Primary and secondary prevention clinical trials have demonstrated that statins markedly reduced cardiovascular risks even in patients whose plasma level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is lower than that of drug-treatment goal in lipid management guidelines. The reasons are as follows: The "normal" level in guidelines is not the normal level biologically, it is merely an average value in a given human group; The composition of plasma lipids is very complex; Statins have effects other than lipid modifying. Statins should be prescribed in patients without hyperlipidemia but with risk factors or coronary heart disease.

The abnormal expression of gastrins and their receptors have close relationship with the occurrenceand the development of some colorectal neoplasms.The high expression of gastrins and their receptors promote colorectal neoplasms cell proliferation and inhibit apoptosis.The biological behavior is mainly rely on the abnormal expression of protein.Using differential proteomics can screen differential expression protein of high expression of gastrin-based colorectal neoplasms in the occurrence and development process,and then with the regulation of specific proteins to achieve the prevention and treatment of colorectal neoplasms purposes.

Animals ; Humans ; Neurotoxins ; toxicity ; Pesticides ; toxicity ; Pyrethrins ; toxicity ; Toxicology

This research is to investigate study the flavonoids from stems of Nelumbo nucifera and the cytotoxic activities of iso- lated compounds. The constituents were separated by column chromatography,and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data analyses. The isolated compounds were evaluated for cytoxic activities by MTT method. Twelve compounds were isolated and identified as rhamnazin-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), luteolin-3', 4'-dimethylether-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (2), kaempferol-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->2)-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), quercetin-3,3'-di-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (4), 1, 8-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethoxyxanthone (5), isorhamnetin-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside(6) , kaempferol(7), isorhamnetin (8), quercetin(9), astragalin(10), hyperoside (11) and 1-hy- droxy-3,7,8-trimethoxyxanthone(12). All compounds were isolated from stems of this plant for the first time, and compounds 1-5 were firstly isolated from the family nelumbonaceae. Compounds 24 and 6 showed significant cytotoxic activities against BEL-7402 carcinoma cell lines at a concentration of 1 x 10(-5) mol x L(-1) with the inhibitory rate of 67.36%, 53.25%, 57.78%, 60.13% and 52.11%, respectively.
Cell Line, Tumor ; Flavonoids ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Nelumbo ; chemistry ; Plant Extracts ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Plant Stems ; chemistry

The risk of stroke increases significantly after transient ischemic attack (TIA). TIA is an independent risk factor for cerebral infarction. This article review s the advances in prediction models of stroke risk after TIA in order to conduct rapid and accurate risk assessment and stratification in patients w ith TIA and develop timely reasonable treatment strategies, thereby reducing the risk of stroke.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the plasma concentration of nitric oxide (NO) and prognosis of the hemorrhagic shock. Method:The blood levels of NO and Lactate (LA) were measured with fluorophotometry and colorimetry in 30 hemorrhagic shock patients,and another 30 patients for elective surgery served as a control. Result :Concentration of NO was significantly lower and that of LA was significantly higher in hemorrhagic shock group than that of control group. NO level had a negative correlation with LA level and injury index. NO level in the patients complicated by sepsis were still lower than the control. Conclusion:Decrease of NO level may result in disturbance of microcirculation and increase of LA. So nitroglycerin should be used as early as possible in the hemorrhagic shock patients.

To investigate the inhibiting effects of ketamine on arterial plasma TNF-? concentration and lung injury in septic shock rat. Method: 40 Wister rats were divided into five groups. 15mg?kg~(-1) endotoxin (LPS) was intravenously injected alone (group Ⅰ)or ip ketamine 50,100 and 200mg?kg~(-1) before LPS, then ketamine was infused at 10mg?kg~(-1)?min~(-1) (Ⅱ, Ⅲ and Ⅳgroup). TNF-? was assessed with ELISA, and at the same time the arterial blood oxygen tension and lung water content were measured. Result: In contrast to normal control level, arterial plasma TNF-? levels and lung water content increased and arterial oxygen tension decreased after LPS in group Ⅰ, but in the rats of giving ketamine, plasma TNF-? level decreased more than that in the rats of giving LPS alone (group Ⅰ), change of arterial blood oxygen tension and lung water content in former groups were better than that of later, in dosage-dependent way. Conclusion: Ketamine can dose-relatedly decrease TNF-? concentration and lung injury degree induced by endotoxin.

Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of heat stress response (HSR) on i of pulmonary arterial endothelium cells (PAEC)incubated with TNF-?. We tried to illustrate the mechanism of injury to PAEC caused by TNF-? and the effects of HSR.Methods The study consisted of four groups.In group Ⅰ confluent monolayer of calf PAEC were directly incubated with TNF-? at final concentrations of 500, 1 000 and 2 000 u/ml for 24 h.In group Ⅱ PAEC were first bathed in 42℃ water for 20 min and then allowed to recover for 24 h.In turn they were incubated with TNF-? at the same concentrations.In group Ⅲ PAEC were not heated and incubated with TNF-?.In group Ⅳ PAEC were heated but not incubated with TNF-?.i of PAEC was assayed by fluorospectrophotometry and i of four groups were compared.The change in i before and after incubation of PAEC with TNF-?(?i) was calculated.Results (1) i was considerably higher in group Ⅰ than that in group Ⅲ at different concentrations in dose-dependent way.(2) Although i was higher in group Ⅳ than that in group Ⅲ, HSR could inhibit the further increase in i of PAEC incubated with TNF-?.Conclusions HSR may decrease the i in PAEC incubated with TNF-?.It indicates that HSR can prevent PAEC from calcium overload and provide protection on PAEC against injuries.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Graft vs Host Disease ; prevention & control ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nutritional Status ; Nutritional Support ; Young Adult

Purpose To explore the role of expression of MMP-9 and MMP-13 in non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC) , and to investi-gate their association with the clinicopathologic feactures and prognosis of NSCLC. Methods The expression of MMP-9 and MMP-13 was detected in 88 NSCLC tissues and 18 adjacent normal tissues by immunohistochemistry SP method. Results The expression of MMP-9 and MMP-13 was higher in NSCLC than that in adjacent normal tissues (P<0. 05), which was positively correlated with dif-ferentiation and lymph node metastasis (P<0. 05). The expression of MMP-9 was positively correlated with age (P<0. 05), which was positively correlated with the expression of MMP-13 in NSCLC ( P <0. 05 ) . The survival rates in positive expression group of MMP-9 and MMP-13 were significantly lower than that of the negative expression group by log-rank method comparing survival curves (P<0. 05). Cox model analysis showed that the tumor size, lymph node metastasis and MMP-13 positive expression were closely relat-ed with the prognosis of NSCLC (P<0. 05). Conclusion MMP-9 and MMP-13 both are associated with the metastasis, invasion and prognosis of NSCLC, and MMP-13 may mainly activate MMP-9 to participate the invasion and metastasis of NSCLC.