Endemic situation of acute schistosomiasis in Tongling County, 1990 -2008 / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

The endemic situation of acute schistosomiasis in Tongling County from 1990 to 2008 showed the incidence rate of acute schistosomiasis was declining year by year, and the endemic situation was controlled effectively.

MMP-2 expression in atherosclerosis plague after injury of carotid intima / 第三军医大学学报

Objective To investigate the expression of MMP-2 in rabbit carotid artery injured by airing drying. Methods Fifty-four rabbits were assigned to normal diet (n=18), fat diet (n=36), 18 of fat diet rabbits underwent airing drying of carotid intima after one-week fat diet. Then fed on fat diet after operation. All animals were sacrificed respectively at 1, 2, 3 months after airing drying (n=6 at each time piont), and MMP-2 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. Results MMP-2 expression was low in the carotid of normal diet group, high in the fat diet group including the rabbits underwent airing drying with significant difference between them (P