Burns ; complications ; Humans ; Shock ; etiology ; prevention & control ; Universal Precautions

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Migraine Disorders ; therapy ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult

Burns ; complications ; therapy ; Fluid Therapy ; Humans

Burns ; complications ; metabolism ; therapy ; Fluid Therapy ; Humans ; Hypoxia ; etiology ; metabolism ; prevention & control ; Ischemia ; etiology ; metabolism ; prevention & control

Objective To study the state of T-cell and T-helper cell subpopulation in children with recurrent tonsillitis(RT) in remission period and make clear its role on pathogenesis in children with RT.Methods The expression of membrane molecule on T-cell subsets was analyzed in 27 RT children and 21 control health children by using immunofluorescence and flowcytometry,the levels of interferon-?(IFN-?) and interleukin-4(IL-4) in culture supernatant of peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC) were detected by enzyme linked immunoadsorbent assay(ELISA).Results The CD4~+ and CD3~+ cell were significantly lower in RT children than those of the controls(P0.05),a ratio of CD4~+/CD8~+ was disproportion(P0.05),the ratio of Th1/Th2 was disproportion(P

Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Proteome

Objective To study the effect of PEI on disseminating HCC cells in the peripheral blood in patients with recurrent HCC. MethodsWe examined blood samples from 29 recurrent HCC patients by nested RT-PCR for the determination of AFP?mRNA before and 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after PEI.ResultsBefore PEI 14 (48%) patients out of the 29 cases with recurrent HCC were positive with AFP?mRNA. Four weeks after a course of PEI only 2 cases (7%) remained AFP?mRNA positive.ConclutionsPEI effectively eradicating disseminating HCC cells in the peripheral blood shows a favourable potential for the treatment of recurrent HCC.

Animals ; Cardiac Electrophysiology ; Heart Atria ; innervation ; physiopathology ; Humans ; Vagus Nerve ; physiology

OBJECTIVETo explore the correlation between signs of living body in abdominal and pelvic cavities and syndrome typing of Chinese medicine (CM) in colorectal cancer patients.

METHODSTotally 112 colorectal cancer patients undergoing open abdominal surgery or laporoscopic surgery were syndrome typed as five types, i.e., inner-accumulation of damp and heat, blockage of stasis and toxin, Pi-Shen yang deficiency, blood-qi deficiency, Gan-Shen yin deficiency. Signs of living body in abdominal and pelvic cavities were collected. The correlation between signs of living body in abdominal and pelvic cavities and syndrome typing of CM were analyzed.

RESULTSRed colorectal canals or mass were dominated in colorectal cancer patients with inner-accumulation of damp and heat syndrome. Dark purple colorectal canals or mass were dominated in colorectal cancer patients with blockage of stasis and toxin syndrome. Reddish colorectal canals or mass were dominated in colorectal cancer patients with blood-qi deficiency syndrome. Pale colorectal canals or mass were dominated in colorectal cancer patients with Pi-Shen yang deficiency syndrome. Whitish or red-white stripes were dominated in colorectal cancer patients with Gan-Shen yin deficiency syndrome. Dropsy colorectal canal was associated with Pi-Shen yang deficiency syndrome. Intracavitary effusion was often seen in colorectal cancer patients with inner-accumulation of damp and heat syndrome. The effusion was yellowish in less amount. Intracavitary adhesion was often seen in colorectal cancer patients with blockage of stasis and toxin syndrome. There was no correlation between the maximum diameter of mass or each syndrome type of CM.

CONCLUSIONThere existed correlation between signs of living body in abdominal and pelvic cavities and syndrome typing of CM, which could be taken as one of references for syndrome typing of colorectal cancer patients.

Abdominal Cavity ; pathology ; Colorectal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Pelvis ; pathology ; Yang Deficiency ; diagnosis ; Yin Deficiency ; diagnosis

Objective: To investigate the mechanism of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treatment by drug pair containing Scutellariae Radix and Coptidis Rhizoma. Methods: The chemical composition and targets of Scutellariae Radix and Coptidis Rhizoma were searched by the analysis of traditional Chinese medicine system pharmacology platform (TCMSP), and T2DM related genes were searched by OMIM, TDD, Drugbank, and Digsee databases. UniProt database was used to query the target-related genes. Cytoscape 3.2.1 was used to construct compound-targets (genes) networks and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network to screen out the key targets. Finally, the mechanism of its action was studied by DAVID analyzing enrichment of gene ontology (GO) function and pathway enrichment analysis based on Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). Results: The compound-target network contained 42 compounds and 213 corresponding targets, and the key targets involved PTGS2, PTGS1, HSP90AA1, HSP90AB1, NOS2, etc. The PPI core network contained 15 protein, and key protein involved in TNF, IL-6, INSR, etc. The functional enrichment analysis of GO obtained 108 GO items (P < 0.05), of which there were 87 biological processes (BP) items, 9 molecular function (CC) items, and 12 related items of cell composition (MF). There were 24 signal pathways (P < 0.05) in the KEGG pathway enrichment screening, involving insulin resistance, T2DM and insulin signaling pathway and so on. Conclusion: The active components of Scutellariae Radix and Coptidis Rhizoma regulate inflammatory cytokines and act on insulin receptor in the treatment of T2DM mainly through DPP4, PPARG, IL6, PPARD, TNF, and other targets.