To report an extended multivisceral transplantation (MVTx) including right kidney and ascending colon in a patient with complicated Crohn's disease (CD). A 36-year old female suffering from short bowel syndrome and frozen abdomen due to fistulizing CD after multiple abdominal operations underwent MVTx of eight organs including stomach, pancreatoduodenal complex, liver, intestine, ascending colon, right kidney, right adrenal gland, and greater omentum in November 2003. Immunosuppression consisted of alemtuzumab, tacrolimus and steroids. The patient was off parenteral nutrition by postoperative wk 3. She experienced one episode of pneumonia. The patient recovered completely and discharged 2.5 mo and was doing well 30 mo after MVTx. This is one of the very rare cases in which a complete mulitivisceral graft of eight abdominal organs was transplanted orthotopically. 相似文献
Objective Ligustrazine, also named as tetramethylpyrazine, is a compound purified from Ligusticum chuanxiong hort and has ever been testified to be a calcium antagonist. The present investigation was to determine the antinoci-ceptive effect of ligustrazine and, if any, the peripheral ionic mechanism involved. Methods Paw withdrawal Latency ( PWL) to noxious heating was measured in vivo and whole-cell patch recording was performed on small dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Results Intraplantar injection of ligustrazine (0.5 mg in 25μl) significantly prolonged the withdrawal latency of ipsilateral hindpaw to noxious heating in the rat. Ligustrazine not only reversibly inhibited high-voltage gated calcium current of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron in dose-dependent manner with IC50 of 1.89 mmol/L, but also decreased tetrodotoxin (TTX) -resistant sodium current in relatively selective and dose-dependent manner with IC50 of 2.49 mmol/L. Conclusion The results suggested that ligustrazine could elevate the threshold of thermal nociception through inhibiting the high-voltage gated calcium current and TTX-resistant sodium current of DRG neuron in the rat. 相似文献
Background: Both pain and the pharmacologic management of pain can cause the undesirable effect of sleep disruption. One goal of basic and clinical neuroscience is to facilitate rational drug development by identifying the brain regions and neurochemical modulators of sleep and pain. Adenosine is thought to be an endogenous sleep promoting substance and adenosinergic compounds can contribute to pain management. In the pontine brain stem adenosine promotes sleep but the effects of pontine adenosine on pain have not been studied. This study tested the hypothesis that an adenosine agonist would cause antinociception when microinjected into pontine reticular formation regions that regulate sleep.
Methods: The tail flick latency (TFL) test quantified the time in seconds for an animal to move its tail away from a thermal stimulus created by a beam of light. TFL measures were used to evaluate the antinociceptive effects of the adenosine A1 receptor agonist N6-p-sulfophenyladenosine (SPA). Pontine microinjection of SPA (0.1 [mu]g/0.25 [mu]l, 0.88 mm) was followed by TFL measures as a function of time after drug delivery and across the sleep-wake cycle.
Results: Compared with saline (control), pontine administration of the adenosine agonist significantly increased latency to tail withdrawal (P < 0.0001). The increase in antinociceptive behavior evoked by the adenosine agonist SPA was blocked by pretreatment with the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1, 3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX, 0.75 ng/0.25 [mu]l, 10 [mu]m). 相似文献
Neurotropin (NSP) is an extract isolated from
the skin of rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus.
The present study examines the possible action of
NSP on the number and function of immunocompe
tent cells in mice. The experiment showed that NSP
had no effect on both T and B lymphocytes of nor-
malimmunized mouse spleen. The degree of plaque
forming cell reaction and titre of specific antibody
showed no significant differences when the NSP
treated group and controls were compared. How-
ever, NSP exhibited promotive effect on specific
antigen binding cells in the early stage of immune
responses. It was also noted that the rosette forming
capacity of human T lymphocytes in vitro was restor-
ed markedly by NSP. These results suggest that
NSP possesses certain immunostimulating activity,
particularly on the specific antigen binding cells and
human T lymphocytes. 相似文献
A combination of levonorgestrel 0.15mg and
ethinyl estradiol 0.03mg, an ultra-low dose oral con
traceptive in pellet form, was tried out in 9 Beijing
clinics. A total of l,035 healthy women of reproduc
tive age participated in 9,413 cycles of treatment.
Only one pregnancy was attributed to medication
failure which resulted in a corrected Pearl index of
0.13/100 women-year. The incidence of breakthrough
bleeding and amenorrhea was 0.12% and 0.05% res
pectively. Using the life-table method, the net
cumulative rate of termination due to medical-related
reasons at one year was only 5.93/100 women. The
incidence of side effects was low. The most frequent
complaints were nausea and drowsiness, which re
duced with the increase of treatment cycles. Some
metabolic changes were studied. In comparison
with other OCs used in China, this formula has the
advantages of ultra-low-dose steroids with higher
contraceptive efficacy, better cycle control and
fewer side effects. 相似文献
Transmission electron microscopic investigation
of standardized fractures of radii in 50 rabbits re
vealed that fibroblasts took part in the formation of
bony callus. The osteogenetic role played by the
fibroblasts can be categorized into the following 5
aspects: a. Fibroblasts synthesize and secrete Type
collagen fibrils and induce deposition of calcium
salt crystals in the collagen fibrils. b. Fibroblasts
produce matrix vesicles in their surroundings. These
matrix vesicles become calcified and turn into floccu-
lent calcospherules which coalesce and fuse into bone
tissues. c. Fibroblasts harbor calcium granules in
their mitochondria, thus providing calcium for calci-
fication of the intercellular matrix and bone forma
tion between the cells. d. Fibroblasts can transform
directly into osteocytes; there is bone formation
around the fibroblasts, the bone tissues surround the
fibroblast in the form of bony lacuna, then the fibro-
blast in the lacuna transforms into osteocyte. e.
Fibroblasts can undergo degenerative changes leading
to decease and replacement by bone tissues. 相似文献
WiLh RNA-DNA dot blot technique, the expression of c-myc and N-ras oncogenes in human hepato
cellular carcinoma was found to be higher than in
tie non-cancerous liver tissue adjacent to the carci
noma (p<0.01). The expression of both oncogenes
was high in the fetal liver and gradually decreased
with age during development, indicating a probable
co-operation of c-myc and N-ras. Immunocytochemi-
cal analysis showed changes in protein products of
c-myc hepatocellular carcinoma and its nan
cancerous tissue were similar to those in mRNA
expression. The same was true for the fetal liver
during its development.
A comparable study was also made on the ex
pression of c-myc and N-ras oncogenes in limited
samples of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma and
its noncancerous tissue. The results are inconclu
sive, and further studies are needed. 相似文献
With the method of rapid gel sequencing, the complete nueleotide sequence of Fasciolopsis buski 5S rRNA has been determined: AAC GGG AUG AAG CUA GAC AUG UGG CGG CCU AGU UGG AGG UCG GAA CUC GGA AGU UAA GGA AUG UUG GGC CUG GUU AGU ACU GGU AUG GGU GAC CUU GGG AAU ACC GGG UGU UGC GUC CA_(OH) This have been compared with 553 species of other organisms 5S rRNA sequences previously published and fitted to a secondary structural model. 相似文献
Twenty five cases, including 26 eyes with retinal vein occlusion (RVO) were examined by means of the electro-oculogram. The results showed that 23 of the 26 eyes suffering from RVO exhibited abnormalities of the electro-oculogram (EOG). The potential difference and Arden ratio in the RVO eyes were lower than those in the normal eyes (P<0.01). The more the visual acuity of ill eyes was decreased, the higher the abnormal rate of EOG in ill eyes was. 14 eyes had the visual acuity less than 0.1, whose EOGs were abnortmal. Six eyes had the visual acuity from 0. 2 to 0. 4, in which the EOGs of 5 eyes were abnormal. Six eyes had the visual acuity more than 0. 5, a-mong which the EOGs of 4 eyes were abnormal. Based on the above observations, it may be considered that the circulatory disturbance resulting from RVO damages not only the internal layer but also the external layer of the retina. We suggest that EOG is a useful method for distingquishing lesions caused by RVO and may reflect the functional condition 相似文献