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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of mastoid obliteration withsingle-pedicle muscle flap covered by bone pate on vestibular stimulation. METHODS A retrospective study was performed on 59 patients who were treated for chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma by two techniques: canal wall down tympano-mastoidectomy(CWD) and subsequent mastoid obliteration(MO). The postoperative vestibular functions of all the patients in both groups were assessed by vestibular function tests and questionnaires. Finally, the data of examination a nd symptoms were a nalyzed. RESULTS After a minimum follow up period of 12 months, the rate of ear dry was 84％(22/26) for MO group and 55％(18/33) for CWD group(χ2=4.72, P <0.05). The dry ear time were 5.46±1.39 weeks for MO group and 8.67±2.3 weeks for CWD group(t =6.2529, P <0.05). When compared latent period of Caloric testing in the MO group (10.3±2.57)s and CWD group (12.7±3.33)s, significant differencewas found(t =3.1639, P <0.05). The postoperative caloric vestibular tests revealed an average nystagmus count of 52.96±20.82 beats per minute in the MO group and 69.94±18.98 beats in the CWD group(t =3.2688, P <0.05). By analyzing the questionnaire, 30％(10/33) of the patients who received CWD treatment reported vertigo by caloric stimuli such as wind, water compared with MO group(0)(χ2=7.45, P <0.05). The rate of suction cleaning induced vertigo was 48％(16/33) in CWD group and 23％(6/26) in MO group(χ2=3.17, P =0.075). CONCLUSION Our technique of mastoid obliteration with single-pedicle muscle flap covered by bone pate results in small cavities with complete epithelialization of all surfaces. Furthermore, obliteration of mastoid cavities provides protection to the labyrinthine organ and reduces postoperative vertigo to caloric stimulation.
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Objective To study the effect of resveratrol on hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatic fibrosis.Methods The rat model of HBV infection was established by intraperitoneal injection of rAAV8-1.3HBV.After successfully establishing the modle, were randomly divided into four groups:negative control group, resveratrol low dose group, high dose group, positive control group, and five rats in each group.Giving a physiological saline, 20 mg/kg respectively resveratrol, 40 mg/kg, 0.1 mg/kg acyclovir via gastrogavage respectively.2、4、8、12 weeks later ,we detected the HBsAg, HBeAg, HBV-DNA via tail vein blooding.HSC-T6 cell model was established.Then rats were divided into two groups, control and resveratrol serum group.Each group was administrated with normal sodium and resveratrol via gastrogavage to make serum.The HSC-T6 viability was observed by AlamarBlue assay.The expression of Col I and TGP-β1 mRNA was determined by Realtime PCR.The expressions of Col I and TGP-β1 Protein was analyzed by WesternBlot.Results Using ELISA method to detect HBsAg、HBeAg、HBV-DNA and found that the expression of HBsAg and HBeAg of negative control group were significantly higher than the rest of the three groups (P<0.05) at the second and the fourth week.The highest expression of HBsAg and HBeAg were (4118 ±367) IU/mL、(160.2 ±56.90) NCU/mL at the second week.The expression of HBV-DNA of negative control group is significantly higher than the rest of the three groups (P<0.05) at the second week.AlamarBlue assay indicated that different concentration of serum of resveratrol can inhibit HSC-T6 proliferation.Compared with control group, serum with drug resveratrol significantly down-regulated the mRNA and protein expression of Col I and TGP-β1.Conclusion Resveratrol inhibits HBV and liver fibrosis by inhibiting type I collagen and TGF-β1.
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Objective To explore different characteristics of the vertebral artery and basilar artery haemody-namics in different frequencies to provide a theoretical basis for clinical treatment .Methods 90 cases of sudden deaf-ness were induded and according to hearing curve ,the cases were divided into three groups with 30 cases for each while the control group had 30 subjects .All cases were examined by TCD ,the VA ,BA test .Results Compared with group of median and low frequency sudden deafness ,the abnormal blood flow rate were found with decreased hearing(P0 .05) .High frequency hearing loss compared with the con-trol group patients with sudden deafness had a clear abnormal velocity (P<0 .05) ,characterized by high velocity . There was no statistically significant difference in blood flow rate among low and median frequency group ,full-fre-quency group and control group except for Vs of BA in low and median frequency group .Conclusion Vertebral and basilar arterial circulation disorders had present more significance in the incidence of sudden deafness ,evident espe-cially in high and all frequency sudden deafness .Early initiation of TCD examination can understand the change of the vertebral and basilar artery hemodynamics ,providing high clinical application values .
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Objective To investigate the effects of circadian clock gene Period2(Per2)on the proliferation,differentiation and apoptosis of K562 cells and its probable molecular mechanism.Methods The Per2 expression plasmid pcDNA3.1-Per2 and empty control plasmid were respectively transfected into K562 cells with cationic liposome,and the resistant cells stably expressing Per2 gene were obtained by G418 selection.Their morphological changes were observed under light microscope following Wright-Giemsa staining.Trypan blue excluding staining and MTT assay were employed to evaluate cell proliferation.Flow cytometry was performed to analyze cell cycle distribution and cell apoptosis,and electron microscopy was used to detect cell apoptosis.Meanwhile,the expressions of proliferation and apoptosis associated proteins,such as P53,Cyclin B1 and C-Myc,were respectively detected by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis at mRNA and protein level.Results The K562/Per2 cell line stably expressing Per2 gene was screened out.As compared with either the empty plasmid transfected group(K562/empty)or the untreated group(K562/untreated),K562/Per2 cells was smaller in volume and showed no obvious cellular differentiation.Circadian clock gene Per2 could significantly inhibit both growth and proliferation of K562 cells.The percentage of K562 cells in G2/M phase increased [K562/Per2 group(36.1?5.5)%,K562/empty group(12.5?2.9)%,untreated group(9.7?2.3)%,P