OBJECTIVE: To study antitussive,expectorant and anti-asthmatic effect of Maqin zhike syrup.METHODS: Mice cough model and guinea pig cough model were established.Antitussive,expectorant and anti-asthmatic effects of Maqin zhike syrup were observed.RESULTS: Maqin zhike syrup could apparently prolong the coughing incubation period,reduced coughing frequency induced by ammonia,increased excretion of phenol red from the respiratory tract,resisted asthma caused by histamine.CONCLUSION: Maqin zhike syrup has obvious antitussive,expectorant and anti-asthmatic effect.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Female ; Hip ; innervation ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nerve Compression Syndromes ; therapy ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate the relationship between the leptin level and neonatal weight and the expression of leptin in placenta. Methods The concentrations of leptin in 100 maternal blood and umbilical blood of the term pregnant women were examined by radioimmunoassay (RIA). According to the neonatal weight to divide into the large for gestational age (LGA) group 19 cases, the appropriate for gestational age (AGA) group 65 cases, the small for gestational age (SGA) 16 cases. The level of leptin mRNA in 41 placental tissue was examined by Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR). Results (1) The expression level of leptin mRNA in placenta was 0 97?0 04, which was positively related to the neonatal weight significantly ( r =0 43, P 0 05).(3)The concentration of leptin in umbilical blood was (7 58? 5 15) ?g/L, which was positively related to the neonatal weight ( r =0 57, P

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of rhGM-CSF in prevention of neutropenia caused by chemothera- py of cancer patients. Methods: A muticenter, randomized,match and crossover clinical study was conducted. 64 enrolled patients were randomized into AB and BA groups and each patient received two cycles of combination chemotherapy.Results:59 patients were evaluted for clinical efficacy.rhGM-CSF significantly increased the number of WBC and ANC at the stage of nadir. The period when the patients, rhGM-CSF also resulted in a hastening recovery from leucopenia and neutropenia.Conclusion: The administraton of rhTM-CSF ensures the implement of sheduled combination chemotherapy. The main side effects such as fever, osteomyalgia,skin rash were generally tolerable.

Objective To assess the influence of community intervention on blood pressure and quality of life in aged patients with hypertension.Methods A total of 378 elderly hypertensive patients received community intervention with anti-high blood pressure agents for one year.Before and after intervention,blood pressure was recorded and genetic quality of life inventory(GQOLI-74),symptom checklist(SCL-90),self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),and self-rating depression scale(SDS)were carried out on the basis of giving unite guiding words.Results In addition to blood pressure degraded,the blood pressure control rate was improved after intervention(67.7% vs.40.1% before intervention,x2=57.59, P<0.05).Observation items of body health dimension,psychological health dimension,social function dimension were better than those recorded before intervention(P<0.05).But difference of the material life dimension was not statistically significant(P>0.05).With 41 scores as a SDS rude mark to judge the depression incidence.the incidence was decreased from 22.7% before intervention to 12.5%after intervention(x2=12.565,P<0.05).Conclusions Community intervention is a practical and valuable strategy for controlling high blood pressure and improving quality of life in aged patients.

Objective To investigate the protective function of edaravone in the compressed spinal cord.Methods There were 150 rabbits enrolled in each group in the experiment.Rabbits in both operation group and edaravone (EDA) treating group received mild spinal cord compressionby setting a flap head screw between C6 C7 after the neck.The spinal cord decompression was conducted seven days later.After 6 hours,rabbits in the EDA treating group were injected with a large amount of EDA through ear border veins,while the rabbits in the operation group only received 0.9％ sodium chloride injection.The transmission electron microscope was used to observe the apoptotic bodies at 1 day,3 days and 7 days after compression,and 1 day,3 days,7 days,and 14 days after decompression.Flow cytometry was used to test the rate of apoptosis of spinal cord cells.Immunohistochemistry was used to test the expression of Bax protein that is related to apoptosis.Results The neuronal apoptosis appeared after compression in both operation group and EDA-treating group.The Basso Beattie Bresnahan (BBB) score,neuronal apoptosis rates,and Bax protein expressions in both groups were statistically different (P ＜ 0.05) when the spinal cord was compressed in the first day and the third day,while there was no statistically different when spinal cord compressed at the seventh day (P ＞ 0.05).After decompression of the spinal cord,the BBB score,neuronal apoptosis rates,and Bax protein expressions in both groups were becoming lower at the seventh day (P ＜0.05).Conclusions EDA has protective function for compressed spinal cord.However,only the compression of spinal cord compression period of sufficient decompression can fundamentally protect the spinal cord.

Heterotopic pancreas is usually defined as a presence of pancreatic tissue without any anatomical or vascular continuity,and is one of the congenital and rare diseases.The clinical manifestations are easily confused with other gastrointestinal diseases,and conventional endoscopic examination cannot provide a clear preoperative diagnosis,therefore heterotopic pancreas is often misdiagnosed.It is very important to distinguish heterotopic pancreas and other digestive diseases.In this article,the clinical characteristics,differential diagnosis and treatment method of one patient with heterotopic pancreas who was admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College in March 2014 were analyzed.

Objective To investigate the frequeney of four single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites (rs17300539, rs12495941, rs2241766 and rs1501299) of adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) and to elucidate its role in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).Methods A total of 207 women with PCOS and 192 controls were recruited.Four ml whole-blood samples were collected in tubes containing ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) by peripheral venous puncture.Genomic DNA was extracted using a QIAamp DNA mini kit.Four SNP sites (rs17300539, rs12495941, rs2241766 and rs1501299) of ADIPOQ were amplified by PCR and then directly sequenced to screen variants.Results (1) The genotype frequencies of AA of rs17300539 in PCOS was significantly higher than controls [57.5％ (119/207) versus 48.4％ (93/192), P＜0.05].The genotype frequencies of AA of rs1501299 in PCOS was significantly lower than controls [4.8％ (10/207) versus 11.5％ (22/192), P＜0.05].While no significant differences were found in rs2241766 and rs12495941 (P＞0.05).(2) The allele A of rs17300539 [75.8％ (314/414)] and allele C frequeneies of rs1501299 [76.3％ (316/414)] in PCOS were significantly higher than controls [67.7％ (260/ 384), 69.0％ (265/384), respectively;all P＜0.05].While no significant differences were found in rs2241766 and rs12495941 (P＞0.05).(3) Further analysis we found rs17300539 AA genotypes had an increased risk for PCOS compared with GG genotype (OR=2.670, P=0.009), rs1501299 CC genotype had an increased risk for PCOS compared with AA genotypes (OR=2.756, P=0.012);and the difference remained significantly after adjustment for age, testosterone and body mass index (P＜0.05).Conclusions No signifi cant differences were observed in genotype and allele frequencies between PCOS and controls for rs2241766 and rs12495941.However, we observed an association between rs17300539, rs1501299 and PCOS.rs17300539 and rs1501299 of ADIPOQ perhaps are the susceptibility gene locus of PCOS.

Cause of Death ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease ; epidemiology ; mortality ; Humans ; Infant ; Male

In order to provide us new clues to induce some endogenous protective molecular mechanisms, the changes in gene expression profile induced by ischemia-reperfusion in pulmonary tissues of rats were investigated and the dynamic mechanism of pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury was elucidated. Thirty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 6 groups: 5 ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) groups (I/R 0-h, I/R 1-h, I/R 3-h, I/R 6-h, I/R 24-h) and control group (n=5 in each). An in situ ischemia-reperfusion lung injury rat model was established by occluded hilus of lung. The RatRef-12 Expression Beadchip (22 226 gene probes per array) was used to analyze the pattern of gene expression in all groups. The results showed that 648, 340, 711, 1279 and 641 genes were differentially expressed in I/R 0-, 1-, 3-, 6-and 24-h groups respectively. The differentially expressed genes were classified as following 7 functional categories: cytokine, adhesion molecule, growth factor and apoptosis-related factor, oxidation and antioxidation molecule, metabolic enzyme, ion channel and aquaporin, signal transduction molecule. It was suggested that gene chip technology was an effective and quick method for screening differentially expressed genes. Many differentially expressed genes with different functions interacted each other to result in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Gene Expression Profiling ; Lung/*blood supply ; Random Allocation ; Rats, Wistar ; Reperfusion Injury/*genetics