ObjectiveTo investigate the clinicalefficacy of warm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation in treating plantar fasciitis.MethodSixty-one patients with plantar fasciitis were randomly allocated to a treatment group of 31 cases and a control group of 30 cases. The treatment group receivedwarm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation and the control group, warm needling alone.ResultThe total efficacy rate and the cure rate were 100.0% and 61.3%, respectively, in the treatment group and 96.7%and 40.0%, respectively, in the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in the total efficacy rate between the two groups (P>0.05), but the cure rate was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group and there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant pre-/post-treatment difference in the VAS score in the two groups (P<0.01), indicating that both the groups had a good analgesic effect. There was a statistically significant post-treatment difference in the VAS score between the treatment and control groups (P<0.01), indicating that theanalgesic effect was better in the treatment group than in the control group.ConclusionThe efficacy of warm needling plus Chinese herb fumigation is better than that of warm needling alone in treating plantar fasciitis.

Objective: To study the effect of esomeprazole in treating elderly patients with NSAIDs correlated peptic ulcer bleeding. Methods: Patients with NSAIDs correlated peptic ulcer bleeding in our hospital from January, 2010-December, 2012 were enrolled and randomly divided into observation group given esomeprazole and control group given omeprazole. Then the baseline data were surveyed and effect of ulcer bleeding, condition of abdominal pain alleviation and ulcer ulcer, adverse reaction cases were observed. Results: (1)there were no significant difference between the baseline data of two group;(P>0.05);(2)in observation group, excellence rate was 42/70(60%), effective rate was 24/70(34.3%), the overall treatment effect was better than that of control group, the difference had statistical significant(P<0.05);(3)there were no significant difference between two group of abdominal pain and ulcer healing;(4) during treatment, there were no serious adverse reactions in the two groups. Conclusion:Compared with omeprazole, esomeprazole has equal effect on abdominal pain relief and ulcer healing, and it is much more effective in treating elderly patients with NSAIDs correlated peptic ulcer bleeding.

Premixed insulin is currently the most popular insulin starter in China.According to the different ratios of basal and prandial components,premixed insulin analogues could be classified into low-and midmixtures.The former is now mainly used as insulin starter in the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus after the failure of monotherapy or combination with oral antidiabetic drugs,while the later is usually used as simplified intensive insulin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus inadequately controlled on insulin once-or twice-daily.

Pyroptosis is a newly discovered form of programmed cell death, which has a close relationship with infectious diseases and spontaneous inflammatory disease and autoimmune disease.Gasdermin-D is the effector of pyroptosis.Inflammatory caspases cleave Gasdermin-D, break the structural autoinhibition and active the pore-forming activity of Gasdermin-D.Gasdermin-D-N domain is the active form of Gasdermin-D.Oligomerized Gasdermin-D-N domain forms membrane pores.Both pyroptosis and necroptosis can form pores.In this article, the progress of the research on pyroptosis, the involvement of Gasdermin-D in the molecular mechanism of pyroptosis, the distinguishment of pyroptosis from necroptosis and pyroptosis-related diseases are reviewed.

Objective To realize centralized supply of hospital compressed air to reduce repeate investment.Methods Air turned into compressed one after passing through air pressure pump, which undergoes preliminary cooling and drying by refrigerated drier, then the compressed air went into air tank for further cooling and storage, and finally was transmitted into hyperbaric oxygen chamber, ICU and operating room as desired.Results Centralized supply was realized for hospital compressed air with little technical modification and investment.Conclusion The compressed air of hyperbaric oxygen chamber is introduced into ICU and operating room and gains economic and social benefits, and thus is worth popularizing practically.

Objective To investigate the intervention of Chinese herb Shengjiang San(SJS)for the imbal-ances of serum Th1/Th2 cells and related regulatory factors in sepsis patients. Methods Fifty-five sepsis patients were randomly divided into two groups:conventional treatment group of 27 cases and SJS group of 28 cases. Nine cases of healthy volunteers were enrolled as control group in the study. Cases of conventional group were treated with western medicine only and cases of SJS group were treated with both western medicine and Chinese herb SJS (100 mL twice one day). The therapy course of both groups was 3 days. Score of Chinese medical syndromes ,se-rum level of leukocyte count,C reactive protein(CRP)and procalcitonin(PCT),serum T-bet,GATA-3,Th1&Th2 cells in the proportion of whole CD4+Th cells and Th1/Th2 ratio were compared respectively in each group be-fore and after treatment. Results There were significant differences between SJS group and conventional group in score of Chinese medical syndromes,serum level of leukocyte count,T-bet,GATA-3,Th1&Th2 cells in the pro-portion of whole CD4+Th cells and Th1/Th2 ratio(P<0.05 or P<0.01). There were no significant differences be-tween the two groups in serum level of CRP,PCT and GATA3. Compared with control group,there were signifi-cant differences in all indicators except GATA3 of the two groups(P<0.01). Conclusion Chinese herb Shengji-ang San has an effective benefits to Chinese medical syndromes,inflammatory reaction,the imbalance of serum Th1/T2 and related regulatory factors(T-bet&GATA-3)in sepsis patients.

A new triterpene ester,α-amyrin caffeate(1),was isolated from the seeds of Impatiens balsamina L.

Objective To explore the expression of angiopoietin like protein-1(Ang-1)and angiopoietin like protein-2(Ang-2)in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)and its relationship with angiopathy.Methods Ang-1,Ang-2,FBG,FINS and HbA1c were meas-ured in 120 cases of T2DM,including 32 cases of macroangiopathy,52 cases of microangiopathy and 36 cases without angiopathy, and 50 healthy subjects with physical examination were selected as the control group.The detection results were compared between the two groups.Results Compared with control group,the Ang-1 level in the T2DM group was no statistical difference(P >0.05), but the Ang-2 level was significantly higher than that in the control group(t=2.6,P <0.01).The Ang-2 level in T2DM with com-plicating angiopathy was significantly higher than that in T2DM without angiopathy and closely correlated with the blood vessel number of angiopathy.The Ang-2 level in T2DM was significantly positively correlated with HOMA-IR and HbA1c(r=0.577 and 0.509,P <0.01),and there was no correlation between the Ang-1 level and HOMA-IR(P >0.05).Conclusion The Ang-2 level in the patients with T2DM is significantly increased,which is closely related with HbA1c and insulin resistance,furthermore Ang-2 may participate in the generation and development of pathogenesis in T2DM.

Objective To explore the changes and clinical significance of plasma tissue factor pathway (TFP) levels during the onset of acute ischemic cardiac and cerebral vessel disease. Methods The study population consisted of 69 patients with AMI and 71 with AICS as well as 50 age-matched healthy volunteers. Blood samples were obtained during the onset period of AMI and AICS. Tissue factor (TF) and tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) activity in plasma were assayed with the chromogenic assay, Plasma TF and TFPI antigen were measured with ELISA, Plasma FⅦ coagulation activity (FⅦ:C) was developed in the one- stage system. Plasma FⅦa was determined by soluble TF assay, plasma prothrombin (FII) and fibrinogen (Fbg) were measured by one-stage amidolytic assay and thrombin time (TT) respectively. Results In the AMI group, compared with the control group, plasma TF activities and antigens, TFPI activities and antigens as well as FⅦa were significantly higher(all P0.05), plasma FII and Fbg were also remarkably increased (both P0.05). Conclusion The initiation of TF pathway would be associated with the onset of AMI and AIS, but the changes of TF, TFPI, FⅦ:C and Fbg in AMI are different from those in AICS, endothelial dysfunction and the blood is in hypercoagulable state.

Objective To study the biological effects of nucleic transcript factor NF-?B/RelB gene silencing on bone marrow derived dendritic cells(BMDCs).Methods For constructing a new type of DCs,RNAi RelB DC,mouse BMDCs were cultured through IL-4 and GM-CSF cytokine inducing system and were purified with CD11c positive immunomicrobeads by flow cytometer,and RelB gene was silenced with PCR expression cassettes.The RelB RNA interference effect in DCs was proved at both mRNA and protein levels.The biological characteristics of RNAi RelB DCs were investigated by means of cell morphology,cell surface markers and mixed lymphocyte reaction ability.The cell microstructure was observed using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.The cell surface markers,such as MHC-Ⅱ,CD86 and CD40,were detected by flow cytometer.The mixed lymphocyte reaction ability,as well as the ability of DCs in stimulating allogeneic T cells proliferation,was detected by 3H-TdR incorporation method.Results RNAi RelB DCs seemed to have fewer and shorter spikes and many folds under scanning electron microscopy.Many phagocytic vacuoles were observed in the cytoplasm under transmission electron microscopy.DCs surface molecules,MHC-Ⅱ,CD86 and CD40,were expressed at a relatively lower level compared with the control DCs.This RNAi RelB DCs also showed weak allogeneic T cells stimulating ability in vitro in MLR.Conclusion The dendritic cells derived from bone marrow are characterized the biological features and immunological function of immature DC with silencing of RelB gene.This kind of RNAi RelB DCs may be used to induce immunotolerance as a novel tolerogenic DCs.