Objective To investigate the correlation between levels of erythrocyte natrium(EN),magnesium(EM),adenosine triphosphate enzyme(Na + K + ATPase,Ca 2+ Mg 2+ ATPase) activity versus urine natrium(UN),urine endogenous digitalis like substances(UEDLS) change in patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI) Methods 35 patients with ACI were measured in UEDLS,the changes of UN,erythrocyte membrane ATPase activity,and levels EN,EM,and compared with the normal controls Results Levels of UN,UEDLS,EN were significantly elevated( P

Objective To explore the applied value of urine light chainκ、λand κ/λ ratio test in older people with B cell malignant proliferative disease.Methods Young volunteers, general older patients, kidney failure older patients and older patients with B cell malignant proliferative disease were selected and immunoephe-lometry method was applied to detect the level of urine light chainκ、λ and κ/λ ratio.Result The average levels (mg/L)of urine light chain κand λin older patients with kidney failure group(172.00 ±188.10,111.50 ± 109.32)were higher than that in general older patients group(32.72 ±33.60,15.02 ±15.58).In each of the ol-der patients groups,the levels of urine light chainκandλwere higher than that in young volunteers groups(9.30 ±5.80,4.97 ±2.61).The κ/λ ratios of urine light chain in older patients with kidney failure group(1.59 ± 0.4),general older patients group(2.19 ±0.54)and young volunteers group(1.92 ±0.48)were consistent,how-ever,it was significantly abnormal in older patients with B cell malignant proliferative disease group,the ratio was high inκtype(44.8 ±83.17)and low inλtype(0.06 ±0.08).After effective treatment, κ/λ ratio of urine light chain in older patients with B cell malignant proliferative disease tended to normal.Conclusion The level of u-rine light chainκandλis effected by renal function,but not involved the κ/λ ratio.B cell malignant proliferative disease significantly affects theκ/λratio of urine light chain.Constantly monitoring the change ofκ/λratio of u-rine light chain in older peoples with B cell malignant proliferative disease can reflect the proliferative degree of malignant B cell in vivo.

C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) and its receptor CCR2 are closely related to tumorigenesis and tumor progression. The CCL2/CCR2 signaling axis promotes tumor progression through multiple mechanisms: CCL2 binds to CCR2 on the surface of tumor cells, and thus promotes tumor growth/survival and metastasis; more importantly, CCL2 recruits a variety of immunosuppressive cells to aggregate in the tumor microenvironment, and inhibits the function and activity of immune cells, promoting tumor progression. The article reviews the CCL2/CCR2 signaling axis and its role in tumors and tumor microenvironment, with particular focus on the advances in clinical research on drugs targeting CCL2/CCR2 signaling axis, in order to gain an in-depth and overall understanding of the mechanism of action of CCL2/CCR2 axis in tumor progression and develop more effective anti-tumor immunotherapeutic agents.

OBJECTIVETo explore the differentially expressed genes and related signaling pathways in MC3T3-E1 osteo- blasts in response to suitable fluid shear stress values and action time with cDNA microarrays.

METHODSMC3T3-E1 cells cultured on a cover slip were subjected to fluid shear stress using a parallel plate flow chamber. The harvested RNA was used for microarray hybridization comprising approximately 44 170 genes, as well as for the subsequent real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction validation of expression levels for selected genes. Microarray results were analyzed by using both GO and Pathway analysis.

RESULTSMicroarray analysis indicated that 884 differentially expressed genes were found. Among these genes, 444 were upregulated, whereas 440 were downregulated. The Notch signal and RIG- I -like receptor signaling pathways were involved in the Pathway analysis. GO analysis mainly involved different functional classifications, such as prostaglandin biosynthesis, nitric oxide-mediated signal transduction, calcium mediated signal, and cellular immune response, among others.

CONCLUSIONThe mechanism underlying the protective effect of fluid shear stress on MC3T3-E1 cells might be related to promoting cell survival- and inhibiting cell apoptosis-related signaling pathways and biological processes.

Apoptosis ; Calcium ; Humans ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; Osteoblasts ; Signal Transduction ; Stress, Mechanical

Objective To study the anti-tumor effect and mechanism of bortezomib in primary acute leukemia cells from elderly patients.Methods Primary acute leukemia cells were treated with bortezomib 50-5000 nmol/L for 24-48 h,cell proliferation was analysed by MTT assay; apoptosis of primary acute leukemia cells was observed by fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry; protein expression of bcl-2 and Bax was detected by Western blot.Results The cell viability was 90 ％ and 70 ％ when leukemia cells were treated with 50 and 5000 nmol/L bortezomib for 24 h,respectively.Meanwhile,cells showed (10.2±2.3) ％ and (13.3±3.3) ％ apoptosis.With prolonged treatment for 48 h,cell viability decreased to 86 ％ and 60 ％,respectively,while the apoptosis rates were increased to(18.4±3.9) ％ and(20.7±3.7) ％.Compared to the control group 0 nmol/L bortezomib,the differences were statistically significant (F =53.76,F =7.74,F =54.49,F =16.94,all P values ＜ 0.05).With the increase of bortezomib concentration,the bcl-2 protein expression was decreased,while Bax was up-regulated.Conclusion Bortezomib can inhibit primary leukemia cells from elderly patients proliferation and induce apoptosis.The mechanism may be associated with the changes in bcl-2 family protein expression.

OBJECTIVETo clarify the related factors of marginal bone loss (MBL) around tissue level implants in the posterior part of the mandible.

METHODSA total of 116 tissue level implants were implanted in the mandibular posterior region of 76 patients. Patients' information, including general characteristics, implant characteristics, implant site characteristics, and prosthesis characteristics, was recorded. Their cone beam computed tomography data were measured immediately after implant placement, 3 months later, and 3 and 12 months after prosthesis loading. The measurement of MBL was conducted by One Volume Viewer software. SPSS 20.0 was used for statistic analysis.

RESULTSSmoking, cortical bone thickness (CBT), collum angle (CA), and implant local sanitation showed significant differences with body mass loss (P<0.05). No significant differences were found among sex, age, length of implant, diameter of implants, implant systems, bone height, prosthesis type, and MBL (P>0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe risk factors that caused MBL were smoking, thicker CBT, larger CA, and poor implant local sanitation. Among them, poor implant local sanitation had the highest correlation with MBL.

Alveolar Bone Loss ; epidemiology ; etiology ; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography ; Dental Implants ; adverse effects ; Dental Prosthesis Design ; Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Mandible ; Mandibular Prosthesis ; statistics & numerical data ; Oral Hygiene ; Postoperative Complications ; Smoking ; adverse effects ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To prove the advantages of telemetry by comparing with the traditional methods in safety pharmacology.Methods To monitor continuously the heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and ECG of Beagle dogs by traditional and telemetry methods respectively, analyze and compare the changes between anesthetized and conscious dogs before and after feeding.Results Maintenance of anesthesia changed significantly the heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and QT interval in the ECG of animals.The changes of physiological indicators in 24 h is not obvious in conscious animals, and showed a certain biorhythm.Compared with the conscious animals, the anesthetized dogs’ heart rate was significantly higher, blood pressure increased significantly, QRS and QTcf interval prolonged significantly, respiratory frequency decreased, heart rate increased significantly after feeding, and QTcf interval extended very significantly.Conclusions Traditional methods in safety pharmacology affect animal physiological indicators such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and QT interval, which affect the objectivity of drug evaluation.Using conscious animals by telemetry can reduce these errors, however, the interference from outside should be eliminated.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of point Neiguan thumbtack needles in preventing and treating gastroscopy-induced nausea and vomiting.Methods Two hundred patients meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups, 100 cases each. Before gastroscopy, both groups took lidocaine mucilage and the treatment group received point Neiguan thumbtack needle therapy additionally. Nausea and vomiting were observed in both groups of patients during gastroscopy.Results There were statistically significant post-treatment differences in nausea and vomiting severity and patients’ satisfaction between the two groups (P<0.05).Conclusions Point Neiguan thumbtack needle therapy can relieve gastroscopy-induced nausea and vomiting and raise patients’ satisfaction.

Objective To compare three methods for the extraction of mycobacterial DNA.Methods Two commercial DNA extraction kits and an ordinary freeze-thawing method were used to extract DNA from the pure suspensions of three species of Mycobacteria (M.tuberculosis,M.leprae and M.smegmatis) at different densities (1 × 10 to 1 × 105 cells/ml),simulated clinical specimens containing different concentrations of mycobacterial cells (1 × 10 to 1 × 104 cells/ml).The purity and concentration of the extracted DNA were evaluated.Then,PCR was performed to amplify the 16S rRNA region of Mycobacteria.The performance of the three methods was compared by the purity and concentration of extracted DNA as well as the results of PCR.Further more,76 clinical skin specimens suspected to be infected with Mycobacteria were used to further validate the performance of these methods.Results All the extracted DNA samples could be detected by PCR.The highest purity of DNA was obtained by the kit A,followed sequentially by the freeze-thawing method and the kit B.When pure suspensions were used,the detection limit was consistently 1 × 102 cells/ml for all the three methods.With simulated specimens,the detection rate was consistently 100％ for all the three methods at the concentration of 1 × 103 cells/ml,60％ (12/20),55％ (11/20) and 55％ (11/20) for the kit A,kit B and freeze-thawing method respectively at the concentration of 1 × 102 cells/ml.The analysis of clinical specimens showed that the kit B could be used to extract DNA from paraffin-embedded specimens,with the detection rate similar to that of kit A and freeze-thawing method.Conclusions The kit A could rapidly yield high-quality genomic DNA of Mycobacteria by repeated cleaning of columns,and may serve as the optimal method for scientific and clinical studies,and the kit B is suitable for extracting mycobacterial DNA from fresh tissue specimens besides paraffin-embedded specimens.

Objective To compare proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels between premenopausal and postmenopausal women,and to investigate the relationship between serum PCSK9 and metabolic factors.Methods Totally 515 women were enrolled from the study on diabetes of prediction,prevention,and intervention in Nanjing in 2009.Survey,physical examinations,and determination of related metabolic indexes were performed.Serum PCSK9 level was measured by sandwich ELISA.Results Serum PCSK9 level was positively correlated with low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C),total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride,fasting plasma glucose,body mass index,waist-hip ratio,and age in women (all P＜0.01).PCSK9 level was significantly lower in premenopausal women than that in postmenopausal women [(58.18 ± 25.44 vs 80.91 ± 33.74) ng/ml,P ＜0.01].Conclusion Higher level of PCSK9 exists in postmenopausal women compared with premenopausal women.The level of PCSK9 is closely correlated with age,TC,and LDL-C.