AIM: To explore the immunomodulatory effect of paecilomyces cicadidae polysaccharides (PCPS).METHODS: Subcutaneous injection with 50, l00, 200 mg/kg of PCPS were given in the back of the rats everyday for l5 days. The number of white blood cells (WBC) was counted. The activities of acid phosphatase (ACP) and lactase dehydrogenase (LDH)in liver, kidney, spleen and thymus were detected by automatic biochemistry analyzer. The ability of devouring neutral red and activity of ACP, LDH, arginase in alveolar macrophages were also detected. The body weight of the rat everyday during experiment and weight of the spleen and thymus after the rats were killed were measured and wet weight index was calculated.RESULTS: The wet weight index of spleen and thymus, the activity of ACP, LDH, arginase and ability of devouring neutral red in alveolar macrophages in the test group treated with PCPS were significantly higher than those in control group. CONCLUSION: PCPS shows a significant immunomodulatory effect with the increasing counts of WBC and activation of alveolar macrophages in a dose-dependent manner.

AIM: To study the immune regulation of paecilomyces cicadidae total polysaccharides. METHODS: After subcutaneous injection with 200 mg/L paecilomyces cicadidae total polysaccharides in the back of the rats for 17 days, the white blood cell (WBC) counts, and the levels of lipid peroxide (LPO) and reduced glutathione (GSH) in the spleen and thymus of rats were detected. The alveolar macrophages (AM?) cultured with 10% fetal bovine serum-RPMI-1640 for 2 h in vitro , then the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and acid phosphatase (ACP) were detected by automatic biochemistry analyzer, and the ability devouring neutral red in the AM? were examined. RESULTS: Compared with control group, the WBC, the levels of GSH in the spleen and thymus, and the activities of LDH and ACP were significantly increased and the ability of devouring neutral red was also strengthened( P

0.05), but the number of VP neurons increased in some neural nuclei while declined in the others. The number of VP neurons in supraoptic nucleus (SO) increased significantly (P

Objective To explore the short- term efficacy of argon- helium knife cryotherapy followed by chemotherapy in treating advanced non- small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to investigate its effect on the long- term survival. Methods During the period from March 2005 to March 2008, a total of 61 patients withⅢb or Ⅳ stage NSCLC received argon- helium knife cryotherapy followed by chemotherapy (study group), and other 52 patients with Ⅲb or Ⅳ stage NSCLC were treated with chemotherapy only (control group). The clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. The pain was evaluated by numeric rating scale (NRS) and the quality of life (QOL) was assessed by functional assessment of cancer therapy- general (FACT- G) scale. The clinical effect was evaluated according to RECIST criteria for solid tumor, and the patient’s survival time was recorded. Results (1) Twenty- six patients had local pain before the treatment, and the pain was relieved in different degrees after cryotherapy. The QOL, including all respects of FACT - G, was significantly improved after cryotherapy in all 61 patients. (2) The remission rate of the study group and the control group was 34.4% and 15.4% respectively, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P <0.05). (3) The median survival time of the study group and the control group was 12.9 months and 9.5 months respectively, and the one- year survival rate of the study group and the control group was 53.6% and 35.4% respectively. The differences between the two groups were statistically significant (P < 0.01). Conclusion Argon- helium knife cryotherapy is a safe and effective local treatment for advanced NSCLC, which can quickly reduce the tumor load, relieve the pain and improve patient’s quality of life. Cryotherapy with subsequent chemotherapy is superior to simple chemotherapy in improving the patient’s survival rate.

Objective To detect the dynamic change of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with major trauma and measure its relation to the outcome.Methods Sixty patients with major trauma were measured with serum NT-proBNP level at 1,3,and 7 days postinjury.According to the prognosis,the patients were allocated to survival group (n =47) and death group (n =13).Changes in NT-proBNP was detected and compared between the two groups.Correlation of NT-proBNP level with acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ) and ISS was analyzed at each time point.Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was developed to determine the prognostic value of NT-proBNP.Results Overall NT-proBNP level revealed no statistical difference at each time point and kept within normal reference range.NT-proBNP level in death group increased gradually,whereas in survival group the increase was followed by a reduction.Moreover,NT-proBNP level was higher in death group than in survival group at each time point.Area under the ROC of NT-proBNP had no statistical difference with that of APACHE Ⅱ and ISS at each time point.Conclusions Obviously high or continuously increased NT-proBNP level may indicate an unfavorable prognosis of major trauma patients.NT-proBNP can be used as a marker to dynamically predict prognosis of major trauma patients.

ObjectiveTo explore the role of peripheral blood intermediate monocytes in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia.MethodsFifty-two patients with established preeclampsia in Binhai County People's Hospital from October 2014 to October 2015, 42 healthy pregnant women and 42 healthy non-pregnant women were enrolled in this study. The percentage of intermediate monocyte subsets, ratio of positive cells and mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2, TLR4, CD64, and triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1(TREM-1), and MFI of intracellular tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL)-6 were evaluated by flow cytometry. The concentrations of IL-6, IL-8, IL-1β, IL-12P70 and TNF-α in serum were analyzed using Luminex liquid phase chip technology. Independent two samplest-test, analysis of variance, Mann-WhitneyU test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Pearson correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis.ResultsPercentage of intermediate monocytes was higher in preeclampsia patients [10.4%(5.3%-19.9%)]than in healthy pregnant women [6.6%(4.9%-7.8%)], and both were higher than in non-pregnant women [3.8%(2.4%-5.0)%](allP<0.05). The ratio of TLR4 and CD64 positive intermediate monocytes [(60.1±12.5)%vs (24.9±8.8)%; (85.3±5.4)% vs (67.4±7.5)%](t were 15.416 and 13.437, bothP<0.05), and MFI of TLR4 (50.3±10.2 vs 26.8±8.6), TREM-1(35.6±4.1 vs 28.6±4.7) and CD64 (39.8±5.2 vs 28.9±4.8) (t were 11.898, 7.707 and 10.454, allP<0.05) were higher in preeclampsia patients than in healthy pregnant women. MFI of intracellular IL-6 (32.3±4.7 vs 28.6±3.5) and TNF-α (44.6±6.3 vs 36.7±8.3) in intermediate monocytes of preeclampsia patients was also significantly higher than that of healthy pregnant women (t were 4.239 and 5.245, bothP<0.05). Serum concentrations of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α were higher in preeclamptic patients than in healthy pregnant women and non-pregnant women (allP<0.05). Furthermore, a positive correlation was found between the percentage of intermediate monocytes and the serum levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in preeclamptic patients (r were 0.397 and 0.347, bothP<0.05).ConclusionsMonocyte subpopulations from preeclamptic patients are abnormally skewed toward intermediate monocytes which have high expressions of TLR4, TREM-1 and CD64, and secret more proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-6 and TNF-α. Therefore, intermediate monocytes are specifically altered in preeclamptic patients and may play a role in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia.

AIM To establish the HPLC-FPC of Flos Lonicerae . from different growing areas. METHODS The gradient was adopted elution with methanol and 1 % acetic acid, at detection wavelength was at 254 nm. RESULTS The constitutents of Flos Lonicerae were well separated on HPLC, and the HPLC-FPC of 10 batchs of samples was established. The results showed that this method had a good repeatability, and the 11 common peak’s had an exclusive properties. CONCLUSION The method developed can evaluate the quality of Flos Lonicerae conveniently.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of milrinone on serum myocardial enzymes and malondialdehyed (MDA), a lipid peroxidation product, in the perioperative patients undergoing valve replacement. Methods: Twenty patients, scheduled for valve replacement were randomly divided into 2 groups: group A and group B. Before induction of general anesthesia , milrinone was administrated at a 30 ?g/kg bolus dose progressively in 10 min, followed by a continuous infusion of 0.5 ?g/(kg?min) in group A and the same volume of saline was administrated in group B. The mixed venous blood samples were obtained from pulmonary artery at the following time points: before induction of anesthesia (T 1), 30 min after anesthesia (T 2), 30 min after the cross clamping of aorta (T 3 ), 10 and 30 min after the removal of the aorta clamping (T 4,5 ), 30 min and 8 h after CPB(T 6,7 ), 24 and 72 h after operation (T 8,9 ). Creatine phosphokinase (CK) and creatine phosphokinase isoenzyme (CK MB) were measured with the auto biochemical analytical machine. MDA level in serum was estimated by the method of thiobarbituric acid. Results: The values of CK and CK MB were increased significantly in 2 groups from the point T 4 to T 9 ( P

As the development of international education in our school,concern with the culture shock,which caused by the differences cultural background,is increasing.We talk about our feelings of how to solve the culture shock by summarizing the culture shock and its manifestation for exploration of further improving our management level and teaching work.