Objective To study the effects of PTEN and missense mutations in PTEN phosphotase domain on AKT phosphorylation in AGS and BGC-823 cells. Methods The plasmids of wtPTEN,PTEN-C124S which PTEN mutant is in both lipid and protein phosphotase domain and PTEN-G129E which PTEN mutant is only in lipid phosphotase domain were respectively transfected into AGS and BGC-823 cells. The cells were stimulated with insulin or rhEGF after serum starvation overnight. The levels of AKT phosphorylation were detected by Western blot. Results Both insulin and rhEGF can activate AKT phosphorylation in gastric cancer cells. Overexpressed PTEN inhibitedAKT phosphorylation induced by insulin or rhEGF(P < 0.05). PTEN mutants C124S or G129E could not inhibitAKT phosphorylation(P > 0.05). Conclusions PTEN can inhibit AKT phosphorylation induced by insulin or rhEGF in gastric cancer cells. Missense mutations in the 124th or 129th amino acid of PTEN phospho-tase domain do not exert inhibitive function.

Background Excimer laser corneal refractive surgery is widely used because it reduces the dependency of refractive error eye to glasses.However,the adverse effects of anti-inflammatory drugs is a problem after operation.Lotemax eyedrops is a kind of steroidal anti-inflammatory drug,with a good effect on the operative eye.But its influence on intraocular pressure(IOP) after long-term topical administration is less studied.Objective This study was to investigate the influence of lotemax eyedrops on IOP after long-term topical administration in myopic eyes received excimer laser corneal refractive surgery.Methods An one-month retrospective case serial study was adopted.The case history data of 1552 eyes from 1552 Patients who received excimer laser corneal refractive surgery were collected in Tangshan Eye Hospital from 2011 January to 2012 January,including 321 eyes with laser in situ keratomileusis(LASIK),608 eyes with sub-Bowman keratomileusis (SBK) and 623 eyes with femtosecond laser for flap excimer laser in situ keratomileusis(FS-LASIK).Lotemax eyedrops was topically administered after operation 4 times per day initial and then decreased 1 time weekly for 1 month.IOP was measured in before,1 week,2 weeks,3 weeks,4 weeks after operation with non-contact tonometer.The increasing range of IOP was divided into ＜5 mmHg,5-15 mmHg and ＞ 15 mmHg after operation.Optical head parameters were measured by Heidelberg retina tomography when IOP increasing after operation.Results Within 1 month,elevated IOP was found in 47 of 1552 eyes after administration of lotemax eyedrops,including 3.12％ (10/321) in the LASIK group,3.29％ (20/608) in the SBK group and 2.73％ (17/623) in the FS-LASIK group,without significant difference among them(x2 =1.95,P＞0.05).The IOP elevated 1 week after operation and remained normal after that till drug withdrawal in all eyes.There were no significant differences in the disk area (1.65 ±0.44) mm2 vs.(1.66 ±0.44) mm2,disk volume (0.40 ±0.09)mm3 vs.(0.39±0.08) mm3 and mean nerve fiber layer thickness (0.28 ± 0.08) mm vs.(0.29 ± 0.07) mm in IOP elevation duration compared with 1 month after IOP recovery(t =0.34,0.81,0.48,P＞0.05).Conclusions Topical administration of 0.5％ lotemax eyedrops after excimer laser corneal refractive surgery leads to reversible high IOP.It is very important to monitor the IOP during use of the drug.

Objective To study the molecular biology of rifampin-depending M. Tuberculosis. Methods The seguence (a 319-bp DNA fragment) of rpoB gene were analyzed by automated DNA sequencing machine. (2) The fingerprints of genomic DNA were obtained by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting. (3)The protein electrophoresis of bacterium by SDS-polyacrylamide gel (SDS-PAG).(4) The cases of pulmonary tuberculosis by rifampin-depending strains were retrospectively analyzed. Results (1) rpoB gene sequenced: The point mutationrate of rifampin-depending strainswas 96.7%(29/30) and that of rifampin-residtant strains 81.1%(30/37), P

Animals ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial ; methods ; Male ; Myocardial Ischemia ; prevention & control ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ; prevention & control ; Rabbits

Aging ; drug effects ; Animals ; Astragalus Plant ; Blood ; metabolism ; Brain ; metabolism ; Female ; Glutathione Peroxidase ; metabolism ; Liver ; metabolism ; Male ; Malondialdehyde ; metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Polysaccharides ; pharmacology ; Superoxide Dismutase ; metabolism

Acute Disease ; Humans ; Industry ; legislation & jurisprudence ; Occupational Diseases ; prevention & control ; Poisoning ; prevention & control ; Social Control, Formal

Adult ; Cementoma ; pathology ; surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Male ; Mandibular Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Tooth Root ; pathology ; surgery

Objective To evaluate MR findings and clinical features in patients with spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH). Methods Eight patients (5 men, 3 women; aged 16-50 years ) with SSEH underwent MR imaging during 1994-2001, including 7 cases without history of trauma or coagulation disorders and 1 case with history of hypertension. MR imaging was performed from 4 hours to 3 days after the onset of symptoms in all 8 patients with surgical and pathologic diagnosis. Results The hematomas were in lateral posterior or posterior epidural space, including 3 cases in cervical vertebra, 2 cases in thoracic vertebra, 2 cases in cervical and thoracic junction region, and 1 case in thoracic and lumbar part. The MRI confirmed an encapsulated hematoma caused by arteriovenous malformation in 1 case and two hematomas associated with disc herniation. The signal intensity of the hematoma varied with the hematoma age, but T 1-weighted images reflected its typical signal changes. Sagittal and coronal T 1- weighted images revealed isointense (7 cases) and slight high-intense (1 case) signal; Sagittal and axial T 2-weighted images revealed mixed-intensity (6 cases) and mixed high-intensity (2 cases). Conclusion MR imaging has an important value on localization, identification, and differential diagnosis of the lesion, therefore, it is the most helpful diagnostic tool for this condition.

Hypertension is classified to fire-heat constitution,yang deficiency constitution,phlegm-wet constitution and yin deficiency causing predominant yang constitution on base of consititutional theory. The therapeutic method of TCM is to modify the unbalance of constitution of hypertension patient.

Objective To establish a SYBR Green Ⅰ quantitative real-time PCR method for detecting the expression of APRIL gene(a proliferation-inducing ligand,APRIL) in peripheral blood of patients with auto-immune diseases,e.g.,systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis(RA),and investigate the relationship of APRIL mRNA expression with pathogenesis and prognosis of auto-immune diseases.Methods Plasmid PGEM-T easy-APRIL was cloned as the standard template.SYBR Green Ⅰ quantitative real-time PCR was set up to examine the expression of APRIL mRNA in peripheral blood of 58 patients with auto-immune diseases and 20 healthy controls using Line Gene FQD-33A Detection System.Results The obtained data were normalized by dividing the copy number of target cDNA by those of GAPDH(glyceraldehycle-3-phosphate dehydrogenase,GAPDH).APRIL expression levels ranges from 3.95 to 192 and mean value was 29.68?4.5.APRIL expression of twenty healthy controls showed range from 3.1 to 18.7 and mean value of 10.56?2.0.APRIL expression levels in patients with auto-immune diseases were higher than those in healthy controls.In auto-immune diseases group APRIL expression levels of untreated patients were higher than those of the other patients,and a statistical significance was found.Conclusions APRIL mRNA was successfully detected by SYBR Green Ⅰ quantitative real-time PCR and the method was accurate and reliable.The expression of APRIL mRNA of auto-immune disease patients was higher than those of healthy controls,and the expression of untreated patients was the highest.This method may be used for further study on the high-level expression of APRIL mRNA in mechanism of auto-immune diseases as well as the development and prognosis of diseases.