OBJECTIVE To investigate the phlegm etiology and the prevention measures of respiratory tract infection in 89 cases with heavy type hepatitis in hospital.METHODS From Jan 2004 to May 2007,the phlegm from respiratory tract hospital infection patients were studied retrospectively.RESULTS The main respiratory tract pathogens were the G-bacillui(44.5%),G+ cocci(23.2%),Candida albicans(16.8%),Aspergillus(9.0%) and yeast-like fungi(4.5%).CONCLUSIONS The investigation of the etiology suggests that the prevention of respiratory tract infection be the main measure to decrease hospital infection in heavy type hepatitis patients.

AIM To study the chemical constituents from the rhizomas of Smilax glauco-china Warb.METHODS The n-butanol fraction of ethanol extract of S.glauco-china was isolated and purified by silica,Sephadex LH-20 and semi-preparative column,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.RESULTS Ten compounds were isolated and identified as phenethanol-β-D-gentiobioside (1),2-phenylethyl-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 →6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (2),phenylethyl D-rutinoside (3),phenylethyl β-D-glucoside (4),hydrangeifolin Ⅰ (5),icariside D1 (6),calophymembranside B (7),2-hydroxyphenol-1-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(6 → 1)-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (8),β-sitosterol (9),daucosterol (10).CONCLUSION All the compounds are isolated from this plant for the first time.

AIM:To study the cisplatin-sensitization effect and mechanism of tripterygium glycosides on cisplatin-resistant human epithelial ovarian cancer cells (SKOV3/DDP).METHODS:The SKOV3/DDP cells in exponential phase of growth were randomly divided into eight groups:blank control group,10 μg/mL DDP group,50 μg/mL GTW group,800 μg/mL GTW group,3 200 μg/mL GTW group,10 μg/mL DDP + 50 μg/mL GTW group,10 μg/mL DDP + 800 μg/mL GTW group and 10 μg/mL DDP + 3 200 μg/mL GTW group.Cell counting kit 8 and flow cytometry and western blot were used to detect the growth inhibiting rate and apoptosis rate and relative expression of GST-π,MDR1,STAT3,p-STAT3 of SKOV3/DDP cells of every group.RESULTS:DDP and GTW produce an additive effect when used concurrently in inhibiting growth of SKOV3/DDP cells.800 μg/mL GTW or 3 200 μg/mL GTW combined with 10 μg/mL DDP can significantly induce apoptosis of SKOV3/DDP cells and downregulate the expression of p-STAT3 (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION:GTW can significantly enhance sensitivity of SKOV3/DDP cells to DDP.The underlying mechanism may be related with down-regulating the expression of p-STAT3 in STAT3 pathway.

Insomnia has become a common central nervous system disease. At present, the pathogenesis of insomnia is not clear. Animal models can help us understand the pathogenesis of the disease and can be used in transformational medicine. Therefore, it is very necessary to establish an appropriate model of insomnia. Clinical data show that insomnia patients with high levels of thyroxine and often accompanied by cardiovascular problems, a common mechanism underlying all of these physiological disruptions is the sympathetic nervous system. Combined with the characteristics of chronic onset of clinical insomnia, an insomnia model induced by long-term intraperitoneal injection of thyroid hormone has been created in our laboratory. In this paper, the insomnia-like state of the model was evaluated based on three validity criteria. Face validity has been demonstrated in metabolism, the Morris water maze, electrocardiogram (ECG) and electroencephalogram (EEG). Structure validity has been proved by the results of targeted metabolomics. After treatment with diazepam, a commonly used clinical anti-insomnia drug, the above physiological and pathological disorders were reversed. The results of comprehensive analysis show that the established thyrotoxicosis-associated insomnia model meets the validity requirement to establish an appropriate animal model of insomnia. The model presented in this article might help to study pathogenetic mechanisms of clinical insomnia, as well as to test promising methods of insomnia treatment.

OBJECTIVE To study the composition of chemical constituents of Sargassum fusiforme and its in vitro anti- neuroinflammatory activity ，and to provide reference for its development and utilization and the study of pharmacodynamic substances. METHODS UHPLC-QTOF-MS/MS analysis method and GC-MS/MS method were used to analyze the chemical constituents of S. fusiforme . The lipopolysaccharide （1 μg/mL）was adopted to establish the inflammatory model of neuromicroglia BV2. Using paroxetine （5 μg/mL）as positive control ，CCK-8 assay was used to detect the effects of the extracts of S. fusiforme （20，40，60，80，100 μg/mL）on the activity and morphology of neuromicroglia BV 2. The effects of the extracts of S. fusiforme （40，60，80 μg/mL）on the contents of tumor necrosis factor α（TNF-α）and interleukin- 6（IL-6）in cell supernatant were detected by ELISA. RESULTS A total of 103 non-volatile constituents were identified by UHPLC-QTOF-MS/MS ，and 60 volatile constituents were obtained by GC-MS/MS. The extracts of S. fusiforme （40，60，80 μ g/mL） could significantly reduce the abnormally increased activation of neuromicroglia BV 2 and the contents of TNF-α and IL-6 due to lipopolysaccharide （P＜0.05 or P＜0.01）. CONCLUSIONS The study establish the full spectrum of chemical constituents of S. fusiforme ，and it is confirmed that fusiforme has certain in vitro anti-neuroinflammatory activity.