AIM:To explore the feasibility of inducing mouse embryonic stem cells into neural stem cells in vitro. METHODS: Embryonic body induced by retinoic acid and retinal m?ller cells were selected in neural stem cell-defined medium for 7 days, and the morphological changes were observed. The selected cells were stained immunocytochemically with anti-nestin, anti-BrdU antibodies, and their ability of expansion and differentiation were analyzed. RESULTS:Large amounts of neurospheres were derived from embryonic body in the selected medium on the 7th day, which could be passaged and differentiated, stained positive with nestin and BrdU, and expressed nestin, glutaminase and Brn-3 genes. CONCLUSION:Neural stem cells could be derived from embryonic body induced by RA and m?ller cells in the selected medium, which would offer an alternative to treat neuropathy such as glaucoma and retinal degeneration in the future.

AIM: To investigate the inducing action of retinal cells of rat neonates on the adult rat bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs).METHODS: The full marrow from adult Wistar rat were cultured and passaged repeatedly to harvest the pure BMSCs. In vitro, the BMSCs were induced by retinal cells of rat neonates in transwell.The morphological changes of the BMSCs were observed under phase contrast microscope, the specific markers of the induced cells were ~identified immunocytochemically with nestin, Map-2, neuron-specific enolase(NSE),neurofilament(NF), Thy 1.1 and glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP) antibodies. The mRNA of nestin, NF, NSE, Thy 1.1 and Ran were detected in the induced cells by RT-PCR.RESULTS: The BMSCs were induced by reinal cells of rat neonates into the retina-like neurons, which showed the typical neural morphology and expression of the specific retinal neural antigens.CONCLUSION: The BMSCs from the adult rat can be induced into retina-like cells by retinal cells of rat neonates. [

BACKGROUND: Postoperative cholangitis is a common but severe complication after Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia (BA). This study aimed to identify its prognostic factors. METHODS: Two sets of liver paraffin-embedded tissue samples were collected from BA patients who received Kasai portoenterostomy (n = 25 and n = 31, respectively). Patients were divided into non-cholangitis and cholangitis groups. The infiltration of CD4+, CD8+, CD45RO+, CD68+ cells and expression of Beclin1 were quantitatively evaluated in immunohistochemical analysis. RESULTS: Cholangitis group had a significantly lower CD8+ T cell infiltration but a higher CD45RO+ cell infiltration, and a lower Beclin1 level than non-cholangitis group (all P < 0.01). Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that infiltration of CD8+ cells (odds ratio [OR], 0.112; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.022–0.577) and CD45RO+ cells (OR, 3.88; 95% CI, 1.37–11.03), and Beclin1 level (OR, 0.088; 95% CI, 0.018–0.452) were independent influence factors for early postoperative cholangitis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed that area under ROC curve (AUROC) values for CD8+ cells, CD45RO+ cells and Beclin1 were 0.857, 0.738 and 0.900, respectively. CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrated the CD8+ cells, CD45RO+ cells and Beclin1 level possessed the prognostic value for early postoperative cholangitis following Kasai operation, which may be helpful to develop new prevention and treatment strategies for postoperative cholangitis.
Biliary Atresia* ; Cholangitis* ; Humans ; Liver ; Logistic Models ; ROC Curve ; T-Lymphocytes*

Objective To observe the effects of seamless care and intra-aortic balloon pump ( IABP ) nursing clinical pathway in acute coronary syndrome ( ACS) with severe acute left heart failure undergoing IABP treatment patients. Methods A total of 31 patients undergoing IABP treatment were given seamless care and nursing care according to clinical pathway, the results of the patients were observed. Results Among 31 patients, 4 of them died and 27 survived with the fraction surviving 87. 10%;the mean treatment days were (5. 24 ± 1. 87);the times of ECG trigger adverse were (12. 32 ± 3. 21)/person; the staxis amount of the wound were (5. 21 ± 0. 99)ml; the EF were 39% ~47%. Conclusions Seamless care and clinical pathway can improve nursing quality of IABP treatment, increase fraction surviving, and ensure nursing teamwork and management.

ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical application value of pancreaticoduodenectomy with the assistance of robotic operation system for pancreatic head cancer.MethodsClinical data of 38 patients with pancreatic head cancer undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy using Da Vinci Si robotic system in Shanghai Ruijin Hospital from May 2010 to April 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. There were 25 males and 13 females with the mean age of (59±10) years old. The informed consents of all patients were obtained and the ethical committee approval was received. Three robotic exclusive Trocars, 1 camera Trocar and 1 assistant Trocar were inserted using 5-port approach and the robotic arms were inserted. Pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed under the assistance of robotic system. The perioperative situation including operation time, intraoperative blood loss, operation, postoperative complication and survive were observed.ResultsAll the operations of 38 cases were finished successfully with radical (R0) resection rate 97% (37/38), R1 resection rate 3% (1/38) and the median operation time 413(210-520)min, intraoperative blood loss 320(50-1 100)ml, lymphnode clearance number 15(2-24), postoperative hospital stay 20(7-36)d. The incidence of postoperative complication was 42% (16/38) including pancreatic ifstula (n=8), biliary ifstula (n=2), postoperative infection (n=6). The postoperative survival time was 25(3-42) months and disease-free survival time was 14(5-28) months.ConclusionPancreaticoduodenectomy with the assistance of robotic operation system is safe and feasible for resecting pancreatic head cancer.