1.Relationship between the physical and chemical properties of calcium phosphate ceramics and the host tissue
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2001;24(2):81-85
Calcium phosphate ceramics, such as tricalcium phosphate (TCP) and hydroxyapatite (HA) are commonly used as bone substitutes. These materials have different physical and chemical properties and, therefore, display different interactions with the host tissue. Factors such as porosity,osteoconductivity,and biocompatibility seem to become increasingly important in the development of new artificial bone replacement materials. This article focuses on the relationship between the physical and chemical properties of calcium phosphate ceramics and the host tissue.
2.Characteristics of controlled release drug carrier materials
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2007;0(06):-
BACKGROUND: Drug-controlled release preparation by drugs or other active substances combined with carriers, has been an important development trend in field of pharmacy. However different characteristics of controlled release drug carrier materials leas to different drug release behaviors, so recent researches focus on a new type of drug carrier material to obtain the satisfactory drug release. OBJECTIVE: To introduce some drug carrier materials, and analyze those materials' characteristics and their application on drug controlled-release. RETRIEVAL STRATEGY: A computer-based search was undertaken on China Journal Full-text Database from January 1998 to June 2007, with the Keywords of "polymeric hydrogel, polylactic acid, chitosan, silk fibroin, drug controlled-release, drug carrier" and language was limited to Chinese. Inclusion criteria: ①preparations and characteristics of various drug carrier materials;②drug controlled release of various drug carrier materials. Exclusion criteria: outdated literatures. LITERATURE EVALUATION: Eighty-six related articles were screened out, and 28 of them met the criteria, including 10 were reviews and others were clinical or basic experiments. DATA SYNTHESIS: ① At present, the materials applied for drug carrier include polymeric hydrogel, polylactic acid/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), chitosan and their derivates, silk fibroin and so on.②Intellectual polymeric hydrogel can respond swelling and contraction for the stimulation of temperature, acidity, pressure and light, etc. And the specific environment sensitiveness enlarges its application in drug delivery system.③Polylactic acid and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), as a kind of biodegradable polymer materials, represent biocompatibility, biodegradability and non-toxic degradation products. As for controlled release drug carrier material, it can influence drug release by modulating degradation of polylactic acid, so as to increase drug efficacy.④Chitosan is satisfactory in adsorbability, film forming ability and permeability. Water-soluble chitosan with low relative molecular mass is prone to degrade and difficult to accumulate, so chitosan nanoparticles or chitosan microspheres as carriers for drug delivery system have been the hot topic of recent researches.⑤Native polymer material silk fibroin is non-toxic and non-stimulative, shows good physical, chemical and biological characteristics, as well as satisfactory histocompatibility. The pH value responsibility and zymohydrolysis are also observed when loading and releasing drugs. Chemical modification and addition of other compounds will increase the characteristics and the drug-controlled release of silk fibroin. CONCLUSION: Various drug carrier materials show good biocompatibility, biodegradability, physicochemical and biological stability, extremely low toxicity, and high drug loading property. But the material's performance should be synthesized and modified in practical application to satisfy various preparations of drug-controlled release by specific performance and structure.
3.Carrier materials, preparation and fast release of polypeptide and protein microspheres
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2007;0(10):-
Polypeptide and protein microspheres can elevate drug availability, but drug devitalization and drug fast release can result in side effects during microsphere preparation. Fast release in the body is a burning question facting investigators who studying microsphere controlled release system. Relative molecular mass, concentration, structure and drug content of the polyme can greatly affect drug fast release. Fast release can be controlled by structural modification, using additives, controlling particl diameter of microspheres and decreasing drug content.
4.Research on the Promotion Effect of Basic Medical Insurance on Household Consumption
Chinese Health Economics 2013;(6):5-7
Objective: To study the impact of basic medical insurance on household consumption. Methods: According to the panel data of the east, central and west regions from 2002 to 2011, time and entity fixed effect model (Two-way FE) is established to test the relationship between the basic medical insurance and household consumption. Results: The basic medical insurance has significant positive effects on consumption, the consumption increased 10%, 16% and 19% in regions of East, Middle and West, respectively. Conclusion: The construction and improvement of the social medical insurance system improve the growth of the consumption, and the government should enhance the security, and consider the regional differences at the same time.
5.Effect of Square Physical Fitness Exercise on Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2007;13(2):173-174
ObjectiveTo observe the effect of square physical fitness exercise on the indexes of disease conditions, biology and blood lipids in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).Methods125 CHD patients were divided into the exercise group (77 cases, taking part in the square physical fitness exercise) and control group (48 cases, not taking part in the square physical fitness exercise). The indexes of biology, disease conditions and blood lipids of all patients in two groups were tested.ResultsAfter exercise, the body mass, body mass index, waist circumference, numbers of ischemia attacks and duration of ischemia attack in patients of the exercise group were obviously lower than those before exercise ( P<0.05~0.01) and also lower than that of the control group ( P<0.05); the average levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in serum decreased and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) increased significantly compared with that before exercise ( P<0.05~0.01), TG, LDL-C were also lower than that of the control group ( P<0.05). In the control group, only indexes of numbers of ischemia attacks, duration of ischemia attack and TG were lower than that in the first test ( P<0.05).ConclusionSquare physical fitness exercise can improve the indexes of disease conditions, biology and blood lipids.
6.How to Denominate "Four Pathogens and One Bacterium"
Microbiology 2008;0(12):-
Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Rickettsia, Spirochetes and Actinobacteria were generally called "four pathogens and one bacterium". It was always difficult to be denominated and classified rightly in textbooks, while it was also a key interfering with students to grasp the concept of bacteria exactly. So we raise the question and hope to learn from each other by an exchange of views here.
7.Effect of penehyclidine hydrochloride pretreatment on activity of NF-κB in lung tissue following acute lung injury induced by hemorrhagic shock in rats
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2010;30(4):497-499
Objective To investigate the effect of pretreatment with penehychidine hydrochloride(PHCD) on NF-κB activity in the lung tissue following acute lung injury(ALI)induced by hemorrhagic shock in rats.Methods Twenty-four Wistar rats of both sexes weighing 200-250 g were randomly divided into 3 groups (n=8 each):group Ⅰ sham operation (group S);group Ⅱ ALI and group Ⅲ PHCD.The animals were anesthetized with intraperitoneal chloral hydrate 350 mg/kg.Hemorrhagic shock was produced in group Ⅱ and Ⅲ.Right carotid artery was cannulated for BP monitoring.Left femoral artery was cannulated for blood letting.MAP was reduced to 35-45 mm Hg within 10 min and maintained for 1 h in group ALI and PHCD(group Ⅱ andⅢ).The animals were then resuscitated with blood and normal saline.PHCD 2 mg/kg was given iv immediately before blood-letting in group PHCD.Blood samples were obtained from artery at 6 h after hemorrhagic shock wag induced for blood gas analysis and from right auricle for determination of plasma TNF-α concentration by ELISA.The lungs were then harvested for microscopic examination and determination of the expression of NF-κB p65 by immuno-histochemistry and W/D lung weight ratio.Results The plasma TNF-α concentration and expression of NF-κB p65 in the lung tissue were significantly increased in group ALI and PHCD as compared with group S and were significantly lower in group PHCD than in group ALI.There was less damage to the lung tissue in group PHCD than in group ALI.Conclusion PHCD pretreatment can attenuate ALl induced by hemorrhagic shock by inhibiting NF-κB activity.
8.Progress of microRNAs in regulating drug resistance of breast cancer
Journal of International Oncology 2013;(6):449-452
Multi-drug resistance (MDR) of breast cancer is a key factor of breast cancer treatment failure.MicroRNA (miRNA) is a class of endogenous expressed,small,single-stranded RNA molecules,and regulate the expression of genes at post-transcriptional level by combining with target message RNA.MiRNA participate in the mechanisms of drug resistance of breast cancer,and are feasible therapeutic targets for the treatment of drug resistance in breast cancer.Finding and studying miRNA related with drug resistance of breast cancer as well as their mechanisms have become a current research hotspot.
9.Effect of excise training on the pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Modern Clinical Nursing 2013;(11):22-25
Objective To evaluate the effect of excise training on the pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods Totally 55 COPD patients received excise training,the patients’pulmonary function,6-minute walking test(6MWT)and St.George's respiratory questionnaire(SGRQ)were measured before and after the 6 months intervention. Result The pulmonary function,6MWT(exercise tolerance)and the quality of life were significantly improved(all P<0?01). Conclusions Excise training can improve COPD patients’exercise tolerance,relieve the symptoms of dyspnea,and thereby improve patients’quality of life?
10.Mild hypothermia for ischemic stroke: translation from experiments to clinical practice
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2013;21(6):469-472
As a neuroprotective measure,the application and research of mild hypothermia in clinical practice have been very extensive.Using mild hypothermia has achieved a positive efficacy in many diseases,such as brain damage after cardiac arrest and neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy,etc.Although mild hypothermia has a large number of animal experiments and clinical studies in the treatment of ischemic stroke,and animal experiments have confirmed that it has the exact neuroprotective effect,the neuroprotective effect of mild hypothermia in the treatment of ischemic stroke has not yet come to a unified conclusion in the clinical studies.Its clinical efficacy does not seem to be as optimistic as expected.Therefore,it is necessary to analyze the transforming problems of mild hypothermia for treatment of ischemic stroke from animal experiments to clinical practice,and to provide ideas for the clinical application of mild hypothermia for treatment of ischemic stroke.