Objective To study the protective effect of Duzhong Hongjingtian Capsule (DHC) on cerebral ischemia in rats. Methods Thrombotic ischemia and middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) induced by FeCl3 in rats was used to observe the protective effect of DHC on ischemia stroke, and common carotid artery occlusion (CCAO) rats was used to analyze the effect of DHC on blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability. Results DHC could improve the abnormal behavior of MCAO rats and decrease the infarction area and water content in the brain of MCAO rats. DHC could also improve the cerebral blood flow on MCAO rats and significantly reduce the permeability for evans' blue (EB) of CCAO rats. Conclusions DHC can protect the brain ischemic injury.

AIM: To study the effect of Qilong Capsule (QLC) on experimental thrombosis and its thrombolysis. METHODS: Rat's thromboses induced by the arteriovenous shunt and by stimulating the common carotid artery (CCA) and serum pharmacol ogy method was used to study the effect of QLC on thrombus. Turbidimetry was u sed to observe the effect of QLC on platelet aggregation of normal rats induced by A DP and collagen. RESULTS: QLC 0.6g?kg -1 and 0.3g?kg -1 could notably li ghten the wet-weight and dry-weight of thrombosis in the arteriovenous shunt m odel in rats(P

This study was aimed to confirm animal model and evaluating indicators of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with pulmonary interstitial fibrosis (PIF-COPD). PIF-COPD rats were induced by intratracheal administration of Bleomycin(BLM, 6 mg·kg-1) and cigarette smoke stimulation for 47 days. After that, the lung function and index were measured. Changes of pathomorphism of lung were observed with hematoxylin-eosin staining. Collagen protein I and III were determined by Sirius red staining. The protein antibody microarray chip was employed for serum cytokine expression pattern measurement. The results showed that in the lung function testing, the central airway resistance, tissue damping, dynamic elasticity of model rats increased significantly and the dynamic compliance reduced significantly. The lung index of model rats increased significantly (compared with the control group, P < 0.01). The pathological tests showed that lung tissues of model rats showed emphysema and fibration with inflammatory infiltration, and content of collagen type I and III increasing significantly. The contents of MMP-8, TIMP-1, IL-10, IL-13, PDGF-AA, Beta-NGF of model rats serum increased obviously compared with the control group and RAGE reduced compared with the normal control. It was concluded that rats which were induced by intratracheal administration of BLM (6 mg·kg-1) and cigarette smoke stimulation for 47 days can be used as animal model establishment of PIF-COPD. The respiratory function and serum levels of MMP-8, TIMP-1, IL-13, PDGF and NGF can be used as evaluating indicators of PIF-COPD model.

AIM: To research Fufang Jingshu Tablet's(Rhizoma Chuanxiong,Radix Angelicae Dahuricae,Rhizoma Gastrodiae,Rhizoma Cibotii,Flos Chrysanthemi) pharmacological effect. METHODS: We used carrageenan-induced rat foot edema model and cotton pellet-induced granuloma model to observe the tablet's effect on inflammation,used analgesymeter to assess normal rats' and sciatic-nerve-stem-ligation rats' mechanical withdrawal thresholds,used inclined plane methods to assess the tablet's effect on general extremity strength of sciatic-nerve-stem-ligation model. RESULTS: The tablet could obviously reduce carrageenan-induced foot edema and cotton pellet-induced granuloma,elevate normal rats' mechanical withdrawal thresholds and decrease percent change of mechanical threshold of ipsilateral hind paws,elevate sciatic-nerve-stem-ligation rats' staying angle on inclined plane. CONCLUSION: Fufang Jiangshu Tablet has significant anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. Furthermore it can improve the movement disfunction stemed from nerve compression significantly.

On the basis of pre-experiment research and the hypothesis of“amputated lumbricus”, this research was aimed to explore mechanism of active components of the amputated lumbricus to promote wound healing. Skin excision was used to establish the mice model. The amputated lumbricus extract was prepared. HE staining and immunohistochemistry techniques were used in the determination of the wound healing rate and changes of VEGF, bFGF, TGF-β1 expression during wound healing period. The results showed that compared with the blank control group, the healing rate of the amputated lumbricus extract group was better. And the HE staining showed better improvement of traumatic tissues. There was no statistic differences on the expression of VEGF and TGF-β1 between the amputated lumbricus extract group and the normal saline group (P> 0.05). The expression of bFGF in amputated lumbricus extract group reached peak earlier than the control group and also lasted a longer time. The amputated lumbricus extract group reached peak on the first day, which had a significant difference (P < 0.05) compared with the control group at the same timepoint. It was concluded that the external application of amputated lumbricus extract had wound healing effect on traumatic skin of mice. Its mechanism may be irrelevant to the expression of VEGF and TGF-β1. However, it may be related to the increasing of bFGF expression in the injured regions during the inflammation stage and proliferation stage.

Objective To establish the Cookie Theft Test for Chinese norms. Methods 29 normal participants and 17 patients with stroke finished the Cookie Theft Test. The language samples were analyzed in 7 different indexes which are incorrect statement (IS), dysfluencies (DF), providing structure support (PS), repetitions (RP), content units (CU), elaborations of content units (EC) and irrelevancies (IR). Besides, the total words of language samples were counted. The scores of normal participants in 8 indexes were regarded as norms. And the scores of patients in 8 indexes were used to test the validity of the norms. Results The test-retest reliability was r(IS)=0.92, r(DF)=0.89, r(PS)= 0.98, r(RP)=0.84, r(CU)=0.96, r(EC)=0.88 and r(IR)=0.99, respectively. 12 out of 17 patients were distinguished by the norms. Conclusion The norms of Cookie Theft have acceptable reliability and validity and can be applied to clinical diagnoses and scientific researches

Objective: To observe the different effects between Mahuang (Herba Ephedra Sinicae) and Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis) on the pathological changes of rats with bleomycin A(5)-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Methods: Ninety Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation group, model group, hydrocortisone group, Herba Ephedra Sinicae group, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis group and Herba Ephedra Sinicae plus Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis group. There were 16 rats in each group except the sham operation group (10 rats). Pulmonary fibrosis was induced by a single intratracheal injection of bleomycin A5. Hematoxylin and eosin straining and immunohistochecical method were used after 7- and 28-day treatment to observe the pathology of lung injury, measure the inner diameter of pulmonary arterioles and the density of nuclear membrane. Results: Compared with the sham operation group at 7 and 28 d, alveolar inflammation level was significantly increased in the model group (P<0.01). Alveolar inflammation level was decreased obviously in the hydrocortisone group (P<0.05) after 7- and 28-day treatment as compared with the model group, and that in Herba Ephedra Sinicae plus Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis group was also decreased obviously (P<0.05) at 28 d. Compared with the sham operation group, nuclear density of the model group was increased, while its inner diameter was decreased (P<0.05). In the Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis group, Herba Ephedra Sinicae plus Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis group and hydrocortisone group, the nuclear density was decreased (P<0.05) as compared with the model group. Inner diameter in the Herba Ephedra Sinicae group, Herba Ephedra Sinicae plus Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis group and hydrocortisone group was higher than that in the model group (P<0.05). Microvessel density of the model group was obviously higher than that of the sham operation group (P<0.05). Compared with the model group, Herba Ephedra Sinicae plus Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis group and hydrocortisone group had lower microvessel density (P<0.05). Conclusion: Herba Ephedra Sinicae combined with Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis can restrain pulmonary artery injury. The nuclear density and microvessel density can be reduced by Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, while Herba Ephedra Sinicae can increase the inner diameter.

In this study ,a wild type Salmonella typhimurium (S .typhimurium) strain was isolated and identified in Hong Kong (S129) ,then the asdA gene was knocked out and replaced with kanamycin resistant gene in a Salmonella typhi-murium strain S129 using the λ RED-mediated recombination method .The constructed mutant asdAΔS129 was validated by culturing in the presence or absence of 2 ,6-diaminopimelic acid (DAP) growth in vitro and evaluating its virulence in BALB/c mice challenge assay .Therefore ,this study has demonstrated that an asdA mutant Salmonella typhimurium has been success-fully constructed .

This article was aimed to study effect of D-ribose on the high-energy phosphate metabolism of skeletal muscle tissues of tired mice. The model was made by burden swimming. And then, the mice were divided into four groups, which were the model group, D-ribose group, caffeine group, and D-ribose with caffeine group). Intragastric administrations of drugs were given to all mice in four groups, three times per day. And all mice continued to swim for three days. The time of swimming was recorded. Gastrocnemius of mice were removed after swimming or 3 days later to measure the concentration of ATP, ADP, AMP and IMP with the HPLC. The results showed that compared with the control group, the time of burden s wimming was significantly prolonged for mice in the D-ribose group and the D-ribose with caffeine group. After three-day recovery, the concentration of ATP, AMP and IMP of gastrocnemius in the D-ribose group and the D-ribose with caffeine group mice was significantly increased. There was no significant difference in the caffeine group mice. It was concluded that D-ribose is involved in the high-energy phosphate metabolism of skeletal muscle tissues of tired mice . D-ribose promotes the recovery of ATP concentration in the gastrocnemius of tired mice, and prolongs the time of burden swimming. Therefore, it has a certain anti-fatigue effect .

Objective To analyze gene expression profiles of biopsy specimens from breast cancer patients who were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC) after biopsies, and to identify the genes which are closely associated with the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with T/FAC [docetaxel(Taxotere), 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide] or T/FEC (Taxotere, 5-fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide) regimen.Methods We retrieved and collected gene expression profiles from publicly available databases.Four datasets, a total of 844 samples, were finally retained because all the patients had received a uniform neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen.Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy was categorized as a pathological complete response (pCR) or residual invasive cancer (RD).The differentially expressed genes (adjusted P-value<0.05) and therapeutic efficacy were analyzed and explored.Results After differential analysis, genes whose expressions were higher or lower in pCR group than in RD group were identified in each of the four datasets, respectively.There were 34 and 42 genes which were simultaneously more highly expressed or more lowly expressed in pCR group than in RD group in the four datasets.The unsupervised clustering, based on the 76 intersection genes, showed that the pCR specimens tended to form one cluster and the RD tended to form the other.Conclusion The seventy-six differentially expressed genes are associated with the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and are likely to be novel predictive biomarkers for the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.