The history of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) was reviewed through summarizing the background and process of the establishment of WFAS. The establishment background was explained in different aspects, named the recovery of acupuncture-Moxibustion in the world, the successive setup of world acupuncture-Moxibustion organizations, the divergences of International Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, striding forward of China reform and opening policy as well as the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO), etc. The establishment of WFAS was introduced on the proposal from eight countries, the important time of the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in China, 1984, divergences and consensus as well as the final phase. The official establishment of WFAS represents the global benefits of acupuncture-Moxibustion colleagues. It is the international organization of acupuncture and moxibustion, contributing to the promotion of acupuncture and moxibustion in the world.
Acupuncture ; history ; organization & administration ; Acupuncture Therapy ; history ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; history ; Societies, Medical ; history

Objective To investigate the effect of high-mobility group box protein1 (HMGB1) on the expression of TNF-αand its mechanism in 16HBE in vitro. Methods groups with different HMGB1 (0, 100, 500, 2 000 ng/mL) concentration was set; RAGE antagonizing groups were as control, HMGB1-2000ng, anti-RAGE and anti-RAGE+HMGB1. The changes of TNF-αmRNA and secretion were determined by quantitative PCR and ELISA. RAGE protein level was measured by western blotting. Results HMGB1 intervention and TNF-α expression of 16HBE presented a positive dose-dependent relationship. Thechanges of RAGE was HMGB1positively concentration dependent. In comparison with HMGB1 2 000 ng/mL group, anti-RAGE+HMGB1showed a remarkable reduction of TNF-α secretion. Conclusion In vitro, HMGB1 increases TNF-α expression in 16HBE with a dose-dependent manner through RAGE.

From cooperation between World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) and World Health Organization, works of academics and standardization, acupuncture-moxibustion education, technique service, organization development, etc., the 27-year development of WFAS since 1987 was summarized and reviewed in details. The growth of WFAS witnesses and promotes the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in the world, so by learning the experience and lessons, WFAS could have a wider path, becoming a core organization for communicating and promoting the development of acupuncture, even the traditional medicine in the world.
Acupuncture ; education ; history ; organization & administration ; standards ; Acupuncture Therapy ; history ; standards ; Global Health ; history ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Humans ; Moxibustion ; history ; standards ; Societies ; history ; World Health Organization

Objective To analyze the factors that influence the disease-free survival time after radical prostatectomy for prostate adenocarcinoma and to study the expression and significance of Bcl-2,C-erbB-2,Ki-67 in prostate adenocarcinoma. Methods A total of 51 cases of prostate adenocarcinoma undergoing radical prostatectomy were reviewed.Cox proportional hazard model was used to investigate the impact and co-impacts of the factors,which included age, preoperative PSA level,Gleason scores of biopsies and operative specimens,EPE,MR,SVI,LN,PAT,PRT and having testes or not during follow-up.Immunohistochemical staining was used in biopsies and resected specimens to evaluate the positivity of Bcl-2,C-erbB-2,Ki-67 in 15 of the 51 cases. Results In stepwise Cox proportional hazards model, the prognostic factors for recurrence were age(P=0.011),maximal androgen blockade(P=0.017), positive margin of resection(P=0.000),postoperative Gleason score(P=0.002),having testes or not after operation(P=0.040).The expressions of 3 types of proteins showed negative correlation with the prognosis of prostate carcinoma. Conclusions Among clinicopathologic factors,positive resected margin is the most powerful prognostic factor.Patients will benefit from maximal androgen blockage before radical prostatectomy.Disease-free survival after radical prostatectomy is not influenced by not having pelvic lymphadenectomy after finding no enlarged lymph nodes intraoperatively.Not preserving testes after prostatectomy is a favorable factor.The prognosis of prostate carcinoma can be predicted with the expressions of Bcl-2,C-erbB-2 and Ki-67 in biopsies or resected specimens.

Objective To explore the enhancement pattern and characterization of hepatic hemangionmas with contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS).Methods A total of 44 patients with 49 nodules preliminary diagnosed of liver hemangioma were included in this study.For each nodule,the enhancement pattern,level,and dynamic change of CEUS were evaluated,and the features of hemangionmas were groups as echoic and compared with those on CEUS.Results All hemangiomas enhanced in arterial phase with centripetal progression in venous and late phase on CEUS,among which 41 lesions showed peripheral nodular enhancement while 8 showed peripheral rim-like enhancement.The whole-tumor enhancement pattern was seen in 13 lesions and part-tumor enhancement was shown in 36 lesions.The performance of part-tumor was independent of tumor echoic and hypoechoic tumors mostly presented to be whole tumor enhancement pattern.During portal venous and late phase,42 lesions showed hyperenhancement,while 7 lesions showed isoenhancement.Conclusions CEUS can suggest the enhancement dynamic characters of hepatic giant hemangionmas and reveals the relationship of grey-scale echoic and enhancement pattern of hemangiomas.It is important to diagnose the hepatic giant hemangionmas for CEUS.

Objective To Compare characteristics between the psychological aids hotline callers who had single attempted suicide and those callers who had repeated attempted suicide. Methods The analysis was conducted on the da?tabase of Beijing psychological aids hotline from Dec., 2002 to Dec., 2008. All the effective callers were consulted by pro?fessional hotline operators. During the calling, the callers were interviewed on their attempted suicides, depression and 11 correlates associated with caller's suicidal behaviors. Results Among 4519 callers who had attempted suicide, 2441 (54%) of them had attempted suicide once, and the other 2078 (46.0%) callers had repeated suicide attempts. After ad?justed for gender, age, and the other 4 demographic variables, history of being abused (OR=1.35, 95%CI: 1.08~1.67), afraid of being attack (OR=1.35, 95%CI: 1.01~1.59), relatives or associates with prior suicidal behavior history (OR=1.17, 95%CI: 1.001~1.36), hopelessness (OR=1.20, 95%CI: 1.02~1.40), and psychological treatment history (OR=0.73, 95%CI:0.62~0.86) were associated with repeated suicide among hotline callers. Conclusions To improve the effective?ness of hotline based suicide prevention, assessment of risk of repeated attempted suicide among the callers with a histo?ry of prior attempted suicide should focus on the history of being abused, afraid of being attack, hopelessness, relatives or associates with prior suicide history, and psychological treatment history.

Objective To develop TaqMan real-time PCR assay for detection and identification of streptococcus pneumonia iso-lated from children CAP.Methods Based on the sequences of lytA gene,primers and probe were designed and the assay was optimized.Then 1 504 sputum samples were detected by culture and the developed assay with double-blind testing.Results The lower limit of detection in the developed real-time PCR assay was 18.75 cfu/PCR,and had no cross reaction.141 strep-tococcus pneumonia strains were detected from 1 504 samples and 140 were isolated by culture.The whole process just nee-ded 2.5 h.Conclusion The established assay is rapid,simple,high sensitivity and specificity.It is not only valuable for the i-dentification of streptococcus pneumonia,but also provide evidence for antibiotic therapy.

Objective To study the diagnostic value of pencilliosis marneffei (PM)in a non-HIV-infected child with the com-bined detection of aspergillosis galactomannan,fungus Glucan(1-3)-β-D and boold culuture.Methods The venous blood specimen from the child was collected for the quantified detection of aspergillosis galactomannan,fungus Glucan(1-3)-β-D. The growth and colonial morphology of fungus was inspected with the positive blood culture and the characteristics of fun-gus smear were observed under microscope.Results The result of aspergillosis galactomannan was 14.45 μg/L and fungus Glucan (1-3)-β-D 77.14 pg/ml.Penicillium marnrffei was identified using blood culture.It was mycelia form under 25℃ and the salouraud medium produced water soluble claret-red pigment produced.It was mycelia form under 35℃ and the colony was gyri creases,the characteristic broom-like hypha and separation hypha could be found under microscope.Conclusion It is effective for the early diagnosis and therapy of PM with the combination detection of aspergillosis galactomannan,fungus Glucan (1-3)-β-D and boold culuture and have better clinical diagnosis value.

Objective: To construct a polycistron tandem repeated Echistatin (Ecs) gene. Methods: Three Ecs genes with independent initiation and termination codon were ligated tandem through restriction enzyme sites after amplified with 3 pairs of primers using pMD18T-Ecs as template. The polycistron Ecs gene was inserted into pET30a and expressed in E.coli BL21(DE3) with IPTG induction. The expression results were identified by 18% SDS-PAGE and Western blot. Results: The expression of Ecs polycistron was accomplished with 18% expression level of total protein determined by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. Conclusion: The successful expression of Ecs polycistron provided a new method for the preparation of low molecular weight protein.

The potential of Rhizobium sp. N613 to produce the exopolysaccharide (REPS) was studied in this paper. Using an orthogonal design in a flask-shaker culture system, the fermentation medium and conditions of synthesizing REPS were optimized. Based on these results, the fermentation kinetic parameters were obtained in the batch fermentation with a 10L fermentor. The REPS yield of 11.31g/L was achieved by metabolic regulation during 40 h fed-batch fermentation. Transplanted tumor models of sarcoma 180 in mice were used to evaluate the anti-tumor effect. The result of anti-tumor activities showed that inhibition rate was 53.40%, when dose of REPS was 5mg/kg. These results indicate that REPS has the following properties: the short duration of fermentation, the high yield, the low cost, the effective immunocompetence and thickening. Thus, REPS has the value of development and application.