There is a great controversy over the application of corticosteroids in preventing and treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia(BPD).Prenatal use of corticosteroids may reduce the occurrence of BPD.Intravenous corticosteroids within 1 week after birth can reduce the incidence of BPD.However,in light of the short and long-term adverse reactions,it is not recommended.For premature infants with BPD in high risk,clinicians should weigh the pros and cons and may apply a small dose,short course of corticosteroids for intervention in 1 week after birth.Early inhalation or instilling of corticosteroids may be an effective and safe way to reduce the occurrence of BPD.

Objective To investigate the clinical significance between congestive heart failure (CHF) and serum thyroxine. Methods 50 patients with CHF (7 cases of grade Ⅱ heart function,grade Ⅲ 19 cases,grade Ⅳ 24)and 30 normal persons wre selected. The serum triiodothyronine( T3 ), four-triiodothyronine( T4 ), free triiodothyronine (FT3), free triiodothyronine (FT4), thyroid stimulating hormone TSH were determined by radioimmunoassay. Results The T3, FT3 contens ( 1.95 ± 0.55) nmol/L, (2.20 ± 0.39 ) pmol/L in CHF group were lower than the control group (2.4 ± 0.50) nmol/L, ( 5.89 ± 0. 45 ) pmol/L ( t = 2. 415,2. 325, P < 0.05 ); The T3, FT3 contens ( 2.19 ± 0. 53 )nmol/L,(3.69 ± 0.57)pmol/L after treatment were significantly higher than that before treatment (t =2. 375,2. 405, P < 0.05 ); The T3, FT3 contens in cardiac function with stage Ⅳ ( 1.76 ± 0.7) nmol/L, ( 1.99 ± 0. 45 ) pmol/L were significantly lower than the control group( t = 2.245,2. 375, P < 0.05 ); Serum TT3, TT4 and cardiac function was negatively correlated ( r = -0.933, -0.383, all P < 0.05 ) , serum FT3, FT4,TSH and cardiac function were not correlated. Conclusion The changes of serum thyroid level could be used as an index of the severity of heart failure.

Objective To investigate the effects of HRT on endometrium of postmenopausal women.Methods 53 cases of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding(PMB),from Jan,1995 to Dec.1999 treated by HRT were selected to make a comparison with the other 60 cases of PMB without HRT during the corresponding period.Both groups had integrated ultrasonic and pathological data and getting information from succedent inspection.Results The rates of the endometrial carcinorma incidences that happen in the HRT group were non-HRT group were 5 66% and 8 33% respectively,which had little significant.While the occurring rates of inflammation were 1 89% and 16 67% respectively,a significant difference between the both existed here.Conclusions With HRT,the various symptoms of post menopause women can be efficiently improved.It is safe and effective in short term.But a close monitoring is absolutely necessary for its long term effect(5 years or more).

BACKGROUND:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels are a kind of non-hematopoietic adult stem cels, mainly distributing in the bone marrow, with strong proliferation and differentiation potential, which has a promising clinical prospect. OBJECTIVE:To review the latest progress in growth factors and biological scaffolds to promote chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels. METHODS:PubMed and CNKI databases were searched by the first author using key words of cartilage defects, tissue engineering, biological scaffolds, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels, cytokines in English and in Chinese, respectively, to retrieve relevant articles published from 1990 to 2014. Literatures addressing the chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels were included, and 51 articles were chosen for further analysis eventualy. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels have the potential to differentiate into chondrocytes, which can be induced by many cytokines. Various biological scaffolds act as a carrier for chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels. But there are stil lots of problems to be solved and in-depth explored clinicaly.

Objective To study the efficacy of chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy in treatment of middle and advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer and improvement of patients'life quality.Methods 140 patients with middle and advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer treated from Mar .2012 to Mar.2014 were in-cluded and they were randomly divided into two groups:the observation group(70 cases)and the control group(70 cases).The observation group took chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy , while the control group took chemotherapy treatment alone .Patients'life quality , treatment effects and changes in immune indexes were co-mared between the two groups .Results The improvement rate of life quality of the observation group (90.0%) was significantly higher than that of the control group (58.6%), and the difference had satistical significance (P<0.05).The response rate of the observation group (88.6%) was significantly higher than that of the control group(70.0%), and the difference had statistical significance (P<0.05).The increasement rate of CD3 +, CD4 +, CD8 +cells, as well as CD4 +/CD8 +cells was significantly higher in the observation group than in the control group, and the difference had statistical significance (P<0.05).Conclusion Chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy in teatment of patients with middle and advanced non-small cell lung cancer has obvious effect, high safety, and high clinical value .

Objective To observe the expression of cytotoxicity and receptors on NK cells in breast cancer,and investigate the impact of soluble MICA(sohble MHC class Ⅰ-related molecules A,sMICA) on NK cells receptors expression and cytotoxicity.Methods ELISA was used to examine the sMICA in peripheral blood.The expressions of activated receptor(NKG2D),killer inhibitory receptor (KIR)(CD158b) and NK cells were identified by flow cytometry(FCM).Cytotoxicity of NK cells to breast cancer were tested by MTT.Results sMICA was (205.36±71.27)ng/L in breast cancer patients and 81.6 % samples were detected.There were positive correlations between sMICA levels with breast cancer stages.There were no difference of NK cells percentage between breast cancer and healthy person.The cytotoxicity of NK cells and expressions of NKG2D were obviously lower in breast cancer with sMICA(+) than in healthy person,but CD158b was higher in healthy person.After cultured with sMICA,NK cells cytotoxicity decreased from(76.2±6.7)% to(48.4±4.1)% and the expression of NKG2D reduced from(92.5±7.1)% to (62.5±6.4)%,but the the expression of CD158b increased from(10.6±3.2)% to (43.6±3.4)%.IL-15 up regulated the expression of NKG2D and NK cells cytotoxicity,but decreased the expression of CD158b by co-culturation with IL-15 and sMICA in sMICA+ patients with breast cancer.Conclusion sMICA reduced the expression of NKG2D and increased the expression of Kill,which lead to the down regulation of NK cells cytotoxicity.IL-15 can reverse this effect.

Objective To investigate the prenatal or intrapartum risk factors,resuscitation and its outcomes among full term but dying newborns after severe asphyxia (Apgar score was 0～1 at 1 min after birth).Methods Totally,39 dying full-term newborns,who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of Shenzhen Maternity&Child Healthcare Hospital,Southern Medical University from January,2003 to June,2014 were analyzed retrospectively.Information on perinatal influencing factors and outcomes of resuscitation were collected and analyzed with Chi-square test.Results All of the babies were divided into died (n=7,18％,one refused to further treatment) and survived group [n=32,among which 15 suffered from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy(HIE) (seven mild,seven moderate and one severe case)].Fetal heart beat was undetectable in more babies in the died group than in the survived group [2/7 vs 0％(0/32),x2=4.695,P=0.028].There were 19 infants with Apgar score ≤ 5 at 5 min,and seven of them died (7/19).The other 12 survived with HIE occurred in eight cases (four mild,three moderate and one severe case) and the rest four babies did not report any neurological complications.Among the ten infants with Apgar score ≤ 5 at 10 min,seven died or refused to treatment and the other three survived with moderate HIE.Conclusions Most of the dying term babies may have promising outcomes after effective resuscitation,especially for those with Apgar score over 5 at 5 min.However,for those dying term babies with Apgar score remains ≤ 5 at 5 min,management after resuscitation should be strengthened to reduce the occurrence of any sequelae or complications.

Objective:To study the effects of group counseling which based on interpersonal activities and aimed at the college students with computer gaming addiction in China.Methods:Seventeen college students with computer game addiction were chosen as the experimental group,and 10 college students from another college were chosen as the control group.The two groups had no difference in the scores of Computer Gaming Addiction Invention(CGAI)and several other scales before group counseling.There were a pre-test and a post-test separately set when the group counseling was started and finished,focused on CGAI and negative emotions and cognitions.Results:In post-test,the score of CGAI in experimental group was significantly lower than that in control group[(92.6±16.7)vs.(105.9±13.0)] and lower than that in pre-test(98.9±16.4)by analysis of covariance(Ps<0.01).The scores of Beck Depression Inventory(BDI),Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS),and the negative cognition of oneself in socical settings in experimental group were also lower than those in control group [(6.4±7.9)vs.(13.5±5.6),(39.7±6.4)vs.(49.9±10.3),(15.1±4.3)vs.(19.9±3.0),Ps<0.01],while the score of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale(SES)was higher than that of the control group [(29.3±2.9)vs.(24.6±4.8),P<0.01].Conclusion:Group counseling based on interpersonal activities has obvious effects on the college students with computer gaming addiction.

BACKGROUND:Cel membrane microparticles CD31 and CD54 lead to microvascular injury in the femoral head by mediating vascular inflammatory response, promoting blood clotting, affecting vasomotion and promoting vascular endothelial injury. Studies have verified that membrane particles play an important role in steroid-induced necrosis of the femoral head, but there is no studies concerning relationship between microparticles and alcohol-induced avascular necrosis of femoral head. METHODS/DESIGN:This is a randomized control ed animal study. Healthy male Wistar rats wil be randomly assigned to two groups. In the model group, rats wil be intragastrical y administered hard liquor for 6 consecutive months to prepare models of alcohol-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Blank controls wil be intragastrical y given an equal volume of physiological saline. In 1-6 months of intervention, six rats wil be randomly selected from each group every month. Blood wil be col ected separately. Flow cytometry wil be used to detect serum cel membrane particles CD31, CD54 levels. Bilateral femoral head wil be fixed, decalcified, embedded in wax, and then sections. After hematoxylin-eosin staining, empty bone lacuna wil be quantified under a light microscope to identify femoral head necrosis. Verhoff’s staining and MSB microthrombosis staining wil be used to observe microvascular injury and microvascular thrombosis in the femoral head, and to analyze the correlation of CD31 and CD54 levels with femoral head necrosis, vascular endothelial injury and microvascular thrombosis. DISCUSSION:This study wil investigate the effects of CD31 and CD54 on alcohol-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head, explore the pathogenesis of alcohol-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head, provide a new theoretical basis for early diagnosis and early treatment, and may provide a new target for its treatment. ETHICS APPROVAL:The protocol has been approved by the Animal Experimental Ethics Committee of Inner Mongolia Medical University (approval number YKD2016154). Experimental procedures and materials of rats wil be in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, which is consistent with the guide of National Institutes of Health. Subject headings:Femur Head Necrosis;Membrane Proteins;Tissue Engineering

Aim: To study the effect of Eudragit S-100, a pH-responsive polymer, on protein refolding level, using recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor-2 (rhKGF-2) as a model protein. Methods: The refolding of rh-KGF-2 was performed by directly diluting denatured rhKGF-2 into a refolding buffer containing different concentrations of Eudragit. The ability of Eudragit S-100 to enhance protein refolding level was investigated using MTT assay, reverse phase HPLC, fluorescence emission spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Results: The addition of Eudragit S-100 in the refolding buffer significantly increased the rhKGF-2 refolding yield to 71%, when dilution refolding was conducted at 0. 5 mg/mL rhKGF-2. The outcome from the refolding study showed possibility of a special interaction between rhKGF-2 and Eudragit, suggesting that the refolding-enhancing ability of Eudragit S-100 was due to this interaction between Eudragit S-100 and rhKGF-2. Mean while, the result showed that the concentration of urea was also an important factor for the optimization of the refolding in the presence of Eudragit. Conclusion: Eudragit S-100 can significantly increase the refolding level of rhKGF-2.