Adult ; Citric Acid ; adverse effects ; Dust ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects ; Tooth Erosion ; chemically induced

Adult ; Benzene ; poisoning ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive ; chemically induced ; diagnosis ; Male ; Occupational Diseases ; diagnosis ; Physical Examination

Adult ; Heat Stroke ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Diseases ; diagnosis

Dermatitis, Occupational ; etiology ; Humans ; Trichloroethylene ; poisoning

Adolescent ; Ammonia ; poisoning ; Female ; Humans

Objective:To evaluate the cough-settling, phlegm-dispelling and panting-calming actions of Ginkgo Distillate. Methods: The cough-settling and phlegm-dispelling effects were observed on the ammonia water-induced cough model of mice and phenol red expectoration method. The panting-calming effect was observed by wheezing and panting incubation period and relaxation test of isolated tracheal smooth muscle. Results: Ginkgo Distillate could inhibit mouse cough induced by ammonia water, promote mouse tracheal expectoration induced by phenol red, remit the wheezing and panting induced by histamine phosphate, prolong the wheezing and panting incubation period. It also possessed the inhibition on guinea pig tracheal contraction induced by histamine phosphate. Conclusions: Ginkgo Distillate has the cough-settling, phlegm-dispelling and panting-calming actions.

Objective: To evaluate the pharmacological actions on blood quickening and stasistransforming of Gongqing Granules (Herba Leonuri, Herba Portulacae, Pollen Typhae, etc).Methods:Fibrinolysin dissolving, blood stagnation model induced by adrenaline hydrochloride, natural bleeding, capillary coagulation.Results: Gongqing Granules could obviously increase whole blood and plasma viscosities and packed cell volume, and obviously shorten the time of fibrionolysin dissolving. It showed no evident effect on the time of bleeding in mice and could shorten the time of capllary blood coagulation in rats.Conclusion: Gongqing Granules has strong actions of blood quickening and stasis transforming.

Hepatic Stellate Cells ; metabolism ; Humans ; Signal Transduction

Targeted therapeutic strategy for cancer stem cells (CSCs) is the key to prevent tumor relapse and metastasis. The im-portant roles of epigenetic regulation on the development of stem cells and gene reprogram of somatic cells suggest that this process may remarkably affect the occurrence and development of CSCs. The epigenome, which comprises DNA methylation, histone modifica-tions, chromatin structures, and non-coding RNAs, controls gene expression patterns. In renal cell carcinoma (RCC), aberrant changes occur in the epigenome. To date, cells with CSC properties from RCC have been successfully isolated using different methods, such as sorting using the Hoechst 33342 side population, forming tumor spheroid, and sorting CD105 cell surface biomarker. According to the progress in genetic studies on RCC, in addition to DNA sequence, the abnormality in the regulatory mechanism has considerable func-tions in tumor progression. Epigenetic changes may be integral to the behavior of cancer progenitor cells and their progeny. Knowledge on epigenetics in renal tumorigenesis process is beneficial in the development of new therapeutic modalities and may deliver new prog-nostic and early diagnostic markers. This paper reviews the latest development in the study of RCC stem cells and the underlying mech-anisms of epigenetic regulation on the development of CSCs in RCC.

Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Patellar Dislocation ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Patellar Ligament ; injuries ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures