OBJECTIVE: To study the protective effects of nimesulide, a COX- 2 selective inhibitor on experimental gastric ulcer in rats. METHODS: The gastric ulcer model was established in rats by intragastric administration them with indometacin, 5 min later, which were assigned to receive nimesulide at different dosages ( 200, 100, and 50mg? kg- 1) , 6h later, all the rats were sacrificed. The primary outcome measures were the area of ulcer, levels of SOD, MDA, and GSH in sera and gastric mucosa. RESULTS: As compared with model group, in nimesulide ( at different dosage) groups, the area of ulcer was markedly decreased, level of MDA was decreased while activities of SOD and GSH were increased ( P

Objective To improve the quality standard for Chuanxiong by studing the method of discriminating Chuanxiong. Methods Chuanxiong was identified by TLC. The content of ferulic acid in Chuanxiong was determine by HPLC. The Agilent Eclipse XDB-C18 (4.6 mm?150 mm, 5 ?m) was used, mobile phase was methanol-1% acetic acid solution (21∶79), flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, detection wavelength was 320 nm. Results The TLC spots developed were fairly and simply identical. HPLC was accurate and reproducible. Ferulic acid showed a good liner relationship at range of 0.042 5～0.382 5 ?g, the average recovery was 97.10% (RSD=1.31%). Conclusion These methods can be used to control the quality of Chuanxiong effectively.

Objective Using second duplication checking to prevent academic misconduct of accepted papers ,and to improve the academic quality of journals for the consolidating credibility of academic journal and brand establishing .Methods Academic Mis-conduct Literature Check(AMLC)system developed by CNKI was applied to check possible academic misconduct of 90 accepted pa-pers for Chongqing Medical Journal ,then the contribution time ,duplication checking time ,words repetition percentage of the accept-ed papers with academic misconduct and similarity literature were analyzed compared with the source papers .Results After chec-king 90 accepted papers ,9 of them were suspected with academic misconduct ,including 5 papers with 30 .1% -40 .0% of coinci-dence rate ,1 paper with 40 .1% -50 .0% of coincidence rate ,and 3 papers with more than 50 .1% of coincidence rate .Most of the academic misconduct were multiple contribution of same manuscript or duplicate publication .Conclusion To avoid the multiple con-tribution of the same manuscript or duplicate publication ,we should shorten peer review and publishing period ,carry on multi-dupli-cation checking ,punish academic misconduct ,and work together with other sci-tech periodicals to eliminate academic misconduct .

Egr-1 is an important transcription factor, which regulates at least 30 kinds of gene expression. Egr-1 couples extracellular signals to long-term responses by altering expression of Egr-1 target genes. So egr-1 can directly or indirectly affect cell differentiation,apoptosis,immune response,injury and repair. This article reviewed the progress in Egr-1 and the lung disease.

Cerebral ischemia activates endogenous angiogenic factors,and increase microvessel density and form new capillaries in ischemic brain tissues.Exogenous angiogenic factors can more effectively promote angiogenesis and the establishment of collateral circulation in ischemic regions and peripherial tissues,improving local blood supply and reducing infarct size.The further study of the mechanisms and methods in promoting regional angiogenesis after cerebral ischemia will contribute to improve neurologic deficit.

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Objective To enhance the anti-tumor efficiency of artemisinin and to explore the anti-tumor and sensitivity-enhancing mechanism of Artemisinin Sensitizing Compound(ASC).Methods The growth-inhibition rate of HepG2 cells was determined by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium(MTT) method.Tumor-bearing nude mice were given inoculation of HepG2 cells subcutaneously.After treatment for 15 days,the tumor-inhibition rate was calculated according to the tumor mass weight.Results The growth-inhibition rate of tumor cells in ASC group(artesunate combined with diethyl maleate,mercaptosuccinic acid and aminotriazole),was increased 43.84%,and the tumor-inhibition rate was three times as much as that in artesunate alone group with the same titer.The amount of antioxidant agents and the activity of antioxidant enzymes were higher in the control group than those in the artesunate alone group and ASC group,while were lower in ASC group than those in the artesunate alone group.Conclusion ASC has anti-tumor and sensitivity-enhancing effect through decreasing the amount of anti-oxidant agents and inhibiting activities of anti-oxidant enzymes.

Objective To investigate the effects of over physiological dose of dexamethasone on cervical carcinoma cell xenografted tumors in nude mouse.Methods HeLa cells were inoculated subcutaneously in BALB/c female mice aged 5-6 weeks.Over physiological dose of dexamethasone(62.5 mg?kg-1?d-1) was injected into the peritoneum from the 16th day after inoculation for 10 d.Diameters of tumor were measured every two or three days.The volumes and the inhibition rates of tumor were calculated.Apoptotic bodies were observed by transmission electron microscopy and counted by TUNEL.VEGF and TNF-? were detected by immunohistochemistry.Results In vivo,over physiological dose of dexamethasone can repress the growth of tumor and induce cell apoptosis.Compared with the control group,the tumor sizes were significantly smaller(P0.05).Conclusion Over physiological dose of dexamethasone can repress cervical tumor growth in vivo.This action may be related to apoptosis and VEGF,but have no relationship with TNF-?.

Objective To further understand the etiology,definition,clinical manifestation,prognosis and treatment of cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis.Method Retrospective study of23patients with leuko-cytoclastic vasculitis followed up at Peking Union Medical College Hospital from1990to2001.Results Twenty patients were classified as hypersensitive vasculitis,one of whom was diagnosed as Wegeners granulo-matosis2.5years later,two were diagnosed as urticarial vasculitis,and one was systemic lupus erythematosus.Conclusion Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis,which is usually a benign syndrome,may be caused by in-fection or drugs.Its main clinical manifestaions are skin symptoms.

Objective To study the clinicopathological characteristics of complicated Kaposi's sarcoma after renal transplantation.Methods Five cases of complicated Kaposi's sarcoma after kidney transplantation were studied by histopathological immunohistochemical and ultrastructural observations.Results Of the 5 Kaposi's sarcoma patients,2 had multiple amaranthine dermal plaques starting on the legs,one had lymph node hypertrophy all over the body,and others had inguinal lymph node and adenoid hypertrophy. Histopathologically,these angiomatous lesions had characteristic areas of spindle cells within which erythrocytes were enmeshed.Admixed in these lesions were hyaline bodies and hemosider-laden,phagocytic cells.Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies revealed that this tumor was derived from vasofomative mesenchyme with multipotential capabilities.It was found that the epithelia and spindle cells were positive for Vimentin,CD-31,CD-34 and Ⅷ-RAg.Conclusion Complicated Kaposi's sarcoma after kidney transplantation can be diagnosed by combination of clinical manifestations and histopathological examinations with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural observations.