Airway remodeling is the result of chronic inflammation, which including airway wall thickening, matrix and collagen deposition, epithelial hyperplasia and fibrosis, smooth proliferation and hypertrophy,fibroblast proliferation, and mucus glands and goblet cell proliferation, micrangium generation and other pathological changes. Airway smooth muscle change is known as the reason of airway hyper - responsiveness and asthma aggravating. There are many factors which can induce airway smooth muscle hypertrophy and proliferation, such as inflammation, cytokines,extracellular matrix and genetic factors. In addition, recent researches reveal the airway smooth muscle is also an important source of inflammation. In this paper the latest opinion of the role of asthma airway smooth muscle in the airway remodeling were elaborated,and inhale hormone earlier was suggested.

The damage of airway epithelial cell in asthma including epithelial cells differentiated into goblet cell, mucous cells metaplasia, which lead to the extracellular matrix increasing, airway walls fibrosis and mucus high secretion. There are many cytokines, growth factors, signal transduction pathways and gene regulating this process.Neuroendocrine cell plays a very important role in the immune adjustment.The repairing process of airway epithelial cells after damaged is a complicated process and affected by many factors.

Asthma is a chronic airway inflammation involved by a variety of cells.Glucocorticoid can relieve most of asthmatic patient's symptom,but cannot treat all patients with asthma.KCa3.1 ion channel expressed in a variety of immune cell surface, participate in a variety of autoimmune disease immune process.Because potassium-calcium ion channels are involved in the immune process mediated by T lymphocytes, the adjustment of the function of KCa3.1ion channels may be a new way for asthma treatment.

Objective To study the effect of the ECV-304 cells modified with LIF gene on the ex vivo culture of HSC/HPC in cord blood.Methods The ECV-304 cells were infected by Eukaryotic Expression plasmid pcDNA3.0LIF,and the positive ECV-304 cells were obtained by selected with G418.These cells were used to co-culture with CD34+ cells of cord blood.The phenotype of CD34+ and CD34+ CD54+、CD34+ CD62L+ primitive progenitors was detected by flow cytometry.Results The LIF gene can express in ECV-304 cells steadily.ECV-304 cells modified with LIF gene can improve expansion of CB CD34+、CD34+CD54+ and CD34+ CD62L+ cells while sustaining the expression of homing-related adhesion molecule.Conclusion The ECV-304 cells modified with LIF gene can not only significantly expand CB hematopoietic progenitor cells ex vivo,but the expanded CD34+ cells may well retain their homing ability.

The incidence of hyperuricemia and relevant diseases has been increasing recently since the living improvement and dietary changing. Both patients and doctors do not pay enough attention to this disease, due to the lack of obvious clinical presentations in early stage. This paper comments on the relationship between hyperuricemia and gout, gouty nephropathy, impaired glucose metabolism,and atherosclerotic diseases in order to arouse enough attention to this disease.

OBJECTIVE: To recognize the research status on the mechanism of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and NADPH oxidases in cell growth and death,and explore the effects of ROS and NADPH oxidases on cardiomyocyte differentiation.DATA SOURCES: A computer-based online search of Medline was undertaken for the articles about the action mechanism of reactive oxygen and NADPH oxidases in cell growth and death published in English between January 1997 and December 2003 with the key words of "Reactive oxygen species, NADPH oxidase, Cardiomyocytes, Differentiation, Signal transduction".STUDY SELECTION: Inclusive criteria: ①Articles on ROS production and structure and activation of NADPH oxidase and their action mechanism in cell growth and death; ②Research about the molecule mechanism of cardiomyocytes differentiation. The repetitive research and review articles were excluded.DATA EXTRACTION: Totally 132 articles about the action mechanism of ROS and NADPH oxidase and cardiomyocytes differentiation were collected, and 78 ones met the inclusive criteria.DATA SYNTHESIS: ①ROS involved in pathogenesis of many diseases were mainly from intramitochondrial electron transport chains, and NADPH oxidase was closely related with ROS production; NADPH oxidase firstly found in phagocyte was a kind of multienzyme complex, and its activity was regulated by the concentration of Ca2+ in cells and mRNA expression of its subunits. ②At present, many researchers presumed that oxidative stress was a double-edged sword, and it two-ways regulated the cell proliferation and death, in which ROS served as the second messenger in the signal transduction. Recent data showed that ROS and NADPH oxidase played important roles in cardiomyocytes differentiation; however, it was not identified which subunit of NADPH oxidase expressed in myocardial cells and its detail regulative pathway. Those problems were important for further study in the molecule mechanism of cardiomyocytes differentiation.CONCLUSION: ROS including superoxide anion (O2-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydroxyl radical (OH-), are generated in cardiomyocytes mainly by a membrane-bound NADPH oxidase (NOX). The NOX-derived ROS, as the second passenger, play important roles in various intracellular signaling pathways. In cardiomyocytes, ROS have the potential to alter the balance between cell growth and death through these signaling pathways. Recently,ROS have been demonstrated to play a critical role in regulation of cardiomyocyte differentiation from embryonic stem cells. Research in the regulation mechanisms of ROS will contribute to our better understanding of he role of ROS and NADPH oxidase in cardicomyocyte differentiation and will lead to the identification of factors able to promote cardiac differentiation.

Objective To observe the mRNA expressions of ornithine decarboxylase(ODC), endostatin and microvessel density (MVD) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and their correlations, and to explore the mechanisms of ODC in facilitating angiogenesis, its correlation with invasion a nd metastasis of the carcinoma. Methods Semi-quantitative RT-PCR method was used to detect the mRNA expressions of ODC and endostatin in 41 paired surgically resected specimens of ESCC (T)and their adjacent tissue(N), a nd the T/N ratio was calculated.Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the MVD by anti-CD 34 monoclonal antibody in ESCC tiss ue and corresponding adjacent tissue. Results Of 41 cases, the T/N ratio of ODC mRNA was greater than 1.0 in 39 cases (95.1%) and the T/N ratio of MVD was greater than 1.0 in 4 0 cases ( 97.6%). The mRNA expressions of ODC and endostatin, and MVD in esophageal specimens we re significantly correlated with tumor sizes, lymph node metastasis and adventit ia invasion. The mRNA expressions of ODC and endostatin were correlated with differentiation status of tumor. T/N value of ODC mRNA was positively correlated with T/N value of MVD, and nega tively correlated with the T/N value of endostatin mRNA. While the T/N value of endos tatin mRNA was negatively correlated with the T/N value of MVD. Conclusion ODC is closely related to tumor angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis of ESCC. It is possible that ODC overexpr ession may promote tumor angiogenesis by suppressing endostatin expression, which may be o ne of the mechanisms that ODC facilitates invasion and metastasis of ESCC.

Objective To establish a method for content determination of hyodeoxycholic acid in Qingkailing Injection. Methods An UltimateXB-C18 column (5 ?m, 250 mm?4.6 mm) was used with a mobile phase of acetonitril-water-phosphoric acid (35∶65∶0.1). The flow rate was 1 mL/min. The temperature of the column was 40 ℃. The detection wavelength was 192 nm. Results There was a good linear relationship between the concentration of hyodeoxycholic acid and absorption area value in range of 0.201 35～1.006 75 mg/mL, r=0.999 6. The average recovery was 98.25% with RSD=1.26%. Conclusion This method was accurate, credible and repeatable which can be used to control the quality of Qingkailing Injection.

Objective:To evaluate effect of TCM Compound Granule Dusuqing on elder lower respiratory tract infection and the quality of life.Methods:Elder patients with lower respiratory tract infection,200 cases of TCM is phlegmheat obstructing in the lung and(or)deficiency of both qi and yin,were randomly divided into treatment group and control group and were given antibiotics and symptomatic treatment,the treatment group was given Dusuqing at the same time for two weeks.Before and after treatment,TCM syndrome,clinical symptoms and signs and quality of life were observed.Results:TCM Syndrome:The total effective rate after treatment,treatment group was significantly higher than control group (P

Objective To investigate the effect of hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) on the induction of eytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 by 1α, 25-(OH)2D3 in HepG2 cells in vitro. Methods HepG2 cells were transiently transfected with plasmid pEGFP-N1 (control) or co-transfected with recombinant HBx eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3-X and pEGFP-N1. All HepG2 cells were divided into four groups: control group (without transfection), plasmid pEGFP-N1 transfection group, plasmid pEGFP-N1 transfection plus 1α ,25-(OH)2D3 group, plasmid pcDNA3-X and pEGFP-N1 co-transfection plus 1α ,25-(OH)2D3 group. The expression of CYP3A4 in HepG2 cell was induced by 0.35 μ mol/L 1α ,25-(OH)2D3 for 72 h, and mRNA levels and protein levels of CYP3A4 in the cells were detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay and Western-blot assay, respectively. The comparison between groups was done by F test. Results CYP3A4 mRNA level in plasmid pcDNA3-X and pEGFP-N1 co-transfection plus 1α ,25-(OH)2D3 group was 1.52 folds of control group, while that in plasmid pEGFP-N1 transfection plus 1α, 25-(OH)2D3 group was 3.97 folds (F= 4.72, P<0. 05). Similarly, intracellular CYP3A4 protein expression in plasmid pcDNA3-X and pEGFP-N1 co-transfection plus 1α , 25-(OH)2D3 group increased to 2.1 folds of control group, while that in plasmid pEGFP-N1 transfection plus 1α,25-(OH)2D3 group increased to 5.9 folds (F=4.68, P<0.05). Conclusion HBx interferes with the induction of CYP3A4 by 1α , 25-(OH)2D3 in HepG2 cell line, which suggests that HBx has suppressive effect on the expression of CYP3A4.