ObjectiveTo study memory impairment of closed head injured(CHI) patients during later recovering period. MethodsMemory function was examined in 20 CHI patients and 20 matched healthy controls by Clinical Memory Scale(CMS). ResultsThe scores of 5 sub tests and MQ of CHI group were significant lower than that of control group, the rate of MQ ≤ 79 in CHI patients was significant higher than in controls. Conclusion There are severe memory impairment in CHI patients during later period, the impairment of recall is more serious than that of recognition.

Background At present,researches about retinitis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) mainly focus on observation and analysis of the cytomegalovirus (CMV)-induced ocular complication.To screen the effective drugs is very important for the treatment of AIDS-related CMV-induced retinitis.Objective This study was to describe the clinical features,diagnosis and treatment outcome of CMV-induced retinitis with BAY 38-4766 and evaluate the relationship between CMV retinitis and AIDS.Methods This was a case observational study.A total of 154 eyes of 84 patients with CMV retinitis and AIDS were enrolled in this study.Before the definitive diagnosis of CMV retinitis,the AIDS course of these patients were 4-26 months.In the initial examination,the visual acuity ranged from finger counting to 0.4,and the number of CD4+ T-lymphocyte was 0-30 cells/μl.The survival time in the patients ranged from 3 weeks to 18 months.BAY 38-4766 was used in 117 eyes of 62 patients,and 102 eyes of 53 patients showed the srinked of retinal lesion and improvement of vision (0.1-0.7).BAY 38-4766 was used to treat the CMV retinitis in 117 eyes of 62 patients with the initial intravenous dose of 5 mg/kg,twice per day for consecutive 2 weeks and followed by oral dose 1 gram per day.The follow-up duration was 2 weeks to 18 months.The fundus feature,visual acuity and CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts were analyzed.This study proposal was approved by Ethic Committee of the 474th Hospital of PLA,and written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to entering this study.Results The numbers of CD4+T-lymphocytes increased to 12-402 eells/μl after administration of BAY 38-4766.The CMV retinitis aggravated and the vision decreased in the untreated 22 patients with the CD4+T-lymphocytes 0-30 cells/μl.Conclusions CMV retinitis is the most common intraocular complication in patients with AIDS.Diagnosis of CMV retinitis is based on the characteristics of necrotizing retinitis,which is typically associated with retinal hemorrhage and vasculitis.BAY 38-4766 is an effective drug for the treatment of CMV retinitis.

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AIM: To evaluate the effect of flavored Siwu granules in the clinical adjuvant treatment for phlegm and blood stasis mutual junction retinal vein occlusion.
METHODS: Sixty patients (60 eyes) were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, both with retinal laser photocoagulation and intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide, but the treatment group used flavored siwu granules. Vision, fundus change, fundus fluorescein angiography, clinical syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM ), hemorheology examination and safety assessment were evaluated before and 8wk after treatment.
RESULTS: At 8wk after treatment, there were differences on vision improvement, retinal circulation time, whole blood low shear viscosity and total efficient rate of clinical syndrome of TCM, compared with control group(P<0. 05).
CONCLUSION: Flavored siwu granules adjuvant for phlegm and blood stasis mutual junction retinal vein occlusion can improve visual acuity and reduce the eye complications.

Objective To understand the use of antiplatelet drugs in patients with coronary heart disease( CHD) ,and to compare the effect of different anti platelet drugs on cardiovascular events in patients with CHD,and to provide clinical evidence for the optimization of anti platelet therapy?Methods One thousand and twenty?three cases patients with CHD who were treated in the First Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University from April 2010 to June 2014 were chosen?On the basis of conventional treatment,according to the different anti platelet program,the patents were divided into A group(703 cases),B group(211 cases) and C group(109 cases)?Group A was treated with aspirin and clopidogrel,B group was treated with clopidogrel,and C group was given aspirin therapy?Cardiovascular events( MACE) and bleeding events were observed at 1 month,6 months and 1 year after treatment in the 3 groups?Results After treatment for 1 month,6 months and 1 year,the incidence rates of MACE in group A were 9?1%( 64/703) ,16?6%( 117/703) and 28?4%( 200/703) ,in group B were 14?6%(31/211),25?5%(54/211) and 37?9%(80/211),in group C were 16?5%(18/109),29?4%( 32/109) and 34?0%( 37/109)?After treatment for 1 month,6 months and 1 year,the incidence rates of MACE in group A was significantly lower than group B and C(P<0?05);after treatment for 1 month,6 months,the incidence rates of MACE in group B were lower than group C,while higher than group C after 1 year,but the differences were not signifiacnt( P>0?05)?There were no significant differences in total incidence of deaths,the recurrence rate of myocardial infarction and stent restenosis rate among the three groups ( P>0?05 )?After treatment for 1 month,6 months,the incidence of angina in group A was lower significantly than that in group B and C( P<0?05) ,but When the treatment time was extended to 1 year,there was no significant difference in the three groups(P>0?05)?At 1 year follow?up,the incidence of gastrointestinal bleeding in group A was slightly higher than that in group B and group C ( 4?3% vs? 2?4% vs?3?7%) , but the difference was not statistically significant ( P>0?05 )?Conclusion In the CHD patients receiving aspirin and clopidogrel dual antiplatelet therapy,the incidence of MACE was lower than that in patients with aspirin or clopidogrel treatment alone, especially a reduction in the incidence of angina,and without increase of the risks in the gastrointestinal bleeding events,but the advantages above waning with treatment time extended to 1 year.

Objective To investigate the pathological diagnosis of high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia in gastric biopsy.MethodsOne hundred and forty-three cases diagnosed by gastric biopsy as high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia were analyzed by light microscopy,and were compared with the pathological findings of surgical specimens in 60 cases and a second biopsy in 13 cases.Results Among the sixty cases treated surgically following the gastric biopsies,no carcinoma was found in 6,while the other 54 were diagnosed as gastric adenocarcinoma,27 in advanced stage and 27 in early stage,respectively.Fifteen cases were well-differentiated,24 moderately-differentiated,12 poorly-differentiated and 3 were of mucinous type.Four of the 13 cases with a second biopsy were diagnosed as well-differentiated adenocarcinoma,8 low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia and 1 chronic inflammation.The colorectal adenomas-like changes were morphologically found in 6 surgically-treated cases without carcinoma,5 of whom mucous muscles were not found by biopsy.Fibroblastic reactions were found in 9 cases,all of which were diagnosed as adenocarcinoma in surgical specimens.Conclusion Ninety percent of the cases who are diagnosed as high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia by biopsy may have already been complicated with adenocarcinoma.The location and depth of the specimen in gastric biopsy have a considerable influence on pathological diagnosis.The fibroblastic reaction may be considered as an important marker for gastric adenocarcinoma in pathological diagnosis of gastric biopsy.

Objective To investigate the acute phase adverse effects and influencing factors of adverse effects of diphosphonate treatment in the elderly patients with primary osteoporosis.Methods A total of 208 patients [male 25 patients,female 183 patients,age 60 ～ 93 with a average of (75.51 ± 7.73) years] with primary osteoporosis were selected from 1 Jan 2012 to 30 Nov 2015,admitted to Department of Geriatrics.According to the serious condition of osteoporosis and willingness of patients,208 patients were divided into zoledronic acid treatment group,alendronate treatment group,and pamidronic acid group,and received corresponding diphosphonate treatment.All kinds of adverse reactions of diphosphonate in each treatment group were closely to be observed after administration of diphosphonate in 3 days and 7 days.Results The incidence rate of adverse reactions in the zoledronic acid treatment group (59/134,44.03％;60/134,44.78％) was obviously higher than that in the alendronate treatment group (1/57,1.75％;1/57,1.75％),and the pamidronic acid group (3/17,17.65％;3/17,17.65％) after treatment of diphosphonate in three and seven days (P ＜ 0.05).In different generations,the incidence rate of adverse reactions in the zoledronic acid group and the pamidronic acid group after treatment of diphosphonate in three and seven days was not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).There were three patients suffering from severe acute kidney injure (AKI) and three patients suffering from hypokalemia in the 134 patients treatment with zoledronic acid.Conclusions There are obvious differences in the incidence rate of acute phase adverse reactions in the osteoporosis patients who received different treatment policy (P ＜ 0.05).The safety issues in the kidney function and electrolyte abnormality (such as hypokalemia) should be paid much enough attention in the primary osteoporosis patients who receive zoledronic acid treatment.

Triptolide (TPT), an active compound extracted from Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii , has been used in therapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, after synovial fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis (RASFs) were treated with TPT, we investigated its effect on the differentiation of Th17 cells. Firstly, the mRNA level of cyclooxygenase (COX) wad detected by qRT-PCR and the protein level of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) was tested by ELISA in RASFs treated with different concentrations (0, 10, 50, 100 nmol L-1 ) of TPT. Then after TPT pre-treated RASFs and RA CD4 + T cells wer e co-cultured for 3 days in the presence or absence of PGE2, IL-17 and IFN-gamma production in CD4 T cell subsets were detected by flow cytometry. The results showed TPT decreased the mRNA experssion of COX2 and the secretion of PGE2 in RASFs in a dose-dependent manner(P <0. 05). We further found that differentiation of Thl7 cells was downregulated in a dose-dependent manner, and exogenous PGE2 could reverse the inhibition of Th17 cell differentiation(P <0. 05). Taken together, our results demonstrated that TPT inhibited the mRNA level of COX2 and the secretion of PGE2 in RASFs, which partly led to impaired Th17 cell differentiation in vitro.
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ObjectiveTo study possible differences in cognitive dysfunction between left hemisphere injury(LHI) patients and right hemisphere injury(RHI) ones.MethodsCognitive function of 55 LHI patients and 43 RHI patients were examined by aphasia screening test and the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment Battery(LOTCA).ResultsThe scores of RHI group were significant higher than that of LHI group in orientation in place,overlapping figures,spacial perception,praxis(P<0.001-0.005),but significant lower than that of LHI group in visual identification of shapes and visuomotor organization(P<0.001-0.02).The possibilities of RHI group were significant more than that of LHI group in disorientation in time,shape agnosia,disorder in figure-ground identification,unilateral neglect,disordered attention(P<0.005-0.025),but significant fewer than that of LHI group in aphasia,ideomotor apraxia(P<0.005-0.01).The possibilities were no significant differences in disorientation in place,objects agnosia,colour agnosia,spacial agnosia,motor apraxia,constructional apraxia,thinking disorder between RHI group and LHI group(P>0.05).Conclusions There is characteristic cognitive dysfunction after right or left hemisphere injury.

Objective To construct a high-throughput screening model for transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel modulators based on calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCC). Methods RT-PCR was used to detect the endogenous expression of TRPV4 in Fischer rat thyroid (FRT) cells. The PCR products obtained were subjected to nucleic acid sequencing using gel-recovery technology. Western blotting was employed to detect the expression of TRPV4 protein in FRT cells. The liposome transfection method was applied to construct the FRT cell model that co-expressed anoctamin 1 (ANO1) and YFP-H148Q/ I152L. The expressions of ANO1 and YFP-H148Q/I152L in cells were identified by the inverted fluorescence microscope and the fluorescence quenching kinetics test. After adding TRPV4 activators and inhibitors, the fluorescence quenching kinetics experiment was used to test whether the model could screen TRPV4 modulators. The Fura-2 fluorescent probe method was applied to detect the calcium concentration in cells after adding TRPV4 activators; The Z' factor was calculated to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the cell model. Results RT-PCR and Western blotting confirmed the endogenous expression of TRPV4 in FRT cells; ANO1 was clearly expressed on the FRT cell membrane and YFP-H148Q/I152L was clearly expressed in the cytoplasm of FRT cells under the inverted fluorescence microscope. The FRT cell model co-expressing ANO1 and YFP-H148Q/I152L was successfully constructed. Fluorescence quenching kinetics experiments confirmed that the model could screen TRPV4 regulators, and the slope value of fluorescence change and the concentration of TRPV4 regulator concentration were in a dose-dependent manner. The model could sensitively detect changes in intracellular calcium concentration, and the slope value could reflect intracellular calcium concentration. The Z' factor was 0.728, which demonstrates its capacity for high-throughput screening. Conclusions We successfully constructed a high-throughput model that could screen TRPV4 modulators sensitively and efficiently.