This case reports an application of conventional duodenoscope in a post pancreaticoduodenectomy patient with the help of retrieval balloon assisted enterography.The 56-year-old woman had pancreaticoduodenectomy with C...This case reports an application of conventional duodenoscope in a post pancreaticoduodenectomy patient with the help of retrieval balloon assisted enterography.The 56-year-old woman had pancreaticoduodenectomy with Child reconstruction 9 mo ago because of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and now there are recurrent enlarged lymph nodes in the anastomotic stoma of hepaticojejunostomy.Considering the patient's late-stage cancer,a plastic stent was then successfully placed there to drainage.The main challenge in this case was the extremely long afferent loop and blind cannulation through the anastomotic stoma of hepaticojejunostomy.Retrieval balloon assisted enterography is very helpful for duodenoscope going through the reconstructed intestinal tract and for the cannulation.After two weeks,the patient remained free of painful symptoms and free of fever.Liver function improved well.Four months after the placement of stent,the patient died of cachexia without jaundice,fever and abdominal pain according to her daughter's statement.展开更多
The negative-geotaxis climbing assay is used to efficiently study aging and neurodegeneration in Drosophila.To make it suitable for large-scale study,a method called the rapid iterative negative geotaxis(RING) assay...The negative-geotaxis climbing assay is used to efficiently study aging and neurodegeneration in Drosophila.To make it suitable for large-scale study,a method called the rapid iterative negative geotaxis(RING) assay has been established by simultaneously photographing the climbing of multiple groups of flies when they are manually tapped down in test tubes.Here,we automated the assay by using a well-controlled electric motor to drive the tapping,and a homemade program to analyze the climbing height of flies.Using the automated RING(aRING) assay,we found that the climbing ability of a strain of wild-type flies,males in particular,declined rapidly before day 21 after eclosion,but slowly from day 21 to 35.We also found that the expression of arctic mutant Aβ_(42) accelerated the age-dependent decline in the climbing ability of flies.Moreover,using aRING,we examined the effect of third chromosome deficiencies on the accelerated locomotor decline in Aβ_(42)-expressing flies,and isolated 7 suppressors and15 enhancers.展开更多
Beta amyloid (Aβ42)-induced dysfunction and loss of synapses are believed to be major underlying mechanisms for the progressive loss of learning and memory abilities in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The vast majorit...Beta amyloid (Aβ42)-induced dysfunction and loss of synapses are believed to be major underlying mechanisms for the progressive loss of learning and memory abilities in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The vast majority of investigations on AD-related synaptic impairment focus on synaptic plasticity, especially the decline of long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission caused by extracellular Aβ42. Changes in other aspects of synaptic and neuronal functions are less studied or undiscovered. Here, we report that intraneuronal accumulation of Aβ42 induced an age- dependent slowing of neuronal transmission along pathways involving multiple synapses.展开更多
文摘This case reports an application of conventional duodenoscope in a post pancreaticoduodenectomy patient with the help of retrieval balloon assisted enterography.The 56-year-old woman had pancreaticoduodenectomy with Child reconstruction 9 mo ago because of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and now there are recurrent enlarged lymph nodes in the anastomotic stoma of hepaticojejunostomy.Considering the patient's late-stage cancer,a plastic stent was then successfully placed there to drainage.The main challenge in this case was the extremely long afferent loop and blind cannulation through the anastomotic stoma of hepaticojejunostomy.Retrieval balloon assisted enterography is very helpful for duodenoscope going through the reconstructed intestinal tract and for the cannulation.After two weeks,the patient remained free of painful symptoms and free of fever.Liver function improved well.Four months after the placement of stent,the patient died of cachexia without jaundice,fever and abdominal pain according to her daughter's statement.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81371400 and 81071026)the National Basic Research Development Program of China (2013CB530900)the Key Discipline of Chongming County and Shanghai Institute of Health Science, China (FY(14)700-A5-1-19)
文摘The negative-geotaxis climbing assay is used to efficiently study aging and neurodegeneration in Drosophila.To make it suitable for large-scale study,a method called the rapid iterative negative geotaxis(RING) assay has been established by simultaneously photographing the climbing of multiple groups of flies when they are manually tapped down in test tubes.Here,we automated the assay by using a well-controlled electric motor to drive the tapping,and a homemade program to analyze the climbing height of flies.Using the automated RING(aRING) assay,we found that the climbing ability of a strain of wild-type flies,males in particular,declined rapidly before day 21 after eclosion,but slowly from day 21 to 35.We also found that the expression of arctic mutant Aβ_(42) accelerated the age-dependent decline in the climbing ability of flies.Moreover,using aRING,we examined the effect of third chromosome deficiencies on the accelerated locomotor decline in Aβ_(42)-expressing flies,and isolated 7 suppressors and15 enhancers.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81071026 and 81371400)the National Basic Research Development Program of China(2013CB530900)
文摘Beta amyloid (Aβ42)-induced dysfunction and loss of synapses are believed to be major underlying mechanisms for the progressive loss of learning and memory abilities in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The vast majority of investigations on AD-related synaptic impairment focus on synaptic plasticity, especially the decline of long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission caused by extracellular Aβ42. Changes in other aspects of synaptic and neuronal functions are less studied or undiscovered. Here, we report that intraneuronal accumulation of Aβ42 induced an age- dependent slowing of neuronal transmission along pathways involving multiple synapses.
基金grants from Chinese National and Provincial Major Project for New Drug Innovation(National:2008ZX09101-002 and 2013ZX09401301Provincial:2011A080501010)Shenzhen Municipal Major Project(2010-1746)。