Objective To develop an in vitro method to determine the effects of drugs on tyrosinase(TYR)activity and screen the inhibitory effects on TYR of14extracted components of Chinese medicinal herbs.Methods The activity of TYR was detected by revised Matsuda's method.Effects of14extracted com-ponents on tyrosinase system were observed in vitro.Results Ten of the14components showed dose-depen-dent down-regulation of tyrosinase activity and melanogenesis.The inhibitory activities of eugenol,curcumin and gallic acid were significantly higher than those of arbutin(P

BACKGROUND:The meningeal defect patients can be treated with artificial dural materials combined neurosurgical techniques which can protect the integrity of brain tissue. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the biocompatibility and application feasibility of various artificial dura mater materials. METHODS:The artificial dura materials were classified according to the different sources, and the biocompatible and application feasibility of various artificial dura mater materials were analyzed, as wel as the advantages and disadvantages of various materials. The anticoagulant and hemolytic properties of the materials were analyzed through recalcification test and hemolysis test. 100 patients receiving col agen membrane repair selected from Department of Neurosurgery, Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine were observed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The dural repair materials mainly include autologous material, al ograft materials, dissimilar materials, synthetic materials and natural materials. Each kind of material has its advantages and disadvantages. Meningeal defect complications include cerebrospinal fluid leakage, pseudo meninges, infection and arachnoiditis. There are many problems of artificial dural materials to be solved, and the novel biological dural materials and absorbable materials are the direction of dural material research.

Objective To investigate the profiles of serum nerve grow factor profile (NGF),neurotrophin (NT)-3,as well as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM) complicated with interstitial lung damage (ILD).Methods Forty-seven patients were divided into 2 groups:ILD group (30 patients) and non-ILD group (17 patients).Twenty healthy blood donors were used as controls.Serum levels of NGF,NT-3,as well as BDNF were measured serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).ANOVA was used to compare serum level of NTs.When a significant difference was found,the exact P-values were calculated using the student's t-test or t-test followed by Bonferroni's correction.Pearson test was used for correlation analysis.Results The serum NGF levels in healthy control group,the non-ILD group and the ILD group were (182±43),(308±72),(480±96) pg/ml respectively.There was statistically significant difference between the three groups (F=90.3,P＜0.01),and the serum NGF levels were elevated significantly in ILD and non-ILD patient groups as compared with healthy controls (t=12.9 and t=6.5 respectively,both P＜0.01).The serum level of NGF was significantly higher in ILD group than that in the non-ILD group (t=6.4,P＜0.01).There was no significant difference in the serum levels of NT-3 among the two patient groups and healthy controls.On the contrary,BDNF levels were significantly decreased in both ILD [(792± 106) pg/ml] and non-ILD patients groups [(963±93) pg/ml] when compared with healthy controls [(1 281±107) pg/ml] (t=15.9 and t=9.6 respectively,both P＜0.01).The decrease was also significant in ILD group when compared with non-ILD group (t=5.6,P＜0.01).Moreover,NGF and BDNF both showed significant correlation with serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level in ILD group by applying Pearson correlation analysis (r=0.56,P＜0.01; r=-0.48,P＜0.05 respectively).Conclusion Neurotrophins may play an import role in the pathogenesis of DM.

Purpose To investigate the clinicopathological features of the adult rhabdomyoma (A-RM) in the oral and maxillofacial region.Methods Three cases of A-RM in the oral and maxillofacial region were analyzed for the clinical symptoms,imaging data,pathological features,differential diagnosis,treatment,and prognosis with the literatures review.Results The age arranged from 4 yea~ to 83 years in three A-RM cases.Two cases were male and one case was female.Two cases occurred in the mouth floor and one case in the tongue.Three A-RM cases presented as slowly growing,painless masses clinically.The masses were lobular,red-brown nodules with clear boundary.Histologically,they consisted of densely packed,large,round and polygonal cells with abundant granular eosinophilic cytoplasm.Cross striations and vacuoles were seen in the cytoplasm.Tumor cells expressed desmin and myoglobin,partially expressed SMA,MyoD1 and S-100 protein.PAS was also positive among tumor cells and could be digested by the diastasum diastace.Conclusion Histological examination is the main diagnostic basis for A-RM.For accurate diagnosis,cross striations and immunohistochemistry for myogenic proteins in cytoplasm are of pivotal importance.Radical resection is the main treatment with generally promising prognosis.

Objective To observe the expression of phosphatase and tensin hom ology deleted on chrom o-som e ten (PTEN) in m yocardial tissue in patients w ith coronary heart disease, and explore the relevance betw een the expression of PTEN and the occurrence and developm ent of coronary heart disease. Methods A total of 16 death cases w ith pathological diagnosis of coronary heart disease w ere collected as experi-m ental group, and 19 cases w ithout m yocardial lesions w ere selected as control group. The expression of PTENprotein and its m RNA w ere detected by im m unohistochem istry and real-tim e fluorescence quanti-tative PC R respectively. The correlation betw een the expression of PTEN and the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease w as analyzed. Results The expression of PTENprotein in myocardium in cases w ith coro-nary heart disease w as significantly low er com pared w ith the control group (P<0.05). There w as no sta-tistical difference of the expression of PTEN m RNA betw een experim ental and control group (P>0.05). Conclusion PTEN m ay be involved in the occurrence and developm ent of coronary heart disease.

Objective The abnormal ankle-brachial index ( ABI) is associated with the incidence of cardiocerebral vascular diseases, but little is known about its relationship with cerebral microbleeds (CMB).This study aimed to investigate the correlation be-tween ABI≤0.9 and different distribution patterns of CMB . Methods We enrolled 187 patients with acute lacunar infarction , inclu-ding 115 non-CMB cases and 72 CMB cases (20 strictly lobar, 24 strictly deep, and 28 lobar and deep).We analyzed the differences between the two groups and the association of abnormal ABI with the occurrence and distribution of CMB by logistic regression analysis . Results ABI≤0.9 was found in 57 (30.5%) of the patients, with a significantly higher incidence rate in the CMB group than in the non-CMB group (43.1%vs 22.6%, P=0.003).The level of ABI was negatively correlated with the number of CMBs (r=-0.211, P=0.006).Multivariate logistic regression analysis after adjusted for confounders indicated that ABI ≤0.9 was significantly associated with the presence of CMB (OR=2.363;95%CI:1.181-4.729), deep CMB (OR=3.434;95%CI:1.283-9.187), and lobar and deep CMB ( OR=2.837;95%CI:1.098-7.333) in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease . Conclusion Decreased ABI is a risk factor of CMB, particularly deep CMB, in patients with ischemic stroke.

Objective The present research aimed to explore the relationship of serum CA19-9,CEA,CA125 and sICAM-1 concentration with the diagnosis valuation and tumor metastasis of pancreatic cancer.Methods Ninety pancreatic cancer patients in First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University from January 2014 to December 2016 were enrolled in this study.The concentrations of serum CA19-9,CEA,CA125 and sICAM-1 were assayed in different stage of pancreatic cancer patients.The concentrations of these parameters were also detected in metastasis patients and non-metastasis patients.In the same period,90 cases of health examination as contrd group.Measurement data were represented as ~ ± s.Comparison between groups was analyed using t test.single-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for comparison among groups,and the resuhs were compared by F test.The correlation analysis was performed by spearman method.Results The results showed that CA19-9/ β-actin (control group and Ⅰ / Ⅱ / Ⅲ/Ⅳ stage pancreatic cancer were 0.25 ± 0.03,0.27 ± 0.04,0.31 ± 0.06,0.38 ± 0.09,0.68 ± 0.10,respectively),CEA/β-actin (control group and Ⅰ / Ⅱ / Ⅲ/Ⅳ stage pancreatic cancer were 0.29 ±0.07,0.34 ±0.08,0.47 ±0.09,0.58 ±0.12,0.68 ±0.14,respectively),CA125/β-actin(control group and Ⅰ/Ⅱ/Ⅲ/Ⅳ stage pancreatic cancer were 0.31 ±0.05,0.36 ±0.07,0.55 ±0.13,0.58 ±0.14,0.63 ± 0.14,respectively),sICAM-1/β-actin (control group and Ⅰ/Ⅱ/ Ⅲ /Ⅳ stage pancreatic cancer were 0.34 ± 0.05,0.36 ± 0.08,0.41 ± 0.08,0.49 ± 0.10,0.58 ± 0.12,respectively) were higher in pancreatic cancer than control(P ＜0.05).The tumor metastasis group was higher than tumor un-metastasis group CA19-9/β-actin(un-metastasis group and metastasis group was 0.36 ± 0.09,0.58 ± 0.12),CEA/β-actin (un-metastasis group and metastasis group was 0.42 ± 0.09,0.61 ± 0.14),CA125/β-actin (un-metastasis group and metastasis group was 0.48 ± 0.09,0.60 ± 0.14),sICAM-1/β-actin (un-metastasis group and metastasis group was 0.42 ±0.09,0.52 ± 0.10) (P ＜ 0.05).The results showed that CA19-9,CEA,CA125 and sICAM-1 concentrations are positively (r value were 0.832,0.698,0.748 and 0.845) with the metastasis of pancreatic cancer patients while negatively with the prognosis (r value were-0.867,-0.832,-0.916 and-0.908) and clinical stage (r value were-0.815,-0.896,-0.798,and0.912) of pancreatic cancer patients.Conclusion CA19-9,CEA,CA125 and sICAM-1 concentrations are positively related with the metastasis of pancreatic cancer patients while negatively with the clinical stage and prognosis of pancreatic cancer patients.

Objective: To understand literacy development of school-aged children of grade 2-5 and its influencing factors in Guangzhou,and to provide a reference for the reform of the teaching of Chinese subject. Methods: By using cluster sampling method, 1 661 school-age children from grade 2 to grade 5 from 5 primary schools in Guangzhou were selected. The self-designed questionnaire was used to obtain demographic data of the participants. The Primary School Literacy Assessment Scale and the Pupil Rating Scale Revised Screening for Learning Disabilities was used to evaluate the literacy and the cognitive characteristics of participants. Results: The average literacy of children of grade 2 to grade 5 in Guangzhou was as follows: grade 2 was (1 159±295), grade 3 was (1 919±394), grade 4 was (2 599±365), grade 5 was (2 947±303), higher than the norm(P<0.01). The average literacy of grade 2 students was lower than the national curriculum requirements while students of grade 3 to grade 5 met the requirements. Univariate analysis found differences in literacy among school-age children based on gender, reading experience before age 6, and parental education background (P<0.01). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that grade (β=607.04), preschool reading experience (β=109.89), father’s education (β=27.14), language factor (β=27.21), social behavior (β=16.03) was positively correlated with literacy in boys (P<0.05). Grade (β=603.53), auditory comprehension and memory (β=29.39), language factor (β=16.74) was positively correlated with the literacy of girls (P<0.05), while time and orientation judgments were negatively correlated with the literacy of both boys (β=-18.95) and girls (β=-21.93) (P<0.05). Conclusion The literacy level of school-age children in grade 2 to 5 in Guangzhou has reached the national literacy requirements with students in grade 2 being relatively lower. Literacy is related to grade, preschool reading experience, father’s education, and child’s cognitive characteristics. Factors affecting literacy in boys and girls are different. Literacy education should vary according to gender.

Objective: This study aims to explore the influence of birth order and age difference on the emotional and behavioral problems among children from two-child family, so as to provide advice on parenting. Methods: A total of 482 students in grades 2 to 5 from the 5 primary schools in Guangzhou were selected, all of whom came from two-child families (excluding twin children). Emotional and behavioral problems were investigated by using the Conner’s Parental Symptom Questionnaire (PSQ). Results: Among children from two-child families, higher prevalence of behavioral problems, learning problems, impulsive hyperactivity and hyperactivity index in older compared with younger children (β=-0.09，-0.16，-0.09，-0.10,P<0.05). The scores of behavioral problems and hyperactivity index were significantly higher among those of children who were 6-9 years older than young siblings, compared to those who were 0-3 years older than younger siblings(β=0.20,0.21,P<0.05). No similar pattern was found among the younger siblings(P>0.05). Conclusion Among school-age children from two-child families, emotional and behavioral problems of the elder ones were more serious than the younger ones’. Age difference between siblings shows impact on the emotional and behavioral development among elder children, however no significant impact is noticed among the younger ones.

Objective To investigate the risk factors for reduced renal function in patients with ischemic stroke.Methods The medical records of patients with ischemic stroke were analyzed retrospectively.They were divided into normal renal function group and reduced renalfunction group.Reduced renal function was defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ＜60 ml/(min·1.73 m2).Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors for reduced renal function in patients with ischemic stroke.Results A total of 805 patients with ischemic stroke were enrolled in the study.8.8％ of patients had a reduced renal function.There was no significant differences in the proportion of patients with mild and moderate neurological deficit between the reduced renal function group and the normal renal function group (all P ＞ 0.05),however,the proportion of patients with severe neurological deficit was significantly higher than that in the normal renal function group (8.4％vs.2.6％,x2 =5.573,P =0.017).The proportion of small artery occlusion in the reduced renal function group was sigaificantly higher than that in the normal renal function group (66.2％ vs.46.5％,x2 =9.962,P =0.002),and the proportion of large artery atherosclerosis was significantly lower than that in the normal renal function group (19.7％ vs.43.5％,x2 =15.045,P =0.000).Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that old age (odds ratio [ OR] 3.301,95％ confidence interval [ CI],1.575 to 6.918; P=0.002) was the most important independent risk factor for reduced renal function,then was female (OR,2.291,95％ CI 1.355to 3.872; P=0.002) and hyperlipidemia (OR,2.527,95％ CI 1.095 to 5.831; P=0.030).Conclusions Reduced renal function in patients with ischemic stroke is strongly associated with old age,female,and hyperlipidemia.