Objective To explore the value of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) on diagnosing the cerebral vasospasm (CVS) following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Methods TCD was used to detect and monitor the cerebral blood flow status to estimate CVS following SAH in 30 cases, then the results of TCD were analyzed by combining with clinical manifestation and SAH severity on CT. Results 17 patients (56.7%) had the evidence of CVS confirmed by TCD, 10 of them were nonsymptomatic and 7 were symptomatic. The incidences of CVS in patients with Fisher grade Ⅲ and Ⅳ were more higher than gradeⅠandⅡ(P

BACKGROUND: For its extensive sources and specific biological characteristics, heterogeneous deproteinized bone (DPB) as the tissue-engineered scaffold material gets a good application prospect in repair of large segmental bone defects.OBJECTIVE: To prepare scaffold material by compositing modified heterogeneous DPB with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP2) and evaluate the osteogenic ability in repairing large segmental long bone defects in large-sized animals.METHODS: Twenty-four goats were randomly and evenly divided into three groups: DPB, autologous bone, and DPB+rhBMP2. Bone defects (20% in length) were made in the middle and lower segments of the right tibia of each goat, and according to group design,different bone grafts were implanted and fixed using semi-ring slot external fixer. At 4-24 weeks after surgery, X-ray examination was performed once every other 4 weeks. At 24 weeks after surgery, newly formed bones were taken out for determining the repair effects of bone defects through duat-energy X-ray analysis, histological observation, and biomechanical analysis.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The prepared DPB exhibited a three-dimensional porous structure, with a porosity of (78.5±6.45)% and pore size of (472.5±7.02) μm. Time-dependent bone repair was found in each group. Results regarding anti-compression test, three-point anti-bend test, and anti-torsion test were greatest in the autologous bone group, followed by the DPB+rhBMP2 group, and lastly the DPB group. There were no significant differences in tibial bone density, bone mineral content,anti-compression pressure and ultimate pressure, anti-bending load and ultimate toad, anti-torsion torque and ultimate torque between autologous bone group, DPB+rhBMP2 group and normal bone control group. These findings indicate that modified heterogeneous DPB composited with rhBMP2 has osteogenic ability equivalent to autologous bone in repairing large segmental long bone defects in goat tibias. Therefore, it can be applied as tissue-engineered scaffold material.

Objective Degenerative lumbar scoliosis is frequent clinic spine malformation ,and it is complicated by lumbar inter-vertebral disc ,joint of lumbar vertebra cataplasia and lumbar spinal stenosis .The aim of this paper is to study surgical therapeutic regimen for analyzing clinic feature of degenerative lumbar scoliosis .Methods We comprehended symptom and analyzed imageology feature for lumbar spinal stenosis through reviewing 48 cases of operation from August 2003 to August 2010 ,and then approached its therapeutic principle and regimen .Results There were good therapeutic effect on the basis of comprehending degenerative lum-bar scoliosis and designing different treatment plan by different case feature .Conclusion Ii is need to know degenerative lumbar scoliosis again ,in order to work out individual therapeutic regimen based on clinic feather ,process segment ,state of spinal stenosis , angle of lumbar scoliosis ,degree of vertebra rotation and lumbar destabilizing .

Objective: To summarize the research status of the changes in local microenvironment of acupoints caused by acupuncture, provide theoretical guidance for the initiation mechanisms of local acupuncture effect at acupoints. Methods: Using acupuncture, acupoint as key words to search China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Academic Journal Full-text Database (Wanfang), Chongqing VIP Database (CQVIP), PubMed and other databases, the representative articles were selected for review. Results: Acupuncture could excite afferent nerves, activate cells, and promote the release of chemical substances like neuropeptide, hormone, cytokines, etc. in the local site of acupoints. Besides, it may cause mechanical deformation of connective tissues, and change chemical ions as well as ion channels. Conclusion: The microenvironment changes around acupoints are crucial to acupuncture effect; the concept of 'acupoints network' can be used to objectively describe the local changes around the acupoints after acupuncture.

Aim To observe the effects of glucose-stim-ulated insulin secretion ( GSIS ) on rat islets after S1 P treatments and the underlying molecular mechanisms. Methods Collagenase P and Histopaque 1077 were used to digest and isolate rat pancreatic islets, and Dispase II was used to digest pancreatic islet to obtain pancreatic cells. Insulin secretions were measured after S1P (0~20 μmol·L-1 ) treatment under low glucose ( LG, 2. 8 mmol·L-1 ) and high glucose ( HG, 16. 7 mmol·L-1 ) conditions. Patch-clamp recordings were applied to monitor voltage-dependent potassium chan-nel currents (Kv currents) after S1P treatment. Calci-um image technique was used to measure the changes of intracellular Ca2+ concentration after S1P ( 0 ~20μmol·L-1 ) treatments. Results HG group signifi-cantly increased insulin secretion compared to LG group ( P<0. 01 ) . S1 P had no effect on insulin se-cretion under LG condition ( P>0. 05 ) . S1 P increased insulin secretion significantly in a dose-dependent man-ner under HG condition ( P<0. 01 ) . Kv currents ofβcells were inhibited significantly after S1 P treatment ( P<0. 01 ) . S1 P increased the concentrations of in-tracellular Ca2+ in a dose-dependent manner under HG condition( P <0. 01) . Conclusion S1P may pro-mote GSIS by inhibiting Kv currents and increasing the level of intracellular Ca2+.

Objective To observe on the clinical effect and the influence of the level of plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in acute leukemia before and after treatment by thalidomide combined with chemotherapy. Methods Thirty-six cases of acute leukemia patients were randomly divided into experimental group and control group by 18 cases each. Each group was treated with conventional chemotherapy in the standard-dose, meanwhile in the experimental group additional thalidomide 100 mg/day were taken orally. Before treatment and 8 weeks after treatment, plasma were collected for the detection of VEGF, VEGFR and bFGF content by double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results The ratio of experimental group and control group, were 88.9 % (16/18), 77.8 % (14/18)respectively and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =4.103, P ＜0.05). The level of plasma VEGF (389.78+249.94 pg/ml, 318.54±125.78 pg/ml) of experimental group and control group before treatment was statistically significant (t = 3.141, t =3.024, P ＜0.01) compared with healthy group [(132.91±26.66) pg/ml] respectively. The level of plasma VEGF of those groups after treatment [(211.74+36.72) pg/ml, (288.02±31.77) pg/ml] was statistically significant (t =2.413, t =2.324, P ＜0.05) compared with healthy group respectively. The difference of the level of plasma VEGF of experimental group and control group before treatment was not statistically significant (t =1.384, P ＞0.05). The difference of the level of plasma VEGF of experimental group and control group after treatment was statistically significant(t =2.793,P ＜0.05). The level of plasma VEGFR [(2490.75+1695.9) pg/ml, (2322.78+1105.87) pg/ml] of experimental group and control group before treatment was statistically significant (t =2.914, t =2.783, P ＜0.01) compared with healthy group [(1134.98+378.45) pg/ml] respectively. The level of plasma VEGFR of those groups after treatment [(1359.71± 390.24) pg/ml, (1753.89±337.04) pg/ml] was statistically significant(t =2.572, t =2.447, P ＜0.05) compared with healthy group respectively. The difference of the level of plasma VEGFR of experimental group and control group before treatment was not statistically significant (t =1.276, P ＞0.05). The difference of the level of plasma VEGFR of experimental group and control group after treatment was statistically significant (t = 2.486, P ＜0.05). The level of plasma bFGF [(2.43±0.27) ng/ml, (2.41±0.33) ng/ml] of experimental group and control group before treatment was statistically significant(t =4.982, t =4.171, P ＜0.05) compared with healthy group (1.83±0.44) ng/ml respectively; the level of plasma bFGF of those groups after treatment [(2.09±0.17) ng/ml,(2.11±0.31) ng/ml] was statistically significant (t =3.011, t =2.773, P ＜0.05) compared with healthy group respectively. The difference of the level of plasma bFGF of experimental group and control group before treatment was not statistically significant (t =0.953, P ＞0.05). The difference of the level of plasma bFGF of experimental group and control group after treatment was not statistically significant (t =1.282, P ＞0.05).Conclusion The remission rate could be improved by thalidomide combined with chemotherapy in acute leukemia, which could be an effective treatment by anti-angiogenesis and inhibiting the growth and infiltration of acute leukemia cells.

Objective To investigate the possible protective effect of adenoviral vector expressing interleukin-1β (IL-1β) small hairpin RNA (shRNA) on spinal cord injury (SCI) and its mechanism in rats.Methods Forty-eight adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to 4 groups including the Sham, the Vehicle,the Ad-GFP and the Ad-shIL-1β groups.SCI was induced by epidural compression.Motor function of hind limbs was evaluated by Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) score, the expressions of green fluorescence in injured spinal cord tissue were observed by fluorescence microscope.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunofluorescence were also performed.Results The expressions of green fluorescence in injured spinal cord tissue were observed in the Ad-GFP and Ad-shIL-1β groups one day after SCI.Significant functional improvement was observed in the Ad-shIL-1β group (8.17 ± 1.17, 10.17 ± 0.98 and 11.33 ± 0.82, respectively) compared to the Vehicle (4.00 ± 0.89, 5.67 ± 1.03 and 6.17 ± 1.17, respectively) and Ad-GFP (3.83 ± 0.98, 5.33 ± 1.21 and 5.67 ± 1.03, respectively) groups at 7, 14 and 21 days after SCI (P ＜ 0.05).Rats in the Ad-shIL-1β group had less neuronal loss 21 days after SCI.In addition, IL-1β downregulation significantly decreased IL-1β, tumor necrosis factor-or (TNF-α) and IL-6 levels (138.83 ± 7.96,143.38 ± 10.20 and 120.43 ± 9.79 in Ad-shIL-1β group;169.33 ± 11.45, 172.33 ± 8.26 and 163.00 ± 9.57 in Vehicle group;172.83 ± 10.85,167.48 ± 8.19 and 159.48 ± 10.98 in Ad-GFP group, respectively) one day after SCI (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion This study demonstrated that the IL-1β downregulation may have potential therapeutic benefits for improving the outcomes after SCI.

AIM To explore pharmacokinetics of Berberine in YL2000 in normal and febrile rats. METHODS The levels of Berberine in plasma were measured through HPLC and secondary parameters were obtained by fitting the dose time data of Berberine making use of 3P87 programme. RESULTS In normal and febrile rats, the plasma concentration of Berberine was peaked at (3 4?0 3) h vs (0 3?2 1) h( P

One endophytic stain SS02 was isolated from the underground stems of Paris polyphylla var. Chinensis franch. The ferments of SS02 showed antibiosis activities against 13 kinds of the crop causes germs. The characteristics of morphology,physiological and biochemical showed that SS02 belonged to Bacillus sp. The 16S rDNA of SS02 was PCR and sequenced. The accession of GenBank is AY842144. The one 16S rDNA phylogenetic tree was constructed by comparing with the published 16S rDNA sequences of the relative bacteria species. In the phylogenetic tree SS02 and Paenibacillus daejeonensis was the closest relative with 97.7% sequence similarity. According to the phylogenetic analysis it was identified as Paenibacillus daejeonensis SS02.

Objective: To explore the mechanism of acupuncture in regulating cognitive deficits in insomnia rats by observing the effect of acupuncture on microglia in thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN). Methods: Thirty rats were randomly divided into a control group, a model group and an acupuncture group, with 10 rats in each group. The insomnia model was established by intraperitoneal injection of para-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) once a day for 2 d. Rats in the control group were intraperitoneally injected with the same amount of normal saline. Rats in the acupuncture group received acupuncture at Neiguan (PC 6) and Zusanli (ST 36) for 5 consecutive days. The CLOCKLAB 2 data acquisition system was used to dynamically observe the sleep of the rats throughout the experiment. The cognition of rats was evaluated by event-related potentials (ERPs). After intervention, brain tissue was extracted. Immunofluorescence was used to test the fluorescence expression in TRN region. The concentrations of interleukin (IL)-1β and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results: After intraperitoneal injection of PCPA suspension, the spontaneous activity in light period of rats in the model group and acupuncture group increased significantly compared with the control group (both P<0.01). After acupuncture treatment, the rats in the acupuncture group had much less spontaneous activity during the light period than those in the model group (P<0.01), and the results indicated that acupuncture could effectively improve the sleep quality of insomnia rats. Compared with the control group, rats in the model group showed that the P3 latency, the average optical density of microglia, and the concentrations of IL-1β and TNF-α increased significantly (all P<0.05), and the P3 amplitude decreased significantly (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, rats in the acupuncture group presented that the P3 latency, the average optical density of microglia, and the concentrations of IL-1β and TNF-α were significantly decreased (all P<0.05), and the amplitude of P3 was significantly increased (P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture possesses an ability to improve the cognitive state in insomnia rats. The mechanism may be related to inhibiting the microglial activation, diminishing the levels of pro-inflammatory mediators like IL-1β and TNF-α, and promoting the recovery of central nervous system function.