AIM: To isolate and identify flavones from Taxillus chinensis (DC.) Danser, to establish the content determination of quercetin. METHODS: The flavones were isolated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel. Its structures were identified by spectroscopic methods, including IR, UV, MS. HPLC was used to assay the quercetin. RESULTS: quercetin and quercitrin content were determined. CONCLUSION: This method is accurate, reliable with good separability and reproducibility, it can be applied as standard for the control of Taxillus chinensis (DC.) Danser.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of morroniside on IL-1β in rat cortex with focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion.MethodsThe animal model was induced by occlusion of middle cerebral artery with suture embolus, ischemia for 30 min, and reperfusion for 72 h in rats. The content of IL-1β was detected with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).ResultsCompared with sham group, the content of IL-1β increased obviously in model rat. Compared with model group, morroniside(30 mg/kg, 90 mg/kg, 270 mg/kg) and colchicine (0.06 mg/kg) decreased the content of IL-1β significantly (P<0.001).ConclusionMorroniside may protect the cortex from inflammatory factor IL-1β.

Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion results in damage on neuron, leading to genes and proteins related to apoptosis activation. At the same time, generous cytokines released after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion can induce the apoptosis of the neuron. Many current studies have showed that the major damage mechanisms on apoptosis of the neuron are mitochondrion impairment, calcium overload, increased levels of oxygen radicals and so on. The advance research on the mechanism contributes to explore new neuroprotective drugs, and further identify the target and therapeutic effect of drug treatment.

Objective To investigate the effects of morroniside on activation of caspase-3 in rats with focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion. MethodsThe model was induced with occlusion of middle cerebral artery with suture embolus, ischemia for 30 min, and reperfusion for 72 h in rats. Vitamin E used for the positive control. The activity of caspase-3 was detected with spectrophotometry. ResultsCompared with sham group, the caspase-3 activity increased obviously in model rat. Compared with model group, Morroniside (30 mg/kg,90 mg/kg,270 mg/kg) decreased the activation of caspase-3 remarkably, which was dose-dependent (P<0.05). ConclusionMorroniside may reduce apoptosis by decreasing the activation of caspase-3 in rats.

Public hospitals are the backbone of China's healthcare,shouldering critical tasks of ensuring health of the Chinese people at large.Their reform,therefore,should enhance and coordinate the balance between public welfare and efficiency of public hospitals as much as possible.Such a “separated ownership/operation” reform in the management system reform of public hospitals can raise their operational and management efficiency,so as to maximize their performance of public benefits.Based on the basic theory of separated ownership and operation,authors of the paper proposed policy recommendations for such a reform upon the analysis of the four optional patterns separated ownership and operation of public hospitals.

Objective To explore the effect of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene polymorphism on brain volume in healthy young adults.Methods One hundred and ninety-three healthy young volunteers (age:20-40 years) were recruited in Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between August 2013 and May 2014.Two milliliters of peripheral blood were collected for the determination of ApoE genotype using direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products.Brain MRI scans were performed using three-dimensional T1-weighted turbo field echo imaging sequence.The diffcrences of brain morphometry between the ε4 carriers group (ε3/ε4 and ε4/ε4 genotype) and the ε4 non-carriers group (ε3/ε3 genotype) were analyzed using voxel based morphometry (VBM).Results The ε4 carriers accounted for 14.51％ (28/193) of the total population.Twenty of ε4 carriers and 45 of ε4 non-carriers were included in the final images analysis.VBM analysis showed that the ApoE ε4 carriers had 10 atrophic brain areas compared with the ε4 non-carriers (P ＜ 0.005,uncorrected,10 continuous voxels),which mainly located in the right anterior cingulate,the bilateral caudates,parietal lobes and lateral temporal lobes.Conclusions The influence of ApoE gene polymorphisms on brain volume has appeared in the youth.The ε4 gene is related to the reductions of the gray matter volume in multiple brain areas.

Objective To explore the function of autonomic nerves system in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) combined with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Methods Fifty children having PSVT and no CHD (PSVT group), 30 children with both PSVT and CHD (CHD group), and 50 cases of healthy children (control group) were selected. The difference of 24-hour heart rate variability (HRV) among three groups was analyzed retrospectively. Results There were statistical differences in the long-range time domain HRV indexes, including SDNN, SDANN, SDNN Index, pNN 50 , and RMSSD among three groups (F=80.32-?263.18, P all??0.05). The SDNN, SDANN, SDNN Index, pNN50, and RMSSD were signiifcantly decreased in CHD group compared with PSVT group (P all?

Objective To investigate the effects of morroniside on lipid peroxidation of cortex in rats with focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion. Methods The animal model was induced by occlusion of middle cerebral artery with suture embolus, ischemia for 30 min, and reperfusion for 72 h in rats. The content of malondialdehyde (MDA) was detected with spectrophotometry. Results Compared with sham group, the content of MDA increased obviously in model rat. Compared with model group, Morroniside（30 mg/kg，90 mg/kg，270 mg/kg）and vitamin E（35 mg/kg） decreased the content of MDA significantly (P<0.05). Conclusion Morroniside may protect the cortex from lipid peroxidation.

The cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury is one of factors in aggravating brain injury, and the inflammatory response is one of the main reasons in the reperfusion injury after acute cerebral ischemia. Inflammation is modulated by many factors such as inflammatory mediators and inflammatory cells that promote brain damage from ischemia injury to reperfusion injury. This paper would review the role of inflammatory cells and mediators such as cytokines, chemotactic factors, adhesion molecules on cerebral tissue injury.

Objective To investigate the effects of morroniside on glutathione (GSH) and Caspase-3 in rats with focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion. Methods The animal model was induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion with suture embolus with 30 min for cerebral ischemia and 7 d for reperfusion. The content of GSH was detected with spectrophotometry and Caspase-3 expression was observed by Western blot.Results Compared with model group, the GSH increased and Caspase-3 expression reduced significantly at 270 mg/kg of morroniside.Conclusion Morroniside may have neuroprotective effect by increasing GSH in rats cortex and reduce the apoptosis in focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.