Objective To investigate the toxic effect of nona-ferroso-ferric oxide(Nano-Fe_3O_4),nano-silicon dioxide(Nano- SiO_2)and single walled carbon nanotubes(SWCNTs)on the lung and mechanism in rats.Methods Fourty-nine Wistar rats were randomly divided into 7 groups,the control group,low and high dose groups of three nanomaterials.The rats were exposed by intratracheal instillation once two days for 5 weeks,and then killed by abdominal aorta bloodletting.The pathology of lung,lactate dehydrogenase(LDH),total antioxidant capacity(T-AOC),superoxide dismutase(SOD),malondialdehyde(MDA),interleukin-1(IL- l),interleukin-6(IL-6)and tumor necrosis factor-?(TNF-?)in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)were determined.Results The fibrous tubercle and the matrix inflammation of lung tissue was found in the experimental groups.The activities of T-AOC and SOD decreased while IL-6 concentration increased significantly in the experimental groups(P

We isolated polyA~+ mRNA direcdy from tumor tissue of ovarian carcinoma using Oligotex~(TM) Direct mRNA Kit (QIAGEN) to synthesize the first and second strand cDNA. The ds-cDNA termini were blunted with pfu DNA poly-rnerase. The blunted cDNAs were added EcoR I adaptor, and then were digested by Xho I . Small cDNA molecules(

Objective To explore the value of neutiophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin ( NGAL) taken from blood and urine samples in early diagnosis of acute kidney injury ( AKI) after heart valves replacement surgeries. Meth-ods A total of 56 patients received heart valves replacement surgeries were selected prospectively in this study. NGAL from blood and urine samples and serum creatinine ( Scr) were tested among them at different moments. AKI and non-AKI groups were divided based on Scr levels and the value of NGAL taken from blood and urine sam-ples was estimated in early diagnosis of AKI with receiver operating characteristic curve ( ROC) . Results 16 AKIs were observed among all of them. The peak value of Scr in AKI group was shown between 12 and 24 hours after surgeries, while blood-NGAL was seen high significantly (P<0.05) since 2 hours after surgeries, peak value at 4 hours, for urine-NGAL, peak value was seen at 2 hours. The area of ROC of blood-NGAL 4 hours and urine-NGAL 2 hours after surgeries for AKI diagnosis were 0.891 and 0.934, respectively. The better sensitivity and specificity were shown in both threshold set as 50 μg/L and 110 μg/L. Conclusion Blood-NGAL and urine-NGAL can be used as early diagnostic markers of AKI after heart valves replacement surgeries, whose change is significantly earli-er than that of Scr.

Coronary Aneurysm ; complications ; pathology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myocardial Infarction ; complications

Epidemiological, clinical, laboratory and treatment data, as well as outcomes of 66patients diagnosed as brucellosis during 1984 to 2010 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Thirty-four (51.5%) patients had a history of close contact with sheep or cows infected with brucellosis, eight (12. 1% ) had eaten not-fully-boiled or roasted mutton, three (4. 5% ) had drunk or contacted with contaminated milk, and transmission route was unknown in 21 (31.8%). The most common manifestations were fever ( 97.0%, 64/66 ), loss of appetite and fatigue ( 93. 9%, 62/66 ),sweating (47.0%, 31/66), myalgia and arthralgia (54. 5%, 34/66 ), hepatomegaly (27.3%, 18/66),splenomegaly (37.9%, 25/66), increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (62. 1%, 41/66), and elevated C-reactive protein (65.4%, 34/52). Average interval from onset to diagnosis was 19. 2 weeks. All 66 patients were positive in serum agglutination test for BruceUa, and 28 (42. 4% ) positive in blood or bone marrow culture for Brucella. Sixty-five of 66 patients were treated by standard combined treatment with rifampicin, quinolone, minocycline and streptomycin, with all effective, and only four with mild liver damage in treatment who got better after discontinuing medicines and changing treatment regimen.

Adult ; Female ; Graft Occlusion, Vascular ; Humans ; Stents ; Takayasu Arteritis ; surgery

Objective To monitor the distribution of pathogenic bacteria causing wound infection in trauma patients and their susceptibility to antibiotics in an effort to offer evidence for the rational clinical use of antibiotics.Methods Pathogens were identified by expressive type,but a very few was determined by the molecular methods.Micro-dilution or Kirby-Bauer method for minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was adopted for drug susceptibility test.Results A total of 121 species of pathogens numbering 1,257 bacterial strains were isolated from 1,066 patients.Strain number of the top 10 species accounted for 70.09％.Gram-positive cocci accounted for 48.93％ and Gram-negative bacilli for 49.72％.Among Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis,methicillin-resistant bacterial strains accounted for 34.76％ and 71.08％ respectively,but none were resistant to vancomycin or linezolid.Enterococcus faecalis contained 6.06％ vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) and remained ＞ 90％ sensitive to teicoplanin,ampicilin and vancomycin.Enterococcus faecium contained 10.53％ VRE and remained ＞90％ sensitive to teicoplanin and ＞ 80％ sensitive to vancomycin.Baumanii contained 12.77％ multidrug resistant strains and remained ＞ 70％ sensitive to imipenem and meropenem.Baumanii/calcoaceticus complex contained 29.72％ multi-drug resistant strains and remained ＞ 50％ sensitive to imipenem and meropenem.Pseudomonas aeruginosa contained 3.73％ multi-drug resistant strains and remained ＞90％ sensitive to amikacin,meropenem,imipenem and piperacillin/tazobactam.No E.coli,klebsiella pneumoniae and enterobacter cloacae resistant to imipenem or meropenem were found.E.coli contained 69.51％ extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs)-producing strains and remained ＞ 90％ sensitive to piperacillin/tazobactam and ＞ 80％ sensitive to amikacin.Klebsiella pneumoniae contained 53.13％ ESBLs-producing strains and remained ＞ 80％ sensitive to amikacin.Conclusions Common bacteria are the leading cause of posttraumatic infection.Enterococcus faecalis and enterococcus faecium demonstrate higher susceptibility to teicoplanin; two kinds of acinetobacter demonstrate higher susceptibility to imipenem.

Objective To investigate the possible mechanism of scutellarin on the apoptosis of human tongue squa?mous carcinoma Tca8113 cells. Methods Human tongue squamous carcinoma Tca8113 cells were divided into control group and scutellarin groups (80, 120 and 160 mg/L). Tunel method was used to detect the apoptosis. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot assay was used to detect the caspase-8 protein expression of cells. Results (1)The apoptotic rates of Tca8113 cells were significantly high in scutellarin groups (80, 120 and 160 mg/L) than those in control group [(17.63 ± 0.25)%, (36.23±0.36)%, (51.84±0.58)%vs (4.45±0.27)%, P<0.05].(2)Compared with control group, the expressions of cas?pase-8 protein were significantly increased in different concentrations (80, 120 and 160 mg/L) of scutellarin groups (0.283± 0.040 vs 0.474±0.031, 0.592±0.077, 0.781±0.020,P<0.05). Conclusion Scutellarin could obviously induce the apoptosis of human tongue squamous carcinoma Tca8113 cells, which may be related to the caspase-8 protein expression.

Defensin is a kind of antimicrobiol and cytotoxic peptides which have been found in a large range of living organisms. The mammal defensins have the most wide range antimicrobiol spectrum. The distribution, structure, gene expression regulation of mammal defensins in China and abroad were summarized. Its application on medicine and plant resistant gene engineering were prospected.

Acute Disease ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Diseases ; chemically induced ; Trimethyltin Compounds ; poisoning