Henoch-Sch?nlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is the most common secondary glomerular disease in children. The clinical manifestations of HSPN vary from microscopic hematuria, microalbuminuria to renal dysfunction even end stage renal disease which is needed to rely on long-term renal replacement therapy, thus affecting the quality of children life seriously. In recent years, the incidence of Henoch-Sch?nlein purpura continues to increase, which should be paid more attention. There are many studies about the treatment of HSPN both at home and abroad, yet no certain conclusion is drawn because of the inconsistent results. We advocate stepped therapies, that is, the appropriate regimens are chosen based on the clinical manifestations and renal pathology in children. For severe HSPN, we recommend multi-drug intensive therapy combined with other methods such as plasma exchange to alleviate the symptoms.

Objective To investigate clinical features,drug resistance,risk factors and prognosis of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs)-producing Escherichia coli infection in hospitalized newborns.Methods Sixty eight newborns infected with ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli admitted in Neonatal Ward of Ningbo Women and Children's Hospital during.January 2010 and January 2013 were enrolled in the study; 81 newborns infected with multiple resistant non-ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli served as controls.The drug sensitivity of the isolated ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli was tested using K-B method.Clinical data including birth weight,gestational age,mode of delivery,site of infection and disease outcome were analyzed.Logistic regression analysis was performed to study the risk factors for ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli infection.Results The highest positive rate of ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli was detected in sputum samples (49/68,72.1％),followed by blood (7/68,10.3％) and urine (6/68,8.8％) samples.Strains were highly resistant to ampicillin,cefotaxime,ceftazidime and cefepime (61.8％-100.0％),but the resistant rates to cefoxitin,cefoperazone/sulbactam and amikacin were low (2.9％-10.3％),and were completely sensitive to carbapenems.Lower respiratory tract infections were most popular in both groups,but in ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli infected group,lower respiratory tract infection rate in late newborns was higher than that in early newborns (x2 =12.879,P ＜ 0.05).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that gestational age ＜ 37 weeks (Exp (B) =0.352,95％ CI:0.134-0.929),cesarean section (Exp (B) =0.488,95 ％ CI:0.243-0.984),invasive procedures (Exp (B) =0.363,95 ％ CI:0.142-0.927),use of hormones and/or antibiotics one week before birth (Exp (B)=0.325,95％ CI:0.127-0.833) were independent risk factors for ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli infection.Conclusions Respiratory tract infection is popular in ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli infection in hospitalized newborns.The strains are highly resistant to most antibiotics.Reducing invasive procedures,strict control of cesarean section and prenatal use of hormones and antibiotics may reduce the infection of ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli in newborns.

To explore the mechanism of anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect of Zanthoxyli Pericarpium based on network pharmacology and inflammatory or pain mouse models. The effective components of Zanthoxyli Pericarpium were screened out by TCMSP database. And their potential corresponding targets were predicted by PharmMapper software. The possible targets relating to inflammation and pain were mainly collected through DrugBank, TTD and DisGeNET databases. The "active ingredient-gene-disease" network diagram was constructed by Cytoscape 3.7.0 software. The network pharmacology results showed 5 potential effective compounds, which were related to 29 targets; 132 targets relating to inflammation and pain were screened out in the DrugBank, TTD and DisGeNET databases. The network analysis results indicated that the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit gamma isoform(PIK3 CG) gene may be the key to the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect of Zanthoxyli Pericarpium. The anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of essential oil extract and dichloromethane extract of Zanthoxyli Pericarpium were explored through the mouse model of inflammation induced by xylene or carrageenan and the mouse model of pain induced by acetic acid or formalin. The experimental results showed that essential oil extract and dichloromethane extract of Zanthoxyli Pericarpium could reduce xylene-induced ear swelling and carrageenan-induced paw swelling and decrease the number of writhing responses in mice induced by acetic acid and the licking foot time of mice in phase Ⅱ induced by formalin. Western blot results showed that Zanthoxyli Pericarpium extract could inhibit the expressions of PIK3 CG, phosphonated nuclear factor kappaB(p-NF-κB) and phosphonated p38(p-p38 MAPK) protein. The present study showed the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect of Zanthoxyli Pericarpium through multiple components and targets, so as to provide a pharmacodynamic basis for the study of Zanthoxyli Pericarpium and its mechanism.
Analgesics/pharmacology* ; Animals ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology* ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; Edema/drug therapy* ; Inflammation/genetics* ; Mice ; Oils, Volatile ; Plant Extracts

To study the effect of ginseng saponin Rh₂ in inducing apoptosis of human leukemia K562 cells, and explore its mechanism from the aspect of autophagy pathway. CCK-8 assay was used to examine the growth inhibition of human leukemia cell lines K562 treated with ginsenoside Rh₂; flow cytometry (FCM) was used to detect cell apoptosis; Hoechst staining was used to observe the changes of cell morphological apoptosis; Acridine and MDC staining were used to detect the effects of the Rh₂ on autophagy; Western blot and RT-PCR were used to detect the expression levels of the proteins closely associated with autophagy and apoptosis. In order to study the effect of autophagy in proliferation and apoptosis, we used the autophagy inhibitor (3-MA).CCK-8 indicated that Rh₂ at low concentration could effectively inhibit the proliferation of leukemia cellsin dose- and time-dependent manners in K562 cells; FCM indicated that Rh₂ induced apoptosis; Hoechest staining showed that K562 cells had typical apoptotic morphological changes by treated Rh₂; Acridine and MDC staining showed that Rh₂ enhanced the green fluorescence and a large number of acidic autophagy vesicles were present; Western blot and RT-PCR results showed that Rh₂ increased the expression levels of Beclin-1, LC3A, LC3B, activated Caspase-3 and p-p38 in K562 cells; application of autophagy inhibitors(3-MA) could weaken the inhibition effect of Rh₂ on proliferation and induction effect on apoptosis in K562 cells. Ginsenoside Rh₂ inhibited the proliferation and induced apoptosis probably through activating p-p38, and inducing cell autophagy signaling pathway in K562 cells.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and the correlation between CRT and pulmonary artery hemodynamic parameters. METHODS: The patients with chronic heart failure indicator for CRT were enrolled. The left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) was measured by echocardiography and New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification was evaluated between one week before and six months after CRT. Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP), pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) were measured by right heart catheterization. Left ventricular reverse remodeling (LVRR) is defined as a decrease of 15% or more in LVESV at the 6th month after CRT; Clinical response is defined as a decrease of NYHA classification at or above grade 1 at the 6th month after CRT. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was defined as mPAP≥25 mmHg. According to the response, patients were divided into 3 groups: group A (LVRR+clinical response), group B (no LVRR+clinical response) and group C (no LVRR+no clinical response). The changes of NYHA classification, echocardiographic and pulmonary hemodynamic parameters were observed in the 3 groups. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve was used to analyze the differences in all-cause mortality, combined end-point events of death or re-hospitalization due to heart failure among different groups. RESULTS: A total of 45 patients with CRT implantation [aged (63.27±9.55) years, 36 males] were included. The average follow-up period was (33.76±11.50) months. Thirty-one patients (68.89%) were in group A, 9 of whom with PH. Eight patients (17.78%) were in group B, 7 of whom with PH. Six patients were in group C, all with PH. Cardiac function including NYHA classification, echocardiographic and pulmonary hemodynamic parameters had been significantly improved in group A after CRT implantation (<0.05). In group B, NYHA classification and pulmonary hemodynamic parameters were decreased significantly (<0.05), but echocardiographic parameters did not change obviously (>0.05). There were no significant changes in NYHA classification, echocardiographic and pulmonary hemodynamic parameters in group C (>0.05). Compared with group C, group A and group B had lower all-cause mortality (=0.005) and lower incidence of composite endpoint events (=0.001). CONCLUSIONS Patients with LVRR and clinical response after CRT have a good prognosis. Patients with clinical response but without LVRR have a better prognosis than those without clinical response and LVRR, which may be related to the decrease of pulmonary hemodynamic parameters such as mPAP and TPG.
Aged ; Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy ; Heart Failure ; therapy ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pulmonary Artery ; Treatment Outcome ; Ventricular Remodeling