Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Alcoholism ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Middle Aged ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ; therapy

AIM: To verify the neuroprotective effect and optimize the therapeutic dose and time window of picroside Ⅱon cerebral ischemic injury in rats .METHODS:The forebrain ischemia model was established by the method of bilateral common carotid artery occlusion ( BCCAO ) .The successful model rats were randomly divided into 16 groups according to orthogonal design and treated by intraperitoneal injection of picroside Ⅱat different ischemic time poinis and different doses .The changes of the nerve fiber myelin were observed by fast green staining .The immunohistochemical assay and Western blotting were used to quantitatively and qualitatively determine the expression of myelin basic protein (MBP). The mRNA level of MBP in the brain tissues was tested by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).RE-SULTS:Picroside Ⅱ increased the expression of MBP and decreased demyelination after cerebral ischemic injury .The best therapeutic time window and dose were:(1) ischemia for 2.0 h with picrosideⅡat dose of 10 mg/kg according to the results of fast green staining;(2) ischemia for 2.0 h with the dose of 10 mg/kg according to the results of immunohisto-chemical assay;(3) ischemia for 2.0 h with the dose of 10 mg/kg according to the analysis of Western blotting;(4) is-chemia for 1.5 h with the dose of 20 mg/kg according to the detection of RT-PCR.CONCLUSION:Given the principle of the lowest therapeutic dose with the longest time window , the optimized therapeutic dose and time window for rat cerebral ischemic injury is intraperitoneal injection of picroside Ⅱat the doses of 10~20 mg/kg and the time window of ischemia for 1.5~2.0 h.

The pathogenesis of migraine is not fully understood as yet. Recently, with the development of ultrasonography, some stud-ies indicated that the prevalence of right-to-left shunt (RLS) seemed to be higher in migraine, especially in migraine with aura. The progress in the relationship between migraine and RLS was reviewed.

Objective To investigate the easement degree of pain after the treatment of low back pain patients in 6 months after the operation.Methods To treat lumbar degenerative osteoarthritis (21cases),lumbar disc herniation(31 cases),Lumbar spinal stenosis assompanied with lumbar disc herniation(1 cases) with percutaneous radiofrequency-ablation,compare the JOA,VAS,Oswestry score of the patients before and at the just after operation,2 weeks,6weeks,3 months,6 months after operation.Results The JOA score of patients after operation rise obviously than that of patients before operation,and VAS and Oswestry score reduce obviously,they all have statiscal significance(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The pain of patients who suffered from discogenic low back pain,lumbar disc herniation is relieved by percutaneous radiofrequency-ablation,the quality of patients'life is heightened,all of above indicate that the treatment is an effective method for discogenic low back pain,lumber disc herniation.

Thrombospondin-1 expresses in a variety of tumors and induces endothelial cell apoptosis,thus inhibits tumor angiogenesis and prevents tumor growth.It function domain ( Type I sequence):3TSR,retaines the function of inhibit angiogenesis,has the certain practical significance in clinical cancer treatment.

Angiogenesis plays a critical role in growth and metastasis of lung cancer.The strongest tumor angiogenesis factor known is the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).Therefore,anti-VEGF therapy which can restrain tumor angiogenesis is an important form of the targeted therapy of lung cancer.The expression of VEGF is also significant to the prognosis of lung cancer.

Animals ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Glomerulonephritis ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Humans ; Kidney Glomerulus ; pathology ; Phytotherapy ; Podocytes ; pathology

With Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14) and Jianzhen (SI 9) for instance, the three acupoints used to treat shoulder bi syndrome by needle knife, and through traceability and researching constant structure, the acupoint position, insertion trace, manipulation and clinical significance of needle knife medicine were discussed. Accurate position is one of the characteristics of acupoints selection of needle knife medicine. As for the acupoints selection method, the mean of body surface localization is always used. The phanerous or palpable bone processes, muscles and tendons are taken as positioning marks; pressing areas where appear sour, numb, or distensible and other sensations is considered as the principle of press positioning. So acupoints position method is the combination of observation and palpation. Different insertion methods can effectively relieve the accretive bursae synovialis, tendon, joint capsule and the compressed nerve, so that shoulder bi syndrome is relieved.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; instrumentation ; methods ; Humans ; Needles ; Periarthritis ; therapy

Objective To study the association of sex, body mass index and insulin resistance with serum leptin in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods one hundred and eight patients were divided into two groups according to BMI: diabetic obese group and diabetic normal BMI group.Their weight and height were measured. Fasting plasma glucose(FPG),fasting true insulin(FTI),postprandial true insulin(PTI),and fasting serum leptin(LEP) were also measured. ISI=1/(FPG?FTI) as insulin sensitivity index were used to analyse the relation between leptin and insulin resistance. Results ⑴The serum leptin,body mass index,FTI and PTI were significantly higher in diabetic obese group than diabetic normal BMI group. ISI was significantly lower in diabetic obese group than diabetic normal BMI group. ⑵Female serum leptin levels were significantly higher than male serum leptin levels in diabetic obese group and diabetic normal BMI group. ⑶Fasting leptin was correlated with sex. Leptin was positively corrected with body mass index,FTI and was negatively corrected with ISI. Serum leptin wasn't correlated with FPG. Conclusin Serum leptin level is associated with sex,BMI and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective To study the effects of different factors influencing the quality of life of elderly esophageal cancer patients who returned to the community after surgery.Methods A total of 216 elderly esophageal cancer patients with complete clinical data who had returned to the community after surgery were followed up by questionnaires,including the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life rating (EORTC QLQ-C30) and esophageal cancer supplementary (QLQ-OES18) scales.Results The overall quality of life score of the patients was (35.2±22.1),which was lower than that in the Norwegian norm data.Scores for cognitive function,constipation,diarrhea,shortness of breath and loss of appetite were similar to those in the norm data.Scores for physical function,emotional function,role function and were lower than those in the norm data,while scores for pain,fatigue,nausea and vomiting,sleeplessness and were higher than those in the norm data.The overall quality of life score was higher in male patients than in female patients (F =5.12,P=0.029),in patients with spouses than in those without spouses (F=5.61,P=0.016),and in patients without complications than in those with complications (F=5.48,P=0.002).The overall quality of life was higher with longer survival times after surgery (F=3.68,P=0.003).No significant difference in the overall quality of life score was found between different age-groups (F=4.23,P=0.212).Conclusions The overall postoperative life quality is poor in community elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma.Gender,marital status,postoperative survival time,and complications are among the factors influencing postoperative quality of life of community elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma.