AIM: To study the protective effect of bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) on ischemia /reperfusion hippocampal slices. METHODS: Ischemia/reperfusion models of hippocampal slices from newborn rats were established. MSCs obtained from adult bone marrow were cultured, isolated and purified. Cell death was assessed using propidium iodide fluorescence. And brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in MSCs was determined by immunocytochemistry and Western blot. RESULTS: Maximal dead cells appeared in hippocampal slices 3 to 7 days after reperfusion. When the slices were co-cultured with MSCs, only a few cells were dead. The protective effect of MSCs on the slices was diminished significantly when anti-BDNF antibody was added to the medium. The protein of BDNF was faintly expressed in MSCs under normal conditions. When MSCs were co-cultured with ischemia /reperfusion hippocampal slices, the expression of BDNF in MSCs was increased gradually especially when co-cultured for 3 to 7 days. However, MSCs co-cultured with normal hippocampal slices expressed BDNF at a lower level at any times of co-culture. CONCLUSIONS: In an in vitro model of simulated ischemia, MSCs reduce cell death. Ischemia/reperfusion hippocampal slices co-cultured with MSCs promote the expression of BDNF in MSCs, which in turn protect the ischemic neurons.

Objective To introduce a new flap of cutaneous branches of posterior tibial artery on the part of superior medial malleolus to repair soft tissues defect on the feet and the ankles Methods From October 1997 to December 2001,a flap with the pedicle called cutaneous branches of posterior tibial artery on the part of superior medial malleolus were used to repair 11 cases which suffered skin and soft tissue defect on the feet and the ankles due to various trauma Results The flaps were survived completely on 10 cases and the flaps distal had about 2 cm necrosis on 1 case,the size of the flap ranged from 28 cn?11 cm to 8 cm?6 cm,all of the 11 cases were evaluated as satisfactory after 6 months to 2 years follow-up Conclusions The new procedure can repair mostly soft tissue defect on the foot and the ankle and does not sacrifice the major arteries. The flap is easy to be performed,and it is an safety and ideal method.

Objective To investigate the prevalence of TT virus infection in pregnant women in Shenzhen and the role of mother-to -child transmission route in the TTV infection. Methods TTV DNA were detected by nested PCR in sera, cord blood and breast milk samples from 400 mother-infant pairs. TTV DNA positive mothers were followed up for 6 months for monitoring TTV DNA. Thirty two TTV DNA PCR products amplified from blood and milk samples of 13 mother-infant fairs were cloned and sequenced. Results By means of PCR, TTV DNA were detected in 62 of mothers' serum samples, 4 of 400 cord blood samples, and 20 of 400 milk samples, respectively. Therefore, 6.5%(4/62) of infants are likely to be infected with TTV from their mothers during the fetal period. Direct sequencing of TTV DNA from 13 mother-child pairs showed identical isolates (nucleotide homology from 97.5% to 99%), Follow-up sera of 42children, whose mothers were TTV DNA positive, showed 16 cases turned out to be existence of TTV viremia at 6 months old. Conclusions Our data proved the mother-to-child transmission route of TTV infection.TTV can be transmitted transplacentally and postnatally by the way of breast feeding as well. The increase of TTV prevalence during the 6 months after birth, suggests the postnatal transmission route of TTV may be of more importance, and further study is needed to address whether preventive measure should be done.

Objective To investigate the effects of melatonin on oxidative stress and metabolisms of glucose and lipid of diabetic patients.Methods By means of random,single-blind,placebo-parallel control clinical trial,91 of diabetic patients were randomly divided into melatonin group and placebo group.The parameters of Glutathione Peroxidase (GSH-Px),Superoxide Dismutase(SOD)and Malondialdehyde(MDA),as well as the profiles of glycemia and lipidemia were observed before and after 8 weeks treatments,respectively.Results Before treatment,both the serum levels of GSH-Px and SOD of diabetic patients were decreased significantly,whereas the serum level of MDA increased significantly.After 8 weeks consecutive melatonin treatment,the serum levels of GSH-Px and SOD increased significantly,whereas the serum level of MDA decreased significantly compared with pre-treatment in the melatonin group.There were no significant variations of serum levels of GSH,SOD and MDA observed before and after treatment in the placebo group.There were significan benefit on FBG and HbA1c after 8 weeks treatment compared with pre-treatment.The other profile of glycemia and lipidemia such as PBG,TG,TC,LDL-C and HDL-C hed no significant variations compared with pre-treatment.There were no significant variations of the profiles of glycemia and lipidemia compared with pre-treatment in the placebo group.Conclusion Melatonin significantly inhibits oxidative stress provoked by hyperglycemia and has beneficial effects on the glucose homeostasis of diabetic patients.

Objective To investigate the effect of indwelling double-J ureteral stents before flexible ureteroscope lithotrity in terms of operation time, postoperative hospitalization time and operation effect. Methods All clinical data of flexible ureteroscope lithotrity from 2009 to 2013 were reviewed. Operation time, postoperative hospitalization time and recurrence rate of calculus of patients who received operation directly and patients who received indwelling of double-J ureteral stents 2 weeks before operation were observed and compared. Results Op-eration time, postoperative hospitalization time, and recurrence rate of calculus of patients who received indwelling of double-J ureteral stents 2 weeks before receiving operation were obviously lower than patients who received operation directly. Conclusion Operation time, postoper-ative hospitalization time and recurrence rate of calculus can be decreased by indwelling double-J ureteral stents 2 weeks before operation.

Objective To investigate the effect of multiple treatments on cystospasm after transurethral resection of prostate(TURP). Methods From 2006 to 2013, 663 patients who had received TURP for BPH were civided into 6 groups:2 were treated by kieselgel or lac-toprene urethral catheter,defined as catheter observe group. 2 were treated by warmed or ordinary temperature douche,defined as temperature observe group. 2 were treated by dicaine mixed or normal douche,defined as mixed douche observe group. The incidence rates and duration of cystospasm and visual analogue scores of pain were observed and the diversities were measured by statistics within each pair groups. Results The incidence rates and duration of cystospasm and visual analogue scores of pain of groups treated by kieselgel urethral catheter,warmed douche and dicaine mixed douche were obviously lower than the groups treated by lactoprene urethral catheter,ordinary temperature douche and normal douche. The kieselgel urethral catheter and warmed douche decreasing the irritation on mucous membrane of bladder,the dicaine decreasing the sensibility of bladder nerves may be the mechanism. Conclusion The incidence rates and duration of cystospasm and visual analogue scores of pain can be obviously decreased by treatments of kieselgel urethral catheter,warmed douche and dicaine mixed douche.

AIM:Nitroxyl ( HNO) increases myofilament Ca 2+responsiveness relative to increases in intracel-lular Ca2+in cardiac muscle.In this study, we further investigated this effect of HNO on trabecular muscles from phospho-lamban knockout ( PLB-KO) and wide-type ( WT ) mice using a novel HNO donor , 1-nitrosocyclohexyl acetate ( NCA ) . METHODS:Trabecular muscles were dissected from the right ventricles of the rat hearts and mounted between a force transducer and a motor arm.The muscles were superfused with K-H solution (pH 7.4) at room temperature.Fura-2 was loaded into the trabecular muscles via electrophoresis .The length of the sarcomere was set to 2.2~2.3μm.During stead-y-state activations, the maximal Ca2+-activated force and Ca2+required for 50% activation were measured.RESULTS:The intracellular Ca 2+transients and force of the PLB-KO muscles at baseline were higher than those of the WT muscles and exhibited a negative force-frequency relationship (FFR).NCA (2.5μmol/L) increased systolic force in both PLB-KO group and WT group at any given [Ca2+]o.However, there was more dramatic increase in the force development due to moderate increases in the intracellular Ca 2+transients in the WT muscles when external Ca 2+increased from 1.5 to 4.5 mmol/L under NCA.NCA did not affect the negative FFR in PLB-KO muscle.Steady-state force-Ca2+relations obtained from skinned muscles were not different between the 2 groups, while NCA increased Ca2+responsiveness in skinned mus-cles from both PLB-KO and WT mice.CONCLUSION:HNO increases force development in both PLB-KO and WT mus-cles as a result of increases in myofilament Ca 2+responsiveness .The increased intracellular Ca 2+transients are accompa-nied by greater force development in WT mice , suggesting that HNO improves Ca 2+activation and establishes HNO as a positive inotropic agent with novel mechanisms .

er analysis of the survival showed that there was significant difference between patients with and without OH. Conclusion At the introductory phase of haemodialysis, OH is an independent predictor of survival rate in haemodialysis patients.

0.05)significant difference in 30 days (P0.001) between trunks groups and branches groups.Conclusion For the pationts with hypersplenism arteries were two or three branches,the PSE operation in the splenic arteriosus branches should be done,if splenic arteries were no truncus or truncus obvious crooked causing to introduce the catheter difficuty,the PSE operation in the splenic arteriosus truncus should be done.

Objective:To investigate the expression of Plk1 ( Polo-like kinase 1 ) and Chk1/2 ( Checkpoint kinase 1/2 ) in primary hepatic carcinoma tissue and HepG2 cell. Methods: Using immunohistochemistry chemical method detected expression of Plk1,Chk1/2 protein in 40 cases of primary hepatic carcinoma tissue and 16 cases of non-tumor tissue of liver. Western blot was applied to detect the expression of Plk1 and Chk1/2 protein in HepG2 cells, and gray value was measured by using the quantitative analysis. Results:The positive rate of Plk1,Chk1/2 protein expression in primary hepatic carcinoma was 57. 5%,75. 0% and 22. 5%respectively,compared with positive rate in the liver of non-tumor tissue were 0%,25. 0% and 56. 3%. The expression of Plk1 and Chk1 protein in primary hepatic carcinoma tissue is higher than that in non-tumor tissue of liver,and the difference was statistically sig-nificant( P<0. 05 ) . The expression of Chk2 in primary hepatic carcinoma was lower than that in hepatic non-tumor tissue, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0. 05) too. The expression of Plk1,Chk1/2 protein were detected in HepG2 cells and the relative expression rate of Plk1,Chk1/2 protein were 0.39±0.0226,0.08±0.0249 and 0.01±0.0066 respectively,the difference between them was statistically significant. The expression degree was Plk1>Chk1>Chk2. Conclusion: Plk1,Chk1 protein in primary hepatic carcinoma was up-regulated,while Chk2 protein was down-regulated in these tissues. The expression degree was Plk1> Chk1>Chk2. There were relatively selective expression in primary hepatic carcinoma tissue of Plk1,Chk1 protein,then Plk1 and Chk1 might be ideal targets for therapy of primary hepatic carcinoma.