Objective To analyze the relationship between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR)C677T,A1298C and methionine synthase reductase(MTRR)gene polymorphism with abnormal pregnancy history.Methods 549 normal women (control group)and 300 women with the abnormal pregnancy history(observation group)were taken as the subjects by adopting the case control research method.The oral mucosa epithelial cells were collected for extracting genomic DNA.The MTHFR and MTRR gene polymorphisms were detected by the gene sequencing method.Results The distribution frequency of MTHFR 677TT genotype in the abnormal pregnancy group was significantly increased compared with the control group (10.00% vs.3.46%,χ2 =15.25,P <0.01);the distribution frequency of MTHFR-1298CC genotype in the abnormal pregnancy group was significantly in-creased compared with the control group (11.00 vs.4.01%,χ2 =15.66,P <0.01);the distribution frequency of MTRR A66G gen-otype had no statistical difference between the two groups(χ2 =3.02,P =0.082).The interactive analysis of 2 genes indicated that simultaneous carrying the MTHFR A1298C mutation site and MTRR A66G mutation site increased the possibility of abnormal pregnancy occurrence (OR=1.52,P =0.011).Conclusion MTHFR C677T and A1298C have a certain correlation with female ab-normal pregnancy occurrence.

Objective To establish the method of determination for rhein, emodin, chrysophanol and physcion in Niuhuang Qinghuo Pills. Methods Sample was hydrolyzed by 20% H2 SO4 , and anthraquinones were extracted by soxhlet extraction with acetone as solvent, and were determined by HPLC with Kromasil C18 as column, methanol-0.5%H3 PO4 (75:25,V/V) as mobile phase at the flow of 1.0 mL/min, 230 nm as the detection wavelength.Results The linear relationship of rhein, emodin, chrysophanol and physcion were 1.50-150, 0.950-95.0, 1.30-130 and 1.15-115 mg/L. The anthraquinones were seperated completely, the recovery of 4 anthraquinones were 98.14% -101.3%.Conclusion This method is simple, accurate, steady, and could be used for the quality control of Niuhuang Qinghuo Pills.

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OBJECTIVETo study retrospectively the clinical efficacy on pediatric recurrent pneumonia treated with point application in summer for the prevention in winter, as well as the relationship of age, sick duration, attack frequency and skin reaction with the clinical efficacy.

METHODSOne hundred and thirty-five cases of pediatric recurrent pneumonia were divided into a one-year group, a two-year group and a three-year group, 45 cases in each one according to the duration of treatment. The acupoints for the application were Dingchuan (EX-B1), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuang (BL 43) and Danzhong (CV 17) with the same herbal plaster (prepared with rhizome corydalis, semen brassicae, euphorbia kansui and asarum sieboldii at the ratio of 2:2:1:1) on the first day of each of the three periods of the hot season, 2 to 4 h in each treatment. The attack frequency and change rate were observed before and after treatment in the three groups. The clinical efficacy was assessed in the three groups.

RESULTS(1) After treatment, the attack frequency of pediatric pneumonia was reduced apparently in the three groups (all P < 0.01). The result in the three-year group was less than that in the one-year group and the two-year group and the change rate was the highest (all P < 0.01). (2) After treatment, the sick duration was shortened apparently in the three groups (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). The result in the three-year group was the most remarkable, statistically and significantly different as compared with the other two groups (both P < 0.01). (3) The total effective rate in the three-year group was better than that in either of the other two groups [84.4% (35/45) vs 51.1% (23/45, P < 0.01), 84.4% (35/45) vs 71.1% (32/45, P < 0.05)]. (4) The total effective rate in the children aged from 4 to 7 years was better than that in the group aged from 8 to 10 years and the group aged from 11 to 14 years [79. 7% (47/59) vs 71.7% (33/46, P < 0.05); 79.7% (47/59) vs 43.3% (13/30, P < 0.01)]. (5) The total effective rate in the children with the sick duration ≥ 4 year was lower than that in the group with the sick duration <2 years and that 2 to 4 years (both P < 0. 01). (6) The total effective rate in the children with the annual attack frequency of 2 to 4 times was better than that with the frequency ≥ 4 times (P < 0.01). (7) For the cases with skin reaction after treatment, the total effective rate was better than that in the cases without reaction (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe point application in summer for the prevention in winter reduces the attack frequency of pediatric pneumonia, shortens the sick duration and has achieved the better significant efficacy in the cases of lower age, shorter sick duration, less attack frequency and moderate skin reaction.

Acupuncture Points ; Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pneumonia ; drug therapy ; prevention & control ; Seasons ; Treatment Outcome

Objective:o prepare Danshensu liposomes and investigate drug release characteristics in vitro. Methods: Danshensu liposomes were prepared by a reverse-phase evaporation method. The encapsulation efficiency was used as the index, an orthogonal test was adopted to investigate the effect of concentration of soybean lecithin, ratio of lipid-Danshensu and pH value of solution on the preparation procedure of Danshensu liposomes. The particle size of the liposomes was also investigated by a transmission electron micro-scope ( TEM) . The concentration of Danshensu was determined by HPLC, and the difference of release characteristics in Danshensu li-posomes and Danshensu solution was measured by a dialysis method. Results:The optimum preparation technology was as follows:the concentration of soybean lecithin was 40 mg·ml-1 ,the ratio of drug-lipid was 1: 10,and the pH value of solution was 6. 6. The mor-phology of the prepared liposomes showed spheric structure with uniform diameter, and the average particle size was ( 174 ± 36 ) nm and the encapsulation efficiency was 38. 9%. The linear range of Danshensu was 2. 0-20. 0 mg·L-1(r=0. 9984). The drug release of liposomes in vitro was slower than that of free Danshensu solution in 24 h. Conclusion:Danshensu liposomes with fine morphology have sustained release property.

Objective To isolate Toxoplasma gondii T. gondii strains from stray cats and explore their prevalence in Xu?zhou City. Methods The sera of 41 stray cats were collected to detect the antibodies of T. gondii by using a commercial enzyme?linked immunosorbent ELISA kit. The tissues including the heart brain and tongue from these cats were digested by acid pep?sin solution and inoculated to Kunming mice. These suspicious isolates were subsequently identified by a specific PCR method. Results A total of 11 strains were isolated from 41 stray cats which were confirmed by the PCR results. Moreover 17 cats 41.5% were found to be positive with the antibodies of T. gondii. Conclusion A high prevalence of T. gondii infection was found in Xuzhou City which indicates that the stray cats infected with T. gondii would be an important infection source that may infect humans and other animals in this area.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the pharmacokinetics of Danshensu with in vivo microdialysis in freely moving rat's jugular vein.

METHODthree days after a microdialysis probe introducer was implanted into the jugular vein, a microdialysis probe was introduced to the blood vessel, and began to sample following a single intravenous injection (40 mg x kg(-1)) or a single oral dose (40 mg x kg(-1)) of Danshensu. All the samples were analyzed with HPLC. The concentration of Danshensu in blood were calculated according to the recovery of microdialysis probe and the concentration in dialysates. Pharmacokinetic parameters were than calculated with the concentration-time curve.

RESULTFor intravenous administration, t(1/2 zeta) = (69.62 +/- 33.42) min, AUC(0-infinity) = (3416.24 +/- 779.80) min x mg x L(-1), MRT(0-infinity) = (38.15 +/- 8.61) min, and for oral administration, Cmax = (7.42 +/- 3.08) mg x L(-1), tmax = (31.50 +/- 8.57) min, t(1/2 zeta) = (83.25 +/- 37.35) min, AUC(0-infinity) = (793.19 +/- 101.32) min x mg x L(-1), MRT(0-infinity) = (125.89 +/- 58.27) min. The oral bioavailability of Danshensu F = 22.56%.

CONCLUSIONIn vivo microdialysis in freely moving rat's jugular vein is a useful tool to obtain a complete set of free drug concentrations to determine reliable pharmacokinetic parameters.

Animals ; Area Under Curve ; Jugular Veins ; cytology ; metabolism ; Lactates ; pharmacokinetics ; Male ; Microdialysis ; Motor Activity ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Objective To identify the common Sarcophagidae species of necrophagous flies in Luoyang by DNA barcoding and 28S ribosomal RNA(28S rRNA) gene and evaluate its effectiveness for forensic practice. Methods Eighteen Sarcosaprophagous flies were collected and classified by entomologists with traditional morphological characteristics. The DNA of flies was extracted with Chelex-100 method. The fragments of mitochondrial cytochromec oxidase subunit I (COI) and 28S rRNA gene were amplified and sequenced. Twenty corresponding species (China and South Korea) were loaded from Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) and added to the alignment. All the sequences were analyzed by MEGA 7.0 software package for nucleotide composition, genetic distance computation and phylogenetic tree construction. Results Eighteen Sarcosaprophagous flies were classified into 5 species of 3 genera. The result of amplification with 18 samples showed that length of the obtained COI and 28S rRNA gene sequences were 646bp and 721bp, respectively. And the result of alignment on BLAST online showed that index of similarity of the same species was above 99%. The thirty-eight COI sequences of Sarcosaprophagous flies were clustered into five groups by a neighbor-joining (NJ) tree on value of Bootstrap 1000. The intraspecific difference in COI was 0 to 0.022 while the interspecific difference ranged from 0.057 to 0.090 excluding Sarcophaga Africa and Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis, which was 0~0.086. The NJ tree of 28S rRNA showed Sarcophaga peregrine and Sarcophaga portschinskyi sequences were obviously clustered into two groups and the others a group. Conclusion For the five sarcophagous flies in this study, the DNA barcoding based on COI gene were able to effectively identify the Sarcophaga peregrine, Sarcophaga dux and Sarcophaga portschinskyi, while 28S rRNA gene can only differentiate Sarcophaga peregrine from others. DNA barcoding based on COI gene and 28S rRNA gene can be used as supplemental molecular markers for identifying these species.

Heart failure is the terminal stage of all kinds of heart diseases. Despite the use of a variety of traditional drug standard treatment, the prognosis is still not ideal, and there is an urgent need for the update and improvement of new drugs and treatment methods. In recent years, angiotensin receptor-enkephalase inhibitors (Sacubitril/Valsartan), sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i), soluble guanoside cyclase agonists (Vericiguat) and myocardial myosin activators omecamtiv mecarbil have been developed successively. SGLT2 inhibitors can improve ventricular load, reduce fibrosis and affect myocardial metabolism. sGC agonists play an anti-heart failure role by enhancing l-ARg-No-SGC-CGMP signaling pathway, improving myocardial and vascular function, reversing ventricular hypertrophy and fibrosis, slowing ventricular remodeling, and reducing ventricular afterload through systemic and pulmonary vasodilation. In addition, fineridone, a novel salt corticosteroid receptor antagonist, has also been reported in clinical studies in the field of heart failure. Therefore, it is the direction and hope for the development of heart failure in the future to select appropriate drugs for different types of patients with heart failure and carry out individualized treatment according to the optimized process of heart failure.