Objective To observe the effect of dihydroartemisinin(DHA) on the ultrastructure of Trichomonas vaginalis cultured in vitro.Methods The trophozoites of T.vaginalis were cultivated with liver extract solution medium containing 1 mg/ml dihydroartemisinin,and were then observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopes after the treatment for 2.5-4.0 h.Results The cell membranes of the trophozoites treated with DHA were damaged considerably.The surface of T.vaginalis showed deepening folds,hollow,and cracks.The nuclear membrane appeared fractures.There were a few of crevices in the nucleus and cytoplasm.Disordered and dilated endoplasmic reticulum,injured and deformed hydrogenosomes were found.Cytoplasm of the damaged parasites spilled over from torn place.After the cell membrane was peeled off,the nuclei,hydrogenosomes and pelta were exposed,which finally resulted in the death of the denatured parasites.Conclusion Dihydroartemisinin can destroy membrane structure and organelles of Trichomonas vaginalis trophozoites,which leads to decomposition and necrosis of the parasites.

Objective:To investigate the characteristics of serum immunoglobulin and complement levels in centenarians in Hainan.Methods:Fasting venous blood samples from 969 centenarians in Hainan province were collected and from 364 seniors serving as the control group.Levels of serum immunoglobulin A, G, M and E, immunoglobulin light chain κ and λ, and complement C3 and C4 were measured.Serum immunoglobulin and complement levels were analyzed in subjects based on age, sex, ethnicity, diet and smoking.Results:Serum levels of immunoglobulin G and E, and immunoglobulin light chain κ were higher in the centenarian group than in the control group[15.9(13.8, 18.3)g/L vs.14.9(13.1, 16.9)g/L; 270.0(85.5, 851.0) vs.180.5 kU/L(58.0, 556.2)kU/L, 4.1(3.5, 4.9)g/L vs.4.0(3.1, 4.6)g/L, P<0.05]. Serum levels of immunoglobulin M, and complement C3 and C4 were lower in the centenarian group than in the control group[1.0(0.7, 1.4)g/L vs.1.1(0.8, 1.5)g/L, 1.0(0.9, 1.2) vs.1.1(1.0, 1.3), 0.2(0.2, 0.3) vs.0.3(0.2, 0.3), P<0.05]. Serum levels of immunoglobulin M and complement C3 were higher in female centenarians than in male centenarians[1.1(0.7, 1.4) vs.1.0(0.7, 1.3), 1.0(0.9, 1.1) vs.1.0(0.8, 1.1), P<0.05]. There were significant differences in immunoglobulin A, G and E, and immunoglobulin light chain κ and λ between centenarians of different ethnicities( P<0.01). Serum immunoglobulin M levels were higher in centenarians with a long history of milk-drinking than in those without the history[1.2(0.8, 1.5) vs.1.0(0.7, 1.4), P<0.01]. Conclusions:Serum levels of immunoglobulins and complements are different among centenarians of different ages, genders, ethnicities and diet habits.Factors such as advanced age, female gender, ethnic minority and milk drinking tend to promote the expression of immunoglobulins and complements.

Objective To summarize the experiences of Nuss procedure for complicated pectus excavatum.Methods From August 2006 to July 2011,443 patients with pectus excavatum received Nuss operation.Among them,95 patients with complicated pectus excavatum (CT Haller index ＞ 6) received modified technique of Nuss procedure,including multi-bar technique,oblique placed bar,double arc bar technique; fix with wire ; osteotomies ; auxiliary small incision; thoracoscopy placed by different lateral.Results All operations were successfully accomplished without severe complications.The mean operative time was (90.13 ± 39.12 ) minutes and the mean volume of blood loss was (45.41 ± 19.23 )ml.The mean hospital stay was (7.21 ± 2.87 ) days.All patients have been satisfied with their surgical correction.Therapeutic results evaluation was excellent in 75.8％ of patients,good in 16.8％.Conclusion Multi modified technique of Nuss procedure can lead to a satisfactory outcome for complicated pectus excavatum patients.

ObjectiveTo investigate the feasibitity of detecting S100A6 expression at mRNA level in endoscopic ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) specimens and its diagnostic value in PDA.MethodsA total of 18 PDA specimens and 22 normal pancreatic specimens were collected. RNA was extracted for reverse transcription.The expression of S100A6 gene was examined by real-time polymerase chain reaction.The cut-off value of S100A6 expression at mRNA level in PDA diagnosis was established through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. 28 patients with pancreatic head masses were selected for EUS-FNA examination,and the value of S100A6 mRNA expression level in PDA diagnosis was prospectively evaluated. The expression of S100A6 protein in PDA tissue was determined by immunohistochemistry staining.ResultsS100A6 mRNA expression in EUS-FNA and surgical PDA specimens (0.05023±0.10120,0.02083 ± 0.02848) was significantly higher than that of normal pancreatic tissues (0.00164±0.00202),both P＜0.01.The expression of S100A6 in 22 EUS-FNA PDA specimens was significantly higher than that of 6 pancreatic benign disease biopsy specimens (0.00193 ± 0.00278,P =0.0009). There was no significant difference in S100A6 expression between 6 pancreatic benign disease biopsy specimens and normal surgical pancreatic samples (P=0.6143).When S100A6 mRNA expression in EUS-FNA specimens over 0.00525 was taken as positive diagnostic value,the sensitivity,specificity and accuracy in prospective pancreatic cancer diagnosis were 90.01％,100 ％ and 92.85 ％,respectively.ConclusionThe high expression of S100A6 mRNA in EUS-FNA specimens of PDA has good preoperative diagnostic value.

Objective The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive pectus repair.The aim of this study was to explore the changes in quality of life in patients who underwent a Nuss procedure.Methods 96 patients,who underwent a Nuss procedure in our institution,were interviewed at preoperation,1 year after operation with the bar in place,and before the planned bar removal.The Nuss Questionnaire modified by George Krasopoulos et al,which evaluates psychosocial and physical well-being,was independently used by patients.Results Most of the scoring of the individual questions and the total score of individual patients revealed a significant improvement,both in preoperation vs.1 year after operation and 1 year after operation vs.before the planned bar removal.Conclusion The Nuss procedure has been shown to improve the quality of life in patients with pectus excavatum deformity in the short term.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the molecular biological mechanism of endothelial cell proliferation induced by bFGF.

METHODSCultured rat myocardial microvascular endothelial cells were stimulated with bFGF of various concentrations. By northern blot analysis, the levels of c-myc mRNA expression were detected.

RESULTSThe expression of c-myc mRNA in the bFGF-treated groups increased (P < 0.05) with a dose- and stimulating time-dependent manner. The c-myc mRNA expression reached to a peak level at 2 hours.

CONCLUSIONSC-myc expression may be an important component in controlling the transit of cells through the cell cycle.

Animals ; Cell Division ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Endothelium, Vascular ; cytology ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 ; pharmacology ; Gene Expression Regulation ; drug effects ; Genes, myc ; genetics ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Time Factors

Objective: To optimize the formula of bromhexine hydrochloride dry powder inhalations (BH DPIs). Methods: BH DPIs were prepared by freezing-drying combined with an air-jet milling method. Three factors, including the weights of mannitol (X1), leucine (X2) and poloxamer 188 (X3) in the formula were known to be associated with the quality of BH DPIs. A central composite design was used to investigate the effects of the three factors on the response angle (Y1), fine particle fraction (FPF, Y3) and aerody-namic diameter (Y4). Response surface and overlay contour plot were delineated according to the best-fit mathematic models. Opti-mum formula was selected by overlay contour plot. Results: The quantitative relationships between the three factors and the three re-sponses were obtained. The optimal formula was mannitol﹕leucine﹕poloxamer 188 (2. 4: 2. 22: 0. 05) in the excipients. The pre-dicted and observed values of the optimum formula were similar. Conclusion: The multi-objective simultaneous optimization of the for-mula of BH DPIs is achieved by central composite design-response surface methodology.

ObjectiveThis study aimed to compare the clinical characteristics and prognoses of primary Waldeyer's ring diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma ( ENKTCL).MethodsFrom 2000 to 2008,122 patients with primary Waldeyer's ring DLBCL and 44 patients with primary Waldeyer' s ring ENKTCL consecutively diagnosed were retrospectively compared.Patients with DLBCL usually received 4-6 cycles of CHOP-based chemotherapy followed by involved-field radiotherapy.Patients with early stage ENKTCL usually received extended-field radiotherapy with or without subsequent chemotherapy,or short courses ( 1 - 3 cycles ) of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy.Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis.Logrank method was used for univariate analysis.ResultsThe follow-up rate was 82％.The number of patients followed 5 years were 32 and 15 in DLBCL and ENKTCL.DLBCL mainly presented with stage Ⅱ tonsillar disease with regional lymph node involvement.ENKTCL occurred predominately in young males,as nasopharyngeal stage I disease with B symptoms and involving adjacent structures.The 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 74％ and 67％ in DLBCL,and 68％ and 59％ in ENKTCL (x2=0.53,1.06,P=0.468,0.303),respectively.In stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ diseases,the 5-year OS and PFS rates were 79％ and 76％ for DLBCL compared to 72％ and 62％ for ENKTCL (x2 =1.20,2.46,P=0.273,0.117).On univariate analysis,age ＞ 60 years,elevated lactate dehydrogenase,eastern cooperative oncology group performance status ＞ 1,international prognosis index ( IPI ) score ≥ 1,stage Ⅲ/Ⅳ diseases and bulky disease were associated with unfavorable survival for DLBCL (x2=9.40,12.72,6.15,10.36,12.48,5.53,P=0.002,0.000,0.013,0.001,0.000,0.019),and only age＞60 years and IPI score ≥ 1 were associated with poor survival for ENKTCL (x2 =3.98,8.41,P =0.046,0.004).ConclusionsThese results indicate that remarkable clinical disparities exist between DLBCL and ENKTCL in Waldeyer's ring. Different treatment strategies for each can result in similarly favorable prognoses.

Objective:To explore the mechanism of Huangqi Jiedu Decoction (HQJD) in the treatment of breast cancer with the syndrome of Zheng deficiency and toxic incandescence by network pharmacology and molecular docking technology.Methods:The main active ingredients and targets of HQJD were screened through the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) systematic pharmacology database and analysis platform. The relevant targets of breast cancer with the syndrome of Zheng-deficiency, toxic-incandescence were obtained using OMIM, GeneGards and Drugbank databases, and the relevant targets of HQJD for the treatment of breast cancer with the syndrome of Zheng-deficiency and toxic incandescence were obtained by intersection; The Cytoscape 3.9.1 software was used to build the protein protein interaction (PPI) network and the " drug active component target disease" network on the basis of String 11.0 database, and the core active components and core targets of HQJD in treating breast cancer with the syndrome of Zheng-deficiency and toxic-incandescence were inferred according to the topological parameters. gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis were performed on core targets using R language; and molecular docking verification on the main active ingredients and core targets were conducted.Results:230 effective targets of active ingredients of HQJD were screened, and 15 467 active ingredients of breast cancer with syndrome of Zheng-deficiency/toxic-incandescence were obtained; 217 intersection targets; GO function enrichment analysis showed that the treatment of HQJD for breast cancer with the syndrome of Zheng-deficiency and toxic-incandescence mainly involved oxidative stress and cytochemical stress; The enrichment analysis of KEGG pathway showed that HQJD treatment of breast cancer with the syndrome of Zheng-deficiency and toxic-incandescence was mainly related to phosphatidylinositol 3-protein kinase B (PI3K-Akt), interleukin-17 (IL-17) and other signal pathways. The molecular docking results showed that the main active ingredients such as β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, luteolin had good binding ability with core targets.Conclusions:HQJD has the characteristics of multi-component, multi target and multi pathway in the treatment of breast cancer with syndrome of Zheng-deficiency and toxic-incandescence, and its main mechanism may be related to PI3K-Akt, IL-17, P53 and other signal pathways.

Objective To explore the feasibility of individual identification based on the 2D-3D face image superimposition in Han individuals.Methods The 2D video surveillance images(including front,left and right side)and high-precision 3D face models of 10 Han individuals were collected,and Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 software was used to perform perspective matching on the 3D face models,and superimposed them on the 2D images,and the mean values of the distances between corresponding 11 feature points in the 2D-3D face images were calculated.The superimposition of 2D-3D face images from the same individual was defined as the matching group,and the superimposition of 2D-3D face images from different individuals was defined as the non-matching group.Results In general,the average distance ranges of the corresponding feature points between the matching group and the non-matching group did not overlap(P<0.05).Conclusion The non-overlapping mean range preliminarily indicates that the individual identification method based on the overlay comparison of 2D-3D face images described in this paper is feasible for Han individuals.