AIM: To prepare flexible nanoliposomes made from active ingredients,phillyrin and volatile oil,from forsythia suspense and study their transdermal delivery system.METHODS: Flexible nanolipsomes of phill-yrin(WN group) and phillyrin in combination with forsythia volatile oil(OWN group) were prepared by the meth-od of membrane-dispersion.Its appearance and particle sizes were measured.Transdermal experiments were carried out on the modified Franz diffusion pool through in vitro mouse skin.HPLC was applied to determining the phillyrin content to compare transdermal rate and cumulative permeation amount of various flexible nanoliposomes.RESULTS: The particle size of the WN group was(180.7 ? 13.69)nm,the Zata potential was-48.8 mV,the average encapsulation percentage was(82.53 ? 2.68)%;the particle size of the OWN group was(212.3 ? 15.31)nm,Zata potential was-51.2 mV,the average encapsulation percentage was(70.49 ? 1.06)%.The accu-mulated permeation amount of the OWN group in 8 hours was(291.92 ? 23.22) ?g/cm2,its transdermal permea-bility in 8 hours was 36.49 ?g/(cm2.h),which was 6.10 folds that of the WS group and 1.92 folds that of the WN group.This difference had statistical significance(P

Objective Using the effect of microneedle array to investigate the feature and rule of transdermal drug delivery of sinomenine hydrogel patch.Methods The microneedles with different length and sinomenine hydrogel patch were prepared;The isolated rat skin was pretreated by different needle-shapes of microneedle array and different timepoints with the same needle-shape,and then sticked the sinomenine patch.The permeation rates of sinomenine were studied using a Franz diffusion cell and compared with passive diffusion of the rat skin untreated.Sinomenine content was measured by HPLC.Results The permeation rates of sinomenine via the skin pretreated with 100 and 200 ?m microneedles were 40.7 and 52.4 times to those of the untreated.The permeation rates of sinomenine via the skin pretreated 7 min with 200 ?m microneedles is 142.0 times to those of the untreated.When skins were pretreated using 200 ?m microneedles with different force, the drug permeation rates were increased with the force increasing.When the force exceeded 5 N,the drug permeation rates were equilibrium.Conclusion When transdermal drug delivery by using microneedle array-hydrogel patch,the permeation rates increase significantly.The needle-shape,skin pretreating time,and force of the microneedles play the important roles in the transdermal drug delivery.

Objective To investigate the optimum doses of combined chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide (CTX) and cisplatin (DDP).Methods 120 cases of ovarian cancer and malignant lymphoma were divided randomly into 6 groups.Drugs were administered to each group:CTX 500 mg/m2 + DDP 40 mg/m2,CTX 500 mg/m2 + DDP 50 mg/m2,CTX 500 mg/m2 + DDP 60 mg/m2,CTX 600 mg/m2 + DDP 40 mg/m2,CTX 600 mg/m2 + DDP 50 mg/m2,CTX 600 mg/m2 + DDP 60 mg/m2.Drugs were administered intravenously once a week for 2 consecutive weeks.Changes in the efficacy and adverse reaction were compared among the groups.Results There was no significant efficacy difference among the groups (P ＞ 0.05).Leukocyte inhibition rate (72.6 ％ and 79.3 ％,respectively) and damage to lymphocyte were maximal in the high-dose chemotherapy groups (CTX 500 mg/m2 + DDP 60 mg/m2,CTX 600 mg/m2 + DDP 60 mg/m2),and the levels of creatinine,blood urea nitrogen,alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in serum and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were reduced significantly,whereas the hemogram was within normal range in the lowdose chemotherapy group (CTX500 mg/m2 + DDP 40 mg/m2),and the frequencies of damage to renal function and hepatic function were low.Conclusion The optimum dose of combined chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and cisplatin was CTX 500 mg/m2 and DDP 40 mg/m2.

BACKGROUND:Immunosuppressants fight against acute rejections by influencing humoral and celular immune to suppress the immune function, and then improve patient/renal graft survival. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of alemtuzumab, daclizumab and antithymocyte globulin in inducing immunosuppression in kidney transplantation. METHODS:The randomized controled trials of alemtuzumab or daclizumabversusATG in kidney tranplantation published from 1966 to 2011 were enroled by searching PubMed and EMBASE using Cochrane systematic review. We colected data and major outcomes. And a meta-analysis was conducted on homogeneous studies. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 9 randomized controled trials (777 patients) about kidney transplantation were included. The meta-analysis results showed that the safety items including patient/renal graft survival and acute rejection at a folow-up of 24 months had no statistical differences among the three drugs (al P > 0.05). But there was a significant difference between the infection rates of alemtuzumab and antithymocyte globulin at 36 months of folow-up (P < 0.05). The results indicate that alemtuzumab, daclizumab and antithymocyte globulin are equaly effective in inducing immunosuppression at a folow-up of 24 months in kidney transplantation. However, compared to antithymocyte globulin, alemtuzumab has a lower rate of infection at a folow-up of 36 months.

Objective To compare the different response of dermal fibroblasts from normal and scar-ring skin to cytokines,extracellular matrix and collagen promoter.Methods Human dermal fibroblast cul-ture was established by explanting tissue specimens from normal and scarring skin.Cellular proliferative ac-tivities were determined with BrdU-ELISA after treatment with IFN-?A,hIFN-?,TNF?and laminin for24hours.Reporter genes driven by collagen promoters were analyzed in two types of dermal fibroblasts trans-fected with consensus constructs48hours later.Results Dermal fibroblasts from normal and scarring skins showed different proliferative responses to IFN-?A,hIFN-?,TNF?and laminin,with stimulatory effects pre-sented in normal fibroblasts treated with IFN-?A,hIFN-?,TNF?and laminin,inhibitory effects presented in scarring fibroblasts treated with IFN-?A and laminin,and reduced or resistant effects presented in scar-ring fibroblasts to hIFN-?and TNF?.The5'flanking sequences(-2483~+42bp,-1448~+42bp)from human?1(Ⅰ)procollagen gene had lower activity of promoter in scarring fibroblasts compared with that in normal fibroblasts.Conclusion Compared with normal dermal fibroblasts,scarring dermal fibroblasts have reduced response or are resistant to some cytokines.Lower collagen production capacity is anticipated since collagen promoter activity is low in scarring dermal fibroblasts.The pathological mechanism of scarring for-mation might be related to the change of responses of dermal fibroblasts.

Objective To analyze the expression of IFIT4,PRKR and investigate the clinical and immunology features of different types of liver involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods Clinical data of 62 cases of SLE with liver damage and 62 cases of SLE without liver damage were collected.Peripheral venous blood samples were obtained and total RNA were extracted and transcribed into cDNA.Sybr green dye based real-time quantitative PCR method was used to compare the expression levels of IFIT4,PRKR in patients with SLE.Clinical parameters were analyzed by ANOVA,Chi-square test,Pearson's or Spearman's test.Results ① The increase of γ-GT or ALP was correlated with rash and oral ulcer (x2=5.625,P=0.018),lupus nephritis (x2=5.631,P=0.019),anemia,thrombocytopenia (99±21,P=0.028; 81±45,P=0.004,),CRP (33±43,P=0.004).The positive rate of nRNP (x2=4.862,P=0.027 ) and SSA (x2=8.087,P=0.004) was higher in patients with liver damage than other groups; ② The positive rate of anti-Rib antibody in SLE with liver damage was significantly higher than SLE without liver damage (x2=19.542,P=0.000); ③ There was no difference in the expression of IFIT4 among these groups,but higher expression of PRKR was detected in the group of patients with increased γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GT) or ALP(F=3.54,P=0.018).Conclusion The different types of liver damage in SLE patients have different clinical and immunology characteristics.The expression of PRKR is higher in patients with increased γ-GT or ALP.

Objective To investigate the associated protein markers in urine of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) based on surface enhanced laser desorption and ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS)technique.Methods Urine samples were taken from 150 CRF patients and 50 healthy people,and investigated by proteomic techniques with H4 gene chip.Results Compared to healthy group,141 different protein peaks were identified within the range of 1000 to 20 000 M/Z in the protein map of CRF group,whose differences were all significant (all P＜0.01).The decision tree model for CRF urine was constructed after bioinformation analysis to significantly differentiate between CRF and healthy group.The accuracy rate,sensitivity and specificity of the decision tree model were 96.0％,100.0％ and 94.7％ respectively.In CRF group and healthy group,the different protein peaks in urine were identified to probably be 17 proteins with reference to SwissProt database.Conclusions Candidate protein markers in urine are screened and prediction model of CRF urine is established.The markers are identified with the database which provides a more accurate prediction and solid evidence for early diagnosis of CRF.

OBJECTIVE:To study the decoction rate changes of 4 active ingredients in the volatile oil of Curcuma phaeocaulis before and after combined with Sparganium stoloniferum,and provide reference for showing the compatibility mechanism of C. pha-eocaulis and S. stoloniferum. METHODS:HPLC was used to simultaneously determine the contents of 4 active ingredients(curdi-one,curcumol,germacrone and β-elemene) in the volatile oil of C. phaeocaulis after C. phaeocaulis single decoction and com-bined decoction with S. stoloniferum. And the fried rates of each ingredient were compared. RESULTS:Compared with C. phaeo-caulis single decoction,there was significant difference in the fried amounts of curdione,curcumol,germacrone in the volatile oil after combined decoction(P<0.05)and no significant difference in fried rate ofβ-elemene(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:The com-bined decoction of C. phaeocaulis and S. stoloniferum can effectively improve the dissolution of curdione,curcumol,germacrone in the volatile oil. It may be the reason for the enhancement of efficacy after compatibility.

OBJECTIVE:To study the preventive and therapeutic effect and its mechanism of medicine pair decoction liquid of Curcuma phaeocaulis-Sparganium stoloniferum on rats with uterine myoma. METHODS:Rats were randomly divided into normal group,model group,positive group(mifepristone,2.25 mg/kg)and medicine pair decoction liquid group(C. phaeocaulis-S. stolon-iferum decoction liquid,6.0 g/kg),10 in each group. Except for the normal group,rats in other groups were injected Estradiol ben-zoate injection (0.5 mg/kg) intramuscularly every Monday,Wednesday and Friday,for 12 weeks. From the 13th week,rats in modeling group were added Progesterone injection(5 mg/kg)intramuscularly as well as relevant medicines intragastrically,once a day,until the 16th week. After administration,uterine coefficient of rats was detected. HE staining was used to observe the patho-logical changes of uterus and determine the thickness of smooth muscle;immunohistochemical staining was adopted to detect the transforming growth factor β3 (TGF-β3),matrix metalloproteinase 11 (MMP-11) protein expressions in uterus tissue of rats. RE-SULTS:Compared with normal group,uterine coefficient was increased in model group,pathological changes were obvious in uterus,thickness of smooth muscle was increased,TGF-β3 and MMP-11 protein expressions were enhanced(P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with model group,above-mentioned changes were improved significantly in positive group and medicine pair decoction liquid groups(P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS:Medicine pair decoction liquid of C. phaeocaulis-S. stoloniferum shows cer-tain preventive and therapeutic effect on rats with uterine myoma. The mechanism may be associated with downregulating the TGF-β3,MMP-11 protein expressions in uterus tissue.

Objective:To investigate the clinical features of direct and indirect carotid cavernous fistulas (CCFs).Methods:Patients with CCF treated in the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University from January 2010 to August 2020 were enrolled retrospectively. Relevant clinical data were collected, including the main clinical manifestations, neuroimaging features, and treatment methods. The clinical features of direct and indirect CCFs were compared.Results:A total of 31 patients were enrolled in the study, 29 (93.5%) had ocular symptoms, of which conjunctival hyperemia and edema ( n=24, 77.4%), exophthalmos ( n=19, 61.3%) and orbital murmur ( n=18, 58.1%) were most common. There were 23 patients (74.2%) in direct CCF group and 8 (25.8%) in indirect CCF group. The former had more history of head trauma (78.2% vs. 12.5%; P=0.002), more flow volume (high-flow CCFs: 100% vs. 37.5%; P<0.001) and more likely to cause orbital murmur (69.6% vs. 25.0%; P=0.043). Endovascular embolization was safe and effective. The common methods of endovascular embolization were EVAL glue combined with coil embolization ( n=18, 66.7%) and detachable balloon embolization alone ( n=6, 22.2%). Conclusion:Ocular manifestations are most prominent in patients with CCFs. Direct CCF is more common, usually with a history of head trauma, and the clinical and imaging features are more typical. Interventional embolization is the preferred treatment option for patients with CCF.