0.05).CONCLUSIO_ NS:The two sets of regimen are similar in their efficacies and toxicity,both with satisfactory tolerance.

Objective To study the expression of KAI1/CD82 in non-small cell lung carcinomas(NSCLC) and explore the mechanism of invasion and metastasis of tumor cells.Methods The S-P immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of KAI1/CD82 in 62 specimens of primary NSCLC and 22 specimens of lymph node metastatic tissues. Twenty specimens from the normal tissues adjacent to the tumor over 5 cm were used as negative controls.Results The expression level of KAI1/CD82 in NSCLC(32.26%) was lower than that in negative control tissues(85.0%) (P

Objective To evaluate the safety of combination therapy with amlodipine and terazosin in middle aged and old male patients with essential hypertension.Methods Randomized,prospective,parallel study was carried out in middle aged and old male patients with essential hypertension in Anqing between August 2005 and February 2006.In this article,508 patients were chosen to appraise safety of the combination therapy.Results ①After 4 weeks,the heart rate of combination group changed from 68.9?7.7 to 67.7?6.9.There was no significant difference before and after treatment.②The combination group didn't affect the levels of blood glucose,lipid,electrolyte and the function of kidney and liver.③As regards tolerability,adverse experiences were observed in 4.1%,12.3%,and 13.2% of patients,respectively.Orthostatic hypertension did not happen in three groups during treatment.Conclusions The combination of amlodipine and Terazosin have no influence on the levels of blood glucose,lipid and the function of kidney and liver.Moreover,the combination was tolerated as well as its components.Through the adjustment of drug dosage,orthostatic hypotension did not happen in three groups during treatment.

Alopeeia areata (AA) has been well recognized with familial tendencies, but the genetic basis of this clinical observation remains unknown. The cytokine interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (ILlra) is a potent anti-inflammatory protein that can prevent immune-mediated inflammatory response in the skin. We characterized a polymorphism within the gene for this cytokine ILlra in this study and tested the gene as a possible marker in patients with alopecia areata. We have determined allele frequencies of the polymorphic cytokine genes in a control population and a group of 72 patients with alopecia areata. The frequency of allele 2 of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in patients with AA was significantly higher than that of control group. It suggests that interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene may be a candidate gene or severity factor for alopecia areata.

The present study investigated the effect of BN50739, a new PAF antagonist, on the early reperfusion-induced arrhythmia in anesthetized SD rats, and by this to elucidate the role of PAF in the mechanism of early reperfusion-induced arrhythmia. The results indicated that the BN50739 group had lower incidences of premature ventricular contraction (PVQ, ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) during reperfusion than the control group (58.3% vs 66.7%, 50% vs 77.8%, and 16.7% vs 88.9%). But only VF incidence had a significant difference. Also the BN50739 group had shorter duration of VT+VF and of total arrhythmias than control group (58.8+171.9 vs 296.4+291.4, and 76.4+173.9 vs 361.8 + 286.5, P

This article was aimed to study effects and mechanisms of Gymnema sylvestre on protein kinase B (PKB) and its phosphorylation in adipose tissues of KKAy mice which were mainly characterized by insulin resistance (IR). A total of 18 KKAy mice were randomly divided into the diabetes model (DM) group and Gymnema sylvestre (GS) group according to body weight levels. And 9 normal C57BL/6J mice were used as the normal control (NC) group. Intragastric administration of medication was given to mice for 8 weeks. At the end of the experiment, all animals were tested for fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and fasting insulin level (Fins) for evaluation of insulin sensitivity index (ISI). Expressions of phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1), PKB, P-PKB (Ser473), P-PKB (Thr 308) in adi-pose tissues of epididymis were determined. The expression of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) mRNA was also determined. The results showed that compared with the DM group, the GS group showed lower FPG and Fins, higher ISI. The expression of P-PKB (Ser473) phosphorylation and P-PKB (Thr 308) were increased, and the PDK1 and PTEN mRNA were decreased. It was concluded that GS can improve insulin sensitivity of KKAy mice through activating PKB by up-regulate the expression of P- PKB (Ser473) and its phosphorylation ratio and P- PKB (Thr 308) in adipose tissues.

Forty two patients with coronary artery disease were studied by SPECT and planar methods with dipyridamoloe and rest Tc 99m-MIBI myocardial perfusion imaging. For SPECT, the sensitivity for identification of patients with coronary artery disease was 91%, and for planar methods, the sensitivity was 70%. Comparing dipyridamole with rest images, three kinds of defects were presented (persistent defect, reversible defect and defect in the rest imaging reduced in the dipyridamole imaging). The correlation between SPECT and planar methods was better than between SPECT and ECG. The agreement was 86% for the former and 78% for the latter. There were no serious side effects in the dipyridamole test.

Objective To construct the eukaryotic expression vectors of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3(FGFR3) MSCV/puro-fgfr3-WT and MSCV/puro-fgfr3-DN, and to detect their expressions in human chronic myeloid leukemia(CML)K562 cell line.Methods The full-length FGFR3 (fgfr3-WT)and dominant negative FGFR3 (fgfr3-DN)were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The two genes were respectively digested with EcoRⅠand BamHⅠ,and then ligated into MSCV/puro to construct the recombinant plasmids MSCV/puro-fgfr3-WT and MSCV/puro-fgfr3-DN which were tranduced into K562 cells by LipofectaminTM 2000 after PCR,double digestion and DNA sequencing.The expressions of FGFR3 protein in K562 cells were detected by Western blotting and flow cytometry. Results The recombinant plasmids MSCV/puro-fgfr3-WT and MSCV/puro-fgfr3-DN were amplified by PCR method, and the results showed fgfr3-WT of 2 400 bp and fgfr3-DN of 1 200 bp had been successfully cloned into MSCV-puro vector. The 2 400 bp fragment was oblained after double digestion of recombinant plasmid.The sequencing results showed that the size of fgfr3-WT was 2 400 bp which was the same as the sequence from GeneBank.Fgfr3-DN of 1 200 bp was also in conformity with the expected sequence.Compared with control (K562 MSCV)group,the expression level of FGFR3-WT in MSCV/puro-fgfr3-WT transfection (K562-WT)group was increased to above 10 times.There was high expression of FGFR3-DN in MSCV/puro-FGFR3-DN transfection (K562-DN)group,but there was no expressions in control(K562 MSCV)group and K562-WT group.The flow cytometry results showed that the high expressions of FGFR3-WT were in 57.5% cells in K562-DN group and the high expressions of FGFR3-DN were in 41.5% cells in K562-DN group. Conclusion The K562 cell lines highly expressing FGFR3-WT and FGFR3-DN are constructed successfully.

Objective To observe the effects of genistein(GEN)on oleic acid(OA)induced lipid accumulationin in H4 ⅡE cells and to discuss the possible mechanism of GEN in the pointof AMPK.Methods H4ⅡE cells were cultured in vitro.The control group(NOR),OA treatment group(MOD group)and GEN treatment group were established according to the experimental requirements.The effects of GEN on the proliferation of H4 Ⅱ E cells were measured with MTT assay.The intraeellular TG mass was quantified spectrophotometrically using TG test kit.Cell protein was determined by DCTM Protein Assay kit.The intracellular TG concentration which was used to evaluate lipid accumulation was corrected using protein content as an internal standard.Western blotting was applied to determine the expression of AMPK and P-AMPK (Thr172).Accordingly the phosphorylation levels of AMPK was by means of P-AMPK(Thr172)/AMPK.Results OA treatment can induce lipid accumulation in H4 Ⅱ E cells while GEN treatment can decrease the intracellular TG concentration through up-regulate the phosphorylation levels of AMPK,though the effect was blocked by Compound C that is the inhibitor of AMPK.Conclusion GEN has anti-accumulation of lipid effect in H4ⅡE cell.The mechanism of GEN protective effect is partially due to AMPK.

This study was aimed to improve the drug activity of three kinds of isoflavones from Chickpeas.Biochanin A,formononetin and genistein were used as raw materials.Acetone was used as solvent.Potassium carbonate was used as catalyst.The etherification reaction was with 1,3-dibromopropane,1-bromopropane and 3-bromopropene.The results showed that 9 isoflavone ramifications were synthesized.This method was simple,easy to control with high yield.It was concluded that the product structure was confirmed by 1H-NMR,13C-NMR and ESI-MS analysis.It laid a foundation for the structural study basis in the further research of its drug activity.