Objective To investigate the diagnostic value and clinical significance of phosphorylated signal transducer and activa-tor of transcription 3(pSTAT3)in malignant pleural effusion(MPE)caused by lung adenocarcinoma.Methods 47 pleural effusion samples were collected and detected by using liquid-based cytologic test (LCT).Furthermore,the expression of pSTAT3 was detec-ted by using the method of immunocytochemistry in all of the specimens.Results Among the 47 cases of pleural effusion,40 cases of MPE were caused by lung adenocarcinoma and 7 cases were benign pleural effusion,which were confirmed by clinical manifesta-tion,biopsy and imaging data.The positive expression rate of pSTAT3 was 80.0%(32/40)in MPE caused by lung adenocarcino-ma,significantly higher than benign group(P <0.05).13 cases of MPE caused by lung adenocarcinoma and 7 cases of benign pleural effusion were diagnosed with liquid-based cytologic test alone.The other 27 cases were undetermined and needed to be differentiate between adenocarcinoma and atypical mesothelial cells.However,32 cases of lung adenocarcinoma and 7 cases could be clearly diag-nosed if liquid-based cytologic test was used combined with immunocytochemistry detection of pSTAT3 expression.Only 8 cases were undetermined.Diagnosis of grey area was significantly narrowed.There was significant statistical significance between the two methods(P <0.05).Conclusion High expression of pSTAT3 is related to the MPE caused by lung adenocarcinoma.Detection of pSTAT3 expression can be used as a new method in the diagnosis of MPE caused by lung adenocarcinoma.pSTAT3 may play an important role in the development of the MPE.

OBJECTIVE: To study the curative effect of Sodium Ferulate( SF) on rheumatoid arthritis( RA) and its effects on the levels of serum vascular endothelial growth factor( VEGF) and tumor necrosis factor- ? ( TNF- ? ) . METHODS: A total of 43 patients with RA were randomly divided into trial group and the control group: conventional treatment was adopted in both groups, but the trial group was treated additionally with SF injection for 4 consecutive weeks. Serum levels of VEGF and TNF- ? before and after treatment were determined by the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay( ELISA) . RESULTS: The total effective rate in the trial group the control group were 91. 30% vs. 75. 00% ( P

Objective To investigate the incidence of middle ear barotrauma due to hybaric oxygen therapy by using Health Education Atlas.Methods 100 patients were divided into two groups by random number table. The research group(49 patients)was educated by Health Education Atlas.The control group(51 patients)was educated by traditional education approach.During the first three days,we observed and recorded the eardrum injury and asked patients ear discomfort everyday.Results The incidence rate of middle ear barotrauma of the research group was 6.1%,which of the control group was 19.6%.The eardrum injury of the research group was milder than the control group(χ2 =4.02,P <0.05).Conclusion Education using Health Education Atlascan reduce the incidence of middle ear barotrauma due to hybaric oxygen therapy.

AIM: To construct prokaryotic expression vector of human angiogenesis inhibitor arresten gene and express recombinant arresten in Escherichia coli. METHODS: Human arresten gene was amplified from recombinant plasmid pGEM-Arr with polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and then cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pRSET by means of recombinant gene technology. The recombinant plasmid pRSET-Arr was transformed into E.coli BL21(DE3), and recombinant arresten was expressed in the bacteria under induction of IPTG. The expressed products were detected by SDS-PAGE analysis. RESULTS: Restriction analysis indicated that the arresten gene was successfully inserted into the expression vector, and DNA sequencing verified that the reading frame of the recombinant vector was correct. Recombinant arresten was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli; its molecular weight was about 26 kD and its amount was approximately 30% of total bacterial proteins.CONCLUSION: The successful construction of prokaryotic expression vector containing human arresten gene and the effective expression of recombinant arresten in Escherichia coli laid the foundation for further study on its biological functions.

Objective:To establish a new approach to synthesis of diethyl N-[4-[(2,4-diaminopyrido [3,2-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)methylamino]benzoyl]-L-glutamate.Methods:Target compound (5) was syn-thesized by the use of (2,4-dioxo-tetrahydropyridopyrimidin-6-yl) methyl acetate (1) as starting material via hydrolysis, chlorination, condensation with diethyl (p-aminobenzoyl)glutamate and aminolysis.Re-sults:A new approach to synthesis of diethyl N-[4-[(2,4-diaminopyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)methyl-amino]benzoyl]-L-glutamatewas established .This synthetic route has hydrolysis reaction , chlorination, diethyl N-( p-aminobenzoyl )-L-glutamate condensation reaction and ammonolysis reaction .The total yield is 36.7%.The structures of those compounds have identified by 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance , 13 C nu-clear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry .This synthetic route avoid the unstable brominated re-action product and improves the harsh condition of ammonolysis reaction .Conclusion:The new synthetic route has improved the reaction condition and the stability of the intermediate , and increased the extent of the derivative compounds , which has great significance to anti-folic acid of anti-tumor inhibitor synthesis .

Objective To analyze the correlation of real-time fluorescent quantitation PCR(FQ-PCR)for detecting HCV-RNA loading and the chemiluminescence immunoassay(CLIA)for detecting anti-HCV antibody.Methods 587 samples of anti-HCV an-tibody positive detected by CLIA were furteher detected HCV-RNA by FQ-PCR.Results Among 587 samples of anti-HCV anti-body positive by the CLIA screening,225 samples were HCV-RNA negative and 362 samples were HCV-RNA positive detected by FQ-PCR,and the positive rate was 61 .67%,moreover,which was positively correlated with the S/CO ratio detected by CLIA.Con-clusion The positive rate of HCV-RNA is positively correlated with the S/CO ratio detected by CLIA.The result of HCV-RNA can be predicted according to the S/CO ratio.

Objective To investigate the role of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) of endothelium or bone marrow derived cells in the acute lung injury (ALI) induced by lipopolyscccharide (LPS) in mice with reciprocal bone marrow transplantation. Method Chimeric mice were produced by reciprocal bone marrow transplantation between TLR4mut/mut and TLR4+/+ mice and divided into 4 groups: WT/WT (recipient/donor),WT/Mutant, Mutant/WT and Mutant/Mutant group. Six to eight weeks following transplantation, LPS was injected inot mice's tail vein in order to produce ALI model,and mice were sacrificed five hours later on.Samples of lung tissues were taken for the following analysis of wet/dry weight (W/D), lung permeabifity index (LPI), myeloperoxidase (MPO),levels of cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β) and adhesion molecules (ICAM-1). Results Lung injury in the Mutant/Mutant mice was the mildest in the 4 groups. And lung injury in WT/Mutant mice was more serious than that in Mutant/WT mice. levels of MPO and ICAM-1 in WT/Mutant mice were much higher than those of Mutant/WT. In addition,the expression of ICAM-1 in WT/Mutant mice is comarable to that in WT/WT mice. Mutant/WT mice expressed higher levels of TNF-α and IL-1β than WT/Mutant mice. Conclusions Endothelial cell derived TLR4 plays ker-nel role in ALI induced by LPS via lung PMN recruitment,although bone marrow cells derived TLR4 are more im-portant for the release of cytokines.

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of Epstein-Barr virus EBV DNA in children with Epstein-Barr virus infection realated diseases.Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed.Totally 222 blood samples were collected from children who were diagnosed as EBV infection in Shandong Provincial Hospital from June 2012 to August 2013.Fluorescent quantitative PCR( FQ-PCR) was used to analyze the EBV DNA in peripheral blood lymphocytes.ELISA was used to analyze the four EBV serology antibodies in the serum.Two groups of tested results were compared.Heart, hepatic impairment and renal function were analyzed through detecting AST, ALT, BUN, CREA, CK, CKMB.The results were grouped by EBV DNA copy number, and then non-parametric test together with correlation analysis was performed using SPSS21.0 analytics software.Results The positive rate of EBV-CA IgM and EBV DNA was 51.35%(114/222) and 72.97% (162/222) respectively, χ2 =24.01, P<0.001.The EBV DNA copy number was significant difference (χ2 =11.79,P<0.05) in children at different stages of infection ( no previous infection:6.30 ×103 -1.20 ×104 copies/ml;early infection:5.56 ×103 -3.92 ×106 copies/ml;acute infection:6.58 ×103 -1.73 ×106 copies /ml;chronic infection or recurrent infection:8.92 ×103 -2.34 ×104 copies/ml;late infection or recovery:5.20 ×103 -1.12 ×107 copies/ml;past infection:5.46 × 103 -1.33 ×104 copies/ml).Each biochemical targets were divided into five groups by EBV DNA copy number (Ⅰ>1 ×106 copies/ml,Ⅱ1 ×105 -1 ×106 copies/ml, Ⅲ1 ×104 -1 ×105 copies/ml, Ⅳ5 × 103 -1 ×104 copies/ml, Ⅴ<5 ×103 copies/ml), and ALT(χ2 =10.14,P<0.05), BUN(χ2 =18.17, P<0.05), CK(χ2 =13.09,P<0.05), CKMB(χ2 =17.93,P<0.01) had a statistically significant difference between each group.Well, the log value of EBV DNA copy number had a positive correlation relationship with AST(r=0.357,P=0.001), ALT(r=0.376,P=0.001), BUN(r=0.329,P=0.000), CK(r=0.235,P=0.035).Conclusions Detection of EBV DNA can be used for the early diagnosis and assessment of process of the EBV infection related disease in children.The detection of liver, kidney function and myocardial enzymes can be used for evaluating the severity of EBV infection.

Objective: To establish the Wistar rat model of acute diquat poisoning and observe the pathological damage of main target organs. Methods: Thirty-six Wistar rats were randomly divided into six groups (n=6) , including one normal saline control group and five treatment groups which were separately given single-dose of intragastric administration at the doses of 46.2 mg/kg, 77.0 mg/kg, 115.5 mg/kg, 231.0 mg/kg and 346.5 mg/kg. The pathological changes of lung, liver and kidney were observed by hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and Masson staining. The optimal dose was determined according to the general situation and pathological changes. Thirty-six Wistar rats were randomly divided into five treatment groups and one normal saline control group. Treatment groups were given single-dose of intragastric administration according to the optimal dose. The rats were sacrificed at 1st, 3rd, 7th, 11th and 14th day after exposed, respectively. The activity of serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (ALT) and glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase (AST) were measured by chemical colorimetry. The pathological changes of lung, liver and kidney were observed by HE and Masson staining. Results: According to 14 d survival rate, the toxic symptoms and pathological changes, 115.50 mg/kg was determined the best dose. Given single-dose of intragastric administration at the doses of 115.50 mg/kg, it was found that the serum AST and ALT activity of rats on the first and third day of exposure was significant higher than those in control group. The results of pathological examination exhibited that in 115.50 mg/kg group, the pathological changes of lung, liver and kidney began to appear on the first day of exposure, the pathological changes were the most serious on the third day, and then gradually alleviated. On the 14th day, the alveolar septum was slightly widened, with inflammatory cell infiltration, local alveolar cavity became narrow, atrophy, peripheral alveolar compensation, bronchi and alveolar septum collagen fiber proliferation; The local renal tubular epithelial cells were enlarged and necrotic; the central vein surrounding hepatic cells showed vacuolar degeneration with punctate necrosis. Conclusion The rat model of acute diquat poisoning can be successfully induced by single-dose of intragastric administration. The condition of wistar rats and the pathological damage of the main target organs could be observed during the whole course of 115.50 mg/kg administration.