Organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATP), a member of solute carrier (SLC) superfamily, is considered as an important transmembrane uptake transporters. OATP is involved in the transport of a variety of endo- and xenobiotics (bile acids, bilirubin, prostaglandin, thyroid hormones, steroid hormone conjugates), drugs and toxins in a Na+ and ATP independent manner. Multiple factors (eg. hormones, proinflammatory cytokines, drugs) can affect the distribution, expression and activity of OATPs, leading to an altered accumulation of OATP substrates and related food-drug and drug-drug interactions. Changes in the distribution and expression of OATPs in malignant tissues may be related to the pathological process of cancer, while the modulation epigenetic mechanism also contributes to its distribution patterns. This review describes the factors that can affect the expression or function of OATPs, which may provide a valuable reference for drug development and the clarification of pathogenesis.

Different from Westerners,intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) is a main cause for acute ischemic stroke in Eastern population.Studies have shown that ICAS is associated with the risk factors including metabolic syndrome,dyslipidemia,diabetes mellitus,and inflammation.Adiponectin is involved in oxidative stress and glycolipid metabolism,its reduced level is the most important risk factor for metabolic syndrome and the most prominent inflammatory markers.Numerous studies have suggested that adiponectin is associated with cardiovascular diseases,and it is used as a preventive marker.In recent years,the relationship between adiponectin and ICAS has become a hot research topic.This article mainly reviews the roles of adiponectin in ICAS.

Objective:Using a diagnostic test research,to explore the reliability and validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)on screening of depressive disorders in general hospital,and to determine the cut points for depressions with different severities.Methods:Three hundred and nineteen help-seekers (n =319)con-sulting the outpatient department of psychiatry in a general hospital were collected continuously.Among them,80 were people without any psychiatric diagnosis,239 were patients with mental disorders.All of subjects were asked to fulfill PHQ-9,and were assessed by psychiatrist with Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) and Hamilton rating scale for depression.M.I.N.I.was gold standard to diagnose depressive disorder,HRSD was used to assess the illness severity.Result:Factor analysis showed good structure validity of PHQ-9.46 patients were diagnosed depressive disorders.The area under the receiver operator characteristic analysis (ROC)of PHQ-9 was 0.94 (95%CI:0.91 -0.97)for depressive disorders.With 15 as the critical value for depression screening,the sen-sitivity was 0.83 and specificity was 0.90,respectively.By the result of HRSD as the standard to rank different lev-els of depression,the cut points of PHQ-9 for mild,moderate,and severe depression was 6,12,and 15.The consis-tency between results of PHQ-9 (with cut points of 6,12,15)and HRSD was moderate (with kappa =0.49).The kappa between results of PHQ-9 (with recommended cut points of 5,10,and 15)and HRSD was 0.46.Cronbach αcoefficient of PHQ-9 was 0.892.Conclusion:It suggests that PHQ-9 has satisfying reliability and validity,and is applicable for screening depression and assessment of its severity of outpatients in general hospital.The recommen-ded cut points of PHQ-9 are applicable to depressive outpatients in general hospital in China.

Objective To explore the clinical diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot( TOF) children with concurrent DiGeorge syndrome ( DGS ) . Methods Retrospective analyses were conducted for the clinical characteristics of 715 TOF children with concurrent DGS at Henan Provincial People′s Hospital and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng-zhou University from January of 2008 to October of 2014. Among them,there were 78 definite cases of thymic aplasia (DGS group),including 45 boys and 33 girls with an age range of(9. 12±4. 35) months and a body mass range of (7. 28±2. 34) kg. And the remainder was designated as non-DGS group(NDGS group),including 387 boys and 250 girls with an age range of(8. 21±5. 61) months and a body mass range of(8. 19±3. 47) kg. In DGS group,genetic screening uncovered 10 cases of chromosome 22q11. 2 gene deletion. And based upon this result,DGS group was fur-ther divided into genetic and clinical diagnosis subgroups. The genetic diagnosis group had 10 cases,including 6 boys and 4 girls with an age range of(8. 12±4. 15) months and a body mass range of(6. 28±2. 74) kg,the clinical diagnosis group had 68 cases,including 39 boys and 29 girls with an age range of(8. 19±4. 37) months and a body mass range of (7. 05±2. 39) kg. Results No statistical difference existed in age,body mass or preoperative developmental status of pulmonary vasculature between DGS group and NDGS group(P>0. 05). And the preoperative incidence of recurrent pneumonia was obviously higher in DGS group than that in NDGS group(P<0. 001). The probability of concurrent hy-pocalcemia and facial malformation was higher in DGS group than that in NDGS group. However,there was no statistical difference(P>0. 05). And an inter-group comparison of T lymphocyte immunity defect had no statistical difference(P>0. 05). The duration of on-machine and intensive care unit stay was markedly longer in DGS group than that in NDGS group(P<0. 001). And the probability of concurrent hypocalcemia and facial malformation was higher in genetic diag-nosis subgroup than that in clinical diagnosis subgroup. However,there was no statistical difference(P>0. 05). And an inter-group comparison of T lymphocyte immunity defect had no statistical difference ( P>0. 05 ) . Conclusions With diverse clinical manifestations,DGS patients may have non-specific findings of cellular immunity defect,hypocalcemia or facial malformation. TOF children with concurrent thymic aplasia should raise an alert so that effective interventions may be adopted to boost their long-term quality of life.

Objective:To study the preparation and quality control of loxoprofen sodium patches and develop an HPLC method for the determination of loxoprofen sodium. Methods:Loxoprofen sodium patches were prepared with CMC-Na and PVP as the adjuvants, and an HPLC method was used to determine the content of loxoprofen sodium. Results:The linear range of loxoprofen sodium was 4-24μg·ml-1(r=0. 999 7), the average recovery was 99. 99%(RSD=0. 99%, n=6). Conclusion:The preparation method is reason-able, simple and stable. The developed HPLC method is specific to determine the content of loxoprofen.

Objective To understand the effect of the general practitioners training in northern An-hui province, so as to provide a scientific basis for improving training strategies and measures. Methods In accordance with the requirements of Implementation of General Practitioners Training Program in Anhui Province, the training courses was designed, which includes the differences between general medicine and special medicine, general medicine service psychology, ethics related skills, general teaching skills, general clinical skills, and general practice policies, with a total of 32 credit hours. Participants were examined through the self-designed electronic questionnaire before and after the training. A total of 118 participants were involved in the training, and 109 of them were examined before the training, with a recovery rate of 92.4％. After the training, they were examined again, and the recovery rate was 100％. All data were analyzed by SPSS 17.0 software, and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Scores of the general medicine knowledge and skills after the training were higher than that before the training, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). As for the course evaluation, the average score was over 4 in organiza-tion and management, training facilities, teacher knowledge, training materials, training methods and skills, while the average score was no more than 4 in training content and helping teaching. Conclusion The training achieves good results, and in the future, we should strengthen the training of teaching ability, thus further improving the effect of general practitioners training. Also, we should design the training content reasonably and pay attention to improve the quality and effectiveness of individual courses accordingly. What's more, we can use diversified teaching methods to further improve the teaching ability of general practitioners.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects and adverse drug reactions of different doses of rosuvastatin in patients with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods A total of 115 patients with STEMI were collected from Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University. According to different oral doses of rosuvastatin, patients were divided into two groups including 5 mg/d rosuvastatin treatment group (low-dose group, n=44) and 10 mg/d Rosuvastatin treatment group (moderate-dose group, n=71). Patients of two groups were treated with Rosuvastatin at least 1 month after discharge. Data of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were analyzed and compared before and after treatment between two groups. The major cardiovascular adverse events (MACE) and adverse reactions were recorded in two groups of patients. Results There were no significant differences in blood lipid and liver function levels before and after one month treatment between the two groups. After one month treatment, levels of TC, LDL-C, ALT and AST were significantly decreased in both groups of patients compared with those before treatment (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in levels of TG, and HDL-C before and after treatment between two groups. The incidence of MACE (heart failure and angina pectoris) was significantly lower in moderate-dose group than that in low-dose group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the proportion of malignant arrhythmia between the moderate-dose group and the low-dose group (P<0.05). No target vessel repair and death were found in the two groups. No obvious adverse drug reactions were found during the follow-up period. Conclusion The hypolipidemic effects are epuivalent between 5 mg/d rosuvastatin and 10 mg/d on the basis of conventional treatment for STEMI patients, but the moderate dose can reduce the incidence of MACE and improve prognosis.

A novel targeting drug carrier (FA-BO-PAMAM) based on the PAMAM G5 dendrimer modified with borneol (BO) and folic acid (FA) molecules on the periphery and doxorubicin (DOX) loaded in the interior was designed and prepared to achieve the purposes of enhancing the blood-brain barrier (BBB) transportation and improving the drug accumulation in the glioma cells. 1H NMR was used to confirm the synthesis of FA-BO-PAMAM; its morphology and mean size were analyzed by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). Based on the HBMEC and C6 cells, cytotoxicity assay, transport across the BBB, cellular uptake and anti-tumor activity in vitro were investigated to evaluate the properties of nanocarriers in vitro. The results showed that the nanocarrier of FA-BO-PAMAM was successfully synthesized, which was spherical in morphology with the average size of (22.28 ± 0.42) nm, and zeta potential of (7.6 ± 0.89) mV. Cytotoxicity and transport across the BBB assay showed that BO-modified conjugates decreased the cytotoxicity of PAMAM against both HBMEC and C6 cells and exhibited higher BBB transportation ability than BO-unmodified conjugates; moreover, modification with FA increased the total uptake of DOX by C6 cells and enhanced the cytotoxicity of DOX-polymer against C6 cells. Therefore, FA-BO-PAMAM is a promising nanodrug delivery system in employing PAMAM as a drug carrier and treatment for brain glioma.

Objective To observe expression of autophagy-related proteins LC-3 and Beclin-1 in alveolar macrophages in the silicosis model of rats , and to investigate the molecular mechanisms of silicosis formation from cells autophagy perspective .Methods Fifty adult male SD rats were randomly divided into control and model groups , 25 rats for each group .The silicosis model was made by one-time infusion of silica dust suspension through the trachea without exposed.The rats were sacrificed on the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 14th or 28th day after the modeling .Alveolar macrophages were obtained from bronchoalveolar lavage and used for subsequent research after culture and purification .Morphological characteristics of alveolar macrophages were observed by HE staining and transmission electron microscope ;The expression of LC-3 and Beclin-1 was detected by means of immunocytochemistry and Western blotting in each group .Results Compared with the control group , alveolar macrophages of the model group had larger volume and abundant cytoplasm , the phagocytic silica dust particles were observed in some cells , and autophagosomes were detected by transmission electron microscope .The expressions of LC-3 and Beclin-1 were increased at all time points in the model group ( P<0.05 ) .Both LC-3 and Beclin-1 began to increase at the 1st day.As the extension of time the expression gradually enhanced , peaked at the 14th day(P<0.05), and decreased at the 28th day, but higher than the basal expression .Conclusion Autophagy is activated in alveolar macrophages of the silicosis model , and alveolar macrophages autophagy is involved in the pathological process of silicosis in the rat .

Objective:To determine the content of self-manufactured and imported lurasidone hydrochloride tablets in order to e-valuate their internal qualities. Methods:The determination of lurasidone hydrochloride tablets was performed by HPLC. The HPLC system consisted of a Waters C8 column (250 mm × 4. 6 mm, 3. 5 μm) and the mobile phase of 0. 05 mol·L-1 phosphate buffer solu-tion (pH 3. 0)-acetonitrile(60∶40), the detection wavelength was 230 nm, the flow rate was 1. 2 ml·min-1 and the column tempera-ture was 40℃, and the injection volume was 20μl. Results:The linear range of lurasidone hydrochloride was 0. 100 8-0. 806 4 mg· ml-1(r=0. 999 5). The average recovery was 99. 95% with RSD of 0. 31%(n=9). Conclusion:The method is simple, rapid, ac-curate, and reliable. The method can determine lurasidone hydrochloride tablets satisfactorily. According to the results, there are few differences among the self-manufactured and imported lurasidone hydrochloride tablets.