Objective To study the mechanism of Shoucong to prevent and cure Alzheimer's disease by observing the effect of shoucong capsule on total autioxidative capacity (TAOC), Lipofuscin (LIP) in AD rat brain tissue and blood, and brain tissue pathological changes. Methods Male wistar rats were randomly divided into 5 group:blank compared group, model compared group, Naofukang group, Shoucong Capsule (low, high dose) group. AD compound model rats were made by injected with D-galactose on the neck of rats, then injected with scopolamine in the intraperiton of rats. They were prevented and cured with Shoucong Capsule. TAOC, LIP level in rat brain tissue and blood were examined with spectroscopic analysis, brain tissue pathological changes were observed under light microscope. Results Compared with AD model group, Shoucong Capsule enhanced TAOC level in rat brain tissue and blood, deceased LIP level in rat brain tissue, and lessened the pathological injury of dementia rats. Conclusions Enhancing TAOC level and deceasing LIP level in brain tissue and blood may be one of the mechanism for Shoucong Capsule to prevent and cure Alzheimer's disease.

Objective:To investigate the vexation and relevant attribution in middle and high school students Methods:A total of 539 middle or high school students were sampled from Shanxi Province, they were investigated with a self-made inventory and some of them received interview Result:Most of the students had worries in life, mainly about self-image, control of their parents, pressure of studies, individuality and interpersonal relationships The worst things they worried were relationships between partners,their inefficiency in studies,being quipped by teachers The degree of worrying about appearance and individuality were markedly different between students in middle schools and in high schools Conclusion:It suggests that family, school and society should give enough concern for middle and high school students

Objective To analyze monitoring data on congenital heart disease (CHD) in Shenzhen city from 2009 to 2013.Methods This study described epidemiological characteristics of perinatal CHD.Patients with CHD were divided into isolated CHD group and complex CHD group (the patients were found with malformations of other systems).The prognosis,social and demographic characteristics,and complications of pregnancy were analyzed.Results The average incidence rate of CHD was 7.25‰,of which 94.36％ were diagnosed by ultrasound,of which 33.20％ were diagnosed before delivery.The top three cardiovascular abnormalities were patent ductus arteriosus,patent foramen ovale,and ventricular septal defect.There were about 14.11％ of CHD with other system malformations,mainly including musculoskeletal system,facial features,and nervous system.Compared isolated cardiac malformations and complex cardiacmalformations,significant differences were found in the age stratification,culture degree,prognosis,diagnosis time,incidence rate of complication of pregnancy,and childbirth complications rate (P ＜0.01).Conclusions Most CHDs were diagnosed by ultrasound.Simple cardiovascular malformation was common,especially CHD with two or more types of cardiovascular malformations.The incidence rate of CHD in 30 to 40-year-old women,stillbirth rate,incidence of prenatal diagnostic rate were significantly higher than the simple CHD group.

OBJECTIVE:To prepare m-nisoldipine solid dispersion from poorly-soluble m-nisoldipine so as to improve its solubility and dissolution rate in vitro. METHODS: Solid dispersions of m-nisoldipine were prepared by coprecipitation method with poloxamer as carrier; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine the status of nimodipine in carrier. The solubility and the dissolution rate of the solid dispersion in vitro were studied. RESULTS: DSC analysis indicated that eutectic mixture was formed from m-nisoldipine and poloxamer. The solubility of m-nisoldipine and the its solid dispersions prepared from m-nisoldipine and poloxamer at different ratio (1∶3, 1∶5, 1∶7) were 0.89, 4.50, 15.35, and 23.03 mg?L-1, respectively, and their 120 min dissolution rates were 26.80%, 38.57%, 41.38%, and 45.92%, respectively. In the same ratio, the dissolution rates of the solid dispersions were higher than those of their physics mixtures. CONCLUSIONS: The solid dispersion of m-nisoldipine prepared with poloxamer as carrier can increase the solubility and dissolution rate in vitro.

Objective To study the probability of other autoimmune diseases in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC),autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and explore its effects on the prognosis.Methods From January 1994 to March 2014,the data of 232 patients with autoimmune liver diseases (AILD) were collected.The type and case number of coexisting with other autoimmune diseases of patients with PBC,AIH and PSC were analyzed and compared.Cox regression model was performed to analyze the effects of coexisting with autoimmune diseases on the prognosis of AILD.Results Among 135 PBC patients,there were 64 cases that coexisted with Sjogren's syndrome (SS),seven cases with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),seven cases with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),nine cases with systemic sclerosis (SSc),three cases with polymyositis and/or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and one case with Crohn's disease.Among 55 AIH patients,threre were 19 cases that coexisted with SS,10 cases with SLE,one case with RA,two cases with SSc and two cases with PM/ DM.Among 24 PSC patients,there were seven cases combined with ulceric colitis,one case with Crohn's disease and one case with RA.Among 18 patients with PBC AIH overlap syndrome,there were five cases with SS and one case with RA.Compared with PBC patients,the risk of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis increased in PBC patiento coexisting with SS (OR =34.0,95 ％ CI 8.9 to 130.1).After gender,age,disease course and medicine intervention were adjusted,the prognosis of AILD which included death,liver transplantation and liver cirrhosis complications was not affected by the coexistence with other autoimmune diseases.Conclusions AILD patients coexisting with other autoimmune diseases is common,most of which are SS,SLE,SSc and RA.PBC patients coexisting with SS is the risk factor of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis,and coexisting with other autoimmune disease does not independently affect the prognosis of AILD.

BACKGROUND:Aconitum carmichaeli Debx (ACD) is the tuberous root of Aconium carmicgaekum, used as cardiotonic to restore yang for the treatment of colapse and shock, to warm the kidney and reinforceyang, and to expel cold and promote the flow ofyang-qi. Studies have found that ACD has obviously cardiotonic, antihypertensive, vasodilatory, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and toxic effects. OBJESTIVE: To observe the vasodilatory effects of a water decoction of ACD on rabbit’s aorta rings and its mechanism. METHODS:Rabbits aorta arteries were isolated, pre-contracted with noradrenaline (10-6 mol/L) and their responses to different concentrations of ACD (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0 g/L) were investigated. The effects of removal of vascular endothelium and different signaling pathway inhibitors (Nω-nitro-L-arginine: 1×10-4 mol/L, methylene blue: 1×10-5 mol/L, indomethacin: 1×10-5 mol/L, propranolol: 1×10-5 mol/L) on ACD-induced vasodilation were also assessed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:ACD could not change the resting tension of rabbit aortic rings, but ACD treatment resulted in an obvious relaxation in narodrenaline-precontracted aortic rings and the relaxant effect was dose-dependent. The vasodilatory effect of ACD was significantly reduced by removal of endothelium, 1×10-4 mol/L Nω-nitro-L-arginine and 1×10-5 mol/L methylene blue but not reduced by indomethacin and propranolol. In addition, 4 g/L water decoction of ACD did not decrease the dose-response curves of artery rings to narodrenaline or KCl in the absence of endothelial cels. ACD can relax isolated rabbit’s aorta, which may be related to endothelium-released nitric oxide, but has no significant relevance with receptor-operated and voltage-dependent calcium channels.

Objective To optimize and establish ELISpot assay for CCP/AST which could secrete IFN-γ and IL-4, and explore the role and clinical significance of CCP/AST cells in occurrence and development of RA disease. Methods CCP was used as specific-stimulator with FLAG peptide as a control,the frequencies of positive SFC which could specifically secrete IFN-γ and IL-4 in 64 cases of RA, 64 cases of non-RA autoinunune diseases and 30 cases of healthy individuals were tested by ELISpot technique. The diagnostic value of CCP/AST cells was evaluated in patients with RA disease. Meanwhile, the relationships among the indexes above and patient joint symptoms as well as other laboratory parameters were further analyzed and discussed. Results The results showed that the mediam numbers of IFN-γ-SFC and IL-4-SFC were 39(12-77)/3 x 105 PBMC and 1 (1-3)/3 × 105 PBMC in RA patients, the positive rates were 81.3% and 18. 8% respectively. The median value of IFN-γ-SFC/IL-4-SFC ratio was of 15(5-39), the positive rate was of 78. 1%. Both IFN-γ-SFC and ratio of IFN-γ-SFC/IL-4-SFC were significantly higher than those of non-RA diseases (Z = - 7. 458, - 7. 019, P < 0. 01 ) and healthy control ( Z = - 6. 643, - 5. 760, P <0. 01 ), also both these parameters in RA patients with positive anti-CCP antibody and negative anti-CCP antibody were significantly higher than those patients with systemic lupus erythematosns ( Z = - 6. 573, - 6. 098, - 4. 552, - 4. 726, P < 0. 01 ), ankylosing spondylitis ( Z = - 3. 520, - 3. 326, - 2. 950,-2. 126, P<0. 01 or 0. 05), other autoimmune diseases (Z = -4. 838, -4. 418, - 3. 681, -3. 839,P < 0. 01 ) and healthy controls ( Z = - 6. 553, - 5. 578, - 4. 635, - 4. 163, P < 0. 01 ). Combining IFN-γ-SFC, IL-4-SFC with IFN-γ-SFC/IL-4-SFC for RA diagnosis, the area under curve of receiver operating characteristic( ROCAUC) and Youden index were 0. 910 and 0. 747. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were 87. 5% and 87.2%. Positive and negative predictive values were 82. 4% and 91.1%, respectively. Correlation analysis showed that ratio of IFN-γ-SFC/IL-4-SFC was not only significantly correlated with antiCCP antibody(r =0.393, P <0.01), but also correlated with joint symptoms in patients such as with number of joints swelling-pain ( r = 0. 429 , P < 0. 01 ), number of joints damage ( r = 0. 463, P < 0. 01 ),rheumatoid factor (r = 0. 166, P < 0.01) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (r=0. 199,P<0.05).Conclusions There is widely existence of CCP/AST cells activation and abnormity in RA patients,indicating higher frequency of CCP-specific Th1 cells. These results provides a new experimental evidence for an objective understanding the function of specific cellular immune responses and cytokine network regulation mediated by citrullinated proteins in RA. So, the assay for CCP/AST cells has potential values in RA diagnosis and clinical application.

A comprehensive evaluation of zinc and iron nutritional status was conducted in 203 children aged 2-7 years with anorexia. 147 of them took 3-7 mg of zinc sulfate?kg-1?d-1 for 60 days. The purpose of the study were to explore the relationship between zinc supplementation and the nutritional status of iron.Nutritional survey by 3-day-record method pre-and post zinc treatment showed that the average intakes of energy, protein, zinc, iron before treatment were 994kcal/d, 30.8g/d, 4.9mg/d, 7.6mg/d and were only 71%, 68%, 49%, 76% of RDA respectively. After treatment they reached 91%, 89%, 70%, 113% of RDA.There were significant positive correlations between zinc contents in serum or hair and hemoglobin (HB) or serum ferritin (SF) of the children with anorexia. After administration of zinc , the iron status of the children improved in some and fell in others. There were significant differences in some indices between the two groups before treatment. By stepwise discriminant analysis, a discriminant equation was obtained;Y = 3.591 - 0.175X1- 0.0152X2- 0.144X3+ 0.706X4(X1 = age, X2 = hair zinc,X3 = Hb, X4 = growth)If Y0, iron status may improve.

Objective To examine the proliferative effect of synthetic cyclic human cartilage glycoprotein-39 (HCgp39) on T cell of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) rat,and to explore the role of HCgp39 in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods We established the rat model of the collagen-induced arthritis (CIA).The T lymphocytes were isolated and incubated with HCgp39.Proliferation of T cells was determined by cell counting kit-8.Results Two weeks after the first immunization,T cell response to HCgp39 was more significant in CIA groups than in controls( P＜0.01 ),and the response was associated with disease course ( r =0.732,P＜0.01 ) and anti- HCgp39 antibody ( r =0.460,P＜0.01 ).A strong correlation between T cell proliferation and pannus ( r =-0.516,P＜0.01 ),synovium score ( r =-0.346,P＜0.01 ) was also observed.Besides,the levels of anti- HCgp39 antibody and comp in each CIA group were significantly higher than in controls( P＜0.01 ),and the anti- HCgp39 antibody strongly correlated with disease course( r=0.346,P＜0.01 ) and comp( r =0.235,P＜0.01 ).Conclusion The proliferative response of T cell to HCgp39 was found in the early stage of CIA rat,and the HCgp39 peptide antibody was detected in serum,suggesting that the HCgp39 antigen plays an important role in the pathogenesis of early RA.

AIM:To investigate the clinical significance of microRNA-26a-5p (miR-26a-5p)-regulated mye-loid cell leukemia-1 (MCL-1) expression in the development of maternal preeclampsia.METHODS:Plasma and placen-tal tissues were collected from 21 cases of normal pregnancy, 13 cases of maternal gestational hypertension, 15 cases of mild preeclampsia and 26 cases of severe preeclampsia.The levels of plasma and placental miR-26a-5p and placental MCL-1 mRNA were detected by real-time PCR.Western blotting analysis was used to determine the protein expression of placen-tal MCL-1.The clinical significance of the above parameters was also analyzed.RESULTS:miR-26a-5p expression gradu-ally increased(P<0.01) in the 4 groups of maternal plasma and placentas with the disease development, and the mRNA expression of MCL-1 was significantly reduced in the placentas (P<0.01), both showing a significant negative correlation (P<0.01).Meanwhile, the expression of miR-26a-5p and MCL-1 protein in the placental tissues was negatively correla-ted (P<0.01).The miR-26a-5p up-regulation in maternal plasma and placental tissues was negatively correlated with ges-tational age, maternal plasma albumin levels and fetal weight, while it was positively correlated with maternal blood pres-sure and urinary protein level (P<0.01), which was in contrary to the down-regulation of placental MCL-1.CONCLU-SION:Up-regulation of miR-26a-5p is involved in the occurrence and development of preeclampsia by down-regulation of MCL-1.