Pharmacometabonomics, as an emerging branch of system biology, has been increasingly used in personalized medicine and showed broad prospects. By means of metabonomics, the complicated and detailed metabolic profile of the patient is described, thus providing more detailed description of the disease phenotype. With this understanding, response of different individuals to the drugs are predicted or evaluated through inherent genetic information of the individual combined with the environmental factors. As a result, appropriate drugs and dosage are chosen, which greatly promotes the realization of the individualized therapy goals. This article describes the emerging field of pharmacometabonomics, and the research results of personalized medicine based on the pharmacometabonomics in recent years are reviewed in detail.

ObjectiveTo investigate the relation between each subtype of cerebral ischemic stroke classified by NEW-TOAST criteria and the levels of blood sugar. MethodsA retrospective study in 624 patients hospitalized with acute cerebral ischemic stroke. All the patients were classified using NEW-TOAST classification standard. Blood glucose in patients with different stroke subtypes was recorded, and analyzed for the incidence of abnormal glucose metabolism in each subtype. The correlation of glucose to blood sugar,blood pressure and blood fat was analyzed using odd ratio (OR) and 95％ confidence intervals (CI).Results(1) Among 624 patients, the most common stroke subtype by NEW-TOAST classificationis atherothrombosis (AT), followed by small arterial occlusion (SAO). One hundred and nineteen patients (19. 1％ ) had diabetes history; another 40 patients(7.5％ ) were newly diagnosed with diabetes in this study; and 71 patients ( 11.4％ ) were found to have glycoregulation abnormality. The incidence of abnormal glycometabolism was high in patients with AT ( 40. 4％ ) and SAO ( 39. 7％ ). ( 2 ) Association analysis between stroke subtypes and blood sugar: x2 =14. 83,P =0. 020, r =0. 152; in SAO patients, OR was 1. 925 (95％ CI 1. 392-2. 664) ; in the patients with AT, there was no correlation to blood sugar levels.Association analysis of high blood pressure in stroke subtypes: in AT patients, OR was 2. 874 (95％ CI 1. 957-4. 222) ; in SAO, OR was 1. 609 (95％ CI 1. 100-1. 235). Association analysis of high LDL-C in each subtype: OR in SAO was 1.419 (95％ CI 1.026-1. 962) ;No significant correlation of LDL-C in AT patients, P =0. 929 ; (3) There is significant difference of frequency of abnormal glycometabolism between stroke subtypes: x2 =17. 79 ,P =0. 000; between AT and SAO patients, x2 =0. 024,P =0. 877; between AT or SAO patients to other three subtypes, P ＜ 0. 05. ConclusionsAmong the subtypes of cerebral ischemic stroke by NEW-TOAST classification, AT and SAO are the most common subtypes.All the subtypes have correlation to the high level of blood sugar, and SAO has the highest correlation to blood sugar levels. High blood pressure may affect both large vessels and small vessels, while high LDL-C may mainly affect small vessels.

Objective To prepare and identify the monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific to epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) and explore the function of the mAb.Methods The EpCAM antigen expressed by the prokaryotic expression systems was used to immunize the BALB/c mice,and then the splenic cells from the mice were fused with the Sp2/0 cells to produce hybridomas secreting specific mAb.The positive clones were screened by the ELISA.The western blot analysis was used to identify the reactivity of the mAb to the antigen.Then the immunohistochemistry staining was used to detect EpCAM expression in the 3 primary colorectal carcinoma tissues.Results Three mAb specific to EpCAM were obtained by ELISA tests.Western blot results indicated that these three kinds of antibodies could react to the EpCAM antigen,but no response to the GST tag.Immunohistochemical staining results identified that these mAb could give positive signals to the primary colorectal carcinoma tissues from patients.Conclusion Three mAb specific to EpCAM are obtained and identified,which contributes to the diagnosis and therapy of the carcinoma in the future.

0.05).Conclusions The expression of galetin-3 was obviously increased in liver metastasis from colon cancer,and MCP can effectively inhibit the development of liver metastasis of colon cancer.

Human neutrophils defensins, e.g., human neutrophils peptides (HNP), had been found in polymorphonuclear neutrophil and shown broad antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity and chemotaxis as an important family of human innate defence components. The researches on defensins is becoming a worldwide major focus of biological and medical attention nowadays. The researches on molecular characteristics, biological and pathophysiological activities of HNP are reviewed.

Objective To investigate the expression and clinical significance of serum ferritin in patients with lung cancer. Methods The relationship between preoperative serum ferritin level and corre-sponding clinicopathological data in 174 patients with lung cancer and 85 patients with benign pulmonary diseases was reviewed and analyzed. Results The level of serum ferritin in patients with lung cancer was significantly higher than that in patients with benign pulmonary diseases. For non-small cell lung cancer, patients with large-sized,poorly differentiated squamous carcinoma in advanced stage had higher serum ferritin levels than those with small-sized,highly or moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma in early stage. Conclusion Serum ferritin may play a promoting role in the development and malignant progres-sion of lung cancer.

Objective To design a quantitative criterion and grading system for injury from adverse drug reaction (ADR) in order to serve the compensation system of injury from ADR. Methods Based on the other grading system of injury cases, the independent scores and serial grades were given to the ADR injury of different organs or different levels through two turns of consultation to 27 experts from Shanghai. Results Injury from ADR was graded from stage 1 to stage 10 according to the damage degree, with 1 stand for death and 10 for slightest injury. Conclusion The grading method of ADR based on the characteristics of injury accords with the condition of China, and can provide reference for making up the compensation system of ADR injury.

Objective:In this experiment we used pain-related neurons of Hb unit discharges recording asa standard to observe the effects of prostaglandin E2 (i. p. ) on Hb unit discharges. Methods :The methodsof unit discharges recording and radiant heat induced tail flick responce were used. Results :The dischargesof pain-excited neurons increased after the addition of PGE2 (i. p. ). The discharges of pain-inhibited neu-rons dec reased after the addition of PGE2(i. p. );PGE2(i. p. ) caused the pain threshold to drop after sym-pathetic nerves were destroyed by 6-OHDA. There were no changes of the pain threshold in undestroyedgroup (P＞0.05). The percentage changes of Hb neurons dropped compared with that of undestroyedgroup (P＜0. 05). Conclusion: The PGE2 could change the discharges of pain-related neurons in Hb, inwhich the sympathetic system might participate in the process.

Objective: To evaluate the role of the MAPK subtypes (p38MAPK, ERK and JNK) in ANG Ⅱ induced apoptosis of cultured human podocytes. Methods: The cultured podocytes were incubated in media containing either vehicle, SB202190(5 ?mol/L, an inhibitor of p38MAPK), PD98059 (1 ?mol/L, an inhibitor of ERK), SP600125 (5 ?mol/L, an inhibitor of JNK), ANG Ⅱ (10 -8 mol/L) with or without SB202190、PD98059 and SP600125 for 18 hours; the cells were assayed for apoptosis by morphologic staining with H 33342 and propidium iodide and DNA fragmentation assays; the cell proteins were probed for phosphorylated MAPKs to determine the activation of specific MAPK subtypes. Results: ANG Ⅱ promoted podocyte apoptosis in a time and dose dependent manner; ANG Ⅱ stimulated p38MAPK, but inhibited JNK; SB202190 inhibited both ANG Ⅱ induced podocyte apoptosis and p38MAPK phosphorylation; Inhibition of ERK by PD98059 had no effect on ANG Ⅱ induced cell apoptosis. Conclusion: ANG Ⅱ induced apoptosis through stimulation of p38MAPK and inhibition of JNK in human podocytes.

Objective To investigate whether the effect of contrast media on renal tubular cell apoptosis is mediated via mitogen activated protein kinase(MAPK) activation. Methods NRK 52E cells were incubated in cell culture media[+1%fatel calf serum (FCS)] containing buffer (control) or increasing concentrations of diatrizoate or iohexol for various time periods. In separate experiments, NRK 52E cells were incubated with diatrizoate in the presence of 10 or 20 ?mol/L SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAPK, for 4 h. Cell membrane integrity was assessed by trypan blue exclusion experiment. Apoptosis was assessed by flow cytometric DNA analysis, FITC Annexin Ⅴbinding/PI staining and electron microscopy. MAPK activity and phosphorylation was evaluated by immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis. Results Diatrizoate, a kind of hyperosmolal contrast media, induced apoptosis in cultured NRK 52E cells in an osmotic pressure and duration dependent manner. Iohexol, another kind of less hyperosmolal contrast media, could not induce NRK 52E cells apoptosis. In NRK 52E cells incubated with diatrizoate, the level of p38 MAPK phosphorylation and activity increased after 15 min, and remained elevated even at 1 h. In contrast, the level of total p38 protein was not changed in whole experimental period. SB203580 significantly inhibited apoptosis in NRK 52E cells incubated with diatrizoate. The level of p44/p42 MAPK phosphorylation was not changed in whole experimental period. Conclusions Contrast media induces apoptosis in cultured NRK 52E cells in an osmotic pressure and duration dependent manner, which is related to the hypertonicity of contrast media. Contrast media induces apoptosis in NRK 52E cells via activation of p38 MAPK.