Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of statins in primary and secondary stroke prevention.Methods We search in PubMed(1966—2006),Cochrane library(issue 1,2006),CNKI(1979—2006)and VIP(1989—2006)to get systematic reviews(SRs),meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials(RCTs)about statins for stroke prevention.Results We found 4 meta-analyses,8 RCTs about the primary stroke prevention and 1 Cochrane systematic review and an ongoing RCT about secondary stroke prevention.Conclusion Statins therapy can reduce the incidence of stroke,especially in high-risk patients with coronary heart disease,hypertension and diabetes.Statins have positive effect for primary stroke prevention and do not increase the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke and tumor.The clinical evidence about the effect of statins in secondary stroke prevention is insufficient.An ongoing stroke trial will provide important evidence for secondary stroke prevention.

BACKGROUND: Many basic researches and clinical observations prove that compound preparation of gingko extract and dipyridamole has an obvious effect on microcirculation. Methycobal is commonly used to repair nerve on clinic. Combination of compound preparation and methycobal has a great effect on treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).OBJECTIVE: To observe the improved effect of combination of compound preparation and methycobal on conduction velocity of common peroneal nerve and hemorheology of DPN patients.DESIGN: Randomized controlled design and validated experiment on the basis of patients.SETTING: Department of Comprehensive Medicine, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medic.al College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.PARTICIPANTS: A total of 120 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) combined with DPN were selected from the Department of Comprehensive Medicine in Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology between January 2002 and January 2005. Subjects were randomly divided into treatment group and control group with 60 in each group. All cases were consent.METHODS: Cases in the treatment group were venously dripped with 25 mL compound preparation and 250 mL saline (Guizhou Yibai Pharmacology Company Limited) once a day; meanwhile, 500 μg methycobal (Eisai Community, Japan) was intramuscularly injected into cases once a day for 4 successive weeks. Cases in the control group were intramuscularly injected with 500 μg methycobal once a day for 4 weeks.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Conduction velocity of peroneal nerve and hemorheological indexes (blood viscosity, hematocrit and aggregative rate of platelet) of patients in the two groups at 1 day before treatment and at 4 weeks after treatment.RESULTS: A total of 120 patients were involved in the final analysis. ① Conduction velocity of motor nerve was faster in treatment group after treatment than that before treatment and that in control group after treatment [(45.6±4.3), (38.5±3.8), (41.4±6.2) m/s, t=9.585, 4.312, P ＜ 0.01]; conduction velocity of sensory nerve was faster in treatment group after treatment than that before treatment and that in control group after treatment [(45.8±4.2), (36.7±4.8), (38.2±4.9) m/s, t=11.047, 9.120, P ＜ 0.01]. ② Values of high-shearing blood viscosity, low-shearing blood viscosity and plasma viscosity were lower in treatment group after treatment than those before treatment and those in control group after treatment (P ＜ 0.01). ③Value of hematocrit was lower in treatment group after treatment than those before treatment and those in control group after treatment [(41.32 ±3.56)%,(46.32±3.43)%, (44.32±4.49)%, t=7.834,4.05, P ＜ 0.01]. ④ Aggregative rate of platelet was lower in treatment group after treatment than those before treatment and those in control group after treatment [(31.35±2.11)%,(48.44±2.68)%, (45.91±3.54)%, t=38.810, 27.367, P ＜ 0.01].CONCLUSION: Combination ofcompound preparation and methycobal can increase nerve conduction velocity and decrease blood viscosity and aggregative rate of platelet, and it is also an effective method for treating DPN.

Secretion of the salivary glands of leeches contains more than 100 bioactive substances,in recent years it has become the focus of many researchers'attention, which was the most extensive and in-depth study of the salivary glands of leeches anticoagulant and inhibit the biological activity of platelet aggregation substance, and some species have been successfully applied to the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.in addition, a growing number of studies have found that leech salivary gland secretion also has antibacterial, antitumor, analgesic, vasodilator, anti-inflammatory, wound healing and other biological functions.Thus, leech salivary gland secretion with functions of biological diversity.Moreover, the leech is not just for the treatment of human diseases, but also applied to the treatment of several diseases of animals.This review expatiating the functional diversity of leech salivary secretions by consulting a large number of iterature , that the use of leech salivary gland secretion and other blood-sucking animal salivary gland secretions functions provide a useful reference.

Objective To study the expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in placenta from normal pregnancy and pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) and the effect of HGF on angiogenesis in placenta. Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to determine the location and intensity of HGF staining in placenta from 20 cases of normal pregnancy and 58 cases of mild,moderate and severe PIH groups. HE staining was used in order to count the number of the vessles. Results HGF mostly were expressed in villous core mesenchymal cells,less in decidual cells . Intensity of HGF immnostaining in villous mesenchymal cells was significantly reduced in the severe PIH group compared with the normal group(H=7.395,P=0.003),while there were no statistical differences between the mild,moderate PIH group and the normal group (H=0.869,P=0.351,H=0.017,P=0.896) .The count of vessels reduced in severe PIH (F=10.676,P=0.008). There was positive correlation between the expression of HGF and the count of vessels in villous(r=0.246,P=0 030). Conclusion These results suggested that HGF is secreted mainly by villous core mesenchymal cells in human placenta and the reduction of HGF in PIH may be responsible for the impaired vascularization in PIH.

Objective To investigate the expression of serum Golgi protein 73 in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) and analyze the clinical significance.Methods The expression of GP73 was measured by ELISA in 75 HCC ,30 chronic hepatitis and normal con -trols.Results The serum concentrations of GP73 were (128.3 ±33.6)μg/L,(80.3 ±19.2)μg/L and (78.3 ±18.5)μg/L in the HCC, chronic hepatitis patients and normal controls .The serum level of GP73 was significantly higher in HCC than those with chronic hepatitis and healthy controls .GP73 expression was positively correlated with clinical stage , humor size and metastasis.The positive rate of GP73 in stage was 60%,higher than the AFP positive rate(33%).Conclusions The serum level of GP73 is high in HCC and was helpful for distinguishing benign and malignant liver diseases .GP73 can be used as a diagnostic marker for HCC .

Objective To investigate the expression of Fas antigen (Fas) and ligand (FasL), placental growth factor (PlGF) in placenta of pregnant women with pre-eclampsia. Methods Expressions of Fas, FasL and PlGF of placenta were determined by immunohistological streptavidin-peroxidase-biotin (SP) method and compared between normal late pregnancy (24 cases) and mild pre-eclampsia (24 cases) and severe pre-eclampsia (24 cases) groups. Results Different expression of levels Fas, FasL and PlGF were observed in the trophoblasts of most placentae. Positive immunostain of Fas, FasL and PlGF was mainly located in the cytoplasm and membrane of syncytiotrophoblast. FasL and PlGF expressions (63?4, 81?6 and 42?6, 65?6) were significantly less (P

Objective To evaluate the advantages of plasma cell enrichment combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) based on a panel of probes by the conventional cytogenetic (CC) analysis.Methods Fresh heparinized bone marrow samples were collected by bone marrow biopsy.Plasma cells were enriched in BM samples using a magnetic cell-sorting procedure to select CD138+ cells.The common chromosome abnormalities of MM were detected by FISH based on a panel of probes and CC analysis after short-term culture of the BM cells,in order to compare the differences between these two methods for the frequency of common cytogenetic abnormalities.Results 72 of 95 (75.8％) MM patients were found to carry clonal chromosome abnormalities by FISH.And RB 1 deletion was the highest at 44.2％ (42/95) followed by CKS1B (1q21) amplification (42.1％).The frequencies of CDKN2C (1p32) deletion,TP53 deletion,IGH/CCND1 and IGH/FGFR3 were 8.4％ (8/95),12.6％ (12/95),14.7％ (14/ 95) and 14.7％ (14/95),respectively.IGH/MAF was negative.Thirty-two of 95 (33.7％) patients were found to carry clonal aberrations by CC analysis.The frequency of chromosome abnormalities detected by FISH was significantly higher than CC analysis (75.8％ vs 33.7％,P =0.000).Conclusion Plasma cell enrichment combined with FISH based on a panel of probes can greatly increase the frequency of chromosome abnormalities,which provides cytogenetic basis for risk stratification and prognosis of MM patients.

Objective To preliminary establish the process condition of extracting polysaccharides from Allii tuberosi semen.Methods The study was carried out with the content of Semen allii tuberosi polysaccharides as evaluation index, the material liquid ratio, extraction time, and extraction times as observation factors, and L9 (34) orthogonal design as extraction craft.The physical and chemical properties and IR spectroscope were used to identify the extract.Results The optimum preparation condition was determined as: using 12 times water, extracting 3 times, and extracting 160 minutes.According to the results of purple ring reaction and infrared spectrum, the extract from Allii tuberosi semen has polysaccharides.From the statistical processing of data we found when polysaccharides from Semen allii tuberosi has 50％ reducing power, the value of EC50 is 10.2 mg/ml.Conclusion The process is reasonable and suitable and can be used for the extraction of polysaccharides from Allii tuberosi semen, and can provide the theoretical basis for the research and application.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of Saxagliptin on the glucose and lipids metabolism and adipokines levels in diet-induced insulin resistance rat,and to explore the regulatory mechanism of saxagliptin in insulin resistance.Methods 36 4-week-old male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups:control group (n=12) and high-glucose and fat diet group(HF,n =24).The HF rats were randomly divided into two subgroups:HF group and saxagliptin group,and continued the treatment for 8 weeks.Levels of blood glucose,insulin,triglyceride (TG),total cholesterol (TC),TNF-α and adiponectin were determined.Results After four months,serum levels of fasting glucose,insulin,TG,TC were significantly increased in HF group as compared with control group [(7.07±1.61) mmol/L vs.(5.10±0.44) mmol/L,(23.70±7.37) mU/L vs.(19.35 ± 6.38) mU/L],[(3.21± 1.44) mmol/L vs.(0.83 ± 0.39) mmol/L,(3.04 ± 1.62) mmol/L vs.(1.14±0.24) mmol/L,all P＜0.05],and were all decreased after the treatment of saxagliptin.The glucose infusion rate was lower in HF group than in control group and was higher in saxagliptin group than in HF group [(18.80±1.57) mg · kg-1 · min-1 vs.(24.31±2.65) mg · kg 1 · min 1,(21.45 ±1.80) mg· kg-1 · min-1 vs.(18.80±1.57) mg· kg 1 · min-1,P＜0.01 or 0.05].Compared with the control group,serum THF-α was higher and adiponectin level was lower in HF group [(1.38 ±0.18) μg/L vs.(2.33±0.21)μg/L,(2.65±0.29) mg/L vs.(1.38±0.20)mg/L,both P＜0.01].Saxagliptin can significantly increase the serum level of adiponectin and decrease the level of TNF-α in HF group (P＜0.01 or 0.05).Conclusions Saxagliptin treatment can improve high-fat dietinduced insulin resistance,decrease blood lipids levels and regulate the levels of adipokines in HF rats.

The management model “primary care in community,team service,first contact physician responsibility and two-way referral” was implemented for migrant workers with hypertension in the community.The hypertensive patients under the management for over six months were assigned as management group; the patients who were registered but not under management for over six months served as the control group.The number of new cases detected in hypertension screening increased from 32 in 2008 to 701cases in 2010; and number of hypertensive patients under management increased from 7 cases to 348 accordingly.A questionnaire survey was conducted in 464 hypertensive patients,including 196 cases in management group and 268 cases in control group with a response rate of 94.9％ (186/196) and 92.5％ (248/268) respectively.The results showed that drug compliance rate in management group (168/186,90.3％ ) was significantly higher than that in the control group ( 26.6％,66/248,P =0.00 ).The rate of blood pressure control in management group (87.1％,162/186 ) was significantly higher than that in the control group (25.8％,64/248,P =0.00).The overall satisfaction (98.9％) in management group was significantly higher than that in the control group (88.7％,P =0.00 ).The results indicate that implementation of the hypertension management in migrant workers improves the health seeking behavior and blood pressure control of patients.