Objective To identify the risk factors for postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD).in the elderly patients requiring general anesthesia.Methods Three hundred elderly patients,aged 65-80 yr,scheduled for thoracic or abdominal surgery under general anesthesia,were enrolled in this study.Cognitive function was assessed by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at 1 day before operation and 3 days after operation.The patients were diagnosed as having POCD if MMSE ＜ 21.The patients were assigned into POCD and non-POCD group.The general data,fasting plasma glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin (HbAlc) and blood pressure were measured.If there was no significant difference between the 2 groups,the factor was analyzed using logistic regression to select the risk factor for the incidence of POCD.Results Ninety-eight patients developed POCD (32.7 ％).Logistic regression model showed that older age,diabetes and hypertension were independent risk factors for POCD (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Older age,diabetes and hypertension are independent risk factors for POCD in the elderly patients requiring general anesthesia.

Serum specific IgG (SIgG) antibodies of 32 patients with epidemic hemorrhagic fever (EHF) were sequentially determined by indirect immunofluorecent antibody test and their relationship to the types of the disease were analyzed in the present paper. The SIgG antibodies appeared practically on day 3 after the onset of the disease. Thereafter,the positive rates and the SIgG titres increased with the prolongation of the illness days and reached 100% positive rates and stable high titres till day 11 to day 12 after the onset of the disease. Furthermore, different types of the disease had.different SIgG response curves ,and there was a significant difference between the SIgG titres of different illness types statistically from day 7 to day 8 after the onset of the disease. These results suggest that the SIgG might be responsible for the immunopathogenesis of EHF.

Objective To investigate the expressions of Snail mRNA and E-cad mRNA in invasive ductal carcinoma and their clinical significance. Methods The expression of Snail mRNA and E-cad mRNA were detected on mammary gland hyperplasia (30cases), intraductal breast carcinoma(30cases) and invasive ductal carcinoma (70cases)by in situ hybridization. Results The positive expression rate of Snail mRNA and E-cad mRNA in mammary gland hyperplasia, intraductal breast carcinoma and invasive ductal carcinoma were 23. 3% ,46. 7% ,81.4% and 96. 7% ,66. 7% ,35.7% ,respectively. There was significant difference among them(P ＜ 0. 01). There was difference between Snail mRNA and E-cad mRNA in the same group(P ＜0. 05). Snail mRNA was not related to age, tumor size or histopathological grade (P ＞0. 05) ,but it was related to lymphatic metastasis (P ＜0. 01). E-cad mRNA was not related to age, tumor size(P ＞0. 05),but it was related to lymphatic metastasis and histopathological grade(P ＜0. 01). There were positive relationship between Snail mRNA and E-cad mRNA(r = -0. 56, P =0. 00). Conclusions The overexpression of Snail mRNA and low expression of E-cad mRNA were involved in the infiltration and metastasis of breast carcinoma, and they were related to lymphatic metastasis. Therefore, the test of the expression of them were valuable in predicting the prognostic and metastasis of breast carcinoma.

Objective To explore the factors influencing the mild cognitive impairment(MCI)in elderly Uyghur patients with diabetes mellitus and their possible interactions.Methods The crosssectional study was undertaken on 510 elderly Uyghur patients with diabetes mellitus.Based on using a variety of neuropsycholological rating scales for evaluating MCI,the patients were divided into the mild cognitive impairment group (n =182,MCI)and the normal cognitive group (n =328,NMCI),and 200 healthy subjects matched by nation,age and gender served as non-diabetes control group.The collecting of relevant medical history,biochemical examination,evaluation of cognitive function and diabetic complication were performed.Risk factors for cognitive function impairment were determined by single factor analysis and multivariate Logistic analysis.The interactions between factors were analyzed by additive effects model.Results Multiple regression analysis showed that the risk factors for cognitive function decline were ageing,long diabetes duration,higher glycated hemoglobin,lacunainfarction,leukoaraiosis,diabetic microangiopathy (P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0.01).Diabetic microangiopathy had an interaction with cerebral small vessel disease(lacunarinfarction,leukoaraiosis),their percentages of effects of responsibility attribution were 69.9％ and 33.8％,and relative risk ratios of renewable energy research laboratory(RERI)were 10.67 and 7.52 respectively.Conclusions Age,diabetic duration,glycosylated hemoglobin,diabetic microangiopathy and cerebral small vessel disease may be the main risk factors for cognitive dysfunction.Diabetic microangiopathy has a positive interaction with lacunarinfarction and leukoaraiosis in elderly Uyghur type 2 diabetes mellitus with mild cognitive impairment.

Objective To explore the roles of cytokines in the pathogenesis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome(HFRS). Methods Double-antibody sandwich ELISA was used to determine serum interleukin (IL)-6, urine tumor necrosis factor (TNF), IL-6 and IL-8 levels in 56 patients with HFRS. Results Serum IL-6, urine TNF, IL-6 and IL-8 concentrations in HFRS patients were significantly higher than those in control group, respectively (P＜0.001). The concentrations increased at fever stage, then continued to increase during hypotension stage and peaked at oliguria stage. The concentrations of serum IL-6, urine TNF, IL-6 and IL-8 increased in accord with the severity of the disease and differed greatly among different types of the disease. Serum IL-6 had remarkable relationships with serum specific antibodies. It was positively related to serum β2-microglobulin (β2-MG), blood ureanitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr). Significant positive relationships were also found both between urine IL-6 and TNF, and between IL-6 and IL-8 (r=0.5768, P＜0.05; r=0.3760, P＜0.01). Conclusion TNF, IL-6 and IL-8 activated during the course of the disease. IL-6 is associated with the immunopathological lesions caused by the hyperfunction of humoral immune response. IL-6, IL-8 and TNF are involved in the renal immune impairment. Determining them might, in certain extent, be used in predicting the prognosis and outcome of patients with HFRS.

Objective:To evaluate the computer aided detection system on the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules. Methods: 120 cases of examined patients with solitary lung nodules up to 9-30 mm in diameter were evaluated. All nodules had been verified by means of biopsy. 120 cases of healthy patients were selected as control group on the basis of confirmation on the chest CT. All chest radiograph in the two group were obtained with a digital radiography system. Five experienced chest radiologists and five residents detected the chest radiograph with or without CAD output images. The scales of performance were evaluated with receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC curve). Results: The average area under the curve value increased significantly from 0.762 without to 0.825 with CAD output images(P

Objective To investigate the efficacy of uterine artery chemoembolization in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer.Methods A total of 268 patients with locally advanced cervical cancer were treated with uterine artery chemoembolization in our department.The stage distribution among the patients included 132 stage Ⅰ B2,85 stage Ⅱ A1 and 51 stage Ⅱ A2.There were 223 patients of squamous cell carcinoma,24 patients of adenocarcinoma,9 patients of adenosquamous carcinoma,small cell carcinoma of the 7 patients,5 patients of neuroendocrine carcinoma.Transcatheter uterine artery infusion of paclitaxel and nedaplatin,gelatin sponge particles was applied for uterine artery embolization.The clinicopathological parameters were analyzed,and their impacts on tumor response were investigated.RECIST criteria were used to evaluate the response in solid tumors.Student t test was used to compare cervical tumor diameter before and after treatment,and Chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data.Follow up examinations included pelvic ultrasound,gynecology,vaginal stump cell smears.Results Of the 268 patients,74 (27.6％) patients showed a complete response,160 (59.7％) patients had a partial response to uterine artery chemoembolization,and the overall response rate was 87.3％.A total of 258 (96.3 ％) patients underwent surgery,and pathological complete response were identified in 46 (17.2％).Forty (14.9％) patients were found to have lymph node metastasis after surgery.Response rates of stage Ⅰ B2 and Ⅱ A cases were 94.7％ and 80.1％,respectively,P ＜ 0.05.Patients with squamous cell carcinoma showed a better response rate than patents with other pathological types (94.2％ vs.53.3％),P ＜ 0.05.Initial tumor volume and cycles of preoperative uterine artery chemoembolization had no effect onthe response rate.Conclusions Uterine artery chemoembolization can increase the rate of surgical resectionof patients with locally advanced cervical cancer and can improve the reaction rate with tolerable side effect.It is an applicable option of treatment for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer in the neoadjuvanttreatment.

Objective To investigate the correlation between gene polymorphisms in IL-10 promoter region and the susceptibility and clinical phenotypes of HCV infection. Methods Two groups of subjects were studied. Group 1 included 85 treatment naive patients with chronic HCV infection, and group 2 included 75 healthy blood donors. Genotyping of IL-10 promoter-592 was performed by PCR-RFLP. Results No significant difference was found in IL-10 promoter-592 genotypes between the healthy individuals and HCV-infected patients. However, IL-10 promoter-592 genetype A/A appeared more frequently in patients with ALT≥80U/L than in those with ALT

This study investigated the protective effect of EGB761 on blood vessels of denervated gastrocnemius of rat and its possible mechanism. Fifteen male adult SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: normal control group (n=3), control group (n=6) and EGB761-treated group (n=6). The rats in the control and EGB761-treated group underwent a neurotomy to bilateral sciatic nerves. Then, they were administered EGB761 [100 mg/(kg·d)] and isovolumic normal saline, respectively by gavage everyday. No treatment was given to the rats in the normal control group. Gastrocnemius was harvested at 1 and 3 week(s) postoperatively in each group. Immunohistochemical method was used to detect the ratio of capillary/fiber (CFR) of denervated gastrocnemius and the expression of VEGF, fetal liver kinase -1(Flk-1) receptor and HSP70 in the vascular wall. The results showed that in the normal control group, VEGF, Flk-1 and HSP70 were expressed in the vessel wall of gastrocnemius, with Flk-1 expressed only in the endothelial cell of vessels. CFR in the EGB761-treated group was significantly higher than that in the control group at 1 week and 3 week(s) after neurotomy. The expression of VEGF and Flk-1 in the vessel wall of both control and EGB761-treated group was much lower than that in the normal control group, and the expression of these proteins in the EGB761-treated group was decreased as compared with that in the control group. The expression of HSP70 in the vessel wall of both control and EGB761-treated groups was enhanced when compared with that in the normal control group, and it was substantially augmented in the EGB761-treated group in comparison to the control group. It was concluded that EGB761 has a protective effect on blood vessels of denervated gastrocnemius, which is related to the increased HSP70 expression but not the expression of VEGF and its receptor Flk-1.

Objective To investigate expression of slug and E-cadherin in pancreatic cancer tissues and determine the inhibitory effects of anti-Slug, an anti-sense plasmid, on the invasion of pancreatic cancer cell lines in vitro. Methods Slug and E-cadherin protein and mRNA was analyzed by IHP and RT-PCR in 36 cases of pancreatic cancer. Then anti-Slug plasmid was transfected into herin and Slug expression. The inhibitory effects of anti-sense Slug were also detected by Transwell motility assay and Matrigel invasion assay. Results The expression of Slug and mRNA in metastatic pancreatic cancer tissue was higher than that in non-metastatic tissue. E-cadherin and mRNA was lower in metastasis tissues(P＜0.05). The inverse relationships were further observed by transient transfection of anti-Slug into SW1990H4 cells. The downregulated expression of Slug and re-expression of E-cadherin were found. The Slug mRNA levels were 0.985±0.016,0.973±0.014, 0. 554±0. 011 after 0, 48 h of transfection of anti-sense Slug, and that of E-cadherin were 0.120±0.001, 0.360±0.002, 0. 727±0. 006, respectively. The diference was significant between different time points (P＜0.05). The Slug mRNA levels were 0. 206±0.017, 0.968±0.015, and that of E-cadherin were 0. 18±0.002,0.727±0.006 after stable transfection of anti-sense Slug, and control plasmid, respectively. The diference was significant (P＜0.05). The motility activity(393±28, 352±24, 96 ±13 )and the invasion activity (223 ± 69, 202 ± 64, 65 ±19) of1 antisense Slug transfectant cells were significantly decreased as compared with those of control cells (P＜0.05). Conclusions Higher expression of slug and lower expression of E-cadherin is related to the invasion and metastasis in pancreatic cancer. A reverse corelation of E-cadherin and Slug expression exists in pancreatic cancer. Slug is possibly a potential target for cancer gene therapy blocking invasion and metastasis in human pancreatic cancer.