To provide an effective approach to select, develop, interpret and apply well-designed quality indicators. Then to promote the continual improvement of laboratory quality and to assure patient safety. We focused on the quality cycle of selecting, development, implementation and processing for quality indicators. And some examples for essential activities in the development and use of quality indicators were shown. Through the presentation of process and examples, we put forward an organized approach that provides the laboratory with a plan to structure its development of quality indicators to gather useful information. Quality indicators are important. However, they should be integrated with internal review plan, External Quality Assessment (EQA) and the process of activities in plan. Only then can we really promote the continual improvement of quality.

BACKGROUND:Biomechanical studies on elderly subtrochanteric fracture by different fixation ways were more, but study on relatively proximal femoral nail antirotation-II (PFNA) and Asia 2 femur nail (A2FN) fixation for femoral subtrochanteric fractures in the elderly was less. OBJECTIVE:To study the biomechanical analysis of intramedul ary nail PFNA-II and A2FN fixation for elderly femoral subtrochanteric fractures. METHODS:Three-dimensional finite element models of femoral subtrochanteric fractures fixed by PFNA-II and A2FN in the elderly were established. Three-dimensional finite element analysis was used to analyze stress distribution and displacement after femoral subtrochanteric fractures by PFNA-II and A2FN fixation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) The overal maximum stress, nail maximum stress and hip screw or spiral blade maximum stress values of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system were higher than that of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system. The distal locking maximum stress value and femoral head surface maximum stress values of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system were lower than that of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system. (2) The maximum displacement of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system was mainly concentrated in the large trochanter and femoral head pole. The maximum displacement of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system was mainly concentrated in the large trochanter. The maximum displacement of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system was higher than that of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system. The maximum axial displacement of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system was higher than that of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system. The maximum sagittal displacement of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system was higher than that of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system. The maximum coronal displacement of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system was higher than that of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system. (3) The lateral fissure, front fissure and rear fissure of PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system were higher than that of A2FN intramedul ary fracture fixation system, but the difference was less pronounced. (4) The maximum stress value on fracture section of PFNA-II intramedul ary fracture fixation system was lower than that of A2FN intramedul ary fixation system. (5) Results showed that A2FN intramedul ary fixation system for intertrochanteric fractures has better biomechanical stability than PFNA-II intramedul ary fixation system for intertrochanteric fractures.

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in women. Bone is commonly affected in the context of metastatic breast cancer.Once bone metastasis happens, patient would experience poor prognosis and impaired quality of life.However, there is a lack of approaches for more sensitive and specific diagnosis and treatments for breast cancer bone metastasis.Thus, it is im-perative to find new treatment target from molecular mechanism.In this paper, we review the current research progress on the molecular mechanism from several levels including gene profile, proteins and microRNAs.We also review the establishment of animal models of breast cancer bone metastasis.With the achievements acquired in the completed or undergoing researches on breast cancer bone metasta-sis, we hope the finding of the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic targets could lead the breast cancer research into a new era.

In recent years, there is some new recognition about the origin of prostatic carcinoma, prostatic carcinoma has been considered as a stem cell disease. Prostate cancer stem cells have close relationship with prostatic carcinoma formation, advancement, relapse, metastasis and drug resistance. As the development of science and technology continues, studies on the isolation and correlated phenotype identification of prostate cancer stem cells have lead us to further recognize prostate cancer stem cells, as well pave a new way for the diagnosis and therapy of clinical prostatic carcinoma.

Endocrine-paracrine (EP) cells, also known as APUD or neuroendocrine cells, have been known to exist in the mammalian genito-urinary system. A fairly common localization is in the prostate and urethra. In this study we demonstrated for the first time the presence of small number of EP cells in the dissociated epithelial cells of the seminal vesicles of the guinea pig. The EP cells exhibited yellow FIF, while a few green or yellow-green FIF cells can be observed after L-dopa treatment. They were stained positive by the Masson-Fontana's method but consistently negative with the Grimelius silver methods indicating that they were of argentaffin nature or other paracrine cells.

Objective To assess the effects of intraventricular conduction abnormality on left ventricular function in dilated cardiomyopathy. Methods The study composed of 3 groups,16 patients of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without wide QRS complexes, 16 patients of DCM with complete left bundle branch block(CLBBB),and 16 age-matched healthy individuals,all showing sinus rhythm and being complicated with mitral regurgitation. Pre-ejection contraction time(PET), left ventricular ejection time(LVET), left ventricular filling time(LVFT), myocardial performance index(MPI), mitral regurgitation time(MRT), stroke volume(SV) were recorded with pulsed or continuous-wave Doppler. Pulse tissue Doppler imagining(TDI) was performed to measure the time dispersity of electromechanical motion of left ventricular in systole and diastole on the atrial-ventricular annulus with mapping techniques. Results Time dispersity of electromechanical motion of adjacent left ventricular segments in systole[((77.9)?(13.6))ms vs ((52.1)?(13.2))ms vs ((28.3)?(7.2))ms, P

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Gastrodin (GAS) is the major bioactive component of the extracts from the rhizome of Gastrodia elata Blume. The aim of this study is to investigate the transport of GAS in Caco-2 cells and the interaction of P-glycoprotein and GAS. The apparent permeability coefficients (Papp) of GAS were measured as a function of directions and concentrations. It was demonstrated that the efflux ratio was < 2.0 over the range of 50-500 micromol x L(-1) of GAS from bi-directional transport studies. The transport rate of GAS was dependent on the concentrations. Papp of GAS was not affected by transport directions, GAS concentration or the classical inhibitors of P-glycoprotein (verapamil and GF 120918). The cellular accumulation of GAS in Bcap37/MDR1 cells transected with hMDR1 gene, was similar to that in Bcap37 cells. The accumulation in both cell lines was concentration dependent. GAS did not affect the accumulation of Rhodamine 123 in Bcap37/MDR1 cells over the range of 50-500 micromol x L(-1). It indicated that the transport of GAS in Caco-2 cell monolayers mainly is by passive paracellular transport pathway. P-glycoprotein did not participate in the absorption of GAS in the intestine or the transport across the blood-brain barrier.

Objective To observe the effect of Xingnaojing injection in myocardial mitochondrial oxidative stress injury in sepsis mice. Methods The septic model were set up by receiving endotoxin through interaperitoneal injection. After Xingnaojing injection by gastric tube , seventy mice were randomly divided into 7 groups in ten of each group including group LPS-6 h , group LPS-24 h , group LPS-48 h; group XNJ-6 h , group XNJ-24 h, group XNJ-48 h and control group. The myocardial mitochondrial changes , the semi-quantitative scores and the level of SOD、MDA、NO、iNOS in sepsis mice were observed. Results Xingnaojing injection could improve the myocardial mitochondrial changes , reduce the semi-quantitative scores , significantly reduce the level of MDA、NO、iNOS and elevate the level of SOD. Conclusion Xingnaojing injection could significantly reduce the myocardial mitochondrial oxidative stress level and improve the ability of clearing oxygen radicals , thereby protect the myocardial mitochondrion in sepsis mice.

AIM To express recombinant human cytochrome P450 3A4 mutants CYP3A4.3, CYP3A4.4, CYP3A4.5 and CYP3A4.18, and to employ them for in vitro metabolism studies of CYP3A4. METHODS Use Bac-to-Bac baculovirus expression system to recombinant baculovirus carrying cDNA of CYP3A4 mutants CYP3A4.3, CYP3A4.4, CYP3A4.5 and CYP3A4.18. Spodoptera frugiperda 9 (Sf9), cells were co-infected by recombinant viruses of CYP3A4 mutants, human NADPH-P450 oxidoreductase and cytochrome b5 to obtain recombinant proteins CYP3A4.3, CYP3A4.4, CYP3A4.5 and CYP3A4.18 with metabolic activity. RESULTS The mRNA transcription of CYP3A4 mutants in Sf9 cells were validated by RT-PCR. Testosterone and 7-benzyloxy-4-(trifluoromethyl) coumarin were metabolized by the lysates of Sf9 cells infected by the recombinant viruses. CONCLUSION CYP3A4 mutants CYP3A4.3, CYP3A4.4, CYP3A4.5 and CYP3A4.18 with metabolic activity were successfully expressed by baculovirus-insect cell expression system. The results indicated that recombinant CYP3A4. 5 showed lower activity comparing to the wild type protein towards testosterone, while CYP3A4. 18 with higher activity, and for CYP3A4.3 and CYP3A4.4 showing similar activity to the wild type protein.