Objective To compare the diagnostic value of conventional MR imaging with MR arthrography for acetabular labral tears at 3.0 T MR imaging Methods Forty-four patients suspected of acetabular labral pathology were prospectively scanned with conventional MR imaging and MR arthrography of the affected hip joints. All MR data were retrospectively studied. Each acetabular labrum was divided into three regions of anterior, superior, and posterior, and the acetabular tear and its classification were recorded. Five patients underwent subsequent hip arthroscopy. Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used to compare the difference between MR imaging and MR arthrography, and Kappa value was adopted for the evaluation of agreement of these two techniques. Results One hundred and sixteen regions of acetabular labrum were evaluated to be concordant at MR imaging and MR arthrography. Only 16 regions had different results at MR imaging and MR arthrography, in which 9 were diagnosed to have tears at MR arthrography but non-tear at MR imaging, and 6 had tears at MR imaging but non-tear at MR arthrography, and the other one had tears at both exams but of different classifications. In 5 patients confirmed by hip arthroscopy, both the evaluations of MR imaging and MR arthrography were accordant with that of arthroscopy. There were no statistical difference between MR imaging and MR arthrography ( Z = 0. 347, P ＞ 0. 05 ) for diagnosing the acetabular labral tears, and good agreements (Kappa = 0. 781 ,P ＜ 0. 01 ) were found between these two methods. Conclusion Conventional MR imaging of hip joints at 3.0 T shows similar diagnostic value with MR arthrography in evaluating the acetabular labral tears.

Objective:To study the antibacterial activity of dental amalgam against S.mutans in vivo.Methods:Plaque samples were collected from amalgam surface 1 d,1,2,4 and 8 weeks after tooth restoration with amalgam( group of fresh amalgam) in 16 subjects and from anothor 14 subjects with amalgam tooth restoration for more than 3 years (group of aged amalgam).Plaque samples were collected only once.Isolation frequency (IF) and colony forming unite(CFU) of S.mutans were tested.The plague samples from oposite tooth were used as the controls.Results:In the group of fresh amalgam IF and CFU of S.mutans were heigher on amalgam than on the control teeth(P0.05).Conclusion:Amalgams may have inhibitory effects on the growth of S.mutans.

Objective To discuss the use management of both war and peace time for medical equipment in field clinics. Methods Medical equipment was sent to different departments which are personal management. Results The usage management can improve the capacity of using and maintaining of medical equipments. Conclusion The management method improves field medical treatment ability of field clinics and adapts the usage management of medical equipments in field clinics.

Objective To analyze and solve the difficulties in rapidly expanding the mobile field hospital in earthquake relief mission.Methods Aimed at the difficulties in the speed,advance men were sent out before the expansion.Then the personnel were regrouped in the proceeding of the expansion,and the vehicles entered the district according to the predefined area and order.Results The expanding speed was raised.Conclusion The scheme meets the requirements of the first aid in the mobile field hospital.

Asthma is a chronic airway disease characterized by airway inflammation and airway remodeling. Chronic airway inflammation can be involved in airway remodeling in asthmatic patients by incuding epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) is a key transcriptional regulator in mammals,and many evidences have shown that BRD4 plays a pivotal role in airway remodeling via nuclear factor-κB/RelA signaling pathway. This review summarizes the recent advances in the role of BRD4 in regulating EMT,with an attempt to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of asthma and inform the prevention and control of asthma.

Objective To investigate the alteration of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and 9,myeloid cell differentiation 88 (MyD8),interleukin-2 (IL 2),interferon-γ(IFN γ) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) expression in spleen lymphocytes of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infected newborn murine.Methods Sixty-four neonatal mice were randomly divided into control group and CMV infected group (32 mice in each).Mice in CMV infected group were injected intraperitoneally with 20 μl CMV suspension (tissue culture infections dose 50 of 104.31 U/0.1 ml) at 4 6 hours after birth to create the systematic CMV infection models.At 3,5,7 and 10 days old,eight mice randomly selected from each group were sacrificed.Polymerase chain reaction was applied to detect CMV-DNA in liver,spleen,heart,lung,kidney and salivary glands of 7 day old mice.Western blot was used to measure the protein expression of T1R 2,9 and MyD88 in spleen lymphocyte,and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay was used to test the levels of IL-2,IFN-γand IL-10 in supernatant of spleen lymphocyte from 3,5,7 and 10-dayold mice.Independent samples t test and Pearson correlation analysis were applied as the statistical methods.Results On the 7th day after CMV infection,the protein expression of TLR 2,9 and MyD88 in spleen lymphocyte in CMV infected group increased to the maximum level (1.06±0.09,1.19±0.03 and 0.89±0.07),which were higher than those in control group (0.47±0.04,0.71 ±0.02 and 0.43±0.03),the differences were statistically significant(t=21.69,50.40 and 42.06,P＜0.01,respectively).In CMV infected group,expression of IL-2 decreased to the lowest level on the 7th day after CMV infection [(16.9±7.3) pg/ml],IFN γ reached its peak level on the 5th day [(242.9±8.4) pg/ml] and IL-10 increased since the 5th day [(62.4±11.1) pg/ml],there were statistically significant differences as compared with control group [(51.9± 10.8) pg/ml,(135.3±10.5) pg/ml and (36.3±5.1) pg/ml](t=15.74,19.00 and 9.60,P＜0.05,respectively).There was a negative correlation between TLR2,TLR9,MyD88 protein expression and IL-2 level (r =0.978,0.960 and-0.979,all P＜0.01,respectively) and a positive correlation between TLR2,TLR9,MyD88 protein and IL-10 level (r =0.954,0.914 and 0.892,P ＜ 0.01,respectively).Conclusions In the early phase of CMV infection (within 7 days),immunity is activated through TLR/MyD88 signal pathway resulting anti-infection effect.However,after the 7th day,Th1/Th2 cellular immunity imbalance allows virus to replicate easily.

Objective To study the X chromosome aberration in hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HCC-9903. Method The hepatocellular carc inoma cell line, HCC-9903, was detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization ( FISH) centromere DNA probes of X chromosome. Result Increased X chromosome copy number was observed in HC C-9903 cell line , four signals of hybridization was the major type. Conclusion Gain of X chromosome freq uently occurred in liver carcinoma. The relationship between gain of X chromosom e and liver carcinoma genesis needs further investigation.

0.05). The mortality in group A was obviously higher than that in group AI ( P

Objective To investigate the early effect of extracorporeal shockwave(ESW) treatment on distraction osteogenesis of rabbit tibias and its mechanism. Methods 30 adult New Zealand white rabbits were used. After osteotomy of left tibias, improved Orthofix M- 100 bone fixator was applied. After 5 days, bone lengthening of 1 cm was obtained over 10 days. Randomly the animals were divided into ESW and control groups. No ESW treatment was given to the control group. The shock wave was set at 0.54 mJ/mm2 and 1000 shots each time were applied to the central areas in the ESW group. Then the animals were divided into 3 sub- groups, and were killed respectively at 45, 60 and 75 days after osteotomy. During the process, X- ray, bone mineral density (BMD) and histological examinations were conducted for every animal. Results By X- ray and BMD measurements, we found significantly more bone mass increased in the ESW group than in the control group at 45, 60 days after operation (P

To improve and optimize marine antimicrobial peptide R-1 production by a newly isolated Brevibacillus laterosporus Lh-1, Plackett-Burman (PB) design and response surface methodology (RSM) using central composite design was adopted in culture conditions. MINITAB 15.0 was used for planning the experiments, data analysis, contour diagrams and response optimizations. In this study, PB design was undertaken to evaluate the effects of the fifteen factors. By the statistical regression analysis, the significant factors affecting the novel antimicrobial peptide R-1 in submerged fermentation by Br. laterosporus Lh-1 were determined as follows: glucose, peptone and CaCl2. Then a RSM was used to optimize the above critical internal factors, and the optical concentration of the variables were deter-mined as: 15.72 g/L glucose, 6.01 g/L peptone and 3.29 g/L CaCl2. The content of R-1 was increased from 82.15 kU/mL to 116.27 kU/mL.