[Three-year follow-up results of visual inspection with acetic acid/Lugol's iodine (VIA/VILI) used as an alternative screening method for cervical cancer in rural areas].

Background And Objective: In China, there has been no established national program for cervical cancer prevention, the screening methods and experiences are especially deficient in the rural areas. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of acetic acid/Lugol's iodine (VIA/VILI) used for screening of cervical cancer and pre-cancerous lesions in a rural area of China by analyzing the large-scale population-based screening data from the demonstration site.

Methods: Women aged 30-59 years from Xiangyuan County in Shanxi Province were recruited for cervical cancer screening from 2005 to 2007.

[Lipid peroxidation injury and endoplasmic reticulum stress in Al-induced apoptosis].

Objective: To study the role of lipid peroxidation injury and endoplasmic reticulum stress in Al-induced apoptosis.

Methods: Neurons from 0-3 day rats were cultured and treated with different concentrations of AlCl3.6H2O.

[Characteristic of the neurobehavioral functional changes in coke oven workers].

Objective: To explore the effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the neurobehavioral function of coke oven workers.

Methods: 200 healthy adult male coke oven workers were selected from a coke plant of a state-owned steel enterprise in Taiyuan City. 88 controls occupationally unexposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were selected from the same enterprise.

Effects of benzo[a]pyrene on autonomic nervous system of coke oven workers.

Objectives are to investigate the effects of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on the autonomic nervous system of coke oven workers. One hundred eighty-four coke oven workers were divided into 3 groups according to their working sites (coke oven bottom group, coke oven side group and coke oven top group), and 93 referents were recruited. B[a]P monitored by air sampling pumps as well as urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OH-Py) was determined by high performance liquid chromatograph with a fluorescence detector (HPLC-FD).

[Change of neurocytes in acute intoxicated encephalopathy induced by 1, 2-dichloroethane after intervention with antagonists].

Objective: To study the role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor and Ca(2+) in acute intoxicated encephalopathy induced by 1, 2-dichloroethane (1, 2-DCE) in vitro.

Methods: Neurocytes of new born rats were cultured in vitro, which were administered with different doses of 1, 2-DCE, and NMDAR and Ca(2+) antagonists including Ketamine and Nimodiping respectively. The cell morphologic structures were observed under light microscope, and its proliferation was detected by Cell Counting Kit-VIII.

[Relationship between lipid peroxidation in blood and neurobehavioral function changes in coke oven workers].

Objective: To explore the coincidence of lipid peroxidation and neurobehavioral function changes in coke oven workers.

Methods: One hundred and thirty-four coke oven workers were divided into three groups: 35 in the oven-bottom group, 49 in the oven-side group and 50 in oven-top group. WHO recommended NCTB was performed on coke oven workers and 36 controls from material conservation department; The contents of total superoxide dismutases (T-SOD), glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in blood were determined by test kits.

[Role of Bcl-2 and Bax protein contents and their gene expression in Al-induced neurons apoptosis].

Objective: To study the role of Bcl-2 and Bax protein contents and their gene expression in Al-induced neurons apoptosis.

Methods: Neurons from 0 - 3 day rats were cultured and treated with different concentrations of AlCl(3 x 6) H2O. The cell apoptosis was observed by the TUNEL method and under the scan electron microscope.