Objective: To investigate the influence of astragalosides (AST) and Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) combination on oxidative stress of brain tissues in C57BL/6 mice with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. Methods: Eighty C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into sham-operated group, untreated group, high-dose combination group (AST at a dose of 220 mg/kg plus PNS at a dose of 230 mg/kg), medium-dose combination group (AST at a dose of 110 mg/kg plus PNS at a dose of 115 mg/kg), low-dose combination group (AST at a dose of 55 mg/kg plus PNS at a dose of 57.5 mg/kg), AST (110 mg/kg) group, PNS (115 mg/kg) group and edaravone (4 mg/kg) group. AST and PNS were administered by gavage once daily for 4 days and edaravone was administered by intraperitoneal injection twice daily for 4 days. On the fourth day, bilateral common carotid arteries were ligated for 20 minutes to induce cerebral ischemia, followed by 60 minutes of reperfusion. Ischemic brain tissue was used to prepare tissue homogenate, then contents of malonaldehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH) and nitric oxide (NO), and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in the homogenate were detected. Twoxtwo analysis of variance of factorial design was used to analyze whether there was an interaction between AST at 110 mg/kg and PNS at 115 mg/kg. Results: Compared with sham-operated group, contents of MDA and NO, and activity of NOS in the untreated group were remarkably increased (P<0.01), activity of SOD and content of GSH were decreased (P<0.01). Compared with the untreated group, content of MDA in the AST group was decreased (P<0.01) and activity of SOD was increased (P<0.01), however, contents of GSH and NO and activity of NOS had no obvious changes (P>0.05). Contents of MDA and NO in the PNS group was decreased as compared with the untreated group (P<0.01), but activities of SOD and NOS and content of GSH had no changes (P>0.05). Contents of MDA and NO and activity of NOS in brain tissues in the edaravone group were decreased (P<0.01, P<0.05), and activity of SOD was increased (P<0.05), while content of GSH had no changes (P>0.05). Contents of MDA and NO and activity of NOS in brain tissue in the AST and PNS combination groups were decreased (P<0.01, P<0.05), the activity of SOD increased (P<0.01, P<0.05), the content of GSH increased (P<0.01, P<0.05), and activity of SOD and content of GSH were increased (P<0.01, P<0.05). The results of analysis of variance of factorial design showed that there were interactions between AST (110 mg/kg) and PNS (115 mg/kg) (P<0.01). Conclusion: Combination of AST (110 mg/kg) and PNS (115 mg/kg) has a restraint effect on the early oxidative stress injury in the brain after ischemia-reperfusion, and the combination has a synergistic or additive effect.

Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Male ; Pneumoconiosis ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Radiography ; Retrospective Studies

Background and purpose:Chemotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of gastric cancer.It is becoming a direction that the choice of chemotherapeutic agent for the clinic will be based on the levels of some relative gene expressions in the tumor tissue.As the key enzymes of fluoropyrimidines,the expression levels of thymidylate synthase(TS) and thymidine phosphorylase(TP) may correlate with the response of tumor to chemotherapy.This study was to investigate the expression of TS and TP mRNA in gastric cancer tissues and their correlation with prognosis.Methods:The expression levels of TS,TP mRNA in 51 gastric adenocarcinoma tissues were detected by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).Results:The median expression levels of TS,TP mRNA were 0.94 and 21.20,respectively.There was significant difference in terms of disease-free and overall survival between the gastric cancer patients with high and low TS mRNA expression level(P0.05)but not overall survival(P0.05).Conclusions:The expression levels of TS,TP mRNA may serve as prognostic markers for gastric cancer patients treated with FU-based adjuvant chemotherapy.

Objective To determine the feasibility and management of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC)for acute cholecystitis. Methods The clinical data of 106 patients with acute cholecystitis underwent LC were reviewed retrospectively. Results Six cases were converted into laparotomy and LC were successfully performed in other 100 cases. No complications occurred in this series. Conclusions LC is feasible for acute cholecystitis;the skill and experience of the operator is the key to the success of the operation.

Objective To explore the mechanism of tripterygium wilfordii hook f(TWHF)for Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis(HSPN,nephrotic type)in children.Methods All the children with HSPN(nephrotic type)were divided into 3 groups casually.Method of radioactive pairs conjugating analysis was used to determine the numbers of glucocorticoid(GC)receptors(GCRs).Results were statistically analysed respectively.Results GCRs tested in all the patients with HSPN(nephrotic type)before treatment were statistically lower than those in control group of normal children;GCRs in all the patients tested after 1 week treatment with GC were lower than before treatment.Three weeks later,GCRs in patients treated with TWHF increased much higher than them without TWHF.Following up the recurring times of all the patients 3 months to 5 years,they were much more in patients treated without TWHF treatment than in patients treated with it.Conclusions TWHF treatment on HSPN(nephrotic type)is obviously effective.It can not only decrease the dosage of GC,but decrease the recurring times.One of the mechanism may be TWHF can resist the down-regulation GC to GCR,and enhance the effect of GC.

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Motor Neuron Disease ; complications ; Neck ; pathology ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; complications

Objective To study the diagnostic value of heart fat acid binding protein (h‐FABP) in myocardial damage of children with hand‐foot‐mouth disease (HFMD) .Methods From February 2012 to December 2014 ,100 children with HFMD were chosen as study objects .All children study were divided into 2 sub‐groups according to the severity of disease:71 in ordinary HFMD sub‐group ,29 in severe HFMD sub‐group .At the same time ,100 healthy children were chosen as control group .The routine blood test , rate of abnormal electrocardiography ,rate of abnormal cTnI and rate of abnormal h‐FABP were compared among all children .The cTnI and h‐FABP at different time were compared between ordinary HFMD sub‐group and severe HFMD sub‐group .Results The WBC ,RBC and L had significant difference among different groups/sub‐groups(P<0 .05) ,the difference of PLT had no statistical significance(P>0 .05) .In ordinary HFMD sub‐group ,rate of abnormal electrocardiography was 19 .72% (14/71) ,rate of abnormal cTnI was 4 .23% (3/71)and rate of abnormal h‐FABP was16 .39% (10/71);in severe HFMD group ,rate of abnormal electrocardio‐graphy was 72 .41% (21/29) ,rate of abnormal cTnI was 82 .76% (23/29) and rate of abnormal h‐FABP was 82 .96% (23/29);in control group ,rate of abnormal electrocardiography was 1 .00% (1/100) ,rate of abnormal cTnI was 2 .00% (2/100)and rate of ab‐normal h‐FABP was 0 .00% (0/100) ,the difference had statistical significance(P<0 .05) .The cTnI and h‐FABP at different time had significant difference between ordinary HFMD sub‐group and severe HFMD sub‐group(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Heart fat acid binding protein (h‐FABP) can reflect the early myocardial damage in children with hand‐foot‐mouth disease .

Objective Testing the CRP and PLT for patients with acute myocardium infarction(AMI) .Analysising the relation‐ship between AMI and CPR or PLT .Methods We chose 60 patients with AMI who treat in our hospital during 2012/11 and 2014/10 as an observation group .As the same time ,we also chose 60 healthy person as a comparison group .Testing the CRP and PLT of the two groups with the same method ,and then we compare and analysis the results .Results The observation group's concentration of CRP is (22 .13 ± 4 .71)mg/L ,level of PLT is (241 ± 33)× 109/L .The comparison group's concentration of CRP is(2 .74 ± 0 .49) mg/L ,level of PLT is(162 ± 26) × 109/L .The result of the observation group is obvious higher than the comparison group ,and the difference is significance(P<0 .05) .The observation group's positive rate of CRP is 73 .33% ,increase of PLT is 38 .33% .The comparison group's positive rate of CRP is 3 .33% ,increase of PLT is 5 .00% .The result of the observation group is obvious higher than the comparison group ,and the difference is significance(P<0 .05) .Conclusion To the clinical diagnosis of AMI ,testing the CRP concentration and the PLT level is useful to understand the patient's host defenses and inflammation condition .It has clinical value to AM I's prevent ,diagnosis and prognosis .

Chronic hepatitis B(CHB)is one of the most commom cause of liver fibrosis. Accurate assessment of liver fibrosis is essential for the strategy of treatment and judgement of prognosis . Liver biopsy is the gold standard for staging fibrosis,but it is invasive with high cost,low reproducibility and poor acceptance by patients. Therefore,it is urgent to explore a noninvasive modality for the assessment of liver fibrosis. Recent evidence highlights that elastographic techniques, biochemical markers and the diagnostic model consisted of several serum markers have the potential for the diagnosis of liver fibrosis. This article reviewed the progress in noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with CHB.

Atomic force microscope(AFM) has one important feature that it is used to scan the samples with non-modified and modified probes to obtain sample appearance,and force-distance curve at certain point,based on which the adhesion,bond force and mechanical properties of the sample can be obtained.Until recently,the application of the AFM to measure the mechanical properties of biological sample is very extensive,which is significant in biomedicine and clinical medicine.This paper introduced the force curve theory of AFM,and reviewed the application of AFM to measure the mechanical properties of biological sample including elasticity,adhesion,stiffness,the interaction between antibody and antigen of the cell.In addition,we prospected the application and development of AFM to analyze cell mechanical properties.