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Objective To observe the damage effect of borneol on rabbit corneal epithelial cells. Methods After the treatment with borneol at 100, 200, 400 μg·mL-1 respectively, the viability of rabbit corneal epithelial cells was determined by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium ( MTT) assay, cell apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry with Annexin V- fluorescein isothiocyanate/propidium iodide ( FITC/PI) staining, and Caspase-3 mRNA expression was detected with real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR) . Results Borneol at the concentrations of 100, 200, 400 μg·mL-1 inhibited the activity of rabbit corneal epithelial cells. Compared with the normal control group, borneol increased the rate of apoptosis, and enhanced the Caspase-3 mRNA expression in rabbit corneal epithelial cells ( P<0.05 or P<0.01) . Conclusion Borneol can inhibit the proliferation of rabbit corneal epithelial cells, induce cell apoptosis through enhancing the expression of apoptosis-related gene Caspase-3 mRNA.
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Objective To investigate the clinical value of shortening double-J stent indwelling time in the treatment of ureteral stone-street complications after flexible ureteroscope lithotripsy . Methods Clinical data of 38 cases of ureteral stone-street complications following flexible ureteroscope lithotripsy from January 2012 to December 2013 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into Group A (extubating the double-J stent two weeks after the surgery ) and Group B (retaining the double-J stent) with 19 cases in each group .The stone clearance results were compared . Results All the urinary calculus in Group A had been removed successfully , including 2 cases of renal colic , 3 cases of irritative symptoms of bladder and 3 cases of gross hematuria.Hospital cost was (766.5 ±153.7) yuan.Urinary calculus were successfully removed in 13 cases in Group B, including 19 cases of gross hematuria and 17 cases of irritative symptoms of bladder.No renal colic occurred.The hospital cost was (1251.2 ± 155.6) yuan.Compared with Group B , Group A has higher success rate of stone clearance , lower hospital cost and lower rate of bladder irritative symptoms and gross hematuria (P0.05). Conclusions Removing the double-J stent 2 weeks after flexible ureteroscope lithotripsy resulted in higher stone clearance rate and less complications compared with retaining the double -J stent.It can reduce the occurrence of irritative symptoms bladder and gross hematuria .
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BACKGROUND: The regeneration and repair of skeletal muscle after injury relies on the new nucleus formed through muscle satellite cell proliferation. However, there are few reports on the relationship between the skeletal muscle cell proliferation and the vimentin expression.OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between the skeletal muscle cell proliferation and the vimentin expression, as well as the mechanism underlying the repair of exercise-induced skeletal muscle micro-injury. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A randomized controlled animal experiment was done at the Sports Human Science Experimental Center in Hunan Normal University between December 2007 and September 2008. MATERIALS: A total of 50 male SD rats, aged 8 weeks, were randomly divided into a control group and a training group which were subdivided in to four groups at the time points of immediate post-exercise, hour 3, hour 24 and hour 48 post-exercise, with 10 ones in each of the five groups.METHODS: Rats in the training group underwent 3 days of repetitive exhausting eccentric exercise on a treadmill of-16° slope at the speed of 16 m/min. Rats in the control group underwent no running. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rats in the training group was taken for measurement immediate, 3 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours post-exercise respectively. Immunohistochemistry was adopted to determine the proliferating coil nuclear antigen (PCNA) A expression and the vimentin expression in medial head of triceps brachii muscle cells in each group at different phases of repair.RESULTS: The skeletal muscle cell showed sequentially-changed proliferation. The proliferation index of the training group was significantly higher than that of the control group immediately post-exercise. At hour 24 post-exercise, it reached the peak. Hour 48 post-exercise saw the decreased proliferation. The expression of vimentin also exhibits a sequential change after exercise. Moreover, its immunoreaction score changed with time in the same direction with the proliferation index, but there is no correlation between the two.CONCLUSION: Three days of repeated exhausting eccentric exercise can induce the sequential changes of skeletal muscle cell proliferation and vimentin expressions. Vimentin expression has some kinds of correlations with skeletal muscle cell proliferation, but it is not the only factor that matters.