This paper reported all kinds of assay of soybean isoflavone on the basis of collecting and analyzing relating literatures at home and abroad. The assay conditions were listed and compared in this paper. The authors believed that the assay should be selected according to the circumstances.

BACKGROUND:Insulin taken orally is easy to be degraded by hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice and various enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract.It is hard for oral insulin to pass through the epithelial cell membrane in the gastrointestinal tract.Insulin delivered by injection needs at least 36 hours every administration.Many pulmonary administrations of insulin have been recentl studied,such as dry powder inhalation,aerosol inhalation,electron spraying,insulin nanometer technique,and absorption enhancer,with promising clinical application prospects.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the glucose-lowering effects of insulin delivered by oral inhalation in normal rats.METHODS:Thirty healthy male rats,weighing (220±30) g were randomly divided into seven groups:low dose insulin (1.0 U/kg,n=4),middle dose insulin (5.0 U/kg,n=4),high dose insulin (10,0 U/kg,n=4),insulin (2.0 U/kg) +5% lecithin (n=5),insulin (2.0 U/kg)+1% oleic acid (n=5),insulin (2.0 U/kg) +1% diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA; n=5),and blank control (n=3).At 0,30,60,120,180,240 minutes after administration.1.5μL blood was taken from rat tails through the use of ONE TOUCH~(TM) BASICTM PLUS blood glucose detection system for determination of blood glucose level and calculation of insulin pharmacological bioavailability under various conditions.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Insulin (1U/kg) markedly decreased glucose levels immediately after inhalation.Blood glucose level decreased with increasing insulin dose.Insulin (10 U/kg) could produce a 14.5% decrease of blood glucose level.Insulin (1 U/kg) could yield a pharmacological bioavailability of 11.5% in the absence of absorption enhancer.The concomitant administration of oleic acid,DTPA and lecithin appeared to be more effective in enhancing the pulmonary absorption of insulin,and decreasing blood glucose level.

Objective To investigate the levels of p27kip1 and ki-67 of psoriatic lesions in patients with psoriasis vulgaris. Methods The expression of p27kip1 and ki-67 in psoriatic lesions was determined by immunohistochemistry. Results The level of p27kip1 expression was significantly lower in the plaque-form lesions of the patients with psoriasis than that in the normal controls(P 0.05). The expression level of ki-67 was significantly higher in plaque-form lesions than that in the normal controls(P

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with different molecular subtypes of breast cancer.Methods A cohort of 716 breast cancer patients which had clear immunohistochemical detection were investiged.Their molecular subtypes were categorized as Luminal A,Luminal B,HER-2 over-expressing and basal-like subtypes,based on detection of ER,PR,HER-2 expression,and the clinical data including characteristics,relapse,prognosis and prognostic factors of the patients with different subtypes of breast cancer were analyzed retrospectively.Results There were no significant differences among different molecular subtypes at the age,menopausal status,production times,clinical stage,and radiation therapy(P ＞0.05).There were significant differences among different molecular subtypes at axillary lymph node starus (x2 =17.208,P =0.001),turner size (x2 =20.528,P =0.000) and operation method (x2 =24.242,P =0.000) and chemotherapy regimens (x2 =10.711,P =0.013).Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that clinical stage (x2 =17.005,P =0.002),axillary lymph node status (x2 =11.267,P =0.000) and molecular typing(x2 =125.634,P =0.000) were independent prognostic factors affecting long-term survisal rate.Conclusion Breast cancer patients in different subtypes have different long-term survival rate.The patients in basal-like subtype have the worst long-term survival rate.Molecular subtypes may provide important information to predict the prognosis of breast cancer.

Aims To study single dose toxicity of poly-phenols effective parts from Punica granatum,to eval-uate their safety,and thus to provide a theoretical basis for drug development and clinical use.To observe their protective effect on ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in rats.Methods 50 healthy Kunming mice were ran-domly divided into five groups and given different doses of polyphenols’effective parts from Punica granatum via intragastric administration.Toxicity and death in each group of mice were observed and recorded after administration for 14 d.The median lethal dose was calculated by Bliss method.70 rats were randomly di-vided into normal group,model group(constant volume of normal saline),sanjiuweitai particles(1 850 mg· kg-1 )group,colloidal bismuth subcitrate (33 mg · kg-1 )group and polyphenols effective parts from Puni-ca granatum low-dose,medium-dose,high-dose(430, 852,1 704 mg·kg-1 )groups.On the 9th day of 10 days’gavage,all except the normal group were fed ethanol (1.5 mL/only)to induce gastric mucosal inju-ry in rats with acute gastric ulcer.Gastric ulcer index, the rate of ulcer inhibition were calculated for each group.The morphological changes of gastric mucosa were observed.The gastric mucosa levels of PGE2 , NO,SOD and MDA were determined.Results The LD50 and 95%confidence limit of the polyphenols’ef-fective parts from Punica granatum were 8 520.9 mg· kg-1 and 7 291.2 ~9 914.4 mg·kg-1,respectively. Pathology showed that the organs receiving dose of 16 000 mg · kg-1 had different degrees of damage . Compared with the model group,the extract from Puni-ca granatum significantly repaired the gastric mucosa, and significantly increased the gastric mucosa levels of NO and reduced MDA content,and improved SOD content and the levels of PGE2 .Conclousion The dose of 5 063 mg · kg-1 of polyphenols effective part from Punica granatum showed no death.The dose of 16 000 mg · kg-1 of polyphenols effective parts from Punica granatum could cause varying degrees of dam-age in heart,liver,lung,kidney or the death of mice. The LD50 and 95% confidence limit of the polyphenols effective parts from Punica granatum were 8 520.9 mg ·kg-1 and 7 291.2 ~9 914.4 mg·kg-1,respective-ly.The extract from Punica granatum plays a protective role against gastric mucosa damage induced by absolute ethanol,and the mechanism may be related to promo-ting ulcer epithelial cells synthesis,enhancing mucosal regeneration function,regulating NO content and en-hancing antioxidant capacity.

The experiment was carried out on Hepatoma-22 ascitic tumor cells of mice in vivo. Daily injection of 2 mg cAMP with 1 mg theophylline into the peritoneal cavity for 7 and 8 days, then these animals were sacrificed. We found that cAMP with theophylline inhibit the growth of tumor cells of Hepatoma-22 ascitic and decrease the activity of Mg~(++), (Na~+-K~+)-ATPase and cAMP-PDE on the cell surface of H-22 tumor cells of mice by cytochemical electron microscopy. Exogenic cAMP and theophlline decrease the activities of these enzymes and elevate the intracellular content of cAMP. These may indicate the reversion transformation of the cancer cell.

The experiment was carried out on cultured human stomach glandular carcinoma (SGC-7901 cell line). We previously reported the cytochemical changes of (Na~+-K~+)-ATPase activity and the changes of microvilli. We here studied the relationship among the cAMP, cAMP-PDEase, Mg~(++)-ATPase activity, the cell growth and differentiation. Cells were exposed to Immol/L cAMP together with 1 mmol/L theophylline. We showed cAMP specific fluorescence by immunocytochemical method, Mg~(++)-ATPase and cAMP-PDEase activity by cytochemical methods. We found that cAMP with theophylline not only inhibited the growth of these SGC-7901 cells as shown by our previous result, but also decreased the activity of Mg~(++)-ATPase and 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate phosphodiesterase. The result indicates that exogenous cAMP can inhibit 3', 5'-cAMP-PDEase and Mg~(++)-ATPase activity and increase cAMP level in cell, and cAMP regulated the growth and differentiation of SGC-7901 cell line

Objective\ Clone and sequence choriocarcinoma related gene T26. Method\ Choriocarcinoma related gene T26 was ligated into PGEM\|T vector using T\|A clone method.PGEM\|T\|T26 was digested with EcoRⅠ and sequenced,comparing the T26 sequence with GenBank. Results\ The sequence of choriocarcinoma related gene band T26 showed more than 99% identity with the 3' end of human scar,rps4 and ccg2 genes. Conclusion\ The gene T26 besides scar,rps4 and ccg2 genes were related with the oncogenesis of choriocarcinoma. [

Objective To investigate the relation among the results of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC),thyroid ultrasonography(US)and histopathologic diagnosis about the thyroid nodules detected by physical examination,meanwhile to analyze the etiopathogenesis of the nodtries and to evaluate the risk of thyroid cancer and the clinical diagnostic value of FNAC.Methods The data of thyroid FNAC results of the thyrroid nodules detected by physical examination in 271 cases were analyzed and compared with thyroid US and histopathologie diagnosis.Resuit (1)The FNAC results showed that the incidences of malignant and suspected mali-gnant lesions were 1.48%and 5.90%respectively.The rate of benign lesions was 78.60%and that of goiter was 29.15%,Hashimoto's thyroiditis 26.57%and thyroid adenoma 15.13%.Benign lesions were more common than malignant ones.(2)Comparison of the FNAC and US results of the thyroid nodules showed that of 96 cases with single nodule the rates of malignancy and suspected malignancy were 3.12%and 7.29%,but of 137 cases with multiple nodules the rates of the two lesions were 0.73%and 6.57%.In 108 cases with smaller nodules(≤1.5 cm)the rate of malignancy and suspected malignaney found with FNAC were 0.93%and 7.41%,while in 125 cases with greater nodules (＞1.5 cm)the rate of the two lesions were 2.40%and 6.42%.In 99 solid nodules the rates of malignancy and suspected malignancy were 2.02%and 12.12%,while in 85 cystic or mixed nodules the rates of the two lesions were 2.35%and 2.35%.In the above-mentioned three groups,only the suspected malignaney rate in solid nodules was higher than these in cystic or mixed ones with significant difference (P=0.013).(3)As compared with the cytological and histological diagnoses in 24 cases,the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC was 75.00%and the rates of false positive and false negative were 25.00%and 0,respectively.Conclusions The common causes of the thyroid nodules detected in physieal examination are goiter,Hashimoto's thyroiditis and thyroid adenoma.FNAC is a reliable method to define the benign or malignant nature of thyroid nodules with a high diagnostic accuracy.US features of the nodule alone,no matter it is single,solid or of greater size do not sufficiently increase the incidence of thyroid carcinoma.

Objective To establish a rapid method to detect mutations in rpoB genes of rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tubereulosis in dinical specimens using Real-time fluorescence PCR molecular beacon assay.Methods 174 strains of Mvcobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates were analyzed using real-time fluorescence PCR molecular beacon assay foilowed with DNA sequencing while 12 strains of NTM and 4 strains of bacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis were used as the contrast.Results Eighty-two 89.1 of 92 rifampin (RIF)-resistant strains and 3 of 82 RIF-sensitive strains were found to harbor mutation in the rpoB gene using real-time fluorescence PCR-molecular beacon assay.The specificity, sensitivity,and accuracy of this assay were 96.3%,89.1%,and 92.5%,respectively-Eithty-three of 92 RIF-resistant strains and 1 of 82 RIF-sensitive strains were found to harbor mutation in the rpoB gene using the direct DNA sequencing.The specificity,sensitivity,and accuracy of the direct DNA sequencing were 98.8,90.2%,and 94.2%,respectively.As compared with real-time PCR molecular beacon assay,171 of 174(98.3%)strains of myeobactefium tuberculosis clinical isolates had the salne results.Conclusion Real-time fluorescence PCR-molecular beacon assay can be used as a rapid screen method to detect RIF-resistant isolates.