Objective To register pre-operative MRI/CT images with intra-operative ultrasound images based on vessels visible in both of the modalities. Method A non-rigid registration method of multimodal medical images based on Free Form Deformation(FFD) was proposed. When the images were aligned, the centerline points of the vessels in one image aligned with the intensity ridge points in the other image. Rigid transformation was adopted in global registration while local deformation was described by a Free Form Deformation based on a modally controlled B-spline. The method applied an optimization strategy combining the genetic algorithm with the conjugated gradients algorithm to minimize the objective function. Result Two experiments were designed on phantom and clinical data to evaluate the method. The results demonstrated that the registration method was consistent accurate. The average standard deviation of the final transformation parameters was sub-voxel, sub-millimeter, and within 0.010 radians. Conclusion The results show that the method has good registration accuracy and convergence rate. It can be applied efficiently in the ultrasound-image-guided surgery system.

Objective To study the disease pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus patients with thrombocytopenia ,and discuss reticulated platelets (RP) in SLE merger thrombocytopenia disease of diagnosis and treatment in the clinical application val-ue .Methods 55 patients diagnosed with SLE patients and 50 cases of healthy check-up ,low platelet count patients of SLE patients treated before and after the inspection by Sysmex XE-5000 automatic blood cell analyzer immature platelet fraction (IPF) and other peripheral blood cell parameters .Results Group of patients with SLE and normal controls of IPF test results respectively was (5 .30 ± 3 .75)% ,(2 .74 ± 1 .05)% ,both comparative difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05);SLE associated with throm-bocytopeniagroupofIPF[(10.14±3.66)% ],platelets(PLT)[(67.2±13.5)×109/L],meanplateletvolume(MPV)[(12.64± 0 .92)fL] ,platelet distribution width(PDW)[(18 .24 ± 1 .70)fL] compared with normal control group and SLE did not reduce plate-let group ,differences had statistical significance(P<0 .05);SLE associated with thrombocytopenia in patients with IPF respectively before and after treatment was (9 .76 ± 1 .82)% and (5 .86 ± 0 .96)% ,both comparative difference was statistically significant (P<0 . 05) .Conclusion The main cause of SLE patients with thrombocytopenia may be associated with peripheral blood platelet destruc-tion ,IPF′s result can reflect the bone marrow platelet production ,Help in the auxiliary diagnosis of disease and prognosis judg-ment .

Panaxatriol saponin (PTS), isolated from Panax pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng, 1~ 4mg/ml inhibited rabbit platelet aggregation induced by ADP,collagen and arachidonic acid respectively in vitro. In rat,PTS 75 ~300mg/kg intraduodenally inhibited dose-dependently platelet aggregation induced by these inducers, andalso inhibited platelet thrombonane A2 release induced by collagen,but did not affect the formation of aorticwall PGI2,PTS 50~200mg/kg significantly inhibited experimental thrombosis in rats. These results showed that the anti-thrombosis action of PTS may be due to its inhibitory action on platelet aggregation and TXA2re lease

Aim To study the effect of bombesin on body temperature thermothreshold.Methods With IL-1?-induced febrile rats as research subject,the content of PGE2 in hypothalamus and plasma was detected with radioimmunoassay.Results(1) Induced by i.c.v.injection of IL-1?(0.1 ?g),the content of PGE2 in hypothalamus and plasma of the febrile rats significantly increased(P

Objective To find a preferable cryopreservative solution and enhance the viability further.Methods Donor hepatocytes were isolated from hybrid pig weighting 5～8 kg by means of collagenase.Then the hepatocyte suspension was put into a liquid nitrogen container for one month with three different cryoprotectants (only use DMSO,combined use of DMSO+HES and combined use of DMSO+HES+1.3 mmol/L Ca 2+).The samples were thawed rapidly and detected in the viability and morphology after a month.Fractional hepatocytes were cultured five days in containing Ca 2+ and uncontaining Ca 2+ culture media to observe the expression of function.Results Porcine hepatocytes,which were preserved in different culture media,show the different viability and morphology manifestation.Among the total the method of only uses DMSO show worst effect.Then is the DMSO+HES group.Combined cryopreservative method with HES+DMSO+1.3 mmol/LCacl 2 has a best effect and functional expression.Hepatocytes were cultured in culture media containing Ca 2+is better than those were cultured in culture media uncontaining Ca 2+.Conclusion The combined cryopreservative system in which HES+DMSO+1.3 mmol/LCacl 2 as the cardinal component can improve the preservative quality significantly.

Alcoholic dementia is increasingly becoming both a severe medical issue and a social problem; the unknown overall mechanism is the bottleneck for effective intervention and treatment of alcoholic brain injury. As the primary structure for the release, transmission of neurotransmitter and information integration between neurons, synapse plays a significant role in performing the advanced function of brain, such as learning and memory. Based on the neurobiological principles of synaptic structure and function, the changes in process and efficiency of synaptic transmission and information integration stressed by alcoholic molecular were reviewed in comparison with the normal process. The molecular mechanisms for alcoholic brain damage in learning and memory abilities were systematically discussed from the levels of synaptic morphology, material components, and signal transduction, respectively, and the repairing strategies for the damaged synaptic structure were proposed accordingly. Hopefully, this review could provide a deep insight into understanding the molecular mechanism of alcoholic brain damage, and draw ideas for the memory-enhancing peptides development.

ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship of the polymorphism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the 27-bp variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in intron 4 with essential hypertension (EH) of the northern Han nationality in China.MethodsGenotypes, the level of plasma nitric oxide metabolites (NOx) and the activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) of 207 EH subjects and 231 healthy subjects were measured by polymerase chain-reaction (PCR).ResultsThe frequencies of ecNOS4a/a,ecNOS4b/a, and ecNOS4 b/b in the healthy group were 0.43%, 13.42% and 86.15% respectively. The frequency of the b allele was 92.86%, and the frequency of the a allele was 7.14%. While the frequencies of ecNOS4 a/a, ecNOS4 a/b,and ecNOS4 b/b in the EH group were 0.49%, 19.32% and 80.19% respectively. The frequency of the a allele in EH group (n=42, 10.15%) was significantly higher than that in the healthy group (n=33, 7.14%)(P<0.05). The plasma NOx level of the EH group was 70.04±14.68 mol/L, and significantly lower than that 84.09±27.27 mol/L in the healthy group (P<0.05). Similarly, both the plasma TNOS and iNOS activities of the EH group were 35.49±12.8 U/ml and 14.92±7.93 U/ml, and markedly lower than that 41.47±13.2 U/ml and 10.11±6.21U/ml in the healthy group (P<0.05). But the activities of eNOS in the EH group and healthy group were not significantly different (P>0.05).ConclusionThe variations of ecNOS4 gene locus may be responsible for the decrement of plasma NOx, both plasma NOx level and activity of NOS decreases in EH patients, so it may be a genetic susceptibility marker for EH of the Han nationality in China.

Objective:To explore the value of the quantitative fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for primary colorectal cancer screening in health check-up population.Methods:A total of 468 health check-up participants who underwent quantitative FIT and colonoscopy at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from January 2018 to December 2019 were enrolled into this study. The participants were divided into two groups-the negative group(FIT<100 μg/L)and the positive group(FIT≥100 μg/L) according to the results of the quantitative FIT. We compared the detection rate of colorectal polyps and colorectal advanced cancer between the two groups, and analyzed the sensitivity and specificity of the quantitative FIT for advanced colorectal cancer and the risk factors of colorectal polyps.Results:The positive rate of quantitative FIT in the healthy population was about 4.6% (95% CI: 4.27%-4.93%). The detection rate of colorectal polyps in the positive group was significantly higher than that of the negative group (51.53%, 95% CI: 45.81%-57.25%) vs (34.28%, 95% CI: 27.25%-41.31%, P<0.001). The sensitivity and specificity of the quantitative FIT for advanced colorectal cancer was 98.55% and 56.77%, respectively. The positive predictive value of the quantitative FIT for advanced colorectal cancer was 50.37%, while the negative predictive value was 98.88%. With the increase of FIT value, the detection rate of advanced cancer was increased (χ2 =20.08, P<0.001). The multivariate logistic regression of colorectal cancer suggested that the risk of colorectal polyps in patients with a history of diabetes was significantly higher ( OR=3.28, 95% CI: 1.45-7.41, P=0.004); the risk of colorectal polyps in men was also significantly higher ( OR=3.05, 95% CI: 1.40-6.65, P=0.005). Conclusions:Quantitative FIT is an ideal non-invasive examination for primary colorectal cancer screening for a health check-up population. Patients with negative FIT are less likely to develop colorectal cancer. Diabetes history, male, and age are independent risk factors for colorectal cancer.

Carotenoids play an important role in regulating the hydrogen production of hydrogen-producing Rhodobacter sp. The carotenoids of hydrogen-producing Rhodobacter sp. grown in acetate medium were extracted by using acetone-methanol (7∶2,V/V) solvent and were separated by using thin-layer chromatography on silica-gel plate. The qualitative and quantitative of the carotenoids were analyzed by spectrometry. The results showed that the carotenoids were completely extracted three times with acetone-methanol (7∶2,V/V) in two hours. The ultrasonication had little effect on yield of carotenoids. The yield of carotenoids was 2.81mg/g wet cell. There were 4 spots on the silica-gel plate in the order of yellow, red, light red and light yellow. Yellow spot and red spot were the dominant composition of carotenoid in Rhodobacter sp. The spectrometry data showed that the yellow and red component might be the spheroidene and spirilloanthin respectively.

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