Object To optimize the preparation procedure for WEI'AN GRANULES Methods The optimum conditions of WEI'AN GRANULES were selected with the active components: magnolol, polysacchride of Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and berberine hydrochloride as mark by orthogonal test Results The optimum preparative procedure was as follow: Cortex Magnoliae officinalis and Fructus Aurantii Immaturus were extracted with water and precipitated with alcohol (adding 20 fold water as much as medicine, extracting three times, 0 5 h per time and precipitated with 95% alcohol to remove impurities); Rhizoma Coptidis was extracted with 95% alcohol by refluxing; Rhizoma Atracylodis Macrocephalae and other herbs were extracted with water (adding 24 fold water as much as medicine, extracting twice, 2 h per time, its granule size of Rhizorna Afracylodis Macrocephalae was 2 mm to 4 mm) Conclusion The optimum preparative procedure is reliable and the extracting ratio of active component is high

Objective To investigate the effects of desflurane on the delayed rectifier potassium current (Ik ) in acutely dissociated rat parietal cortical neurons. Methods Wistar rats between 10- and 14-day old of both sexes were used. The parietal cortical neurons were acutely dissociated enzymatically. The extracellular fluid saturated with 0.3,0.6 and 0.9 mmol/L desflurane was added to the culture dish, then the effects of different concentrations of desflurane on Ik were investigated by using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique in acutely dissociated rat parietal cortical neurons. Results IK was inhibited by desflurane in a concentration-dependent manner ( P ＜0.01). The V1/2 of the activation and inactivation curves and the slop factor had no change after giving 0.6 mmol/L desflurane (P ＞ 0.05). Conclusion Desflurane inhibits delayed rectifier potassium channels of parietal cortical neurons of rats in a concentration-dependent manner, and has no effect on the activation and inactivation of delayed rectifier potassium channels, indicating that the change in the excitability of the channel is not involved in the mechanism of inhibitory effect of desflurane, and the other reasons may be involved in the mechanism.

Aim: To prepare a fully human anti-VEGF_(165)(vascular endothelial growth factor 165) monoclonal antibody with antitumor activity from five-feature mice which express human immunoglobin loci. Methods: A routine method for the generation of monoclonal antibodies( mAbs) against the human VEGF_(165) was developed. The immunizing effect between five-feature mice and BALB/c was observed and the mAb was purified through MBP IgM affinity chromatography. The effect of mAbs on antitumor was tested ire vitro by T24 cell line. Results: Four hybri-domata secreting mAbs steadily were isolated successfully, and the serum titer of mAb in BALB/c mice was almost 10 times higher than that in five-feature mice. The indirect ELISA method for mAb titer determination was also established. The anti-VEGF_(165) mAb was purified to homogeneity by precipitation with ammonium sulfate followed by the affinity chromatography on MBP IgM purification column. Moreover, both purified human IgM V_2, V_(75) and mouse ascites were characterized by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. Proliferation of T24 cell line was considerably inhibited by V_2 and V_(75). Conclusion: Five-feature mice could be used to produce fully human monoclonal antibody. The fully human anti-VEGF mAb is potential in the cancer treatment.

Objective:To monitor the dynamic changes in coagulation function and assess their clinical significance in patients with gas-tric cancer by using thromboelas to gram (TEG). Methods:A total of 178 patients with gastric cancer from March 2014 to May 2015 in Xinxiang Central Hospital were selected as the experimental group. The patients were grouped based on different tumor stages, inva-sion depths, and lymph node metastasis. The TEG results of all patients were dynamically monitored before and after operation, and 60 healthy persons were selected as normal control group. Blood coagulation change was analyzed by comparing the TEG test results. Results:Compared with those of the control group, the TEG parameters of the experimental group showed significantly decreased R and K values, as well as significantly increased Angle, CI, and MA values, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). In the experimental group, the K values were significantly decreased after operation, whereas Angle, MA, and CI were significantly in-creased (P<0.05). No significant changes were observed in R, LY30, and others. TEG values were significantly different in the compari-son of values for tumor patients with different stages, different tumor infiltration degrees, and with or without lymphatic metastasis. Conclusion:Blood hypercoagulability in the perioperative period was observed in patients with gastric cancer and was positively corre-lated with tumor stages, tumor infiltration degrees, and lymphatic metastasis. Dynamic monitoring of gastric cancer perioperative TEG can provide valuable information for clinical treatment, improve the safety of gastric cancer surgery, and reduce postoperative compli-cations associated with active clinical significance.

AIM:To establish the GC fingerprint of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution.METHODS:The volatile constituents of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution were analyzed by capillary GC with FID detector using hydrodistillation and hexane extraction under n-heptadecane used as the reference substance.RESULTS:GC fingerprint of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution,16 common peaks were established on the basis of systematic methodology after 10 batches of samples were tested.Variation in the relative retention time of 16 identified common peaks were within 0.5% range.CONCLUSION:The analytical method for Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution is precise and reliable.The research would be helpful to offer an effective pattern for quality control of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution.

AIM:To establish the GC fingerprint of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution.METHODS:The volatile constituents of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution were analyzed by capillary GC with FID detector using hydrodistillation and hexane extraction under n-hepladecane used as the reference substance.RESULTS:GC fingerprint of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution,16 common peaks were established on the basis of systematic methodology after 10 batches of samples were tested.Variation in the relative retention time of 16 identified common peaks were within 0.5% range.CONCLUSION:The analytical method for Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution is precise and reliable.The research would be helpful to offer an effective pattern for quality control of Huoxiang Zhengqi Solution.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of intrauterine hypoxia on the development of rat lung after birth under ordinary pressure and normoxia, on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the lung as the age increasing after birth, and to provide experimental basis for the treatment of intrauterine hypoxia after baby was born. METHODS: Intrauterine hypoxia models were established. The rats were divided into an air-control group (the control group) and a hypoxic 6-day group (the hypoxic group). All rats were fed under normal pressure and normoxia after they were born. At postnatal 7, 14, and 21 days, we measured the pulmonary vascular morphometry, detected the expression of VEGF protein with immunohistochemisty, the expression of VEGF mRNA with real-time PCR, and observed the alteration of capillary endothelium in the lung tissues under the electron microscope. RESULTS: The expression of VEGF protein and VEGF mRNA in the 2 groups increased as the rats grew, but the expression increased slower in the hypoxic group than that in the control group. The increase curve of the 2 groups crossed. There was no significant difference between the 2 groups in the pulmonary vascular morphometry at each experiment time point. Hyperplasia of capillary endothelium decreased with age. Cellular edema of capillary endothelium was obvious especially at the 14th day after birth under the electron microscope. CONCLUSION The expression of VEGF protein and VEGF mRNA has slower increase in the intrauterine hypoxic rats than that in the normal control rats. The expression of VEGF may influence the development of lung vessel after rats was born.
Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Endothelium, Vascular ; pathology ; Hypoxia ; Lung ; blood supply ; metabolism ; RNA, Messenger ; Rats ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; metabolism

In the post-genomic era, gene function analysis has attracted much attention. Transformation is often needed to investigate gene function. In this study, an easy, rapid, reliable, and cost-effective colony polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for screening mushroom transformants was developed: picking up a suitable amount of transformant's tissue (1–10 μg) to 20 μl 0.25% Lywallzyme solution, and vortexing for 10 s followed by incubation at 34 °C for 15 min. Finally, 2 μl of the suspension was used as templates to perform PCR and single target bands were successfully amplified from respective transformants of Tremella fuciformis, Pleurotus ostreatus, and Pleurotus tuber-regium. This procedure could be widely employed for screening transformants in mushroom transformation experiments.

Hypothyroidism is a common adverse reaction in clinical multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and may be used as a predictor of efficacy of TKI drugs.Studies show that hypothyroidism is significantly associated with good prognosis in patients with renal cell carcinoma treated with multi-target TKI,which may be related to inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor pathway,potential off-target effects and inhibition of cell proliferation.Whereas in the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who received multi-target TKI therapy,hypothyroidism is an indicator of poor prognosis,which is related to the T3/TR pathway regulating liver cancer growth and invasion.The predictive function and mechanism of thyroid hormone levels in different tumor patients receiving multi-target TKI drugs are different,and further research is still needed.

This study was aimed to evaluate the clinical effect and safety of Qing-Fei Tong-Luo (QFTL) ointment for treating children with pneumonia.Randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted among 460 cases of children with pneumonia.The observation group was given QFTL ointment combined with basic treatment.And the control group was only treated by basic treatment.Evaluation was given on the total clinical efficacy,disappeared time of fever,cough,expectoration,shortness of breath,and medication safety.The incidence of respiratory diseases was followed up on the 30th days after drug withdrawal.The results showed that in the aspect of clinical efficacy between two groups,the cure rate of the observation group was 98.26％,and that of the control group was 93.89％,with statistic significance (P ＜ 0.05).The cure rate of the observation group was better than that of the control group.There was statistical difference on expectoration disappeared time (P ＜ 0.05).There was no statistical difference on disappeared time of fever,cough and shortness of breath (P ＞ 0.05).There was statistical difference on the incidence of respiratory diseases on the 30th days followed-up after drug withdrawal (P ＜ 0.05).There was no statistical difference on the incidence of upper respiratory tract infection,pneumonia and asthma (P ＞ 0.05).No adverse reactions occurred in the observation group.It was concluded that QFTL ointment combined with basic therapy on the treatment of pneumonia in children was significantly better than the control group in the aspect of clinical efficacy,expectoration disappeared time and the incidence of bronchitis.It is safe and effective.The prognosis is good and worthy of promotion in the clinical practice.