OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of Qi-replenishing and Yin-nourishing in inhibiting tumor metastasis. METHODS: Fifty mice were randomly divided into replenishing Qi group, replenishing Yin group, replenishing Qi and Yin group, chemotherapy group and control group. Models of Lewis lung cancer and B(16) melanoma were observed in vivo. The tumor weight inhibiting rate, metastatic lung tumor, concentrations of t-PA and TXB(2) in tumor tissue and IL-2 and TNF-alpha in spleen were observed. RESULTS: The tumor weight inhibiting rates of replenishing Qi and Yin group for Lewis lung cancer and B16 melanoma were both 42.9%. Replenishing Qi and Yin could decrease the contents of TXB(2) and 6-keto-PGF(1alpha), and increase the levels of IL-2 and TNF-alpha. CONCLUSION: Replenishing Qi and Yin can promote the healthy energy to inhibiting tumor metastasis.

Objective To investigate the effect of different dose dexmedetomidine on reducing agitation after sevoflurane anesthesia in patients underwent repair of indirect inguinal hernia.Methods 105 cases of ASA Ⅰ ～ Ⅱ received operation with inhalation of 3％ sevoflurane to induce anesthesia,and then randomly divided into three groups,35 cases in each group.The control group injected with 0.9％ sodium chloride,observation 1 group injected dexmedetomidine 0.15μg/kg,observation 2 group injected dexmedetomidine 0.30μ g/kg.Then placed oropharynx airway ventilation,caudal block.Anesthesia was maintained with 1.2％ sevoflurane,maintain its independent ventilation.Hemodynamic and respiratory changes of the children were recorded.Time to eye opening(TEO) at the end of anesthesia was also recorded.Results Three groups of children had similar operation process.TEO of the control group was (8.45 ± 4.02) min,observation 1 group was (9.23 ± 5.03) min,observation 2 group was (10.81 ± 4.06) min (t =1.23,1.64,all P ＞ 0.05).The incidence rate of agitation of the control group was 42.8％,that in the observation 1 group and observation 2 group was 20％,8.6％.Observation 1 group was significantly lower than that of control group (x2 =3.72,P ＜ 0.05),observation 2 group was significantly lower than that of control group and observation 1 group (x2 =5.14,4.27,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The dose of dexmedetomidine 0.3 μg/kg administered after induction of anesthesia could reduce the postsevoflurane agitation in children and have no adverse effects.

The present study used the experimental patterns of Go/No Go and no motion contingent negative variation (CNV) task into the research in order to study whether the CNV can express the implication of expectation. Through comparing the CNV under different conditions, the data collected from experiment showed that the key to evoked CNV was close to the warning signal and command signal. Whether the command signal was related to the task would impact on the amplitude of the CNV. This characteristics responses to the subjects' expectation. On this basis, CNV can be used as the electrophysiological index for the reflection of expected value in the conditions of this experiment.
Anticipation, Psychological ; Brain Waves ; Contingent Negative Variation ; Humans

AIM: To study the effects of NF-?B decoy oligonucleotides(ODNs) modified with locked nucleic acids(LNA) on gelatinases(MMP-9 and MMP-2) expression and NF-?B activity induced by TNF-? in alveolar macrophages(AM) from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).METHODS: AM was collected from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with COPD.NF-?B decoy ODNs and mismatch ODNs were modified with LNA, and transfected into AM by using Lipofectamine 2000.Then the AM were stimulated for 24 h with TNF-?.Semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) was used to detect the mRNA expression levels of MMP-9 and MMP-2.MMP-9 protein expression was detected by Western blotting.NF-?B activity was detected by electrophoretic mobility shift assay(EMSA).RESULTS: NF-?B decoy ODNs significantly inhibited MMP-9 and MMP-2 expression induced by TNF-? in AM(P

Objective To explore the relationship between smoking, alcohol drinking and gallstone disease in general male population in Guangdong. Methods Each subject received a questionnaire and took an upper abdominal ultrasound examination in a cross-sectional study. Results The prevalence of gallstone disease became higher with the increase of amount of cigarette smoking per day (trend test ?2=5.542, P=0.019) and with the total amount of cigarette smoking in their life (trend test ?2=7.302, P=0.007), these significance remained after controlling well-known risk factors for gallstone disease such as age and body mass index (BMI) (OR=1.269,95%CI: 1.018~1.580 for cigarette smoking per day and OR=1.295, 95%CI: 1.020~1.646 for total ). Little to moderate alcohol drinking (

AIM: To study the role of adrenomedullin(AM) in the pathogenesis of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. METHODS: Rats were exposed to chronic hypoxia for 14 days. After the measurement of the right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), the rats were executed. The weight of the right ventricle (RV), the left ventricle(LV) and the ventricular septum(SP) were determined. The ration RV/(LV+SP) was used to express the thickness of RV. In situ hybridization was used for the detection of the expression of AM mRNA in the lung and RV. RESULTS: The RVSP in the hypoxic group was (63.63?3.42) mmHg,which was significantly higher than that in control group [(34.13?3.40) mmHg]. The RV/(LV+SP) in hypoxic group was 0.439?0.039,which was increased obviously when compared with that of control (0.230?0.025). The level of AM mRNA expressed in the RV in the hypoxia group was significantly higher than that in the control group. CONCLUSION: The expression of AM mRNA in RV increased in the hypoxic condition, which suggests that AM may attenuate the inappropriate increase in pulmonary artery pressure.

AIM: To investigate the amiloride-sensitive Na~+ channel current (Iamil) in primary cultured human bronchial epithelium cells of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and the influence of interleukin 4 and interleukin 6. METHODS: Human bronchial epithelium cells were isolated and cultured from 18 patients undergone pueumonectomy in hospital. Interleukin 4 or interleukin 6 at concentration of 10 ?g/L was used to treat these cultured cells, and Iamil was measured by whole cell patch clamp techniques. RESULTS: There was no markedly difference among normal no-smoking group, normal smoking group and COPD group. Interleukin 4 down-regulated the Iamil in normal no-smoking group, normal smoking group and COPD group. The down-regulated percentages were 59.7%, 54.7% and 30.0%. Interleukin 4 down-regulated the Iamil in normal no-smoking group (44.8%) and normal smoking group (34.9%) but not in COPD group, and the current forms were not changed after IL-4 or IL-6 treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Interleukin 4 and interleukin 6 down-regulated the Iamil in primary cultured human bronchial epithelium cells. It may contribute to the hypersecretion of COPD, and the up-regulated interleukin 4 and interleukin 6 in COPD patients may cause them react weaker to the treatment of interleukin 4 and interleukin 6.

AIM: To study the effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on adhesion and migration of human airway epithelial cells and it's mechanism. METHODS: After 24 h culture, the airway epithelial cells were treated with different concentrations of CSE. The rate of cell attachment and the velocity of cell migration were measured. The expression of FIP200 mRNA and protein were analyzed by RT-PCR and Western blotting. RESULTS: CSE inhibited the rate of cell attachment and the velocity of cell migration. Meanwhile CSE increased the expression level of FIP200 mRNA and FIP200 protein. The effects of CSE became more evident with increased concentration of CSE. Expression of FIP200 mRNA and FIP200 protein were positively correlated to the decreased rate of cell attachment and the velocity of cell migration. CONCLUSION: CSE inhibits the rate of cell attachment, the velocity of cell migration and increases the expression of FIP200.

Objective:To evaluate quality of clinical trials about acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyrodism in China. Methods:Literature of clinical trials of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyroidism were attained by computer and manual retrieval,and randomization,control,selection of study objects,comparability between groups,amount of samples, description and control of source of samples,criteria for diagnosis,application of blind method,criteria for assessment of therapeutic effects,statistical method,adverse effects,follow-up,and others in the literature were analyzed and evaluated by the randomized controlled test criteria and the clinical assessing method in Cochrane handbook of international Cochrane cooperation net.Results:In 63 papers,clinical randomized controlled tests of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyroidism only accounted for 22.2%,but with increasing tend year by year in recent years.Conclusion:Though acupuncture and moxibustion have been widely applied in prevention and treatment of hyperthyroidism,it could not provide evidences of higher reliability for clinical treatment due to less clinical randomized controlled tests and lower quality,which severely hinder testing and verifying of clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion.It is proposed that multiple central and randomized controlled test should be made,so as to search for feasible acupuncture and moxibustion methods with definite therapeutic effect for hyperthyroidism,and provide basis for further systematical evaluation of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyroidism.

The effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on the proliferation of human airway epithelial cells and the possible mechanism was studied. After airway epithelial cells were treated with different concentrations of CSE for 24 h, the cell proliferation was measured by MTT and the distribution of different cell cycles by flow cytometry. The FAK expression level was detected by Western blot and the degree of tyrosine phosphorylation by immunoprecipitation. The results showed that CSE could inhibit the proliferation of human airway epithelial cells, arrest the epithelial cells in G1 phase of cell cycle, dramatically decrease the number of epithelial cells in S and G2 phases; Meanwhile CSE could decrease the expression level of FAK and the degree of its tyrosine phosphorylation. The above effects of CSE were concentration-dependent. The expression of FAK and the degree of its phosphorylation was positively correlated to the increased number of epithelial cells in G1 phase, and negatively to the number of epithelial cells in S and G2 phases. It was concluded that the mechanism by which CSE could inhibit the proliferation of human epithelial cells was contributed to the increased expression and activation of FAK.
Bronchi/*cytology ; Bronchi/metabolism ; Cell Cycle/drug effects ; Cell Proliferation ; Cells, Cultured ; Enzyme Activation ; Epithelial Cells/*cytology ; Epithelial Cells/enzymology ; Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis ; Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Tobacco/adverse effects ; Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*adverse effects