Objective To mvestigate the effect of phospholated-ERKl/2 on NF-κB p65 expresson nn the substania nigra(SN) of l-msthyi-4-phenyi-l,2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyeidine (MPTP)-induced mouse model of Parkinson's disease(PD). Methods PD mouse model was induced by MPTP and the behavoor of mouse was observed. Immunohistochemistry and Western bloiting analysis were used to observe the changes in expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), NF-κB p65 and p-ERKl/2 in the SN of midbrain. Meanwhite, the above changes were also observed after treatment with U0126, a specific inhibitor of ERK. Results 1 h after the third MPTP administration, there were much more p-ERKl/2 positive cells than NF-κB p65 positive cells in the SN. 24 h after the fifth injection of MPTP, NF-κB p65 positive cells were significantly increased and p-ERKl/2 positive celiswere decreased, accompanted by marked loss of TH positive neurons. The above changes were greatly alleviated in animais treated with U0l26. Conclusion ERKl/2 pathway may regulate NF-κB p65 activation in MPTP-induced mouse model of Parkinson's disease, which leads to loss of dopamine neurons.

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Adult ; Female ; Hematologic Tests ; Hexanes ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Male ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects ; Young Adult

Objective To observe 125I seed treatment effect and environmental radiation in the treatment of recurrent glioma.Methods 64 patients with recurrent glioma patients,according to the wishes of patients and their families were divided into observation group of 30 cases and a control group of 34 patients.Clinical outcomes and follow-up of 125I seeds around radiation were compared between the two groups.Results The treatment efficiency of observation group and control group was 60.0％ (18/30),and 35.3％ (12/34),respectively,which was statistically significant(x2 =8.39,P ＜0.05).Follow-up from 0 to 6 months,the ambient radiation rapidly decreased as the distance increaseing with the implantation point,radiation dose in a distance of 40cm has been close to the natural basis of radiation dose;125I seeds measured radiation dose continued to decay with increasing time after implantation.Four months later,it was close to the natural basis of radiation dose.Conclusion Conclusion 125I radioactive particles in the treatment of recurrent glioma have good curative effect.The effects of radiation on the surrounding environment crowd are easily protected.

Objective To compare the retromolar space (RMS) between different antero-posterior (A-P) skeletal patterns, and explore the relationship between the status of third molar eruption/impaction with the different A-P skeletal patterns. Methods A total of 90 orthodontic patients (25-35 years old) were investigated from dental pantomograms (DPTs) and lateral cephalograms (LC). The subjects were divided into three groups according to their ANB angle:skeletal classⅠ, skeletal classⅡ, and skeletal classⅢ. Each group was subdivided into impacted and erupted subgroups. Values of DPT and LC were traced, and the following variables were measured including mandibular body length, third molar angulation and ret-romolar space width. Results The retromolar space width was significantly smaller in classⅡsubjects than that in classⅢsubjects, and RMS was significantly smaller in impacted group than that in erupted group, respectively (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the mandibular angle in erupted subgroup (P<0.05). There was a smaller mandibular body length in impacted subjects (P<0.05). Conclusion There is a relationship between different morphological characteristics of sagittal skeletal pattern and the impacted status. Patients with shorter mandibular body length and decreased RMS width are more inclined to impaction.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe respiratory condition that is characterized by rapidly progressive hypoxemia with noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.Despite the improvement of therapeutic methods,the mortality of ARDS is in the range of 40％-50％ all over the world.Some studies have shown that a significant number of patients with ARDS had acute cor pulmonale (ACP),and ACP is independently associated with the mortality of patients with ARDS,which has attracted wide attention in recent years.This paper reviewed recent related studies,summarized the prevalence,pathogenesis and diagnostic approaches of ACP in ARDS,especially echocardiography which was considered as a cornerstone for ACP diagnosis,and elucidated the beneficial effects of right ventricular protective ventilatory strategy and prone-positioning on the pulmonary vasculature and right heart,in order to provide a novel idea for the therapy of ACP in ARDS.

Adenocarcinoma ; complications ; pathology ; surgery ; Aged ; Colectomy ; methods ; Colonic Neoplasms ; complications ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Hepatectomy ; methods ; Humans ; Liver ; pathology ; surgery ; Liver Diseases ; complications ; pathology ; surgery ; Necrosis

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Background Pupillary light reflex has been widely used in the diagnosis and evaluation of visual system and nervous system diseases.However,in animal experiments,functional evaluation of the visual system and nervous system needs more advanced technology and are affected by many factors.Objective This study was to explore the use of the dynamic pupillometer in evaluating pupillary light reflex and to discuss the influence of brightness of stimulate on relevant curve parameters in C57BL/6 mouse.Methods Ten healthy SPF male C57BL/6 mice were collected in this experiment.White light of five luminance levels (2,8,32,128,256 cd/m2) was used to stimulate the mice following a 2-hour dark adaptation.The stimulation was given at the 60-second intervals,for a duration of 100 ms at every stimulation.An infrared camera and video capture card were used to capture digital images during the measuring process in a scotopic environment,at a speed of 60 frames per second.Measuring outcome was saved in the*.AVI format.A software that was developed by our group was used to determine pupil diameter and output pupillary light reflex curve offline.Pupil initial diameter (R1),constriction amplitude (CA),constriction velocity (CV),latency (T1),time for maximum velocity (T2),time for maximum constriction (T3),time for maximun con-striction to 10.1％ R1 re-dilation (RT)and re-dilation velocity (RV)were assessed,and the correlations between luminosity and measuring parameters were analyzed using the Spearman rank correlation.The use of animals followed the Regulations for thd Administration of Affairs Concerning Experimental Animals by State Science and Technology Commission.Results R1 values showed no statistically significant difference among the 5 different luminosity groups(F=1.117,P=0.361).A positive linear correlation was found between stimulating luminosity and CA(r=0.508,P＜ 0.01),but negative correlations were seen between stimulating luminosity and CV or RV (r=-0.625,-0.609,P＜0.01).T1 and T2 values in the 5 different luminosity groups were not statistically significant (F =0.202,P =0.936 ; F =1.584,P =0.195).The different levels of stimulating luminosity showed positive linear correlations with T3 and RT values (r =0.791,0.609,P＜ 0.01).Conclusions The dynamic pupillometer can quantitatively measure the pupillary light reflex of C57BL/6 mice.The pupillary light reflex dynamic curve parameters of mouse were affected by stimulus luminosity levels.These outcomes offer a basis for the application of the dynamic pupillometer system for measuring pupillary light reflex in animal models.

Objective To establish a big animal model of secondary infection of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP). Methods Thirty young pigs were allocated to experiment group ( n = 20 ) or control group (n = 10). The ANP model was induced by retrograde injection of a mixture solution of 5% sodium taurocholate and 5% trypsin (0. 5 ml/kg body weight) into the main pancreatic duct and ligation of the proximal end of the main pancreatic duct, and then the second step was injecting 3 ～ 4 ml living Escherichia coli (E coli) suspension (108/ml) to the necrotic area of the pancreas by fine needle aspiration technique under CT guidance in the experiment group, and by injecting 3 ～ 4 ml inactivated E coli in the control group using the same method. Multi-slice spiral CT dynamic enhanced scan was performed in both groups 1 day and 2 or 3 days after ANP modeling and 5 days after bacterial injection to calculate the CTSI score. Serum amylase, blood WBC count and blood bacterial culture was performed in both groups. 5 days later, the animals were scarified to observe the infected or necrosis foci, and perform smear, bacterial culture and pathologic examinations of the tissue around the infected or necrosis foci. Results The ANP secondary infection model was successfully established in 16 of the 20 animals in the study group, with a success rate of the 80.0% (16/20). There were 17 foci where the positive rate of bacterial culture was 100% (17/17 foci), and the success rate of blood bacterial culture was 68.8%(11/16). In the control group, the ANP model was established successfully in 7 of 10 animals (70%), except for one case of contamination, only one foci was identified;the positive rate of bacterial culture and the success rate of b|ood bacterial culture was 14.3% (1/7). Serum amylase and white blood WBC count increased with similar trends, WBC count in the study group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.01). The mean CT severity index(CTSI) was all ≥4 in beth groups, indicating the severity was moderate to severe. Conclusions A stable and reliable model of secondary infection of ANP in big could be established satisfactorily by injecting active E. coli into the pancreatic necrosis tissue under CT guidance, which helps further pathogenic mechanism studies and clinical studies, especially imaging studies.