Central Nervous System Diseases ; complications ; virology ; Child ; China ; epidemiology ; Enterovirus ; Enterovirus A, Human ; Female ; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease ; complications ; epidemiology ; Humans

Objective:To investigate the effects of curcumin on apoptosis and radiosensitivity of human chordoma cell line CM-319 and its mechanism.Methods:CM-319 cells were cultured in vitro and divided into curcumin 0 μmol/L group, curcumin 5 μmol/L group, curcumin 10 μmol/L group, curcumin 20 μmol/L group, si-NC group, si-UHRF1 group, curcumin+pcDNA group, curcumin+pcDNA-UHRF1 group.Flow cytometry was usedtodetect cell apoptosis, Western Blot was used to detectthe protein expression of Bcl-2, Bax, Cleaved Caspase-3 and UHRF1, qRT-PCR was used to detect the expression of UHRF1 mRNA, and clone formationexperiment was used to detect the sensitivity of CM-319 cells to radiation.Results:Compared with the curcumin 0 μmol/L group, the apoptosis rate of CM-319 cellsinthe curcumin 5 μmol/L group, curcumin 10 μmol/L group and curcumin 20 μmol/L groupincreased 12.61%±1.57%, 18.42%±1.54%, 29.37%±2.65% vs 7.24%±0.73% ( t=9.305, 19.680, 24.153; all P<0.05), and the protein expression of Bcl-2 decreased 0.62±0.06, 0.51±0.05, 0.33±0.03 vs 0.76±0.07 ( t=4.556, 8.719, 16.939; all P<0.05), while the protein expression of Bax 0.41±0.04, 0.55±0.05, 0.69±0.06 vs 0.26±0.03 ( t=9.000, 14.920, 19.230; all P<0.05) and Cleaved Caspase-3 0.37±0.04, 0.49±0.05, 0.62±0.06 vs 0.24±0.03 ( t=7.800, 12.862, 16.994; all P<0.05) increased, and the expression of UHRF1 mRNA decreased 0.82±0.08, 0.67±0.07, 0.42±0.04 vs 1.01±0.09 ( t=4.734, 8.946, 17.972; all P<0.05), the protein expression of UHRF1 decreased 0.61±0.06, 0.48±0.05, 0.31±0.03 vs 0.83±0.08 ( t=6.600, 11.130, 18.258; all P<0.05), and were dose-dependent, and the sensitization ratios were 1.433, 1.708, and 2.183, respectively. Compared with the si-NC group, the protein expression of UHRF1in CM-319 cells in the si-UHRF1 group decreased 0.35±0.04 vs 0.79±0.08 ( t=14.758, P<0.05), the apoptosis rate of CM-319 cells increased 21.49%±2.11% vs 8.24%±0.83% ( t=17.531, P<0.05), the protein expression of Bcl-2 decreased 0.34±0.03 vs 0.71±0.07 ( t=14.575, P<0.05), while the protein expression of Bax 0.62±0.06 vs 0.25±0.03 ( t=16.547, P<0.05) and Cleaved Caspase-3 0.58±0.05 vs 0.23±0.03 ( t=18.007, P<0.05) increased, and the sensitization ratio was 1.727. Compared with the curcumin+pcDNA group, the apoptosis rate of CM-319 cells in the curcumin+pcDNA-UHRF1 groupreduced 13.59%±1.25% vs 28.31%±3.01% ( t=13.549, P<0.05), the protein expression of Bcl-2 increased 0.63±0.06 vs 0.31±0.03 ( t=14.311, P<0.05), while the protein expression of Bax 0.42±0.04 vs 0.71±0.07 ( t=10.791, P<0.05) and Cleaved Caspase-3 0.38±0.04 vs 0.65±0.05 ( t=12.650, P<0.05) decreased, and the sensitization ratio was 0.539. Conclusion:Curcumin can induce apoptosis of CM-319 cells and enhance the radiosensitivity of CM-319 cells, , and the mechanism is related to the down-regulation of UHRF1 expression.

CD40 Ligand ; pharmacology ; HL-60 Cells ; drug effects ; Humans ; fas Receptor ; metabolism

Aged ; Anemia, Diamond-Blackfan ; complications ; Aza Compounds ; adverse effects ; Female ; Fluoroquinolones ; Humans ; Quinolines ; adverse effects ; Torsades de Pointes ; chemically induced ; complications

Cardiomyopathy, Dilated ; complications ; drug therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Mesenteric Artery, Superior ; drug effects ; physiopathology ; Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion ; complications ; drug therapy ; Middle Aged ; Thrombolytic Therapy ; Treatment Outcome

Oridonin is ent-kaurane diterpenoid and is one of the efficacious component of Rabdosia Rubesecens ( Hemel. ) Hara in Henan province. In this experiment, the effects of Oridonin on hemody-namics of anaesthetized rabbits were studied. Hemodynamics effects of Oridonin (3.0 mg, 10.0mg/kg iv)were noticed. LVSP, ?dP/dt_max, Vpm, Lo, HR, SBP, DBF were decreased. t-dP/dt_max was increased. LVEDP did not changed. Oridonin decreased DBP more than SBP, it is suggested that Oridonin. may reduce vascular smooth muscle tone.

OBJECTIVETo study the influence of actual defect length and gap width of the limbs main artery on the method selection of repairing and reconstruction.

METHODSRetrospective study was carried out for 32 patients with extremity main artery injury from 1996 to 2009, including 30 males and 2 females; 30 adults with an average age of 36 years old ranging from 18 to 51 years, 2 children of 4 and 5 years old respectively. Injured body parts involved axillary artery in 4 cases,brachial artery in 7 cases,radial artery in 2 cases, femoral artery in 4 cases, popliteal artery in 13 cases, posterior tibial artery in 2 cases. Main arterial injury defect gap width of all cases were observed and the reasons were analyzed. All cases were repaired by the method of end to end anastomosis after vessels stretch.

RESULTSThe artery defect width was 3 cm to 7 cm with an average of (4.375 +/- 1.200) cm. Defect width of the upper extremity brachial artery and axillary artery group was (5.73 +/- 0.63) cm,the lower extremity femoral and popliteal artery group (3.80 +/- 0.73) cm, the posterior tibial artery group (3.25 +/- 0.35) cm, the radial artery group (3.00 +/- 0.00) cm. Defect width of upper extremity brachial artery and axillary artery group was larger than that of the other three groups (P < 0.01). End to end anastomosis was performed successfully in all cases. Blood supply recovered well. Because of the severe limb infection 2 patients had amputation in the late. All patients received follow-up. The patients without fracture were followed up to 2 weeks postoperatively, all patients with fractures were followed up to 1 year at least. Limb blood supply was good in all patients during the follow-up.

CONCLUSIONBlood vessel defect gap width is different from the actual vessel defect, but is larger than the actual vessel defect. Misjudgment of the vascular defect length will lead to more vascular transplantation. The vast majority of vascular defect can be directly repaired by the method of end to end anastomosis after the vessel free and stretch.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Arm ; blood supply ; surgery ; Axillary Artery ; injuries ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; Retrospective Studies ; Vascular Surgical Procedures ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo study the ischemic times of the main artery injury in the limbs and the influence on the limbs survival rate, and to analyze the reasons for the formation of the ischemia time.

METHODSFrom June 1996 to November 2012, 83 patients with completely severed limb main artery treated in our hospital were retrospectively studied. There were 77 males and 6 females, including 81 adults (ranging in age from 16 to 52 years old, with a median age of 35 years old) and 2 children (4 and 5 years old respectively). Seventy-five patients were treated with end to end anastomosis, 7 patients were treated with great saphenous vein transplantation, and 1 patient was treated with artificial blood vessel transplantation. The prior to admission ischemia time, after admission ischemia time and total ischemia time for successful and unsuccessful patients, as well as the causes of the formation of the ischemia time were studied. Limb survival rate of different ischemic time was counted. Sharpness injury or blunt injury ischemia time and amputation rate were researched statistically. All data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software.

RESULTSThere were 72 limbs survived, 11 amputated. The average ischemia time was (7.45±5.94) h for limb-salvage group and (13.73±14.00) h for amputation group. Prior to admission ischemia time between amputation and limb-salvage group had no significant difference. After admission the ischemia time in amputation group was longer than limb-salvage group. The amputation rate for ischemia time 21 to 44 h group was higher than other three groups (≤ 5 h, 6 to 10 h, 11 to 20 h) (P=0.023, 0.038, 0.044). Amputation reasons can be divided into anastomosis failure in the operation, vascular thrombosis 2 to 4 days after operation and late infection.

CONCLUSIONVascular injury limbs can tolerate longer ischemia time and the limb salvage succeed. Only too long ischemia time (> 20 h), limb amputation rate increases significantly. The main cause of long time ischemia is delayed diagnosis in the hospital. Whether limb-salvage success mainly depends on the degree of trauma and the quality of the anastomosis than ischemia time.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Amputation ; Extremities ; blood supply ; Female ; Humans ; Ischemia ; surgery ; Limb Salvage ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Time Factors ; Vascular System Injuries ; surgery

Psoriasis is a chronic,refractory,inflammatory skin disease that occurs in young adults.The traditional animal model cannot simulate the skin characteristics of patients with psoriasis effectively, so it is difficult to be used for in-depth study of psoriasis mechanism. Immortalized human epidermal cells (HaCaT)is a non-tumor,immortalized human epidermal cell which is widely used in the study of dermatosis.HaCaT cells are the best choice for the study of psoriasis mechanism because their immu-nological characteristics and reproductive ability are coincide with the pathological features of psoriasis. This article reviews the specific methods such as establishment of cell method, cytokine and chemo-kine analysisin the pathogenesis study of psoriasis based on HaCaT cells, hoping to provide some thoughts for drug′s pharmacological activity research.

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture plus moving cupping with white mustard oil to treat lumbar myofascitis. Methods: A total of 90 patients with lumbar myofascitis who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 45 cases in each group. The observation group received acupuncture and moving cupping with white mustard oil; the control group received acupuncture plus warm needling treatment. The treatment was given twice a week for a total of 4 weeks. The visual analog scale (VAS) and Chinese version of Roland-Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ) score of pain before the treatment, and respectively after 1-week and 4-week treatment were recorded for efficacy evaluation. Results: After 4 weeks of treatment, the difference in total effective rate between the two groups was not significantly (P>0.05). After 1 week of treatment, there was no significant difference in VAS score between the two groups (P>0.05). After 4 weeks of treatment, the VAS score of the observation group was lower than that of the control group, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). After 4 weeks of treatment, the Chinese version of RMDQ scores of both groups were significantly decreased, there were statistical differences in comparing with those before treatment (both P<0.05). After treatment for 1 week and 4 weeks, the Chinese version of RMDQ score in the observation group was lower than that in the control group, with significant differences between the two groups (all P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture plus moving cupping and acupuncture plus warm needling both can relieve the pain of patients with lumbar myofascitis, improve the function of back muscles, while the curative effect of acupuncture plus moving cupping is better.