Objective: To observe the clinical effects of needling acupoints Shenting(GV 24),Neiguan(PC 6) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6) in the treatment of migraine. Methods: Thirty cases of Germen patients with migraine were treated mainly by Shenting(GV 24), bilateral Neiguan(PC 6) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6), as well as bilateral Hegu(LI 4) and Taichong(LR 3), Touwei(ST 8),Yangbai(GB 14), Cuanzhu(BL 2), Sizhukong(TE 23), Shuaigu(GB 8) and Sibai(ST 2) in the affected side of head, auricular Sympathetic (MA-AH 7), Er Shenmen (MA-TF 1), Heart (MA-IC) and Endocrine (MA-IC 3); another 28 cases were treated by routine acupuncture. The clinical results and immediate pain-relieving effects were observed. Results: The total effective rate was 90.0% in treatment group and 75.0% in control group, χ2= 4.57, P ＜ 0.05; the 24-hour pain-relieving effects were obviously better in treatment group than that in control group, χ2 = 10.11, P＜ 0.01. Conclusion: Needling Shenting(GV 24), Neiguan (PC 6) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6) has better effects than routine acupuncture in the treatment of migraine.

MicroRNA (miRNA) regulate the expression of target mRNA according to the specific base pairing. They are involved in proliferation,differentiation and apoptosis of cells. The expression of miRNA has distinct differences between normal tissues and cancers, miRNA can be oncogenes but also suppressor genes, they play an important role in cancer. And miRNA are promising to be a new therapeutic target. In this review, we will discuss the advance in the research of miRNA in cancer.

BACKGROUND: Cecropins are a kind of micromolecule protein with antibacterial activity. Eukaryotic cell-expressed or artificially synthesized Cecropins is characterized by low efficiency and high cost. OBJECTIVE: To clone and express an antibacterial peptide gene of Musca domestica Cecropin A, and to identify recombinant expression product. METHODS: Mature Musca domestica Cecropin A encoding nucleotide sequence was searched from the GenBank and amplified by RT-PCR. The gene of Musca domestica Cecropin A was cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pET32a and fused with gene of Thioredoxin (Trx) and expressed in E.coli BL2l (DE3). After induction by isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside, the sera of the immunized rabbits were collected after rabbits were immunized with the hemolymph of housefly larvae. Recombinant protein was identified by western blot analysis and N-[Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]glycine-sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After induction by isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside, E.coli BL21 expressed mature Cecropin. Rabbit anti- housefly larvae sera, N-[Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]glycine-sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blot analysis results confirmed that expression products were mature Cecropin. These suggest that prokaryotic expression system can be utilized to obtain natural mature Cecropin.

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Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, accounting for approximately 18%of all cancer-related deaths. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have the capacity to spread into the blood stream. This capacity of CTCs is one of the most critical fac-tors for unfavorable clinical outcome of patients with NSCLC. Detection of CTCs using a simple blood test may assist in early detec-tion of lung cancer. Researchers have attempted to isolate CTCs from peripheral blood using various techniques. Although reports on CTC detection are abundant, methodological aspects concerning sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility have prevented a clear ap-praisal of the clinical impact. This paper gives a brief description of each CTC detection method.

Wheezing is a common problem in early childhood and leads to a diagnostic dilemma.Respiratory endoscopy permits the examination of the morphology and the dynamics of the upper and lower airways.Moreover,it allows additional procedures to be performed.These include bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and endobronchial biopsy that help to complete the diagnostic evaluation and complement the findings with information from more peripheral airways.

ObjectiveTo investigate the clinicalefficacy of warm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation in treating plantar fasciitis.MethodSixty-one patients with plantar fasciitis were randomly allocated to a treatment group of 31 cases and a control group of 30 cases. The treatment group receivedwarm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation and the control group, warm needling alone.ResultThe total efficacy rate and the cure rate were 100.0% and 61.3%, respectively, in the treatment group and 96.7%and 40.0%, respectively, in the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in the total efficacy rate between the two groups (P>0.05), but the cure rate was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group and there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant pre-/post-treatment difference in the VAS score in the two groups (P<0.01), indicating that both the groups had a good analgesic effect. There was a statistically significant post-treatment difference in the VAS score between the treatment and control groups (P<0.01), indicating that theanalgesic effect was better in the treatment group than in the control group.ConclusionThe efficacy of warm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation is better than that of warm needling alone in treating plantar fasciitis.

ObjectivesTo observe correlation between serum vitamin A status and prevalence or severity of NRDS. MethodsRecruited into this study were 166 preterm infants admitted to our neonatal department. The serum concentration of vitamin A was measured, and the prevalence of NRDS at different levels of vitamin A was compared. According to the clinical manifestation and X-rays, there were 30 infants diagnosed as NRDS. Another 30 patients from the rest 133 infants without NRDS were randomly selected as control group according to the gestational ages, then the difference between NRDS group and control group were observed according to gestational ages. The 30 preterm infants with NRDS were divided further into mild group (in-cluding stagesⅠandⅡ,n=18) and severe group (including stageⅢ andⅣ,n=12) according to ifndings chest X-ray, then the difference between these two groups were observed.ResultsIn the 166 preterm infants recruited, 65/166 had serum vitamin A lower than 0.35 μmol/L, in which 14/65 (21.54%) were NRDS patients. Another 93/166 patients had serum vitamin A ranged from 0.35 μmol/L to 0.7 μmol/L, in which 15/93 (16.13%) were NRDS patient. The rest 8/166 had serum vitamin A higher than 0.7 μmol/L, in which 1/8 (12.50%) were NRDS patient. However, the differences between each two groups were not signiifcant. When gestational ages ranged from 34 to 37 weeks, the serum concentrations of vitamin A of NRDS group were lower than that in controls (P<0.05). No signiifcant difference between the serum concentrations of vitamin A and the severity of NRDS were ob-served (P>0.05).ConclusionsThe prevalence of NRDS for those preterm infants lacking of vitamin A was tended to increase. And the late preterm infants (34 w≤ GA <37 w) with vitamin A deifciency are prone to NRDS.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice.However,the therapeutic effects of traditional antiarrhythmic medicines are far from satisfactory,because of the high rate of arrhythmia recurrence and the potential proarrhythmia effect.Recently,with the further investigation of the mechanisms that initiate and perpetuate atrial fibrillation,and the support of extensive data from clinical trials and animal experiments,thera-peutics based on anti-inflammation,antioxidation,regulation on renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system(RAAS)and gap junction may be new therapeutic targets for the treatment of arrhythmia.In this paper,the potential molecular mechanisms involved in these processes and several clinical trials about some non-traditional antiarrhythmic medi-cines were reviewed,in order to propose a new idea about the development of antiarrhythmic medicines.

[Abstract ] Tumor, with its high morbidity and mortality, has been gained increasingly high attention from the world .Current-ly, the main treatment for solid tumor is still surgical resection , during which surgery , anesthesia and other factors may have such side effects as releasing tumor cells into blood , lymphatic , bone marrow even organs and then resulting in the formation of micrometastatic lesion, increasing the risk of tumor recurrence and metastasis and finally affecting the postoperative survival rate .Recently, studies have shown that most anesthetic agents can influence the function of immune system and the activity of tumor cells , and then impact the tumor micrometastasis .This paper will summarize the research progresses in the impacts of anesthetic agents on tumor micrometastasis during perioperative period .