Research progress of correlation between ocular diseases and etiology of adolescent scoliosis / 中华骨科杂志

The morbidity of scoliosis in adolescents in China is about 3%-5%, 80%-85% of the patients are adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), whose etiology is unknown. Scoliosis is a structural spine disease occurring during puberty or before skeletal maturation. Scoliosis has a greatly negative impacton not only the growth and development of adolescent spine, but also the mental health of adolescents. Ocular disease is a common clinical disease in which the eye ball and its accessory structures have structural abnormalitiesordys function. Ocular disease snotonly bring in convenience to patients's life, but also may induce diseases in other organs. Recent studies have shown that various ocular diseases may have a potential impact on scoliosis, and quite a fewof patients with certain ocular diseases have higher incidence rate of scoliosis. Therefore, in this article, the etiological relationship between eye diseases and scoliosis will be summarized, which provides guidance and direction for the etiological research of scoliosis and eye diseases. After sorting out, we found that the relationship between ophthalmic diseases and scoliosis mainly concentrated in the following four aspects: choroidal thickness and scoliosis, Goldenhar syndrome, gene level and strabismus. Among them, the genetic relationship is the most complex, about 40 kinds of gene or chromosome abnormalities have been found to cause ocular diseases and scoliosis; Goldenhar syndrome, also known as oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum, first revealed the relationship between ocular diseases and scoliosis, but the current statistical relationship is still very vague. There are few studies on choroidal thickness and strabismus at home and abroad, which are statistical studies, only revealing the relationship between choroidal thickness and scoliosis, and there are many defects in the study of choroidal thickness, which need further research.

Effect of high fluxes of hemodialysis combined with Niaoduqing granuleson on cell-mediated immunity in old patients / 实用医学杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of high fluxes of hemodialysis combined with Niaoduqing granuleson in the cell-mediated immunity of elderly hemodialysis patients. Methods Fourty cases of elderly main-tenance hemodialysis patients with end-stage renal disease were randomly divided into control group and treatment group,low flux dialysis was used in both groups before the experiment,in the experiment control group adopts high flux hemodialysis,the treatment group in the control group on the basis of daily oral Niaoduqing granules 5 g, 3 times/d,observation for 3 months,compare the serum IL-2,IL-10,CD3+,CD4+,CD8+,CD4+/CD8+change of the two groups in 3 months.Results After 3 months high flux dialysis treatment,the level of IL-2 was significant-ly increased before the treatment of low flux dialysis,and the level of IL-10 was significantly reduced.The levels of IL-2 and IL-10 were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group after 3 months(P <0.01);The CD3+,CD4+and CD4+/CD8+levels of the two groups of high flux dialysis were significantly higher than that in the previous three months(P<0.05).The levels of IL-2,IL-10,CD3+,CD4+,CD4+/CD8+were significantly higher in the treatment group after 3 months than the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion High fluxes of hemo-dialysis can improve the immune function of elderly hemodialysis patients,while combined with Niaoduqing gran-ules is more obvious.

Human erythropoietin-modified human amniotic mesenchymal stem cellsvia subarachnoid transplantation promote neurologic recovery from brain injury / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that as a regulator of bone marrow functionerythropoietinis a glycoprotein that controls the development of the central nervous system and has neurotrophic and neuroprotective potential. Therefore, transplantation of human amniotic mesenchymal stem cels geneticaly modified by human erythropoietin is a new choice for brain injury treatment. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of transplantation of human amniotic mesenchymal stem cels geneticaly modified byhuman erythropoietin on the functional recovery from brain injury in rats. METHODS:Eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.1 carrying erythropoietin was successfuly constructed and transferred into amniotic mesenchymal stem cels culturedin vitro. Expression of erythropoietin was detected using western blot assay before and after transfection. Rat models of middle cerebral arterial occlusion was made and given transplantation of transfected amniotic mesenchymal stem celsviathe tail vein (transfection group). Additionaly, model and simple cel transplantation groups were set in a comparative study. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Findings from western blot detection showed that transfected cels could express human erythropoietin. Compared with the other groups, modified neurologic severity scores, growth-associated protein 43 and aquaporin 9 at mRNA and protein levels were al decreased significantly in the transfection group. Furthermore, the number of cels positive for CM-Dil was highest in the transfectiongroup, folowed by simple cel transplantation group, and lowest in the model group (alP<0.05). Overal findings from this study show that human erythropoietin-modified human amniotic mesenchymal stem cel transplantation promotes neurologic recoveryfrom brain injury through eliciting a reduction in growth-associated protein 43 and aquaporin 9 at mRNA and protein levels as wel as inhibiting cel apoptosis.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha increases in vitro blood brain barrier permeability / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:The levels of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) are increased during infectious brain edema, and are positively relevant to the degree of brain damage. However, whether TNF-α can enhance blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability remains unclear, especially in vitro.OBJECTIVE: To understand the changes and possible mechanism of the BBB permeability induced by TNF-α in vitro.DESIGN: Randomized controlled cell model study in vitro.SETTING:Department of Pediatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Department of Biochemistry, Xiangya Medical College, Central South University.MATERIALS: Twenty 7-day-old healthy Sprague-Dawley rats, of clean grade and either gender, were provided by the Animal Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. TNF-α was purchased from sigma Company; DMEM fluid medium and fetal bovine serum were purchased from Hyclone Company; Y-27632 was purchased from Alexis Company,and rabbit anti-human factor Ⅷ -related antigen was purchased from Zymed Company; Mouse anti-rat glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) was purchased from Neomarkers. Other biochemical reagents were imported (Sigma Company).METHODS: This experiment was carried out in the Xiangya Hospital, Central South University between March 2004 and April 2005. Brain microvascular endothelial cells and astrocytes were co-cultured 10 days to set up rat models of BBB in vitro. Then, the cells were divided into 4 groups: model group(BBB models were prepared), TNF-α group ( BBB model incubated with 0.01 g/L TNF-α for 5 hours), Y-27632 pretreated group ( BBB model incubated with 30 μmol/L Y-27632 for 1 hour before 0.01g/L TNF-α challenge ) and Y-27632 control group (BBB models only incubated with Y-27632 as those in the Y-27632 pretreated group). The effect of TNF-α on BBB permeability was observed by detecting the 125 I -BSA, which passed through the inserts at each time point (30,60,120 and 240 minutes) using .γradioimmunoassay counter.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The 125 I -BSA, which passed through the inserts in rat models of BBB at different time points after intervention.RESULTS: The 125 I -BSA, which passed through the inserts in rat models of BBB, was all significantly higher in the TNF-α group than in the other groups at 30, 60, 120 and 240 minutes after intervention, respectively (P ＜ 0.01), and reached the peak at 240 minutes; The 125 I -BSA, which passed through the inserts, was lower in the Y-27632 pre-treated group than in the TNF-α group at 30 and 60 minutes after intervention (P＜ 0.01). There was also significant difference in 125 I -BSA permeation between Y-27632 pretreated group and Y-27632 control group after 120 minutes (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION: TNF-α can increase BBB permeability, and Y-27632 pretreatment can early reverse the effect of TNF-α on BBB permeability.

Management of Hospital First-aid Equipment / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To discuss how to improve the management and using efficiency of first-aid equipment.Methods The scientific management of hospital first-aid equipment was discussed in such aspects as administrator,duty,equipment,metrology and personnel.Results The management level and using efficiency of hospital first-aid equipment were greatly improved.Conclusion The method improves the first-aid and synthesis capability.

Problems and Countermeasures of Military Medical Equipment / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To study the effect of medical equipment on the first-aid and treatment for field wound in modern war.Methods Problems were collected and analyzed in inspecting medical equipment in frontier defense army.Results The development and quality of medical equipment affect the modern war and the health of commanders in different degrees.Conclusion Aiming at problems of military medical equipment,problems and countermeasures are proposed in the first-aid and treatment of field wound for the future.

Display Principle and Clinical Application of PET-CT / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To introduce the display principle and clinical application of PET-CT. Methods The display principle of PET-CT was analyzed. Results The status of tissue or organ were showed by using PET in the form of dissection images and the relative physiological parameters. Advanced CT technology exactly locates and indicates anatomic and functional information of target tissue or organ. Conclusion In combination of PET and CT, PET-CT show high value in clinical application.

Technical capacity and clinical application of PET/CT / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To introduce the function characteristics and clinical application of PET/CT.Methods The technical performance of PET/CT was analyzed and its development trend was expected.Results PET/CT reflected physiology,pathology,biochemistry and metabolism of physical tissue at molecule level,and multi-slice CT images displayed subtle anatomic structure.Conclusion PET/CT achieves the combination of PET and CT images,which have significant diagnosis capability and clinical application value.

Development of Optometer Controlled by Micro-computer / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To develop a new optometer controlled by micro-computer.Methods With AT89C51 single-chip as hardware and programmed by C language,the instrument applied,the optometer adopted LCD and international standard optotype.The optotype had 14 lines of object-finders,and only one line of random characters was displayed on the screen every time.The optometry distance was 3m.All procedures were controlled by singlechip.Results The case of memorizing eye-chart was avoided and the optometry was every simple.Conclusion The instrument eliminates mirror used for optometry short distance,and the optometry results can be stored and printed.It also has the merits of small volume,precise manufacture,simple operation,low cost and AC/DC power supply.

Discussion on Principle and Safety of Radio Knife / 医疗卫生装备

The principle and safety of radio knife are discussed. Personnel safety and the safe operation of the equipment are expounded based on the principle and structure of radio knife. Strict abidance by operation regulations is essential to guarantee the safety of patients, operator and equipment.

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) induces the proliferation of astrocytes in rat via pathway of protein kinase C-? and calcium ion in vitro / 中国病理生理杂志

AIM:To determine if lysophosphatidic acid(LPA)regulates the proliferation of astrocytes(AS)and to approach the mechanism of the process.METHODS:The cerebral AS of the neonatal SD rats were cultured in vitro and divided randomly into control group,PKC excitomotor(PMA)group,LPA group,PKC-? inhibitor(Ro31-8220)group,Ro31-8220+PMA group and Ro31-8220+LPA group.The proliferation of the cells was detected by MTT assay and flow cytometry(FCM).The concentration of intra-cellular calcium ion of the cells([Ca~(2+)]_i)which were labeled with Fura-2/AM was determined by ultraviolet spectrophotometer.The change of PKC-? inside the cells was observed by Western blotting.RESULTS:LPA and PMA stimulated the proliferation of AS,they also enhanced the expression of PKC-? and increased the concentration of [Ca~(2+)]_i.After pretreated with Ro31-8220,the abilities of LPA that mentioned above were decreased.The change of [Ca~(2+)]_i was associated with the diversity of PKC-?.CONCLUSION:LPA promotes the proliferation of AS via the way of PKC-? and Ca2+.

INFLUENCE OF SELENIUM ON THE SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS IN HUMAN AMNION CELLS AND MONKEY KIDNEY CELLS / 营养学报

The effect of selenium on the synthesis of nucleic acids in human am-nion cells and monkey kidey cells was studied by the techniques of cell culture and radioisotope assay. The cells were cultured in a medium containing varied dosages of sodium selenite for 24 hours at 37℃ in a CO2 incubator (5% CO2), then 3H-labeled precursors of DNA and RNA were added. The synthetic activity of DNA and RNA was determined by assaying the incorporation amount of radioisotope. The result suggested that selenium can promote intracellular DNA and RNA synthesis and may be essential to cell growth.

INFIUENCE OF SODIUM SELENITE ON INTRACELLULAR REPLICATION OF COXSACKIE B_5 VIRUS / 营养学报

The influence of sodium selenite on the replication of Coxsackie B5 virus in monkey kidney cells was studied. When the host cells were cultured in a medium containing 0.05 or 0.5 ug/ml sodium selenite and reproduced continually to 3-10 generations, the titer of Coxsackie B5 virus in cell suspensions was markedly reduced and accompanied with the obvious increase of the surviving rate of the host cells (p