Neovascularization is the main cause of the vision loss of the patients sufferring from proliferative diabetic retinopathy,retinopathy of prematurity and age-related macular degeneration.It is proved that collagen and elastin in the extracellular matrix contribute to the choroidal and retinal neovascularization in vitro and in vivo.Among the extracellular matrix-related adhesion molecules,integrin α5β1 could enhance the cell adhesion and hyperplasy,while its inhibitors could restrain the choroidal and retinal neovascularization in vivo,so are the inhibitors of the integrin α V β3 and α V β5.Selectins and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 mainly affect the neovascularization as the medium between the endothelial cells and the leucocytes.It is demonstrated that the extracellular matrix degradationrelated serine proteinases (mainly urokinase-type plasminogen activator ) /matrix metalloproteinases (mainly MMP-2 and MMP-9)also could induce the choroidal and retinal neovascularization in vitro and in vivo.Furthermore,type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase could prevent that and the further study of the extracellular matrix-related molecules would bring out new insights and methods for the precaution and treatement of the ocular neovascularization.

·Corneal neovascularization ( CNV) is one of the most important causes that affecting corneal transparency, and it is a high risk factor of allogeneic corneal graft rejection. lt has become a research focus for the regulation of CNV. microRNAs are a class of endogenous non-protein-coding micromolecule RNAs which play a critical role in regulating a series of life process.Researches in recent years show a close correlation between microRNA and CNV.ln this article we reviewed the recent advances in these researches.

A case of localized scleroderma associated with mandibular osteomyelitis is reported.The formation mechanism of the case is a-nalysised according to clinical characteristics and literature data.

AIM:To determine the optimal extraction of effective component from Swertia chirayita(Roxb.ex Flemi) Karsten in Tibet. METHODS: HPLC method was used to determine the yield rate and mango glucoside content,the preference extract methods,extraction solvents and extraction method of Swertia chirayita(Roxb.ex Flemi) Karsten were chose by parallel comparative method. RESULTS: 75% ethanol was used to extract medicine materials by Percolate,the flow rate was 4 mL/min/kg,collecting 6 times liquor after percolate. CONCLUSION: The extraction method is simple and convenient,furthermore the extract stability is good too.

Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Retinopathy of Prematurity ; drug therapy ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; antagonists & inhibitors

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of stroke in young patients with cardiac myxoma.Methods Medical records of young patients (aged between 18-44 years) diagnosed with cardiac myxoma in Beijing Anzhen Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University from January 2005 to March 2016 were retrospective reviewed.Results A total of 117 cases were included (85 female and 32 male)with the average age (36 ±7)years old.Most myxomas (83.8％) were located in the left atrium,7.7％ were in the right atrium,3.5％ were in the both atriums,2.6％ were in the left ventricle,and a few were in the left atrium plus left ventricle and in the right ventricle.Of all the patients,24 (20.5％) (16 women and 8 men) were complicated with cerebral infarction.Among them,3 patients were with lower extremity arterial embolisms.Two patients were with cerebral hemorrhage.The cerebral infarction mainly involved in the distribution area of the internal carotid artery.Infarctions involving 2 or more cerebral vessels were found in 4 cases.Most subjects (58.3％) manifested with hemiplegia,and some (18.2％) with syncope.The proportion of the left atrial myxoma in patients with cerebral infarction (100.0％) was significantly higher than those in patients without cerebral infarction (85.1％,P =0.044).Subjects with tumor diameter less than 3 cm were more frequently complicated with cerebral infarction (37.5％ vs 13.8％,P =0.009).A logistic analysis showed that the odds ratio of myxoma with tumor diameter less than 3 cm for cerebral infarction was 3.750 (95％ CI 1.343-10.470).Conclusions Cardiac myxoma is more common in young women,and often complicated with cerebral infarction.The infarctions are mainly distributed in internal carotid artery system,and some are involved in multiple vascular systems.The incidence of stroke is associated with the position of the myxoma.Smail-size myxoma cannot be ignored for its risk of stroke.

Objective To investigate the role of regulatory T (Treg) / T helper type 17 (Th17) cells in the pathogenesis of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU).Methods Eighty-nine patients with CSU were enrolled in this study,including 48 in active stage and 41 in remission stage.Forty-eight health check-up examinees,who were collected from the community hospitals in Guangzhou city,served as the healthy controls.Fluorescence-based realtime quantitative PCR was performed to determine the expression of transcription factors FOXP3 and RORγt in PBMCs from these subjects.Results Compared with the patients with CSU in remission stage and healthy controls,the patients in active stage showed a significantly higher level of FOXP3 mRNA (0.57 ± 0.19 vs.0.11 ± 0.21 and 0.13 ± 0.23,both P ＜ 0.05),but a significantly lower level of RORγt mRNA (0.43 ± 0.39 vs.0.89 ± 0.40 and 0.87 ± 0.43,both P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The expression of Treg cell regulator FOXP3 increases,while the expression of Th17 cell regulator RORγt decreases in patients with CSU,suggesting that the imbalance between Treg and Th17 cells induced by the interaction between FOXP3 and RORγt may be involved in the pathogenesis of CSU.

Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:shikimate/quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase(HCT) is an key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of chlorogenic acid in Lonicera japonica. In this study, eight putative HCT genes were cloned with RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) technology based on the analysis of transcriptome in L. japonica. Among them, one was suggested as HCT gene (LjHCT) in L. japonica through analysis of sequence similarity, physical and chemical properties, and domain conservation of the proptein. LjHCT gene containing 1 275 bp encodes a protein with the molecular weight of 47 kDa. These results will provide foundation for exploring the function of LjHCT in Lonicera japonica.

Projects which supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in discipline of pharmacology of Chinese medicine between 2010 to 2013 financial years were reviewed. Based on these research items, new features and problems were summarized in this field.
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