简介:AIM:Toinvestigatetheeffectsofhydrogen-richsaline(HRS)onmicrogliaactivationandSirtuintype1(Sirt1)inratswithN-methyl-N-nitrosourea(MNU)-inducedretinitispigmentosa(RP).METHODS:Ratsweredividedintonorm(N)group,model(M)groupandHRS(H)group.RatsinMandHgroupsweregivensalineandHRSrespectivelypriortoandafteradministrationofMNU.Atoneday(d1)andd3afterwards,electroretinogramandhistologicalexaminationwereperformedtoconfirmtheeffectsofHRSonretinalfunctionandstructureofMNU-inducedRP.Immunofluorescencestainingofanti-ionizedcalcium-bindingadaptermolecule1(Iba1),amakerofmicrogliacells,wasperformed,withquantitativereal-timepolymerasechainreaction(qRT-PCR)foritsmRNAquantification.Moreover,Sirt1mRNAandproteinexpressionintheretinasweredetectedbyWesternblotandqRT-PCR.RESULTS:HRSpreservedtheretinalfunctionandmitigatedthereductionofphotoreceptordegenerationinMNU-treatedretinas.ThepresenceofmicrogliacellswassomewhatmoreobviousinHgroupthanthatinMgroupatd1.HRSsuppressedthefurtheractivationofmicrogliacells,withthenumberofmicrogliacellslessthanthatofMgroupatd3.ResultsofqRT-PCRofIba1wereconsistentwiththoseofimmunofluorescencestaining,withthemRNAexpressionofIba1inHgroupmoreintensivethanthatofMgroupatd1(P<0.05),whilelessthanthatofMgroupatd3(P<0.05).Furthermore,theSirt1mRNAandproteinexpressiondecreasedafterMNUadministration,whileHRSmitigatedtheMNU-induceddownregulationofSirt1.CONCLUSION:HRScaneffectivelykeepmicrogliaactivationinducedbyMNUtoanappropriateextent,whileupregulateSirt1inMNU-inducedRP.
简介:AIM:Toinvestigatethetreatmentstatusandprognosisofspace-occupyinglacrimalglandlesionsatonetertiaryeyecenterinChina.·METHODS:Aretrospectiveclinicalstudywasperformedon95patientswithspace-occupyinglesionsofthelacrimalglandsurgicallytreatedattheEye&ENTHospitalofFudanUniversityfrom2003to2007.Thereviewedclinicaldataincludedage,gender,sideofthelesion,durationofsignsandsymptoms,histopathologicaldiagnosis,treatmentmodality,recurrence(local,regional,anddistantmetastasis)andsurvival.·RESULTS:Ofthe95cases(99eyes),pleomorphicadenomaswerethemostcommonlesions(43cases),followedbylymphoiddisorders(14),inflammatorypseudotumors(11),carcinomaex-pleomorphicadenomas(11),andadenoidcysticcarcinomas(ACC,6).Therewere8patientswithrelapsedpleomorphicadenomas.Fiveofthese8caseshadmalignantpathologicalchanges.AllpatientswithACChadmetastasisandthreeofthemdiedduringtheirfollow-up.·CONCLUSION:Ourstudyindicatedthatthemostcommonlacrimalglandlesionswerepleomorphicadenomas.Multiplerecurrenceandsurgicalproceduresmayincreasetheriskoftumorprogression.ACChadahighincidenceoftumormetastasisandapoorprognosis.