Selected mainly were acupoints in the adjacent areas and along the meridians, assisted by ashi points. Fengmen (BL 12), Geshu (BL 17) and Xuehai (SP 10) were selected for migratory arthralgia;Shenshu (BL 23) and Guanyuan (CV 4) for cold-aggravated arthralgia; Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36)and Yinlingquan (SP 9) for damp arthralgia; Dazhui (GV 14) and Quchi (LI 11) for heat-induced arthralgia. Acupuncture in combination with far infra-red radiation was performed.76 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were treated and 74 cases with herb therapy as control. The result showed that there was statistically significant difference in curative effect between the 2 groups, χ 2=10.18, P＜ 0.01, indicating that the curative effect was significantly better in the treatment group than in the control group. Statistics showed that there was no significant difference in curative effect among the 4 syndromic types, namely migratory arthralgia, cold-aggravated arthralgia, damp-induced arthralgia and heat-induced arthralgia. But there was a statistically significant difference in curative effect between the above 4 syndromic types and deficiency-type arthralgia, indicating that the curative effect in deficiency-type arthralgia was worst.

Objective:To investigate the effect of miR-26b on the invasion and migration of lung cancer cell and to explore its mechanism.Methods:qPCR was used to detect the expression of miR-26b in lung cancer.Luciferase reporter gene was used to detect interaction between miR-26b and hENT1.Transwell assay was used to detect invasion ability after treatment of miR-26b mimics.Scratch assay was used to detect migration ability after treatment of miR-26b mimics.The expressions of hENT1,ROCK-I and RhoA were detected by Western blot.The changes of cytoskeleton after miR-26b mimics treatment with phalloidin were observed.The effect of miR-26b mimics on the tumor size and volume of lung cancer was determined by subcutaneous tumor formation in nude mice.Results:MiR-26b expression was significantly reduced in lung cancer.With the progress of lung cancer,the expression of miR-26b was reduced.With the progress in differentiation of lung cancer,the expression of miR-26b was decreased.Decrease of miR-26b was associated with lung cancer lymph node metastasis.HENT1 was the direct target of miR-26b;miR-26b regulated the invasion and migration ability of human lung carcinoma A549 cells.MiR-26b regulated the expression of hENT1,ROCK-1 and RhoA.After the treatment with miR-26b mimics,the F-actin staining was significantly reduced,whereas the formation of wrinkles and the formation of pseudopodia were significantly reduced.Subcutaneous tumor formation in nude mice showed that miR-26b mimics treatment significantly reduced the tumor size and mass.Conclusion:MiR-26b plays a role in tumor suppression in lung cancer.miR-26b can regulate the invasion and migration ability of lung carcinoma A549 cells by targeting hENT1 depending on the RhoA/ROCK-1 pathway.

Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy ofacupuncture plus Tuina therapy in treating supraspinatus tendinitis.Methods:One hundred patients with supraspinatus tendinitis were randomly allocated to two groups.The treatment group of 50 cases was treated with acupuncture plus Tuina therapy and the control group of 50 cases,with simple acupuncture.Treatment was given once daily,10 times as a course.The therapeutic effects were evaluated after two courses oftreatment.Results:The total efficacy rate was 96.0%in the treatment group and 74.0%in the control group.x2 test showed that there was a statistically significant difference in the total efficacy rate between the two groups(P＜0.01).Conclusion:Acupuncture plus Tuina therapy is superior to simple acupuncture in treating supraspinatus tendinitis.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the hearing level of deafmute children in three deafmute schools in Nanning,Liuzhou and Guilin cities and reveal the importance of early diagnosis and intervention.METHODS The pure tone hearing thresholds of 0.5,1,2,4 kHz of 357 deafmute children in three deafmute schools were recorded. The disability grade was evaluated according to the average threshold of 4 frequencies.RESULTS A total of 410 students were in the three deafmute schools.There were 248 male and 162 female with an age ranged from 2 to 27 years(14.5 years). The number of hearing disability grade fromⅠtoⅣwere 232(65 %),64(18.0 %),48(13.5 %)and 10(2.6 %)respectively,and 3 children(0.9 %)could not graded the hearing disability.Sixty one children (17.0 %)with light or moderate hearing loss missed their optimal opportunity of hearing and speech rehabilitation.CONCLUSION The results reveal the importance of early diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss.

Objective:To compare the clinical effects of gargle fluid containing scutellaria baicalensis with chlorhexidine in the treatment of chronic gingivitis and to observe TNF-α expression in gingival crevicular fluid(GCF) before and after treatment.Methods:90 cases of chronic gingivitis were divided into 3 groups (n =10) based on random number table and treated by scaling and mouth wash with normal saline(group A),chlorhexidine(group B) and scutellaria baicalensis(group C) respectively.PI and GI were measured,TNF-α level in GCF was examined after initial therapy,1 week,2 week and 1 month after treatment.Results:Comprehensive analysis of the whole treatment process showed that there was difference of PI among 3 groups(F =3.506,P =0.034).PI in group B was lower than that in group A and C (P ＜ 0.05;A vs C,P ＞ 0.05);there was difference of GI among the 3 groups (F =6.359,P =0.003).GI in group A was higher than that in group B and C(P ＜0.05;B vs C,P ＞0.05),there was difference of TNF-α concentration in GCF among the 3 groups(F =3.780,P =0.027);TNF-α in group A was higher than that in group B and C(P ＜0.05,B vs C,P ＞0.05).Conclusion:Radix scutellariae and chlorhexidine gargle fluid are equally effective in the treatment of chronic gigivitis.

Objective To investigate the expression of multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1) and brain and acute leukemia cytoplasm (BAALC) genes and its relationship with prognosis in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML).Methods A total of 100 adults with newly diagnosed AML were enrolled in the study.All patients were treated with anthracyclines induced chemotherapy combined with cytarabine.The expression levels of MDR1 and BAALC genes were detected,and the relationships with the clinical characteristics of patients with AML,genetic type,therapeutic effect and prognosis were analyzed.Results There was no significant differences in white blood cells,hemoglobin and platelet between patients with high and low expression of MDR1 gene and BAALC gene (P>0.05).There were significant differences in the expression level of MDR1 gene between patients with different chromosome risk stratification (P<0.05) but there was no significant difference in the expression level of BAALC gene (P>0.05).After chemotherapy intervention,CR of patients with high expression of MDR1 gene was significantly lower than patients with low expression of MDR1 gene (60.78% vs.87.76%)(P<0.05),CR of patients with high expression of BAALC gene was slightly lower than patients with low expression of MDR1 gene (67.31% vs 81.25%)(P>0.05).Comparison of median overall survival (OS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with high and low expression of MDR1 gene.The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Comparison of median overall survival (OS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with high and low expression of BAALC gene.There was no significant difference(P>0.05).Conclusion Compared with the expression of BAALC gene,the value of expression of MDR1 gene is higher in evaluating the curative effect in patients with newly diagnosed AML.Combined detection of MDR1 and BAALC genes can improve the accuracy in predicting the prognosis of patients.

AIM: To observe the therapeutical effects of resveratrol on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its potential mechanism.METHODS: Male C57BL/6J mice were fed with high-fat and high-cholesterol diet to established non alcoholic fatty liver disease model, and were administrated with resveratrol at doses of 80 mg/kg and 160 mg/kg.After 4-week treatment, the blood sample was collected for determination of total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG).The liver tissues were harvested for measuring the liver lipid content.The histopathological examination were conducted with hematoxylin and eosin staining.The ceramide levels in the liver tissues were detected by HPLC-MS.The microRNA (mi-RNA)-122 levels in the liver tissues were detected by real-time PCR.The protein levels of serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) were determined by Western blot.The HepG2 cells were cultured and divided into 5 groups: control group, model group (induced by 0.25 mmol/L oleic acid), model+resveratrol group (treated with 5 μmol/L resveratrol), miRNA-122 siRNA group and resveratrol+miRNA-122 siRNA group.Except control group, the cells in other groups were stimulated with oleic acid and incubated with respective drugs simultaneously for 24 h.The levels of TC, TG and ceramide in the cells of each group were measured.The protein levels of SPT in each group were determined by Western blot.RESULTS: In non-alcoholic fatty liver disease mice, resveratrol dose-dependently reduced the serum TC and TG levels, decreased the lipid deposition, the ceramide level and the SPT protein level, and increased the level of miRNA-122 in the liver tissues.In the in vitro study, compared with model group, resveratrol reduced the serum TC and TG levels, decreased the ceramide level, reduced the SPT protein level.Compared with control group, the levels of TC, TG and ceramide, and the protein expression of SPT were increased in miRNA-122 siRNA group.Compared with miRNA-122 siRNA group, no statistical difference of TC, TG, ceramide and protein expression of SPT in resveratrol combined miRNA-122 siRNA group was observed.CONCLUSION: Resveratrol significantly reduces lipid accumulation by reduction of miRNA-122 and ceramide levels, and decrease in SPT protein levels in the liver.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus rehabilitation training in improving post-stroke dysphagia. Method A total of 60 patients with post-stroke dysphagia were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The two groups were intervened by basic treatment of internal medicine and swallowing rehabilitation training, and the treatment group was additionally given acupuncture treatment. The Standardized Swallowing Assessment (SSA), water swallowing test and Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire (SWAL-QOL) were evaluated in the two groups before and after the treatment. Result After the treatment, the SSA scores in the two groups were significantly decreased compared to those before the treatment (P<0.01), and the SWAL-QOL scores were significantly increased compared to those before the treatment (P<0.01); the SSA score in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.01), and the SWAL-QOL score was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). The water swallowing test classification after the treatment was significantly superior to that before the treatment in the treatment group (P<0.01), and there was a significant difference compared to that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Acupuncture plus rehabilitation training can obviously improve the swallowing function of patients with post-stroke dysphagia, and the clinical efficacy was superior to single rehabilitation training.

Objective:To establish a quantitative analysis of multi-components by single marker ( QAMS) method for the determi-nation of six components ( phillyrin, schizandrol, schisandra ester, deoxyschizandrin, schisandrin B and schisandrin C ) in Liuwei Wuling tablets,and verify the accuracy and feasibility of the method applied in the preparation. Methods:The relative correction factor ( f) of schisandrin B, schisandrin C, schisandra ester, schizandrol, phillyrin and deoxyschizandrin was detected by HPLC at the detec-tion wavelength of 230nm, and the contents of the components in Liuwei Wuling tablets were calculated to achieve the multi evaluation. Meanwhile, the contents of the six components were analyzed by an external standard method and the relative error between the calcula-tion of QAMS method ( Wf ) and the result of the external standard method ( Ws ) was calculated to verify the accuracy of QAMS. The reproducibility of the method was also investigated. Results:The QAMS method was established to determine the contents of 6 compo-nents in Liuwei Wuling tablets, and the components in 10 batches of Liuwei Wuling tablets were determined. The differences between the calculated values and the measured values were small ( RSD < 5%) . Conclusion:The QAMS method is simple, effective and ac-curate in determining the contents of 6 effective components in Liuwei Wuling tablets. The quality evaluation model of QAMS for Liuwei Wuling tablets is validated, which can be used for the quality control of Liuwei Wuling tablets and provide reference for the further study.

Hyaluronic acid is a linear acid mucopolysaccharide composed of repeating disaccharide glucuronic acid and N-acetyl-glucosamine units,which is widely used in medicine,cosmetics,food and other fields.Traditional studies have made significant achievements in improving the production of hyaluronic acid by optimizing the fermentation parameters,but have reached the upper limit,and the natural strains have the increasing disadvantages of high cost of fermentation medium and pathogenicity.With the rapid development of molecular biology technology and the continuous research on the genes related to hyaluronic acid synthesis,the research focus has gradually shifted to the use of genetic engineering technology to construct high yield,safe and specific molecular weight hyaluronan genetically engineered strains.Here the strategies and research progress of genetic engineering for the production of hyaluronic acid were reviewed.