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Objective To investigate the effects of G-CSF-mobilized autologous stem cells in the prevention of radiation pulmonary injury.Methods Mice were divided into control group,irradiation group and treatment group.Mouse model of pulmonary fibrosis was established by exposing chest to a single dose of 14 Gy.Animals in the treatment group received recombinant human G-CSF (250 μg/kg daily for 5 d) before the irradiation in order to mobilize autologous stem cells in vivo.The general condition and mortality were documented after radiation injury.The pathological study with histological scoring,Masson staining and Sirius red staining with polarized light analysis were used to identify lung injury and the potential benefit of stem cell mobilization.Results Local chest irradiation of a single dose of 14 Gy was a suitable dose to create radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice.The death rate was 37.5％,which mainly happened around 11 weeks after injury.In contrast,all of the animals in G-CSF treated group survived.The ratio of lung to body mass was significantly increased in both irradiation group and treatment group (F =23.20,P＜0.05) around 3 months after the injury,with a higher ratio in irradiation group than that in treatment group (P＜0.05).Histological scoring for alveolar inflammation at 3 months after injury revealed statistically significant difference in irradiation group and treatment group compared with control group (F=11.93,P＜ 0.05).At this time point,the pathological observation showed lung tissue degeneration and necrosis with alveolitis and interstitial inflammation,as well as fibroblasts proliferation and focal collagen deposition in alveolar septa.At 4 month after the injury,the inflammation ininterstitial tissue was receded,but fibrosis and collagen deposition were significantly increased.In addition,at 3 and 4 months afterinjury,the pulmonary fibrosis was aggravated in irradiation group (F=28.73,16.85,P＜0.05),and significantly alleviated in the treatment group (P＜0.05).The similar results were confirmed in collagen content analysis (IOD) by Sirius red staining and image analysis (F =17.70,17.79,P＜ 0.05).Conclusions Autologous mobilization of stem cells could prevent the death of radiation-injured animals possibly by alleviating early lung injury and interstitial inflammation as well as the late pulmonary fibrosis,suggesting a therapeutic potential of autologous stem cell mobilization in radiation pulmonary fibrosis.
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Objective To investigate the role and significance of neuropilin-2(NRP2)for regulating the angiogenesis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors(PNETs).Methods The NRP2 expression in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumer BON-1 cell line was intevened.The BON-1 cells cultural supernatants in the control group and interference group were used to treat human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVEC).CCK-8 was used to detect the cell proliferation,Transwell was used to detected the cell migration and the tubule formation test was used detect the pro-angiogenesis.Results The CCK-8 detection showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the supernatant treated HUVEC proliferations between the interference group and control group medium(P>0.05):the absorbancy in the control group was 0.35±0.04,while which in the interference group was 0.32±0.04.The Transwell test showed that the invasion ability of HUVEC treated with cultural supernatants in the interference group was weakened compared with the control group,the control group was(203±13)/hole,while the interference group was(100±10)/hole(P＜0.01);the tubule formation test showed that HUVEC tubular formation treated by cultural supernatant in the interference group was decreased,the control group was 40±5,while the interference group was 24±3(P＜0.01).Conclusion Interfering NRP2 expression of BON-1 cells can inhibit the vessel formation ability of co-cultured HUVEC,suggesting that NRP2 may have the pro-angiogenesis effect of PNETs,and may be a potential new target for the treatment of PNETs.
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Objective To investigate the effect of leptin on the secretion of chemokine in THP1 cells and explore its related mechanism, and to provide basis for research on the role of leptin in immune response.Methods The expressions of Ob-Rb and Ob-Rt in THP1 cells were detected by RT-PCR and flow cytometry (FCM).The THP1 cells at logarithm growth phase were selected and randomly divided into blank control group and different concentrations(10,50,100,200μg· L-1 )of leptin groups.Transwell chamber assay was performed to detect the number of invated THP1 cells.The THP1 cells were divided into blank control group and 100μg·L-1 leptin group.Western blotting method was carried out to detect the expressions of p-AKT,p-ERK 1/2,and p-STAT3 in THP1 cells.The THP1 cells were divided into blank control group and 100μg·L-1 leptin group,100μg·L-1 leptin+ DMSO group,100μg·L-1 leptin+50μmol·L-1 AG490 group,100μg·L-1 leptin+10μmol·L-1 LY294002 group and 100μg·L-1 leptin+ 10 mol·L-1 PD980590 group.RT-PCR and Western blotting methods were performed to detect the expression of IL-8.Results Ob-Rb and Ob-Rt were highly expressed in THP1 cells. Compared with blank control group,the number of invated THP1 cells was significantly increased in 50,100,and 200μg·L-1 leptin groups (P0.05).Conclusion leptin can up-regulate the expression of chemokine in THP1 cells,which might be associated with PI3K-AKT and MAPK/ERK 1/2 signaling pathways.
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Objective To study the method of using phantom test for daily quality assurance of on board image(OBI) system. Methods The routine procedures of radiotherapy, including CT simulation, planning,setup,cone beam CT(CBCT) scan and kilovolt X-ray orthogonal film were carried out on a head phantom. The procedures repeated once a day in the following 10 days. The geometric errors of the phantom were recorded. Results The geometric errors of the phantom by CBCT were [0.06±0.11] cm, [0.03±0.05] cm, [0.07±0.07] cm and [0.03±0.10] cm in longitudinal, vertical, lateral and rotation directions, respectively. The geometric errors of the phantom by kilovolt X-ray orthogonal film were [ 0.04±0.10] cm, [0.03±0.05] cm, [0.08±0.06] cm and [0.05±0.05] cm, respectively. The differences of geometric errors of the phantom by CBCT and kilovolt X-ray orthogonal film were not significant(t = 0.44,P=0.667 in longitudinal direction ; t=0.00, P=1.060 in vertical direction ; t=0.34, P=0.735 in lateral direction; t=0.58,P=0.568 in rotation direction). Conclusions The OBI system of our accelerator is reliable and at excellent performance status. The method by using phantom test for the daily quality assurance of OBI system is easy and reliable.
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This paper discussed that how to cultivate high-quality medical talents by the use of basic education,medical moral education and psychologic education etc.
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Objective To establish more detailed dataset of Chinese visible human male. Methods After undergoing macroscopical, CT and MRI examinations to exclude organic lesion, a young aged, middle sized male cadaver was selected as the subject. First, morphological measurement and vascular perfusion were performed. Second, after embedding with 5% gelatin, the cadaver was put in ice house and frozen to -30 ℃ for 1 week. Third, TK 6350 numerical control milling machine (milling accuracy of 0.001 mm) was used to shave off slices of the body layer by layer from head to foot at -25 ℃ in low temperature laboratory. Fourth, the successive cross sections were photographed with high resolution digital camera and scanned into an animation computer. Thus, data acquisition from cadaver model was completed to obtain structural dataset of the human body. Results The selected sample was a 21 year old, 1 820 mm in height, 66 kg in weight male died due to non organic disease. CT with 1.0 mm slice thickness for the head and neck and 2.0 mm for the rest of the body was performed. MRI with 1.5 mm slice thickness for the head and neck and 3.0 mm for the rest of the body was also performed. A total of 18 398 serial cross sections with the thickness of 0.1 mm of each section were obtained. The digital photographs were sampled at a resolution of 10 989 056 (4 064?2 704) pixels. The data file of each section occupies 62.9 MB. The complete data files occupy 1 157.23 GB. The research results are issued simultaneously on the Internet (http://www.chinese visiblehuman.Conclusion ① Review of the related literatures reveals that the thinnest thickness of the reported cross section of the visible human dataset is 0.2 mm(the thickness of the sections of the skull base of the first case of Chinese visible human reported by our research group is 0.1 mm.), and the slices consist of several thousands of serial cross sections with several millions of pixels. The data files occupy several tens of GB or more than 100 GB. However, the thickness of the cross sections of the whole body of the dataset achieved in our research is 0.1 mm. The total slices consist of 18 398 serial cross sections with the photographic resolution of 11 million pixels and the total data file reaches 1 157.23 GB. The three indexes mentioned above are elevated by 1 log unit. ② We have solved the key technical problems in data acquisition of visible human such as super thin serial cross sectioning, enormous quantity of data storing and display of tiny blood vessels.
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Objective To obtain the CT image 3 D reconstruction of head and neck region of the first Chinese visible human. Methods The CT data of head and neck region of the first Chinese visible human were processed with Siemens 3 D Virtuoso VA(R2.6) software in SGI Graphics Computer Workstation. The 3 D reconstruction of head and neck surface and skeletal structure were carried out and studied. Results The face and neck were well reconstructed. The nose, lips, ears and chin could be clearly shown. The skeletal structures in the head and neck region were fairly reconstructed and displayed very well and even the fine structures in skull base such as foraman ovale and foramen spinosum could be seen. Many anatomic structures such as pituitary gland, brain stem, cervical marrow, sphenoid sinus, nasopharynx could be displayed in detail on the 3 D reconstruction section. Conclusion This study has realized the CT image 3 D reconstruction and visualization of head and neck region of the first Chinese visible human and provided morphologic data for further studies of 3 D structures, comparative studies of anatomy and imaging of the head and neck.
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Objective To detect whether mice bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs)can contribute to the regeneration of hepatocytes in bone marrow chimeric mice.Methods Female recipient mice(C57BL/6J)underwent whole body gamma-ray irradiation with a dose of 10 Gy to ablate their bone marrow,followed by immediate tail vein injection of BMSCs isolated from male GFP transgenic mice.Animals were killed at different phase points:1 week,1 month,and 3 months.Using fluorescence microscope we directly observed GFP-positive cells in the liver frozen sections,and we also prepared the parafilm sections to detect the GFP-positive cells and the coexpression of GFP and Alb,CK18 by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence respectively.Results We found numerous GFP-positive cells in recipient mice liver at 1 week after BMSCs transplantation,some at 1 month and seldom at 3 months.There were some cells coexpressing GFP and Alb,CK18 at all the phase points.Conclusion Allotype BMSCs can differentiate into Alb and CK18 positive hepatocytes in bone marrow chimeric mice,which will become an ideal cell resource for liver tissue project.
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Objective To observe the pathological changes of esophageal carcinoma after preoperative radiotherapy. Methods A total of 28 thoracic esophageal carcinoma patients treated with surgery following preoperative radiotherapy of 40 Gy (S+R group), and other 28 patients treated with surgery alone (S group) were studied. The pathological changes of the resected samples of these patients were analyzed and compared. In all of the cases, the tumor regression rate, infiltration depth of tumor cells, involvement rate of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels, and metastasis rate of lymph nodes and residual lesions were studied. Results The tumor regression rate in S+R group was significantly higher than that in S group, but the infiltration depth of tumor cells and involvement rate of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels in S+R group were significantly lower than those in S group. The stromal reaction in S+R group was stronger than that in S group. There was no significant difference in metastasis positive rate of lymph nodes and residual lesions between the two groups. Conclusion Preoperative radiotherapy has obvious effect on the treatment of esophageal carcinoma from the view of pathological changes. However, further studies should be conducted on whether the pathological changes mean the improvement of survival rate or not.
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Objective To build the dataset of Chinese visible human female. Methods After undergoing macroscopical, CT and MRI examinations to exclude organic lesions, a young female cadaver of medium height was selected as the subject. After morphological measurement and vascular perfusion, the cadaver was embedded with 5% gelatin and cryopreserved in a -30 ℃ icehouse for 1 week. A digital milling machine TK 6350 (milling accuracy of 0.001 mm) was used to shave off slices of the body layer by layer from head to foot in a laboratory at -25 ℃. The successive cross sections were photographed with a high definition digital camera, and the pictures were put into a computer to establish a dataset of human body. By utilizing the image dataset derived from the successive cross sections, 3D reconstruction and stereodisplay of human structure were finished with a SGI Workstation which was equipped with an independently self developed software package for 3D reconstruction. Results The selected specimen, a 22 year old female native of Chongqing, was 1 620 mm in height, 54 kg in weight and died of non organic disease. CT scans were made in every 1.0 mm for head and neck and every 2.0 mm for rest parts, and the thickness for MRI scans was 1.5 mm for head and 3.0 mm for rest parts. For serial cross sections, the thickness was 0.25 mm for head and 0.5 mm for rest parts. Thus, a total of 3640 slices were obtained, and the photo for every slice was saved as a 36 MB file in a resolution of 6 291 456 pixels (3 072?2 048). Finally, the complete data files reached to 131.04 GB. Conclusion ① This is the first formally reported case of Chinese visible human female, suggesting that China becomes the second country owning visible human female dataset of her population. We set up a website for the purpose of exchanging ideas and information on this subject. So, the results are issued simultaneously on the Internet (http://www.chinesevisiblehuman.com).② According to US Visible Human Project(VHP), the data of the 3 junctional parts of their female cadaver were absent because the body was cut into 4 segments. Taking the age of 59 year old into account, the visible human female's body was not exactly perfect. The sections of 0.33 mm in thickness were saved to pictures at a resolution of 2 490 368 pixels (2 048?1 216). While, the first Chinese visible human female reported here is a young female without organic disease or lesion. No sectional datum is lost for being acquired from successive sections of the whole body. The resolution of cross sectional image reaches to 6 291 456 pixels (3 072?2 048).