Many studies have been conducted at home and abroad about carotid artery stenting to treat carotid artery stenosis. However, it is limited by the complications such as perioperative ischemia. Carotid artery stenting with cerebral protection devices can omit the procedure to block blood flow and can know the treatment condition through angiography. The results of comprehensive data show that carotid artery stenting is an efficient treatment technique, and can reduce the biocompatible responses of the host. In addition, carotid artery stenting with cerebral protection devices is a safe and effective therapy for high-riskcarotid artery atherosclerotic stenosis in the elderly.

The microbial community structure of 4 kinds of sponges in South China Sea were revealed using culture-independent PCR- DGGE gene fingerprint technique as well as the mixed culturable microorganism. The relationship between the culturable and un-culturable microorganism was studied based on the different fingerprint profile. It was found that there is host specificity for microorganism in different sponges from the same marine area. Culture condition such as medium is an important factor for sponge-associated microbial cultivation and the culturable microorganism amount to only a little part of the total sponge-associated microorganisms.

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and management of congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (CHPS) associated with intestinal malrotation (IM) in infants.Methods The clinical data of 6 cases with CHPS and IM admitted in our hospital from Jan 2003 to Dec 2009 were reviewed,including clinical presentation,symptoms and information of imageology.Results Through barium meal examination and sonography,4 cases were diagnosed CHPS and IM,pyloromyotomy and Ladd's procedure were performed;two cases were diagnosed CHPS,only pyloromyotomy was done,secondary operation was performed for recrudescence of vomiting.All the cases were followed up for 1 to 3 years with good prognosis.Conclusion The etiology of CHPS with IM isn't clear.The diagnosis of IM may be delayed because the symptoms of IM can be masked by that of CHPS.It is helpful for diagnosis of this disease to have barium meal and sonography examination.Good prognosis will be achieved if prompt preoperative diagnosis and operation can be done.

Objective To optimize the conditions of process for extraction of volatile oil of Rhizoma Zedoariae (RZ) in Weishu Granules and preparation of its ? - cyclodextrin- inclusion complexes. Methods Orthogonal design was adopted. Extraction content of RZ volatile oil was used as the index for the optimizing of extraction process. The amount of inclusion complexes and efficient inclusion rate served as the indexes for the optimizing of inclusion process. Ultraviolet spectrophotometry was applied to detect the content of volatile oil. Results The optimal extraction conditions were: gringding the crude RZ into coarse grains, adding 12- fold water and distilling the mixture for 6 h; the optimal inclusion conditions were: ? - cyclodextrin and volatile oil were mixed in the proportion of 8 :1, 2- fold water was added into the mixture and the mixture was triturated for 60 min. The maximum UV spectrum absorbance of aethylis acetas liquor of valatile oil located at wavelength of 253nm. Conclusion Higher extraction rate of RZ volatile oil can be achieved by this technique; volatile oil is powdered and its stability increased after being included by ? - cyclodextrin.

ObjectiveTo investigate the expression and relationship between phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosome ten(PTEN) and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) in bladder transitional cell carcinoma(BTCC) and their clinical significance.MethodsExpression of PTEN and VEGF were detected in 60 specimens by immunohistochemistry test(SP method).ResultsThe positive rate of PTEN was 47%(28/60) in BTCC;VEGF was 68%(41/60).With the pathological grade and the clinical stage of tumors being higher,the lower expression level of PTEN showed(P<0.05);while the expression of VEGF increased with no statistical significance(P>0.05),but having a significant difference between specimens with lymph nodes metastasis and without lymph nodes metastasis(P<0.05).The expression of PTEN was negatively correlated with that of VEGF(r=-0.439,P<0.01).ConclusionThe expression of PTEN and VEGF in BTCC plays an important role during the progress of carcinoma and is helpful to evaluate the prognosis of patients.

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One of significant characteristics of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time of flight mass spectrometry ( MALD-TOF/TOF ) high-energy collision induced dissociation ( CID ) is to produce abundant immonium ( IM ) ions that can offer a wealth of information for peptide composition. However, MALDI-TOF/TOF is generally used for routine protein identification based on database search or de novo sequencing combined with chemical derivation. Consequently, the characteristics of IM ions may not be fully explored and utilized. Here, a total of 239 MS/MS spectra are used to explore the fragmentation features of IM ions with MALDI TOF/TOF spectrometry and their application for peptide identification. IM ion signals can be observed for 14 kinds of amino acids including histidine etc with a positive rate of more than 50%. We have found that the chemical nature of the amino acids and position effects are the two main factors that affect the intensity of fragment ions. In addition, false positive IM ions are mainly derived from Arg, Lys, Leu and Ile residues or mixture peptides. Besides the compositional information, partial sequence information can also be obtained by a comparison of the relative intensity of IM ions. These findings are helpful when performing manual interpretations and could be useful for improving current peptide search algorithms.

Objective T To investigate the effect of sirolimus (SRL) on the differentiation,development,and maturation of mice bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DC),and the synergic effects of them in prolonging survival time of skin allograft.Methods (1) DC of C57BL/6 mice were derived from bone marrow cells upon culture with SRL. The expression of CD11c,CD86 and major histocompatibility complex (MHCⅡ) molecules was assessed with or without lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation by flow cytometry; (2) The capacity of DC administrated by SRL to stimulate allogeneic T lymphocyte proliferation was examined by mixed lymphocyte culture (MLR); (3) A skin transplantation model was established with the recipients BALB/c mice and the donor C57BL/6 mice. Recipients were divided into control group (there was no administration before skin transplantation),immature DC group (injection of donor C57BL/6 mice immature dendritic cells 2?10 6 via tail vein before skin transplantation),SRL group (receiving oral SRL 3 mg/kg every day for 7 days before skin transplantation),combined group (receiving an injection of donor C57BL/6 mice immature DC via tail vein and of oral SRL before skin transplantation),and isogeneic group (in which the donors and recipients were both BALB/c mice and there was no administration before skin transplantation). Survival time and histological changes of skin allograft were observed in different groups.Results (1) CD11c expression on the DC in the presence of SRL was slightly decreased,but CD86 and MHCⅡ molecules significantly decreased,and SRL treatment could resist the stimulation of LPS; (2) MLR revealed that DC administrated by SRL could inhibit allogeneic T lymphocyte proliferation; (3) SRL treatment in combination with donor immature DC before transplantation could alleviate inflammation and prolong survival time of skin allograft in mice.Conclusions SRL does not alter differentiation but inhibit the maturation of DC. Sirolimus can cooperate with immature DC to prolong survival time of skin allograft in mice.

0.05). Conclusion The present data suggest that both GG252 and AA804 genotypes of the LTA gene are not the risk factors of MI. Further evaluations in adequately powered large studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Objective Tumor vessels were foundation of tumors’formation,growth and metastasis,and the destruction of a spot of them would lead to wide avascular necrosis of tumor cells,so the specific killing effect on tumor vasculature endothelial cells had become one of the most important strategies for tumor therapy. Endostar,a novel recombinant human endostatin expressed and purified with an additional nine-amino acid sequence,is a new anti-drug. This study aimed to determine how endostar to affect the behavior of endothelial cells and tumor endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo. Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells ( HUVEC) was isolated and cultured followed by identification with Ⅷ factor related antigens. The cells differentiated into tumor-derived endothelial cells ( Td-ECs) by co-culturing with supernatants of A549 cells. The anti-effect of endostar on Td-ECs was detected with MTT assay,cell migration assay,flow cytometry and TUNEL assay. Results Endostar had a significant effect on the proliferation of Td-EC in a time-and concentration-dependent manner. At the same time,though Endostar at a certain concentration inhibited cell migration process significantly,arrested the cells at G0 /G1 and S phases and induced cell apoptosis ( P 0. 05) . Conclusion Our study indicates a novel function of endostar,to inhibit and Td-ECs proliferation in vitro. So,using endostar for cancer therapy is worthwhile for further study in clinical trials.