Surgical intervention combined with weight-bearing walking training promotes recovery in patients with chronic spinal cord injury:a randomized controlled study

For patients with chronic spinal cord injury,the co nventional treatment is rehabilitation and treatment of spinal cord injury complications such as urinary tract infection,pressure sores,osteoporosis,and deep vein thrombosis.Surgery is rarely perfo rmed on spinal co rd injury in the chronic phase,and few treatments have been proven effective in chronic spinal cord injury patients.Development of effective therapies fo r chronic spinal co rd injury patients is needed.We conducted a randomized controlled clinical trial in patients with chronic complete thoracic spinal co rd injury to compare intensive rehabilitation(weight-bearing walking training)alone with surgical intervention plus intensive rehabilitation.This clinical trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov(NCT02663310).The goal of surgical intervention was spinal cord detethering,restoration of cerebrospinal fluid flow,and elimination of residual spinal cord compression.We found that surgical intervention plus weight-bearing walking training was associated with a higher incidence of American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale improvement,reduced spasticity,and more rapid bowel and bladder functional recovery than weight-bearing walking training alone.Overall,the surgical procedures and intensive rehabilitation were safe.American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale improvement was more common in T7-T11 injuries than in T2-T6 injuries.Surgery combined with rehabilitation appears to have a role in treatment of chronic spinal cord injury patients.

Investigation on Purine Corrosion Inhibitions via Quantum Chemical Calculation

Corrosion inhibition performances of three purine derivatives were investigated systematically by employing DFT and molecular modeling.The relationship between macroscopic inhibition efficiency and quantum chemical properties was discussed from multiple perspectives,based on frontier orbital theory,and Fukui function theories.Comparative experimental and theoretical studies were taken,indicating the inhibition efficiency could be analyzed in the order of guanine<2,6-diaminopurine<2,6-dithiopurine.The sulphur atom(S5)was validated to be the most susceptible site for electrophile via quantitative surface analysis.

Schwann cell cultures from human fetal dorsal root ganglia

BACKGROUND： Previous studies have used many methods for in vitro Schwann cells （SCs） cultures and purification, such as single cell suspension and cytosine arabinoside. However, it has been difficult to obtain sufficient cellular density, and the procedures have been quite tedious. OBJECTIVE： To investigate the feasibility of culturing high-density SCs using fetal human dorsal root ganglion tissue explants. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING： Cell culture and irnmunohistochernistry were performed at the Central Laboratory of Kunrning General Hospital of Chinese PLA between March 2001 and October 2008. MATERIALS： Culture media containing 10% fetal bovine serum, as well as 0.2% collagenase and 0.25% trypsin were purchased from Gibco, USA; mouse anti-human S-100 monoclonal antibody and goat anti-mouse IgG labeled with horseradish peroxidase were provided by Beijing Institute of Biological Products, China. METHODS： Primarily cultured SCs were dissociated from dorsal root ganglia of human aborted fetuses at 4 6 months pregnancy. Following removal of the dorsal root ganglion perineurium, the ganglia were dissected into tiny pieces and digested with 0.2% collagenase and 0.25% trypsin （volume ratio 1：1）, then explanted and cultured. SC purification was performed with 5 rnL 10% fetal bovine serum added to the culture media, followed by differential adhesion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： SCs morphology was observed under inverted phase contrast light microscopy. SC purity was evaluated according to percentage of S-100 immunostained cells. RESULTS： SCs were primarily cultured for 5 6 days and then subcultured for 4 5 passages. The highly enriched SC population reached 〉 95% purity and presented with normal morphology. CONCLUSION： A high purity of SCs was obtained with culture methods using human fetal dorsal root ganglion tissue explants.

Temporal Distribution Characteristics of PM2.5 and Meteorological Conditions in Anqing in Recent Four Years

Based on the monitoring data of PM2.5 mass concentration at four national environmental monitoring stations in Anqing City from 2015 to 2018,the monthly and daily variation characteristics of PM2.5 mass concentration in Anqing were studied.Besides,the relationship between PM2.5 mass concentration and meteorological conditions was analyzed based on the meteorological data of Anqing station in the same period.The results showed that the mass concentration of PM2.5 in Anqing City was high in winter and low in summer,and the diurnal variation curve had two peaks and one valley.Precipitation had a significant effect on the removal of PM2.5,and the relationship between wind speed and PM2.5 mass concentration was more complicated.When the hourly average wind speed was force 1,the mass concentration of PM2.5 was the highest.In winter,the greater the wind speed was,the higher the mass concentration of PM2.5 was.As horizontal visibility was 1-4 km,the mass concentration of PM2.5 was the highest.Under the influence of water mist,it dropped significantly when visibility was less than 1 km.