OBJICTIVE:To study of influence of contract and its implementation factors on quality safety of Chinese herbal medicines.METHODS:The data about the plantation of Fructus Lycic was investigated through a questionnaire survey.RESULTS & CONCLUSION:The contract can help guarantee the quality safety of Chinese herbal medicines in its production.

PFTK1,an important member of cyclin dependent kinase Cdc2 family,is over expressed in many malignancies.PFTK1 involves in multiple processes,such as regulation of cell cycle,tumor invasion and metastasis,and the Wnt signal transduction pathway,which has a significant impact on prognosis of tumor.

OBJECTIVE: To establish the fuzzy model for rating of severity of adverse drug reactions(ADR) and to verify it with examples.METHODS: The principles of vague mathematics were employed for a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation.RESULTS & CONCLUSION: Employing fuzzy comprehensive evaluation to rate ADR based on its clinical manifestations is helpful for the concerned party in tightening monitoring on drugs with severe ADR meanwhile it provides references for clinicians about rational choice of drugs.

Liver metastasis is the leading cause of death from colorectal cancer (CRC).Multidisciplinary team model has become standard strategy for the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM),making individualized treatment through precise staging and molecular typing.Preoperative hepatic and regional arterial infusion chemotherapy and portal vein chemotherapy during surgery can reduce the incidence of liver metastases for stage Ⅲ CRC.Surgical resection of CRLM has been accepted by all scholars,and can be performed by minimally invasive surgery.The criteria for hepatic resection of CRLM have been extended including complete tumor resection,negative resection margin and adequate remnant liver volume.Simultaneous resections of primary tumor and liver metastases are safe and feasible.However,neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still controversial.For unresectable liver metastases,conversion therapy should be implemented to make the liver metastases become resectable.For unconvertible and unresectable CRLM,aggressive and comprehensive treatment is required to control the disease progression.

Clinical experience of professor YANG Mu-xiang in treating hypertension,hyperplasia of prostate gland,acne and thyroid hyperfunction by brunellae spica were introduced,it was considered that the taste of brunellae spica was bitter and sweet,which was not hurt the spleen and stomach,and its cold nature was not consumption of yang,and it could remove hepatic heat,and have the function of eliminating stagnation.It was used when position of disease was liver,and pathogenesis was stagnation of liver qi or accumulation of heat;the dosage of 10-15g was used when the cooling-relieving heat accumulation therapy,and the dosage of 15-30g was used when eliminating stagnation.

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant gastrointestinal tumors with a high mortality in China. However, the pathogenesis of gastric cancer is not clear. Recently, with the development of cancer stem cell research, more and more studies have been focused on the gastric cancer stem cell. In this review, we will discuss the conception and the study status of the gastric cancer stem cells in addition to the treatment for the cancer stem cell.

Objective To study the antagonism of taurine-zinc coordination compound (TZC) to the adverse effect of mercury (Hg) on the neurons in the cerebral cortex. Methods 32 male Wistar rats aged 21days were randomly divided into 4 groups, one control group (fed on distilled water), three experimental groups fed on HgCl2 (0.06 g/L), HgCl2+0.23 g/L TZC and HgCl2+0.46 g/L TZC respectively, treated for one month. The NOS activity in the cerebral cortex neurons was determined by NADPH-d histochemistry. Results NADPH-d positive neurons increased in HgCl2 group (P

In order to study the effects of dominant negative human telomerase reverse transcriptase (DN-hTERT) on cell growth and telomerase activity in osteosarcoma cell line MG63, MG63 cells were transfected with DN-hTERT-IRES2-EGFP9 (DN) or IRES2-EGF (I, blank vector) with lipofectamine 2000. The stably transfected cells were selected with G-418. Cell growth properties were examined under a fluorescence microscope. The hTERT mRNA expression was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Telomerase activities were measured by TRAP-ELISE. The tumorigenicity was studied with tumor xenografts by subcutaneous injection of cancer cells into nude mice. The results showed that cell growth was suppressed in MG63 cells transfected with DN-hTERT. The hTERT mRNA was increased in N-hTERT transfected-MG63 cells (MG63/DN). The telomerase activity was 2.45-0.11 in MG63/DN cells, while 3.40+/-0.12 in the cells transfected with blank vector (MG63/I), (P<0.05); DN-hTERT-expressing clones did not form tumors in 2 weeks, but the ratio of tumorigenesis was 30 % in nude mice bearing MG63/I (P<0.01). It was concluded that DN-hTERT could specifically inhibit the cell growth and telomerase activity in MG63 cells.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of selective splenectomy on modulation of portal vein flow and prevention of small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) in living donor liver transplantation.MethodsTwenty six recipients who received LDLT from September 2007 to March 2008 were reviewed.The data of the portal vein flow of these recipients were collected during the operation.Simultaneous splenectomy was performed in patients with portal blood flow ＞250 ml/(min · 100g).No splenectomy was performed when the portal blood flow was less than 250 ml/(min · 100g).The effect of selective splenectomy on modulation of portal vein flow and whether splenectomy prevented the occurrence of SFSS were analyzed.ResultsThe portal vein flow decreased significantly after splenectomy in 8 patients who received splenectomy (P＜0.01),No SFSS occurred in the patients with or without splenectomy.Actual graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GRWR) of patients with splenectomy was significantly smaller than those with no splenectomy (P=0.044).The portal vein flow of patients with splenectomy was much higher than those with no splenectomy (P＜0.01).ConclusionAccording to the portal blood flow,selective splenectomy in LDLT decreased the portal vein flow and prevented the incidence of SFSS.

The literature study and survey revealed existed problems and factors such as the difficulties to maintain quality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), sustainable development, homogenization and indeterminacy of clinical orientation diagnosis, lack of favorable evidence-based medicine and pharmacoeconomics data to support, lack of ev-idence of safety evaluation, which restrict the development of TCM enterprises. Based on problems and factors men-tioned above, recommendations were made on the healthy development of TCM enterprises, which include guarantee of the quality of TCM herbs and the sustainable development of its resource; conduct systematic evidence-based pharmacoeconomic research, identify the clinical orientation; carry out safety assessment systematically, improve the specification; improve clinical effectiveness-oriented quality standards.