OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety of endovascular stent implantation in treating carotid artery stenosis and analyze the stenosis rate and hemodynamics following stent implantation.METHODS:Self-control experiments concerning endovascular stent implantation for carotid artery stenosis were searched in CNKI published between 2000 and 2008 with the of "carotid artery stenosis,endovascular stent implantation".The data of each experiment were extracted and analyzed.RESULTS:A total of 17 experiments involving 522 cases of carotid artery stenosis were accorded with the inclusion criteria.The stenosis rate was reduced after endovascular stent implantation.Follow-up results show that the stent has good appearance with no deformation,and the blood flow is patent in the stent,with no relapse of re-stenosis.In addition,stent implantation promotes recovery of blood flow at stenosis site,improves distal blood flow rate,attenuates blood perfusion and hemodynamic impairment and reduce stroke incidence.CONCLUSION:Endovascular stent implantation has high success rate in treating carotid artery stenosis with favorable clinical outcome.However,other effective indexes and its safety need further evaluation.

Objective To summarize the perioperative nursing of acute intracranial arterial occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent.Methods Fifty-three cases of acute intracranial arterial occlusion were treated with mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent.Before the operation,emergency green passage was established and after the operation,the nursing measures included close observation of conditions,intensified basic nursing,control and management of blood pressure and medication,prevention from the complications by reperfusion injury and early rehabilitative training.Results The mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent was successful for all the 53 patients.The occlusions in the blood vessels of 44 cases were fully removed and those in 9 cases were partially removed,3 treated with stent for stenosis.Conclusion The nursing points for acute intracranial arterial occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy with Solitaire AB stent include preoperative effective preparation, close observation of the disease conditions such as changes in their consciousness and blood pressure,prevention from reperfusion injury and early rehabilitative training.

Objective To study the association between renal dysfunction and platelet parameters in elderly patients with early heart failure (HF).Methods 637 patients (350 old-aged and 287 middle-aged) with hypertension,CHD,T2DM admitted to our hospital from January 2013 to December 2014 served as a disease group and 464 subjects (229 old-aged and 235 middle-aged) selected from the 973 Aging Project in September 2007-June 2008 served as a healthy group.Their eGFR and platelets (PLT) were calculated,their plateletcrit (PCT) and mean platelet volume (MPV) were measured.Association between platelet parameters and renal dysfunction was analyzed by binary logistic regression analysis.Results The MPV and PCT were significantly lower in the old-aged disease group than in the old aged healthy group (9.78± 1.45 vs 10.66±0.78,P＜0.01;19.79 ± 6.21 vs 21.82 ± 6.04,P＜0.01).The PLT and PCT were closely associated with the eGFR in two groups (P＜0.05,P＜0.01).Binary logistic regression analysis indicated that the median and high PLT in disease group and the median PLT in healthy group were independently associated with renal dysfunction (OR=0.560,95％CI:0.315-0.996;OR=0.480,95％CI:0.262-0.879;OR=0.483,95％CI:0.249-0.936,P＜0.05).Conclusion Attention should be paid to the effect of PLT and their functional activity on renal function in treatment of early HF patients because aging-induced change of PLT and their functional activity are associated with renal dysfunction.

Influenza A virus can create acute respiratory infection in humans and animals throughout the world, and it is still one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in humans worldwide. Numerous studies have shown that influenza A virus infection induces rapidly host innate immune response. Influenza A virus triggers the activation of signaling pathways that are dependent on host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) including toll like receptors (TLRs) and RIG-I like receptors (RLRs). Using a variety of regulatory mechanisms, these signaling pathways activate downstream transcript factors that control expression of various interferons and cytokines, such as type I and type III interferons. Thus, these interferons stimulate the transcript of relevant interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) and expression of the antiviral proteins, which are critical components of host innate immunity. In this review, we will highlight the mechanisms by which influenza A virus infection induces the interferon-mediated host innate immunity.
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By feeding rats with high-fat diet insulin resistant models were induced.Some of the models were treated with intragastric administration of curcumin,then the effects were evaluated by hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp technique.Curcumin reduced the level of serum resistin and the expression of resistin mRNA in adipose tissue,and thus ameliorated insulin resistance in rats.

[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To establish the insulin resistance rat model for evaluating the correlation of omentin-1 level and insulin resistance.METHODS: SPF male Wistar rats ( n =30 ) were randomly divided into normal control group (NC, n=15) and high-fat diet group (HF, n=15).The rats in NC group were fed with basic diet.The insulin resistant model was established by feeding the rats with high-fat diet in HF group.After 10 weeks, 5 rats in each group were as-sessed by the technique of hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp.After the insulin resistant model was successfully estab-lished, the body weight and fasting blood glucose were detected.The concentration of fasting serum omentin-1 was analyzed by ELISA.Fasting serum insulin was measured by radioimmunoassay.RESULTS: No difference of fasting blood glucose between the 2 groups was observed.The level of fasting serum insulin in HF group was significantly higher than that in NC group ( P <0.05 ) .The level of serum omentin-1 in HF group were significantly decreased compared with NC group (P<0.01).Pearson’s correlation analysis showed that negative correlations between serum omentin-1 and fasting serum insulin (r=-0.654,P<0.01), serum omentin-1 and free fatty acid (r=-0.446, P<0.05) was found.CONCLU-SION:In rats, serum omentin-1 level began to decrease at insulin resistance stage.As serum omentin-1 level decreased, the basal insulin level increased, indicating that decreased serum omentin-1 level may be an early factor of IR, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

AIM:To study the senescence of human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs) and Bcl-2,Bax gene expression associated with apoptosis induced by angiotensinⅡ(AngⅡ).METHODS:HUVECs were cultured in vitro and the cell viability was observed by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT).HUVECs were intervened by AngⅡ and valsartan(AngⅡ type 1 receptor blocking) and divided into 3 groups:the control group,AngⅡ group(stimulated with AngⅡ10-6mol/L for 48 h),valsartan group(valsartan was added to cells 1 h before 10-6mol/L AngⅡ treatment).?-gal staining aod cell cycle analysis were used to identify the cell aging status.Morphologic changes and percentage of apoptosis were assayed with Hoechst33258 under fluorescent microscope.The expressions of Bcl-2 and Bax,and the apoptosis-associated genes were detected by immunocytochemical staining,RT-PCR and Western blotting.RESULTS:The cell viability by AngⅡ-induced cells was(81.9%?4.1)%,the positive cell number of ?-gal staining was significantly higher in AngⅡ-induced cells(80.10%?6.81)% than that in the control cells.The cell cycle was at G0-G1(91.36%?6.45)%,the apoptotic cells significantly increased(31.84?2.86)% under fluorescent microscope.In valsartan group,Bcl-2 mRNA and protein expression increased markedly(P

Aim To study the relationship between the vasodilatation effects of daidzein and M-receptor in the endothelial cell, extracellular Ca2+ and intracellular Ca2+.Methods Measurement of isometric force of rabbit thoracic aortae rings was performed. Results Dai(3～100 ?mol?L-1 ) significantly inhibited the contractive response of phenyleohrine dependent on intracellular Ca2+ release and extracellular Ca2+ inflow;a shift was produced to the right of the concentration-effect curve of KCl and the maximum response was depressed by Dai(10～100 ?mol?L~ -1 ); Dai(10,30,100 ?mol?L-1 ) enhanced the relaxing effect induced by acetylcholine in a concentration-dependent manner,but the relaxing effect was inhibited after using atropine to block the M-receptor. Conclusion The relaxing effect of Dai was related to the inhibition of the receptor-mediated Ca2+ -influx and Ca2+-release;Dai induced direct relaxing effect by activating the M-receptor in the endothelium and releasing EDRF, which was similar to ACh, and this effect was endothelium-dependent.

To investigate the role of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) and PI3K/AKT/ mTOR signal pathway inducing bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) differentiation into neural cells, mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell lines D1 cells were used as research object. And they were divided into control groups and salidroside (SD) groups. Different concentrations (5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 microg x mL(-1) of SD were used and SD (100 microg x mL(-1)) was used to induce at different time (0.5, 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 48 and 72 h). The immunofluorescence staining chemical technology, real-time PCR and Western blotting were used to detect the positive rates of NSE, MAP2, beta-Tubulin III, NES, GFAP and the expression levels of beta-Tubulin III, NSE, ERK1/2, AKT. The expression of ERK1/2 and NSE was detected when the ERK1/2 and PI3K/AKT/ mTOR signal pathway was blocked by PD98059 and LY294002. It indicated that the positive rates of NSE, MAP2, beta-Tubulin III, NES and GFAP were gradually enhanced with time increased. The expression level of NSE and beta-Tubulin III protein were significantly higher than those in control groups (P < 0.01). The expression of ERK1/2, AKT mRNA and protein were higher with concentration and time increased. When the ERK1/2 and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signal pathway were blocked, the expression levels of NSE, NES and beta-Tubulin III mRNA and NSE protein were inhibited significantly. It points out that SD can stimulate the ERK1/2 and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signal pathway to promote BMSCs differentiation into neural cells.

Xiang-thinking is the main way of thinking in the form of traditional Chinese culture, which included Xiang and thinking. In viscera theory of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) formation, Xiang-thinking has run through and played a role in pushing forward on the formation of manifestation theories. Among five internal organs, take liver as an example. The formation of the liver manifestation is through the description of the liver and intuitive form and structure of the object, which were on the basis of the extract of abstract thinking, and the summarization on rules of the process. In this paper, the formation of liver manifestation theory was taken as an example to discuss the application of Xiang-thinking in formation of liver manifestation theory.