Animals ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Capillaries ; pathology ; Fibrosis ; Fingolimod Hydrochloride ; Kidney Diseases ; metabolism ; pathology ; Kidney Tubules ; blood supply ; Male ; Propylene Glycols ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sphingosine ; analogs & derivatives ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Vascular Diseases ; prevention & control

Adult ; Carcinoma, Endometrioid ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors ; pathology ; surgery

Aged, 80 and over ; Antigens, CD ; metabolism ; Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic ; metabolism ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Fasciitis ; pathology ; Fibroblasts ; pathology ; Fibrosarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Forearm ; Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous ; pathology ; Humans ; Male ; Myxosarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Soft Tissue Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Vimentin ; metabolism ; alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin ; metabolism

The academic connotation of "pathogenic factors" is discussed in this article from three aspects of etiology,diagnosis and treatment.It is considered that endogenous or exogenous pathogenic factors oppose to and destruct healthy energy.TCM pathogenic factors,obtained from "examining syndromes for causes of diseases",are diverged from physical,chemical and biological those in modern medicine.What is meant by "therapy of expelling pathogenic factors" is not a single method of dispelling toxin and killing germs,but the resort of regulating the integrated abilities of the human body fighting against pathogenic factors.

Objective To study the chemical constituents of Pinus yunnanensis. Methods The whole plant of air-dried P. yunnanensis was extracted with methnol. The methnol extract was suspended in H2O and extracted with petroleum, ethyl acetate, and n-BuOH, successively. The compounds were isolated and purified by column chromatography from the petroleum and ethyl acetate fractions, and identified based on spectral analyses (MS, 1D- and 2D-NMR, IR, UV). Results Fourteen compounds were isolated from P. yunnanensis and characterized as (7R,8R)-7,8-dihydro-3'-hydroxyl-7-(4-hydroxyl-3-methoxyphenyl)-8-hydroxymethyl-1'-benzofuranpropanol- 4-O-(3-O-methyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside) (1), pinosylvine (2), stigmast-4-en-3-one (3), kaempferol (4), isopimarinol (5), quercetin (6), pinocembrin (7), taxifilin (8), 3-hydroxyl-5-methoxy-stilbene (9), 5-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-thymoquinol (10), icariside E4 (11), 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl-1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (12), schizandriside (13), and β-stitosterol (14). Conclusion Compounds 1, 3-7, and 10-13 are obtained from Pinus yunnanensis Lamb. for the first time.

Objective: To optimize the purification technology of salidroside with macroporous adsorption resin. Methods: The absorption and elution conditions of salidroside purificatin by various macroporous adsorption resins were investigated with the content of salidroside as index. Results: SP-825 type macroporous adsorption resin was the best choice for the purification of salidroside. The optimized parameters were as follows: the content of salidroside at 1.713-2.570 g/mL, eluting solvent of 10% aqueous ethanol, volume flow at 2 BV/h, and eluant volume at 30 BV. Conclusion: SP-825 type macroporous adsorption resin could significantly increase the purity of salidroside with the advantage of high absorption, high elution rate, low cost, environment friendly, and being applicable for the production in large scale.

Fibroblast Growth Factors ; metabolism ; Humans ; Phosphorus ; metabolism

Adolescent ; Age Factors ; Anti-Anxiety Agents ; administration & dosage ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infusions, Intravenous ; Male ; Midazolam ; administration & dosage ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Status Epilepticus ; drug therapy ; Treatment Outcome

OBJECTIVETo observe the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) with branch-foundation acupoint combination on the indices regarding pituitary-target gland axis in aging rats with yang deficiency, so as to explore its regulating mechanism on aging rats with yang deficiency.

METHODSForty healthy Sprague-Dawley female rats were randomly divided into a normal control group, a model group, an EA group and an EA control group, 10 rats in each group. Except the normal control group, the rats in the rest 3 groups were all treated with subcutaneous injection of D-galactose for 40 d, followed by intramuscular injection of hydrocortisone for 7 d to establish aging model with yang deficiency. After the successful establishment of model, the EA group was treated with EA at "Guanyuan" (CV 4), "Housanli" (ST 36) and "Baihui "(GV 20) while the EA control group was treated with EA at "Zhongji" (CV 3) "Yinlingquan" (SP 9) and "Yintang" (GV 29); the rats in the normal control group and model group were immobilized and fixed during the same time period. The treatments were given 6 times per week totally for 4 weeks. With radiation immunity analysis method, the 8 biological indices of pituitary-target gland axis, including thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), triiodothyronine (T3), tetraiodothyronine-4 (T4), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), corticosterone (CORT), estradiol (E2), luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were detected to observe the changes of their content.

RESULTSCompared with the normal control group, the serum level of TSH, T3, T4 and E2 were reduced in the model group (P<0.05, P< 0.01) while those of ACTH, CORT, FSH and LH were increased (P<0.05, P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the serum level of TSH, T3, T4 and E2 were increased in the EA group (P<0.05, P<0.01) while those of ACTH, CORT, FSH and LH were significantly reduced (P<0.05, P<0.01). Compared with the EA control group, the content of TSH was increased in the EA group without statistical significance (P>0.05), that of T3, T4 and E2 was increased (all P<0.05) and that of ACTH, CORT, FSH and LH was significantly reduced (all P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe electroacupuncture with branch-foundation acupoint combination has benign regulating effects on the key hormones of pituitary-target gland axis, which could effectively improve the dysfunction of pituitary-target gland axis that is caused by aging with yang deficiency; the efficacy of electroacupuncture with branch-foundation acupoint combination is superior to that of adjacent control acupoint combination.

Acupuncture Points ; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ; blood ; secretion ; Aging ; blood ; metabolism ; Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Electroacupuncture ; Estradiol ; blood ; secretion ; Female ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone ; blood ; secretion ; Humans ; Pituitary Gland ; secretion ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Thyroid Hormones ; blood ; secretion ; Yang Deficiency ; blood ; metabolism ; therapy

Aging ; Health ; Humans ; Longevity