Decreased and dysfunctional circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients suffering from acute pancreatitis, the pathogenesis is not completely understood, and several recent studies in vitro suggested that heat shock proteins might play an important role in cell signaling. To investigate the possible role of extracellular heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) in pancreatitis,...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Song JM,Liu HX,Li Y,Zeng YJ,Zhou ZG,Liu HY,Xu B,Wang L,Zhou B,Wang R

更新日期：2008-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the major causes of death in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is severe infection owing to bacterial translocation. Some clinical studies suggested that ecoimmunonutrition (EIN) as a new strategy had better treatment effect on SAP patients. But the experiment studies on the precise mechanism of the eff...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xu GF,Lu Z,Gao J,Li ZS,Gong YF

更新日期：2006-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) examination can provide useful information during endovascular stent graft repair. However, its actual clinical utility in thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for type B aortic dissection (type B-AD) remains unclear, especially in complicated aortic dissection. We eval...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Guo BL,Shi ZY,Guo DQ,Wang LX,Tang X,Li WM,Fu WG

更新日期：2015-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), as one of anticoagulant drugs, has been used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with prethrombotic state, but the specific use time is unclear. The aim of the study is to observe the effect of LMWH at two different periods of prethrombotic s...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Wang Y,Sun N,Cheng Z,Tong L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The research of cancer in patients on hemodialysis (HD) in China has not been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and histological features and outcomes of cancer in Chinese HD patients. METHODS:The study subjects were 49 cancer patients (1.4%) out of 3448 end stage renal disease...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhou L,Cao YL,Li WG,Fu FT,Zhang L,Wang X,Shi XH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrence or metastasis of myxomas is not rare and can lead to malignancy. We aimed to analyze the risk factors for postoperative cardiac myxoma recurrence and to summarize its clinical characteristics, treatments and classification. METHODS:The clinical data of 5 patients with recurrent cardiac myxoma wer...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Sheng WB,Luo BE,Liu Y,Zhang H,Zou LJ,Xu ZY,Zhang HY,Ji GY

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review articles aiming to present an overview of the principles, progress, uses and limitations of laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) in posterior fundus circulation research. DATA SOURCES:The data used in this review was obtained mainly from the studies reported in PubMed using the key terms "laser speckle"...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang W,Kogure A,Yamamoto K,Hori S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To rapidly and economically obtain knowledge about adult stage Schistosoma japonicum (Chinese strain) expressed genes using expressed sequence tag (EST). METHODS:A directional cDNA library constructed from Schistosoma japonicum (Chinese strain) adult stage RNA was used to generate expressed sequence tags (ES...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Bian G,Yu X,Wu Z

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Periostin originally designated osteoblast-specific factor 2 (OSF-2) is frequently found to be highly expressed in various types of human cancer cell lines in vitro and human cancer tissues in vivo. We proposed that periostin was a key factor during the process of proliferation and invasion in cancer cells. ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Liu C,Huang SJ,Qin ZL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, it is often difficult to detect the bleeding sites located in the small bowel with conventional radiological, scintigraphic or angiographic techniques. Push enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy are currently considered to be the most effective diagnostic procedures. Th...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Ge ZZ,Hu YB,Xiao SD

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of noninvasive three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography (3D-CTA) in preoperative detection of intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). METHODS:A prospective evaluation at a single institute over a 2-year period included 23 patients suspected of intracranial AVMs. All pat...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Wu J,Chen X,Shi Y,Chen S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the surgical technique and results of laryngeal function preservation in treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma. METHODS:A retrospective review of 305 patients with malignant neoplasms of the hypopharynx (279 males, 26 females, age ranging from 14 to 77 years) was performed from 1978 to 1996. In the ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Wang T,Li X,Lu Y,Yu Z

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven samples of pleomorphic salivary adenoma (PSA) were examined for expression and structure of c-myc, c-Ha-ras, c-erbB-2, c-sis oncogenes by RNA dot blot, DNA dot blot and Southern blot hybridization. Eighteen of 25 PSA showed 5.02 +/- 4.74 fold overexpression of c-myc oncogene, 6 of 19 PSA had 4.91 +/- 3.87...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xue H,Situ ZQ,Wang CJ,Wu JZ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Jaw osteonecrosis possibly associated with the administration of bisphosphonates is expected to be treated with a non-pharmacologic approach. This study aimed to determine whether noninvasive, mechanically mediated vibration would inhibit the decline in bone mineral density (BMD) that follows menopause, enha...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Ruan XY,Jin FY,Liu YL,Peng ZL,Sun YG

更新日期：2008-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary heart diseases (CHD) have been identified as one of topmost diseases affecting the Chinese population. However, depression in CHD has not been reported and there are limited high quality empirical studies in China focused on the prevalence of the comorbidity. This study aimed to estimate the pooled ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Ren Y,Yang H,Browning C,Thomas S,Liu M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2) has been shown to be important signaling pathway in the ischemic preconditioning (IPC) response. Recently, some studies suggest a key role for the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel (mKATP) as both a trigger and an end effector of...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Gong KZ,Zhang ZG,Li AH,Huang YF,Bu P,Dong F,Liu J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing the infectivity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We conducted a study to predict the potential effect of ART on the spread of HIV in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, using the Asian Epidemic Model (AEM). METHOD...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Tao LL,Liu M,Li SM,Liu J,Jiang SL,Wang LJ,Luo FJ,Wang N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The second-trimester maternal serum screening in twin pregnancy is still controversial, as the serum marker levels in twins are not as clear as those in singletons. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the levels of the second-trimester maternal serum free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zheng MM,Hu YL,Zhang CY,Ru T,Liu QL,Xu BY,Chen QG,Xu ZF,Zhang Y,Zhong XL

更新日期：2010-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Menopausal symptoms and sleep difficulty were physiological processes that were affected by genetic and other factors. This study was to investigate the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and sleep quality in menopausal transition (MT) and postmenopause (PM) women in Taiyuan, Shanxi. METHODS:A community-base...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang JP,Wang YQ,Yan MQ,Li ZA,Du XP,Wu XQ

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The postremission therapies for adult patients generally contain consolidation chemotherapy, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT). Because of the various results from different centers, the optimal therapy for adult acute lympho...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Ding Z,Han MZ,Chen SL,Ma QL,Wei JL,Pang AM,Zhang XY,Liang C,Yao JF,Cao YG,Feng SZ,Jiang EL

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some individuals have multiple renal arteries. Severe stenosis in one of the arteries may cause refractory hypertension. The detection of stenosis within one of the multiple renal arteries usually required invasive procedures, such as computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Qin W,Zhang X,Yang M,Zhong XH,Zhao MH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Marked interindividual variation exists in blood pressure response to benazepril, which is considered to have genetic basis. Our objectives were to evaluate whether the E112D polymorphism in the prolylcarboxypeptidase (PRCP) gene has impact on blood pressure response to benazepril. METHODS:Hypertensive pati...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang Y,Hong XM,Xing HX,Li JP,Huo Y,Xu XP

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tibial plateau is asymmetric with a larger medial plateau. We observed from clinical practice that the shape of the tibial plateau does not always present a larger medial plateau. Tibial plateau also showed other shapes. The purpose of this study was to analyze the anthropometric data of the proximal tib...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Yang B,Yu J,Gong X,Chen L,Wang Y,Wang J,Wang H,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the lumbar pedicle cortical bone trajectory (CBT) screw fixation technique, a new fixation technique for lumbar surgery. DATA SOURCES:The data analyzed in this review are mainly from articles reported in PubMed published from 1994 to 2014. STUDY SELECTION:Origina...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Song T,Hsu WK,Ye T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of L-arginine (L-arg) on early compensatory renal growth (CRG), tubulointerstitial accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM), long term survival rate and renal scarring in rats with 5/6 nephrectomy (SNx). METHODS:The experiment included four groups of rats (n = 5 each group): (1) S...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Liu B,Haylor J,El Nahas AM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) was successfully performed in 50 selected patients with mitral stenosis by using Inoue pillow-shaped balloon and Inoue technique. The average diameter of balloon used was 26.9 +/- 0.9 mm. 90% (45/50) of cases had either double or single mitral commissura split. Of the r...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Fang WY,Yu WX,Lu ZX,Li XM,Bu DX,Xu WL

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effects of icariin on airway inflammation in asthmatic rats and the intervention of LPS induced inflammation are interfered with the machanism of icariin. Our study aimed to observe the effect of icariin on ovalbumin-induced imbalance of Th1/Th2 cytokine expression and its mechanism. METHODS:Sixty male SD r...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xu CQ,LE JJ,Duan XH,DU WJ,Liu BJ,Wu JF,Cao YX,Dong JC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 40 patients with cervical spine tumor treated from 1980 to 1990, 24 had a primary tumor and 16 a metastatic tumor. Thirty-four patients were operated on through anterior and 5 through posterior approach. Preoperative neck pain was relieved and muscular strength of shoulder and arm increased after operation. Total e...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Liu HK,Liu ZD

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the distribution of aortic arch and intra/extracranial cerebral arterial atherosclerosis in Chinese patients who had suffered acute ischemic strokes. METHODS:Eighty-nine patients with acute ischemic strokes were included in this study. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was used to evaluate ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Guo Y,Jiang X,Chen S,Zhang S,Zhao H,Wu Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Difficulties persist in differentiating pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC) from pancreatic inflammatory masses (PIM). Auxiliary diagnostic techniques which enhance the endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) diagnostic yield have been attempted, for example, K-ras mutation analysi...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xu Y,Hu D,Zhu Q,Sun Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00