra toxin, trichosanthin injection, Tanreqing injection and Xuesaitong injection were investigated. Results The best conditions of rat skin anaphylactoid test was as follows:intrademal inject the drug with insulin syringe, 50-100μL per point, immediately inject 0.5%Evans blue dye 1 mL though caudal vein, 15 min later, kill the rat by carotid artery bleeding, clip dorsal skin to do the test. With this method, Tween80, endotoxin, China cobra toxin and trichosanthin injection all can induce blue stain in rat skin. Tanreqing injection showed no blue stain at the clinical dose. Xuesaitong injection although can induce blue stain in rat skin at the clinical dose, but the results cannot exclude the interference of its pharmacological function. Conclusion The method is simple with short test cycle, less dose of test drug, high detection sensitivity and good reproducibility, but some drug can show false positive result due to its own property.