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Objective To explore the clinical value of ureteroscopy and minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy ( MPCNL) in the treatment of ureteral calculi patients with acute renal dysfunction .Methods Clini-cal data of 124 ureteral calculi patients with acute renal dysfunction were retrospectively analyzed .86 cases were trea-ted with holmium-laser lithotripsy under ureteroscope .38 cases were treated with MPCNL under the guide of ultra-sound.Results Three months after operation ,the stone clearance rate was 100%,and no severe complications were observed.The renal function decreased to normal levels in 102 cases(82.3%).Conclusion The holmium laser lith-otripsy under ureteroscope and MPCNL can deal with double sites of ureteral calculi ,and offer advantages with less in-vasion,safety and efficiency ,which can be the first choice for the ureteral calculi combined with acute renal dysfunc -tion.
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Objective To observe the effects of ( - )-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on human prostate cancer xenografted tumor growth and connexin43 expression in nude mice,and explore the mechanism of the EGCG on prevention for prostate cancer.Methods The methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium and annexin-V/PI double-labeled flow cytometry methods were used to observe the growth inhibiting rate (IR)and apoptosis rate (AR) of human prostate cancer cell line PC-3 which was treated by EGCG at different concentration (10,20 and 40 mg/L,respectively).The scrape-loading fluorescence dye transfer method was applied to assess the gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) through fluorescence microscope.PC-3 cells were subcutaneously transplanted to establish tumor-bearing nude mice model.A total of 32 mice were randomly divided into four groups,both control group and three treatment groups were treated with different doses of EGCG ( 10,20 and 40 mg/kg,respectively).After two weeks,the mice prostate tumor tissues were taken out.The tumor wet weight was measured and tumor growth inhibiting rate was calculated.The tumor microvascular density (MVD) and apoptosis index (AI) were detected by the immunohistochemical techniques and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling techniques,respectively.Semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to examine the expression level of the Cx43 mRNA.Results EGCG at concentration ( 10 and 20 mg/L) could significantly inhibit the proliferation[(22.33 ±4.62)％,(38.67 ±5.67)％ vs (3.47 ±0.31 )％,P ＜0.01],induce the apoptosis [(7.84 ± 1.37 ) ％,( 24.53 ± 2.28 ) ％ vs ( 2.17 ± 0.70 ) ％,P ＜ 0.01] and enhance the GJIC of PC-3 cells.EGCG of different doses could inhibit prostate cancer xenografted tumor growth,induce tumor cells apoptosis and inhibit angiogenesis.EGCG ( 20 and 40 mg/kg) could effectively up-regulate Cx43 mRNA expression in xenografted tumor (0.58 ± 0.08,0.80 ± 0.07 vs 0.42 ± 0.04,P ＜ 0.0 ).The effects had significant correlation with the dose-dependent of EGCG ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions EGCG could up-regulate the Cx43 expression and enhance the gap junction intercellular communication mediated by Cx43 in the prostate tumor,which provide the experimental evidence for the mechanism of its effectively inhibiting the prostate cancer growth.
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Objective To investigate dynamic changes of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)and endostatin(ES)in guinea.Pig of asthma and its effect on airway remodeling.Methods 40 guinea-pigs were randomly divided into normal control group(C),NS group(N),3d asthma group(A1),7d asthma group(A2)and 21d asthma group(A3),8 pigs ofeach group·Nothing was done on C Group guinea.Pigs.N group were intraperitoneal injected 2ml NS on the Ist day and the 8th day.NS inhalation started on the 15th day,1 time every day,3-5rain for each times,lasted for 3 day.Al,A2 and A3 Group were injected with 10rag ovalbumin(OVA),which made of aluminum hydroxide 20mg suspension in place of2ml NS,in place ofNS inhalation for3d,7d and 21d.At the end of24h-shot line after anesthesia BAL.Enzynle-linked immunosorbent(ELISA)was used to determine the concentration of VEGF and ES in bronchoalveolar lavnge fluid collection(BALF).Image analysis was used to determine airway circumference(Pi),outer circumference(Pe),and calculate the wall area(WA),airway smooth muscle area(SMC-A),airway smooth muscle cells(N).WA,SMC-A and N were standardized by Pi.Results With the extension of the duration of asthmatic guinea.Pigs,WA/Pi,SMC-A/Pi,N/Pi and concentration of VEGF in the airway were increased.Compared with group C and N,SMC-A/Pi,N/Pi and concentration of VEGF in asthma group were siguitlcanfly different.WA/Pi were siguificanfly different in A2 group and A3 group.The relation of the concentration of VEGF in Asthma guinea-pigs airway and WA/Pi was positive correlation.VEGF/ES and WA/Pi was highly positive correlated.Conclusions VEGF/ES inlbalance may play all important role in the airway remodeling of asthmatic guinea-pigs.