Endothelial dysfunction in various vascular diseases is associated with reduced nitric oxide(NO) bioavailability.It has been clearly demonstrated that endothelial nitric oxide synthase(eNOS) uncoupling plays a key role in above vascular pathological status.eNOS uncoupling is characterized by eNOS generating super oxide rather than NO which may resulted from the increased oxidative stress,lack of eNOS protein cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin(BH4),or supplement shortage of eNOS substrate L-arginine.Accumulating evidences suggest that reversal of eNOS uncoupling by ether reduction of oxidative stress or promotion the bioavailability of BH4 and L-arginine may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases,such as hypertension,diabetes,and atherosclerosis.

Objective To observe the clinical effects of Bufei Yishen treatment on quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in stable period. Methods Sixty-four patients were randomly divided into two groups, the control group (32 cases) received Atrovent metered dose inhaling and Mucosolvan po. The treatment group (32 cases) received the fluid extract of Bufei Yishen besides the routine treatment. Both groups were treated for three months. The changes of scores of TCM syndrome and cardinal symptom, quality of life (QOL), lung function were observed before and after the treatment. Results The scores of TCM syndrome and cardinal symptom, quality of life of the treatment group were significantly higher than the control group (P0.05). Conclusion Bufei Yishen treatment has significantly effect on quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in stable period.

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of intravenous thrombolysis of recombinant streptokinase (r SK) on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and its safety. Methods: Twenty patients with AMI received r SK for thrombolysis.The reopening rate of infarct related artery,side effect and the fatality rate in hospital were observed. Results: The reopening rate of infarct related artery was 75%. The incidence of slight hemorrhage, fever, low blood pressure,which could be corrected in short time, was 5%, 15%, 15%, respectively. The fatality rate 5 weeks after AMI was 10%. Conclusion: The therapeutic effect of r SK in the thrombolytic therapy of AMI is definite and the safety is fine.

Objective To determine the feasibility of Tei index in evaluating left ventricular cardiac function in patients with different types of coronary artery disease. Methods Eighty five patients who had received CAG were divided into 4 groups: group Ⅰ as the control group, group Ⅱ with coronary artery diameter stenosis ≥50%

Objective To evaluate the inflammatory response and the expressions of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor(PPAR)isoforms(PPARα,PPARβ/δ,and PPARγ)in the brain(cortex,striatum,cerebellum)of spontaneously hypertensive rats(SHR).Methods Brain tissues(cortex,striatum,and cerebellum)were dissected from SHR and age-matched control Wistar-Kyoto rats.Myeloperoxidase(MPO)activity was measured in brain tissues as an index of neutrophil accumulation and the carbonyl protein content was analyzed by spectrophotometry to evaluate the protein oxidation.RT-PCR and Western blotting were performed to examine the expressions of inflammatory mediators(IL-1β,TNFα,ICAM-1,and iNOS)and nuclear factor PPARs(PPARα,PPARβ/δ,and PPARγ),respectively.Results(1)Systolic blood pressure of SHR was significantly higher than that of Wistar-Kyoto rats,(205.4±9.4)mm Hg versus(130.4±7.9)mm Hg(t=14.96,P＜0.01).(2)MPO activity of cortex,striatum,and cerebellum were markedly higher in SHR than in Wistar-Kyoto rats.Carbonyl protein levels of cortex,striatum,and cerebellum in Wistar-Kyoto rats and SHR were(3.27±0.43)nmol/mg versus(11.87±1.11)nmol/mg,(4.02±1.04)nmol/mg versus(14.06±1.36)nmol/mg,(5.94±0.71)nmol/mg versus(14.95±1.82)nmol/mg,indicating significantly higher levels of protein oxidation in SHR than Wistar-Kyoto rats(t=17.70,14.36,11.30,P＜0.05).Consistently,the expression of pro-inflammatory mediators(IL-1β,TNFα,ICAM-1,and iNOS)was upregulated when compared with Wistar-Kyoto rats.The difference between SHR and control Wistar-Kyoto rats was statistically significant except the mRNA expression of IL-1β in striatum,cerebellum and TNFα in cerebellum of SHR.All the above experimental data indicated the occurrence of inflammatory status in the brain tissue of hypertension.(3)mRNA and protein levels of brain PPAR isoforms(PPARα,PPARβ/δ,and PPARγ)of SHR increased significantly when compared with Wistar-Kyoto rats.Specifically.protein levels of PPARα in cortex.striatum,and cerebellum of SHR increased by 644.78%,791.95%,and 42.85%;PPARβ/δ increased by 106.72%,94.12%,and 161.44%;PPARγ was up-regulated by 2700.16%,790.81%,and 875.00%compared with that of Wistar-Kyoto rats,respectively.Conclusions The brain(cortex,striatum,and cerebellum)from SHR shows marked inflammatory status and increased expression of all PPAR isoforms.Increases in PPARs expression may play a compensatory role in the inflammatory response of the brain in SHR.

Five algorithms with its advantages and disadvantage for medical image fusion are analyzed. Four kinds of quantitative evaluation criteria for the quality of image fusion algorithms are proposed and these will give us some guidance for future research.
Algorithms ; Humans ; Image Enhancement ; methods ; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; Information Storage and Retrieval ; methods ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Software ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Objective To investigate the effects of the new drug Nordy on malignant glioma cells induced tubule-like structure formation of endothelial cells in a three dimensional culture system with collagen coating.Methods The endothelial cells were divided into three groups.Group A were cultured on the DMEM media coated with collagen;group B were cultured in 2:1(V/V) DMEM to the supernatant of malignant glioma cell culture;group C,based on the group B,were added with Nordy of different concentrations.The cell cycle and apoptosis of ECV304 cells were determined and the process of tubular formation were observed.Moreover,the parameters such as the forming curves,outer and inner diameter,wall thickness and length of the tubules were measured and compared between groups B and C.Results The cell cycle of endothelial cells were restrained,and some cells were induced to apoptosis.The tubule-like structure formation was inhibited,and the tubules in group B appeared earlier,larger in diameter and longer in length than group C.Conclusion The tubular formation induced by malignant glioma cells could be restrained by the new drug Nordy.

BACKGROUND:Absorbable bio-glass injection composed by bio-glass and calcium phosphate bone cement can be tightly combined with bone tissue by a strong chemical bond to improve the stability of the bone-implant interface.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of absorbable bio-glass injection to support the vertebral body of osteoporosis mice and its mechanism of osteogenic induction.
METHODS:Osteoporosis models were prepared in 30 female Sprague-Dawley rats undergoing bilateral ovariectomy. After modeling, model rats were randomly divided into three groups, and given polymethylmethacrylate, injectable calcium phosphate bone cement and absorbable bio-glass injection into L3-5 vertebral bone defects, respectively. L3-5 segments were removed at 12 weeks after implantation to detect the biomechanical and degradation properties, levels of calcium and phosphate, alkaline phosphatase activity, bone mineral density, levels of bone morphogenetic protein 2 and transforming growth factor β, as wel as histological observation.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In the absorbable bio-glass injection group, the degradation properties, compressive strength, surface hydroxyapatite deposition amount and bone mineral density were significantly higher than those in the other two groups(P< 0.05); trabecular bone relative volume, thickness and number were significant higher than those in the other two groups (P < 0.05); serum levels of calcium, alkaline phosphatase, bone morphogenetic protein 2 and transforming growth factor β were significantly higher than those in the other two groups(P < 0.05); but the level of serum phosphate was lower than that in the other two groups(P < 0.05). These results show that the absorbable bio-glass injection can enhance the support for the osteoporotic vertebral body and induce osteogenesis, probably by increasing bone morphogenetic protein 2 and transforming growth factor β levels.

Species identification of biological samples is widely used in such fields as forensic science and food industry. A variety of accurate and reliable methods have been developed in recent years. The cur-rent reviewshows common target genes and screening criteria suitable for species identification, and de-scribed various DNA-based molecular biology methods about species identification. Additionally, it dis-cusses the future development of species identification combined with real-time PCR and sequencing technologies.