Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic ; Male

In recent years, according to the etiology and pathology researches of slow transit constipation (STC) STC is considered as a kind of "enteric neuropathy", indicating it is a kind of disease caused by abnormity of the enteric nervous system (ENS). Through reviewing the mechanism of acupuncture to regulate STC, it is found out that there is a close relationship between acupuncture regulating STC and ENS. Through various channels including ganglion cells, nerve plexus, neurotransmitter and TRPV1 (the primary sensory neurons receptor of the ENS) of the ENS, acupuncture is likely to make comprehensive adjustment on STC.
Acupuncture Therapy ; Colon ; innervation ; physiopathology ; Constipation ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Enteric Nervous System ; physiopathology ; Humans

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Objective To investigate the status quo of nursing lack in level three first-class hospitals of Zhongshan city,and analyze the relevant reasons.Methods A sample of 765 nurses in 4 tertiary general hospitals completed the modified Missed Nursing Care Survey.Results Assessment,planning,intervention and evaluation were reported to be missed by 9.86％～39.04％,12.05％～44.38％,3.29％～46.85％ and 12.19％～22.05％ of the survey respondents respectively.Reasons for missed care were lack of labor resources(85.48％～93.84％),lack of material resources(80.00％～80.96％),low efficiency of the team (78.08％～86.58％),poor work habits (70.95％～83.84％),and improvement of patients’ needs (88.90％～93.01％).Conclusions Lack of care is widespread,and the degree of lack of each link is different.Reasons lead to the lack of care of nursing staff are higher patients’ demands to nursing work,shortage of nursing staff and unplanned surge of patients’ number.

Objective To observe the effects of fosinopril(FOS),a new generation angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(ACEI),on protein and mRNA expression of transforming growth factor-?_1(TGF-?_1) of rat glomerular mesangial cell(GMC) induced by lipopolysaccharide(LPS);to demonstrate the preventive mechanism against glomerular sclerosis by applying FOS.Methods The cultured GMC in classic way were divided into 3 groups:control group;LPS group;LPS+FOS group.TGF-?_1 concentration in GMC supernatant fluid was detected by ELISA;TGF-?_1 mRNA expression was determined by semiquantitative real-time RT-PCR.Results LPS group was obviously higher than control groups in TGF-?_1 secretion and mRNA expression,while LPS+FOS group decreased distinctively in TGF-?_1 secretion and mRNA expression compared with LPS group.Conclusions FOS has obviously inhibited on TGF-?_1 expression of rat GMC both at protein level and mRNA level,which reveals that it may be an important mechanism by FOS on restraining the development of glomerulosclerosis.

Objective: Our aim was to study whether the cellular bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) profile was associated with the parameters of pulmonary function tests. Methods：Lung function tests and BAL were carried out in 18 untreated, non-smoking patients suffering from sarcoidosis and 18 normal subjects. Results：（1）Lung function tests were normal at rest in patients with sarcoidosis（P＞0.05）, the single breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity decreased (P＜0.05)，and the small airway function decreased too (P＜0.05).（2）The percentage of lymphocytes in BALF of sarcoidosis increased comparing with the normal subjects（P＜0.01），and the ratio of CD+4 to CD+8 in BALF increased significantly in sarcoidosis（P ＜0.05）, furthermore, the increase of both the percentage of lymphocytes and the ratio of CD+4 to CD+8 in BALF of sarcoidosis were well nagatively correlated with the decrease of the percentage of DLCO (r=-0.67, P＜0.01 and r=-0.55, P＜0.05, respectively), the decrease of mid-expiratory flow at 50% of vital capacity (FEF50%) was well correlated with the increase of the percentage of lymphocytes in BALF of sarcoidosis (r=-0.54, P＜0.05). Conclusion：Pulmonary diffusing capacity（DLCO) was significently correlated with BALF lymphocyte phenotype，so was small airway function，and can act as the marker of activity of sarcoidosis.

Objective To investigate the methylation status of the promoter of RASSF1A gene in the tissues of bladder cancer and renal carcinoma and its role in tumorigenesis. Methods Methylation specific PCR (MSP) was used to examine the methylation status of RASSF1A in bladder cancer and renal carcinoma.The specimen included 45 cases of bladder cancer tissues and paired adjacent normal tissues from cystectomy,9 cases of bladder cancer tissues from microresection,3 cases of normal bladder tissues from people without tumor,12 cases of renal carcinoma tissues and paired adjacent normal tissues. Results 30 of 54(55.6%)bladder cancer tissues showed RASSF1A gene aberrant methylation.Of which,26 of 45 ( 57.8 %) bladder cancer tissues from cystectomy showed aberrant methylation,while one of the paired normal tissues showed gene methylation,4 of 9 (44.4%) bladder cancer tissues from microresection showed gene methylation.Eight of 12(66.7%)renal carcinoma tissues showed aberrant methylation,while none of the paired adjacent normal tissues showed gene methylation.None of the three normal bladder tissues showed aberrant methylation.There was no significant correlation between the methylation status and the clinical pathological parameters in bladder cancer tissues from cystectomy,though there was a trend that more frequent methylation was detected in higher stage bladder cancer. Conclusions Hypermethylation of RASSF1A gene in bladder cancer and renal carcinoma suggeste its possible role in the tumorigenesis of both tumors.

Objective To investigate the promoter methylation status and the transcription level of BLU in bladder carcinoma and their significance.Methods The methylation status of promoter and the transcription level of BLU were examined by methylation specific PCR(MSP) and RT-PCR in bladder cancer tissues from 54 patients,adjacent normal tissues from 45 cases and normal bladder tissues from 3 noncancerous patients.Results ① 31.5%(17/54) bladder cancer tissues showed BLU hypermethylation;neither the paired adjacent normal tissues nor the three normal bladder tissues showed BLU hypermethylation.② There was no significant correlation between the methylation status and the clinical pathological parameters in bladder cancer.③ The expression of BLU was absent in 42.2%(19/45) of bladder carcinoma from cystectomy.④ Loss of BLU expression was associated with the stage and grade of the tumor(P