AIM To investigate the effects of the novel compound pivanampeta on the fatty liver induced by cholesterol-feeding in rabbits and quails. METHODS ①24 male rabbits were divided into four groups randomly as following: control group, model group, pivanampet 1 and 5 mg?kg -1 groups. The serum levels of total cholesterol were determined after the rabbits were cholesterol-fed for 12 weeks. The morphological changes of liver were observed. The levels of cholesterol and malonal-dialdehyde and the activities of glutatione peroxidase in the homogenate of liver were also measured.②181 male quails were divided into six groups randomly:control group, model group, Simvastatin 5 mg?kg -1 group, pivanampet 3,6 and 9 mg?kg -1 groups. The serum levels of total cholesterol were determined after the quails had been fed with cholesterol diets for 11 weeks. After 14 weeks part of the animals were killed, the morphological changes of liver were observed. The hepatic coefficient were determined after the remaining quails were cholesterol-feeding for 18 weeks. RESULTS Pivanampet alleviated the liver Steatosis induced by cholesterol-feeding in rabbits and quals. It decreased total cholesterol levels, elevated the activity of glutatione peroxidase in the rabbits liver, and reversed the increasing hepatic coefficient in rabbits and quails. CONCLISION The novel compound Pivanampet can delay the formation of fatty liver by cholesterol-feeding.

ObjectiveTo investigate the changes of serum myocardial enzymes and high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C) in children with septic shock.MethodsFifty-two children with septic shock in our hospital from Jan 2006 to Mar 2011 were divided into severe septic shock group( n =27 ) and mild septic shock group ( n =25 ).The serum creatine kinase-MB ( CK-MB ),α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (α-HBDH),lactic dehydrogenase(LDH) and HDL-C were analysed in both two groups on 1,2,4,7,10,15 d,and compared with 32 normal children as control group.Meanwhile,the children's condition,death cases and cured time were recorded.ResultsThe levels of serum CK-MB [ ( 32.084 ± 4.595 ) U/L,( 61.481 ±5.639) U/L],α-HBDH/LDH(0.694 ±0.080,0.884 ±0.079) in mild and severe septic shock groups were higher than those of normal control group[ (21.675 ± 3.453) U/L ] and (0.443 ± 0.065 ) ( P ＜ 0.01 ) ;the levels of serum HDL-C[ (0.646 ±0.067) mmol/L,(0.310 ± 0.124) mmol/L ] in the two septic shock groups were decreased significantly than that of control group[ ( 1.012 ±0.156) mmol/L] (P ＜0.01 ).Five cases died in the severe septic shock group while no cases died in mild septic shock group.The times of CK-MB recovered[ (9.82 ±1.76) d vs (4.68 ± 1.22) d],α-HBDH/LDH recovered[ (7.23 ± 1.38) d vs (3.76 ± 0.83 ) d] and HDL recovered[ ( 12.14 ± 2.21 ) d vs ( 6.48 ± 1.33 ) d ] were more slowly in severe septic shock group than those of mild septic shock group( P ＜ 0.01 ).ConclusionThe higher of the serum CK-MB and α-HBDH/LDH,and the lower of HDL-C in septic shock children,the disease is more severe,the recovery time is longer and a worse prognosis may occur.

Objective To investigate the psychological factors in the spasmodic torticollis (ST) patients and find the possible relationship between mental disorder and the pathogenesis of spasmodic torticollis. Methods All the 21 ST patients admitted were asked to complete the SCL-90. The result was compared with the norm of Chinese. Results Somatization (1.67 ±0.59) scores, anxiety (1.95 ±0.74) scores, phobic (1.63 ±0.59) scores and psychotic (1.56 ±0.60) scores in ST patients, they were higher significantly than the norm of Chinese [ ( 1.37 ± 0.48 ), ( 1.39 ± 0.43 ), ( 1.23 ± 0.41 ), ( 1.29 ± 0.42) scores](P ＜0.05). No significant differences were found the other factors between the ST patients and norm of Chinese. Conclusion Somatization,anxiety,phobic and psychotic are correlated with ST,they may likely contribute to the pathogenesis of ST.

Objective To investigate the role of icaritin in delaying the progression of liver cirrhotic process in rats and the related mechanism. Methods For invitro study, primary rat hepatocytes were obtained by perfusing the liver of male Wistar rats; the cultured cells we reexposed to the fresh medium containing CCl4, and then treated with various concentrations of icaritin. The activities of alanine transaninase(ALT) and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase(AST) inculture medium were measured with an automatic biochemical analyzer. The intracellular contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase(SOD) were determined by spectro-photometry; the apoptotic cells were detected by the TUNEL method. Forin vivostudy, CCl4-induced experimental rat hepatic fibrosis model was established and was treated with icaritin. Serum levels of ALT, AST, albumin(ALB), andglobulin(GLB) were measured; the pathological changes and collagen-expression in livers were observed by HE staining and immunohistochemistry, respectively. Results CCl4 significantly increased the activities of ALT, AST, and the contents of MDA in culture media of hepatocytes, and significantly decreased the SOD activity. More apoptotic cells were observed in CCl4 group than that in icaritin group. The ALT, AST activities in culture supernatant and the intracellular MDA contents in icaritin group were significantly lower than those in both model group and drug carrier group, while intracellular SOD activity was much higher than that in other two groups(P<0.05). Icaritin also reduced the apoptotic ratios of hepatocytes induced by CCl4 compared with model group(P<0.05 or 0.01). In the in vivo experiment, icaritin treatment significantly reduced serum levels of ALT and AST compared with model group(P<0.05) and greatly improved CCl4-induced liver histopathological injuries and collagen I deposition in the liver tissues. Conclusion Icaritin treatment can attenuate CCl4-induced cirrhosis in rats, atleast in part, by protecting the hepatocytes from peroxidation product.

Objective To testify the possibility that two-hour concentration (C_2) substituting for the target concentration (C_0) is used to be a monitoring tool for CsA. Method The whole blood concentrations of CsA having taken orally in 17 renal transplant patients were measured by FPIA. The data of concentration-time was processed by 3P87 pharmacokinetic program. Results The correlation between C_2 values and AUC_ 0-4 , or AUC_ 0-12 was both more excellent than C_0( P

Objective To explore the expression of GATA-3 in pulmonary tissue of asthmatic mice and the inhibitory effect of dexamethsone(Dex)on it.Methods The Blab/c mice asthma model was induced by ovalbumin(OVA) with classic method.Twenty-four male mice were randomly divided into control group,asthmatic group and Dex treated group.The expression of GATA-3 protein was measured by immunohistochemical staining.The expression of GATA-3 mRNA was measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).The level of IL-4 in mice spleen CD4 T cell was measured by flow cytometry.The airway inflammation was evaluated by HE staining.Results The percentages of postive GATA-3,GATA-3 mRNA and IL-4 protein of asthmatic group were significantly higher than those of control group(P

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