Blood Vessels ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Shock ; physiopathology

Based on traditional Chinese medicine theory and clinical experience, traditional Chinese herbal drug toxicity has its own special connotation. From the perspective of history and logic, the different comprehension of toxicity between Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine was discussed after retracing the meaning of "drug toxicity" in traditional Chinese medicine. The authors suggest that it's not feasible to study the Chinese medicine coping mechanically and applying indiscriminately the concept and the research idea about modern drug toxicity since there is different understanding of "drug toxicity" between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Many control elements are involved in the use of traditional Chinese herbal drugs, and Chinese drug components and actions are complex as compared with Western drugs. More and more drugs with toxicity will be found due to the relativity of drug toxicity. Currently, the study of Chinese drug toxicity should pay more attention to the relation between the toxicity and Chinese drug nature, compatibility and the corresponding disease or syndrome pattern after making definition of Chinese drug toxicity and its connotation.

Objective: To study the effect of resistin gene on TNF-α-induced expression of ICAM-1 in ECV304 cells. Methods: Resistin gene was cloned into vector pEGFP-C1 to construct pEG/ Resi plasmid; the latter was then used to transfect ECV304 cells via liposome. TNF-α(20 μg/L) was added to the system 6 h after transfection. RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of resistin and ICAM-1 mRNA in the cells 18, 30, 42 and 54 h after transfection; meanwhile, the resistin protein levels were determined by Western blotting analysis. ICAM-1 protein levels in the supernatants of ECV304 cells were determined by ELISA. Results: Restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing demonstrated that the recombinant plasmid was successfully constructed and was expressed in ECV304. ICAM-1 levels in resistin-transfected group were consistently higher than that in the non-transfected group in the presence of TNF-α. ICAM-1 mRNA and protein expression in the transfected-group was significantly higher than that in the non-transfected group during the peak periods (30 and 42 h) of resistin expression (P<0.05); ICAM-1 mRNA and protein expression increased with the increase of resistin gene expression. Conclusion: Resistin gene can enhance TNF-α-induced expression of ICAM-1 in ECV304 cells.

Objective To establish a GC-MS method for the analysis of the chemical components of essential oil from Fructus Ponciri Trifoliatae Immaturi.Methods The essential oil was extracted by steam distilyation ,then separated by capillary gas chromatography. The components from essential oil were identified by comparing with related standard chromatogram and their amount were determined by normalization method.Results Twenty-one components have been identified from Folium Fructus Ponciri Trifoliatae Immaturi and their amount accounted 99.04 %of total essential oil. The main components are limonene (55.68 %),?-myrcene(21.96 %),?-Pinene(5.17 %),cis-caryophyllene(4.61 %)and ?-Ocimene (1.71 %).Conclusion This method is reliable and effective and can be applied to analyze the essential oil components extracted from Fructus Ponciri Trifoliatae Immaturi.

Three basic functions of the working principle of Caritational Ultrasonic Surgical is introduced:ultrasonic emulsification, ultrasonic incise homeostasis and ultrasonic sterilization and debridement. As a new-style surgical equipment, it is widely used in clinical operations, upgrading interrelated medicine technology. The basic structure, working principle, main characteristics and clinical applications are introduced, thus redounding to broadening the knowledge of doctors and nurses in the safe operation of the machine.

Objective To explore the clinical and pathological characteristics of singularity uterine leiomyoma.Methods The cause of disease and the clinical features in 15 patients with singularity uterine leiomyoma were analyzed.The patients were examined by pathology and immunohistochemistry.Results The main clinical manifestations were irregular vaginal bleeding,pelvic tumor and anemia.3 patients combined with pregnancy,4 patients had the treatment history of exogenous progesterone.The tumor appeared grayish red,and with complete envelope by macroscopic examination;The multi-and mono-nucleated giant cells were seen under surgical microscopy,the mitosis count was 0～3/10HPF.The tumors showed weak positive staining for Ki-67 and p53,negative staining for ER in 8 cases and positive staining for PR in all cases.Conclusions Singularity uterine leiomyoma belongs to benign tumor,its clinical features and treatments are similar to common leiomyoma;It has certain relation with exogenous and endogenous progesterone.The differentiation of leiomyoma with leiomyosarcoma is basically depended on HE staining observation;The immunohistochemistry of leiomyoma has certain feature.

Objective To establish a HSV-2 infected cell culture system,so as to confirm the suppressing effect of medicine on HSV-2 including effective concentration and safety.Methods A monkey kidney cell line,Vero ,and a human tracheal epithelial cell line,Hep-2 were used in HSV infected cell culture system.HSV-2 was propagated in Vero cells and Hep-2 cells was served as targets of HSV-2 infection.Then cytopathic effect(CPE) was performed.Results HSV-2 was propagated abundance in Vero cells after4 days:The CPE occurred in Hep-2 cells after 12 hours infected by HSV-2.Conclusion The HSV-2 infected cell culture system we established was stable for utilization.As well as to confirm the suppressing effect of medicine on HSV-2.

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of retrobulbar injection with triamcinolone acetonide (TA) for macular edema caused by retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Design Retrospective case series. Participants 21 eyes of 21 patients with macular edema caused by RVO. Methods Retrobulbar injection with TA 40 mg was performed on 21 eyes. The visual acuity, intraocular pres-sure, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and macular central thickness under the optical coherence tomography (OCT) were recorded and analyzed before and after treatment. The follow-up duration was 6-11 months. Main Outcome Measures The visual acuity and the macular central thickness of OCT. Result Visual acuity was improved at the end of follow-up in 16 eyes (76.2%) and unchanged in 5 eyes (23.8%). Macular central thickness was (287.55±121.70) μm at the end of follow-up and (617.23±185.58) μm before treatment. The difference was statistically significant(P=0.000). After treatment, the comparison of visual acuity and macular central thickness be-tween CRVO patients and BRVO patients, as well as between ischemic RVO patients and non-ischemic RVO patients had no significant difference (P>0.05). In patients of course less than 6 months, the visual prognosis after treatment is better than that of before treatment (P=0.011, 0.01), while in patients of course more than 6 months, no difference of vision could be detected before and after treatment (P= 0.583). The result of FFA showed decrease of fluorescein leakage. During follow-up, intraocular pressure of all patients was in the nor-real range. Recurrence of macular edema was found in 8 eyes 2 to 6 months after treatment. Conclusions Retrobulbar injection with TA is a safe, effective, and easy method to treat macular edema caused by RVO. Early treatment can get better efficacy. (Ophthalmal CHN, 2009, 18: 254-256)

Objective To investigate the expressions and significance of p21 protein and K-ras protein in congenital biliary dilatation(CBD),and their relationship.Methods Surgical specimens of CBD were obtained during operation on 36 children from Jan.2000 to Sep.2007.Nine normal bile ducts specimens from miscarried fetus and children's corpse.The specimens were fixed in 40 g?L-1 formalin and embeded by paraffin,slice-fixed.SP immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expressions of p21 protein and K-ras protein.Results The positive rate of K-ras protein was 13.8% in CBD,which was significantly higher than that in normal bile duct tissues.The positive rate of p21 protein was 55.6% in CBD,and 100% in normal bile duct tissues.p21 protein positive expression rate in CBD was significantly lower than that in normal bile duct tissues(P

·Electroretinogram (ERG) is an objective examination in evaluating retinal function, which is also suitable to evaluate retinal function of multiple ophthalmic diseases. ln recent years, studies have found that ERG can find functional changes prior to morphological changes of fundus examination in early diabetics, which provides a new way for researches of pathological mechanism, early diagnosis and prognosis evaluation for diabetic retinopathy, and then also provides a new therapy for diabetic retinopathy. ln this paper, using ERG in the diagnosis of early diabetic retinopathy was reviewed.