Objective To investigate the effects of differentpiperine concentrationson the prolif-eration and invasion of bladder cancer T24 cells.Methods Bladder cancer T24 cells were treated with different concentrations of piperine(5,1 0,20,40,80,and 1 60μmol/L).Then MTT assay,Transwell exper-iments,and western blot were used to detect the expression of bax and bcl-2,and the proliferation and ap-optosis of T24 cells.Results After a 24-hour treatment of piperine,IC50 value was 38.73μmol/L.With the increaseof piperine concentrations,the activity of T24 cell was significantly inhibited in a dose-depend-ent manner.Westernblot showed that the expression of anti-apoptotic protein bcl-2 reduced,and the pro-apoptotic protein bax increased.Conclusion Piperine could inhibit the proliferation of bladder cancer T24 cells and promote the apoptosis of T24 cells.

This study was aimed to observe the effect of Pediatric Long-term Cough Decoction in the treatment of long-term cough among children. A total of 96 cases were diagnosed in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as qi-yin deficiency, and lung-heat accumulation with constipation. The western medicine diagnosis was mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) infection in the recovery period after chronic cough. All cases were randomly divided into the TCM group and control group, with 48 cases in each group. In TCM group, the Pediatric Long-term Cough Decoction was used to supplement qi and nourish yin, clear away the lung-heat and excrete feces. In the control group, montelukast was used. For both groups, clinical effect of score and CD4+ T lymphocytes, CD8+ T lymphocytes and CD4+/CD8+ ratio were observed one day before treatment and thirty days after treatment. The results showed that after thirty-day treatment, the clinical effect of score in both groups was obviously improved (P < 0.01). The TCM group was better than the control group (P< 0.01). Compared with pretreatment, the posttreatment CD4+ T lympho-cytes, CD8+ T lymphocytes and CD4+/CD8+ ratio in TCM group were obviously improved (P < 0.05). The CD4+ T lymphocytes and CD4+/CD8+ ratio in the control group were obviously improved (P < 0.05). However, there was no change on the CD8+ T lymphocytes. The regulation effect on CD4+ T lymphocytes and CD8+ T lymphocytes of TCM group was better than the control group (P< 0.01). It was concluded that the Pediatric Long-term Cough Decoction can effectively improve clinical symptoms of chronic cough in children and regulate immune function.

Objective To compare the sclerotherapic effects of different concentrations of lauromacrogol on endometrial cyst models in rats in two ways :10 minutes retention with extraction and retention without extraction .Methods Ninety SD rats after modeling were randomly divided into three groups :group A ,10 minutes retention with extraction;group B ,retention without extraction;group C , normal saline .While both A and B group were randomly divided into four subgroups with different concentrations :1% ,0 5.% ,0 2.5% ,and 0 1.25% . Seven days after treatment the cure rates and histopathological changes were observed .Results Cure rates in group A were 86 7.% ,71 4.% ,50% and 20% ;in group B were 100% ,100% ,87 5.% and 37 5.% .In both A and B groups ,the cure rates were not significantly different between 1% ,0 5.% and 0 2.5% concentration subgroups ( P >0 0.5) ,the cure rates of these subgroups in group B had statistical significance with 0 1.25% concentration subgroups and the saline control group( P <0 0.5) ,but there were no significant difference between 0 2.5% and 0 1.25% concentration subgroups in group A .Compared the differences of the cure rates among the same concentration subgroups , it had no statistical significance in groups A and B of 1% and 0 1.25% concentration subgroups( P >0 0.5) , but between 0 5.% and 0 2.5% concentration subgroups ,it had statistical significance( P <0 0.5) .Conclusions It will be conductive to enhancing the sclerotherapic effect if the lauromacrogol concentration remains above 0 2.5% and does not be extracted from the cyst models .

Strain NCIMB 10467, a lignin degrader, was reclassified as genus Burkholderia according to its 16S rDNA sequence. It seems that the metabolism of protocatechuate by this strain is diverse under the induction of various substrates. A 9505-bp DNA fragment extending from α conserved region of the gene, which encodes β subunit of orthocleavage protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase(P34D; EC 1.13.11.3),was obtained by genome walking. Sequence analysis revealed two deduced open reading frames, pcaG and pcaH, encoding the α and β subunits of P34D respectively in this fragment. The P34D activity could be detected when pcaGH were expressed in E. Coli and the disruption of pcaH in strain NCIMB 10467 has lead to loss of its ability to catabolize protocatechuate. It was proved that the cloned pcaGH were encoding a functional protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase which was necessary for the protocatechuate metabolism in this strain.

RNA dot blot hybridization was employed to investigate the alterations in C-myc, C-H-ras transcript levels in bone marrow and peripheral blood cells from 24 patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. 10 cases of normal bone marrow cells were used as control. We found that the positive rates and intensities of expression of C-myc and C-H-ras in acute nonlymphocytic leukemia were hipher than those of normal control. The C-myc and C-H-ras expressed simultaneously in 10 patients. After having been cultured 5 days with RA and low dose Ara-C combined with low dose Harr, the C-myc transcipt level of C-myc in acute nonlymphocytic leukemia was decreased obviously.

0.05 ) . The patients in both groups all recovered from CABG and discharged from hospital without serious complication such as brain infarct. The MMSE scores after operation were significandy lower than that before operation in both groups ( P

Objective To observe the law of removing dampness, melting phlegm and tonifying spleen on blood lipids in hyperlipidemia rat and its vascular endothelial protective effect. Methods Animals were randomly divided into 6 groups, the high-fat diet of 35 d, 16 d orbital check blood lipids to confirm modeling success and gavage was given by different experimental requirements. NOS and vascular endothelial gene expression were determined at 3rd and 7th day. Results After treatment, NOS expression in experimental rats compared with the normal group, P

Objective To analyze the MRI features of rare intracranial germ cell tumors of the pineal region compared with pathologic findings.Methods The MRI and pathologic data of 32 patients with rare intracranial germ cell tumors of the pineal region were reviewed retrospectively.All cases were proved by surgery and pathological examinations.Results Fourteen teratomas with malignant transformations were cyst-solidary which were mixed signals on plain MRI and the solid components showed obvious enhancement.The adiposity signals could be seen in teratomas.The level of serum or CSF AFP was high.Microscopically,many tissue components could be seen.The signal of 6 yolk sac tumors were homogeneous,and they had great enhancement after enhanced scanning.Increasing of preoperative serum AFP level could be seen in all patients.The 5 embryonal carcinomas were well-defined margin masses and heterogeneous with cystoid variation and necrosis and moderate to severe edema.The solid components showed obvious enhance.The signals of 7 mixed germ cell tumors were atypical,which depended on the components of germ cell tumors.Conclusion The MRI findings of the rare intracranial germ cell tumors of the pineal region(teratomas with malignant transformations,yolk sac tumors endodermal sinus tumor,embryonal carcinomas and mixed germ cell tumors)show some feature which are correlated with pathology.Suggestive diagnosis could be made combined with clinical data and MRI features.

Cotinus coggygria Scop. is theAnacardiaceae Cotinus L. plant and used for natural drugs in the treatment of acute icteric infectious hepatitis. The pharmacological research showed thatCotinus coggygria Scop. has the effects of reducing jaundice and enzyme, gallbladder Cholagogic and strengthen immune function. The current research onCotinus coggygria Scop. is still not deep enough, the pharmacological effects ofCotinus coggygria Scop. are mostly limited to the anticoagulant, hemolytic and anti liver chemical injury. In order to better study the scientific connotation of antitumor ofCotinus coggygria Scop., the active ingredient ofCotinus coggygria Scop., pharmacological action and clinical application were reviewed.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the combination of endorectal ultrasonography and serum CEA in preoperative diagnosis of rectal wall invasion (T staging) and nodal involvement (N staging) of rectal carcinoma.Methods We retrospectively analyzed clinical records of 310 patients with rectal carcinoma who underwent endorectal ultrasonography and serum CEA evaluation in Shanxi Province Tumor hospital from January 2007 to January 2010.The positive standard of CEA is more than 5 μg/L.The endorectal ultrasonography staging with postoperative pathological staging,and calculated the overall accuracy of T staging and N staging based on TRUS alone or on TRUS combined with serum CEA level were compared.Results The difference in serum CEA level was statistically significant from T1 to T4 (P ＜ 0.05).The accuracy rate of preoperative T staging of rectal carcinoma by TRUS alone was 71％ (219/310) and was 82 ％ (254/310) with TRUS combined with serum CEA level,showing significant statistical difference (x2 =10.92,P ＜ 0.01).The accuracy rate of preoperative N staging of rectal carcinoma was 69 ％ (211/308)with TRUS alone and was 77 ％ (238/308) with TRUS combined with serum CEA level,the difference of which was statistically significant (x2 =5.00,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Serum CEA level increases with an increasing pathological stage of rectal cancer.The combination of TRUS and serum CEA improves the accuracy of preoperative staging of rectal cancer.