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Objective@#To evaluate the effects of casein phosphopeptide-amorphic calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) on enamel erosion using an improved in situ experimental protocol.@*Methods@#Forty-eight enamel blocks were prepared from fresh-extracted human premolars and further embedded in the acrylic resins. The present study was divided into 2 parts. In part 1 of the study, two volunteers were recruited to test the availability and safety of the in situ erosion protocol. Customized intraoral appliance was made with 4 reservoirs containing the specimens for each volunteer. For each intraoral applicance, 2 reservoirs were made with the openings and the other 2 remained intact. All volunteers were instructed to drink 150 ml cola within 5 min using the gargling method after placing appliances intraorally for 2 h. After erosion, the appliances were remained undisturbed intraorally for 1 h until the next erosive attack. The in situ erosion cycles were performed 4 times daily over 7 d. In part 2 of the study, forty specimens were randomly divided into 2 groups (n=20): CPP-ACP group and control group. The surfaces of specimens in CPP-ACP group were pretreated with CPP-ACP for 3 min before in situ erosion, whereas the specimens in control group were pretreated with deionized water for 3 min. For each intraoral applicance, 4 reservoirs were made with openings. Ten healthy volunteers were recruited and the above-mentioned in situ erosion protocol was applied to test the effects of CPP-ACP on enamel erosion. The surface microhardness and surface microstructure of the samples were examined before and after erosion in both parts of the study. The data were statistically analyzed using ANOVA and LSD tests. Data were considered statistically significant at a level of P<0.05.@*Results@#Significant surface softening was observed in all specimens after erosion (P<0.001). The surface microhardness in the CPP-ACP group and control group were (198.8±23.2) and (152.4±42.1) HV, respectively (P=0.040). The specimens in the CPP-ACP group showed significantly fewer changes in surface microstructure compared with those in the control group.@*Conclusions@#Based on this in situ experimental protocol, short-time consuming of acid beverages would produce significant effects on the surface microhardness of the human enamel, whereas the application of CPP-ACP can increase the erosion resistance of the enamel.
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Objective To explore the application value of JCI standard and HIMSS 7 grade clinical closed loop system in pathological specimen handover. Methods The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University adopted the traditional way to transfer pathological specimen in 2014, and improved the process under guidance of JCI standard in 2015. Then HIMSS 7 level clinical closed-loop system was applied to pathological handover on the basis of JCI standard guidance in 2017. Comparative analysis was made on the failure rate of the pathological specimen,the average handover time of pathological specimen and the timely rate of pathological frozen reports in the above 3 years. Results A comparison of the failure rate of pathological specimens found the following: That of 2015 was significantly lower than that of 2014 (P <0.05);and that of 2017(Jan. -Sept.) was significantly lower than that of 2015(P<0.01). A comparison of the handover timeliness of frozen digestive endoscopy specimens and a single frozen specimen handover duration found the following:That of 2015 was significantly shorter than that of 2014 (P< 0.01),and that of 2017 (Jan. - Sept.) was significantly shorter than that of 2015 (P < 0.01). A comparison of the timeliness of frozen specimen pathological reports found the following: that of 2015 was significantly better than that of 2014 (P< 0.05),and that of 2017 (Jan. -Sept.) was significantly better than that of 2015 (P< 0.05). Conclusions The guidance of JCI concept has reduced the failure rate of pathological specimen, shortened the average handover during, and improved the timeliness of pathological frozen specimen reports. Under the JCI standard guidance, the HIMSS 7 level clinical closed-loop system was applied to the pathological specimen handover process. This practice could significantly reduce the failure rate of pathological specimen and improve the pathological specimen handover efficiency. Furthermore,it is conducive to full-course tracking and dynamic management of such specimen.
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Objective To study the pharmacological action and clinical application of flavonoids.MethodsThe pharmacological effects of flavonoids were analyzed, and the related literatures were searched and analyzed.This paper describes the pharmacological action mechanism and clinical application of flavonoids, analyzes its biological activity, combined with the related structure and function, and gives a more detailed description of the study of flavonoids.ResultsAfter analysis, the pharmacological effects of flavonoids on human cardiovascular system, digestive system, nervous system, immune system, and so on have a certain impact.The effect of flavonoids on the nervous system is mainly manifested in the analgesic, anti-inhibition and anti-aging.The antibacterial and antiviral effects of flavonoids are mainly antibacterial, antiviral activity and anti HIV activity.Flavonoids have good protective effects on liver injury, such as chemical liver injury, alcoholic liver injury, immunological liver injury, reperfusion liver injury and so on.Flavonoids can inhibit the growth and reproduction of tumor cells, and can promote the expression of tumor suppressor genes and promote the proliferation of tumor cells.The chemical structure of flavonoids is similar to that of estrogen, which is a kind of isoflavone, which has the physiological action of estrogen, and has a certain effect on estrogen.ConclusionThe flavone is extracted from various plants, belonging to the polyphenol compounds, with certain biological activity, were analyzed for the clinical application of its pharmacological action, has many applications of anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, immunoregulation and liver protection and analgesic, a variety of biological activity, is widely applied in clinical.
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Objective:To explore the clinical effect of group psychotherapy on relieving anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with alcohol dependence.Methods:Totally 117 patients with alcohol dependence accompanied with anxiety and depression symptoms were selected from the Second People's Hospital of Puer City from 2014 January 1 to December 31.The anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed with the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS),Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS).They were divided into drug combined group (intervention group,n =89) and single drug treatment group (control group,n =88).The two groups were administrated diazepam replacement therapy,and the intervention group combined group psychotherapy.Eight weeks later,treatment effect of the two groups were evaluated with the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI).Results:After intervention,the scores of SAS,SDS,BPRS,and CGI in intervention group decreased [(21.1 ±8.3) vs.(65.3± 10.2),(35.1 ±3.5) vs.(51.7 ±5.6),(4.3 ± 1) vs.(5.4 ±0.6),Ps ＜0.05].There was no significant difference in above scores between before and after treatment in the control group (Ps ＞ 0.05).Conclusion:The effect of group psychotherapy on the basis of medicine may be better than that of single drug therapy on relieving anxiety and depression in patients with alcohol dependence.
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Objective To evaluate the effect of mind mapping-oriented health education on patient's fluid intake during hemodialysis intervals. Methods From June 2015 to April 2016, 72 patients with poor compliance with fluid intake were randomly divided into control group (n=36) and observation group (n=36). In the control group, routine health education was used and the observation group was treated with mind mapping-oriented health education. The two groups were compared before intervention and 6 months after that in terms of compliance with fluid intake and daily fluid intake, ultrafiltration volume and body weight gain/dry weight ratio and incidence of complications. Results In the observation group, the fluid intake compliance, daily fluid intake, ultrafiltration volume and body weight gain/dry weight ratio 6 months after intervention were superior to those of the control group (all P<0.05). The incidences of complications such as hypotension, hypertension, muscle spasms and cardiac arrhythmia were also significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion The health education based on mind mapping is helpful to enhance the degree of cognition of fluid intake compliance, improve self-efficacy of chronic diseases, control the growth of body weight during dialysis and reduce the incidence of complications.
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Objective To evaluate the efficacy of the anterior approach to quadratus lumborum block in each abdominal and back region.Methods Twelve healthy volunteers of both sexes,aged 18-45 yr,of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,with body mass index of 18-30 kg/m2,were enrolled in the study.Quadratus lumborum block was performed via the anterior approach under the guidance of ultrasound with 0.375％ ropivacaine 20 ml.The block was assessed by cold stimulation (ice cake) in each abdominal and back region (the right side of the body was divided into 15 regions using the anatomical landmarks on the body surface).The positive condition in each region was recorded at 30 min after administration.Results The region in which the positive rate ≤ 5％ was 0.The regions in which the positive rate ＞5％-20％ were 1 and 13 regions.The regions in which the positive rate ＞20％-50％ were 2,3 and 4 regions.The regions in which the positive rate ＞50％-70％ were 6,7 and 10 regions.The regions in which the positive rate ＞70％-＜95％ were 5,14 and 15 regions.The regions in which the positive rate ≥95％ were 8,9,11 and 12 regions.Conclusion The anterior approach to quadratus lumborum block is effective in the middle-lower region of the anterior abdominal wall on the blocked side.
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Objective To evaluate the efficacy of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for simultaneous determination of propofol and remifentanil concentrations in human plasma.Methods Methods Eighteen healthy volunteers of both sexes,aged 18-45 yr,weighing 52-81 kg,were enrolled in the study.Venous blood samples were collected,and the concentrations of propofol and remifentanil in human plasma were detected simultaneously by HPLC.The internal standard was thymol.Potassium dihydrogen phosphate 0.1 mol/L was added to the plasma and then the plasma samples were extracted with extract liquor (ethyl acetate ∶ hexane =4 ∶ 1,V/V).The analytical column was ZORBAX Eclipse XDB-C18 (4.6 mm×250 mm,5 μm).The mobile phase was methano ∶ 0.02 mol/L NaH2PO4 ∶ acetonitrile,the flow rate was 1.0 ml/min,the detection wavelength was 210 nm within 1-7 min,and 266 nm within 7-16 min,and the sample size was 20 μl.Linear regression analysis was performed by using the least-squares method.The specimens of the blood with the final concentration of remifentanil 1.00,5.00 and 20.00 ng/ml and propofol 0.50,2.00 and 10.00 μg/ml were obtained to determine the recovery,precision and stability.Results Linear regression equation of remifentanil was C=12.853 5Ai/As+0.084 8 (R2 =0.999 4),and this system showed a good linear relationship with the concentration of remifentanil ranged 0.5-40.0 ng/ml.Linear regression equation of propofol was C=8.554 3 Ai/As+0.029 1 (R2=0.998 6),and this system showed a good linear relationship with the concentration of propofol ranged 0.2-20.0 μg/ml.For both propofol and remifentanil concentrations,the relative recovery was within the range of 85％-115％,the absolute recovery was larger than 75％,and the relative standard deviation of intra-and inter-day precision and stability was less than 5％.The method was proved to meet the requirements of biological sample analysis.Conclusion For HPLC method established in this trial,the determination is sensitive,reproducible,rapid and simple,and it can be used for simultaneous determination of propofol and remifentanil concentrations in human plasma and for clinical pharmacokinetic research.
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Objective This study aimed to survey students' satisfaction and cognitive attitude of elaborate course of social medicine to provide a basis for exploring appropriate teaching mode. Methods Purposive sampling was used with questionnaire to survey 646 students who had learned social medicine in 5 universities in Guangdong province. The survey included the social medicine curriculum, teaching situation, students' satisfaction and cognitive attitude of elaborate course of so-cial medicine. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to describe the demographic characteristics and curriculum. The t test and one-way ANOVA were used to compare the means of students' satisfaction and cognitive attitude of elaborate course in different universities, using the test level of 0.05. Results The lecture-based learning was the main teaching mode. 335(52.7%) students thought it necessary to learn social medicine, but only 27.2%of the students(173 students) were interested in social medicine and 65(10.2%) students could take the initiative to read about extracurricular books. Overall satisfac-tion with using network resources of elaborate course in two universities that had university-level elab-orate course of social medicine were (2.78 ± 0.55) and (3.01 ± 0.30) respectively and the difference was statistically significant(t=-3.97,P<0.01). The cognitive attitude of the students in 5 universities with using network resources of elaborate course was (3.09±0.66) and the difference was statistically significant(F=3.70,P<0.01). Conclusion Social medicine teaching has been paid attention to in 5 universities, but there were some common problems: ①putting emphasis on theory and ignoring prac-tice in teaching mode; ②putting emphasis on credit and ignoring effectiveness in learning; ③and putting emphasis on construction and ignoring using in network resources of elaborate course of social medicine.
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Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of different doses of dezocine at different administration time on analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Methods 80 patients elected from ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱ grade laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly divided into four groups,20 cases in each group.Group Ⅰ was anesthetized by intravenously injected dezocine 0.10mg/kg before the surgery,group Ⅱ was anesthetized by dezocine 0.15mg/kg before the surgery,group Ⅲ was anesthetized by intravenously injected dezocine 0.10mg/kg after stopping anesthetic surgery,and group Ⅳ was anesthetized by intravenously injected dezocine 0.15mg/kg after stopping anesthetic surgery.The postoperative pain scores were observed 1,6,12,24 hours after operation in the four groups by using visual analog scale (VAS),comfort score (BCS),and anesthesia recovery score (modified Aldrete score).Results TheVAS of the four groups 1 hour after surgery:group Ⅰ and group Ⅲ was significantly different(t =2.308,P =0.036),group Ⅰ and group Ⅳ was significantly different (t =2.106,P =0.042),group Ⅱ and group Ⅲ was significantly different (t =2.711,P =0.014),group Ⅱ and group Ⅳ was significantly different (t =2.317,P =0.037).The BCS 1 hour after surgery:group Ⅰ and group Ⅲ was significantly different(t =2.108,P =0.042),group Ⅰ and group Ⅳ was significantly different(t =2.069,P =0.048),group Ⅱ and group Ⅲ was significantly different (t =2.353,P =0.033),group Ⅱ and group Ⅳ was significantly different (t =2.361,P =0.036).The VAS 6 hours after surgery:group Ⅰ and group Ⅲ was significantly different (t =2.084,P =0.045),group Ⅱ and group Ⅲ was significantly different(t =2.309,P =0.038),group Ⅱ and group Ⅳ was significantly different(t =2.303,P =0.040).The BCS 6 hours after surgery:group Ⅰ and group Ⅲ was significantly different (t =2.294,P =0.041),group Ⅱ and group Ⅲ was significantly different(t =2.322,P =0.035),group Ⅱ and group Ⅳ was significantly different (t =2.070,P =0.048).The BCS 12 hours after surgery:group Ⅱ and group Ⅲ was significantly different(t =2.518,P =0.047).VAS and BCS scores at other time points had no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The analgesic after laparoscopic gallbladder surgery using dezocine 0.10mg/kg-0.15mg/kg,especially 0.15mg/kg administered anesthesia before surgery,can effectively relieve postoperative pain and improve postoperative comfort,reduce postoperative analgesic(pain pump) and has less adverse reactions,which is worthy of promotion.
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Objective To investigate the pharmacokinetics of propofol when combined with remifentanil in patients with liver cirrhosis.Methods Ten patients (5 males, 5 females) with liver cirrhosis scheduled for endoscopic esophageal varix ligation (test group) and 10 cases (5 males, 5 females) with normal liver function scheduled for gastroscopy (control group), aged 18-55 yr, weighing 40-75 kg, were studied. The patients were unpremedicated. All the patients received iv injection of propofol 1.5 mg/kg and remifentanil 0.5 μg/kg, and 5 min later propofol 0.5 mg/kg and remifentanil 0.2 μg/kg was given again. Blood samples were taken from radial artery before administration and at 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60, 80 and 120 min after administration for determination of the plasma propofol concentration using gas chromatography-mass spectrography. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated using DAS 2.0 software.Results The pharmacokinetics of propofol was best described by a three-compartment open model. There was no significant difference in the distribution half-life, elimination halflife , terminal half-life, area under the curve and transfer rate constant between the two groups ( P ＞ 0.05) . The apparent volume of distribution of propofol and clearance were significantly increased in test group compared with control group (P ＜0.01) .Conclusion When propofol combined with remifentanil is used in patients with liver cirrhosis, the apparent volume of distribution of propofol and clearance are significantly increased, while no changes in the other pharmacokinetic parameters are found.
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Objective To study the effect of pelvic autonomic nerve preservation(PANP)on urination and sexual function in total mesorectal excision(TME). Methods Two hundred and forty cases of male rectal cancer patients,divided into the PANP who accept the pelvic autonomic nerve preservation in TME,and the control group of 120 patients who do not.The urination and sexual function were observed and compared.3-year-survival rate,local recurrence rates of the two groups were recorded. Results The urinary disorder rates,erective disorder rates and ejaculation disorder rates of PANP group were 30.8%,28.3%and 34.2%,while values of control group were 55.0%、60.0%and 62.5%.The difference between them had statistical significance(P<0.05).The 3-year-survival rate and local recurrence rate of PANP group were 9.4%and 75.0%.The 3-year-survival rate and local recurrence rate of control group were 9.0%and 65.0%.There was no significant difference between them(P>0.05). Conclusion The PANP technique in TME could improve the urinary and sexual function of male patients without affect the prognosis.
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Objective: To explore the diagnosis and surgical treatment for cholelithiasis of cau- dal lobe of liver. Methods: The data of 98 patients with cholelithiasis of caudal lobe were reviewed. Results: 42 cases (43% ) got preoperative diagnosis. No cases died during operation.7cases had residual stones,the rate of which was 7.1% . The stones recurred in 10 cases and the rate was 12.3% . Conclusion: Understanding the disease, the preoperative image examination combining with introperative exploration are important to decrease the misdiagnosis and increase the rate of diagnosis. The surgical treatment should follow the principle of individualized therapy.
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Objective To develop a simplified bisulfite genomie sequencing(BGS)method for DNA methylation marker scanning.Methods According to modified BGS protocol,the desalt DNA treated with bisulfite were directly used for bisulfite-PCR(BSP)without alkali treatmenL Complement of the bisulfite modification Wag accomplished by a prolonged pre-denaturation stage.After BSP,a second round PCR was performed with a pair of GC tagged primers to adjust the GC content of the amplieon for direct sequencing.To assess this improved protocol,promotor methylation of TNF-α gene in 3T3-L1 cell and androgen receptor(AR)gene in Hela cell was investigated.The real time BSP for Alu was also used to compare the sensitivity of the modified assay with traditional assay.Results Both the hypermethylated TNF-α promotor and hypomethylated AR promotor were successfully sequenced by improved BGS method,and the results were consistent with that of the traditional assay.The conversion rate reached 100%,while the conversion specificity was higher than 93.75%.The sensitivity of improved BGS method inereaged significantly(t=2.978 2,P＜0.05)and showed good reproducibility.Condusion The improved BGS method is simple and sensitive,facilitating more ambitious genomic methyhtion mapping studies.
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Fragile histidine triad (FHIT) is a candidate tumor suppressor gene. Aberrant expression of FHIT has been observed in multiple carcinomas induced by environmental carcinogens, especially in lung cancer. In this study, the expression of FHIT protein in lung cancer progression tissue microarray was detected and their roles in oncogenesis and progression of lung cancer were discussed.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The expression of FHIT protein in tissue microarray with 270 cores was detected by SP immunohistochemistry method, in which there were 89 cases of primary lung cancer, 12 cases of lymph node metastasis of lung cancer, 12 cases of precancerous lesion and 10 cases of normal lung tissue, and the clinicopathological features of lung cancer were analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression of FHIT was localized in the cytoplasm. Loss of FHIT expression in primary cancers, precancerous lesion and lymph node metastasis of lung cancer was 46.1%, 41.7% and 50.0% respectively, while 0 in 10 cases of normal tissues. A significant difference of FHIT expression was observed among four groups (P < 0.05). Loss of FHIT expression in precancerous lesion, primary lung cancer and lymph node metastasis of lung cancer was significantly higher than that in normal lung tissue (P < 0.05). The difference among precancerous lesion, primary lung cancer and lymph node metastasis of lung cancer groups was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Loss of FHIT expression was related to tumor histologicol types, degree of cell differentiation and the smoking history of patients (P < 0.05), but not to sex, age, gross appearance types, TNM stages, or lymph node metastasis (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The protein expression level of FHIT is reduced in primary cancers and precancerous tissues, especially in most squamous cell carcinomas, poorly differentiated group and the patients with a smoking history. These results indicate that loss of FHIT expression might correlate with carcinogenesis, development of lung cancer and the carcinogenesis induced by smoking.</p>
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>It has been proved that EphB4 and HIF-1α are closely related to the oncogenesis and development of lung cancer. The aim of this study is to investigate the biological significances of EphB4 and HIF-1α in lung cancer and their relationship with each other.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The expression of EphB4 and HIF-1α was detected in 54 lung cancer tissues and 10 normal lung tissues as control by immunohistochemical method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>EphB4 and HIF-1α proteins were detectable in 50.0% and 42.6% of all 54 lung cancer tissues respectively, which were significantly higher than those of the control (P < 0.05); the positive ratios and the levels of the expressions of EphB4 and HIF-1α proteins were closely related to gross types, differentiations and clinical stages (P < 0.05), but not to histological classification, age, sex and lymph node metastasis (P > 0.05). A highly positive correlation was observed between EphB4 and HIF-1α expression (P < 0.01 ).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Overexpression of EphB4 and HIF-1α may play an important role in the pathogenesis, progression and malignant degree of lung cancer. Detection of EphB4 and HIF-1α expression might be helpful to predict prognosis of patients with lung cancer.</p>
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>To study the relationship between the expression of E-cadherin and MVD in lung cancer and its significance.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The expressions of E-cadherin and factor VIII were detected in 104 lung cancer tissues by immunohistochemical method, and MVD was calculated by image analysis system.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression of E-cadherin was significantly related to the differentiation of lung cancer (P < 0.05). A negative correlation was observed between E-cadherin expression and MVD in lung cancer tissues (P= 0.047).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Downexpression of E-cadherin and increase of MVD may play an important role in the invasion and metastasis of lung cancer, and may also be used as a useful marker for tumor prognosis.</p>
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>To determine the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in lung cancer specimens, and to find out the possible roles of MMPs and TIMPs in the infiltration and metastasis of lung cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The expression of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9, MMP-13, TIMP-1, TIMP-2 were detected in 104 lung cancer tissues by immunohistochemical method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expressions of MMPs and TIMPs were up-regulated in lung cancer tissues. The expression of MMP-2 was related to differentiated degree of tumor cells. MMP-9 correlated with lymph node metastasis of lung cancer. The positive rate of TIMP-1 was related to TNM stage and lymph node metastasis. In lung cancer tissues, there was positive correlation between MMP-2 and TIMP-2, and between MMP-9 and TIMP-2.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>MMPs and TIMPs may play the important roles in the development of lung cancer. MMP-9 and TIMP-1 might promote the infiltration and metastasis of lung cancer.</p>
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The cytochemical method of Ca-ATPase activity was studied in this article. The native made reagent was utilized and worked in our department, The appearance of Ca-ATPase activity was researched for the cells of hepar, kidney, brain and oviduet, especially for the membrane system of myocardium cell.