AIM:To investigate the effects of tanshinone IIA ( Tan) on cardiac action potential in rats with a-cute cerebral ischemia (ACI).METHODS:ACI was established in rats accordingly .Animals were divided into 3 groups:sham group, ACI group, and ACI with Tan treatment group .The defect of neural function in each group was graded , elec-trocardiogram was measured , monophasic action potential was recorded , and the levels of cardiac troponin I ( cTnI ) and creatine kinase-MB ( CK-MB) were examined by commercially available kits .RESULTS:Compared with ACI group , Tan significantly decreased the scores of the defect of neural function , reduced the incidence and duration of the abnormalities in electrocardiogram , prolonged the effective refractory period , action potential duration at 50%repolarization and action po-tential duration at 90%repolarization, and inhibited the elevation of cTnI and CK-MB levels.CONCLUSION:Tan main-tains a stable heart rhythm in ACI rats , which may be related to its protective effect on ischemic myocardium .

ObjectiveTo investigate the outcomes of mother a nd baby smaller than 37 gestational age caused by preeclampsia. Method sThe data for 122 preterm birth that was single pregnancy with preecla mpsia in our hospital from January 1993 to December 2002 were collected. The pri nciple of diagnosis and treatment, the outcomes were analyzed retrospectively. T he 122 pregnant women were divided into 3 groups according to their gestational age, more than 28 weeks and smaller than 31 +6 weeks was the first group (28 cases), more than 32 weeks and smaller than 33 +6 weeks was the second grou p (26 cases), more than 34 weeks and smaller than 36 +6 weeks was the thir d group (68 cases). The data were statisted with SAS software.Results The earlier the pregnancy-induced hypertension happened, the earlier the preeclampsia occured, the mean time was 14 03 d, 16 85 d,22 22 d, respect ively, (P0.05), the outcomes of mothers were good. Increasing the gestational age under the cond ition that the occurrene of comptications was not increased, 60 64% pregnant wo men accepted the treatment of improving the maturity of fetal lung. There were n o differences among the three groups at the morbidity of perinatal SGA, intracra nial hemorrhage (P 0.05) .ConclusionWe could improve the outcomes of pret erm birth caused by preeclampsia by enhancing the perinatal care, treating and t erminating pregnancy activey Increasing the gestational age, improving the matur ity of fetal lung would decrease the morbidity of severe RDS and improve the pe rinatal outcome effectively.

Regulatory T cells play an important role in regulating immune responses.Recently,a novel immune Treg cell with phenotype TCRαβ + CD3 + CD4-CD8-NK1.1-was known as the Double-negative T cells (DNT).DNT cells are able to suppress CD4 + and CD8 + T cells,B cells as well as NK cells and dendritic cells(DCs) and play an important role in regulating immune responses in models of autoimmunity,infection,inflammatory disease,transplantation and tumor immunity.Now DNT cells have already become a hot point in the research of the immunotherapy.This article mainly introduces the possible sources of DNT cells and the mechanisms of their functions.

Objective To study far femoral malignant bone tumor salvage limb treatment with allogeneic heterotopic half-joint transplantation and the use of GSH nail Methods Eleven cases with far femoral malignant bone tumor were administered tumor resection,transplanted with allogeneic heterotoeic bone half-joint,and fixed with GSH nail Results Nine out of the 11 cases were followed up.None of them had infection,rejection or heterotopic bone fracture.All of them can move with walking after 6 months.The effects of surgery was rated as excellent for 3 cases,fine for 4 cases andbad for 2 cases according to Mankin's rating criteria.Conclusion Salvage limb treatment for bone tumor can improve patients' quality of life.Allogeneic heterotopic bone,with rich source and acceptable joint surface,is a good graft for the treatment of bone defect after bone tumor resection.

Objective To observe the effects of posterior screw and rod fixation on nerve function and vertebral indicators in patients with lumbar vertebral fracture.Methods The clinical data of 32 cases with lumbar vertebral fracture were analyzed retrospectively.According to Frankle grading:grade A 1 case ;grade B 7 cases;grade C 12 cases ;grade D 12 cases.All the patients were treated by posterior screw and rod fixation.The nerve function and vertebral indicators were compared.Results Followed-up for 22.3 months,according to Frankle grading:grade A 1 case;grade B 3 cases;grade C 9 cases;grade D 15 cases;grade E 4 cases.The nerve functions were improved after operation.There was a significant difference between before and after treatment (all P ＜ 0.05).The the height of the front edge of the fractured vertebral and cobb angle were improved after operation (all P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Posterior screw and rod fixation can significantly improve nerve function and vertebral indicators in patients with lumbar vertebral fracture.

Objective To investigate the value of interleukin-6 (IL-6) level as a prognostic indicator in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) patients.Methods Data of 88 cases of DKA in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital collected from June 1,2010 to December 31,2012 were analyzed prospectively.They were divided into two groups according to the survival of patients followed up for 28 days:non-survival group (n =12) and survival group (n =76).Serum levels of IL-6,lactate,base excess and APACHE Ⅱ score in 24 hours after admission were compared between two groups by independent t test.The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to analyze the performance of IL-6 as a prognostic indicator in the early stage of DKA.Correlations between IL-6 value and lactate,base excess,APACHE Ⅱ score were analyzed.Results The IL-6 values were elevated obviously in non-survival group.The ROC of IL-6 had an area under curve (AUC) of 0.783,and the cut-off value of IL-6 for the death followed up for 28 days was 448.9 ng/L.In all patients,IL-6 values and APACHE Ⅱ score showed a positive correlation between them (r =0.919,P =0.005),and also positive correlations existed between IL-6 and lactate as well as base excess (r=0.922,P=0.003; r=0.887,P=0.015)in24 hours.Conclusions IL-6 value is a reliable prognostic indicator in the early stage of DKA.

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) is a heterogeneous group of diseases with variable clinical manifestations.Currently,the primary treatment of HH is hormone replacement therapy,including testosterone replacement for induction of pubertal development and gonadotropin therapy or pulse GnRH administration for induction of spermatogenesis.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers of the digestive tract with an obviously increasing incidence around the word in recent years.It is diffcults to diagnosis in the early stage because of the deficience of specific symptoms.Radical resection is the most effective method to treat pancreatic cancer,but those patient often lose radical surgery opportunity when be diagnosised at advanced stages.Their prognosis is poor.Early diagnosis can greatly improve the rates of radical resection and promote the prognosis of the disease,and reliable tumor markers can be used for early screening and early diagnosis for pancreatic cancer.In recent years,the rapidly development of proteomics and its technology makes tumor markers become a popular research fields in pancreatic cancer.

Objective To evaluate the role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein-serinethreonine kinases (Akt) signaling pathway in dexmedetomidine postconditioning-induced reduction of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats.Methods Seventy-two healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats,aged 4-5 months,weighing 200-240 g,were heparinized and anesthetized with intraperitoneal pentobarbital sodium 40 mg/kg.Their hearts were rapidly excised and perfused in a Langendorff apparatus with oxygenated (95％ O2-5％ CO2) K-H solution at 0-4℃.The isolated hearts were randomly divided into 6 groups (n =12 each):control group (group C),group I/R,dexmedetomidine postconditioning group (gruop D),solvent group (group DMSO),PI3K inhibitor LY294002 group (group L) and LY294002 + dexmedetomidine postconditioning group (group L + D).After a 20 min stabilization period,the hearts were continuously perfused with K-H solution for 120 min in group C and were subjected to 30 min of global no-flow ischemia followed by 90 min of repeffusion in the other groups.Dexmedetomidine 100 nmo/L was added during the initial 30 min of reperfusion in D and L + D groups.LY294002 15 μmol/L was added in L group.0.02％ DMSO containing 15 μmol/L LY294002 was added in L + D group.0.02％ DMSO was added in DMSO group.HR,left ventricular end-diastolic pressure,left ventricular developed pressure and ± dp/dtmax were recorded at the end of 20 min stabilization and 15,30 and 90 min of reperfusion.The expression of phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt) and Akt was measured at 30 min of reperfusion.Myoeardial infarct size was determined using TTC staining at 90 min of reperfusion.Results Compared with group C,HR,left ventricular developed pressure and ± dp/dtmax were significantly decreased,and left ventricular enddiastolic pressure and myocardial infarct size were increased in the other 5 groups,and the expression of p-Akt was significantly up-regulated in group D (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with group I/R,HR was significantly decreased at 15 and 30 min of reperfusion,the expression of p-Akt was up-regulated,and myocardial infarct size was decreased in group D (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with group D,the expression of p-Akt was down-regulated,and myocardial infarct size and HR was increased in L + D group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Dexmedetomidine postconditioning attenuates myocardial I/R injury throuth activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in rats.