Objective To research the best processing method of Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae stir-fried with bran. Methods L9(34) orthogonal table are decided with three factors:The amount of the adjuvant, heating temperature, heating time. According to the amount of water-soluble extractive, alcohol-soluble extractive and volatile oil, orthogonal design is applied to processing. Results The best processing method is:Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae were processed by stir-frying with 10 percent of bran for 5 min in a heat of 150 ℃. Conclusion The results can provide basis for establishing the quality standard of this crude drug.

With the expanding development of engineering of medical service,medical engineering department should adapt to hospital development.Expanding principle and the goal of medical engineering department are expounded.The fundamental content of the expanding strategy includes mechanism of purchasing and purveying,construction and management of both equipment maintenance and medical metrological organization,training to faculty of specialized subject,orientation of scientific research,etc.

BACKGROUND:Adipose-derived stem cel s are totipotent stem cel s in the adipose tissue, and have the function of self-renewal and multi-directional differentiation. Human adipose-derived stem cel s are ideal seed cel s with stable genetic milieu and few rejections.
OBJECTIVE:To extract human adipose-derived stem cel s from human omental adipose tissue and to identify the cel s by adipogenic and osteogenic induction.
METHODS:Omental adipose tissues were col ected from surgical patients to isolate and culture adipose-derived stem cel s using type I col agenase digestion, filtration and centrifugation. Cel growth was observed and proliferative curve of human adipose-derived stem cel s were drawn by cel counting method to calculate the doubling time at logarithmic growth phase. After adipogenic and osteogenic induction, induced cel s were identified using oil red O and alizarin red staining, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Human adipose-derived stem cel s were successful y isolated from the omentum tissues of surgical patients. Adherent cel s were fusiform-shaped and like fibroblasts. The growth curve of passage 3 cel s was in S shape, and the doubling time was 45.90 hours. After adipogenic and osteogenic induction for 2 and 3 hours, respectively, oil red O staining showed unequal-sized orange fat droplets, and alizarin red staining showed typical calcified nodules that were in orange. These findings indicate that adipose-derived stem cel s have the adipogenic and osteogenic capacity.

Objective To explore effects of fresh slices on quality of angelica;To provide a reliable method for scientific evaluation and the effective control of quality of angelica;To compare the quality of fresh slices and pieces of angelica.Methods Extraction method and the chromatographic conditions were optimized on the basis of 2010 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Ferulic acid content was determined by HPLC, with a Kromasil C18 column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5μm) and mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.05% phosphoric acid-water gradient elution at flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, detection wavelength of 316 nm, and the column temperature was 28℃.Results The content of ferulic acid in the fresh slices of angelica was higher than that in angelica pieces. When other external conditions were the same, the content of ferulic acid in the fresh sliced angelica was the highest with 70% methanol extracted for 30 min.Conclusion The method for determination of ferulic acid in angelica is simple, reliable, reproducible, and can be used as an effective way to control quality of angelica.

Objective To investigate the expression of NKG2D and related signaling molecules adaptor protein(DAP10) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase(ERK) in the inflammatory cells of gastric adenocarcinoma and para-carcinoma tissues,the effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide(VIP) on the expression of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK in natural killer(NK) cells of healthy volunteers.Methods The expression of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK in the inflammatory cells of 36 gastric adenocarcinoma and para-carcinoma tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry.The peripheral blood NK cells of healthy volunteers were isolated and purified with CDC method.The expressions of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK in NK cells were determined by immunocytochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) methods before and after VIP intervention.The ttest was used for comparison between two groups and rank transformation nonparametric test (Kruskal-Wallis H test) for count data analysis.Results The expression levels of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK in the inflammatory cells of gastric adenocarcinoma were significantly lower than those of para-carcinoma tissues (H=30.640,24.910,20.320,all P＜0.01).The expression levels of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK were much lower in poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma (H =4.049,11.830,8.118),at stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ (H=4.275,11.560,7.686),and the expression levels of NKG2D,ERK were lower with lymph nodes metastasis (H=6.513,6.064,all P＜0.05).The expression levels of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK in gastric adenocarcinoma tissues and inflammatory cells were not correlated with gender,age and the location of lesions (all P＞0.05).The expression levels of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK in NK cells was decreased after VIP intervention (protein:H=12.438,4.798,13.745,mRNA:F=337.640,638.579,1055.015,all P＜0.05).Conclusion Gastric adenocarcinoma may downregulate the expression of NKG2D,DAP10 and ERK in NK cells through VIP secretion,which may be involved in the immune escape of gastric cancer.

OBJECTIVE:To improve the teaching quality of TCM processing experiment for pharmacy major. METHODS:With the entry point of TCM processing experiment for pharmacy major in our school,it was reformed from the aspects of teaching mode,teaching method,teaching content and assessment method. RESULTS:It changed the original teaching mode,introduced 4 teaching approaches(compulsory experiment elective experiment,open experiment and exploratory experiment),established speci-men bank for common TCM processing and teaching methods (including audio and video),designed contents for basic experi-ment,comprehensive experiment,design experiment and research experiment and established 4 assessment contents(pre-experi-ment,operation,experimental design and experimental test). CONCLUSIONS:According to the reform of teaching method and means of the course,the teaching quality of TCM processing experiment is improved,and the students,innovation and practice abil-ity are developed.

OBJECTIVE To investigate antibiotic resistance in nosocomial infections with Acinetobacter baumannii from lower respiratory tract in the intensive care unit(ICU) and guide clinically rational use of drug.METHODS Antibiotics susceptibility tests in 109 clinical isolates of A.baumannii from lower respiratiory tract were performed by K-B disk diffusion method.The results were judged according to CLSI 2007.As controls,standard strain was used simultaneously.RESULTS The sensitivity rate to cefoperazone/sulbactam was the highest,arriving at 77.1% and followed by imipenem(57.8%) and meropenem(54.9%).The other antibiotics were below 50.0%,generally.The serious cross-resistance phenomenon was in present.Pan-resistant strains had been detected.CONCLUSIONS The drug-resistant status in nosocomial infections with A.baumannii from lower respiratory tract in ICU is very serious.We should continue to strengthen the monitoring of the antibiotic resistance and prevent the outbreak epidemics of drug resistant strains in ICU.

Objective To build a method to simultaneously determine paeoniflorin, naringin, hesperidin, glycyrrhizic acid in Sinisan by HPLC, provide a reliable method for evaluation and effective quality control, and lay the foundation of material basis for efficacy research for TCM compound Sinisan.Methods The column was Kromasil C18 (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5μm);mobile phase was acetonitrile-0.05% phosphoric acid aqueous solution with gradient elution program;the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min;UV detection was performed at 240 nm;the detector drift tube temperature was set at 30℃.Results The linear ranges of paeoniflorin, naringin, hesperidin and glycyrrhizic acid were 0.00225-0.01125μg (r=0.999 7), 0.00390-0.00195μg (r=0.9997), 0.00198-0.00099μg (r=0.999 5), 0.00262-0.00131μg (r=0.999 7), respectively. The average recoveries of paeoniflorin, hesperidin, naringin and glycyrrhizic acid were 97.72% (RSD=1.02%), 98.45% (RSD=1.52%), 97.74% (RSD=1.63%), 98.34% (RSD=1.78%), respectively.Conclusion The method is accurate, simple, reliable and duplicable, and is available for the quality control of Sinisan.

Objective To evaluate the application value of denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) as a rapid gene typing tool for β thalassemia. Methods 226 suspicious samples were screened with MCV, RDW, erythrocytcte agility and hemoglobin electrophoresis. The final diagnosis ofβ thalassemia genotype was made by DHPLC and PCR-reverse dot blot (PCR-RDB). Results Sixty-nine samples (30. 5% ) were eventually diagnosed as βthalassemia by PCR-RDB. The genotyping results for βthalassemia identified by DHPLC were complete agreement with genotyping results by PCR-RDB. We found 37 cases of CD41/CD42 ( - TCTT) frame shift mutation(54% ) ; 12 cases of IVS - Ⅱ - 654 (C→T) insertion mutation( 17% ) ;10 cases of TATA - 28 (A→G) transcription mutation ( 15% ) ;5 cases of CD17 (A→T)nonsense mutation ( 7% ) ; 5 cases of CD71/CD72 ( + A) frame shift mutation (7%). Conclusion The DHPLC is a rapid, sensitive , efficient and highly accurate assay in the diagnosis of β-thalassemia.

Background and Objectives: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a major impact on the quality of life of patients, and renal fibrosis is a critical pathological change in the disease. It is very important to control the process of renal fibrosis to improve the quality of life of patients with CKD. The pathological mechanism of renal fibrosis is very complicated, and the current treatment strategy also has many flaws. Methods: and Results: To explore a better treatment, we collected exosomes from pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and verified their therapeutic effect on renal fibrosis through In Vivo and In Vitro experiments. In this study, we found that PSC-MSC-derived comes could prevent the epithelial differentiation of NRK-52E cells, and with increasing exosome concentrations, the effect was improved. Furthermore, PSC-MSC-derived exosomes could reduce the pathological process of renal fibrosis, reduce inflammatory reactions and improve renal function in UUO mice. Moreover, the protective effect of exosomes against renal fibrosis may be achieved by increasing the expression of SIRT6 and decreasing the expression of β-catenin and its downstream products. Conclusions These findings suggest the possibility of PSC-MSC-derived exosomes as a new, effective therapeutic tool for kidney fibrosis.