Six compounds were isolated from Glycyrrhiza yunnattettsis. on the basis of physico-chemical properties and spectroscopic analysis, their structures were identified as homopterocarpiu (Ⅰ ), medicarpin (Ⅱ ), formononetin (Ⅲ ), 4' -methoxy-4-hydroxy challone (Ⅳ ), glyyunnansapogeuin B (Ⅴ ) and ?-sitosterol (Ⅵ ). Ⅰ~Ⅴ are fouud for the first time in this species,

BACKGROUND: Trigeminal ganglion percutaneous puncture is one of the methods for the therapy of primary trigeminal neuralgia. The difficulties in percutaneous puncture technique and operation can lead accidental injury and some serious complications. The application of DZY-C trigeminal nerve stereoguide in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia has the features of high accuracy in puncture and low complications, which can reduce the chances of accidental injury to surrounding vessels and nerves.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of DZY-C trigeminal nerve stereoguide in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.DESIGN: A before-and-after experimental study based on patients.SETTING: Department of cerebral surgery of a municipal hospital of tradi tional Chinese medicine and a municipal hospital.PARTICIPANTS: Ninety patients including 39 male and 51 female patients with primary trigeminal neuralgia aged between 21 and 90 years old were selected from outpatient or inpatient department of Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine between 2001 and 2003.INTERVENTIONS: Glycerine was injected into trigerminal ganglion of each patient through percutaneous puncture under the guidance of DZY-C trigeminal nerve stereoguide. Therapeutic effects were evaluated by visual analogue scale(VAS) before and 30 minutes after the treatment.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Results of therapeutic effects.RESULTS: Ninety patients with primary trigeminal neuralgia received trigeminal ganglion puncture with the application of DZY-C trigeminal nerve stereoguide. All punctures succeeded with one shot. After the injection of glycerine, the original trigeminal neuralgia disappeared in all 90 cases with the good and excellent rate of 100%.CONCLUSION: Trigeminal nerve stereoguide(DZY-C model) has the features of reasonable structural design, easy surgical operation, agile adjustment, less tissue injury, and safe manipulation, which can significantly eliminate trigeminal neuralgia.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of chronic diseases among cured leprosy patients in Huai'an City, so as to provide insights into chronic diseases control among cured leprosy patients. Methods: All cured leprosy patients in Huai'an City in 2021 were enrolled from the National Leprosy Management Information System in China. The demographic data, family status, leprosy diagnosis and treatment, health status and development of chronic diseases were collected using face-to-face questionnaire surveys and physical examinations, and the factors affecting the development of chronic diseases were identified among cured leprosy patients using a multivariable logistic regression model. Results: Totally 708 cured leprosy patients were included, with a male to female ratio of 2.75︰1, and a mean age of (71.84±10.09) years. The overall prevalence of disability was 48.45%. The prevalence of chronic diseases was 31.78% among participants, and the prevalence rates of hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, dyslipidemia, tumor, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases were 25.14%, 4.10%, 3.67%, 3.67%, 2.26%, 2.26% and 0.85%, respectively. There were 154 participants with a type of chronic diseases (21.75%), 61 with two types of chronic diseases (8.62%) and 10 with 3 and more types of chronic diseases (1.41%). Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified complete loss of labor ability (OR=1.484, 95%CI: 1.015-2.171), labor income as the major economic source (OR=0.621, 95%CI: 0.407-0.948), being cared of (OR=1.832, 95%CI: 1.203-2.788) and disability (OR=1.715, 95%CI: 1.127-2.608) as factors affecting the development of chronic diseases among cured leprosy patients. Conclusions There is a high risk of chronic diseases among cured leprosy patients with loss of labor ability, with government subsidy and others' funding as the major economic source, requiring to be cared of and with disability in Huai'an City.

Objective To explore the risk factors of liver metastasis from colorectal cancer. Methods The clinic data of 1341 patients with colorectal cancer who had been admitted to our department from January 1989 to December 2004 were analyzed retrospectively. Results The incidence of the liver metastasis from colorectal cancer was 11.56% (155/1341). Univariate analysis showed that sex, location and size of the primary tumor site, regional lymph node metastasis, infiltration depth of the bowel wall, involvement of the adjacent viscera, complications and peritoneal implantation were relevant to liver metastasis (X2=6.517, 10.208, 11.173, 42.160, 80.731,6.593, 3.887, 14.352, P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that sex, regional lymph node metastasis, infiltration depth of the bowel wall, complications and primary tumor site were correlated with liver metastasis ( b = 0.655, -0.488, 1.355, -0.752, 0.273, P <0.05). Conclusions Male patients, patients with regional lymph node metastasis or with involvement of tissues out of the serosa have higher chance of liver metastasis from coloreetal cancer. Patients with colon cancer are apt to develop liver metastasis than those with rectal cancer. The incidence of liver metastasis in colorectal cancer patients complicated with other diseases is low.

Objective To explore the viral load levels after HIV/AIDS merges HBV/HCV infection and its relationship with T lymphocytes .Methods HIV RNA ,HBV DNA ,HCV RNA ,CD4+ T lymphocyte frequency ,CD8+ T lymphocyte frequency ,CD4/CD8 measured in HIV/AIDS simple infection group ,mixed HIV/HBV infection group and mixed HIV/HCV infection group .Ana‐lyze relationship of T lymphocyte and HIV RNA ,the correlation of HBV DNA/HCV RNA ,HIV RNA ,CD4+ T lymphocyte fre‐quency ,CD8+ T lymphocyte frequency ,CD4/CD8 .Results CD4+ T lymphocyte frequency of HIV/AIDS simple infection group , mixed HIV/HBV infection group and mixed HIV/HCV infection group showed negative correlated with their respective group′s HIV RNA(P<0 .05);CD8+ T lymphocyte frequency of HIV/AIDS simple infection group and mixed HIV/HBV infection group showed negative correlated with their respective group′s HIV RNA(P<0 .05);CD4/CD8 of HIV/AIDS simple infection group , mixed HIV/HBV infection group and mixed HIV/HCV infection group show negative correlated with their respective group′s HIV RNA(P<0 .05) .Conclusion T lymphocyte of HIV/AIDS patients drop faster ,leading to high viral load of HIV RNA ,HBV DNA and accelerating HIV disease progress with HBV infection .T lymphocyte of HIV/AIDS patients with HBV infection drop faster than with HCV infection .

Objective To translated the Male Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire (OPAQTM) into Chinese and test the validity and reliability of it.Methods Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the original OPAQTM was performed according to the published guidelines.A total of 122 male osteoporosis patients in Xi'an city were included in item analysis,exploratory factor analysis and criterion-related validity and reliability analysis of this Chinese version of OPAQTM.Results A 7-factor structure with 37 items was identified through item analysis and exploratory factor analysis,which explained 73.943％ of the total variance.The ratio of convergent validity of each dimension was exceeded 0.90 and exceeded 0.95 for discriminant validity.The Cronbach's α coefficient for the total OPAQTM score was 0.956.The split-half for the overall scale was 0.858.The test-retest reliability was 0.760 for the overall scale.In relation to criterion validity,the Spearman correlation coefficients ranged from 0.485 to 0.867 between the Chinese version of OPAQTM and the corresponding dimensions of 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-12),which were significantly correlated,P ＜ 0.01.Conclusions The Chinese version of OPAQTM appears to possess adequate validity and internal consistency.The newly translated Chinese version of OPAQTM may be used to assess the quality of life of male osteoporosis patients in China.

Objective To evaluate the role of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) in sevofluraneinduced release of inflammatory factors in mouse microglias.Methods Microglial cells obtained from newborn C57BL/6 mice (aged 2-3 days) were seeded in 24-well plates (density 1 × 105 cells/ml, 1 ml/well) , a total of 80 wells.The cells were randomly divided into 4 groups using a random number table (n =20 each) : control group (group C);sevoflurane group (group S);NF-κB selective inhibitor pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) group (group P);PDTC + sevoflurane group (group P +S).In S and P+S groups, 4.1％ sevoflurane was inhaled for 6 h.In P+S group, 10 μmol/L PDTC was added at 1 h before sevoflurane inhalation.At 6 h of incubation with sevoflurane, NF-κB activity and expression and levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) were determined.Results Compared with group C, the NF-κB activity and levels of IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly increased in group S, and no significant change in the above parameters was found in the other two groups.Compared with group S, the NF-κB activity and levels of IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly decreased in group P+S.There was no significant difference in NF-κB expression between the four groups.Conclusion NF-κB mediates sevoflurane-induced release of inflammatory factors in mouse microglias.

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the combined use of sufentanil and neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation can increase the number of newborn nerve fibers.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of sufentanil on the hind limb function of rats with spinal cord injury after neural stem cell transplantation.METHODS: (1) Eighty adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were used to build spine cord injury model according to the modified Allen's method and divided into model group, sufentanil group, NSCs transplantation group and sufentanil combined with NSCs transplantation group (combined group). Extra 20 adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were not conducted any treatment as normal control group. (2) After 6 days of modeling, the model rats were subjected to subarachnoid injection of 10 μL of NSC culture medium and intraperitoneal injection of 100 μL of saline in the model group; subarachnoid injection of 10 μL of NSC culture medium and intraperitoneal injection of 100 μL of sufentanil (150 μg/kg) in the sufentanil group; subarachnoid injection of 10 μL of 1×1010/L NSCs suspension and intraperitoneal injection of 100 μL of saline in the NSCs transplantation group; and subarachnoid injection of 10 μL of 1×1010/L NSCs suspension and intraperitoneal injection of 100 μL of sufentanil (150 μg/kg) in the combined group. (3) After 72 hours of modeling, the AQP4 and MMP9 gene expression levels were detected by RT-PCR, and the cell apoptosis changes around the spine cord injury area were determined with TUNEL staining method. (4) The motor functions of rats were tested by Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan score and inclined plane test after 1, 3 days and 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks of modeling. (5) After 4 weeks of modeling, the histopatholgical changes in the area of spine cord injury were observed by hematoxylin-eosin staining method. The survival changes of NSCs labeled by CM-Dil were determined by fluorescence microscope. The regenerations and distributions of spinal nerve fibers were observed by fluorescein gold retrograde tagging.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) After 72 hours of modeling, the AQP4 and MMP9 gene expression levels as well as the cell apoptotic rate in the combined group were significantly lower than those in the model, sufentanil and NSCs transplantation groups (P < 0.05). (2) After 2 weeks of modeling, the combined treatment significantly improved the hind limb motor functions of rats compared with the sufentanil and NSCs transplantation groups (P < 0.05), and the recovery of motor function was better in the sufentanil and NSCs transplantation groups than in the model group (P < 0.05). (3) After 4 weeks of modeling, the results of hematoxylin-eosin staining manifested that the spinal cord tissues lost and the magnified syringomyelias occurred in the model group. The syringomyelias in the sufentanil and NSCs transplantation groups were significantly smaller than that in the model group, and the syringomyelias almost disappeared in the combined group. (4) The number of positive cells was the most in the combined group, more in the NSCs transplantation group, but there were no positive cells labeled by CM-Dil in the sufentanil and negative control groups. (5) The number of positive neural fibers in the combined group was the highest followed by the sufentanil and NSCs transplantation groups, and the number of positive neural fibers in negative control group was the lowest. To conclude, sufentanil can improve the recovery of hind limb motor function by reducing the AQP4 and MMP9 expression levels in the injury area, promoting the survival of transplanted NSCs, and decreasing the local NSCs apoptosis after spinal cord injury.

Objective:To separate chemical and active constituents from the stem bark of Albiza julibrissin . Methods:Chromatography and spectral methods were used. Results:3 O ? D xylopyranosyl (1→2) ? L arabinopyranosyl (1→6) ? D glucopyranosyl 21 O {(6 S) 2 trans 2 hydroxymethyl 6 methyl 6 O [3 O (6 S ) 2 trans 2 hydroxymethyl 6 methyl 6 hydroxy 2,7 octadienoyl) ? D xylopyranosyl] 2,7 octadienoyl} acacic acid 28 O ? D glucopyranosyl (1→3) [? L arabinofuranosyl (1→4)] ? L rhamnopyranosyl (1→2) ? D glucopyranosyl ester (1) was separated and identified. Conclusion: Compound 1 is a new saponin named as Julibroside J 24 .

Objective To explore the application of 64-slice spiral CT angiography (CTA) in the evaluation of cerebral vascular disease. Methods 160 cases with suspected cerebral vascular disease underwent CTA with 64-slice spiral CT. Two dimensional and three dimensional reformation were performed in all cases including multiplanar reconstruction (MPR), maximum intensity projection (MIP), volume rendering (VR). Both axial and reformatted images were analyzed by two radiologists. Results 94 cases of 160 were diagnosed as abnormal, including 50 stenosis or obstructive disease, 21 aneurysm, 1 post-intravascular stent, 4 cliped aneurysm, 3 arteriovenous malformation, 4 moyamoya disease, 4 carotid-cavernous fistula, 4 venous sinus thrombus, 1 straight sinus occlusion with perpetual falcial sinus, 1 great cerebral venous aneurysm, 1 perpetual sublingual artery. Conclusion 64-slice spiral CTA is a valuable diagnostic method for various cerebral vascular disease.