With the rapid development of life science and bioinformatics,clinical biochemistry is in a period of vigorous development under the new situation of medical reform.The work of mutual recognition of test results was carried out smoothly,new guidelines for clinical applications were introduced in succession,testing technology was gradually improved.Automation,molecularization and omics study has become three trends in the development of clinical biochemistry,leading clinical biochemistry's development in an all-round way.In this article we reviewed the main events of clinical biochemistry in 2012,and look forward to witnessing that laboratory medicine will play a more important role in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in 2013.

Glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) is an important indicator for assessing long-term glycemic levels and diabetic complications of blood vessels in diabetic patients.However the test methods,reagents and technological capabilities in different laboratories are various,so there are significantly differences of the results in bias.In 2010 HbA1c was included in new guidelines from ADA for diagnosing diabetes,and recommended by WHO in 2011,which promoted the standardization process of HbA1c tests.In this article we analysed and reviewed main detection methods,the international advancement of standardization,current status of the establishment of HbA1c Reference system in China and its clinical application.

With the rapid development of life science and relevant technology of clinical laboratory medicine,it raised higher demands for current clinical biochemistry,which is to maximize the clinical efficacy and application value under the perfect quality management system.Based on the evidence-based medicine,considering the national conditions and the new situation of medical reform,comprehensive assessment the clinical performance of new technologies and new tests,to provide more objective and reliable evidence for practical application and to guide clinical decision making,is of great significance for the rational allocation and utilization of the limited medical resources.At the same time,promoting the development of personalized medicine process gradually,trying to change the passive medical model,focusing on the disease prediction,prevention and control,taking people as the foremost,optimizing the treatment plan,and strengthening the safety and efficacy of drugs,will become hot topics of clinical biochemistry.

Four key attributes,position,rate,shape and force,are programs of pulse tracing put forward by ZHOU Xue-hai,a medical practitioner in late Qing dynasty.The essences of four key attributes are'images'of di erent levels.There are complex relationships between pulse tracing and position,rate,shape and force attributes,which include not only subordinate relationship and static-dynamic relationship between four attributes but double relationship between four attributes and pulse tracing.

Chronic Periodontitis ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Dental Scaling ; Follow-Up Studies ; Furcation Defects ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Gingival Hyperplasia ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Periodontal Index ; Radiography, Panoramic ; Root Canal Therapy ; Tooth Loss ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Tooth, Artificial

Abstract Objective:To study the expression and its biologic specification of the Ku80 gene molecular cloning.Methods: Constructingrecombinant sense or antisense Ku80 expression vectors (Ku80/pCAGGS) and transferring into LCA .Those Ku80 mRNA and protein were de-teited in the Ku80s-LCA, Ku80as-LCA and by Northern-blotting and or Western-blotting.Results: Those Ku80 mRNA were detected in the Ku80s-LCA and Ku80as-LCA by Northern-blotting. Only the sense Ku80 protein was defected in the Ku80s-LCA , but wasn' t detected in the Ku80as-LCA by Western-blotting.Conclusion:The sense or antisense Ku80 were not only transferred in to LCA ,but also expressed in the mR-NA . Only the sense Ku80 protein was expressed in the Ku80s-LCA , but wasn' t expressed in the Ku80as-LCA . The Ku80 is a candidate tar-get for cancer gene therapy.

[ABSTRACT]AIM:Toobservethelong-termeffectsoftaurine,Danxuetong(Salviamiltiorrhizacombinedwith Xueshuantong ) and breviscapine on contralateral testis with unilateral testicular torsion in prepubertal rats , and to compare their protective effect on testis with ischemia reperfusion injury .METHODS: Four-week-old healthy male SD rats ( n=64) were randomly divided into 8 groups:sham operation group, saline group, single-dose and successive taurine groups, single-dose and successive Danxuetong groups , and single-dose and successive breviscapine groups .The animal model of left testicular torsion reduction (720°for 2 h) was established.After 6 weeks of surgery, the right testes and epididymides from the rats were collected immediately to detect the total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), the activity of superoxide dis-mutase (SOD), the activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and the content of malondialdehyde (MDA).The sperm de-formity, sperm viability and sperm concentration were measured , and the pathological examination of the testicular tissues was performed.RESULTS:Compared with saline group, the activity of SOD, T-AOC, sperm viability and sperm concen-tration were increased , while MDA content and sperm deformity were decreased in 3 successive groups .SOD activity and sperm viability ( except single-dose breviscapine group ) were increased , but MDA content and sperm deformity were de-creased in 3 single-dose groups .T-AOC activity and sperm concentration were increased in single-dose taurine group .The saline group showed interstitial edema and degeneration of seminiferous tubules , and the rest groups showed a significant improvement in histological morphology .CONCLUSION:The contralateral testis in prepubertal rats was damaged after u-nilateral testicular torsion , and taurine , Danxuetong and breviscapine have long-term protective effect on the tissues under ischemia-reperfusion injury .The protective effect of Danxuetong is better than breviscapine , and taurine is the best of them.The effect of single-dose group is better than the successive application .

Objective To study the value of 64-Slice Spiral CT angiography with I.V.Blous contrast medium in in- tracranial and cervical arteries. Methods 100 cases were examined with I.V.Blous of contrast medium in intracranial and cervical arteries CTA while 100 cases were not examined with I.V.Blous. The images between I.V.Blous group and contrast group were analyzed retrospectively and comparatively. Results The rate of CTA success and the image quality of I.V.Blous group were significantly higher and better than those of contrast group. There was statistically significant difference(P

Lipid droplets are the main storage organelles for intracellular neutral lipids. Many recent studies have found that lipid droplets are closely related to hepatitis C virus (HCV). Lipid droplets play important roles in the multiple processes of HCV life cycle, such as infection, replication, assembly, and secretion. In this review, we summarize the recent research progress in the roles of lipid droplets in HCV life cycle.
Animals ; Hepacivirus ; metabolism ; physiology ; Host-Pathogen Interactions ; Humans ; Lipid Metabolism ; Organelles ; virology ; Viral Proteins ; metabolism

ObjectiveTo explore the role and mechanism of NGAL in the process of hypoxia/ reoxygenation (H/R) injury in human renal tubular epithelial cell (HK-2).MethodsThe H/R model of HK-2 cells was established in vitro (oxygen concentration ＜ 0.1％ ).The expressions of NGAL in the cells of H/R group and control group were determined by WB and real-time RT-PCR.The cell models were treated with 50,100,200,400 and 1 000 ng/ml of recombinant NGAL respectively.Cell proliferation and apoptosis of the treated groups and control group were detected by the MTT assay and Annexin V-FITC/PI staining to determine the appropriate NGAL concentration.The cell cycle distributions in the H/R group,NGAL treated H/R group and control group were detected by flow cytometry,and the expressions of bax/bcl-2 and caspase-3 were measured by real-time RT-PCR.The experiments were triplicated to obtain the mean values.Results The protein expression of NGAL/actin in H/R group (5.875 ±0.081 ) was higher than that of the control group ( 1.513 ±0.032),the differences between the two groups had statistic significance (t =96.89,P ＜0.05). While the gene expressions of NGAL/actin in HL/R groups (12.32 ± 1.27 ) and control group ( 1.00 ±0.00) had statistical significance of difference ( t =15.40,P ＜ 0.05 ).In MTT assay,the absorption values of the H/R group and control group were 0.97 ± 0.03 and 0.56 ± 0.04,the differences had statistic significance( t =18.680,P ＜ 0.05 ).And the absorption value of cells treated with different concentrations of NGAL (50,100,200,400,1 000 ng/ml) were 0.56±0.04,0.53 ±0.03,0.56 ±0.04,0.53 ± 0.03,0.54 ± 0.02,respectively.There were no significant differences between the H/R group and NGAL treated groups ( F =0.978,P ＞ 0.05 ),but the differences of absorption values in the control group and other groups had statistical significance ( F =105.20,P ＜ 0.05 ).The ratios of early apoptotic cells ( Annexin V positive,PI negative) in the control group and the H/R group were ( 1.0 ±0.2) ％ and ( 27.6 ± 1.4 ) ％ respectively with a statistical significance of difference ( t =33.590,P ＜0.05 ).After the treatment of NGAL ( 50,100 ng/ml),the ratios were ( 27.8 ± 1.1 ) ％ and ( 26.4 ±1.3 ) ％ and there were no significant differences compared to the H/R group ( t =0.250,P ＞ 0.05 ).When the H/R model was treated with 200 ng/ml of NGAL,the ratio of early apoptotic cells dropped to ( 19.4 ± 0.6) ％,leading to a statistical significance of difference ( t =10.350,P ＜ 0.05 ).However,in the H/R model treated with high concentration of NGAL (400,1 000 ng/ml),the ratios were ( 19.3 ± 1.1 )％ and ( 18.9 ±0.5 ) ％,which had no significant differences compared to the cells treated with 200 ng/ml of NGAL (t =0.130,0.630; P ＞0.05).Thus the study chose 200 ng/ml as the appropriate treating concentration of NGAL.In the control group,H/R group and 200 ng/ml,NGAL treated HR group,PI values were (30.2 ±0.4)％,(22.1 ± 2.7 )％ and (23.2 ± 3.7 )％ respectively.There were no significant differences between the H/R group and NGAL treated group (t =0.510,P ＞0.05),but there was still statistical significance in difference among the control group and the treated groups ( F =8.28,P ＜ 0.05 ).The ratio of bax/bcl-2 and the expression of caspase-3 detected by real-time RT-PCR were 1.00 ± 0.00,1.00 ± 0.00 in the control group,5.83 ±0.33,8.13 ±0.20 in the H/R group and 2.52 ±0.07,1.89 ±0.02 in the NGAL treated H/R group.The bax/bcl-2 ( F =485.30,P ＜ 0.05 ) and caspase-3 ( F =3456.78,P ＜ 0.05 ) did have statistical significances of difference among the three groups.ConclusionsNGAL acts as a protective factor against hypoxia-reoxygenation injury by regulating pro-apoptotic genes.It provides a new idea and evidences for the treatment of AKI caused by ischemia-reperfusion injury.