[Clinical research on relationship between angiogensis and TCM syndrome type of cyclomastopathy].

Objective: To study the relationship between angiogensis and TCM Syndrome type of cyclomastopathy (CMP) to investigate the objective standardization of TCM Syndrome diagnosis of the disease.

Methods: One hundred and forty patients with CMP were divided into three groups according to TCM syndrome typing. The pathological type, grade and expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and microvascular density (MVD) in mammary biopsy were observed.

The Drosophila Egg Chamber: External Ionic Currents and the Hypothesis of Electrophoretic Transport.

In insect egg chambers the nurse cells produce cytoplasm which is transported into the oocyte. It has been proposed that the transport is driven by an electrophoretic current resulting from a voltage gradient produced by the egg chamber. There are contradictory reports concerning the existence of significant voltage gradients.