Budd-Chiari Syndrome ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Angiography ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Ultrasonography

Child ; Fibroma ; Humans ; Male ; Nasal Cavity ; pathology ; Nose Neoplasms

Objective To investigate the effects of different concentrations of lauromacrogol intravenous injection on the thrombosis and vascular walls through the animal experiment.Methods Thirty ear marginal veins of rabbits whose weight ranged from 2.5 kg to 3.0 kg and whose sex was not limited were divided randomly into six groups:1.0 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.9 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.8 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.7 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.6 ％ lauromacrogol group and normal saline group.The local veins and their side tissue were cut off for samples for HE staining and VEGF expression detected by immunohistochemistry at the first day,third day,fifth day and seventh day after injection.Results Visual observation and HE staining showed that 1.0 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.9 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.8 ％ lauromacrogol group and 0.7 ％ lauromacrogol group had thrombosis in veins after injection,0.6 ％ lauromacrogol group and normal saline group did not have thrombosis in veins after injection.The score of VEGF expression showed that 1.0 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.9 ％ lauromacrogol group,0.8 ％ lauromacrogol group and 0.7 ％ lauromacrogol group did not have statistically significant differences between groups and different time point (P＞ 0.05) and there were statistically significant differences between 0.6 ％ lauromacrogol group and other four groups (P＜0.05) in each time point.Conclusions From these animal experiments lauromacrogol shows the effect of vascular injury and thrombosis,eventually leading to the injected vein disappeared in 0.7 ％ lauromacrogol group.

Dental Bonding ; methods ; Dentin ; Dentin-Bonding Agents ; chemistry ; Electricity ; Humans

Objective To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and clinical outcome in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy underwent cervical nerve root decompression using the anterior percutaneous endoscopic surgery.Methods Eleven subjects consisting of 6 men and 5 women treated from July 2012 to December 2013 were enrolled in the study.Mean age was 42.1 years (range, 27 to 63 years).All were diagnosed to be unilateral single-segment injury involving C3/4 in 1 case, C4/5 in 2 cases, C5/6 in 6 cases and C6/7 in 2 cases.Because of unsatisfactory results 6 week following the non-operative treatment, the patients were operated on using the anterior percutaneous endoscopic osteophyte removal and nerve root decompression.Operation time, postoperative complications, visual analogue scale (VAS) and modified Macnab scale were recorded.Results Operation time was (102.5 ± 21.3) min (range, 80-140 min).Nine patients were followed up for 12 months and no complications were noted.VAS improved significantly at postoperative 3 days and 1, 3, 6, as well as 12 months compared to the preoperative value (P ＜ 0.01).Modified Macnab scale presented great improvement at postoperative 3 and 12 months compared to the preoperative value (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion The technique is reliable and effective in treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.

BACKGROUND: Dopaminergic neurons differentiated from neural stem cells have been successfully used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease rats; however, the survival rate of transplanted cells has been low. Most cells die of apoptosis as a result of the formation of oxygen free radical and lipid peroxidation.OBJECTIVE: To observe resveratrol (Res) effects on survival of transplanted cells, transplanted efficacy and dopaminergic differentiation from neural stem cells in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: Randomized controlled animal experiments were performed at the Animal Experiment Center,Sun Yat-sen University from October 2007 to June 2008.MATERIALS: Thirty-two adult, healthy, male Sprague Dawley rats were equally and randomly assigned to model control, dopaminergic neuron, Res and combination groups. Four healthy Sprague Dawley rat embryos at gastational days 14-15 were selected and fetal rats were used for isolation and culture of neural stem cells. Res (Jingmal Biotech, Shenzhen, China) was used for this study.METHODS: Neural stem cells derived from the mesencephalon of embryonic rats were isolated and cultured in vitro, and passaged in serum-free culture medium containing epidermal growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor, and then differentiated into dopaminergic neurons in differentia.ion medium. Parkinson's disease rat models were established by the injection of 6-hydroxydopamine in each group. Rats in the dopaminergic neuron group was injected with 3 pL cell suspension (1×10 cells/μL) containing dopaminergic neurons in the corpus striatum. Rats in the Res group received 3 μL of Ras (40 mg/L).Rats in the combination group were subjected to 3 μL of Res (40 mg/L) + 3 μL cell suspension (1×105 calls/μL) containing dopaminergic neurons. Rats in the model control group received 3 ×L of DMEM/F12 culture medium.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The percentage of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons in differentiated cells. The alteration of rotational asymmetry and the survival of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons in graft areas of Parkinson's disease rats after transplantation.RESULTS: Flow cytometry demonstrated that survival rate of tyrosine hydroxytase-positive neurons was (17.8 ±4.2)% at 6 days following differentiation. Compared to the model control group, the rotational asymmetry was significantly improved at 10 days (P < 0.01), was significantly decreased at 20 days following transplantation in the combination group (P < 0.01). At 10-60 days following transplantation, the number of rotational asymmetry was significantly lower in the combination group than in the dopaminergic neuron group (P < 0.01). Tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons were not determined in the Res and model control groups. The number of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons was significantly more in the combination group than in the dopaminergic neuron group (P < 0.01).CONCLUSION: Res can increase survival rate of transplanted cells in the corpus striatum, and improve rotational asymmetry in rat models of Parkinson's disease following transplantation of dopaminergic neurons differentiated from neural stem cells.Ke CL, Chen BL, Yu ZH, Huang ZS.Effects of resveratrol on the transplantation of neural stem call-derived dopaminergic neurons in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.Zhongguo Zuzhi Gongcheng Yanjiu yu Linchuang Kangfu. 2009;13(27): 5281-5285.[http://www.crter.on http://en.zglckf.com]

Objective: To study the influence of high cell incubating temperature on AMP-activated protein kinase(AMPK) activity and lipid metabolites of piglets hepatocytes in vitro.Method: Primary hepatocytes of piglets about age 55d were separated and cultured under 37 ℃(control) or 42 ℃(heat stress).The anabolic and catabolic products of [14C]-oleic acid were detected for hepatocytes and culture media at 60min,120min and 180min.There were 9 replicates per time point.Result: Heat stress activated AMPK activity and enhanced fatty acid oxidation.The production of [14C]-CO2 and [14C]-acid soluble metabolites(ASM) was higher in heat stress group than in the control.At the same time,heat stress depressed the incorporation of [14C]-oleate into phospholipids,monoglycerides,triglycerides,cholesterol and cholesteryl ester.Conclusion: Heat stress activated AMPK activity and enhanced the formation of anabolic products and depressed catabolic products in piglets hepatocytes in vitro.

Objective To explore the effects of low frequency electric stimulation on the clinical manifes- tation and its influence on the level of plasma Endothelin (ET),atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP),thromboxane B_2 (TXB_2),angiotensinⅡ(AngⅡ),Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide(CGRP) and Neuron-specific Enolase(NSE) and its clinical significance in the patients with vertebrobasilar insufficiency(VBI). Methods One hundred and tewenty cases of VBI patients were randomly divided into two groups:a treatment group and a control group.Both groups received routine drug treatment.The treatment group (n=60) was also treated with low frequency electric stimulation at bilateral mastoid processfes in addition.The improved rate of the clinical symptom,the plasma level of ET,ANP,TXB_2,AngⅡ,GRP and NSE were observed after treatment. Results The patients treated in the treatment group had significantly better outcome than the control group in terms of symptom relief.The effective rate was 87.93% and 67.80% in the treatment group and control group,respectively(P