Objective Spontaneous pneumothorax occurred mainly because of bulla rupture and its formation process and pathogenesis were unknown,the study was to detect the express level of the cytokines KL-6,FGF-10 and MMP-9 in the spontaneous pneumothorax patients with bulla and researched its significance.Methods Selected 24 cases of bulla resection for spontaneous pneumothorax patients,the immunohistochemical staining techniques and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was taken to detect the expression level of KL-6,FGF-10 and MMP-9 of the bulla site and the bulla adjacent site.Results Immunohistochemical results showed that the staining intensity of the KL-6 and FGF-10 in groups of bulla site was higher than those in groups of bulla adjacent site while there was no significant difference of MMP-9 in the two groups.ELISA results showed that the expression levels of the KL-6 and FGF-10 in groups of bulla site are higher than those in groups of bulla adjacent site and the results had statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05),while there was no statistically significant of MMP-9 in the two groups(P ＞0.05).Conclusion The expression of the KL-6 and FGF-10 in the bulla site in primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients was higher than that in the normal site ; the pulmonary fibrosis mediated by KL-6 and the lung-bronchial congenital abnormalities mediated by abnormal expression of FGF-10 might have correlation with bulla formation.There was no statistically significant of the MMP-9 expression between the two groups and the correlation between inflammation mediated by MMP-9 and bulla formation was not clear.

Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury （MIRI） is one of the major complications of cardiovascular diseases in recent years， seriously threatening the life and health of patients. In recent years， although significant progress has been made in modern medical research on MIRI， due to its complex pathogenesis， adverse drug reactions， and high postoperative risks， there is an urgent need for safer and more effective therapeutic drugs. The pathological effects of MIRI involve inflammatory responses， oxidative stress， apoptosis， and other mechanisms， while Chinese medicine polysaccharide compounds exhibit pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammation， antioxidation， and anti-apoptosis， which are of great significance for improving MIRI. Numerous studies have found that Chinese medicine polysaccharide compounds mainly exert their effects by activating signal pathways such as nerve regenerative factor-1/epidermal growth factor receptor （NRG-1/ErbB）， phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B （PI3K/Akt）， nuclear factor E₂-related factor 2/heme oxygenase-1 （Nrf2/HO-1）， adenosine 5ʹ-monophosphate-activated protein kinase/silent information regulator 1/peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor γ coactivator lα （AMPK/SIRT1/PGC1α）， Ras homologous gene/Rho kinase （Rho/ROCK）， glycogen synthase kinase 3 （GSK-3）， and P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase （p38-MAPK）， thereby playing a role in improving MIRI. This paper， based on an extensive review of relevant literature in China and abroad， systematically summarizes the latest research findings on the use of Chinese medicine polysaccharide compounds in the treatment of MIRI， analyzes the mechanisms by which these compounds improve MIRI， and explores new therapeutic directions based on the joint investigation of signaling pathways and metabolomics. The paper emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation in promoting the development of new drugs， aiming to provide valuable references for the basic research and clinical application of Chinese medicine polysaccharide compounds， ultimately benefiting the majority of cardiovascular disease patients.

Fibrosis refers to the final outcome of damage in multiple-type tissue and the imbalance of tissue repair especially in the process of chronic inflammatory response diseases.Fibrosis can occur in various organ tissues.Its continuous progression may lead to organ dysfunction and failure,which is a huge threat to human health.Traditional Chinese medicine has significant therapeutic effects in preventing and treating fibrosis.Due to its characteristics of multiple components,pathways,and targets,it has become a hot research topic in the field of fibrosis.Astragali Radix,a Chinese medicinal for supplementing qi,is the root of Astragalus membranaceus(Fisch.)Bge.var.mongholicus Hisao or Astragalus membranaceus(Fisch.)Bge.It has the effects of replenishing qi and elevating yang,generating fluid and nourishing blood,expelling toxin and draining pus,astringing sore and promoting granulation.It has found that Astragali Radix contains many chemical components such as polysaccharides,saponins,and flavonoids,which have good anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.Astragali Radix can effectively intervene in the fibrosis process of multiple organ tissues such as the heart,kidney,liver,and lung.Therefore,this article reviews the anti-fibrotic effects and mechanisms of Astragali Radix and its chemical components,hoping to provide ideas and references for the development and utilization of Astragali Radix.

Diabetes mellitus （DM） is a metabolic disease mainly characterized by chronic hyperglycemia and has multiple etiologies. The complications of DM， such as coronary atherosclerosis， nephropathy， foot disease and cardiac dysfunction， have high morbidity， disability rate and mortality. DM and its complications have a long course of disease and are easy to relapse， which are difficult to be cured， seriously affecting people's life and health. NOD-like receptor pyrin domain-containing 3 （NLRP3） inflammasome is an important component of inflammatory response and innate immune system. The inflammatory cascade induced by NLRP3 activation is involved in the occurrence and development of DM as well as its complications by releasing inflammatory factors， damaging endothelial cells and affecting metabolic stress. Therefore， as the core of the inflammatory response， NLRP3 may provide a new target for the treatment of DM and its complications. Traditional Chinese medicine plays a key role in the treatment of DM and its complications， and has a regulatory effect on NLRP3. Thus it has become a novel research strategy to prevent and treat DM and its complications via modulating NLRP3. However， at present， there are relatively scattered reports and a lack of systematic review on the role of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of DM and its complications from the perspective of NLRP3. As a result， this paper reviewed domestic and foreign literature in recent years and conducted the discussion from two aspects： the influence of NLRP3 on the occurrence and development of DM and its complications， and the progress of traditional Chinese medicine in intervening in DM and its complications through NLRP3. This paper provided reference for the research on the regulation of NLRP3 and a new direction for the treatment of DM and its complications.

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in middle-aged and elderly people.It is characterized by a long disease course and complex treatment process,introducing great challenges to society.Behavioral changes in animal models of Parkinson's disease can intuitively reflect the modeling situation of experimental animals and the effects of drug interventions.Therefore,selecting standardized animal models and appropriate behavioral assays is fundamental for both understanding the mechanisms of Parkinson's disease and developing anti-Parkinson drugs.In this paper,we summarize the method of behavioral experiments of Parkinson's disease using mice and rats at home and abroad and systematically summarize the experimental equipment,experimental method,evaluation indexes,and precautions of commonly used Parkinson's behavioral experiments.We also provide an overview of the commonly used animal models of Parkinson's disease and analyze their modeling mechanisms,alignment with the clinical features of Parkinson's disease,and respective advantages and disadvantages.This analysis will help researchers in choosing appropriate animal models of Parkinson's disease and behavioral testing method according to the purpose of the study.

Animal experiment courses are important for developing students'practical skills in medical and life science education.They help to cultivate students'experimental skills,scientific reasoning,and innovative thinking ability.However,the traditional teaching method used in animal experiment courses tend to focus on a single topic and have minimal student participation.Courses should aim to promote students'active learning and innovative thinking abilities,and this paper discusses the ways teaching in animal experiment courses can be reformed.First,the paper introduces the background and significance of teaching in animal experiment courses and emphasizes the importance of cultivating the students'abilities.Second,it puts forward the principles of improved animal experiment course teaching,including designing student-centered lessons,providing opportunities for problem solving and practical exploration,and promoting interdisciplinary integration.At the same time,we integrate an ethical review of the welfare of experimental animals in China.Then,from the aspects of course design,teaching method,and evaluation method,this paper expounds several concrete measures of teaching reform in animal experiment courses in detail.When designing a course,attention should be paid to the selection of challenging and exploratory experimental projects,and students'interests and professional needs should be fully considered.Using improved teaching method,students should be encouraged to actively participate in explorative and cooperative classes,be guided through problem solving tasks,and encouraged to cultivate innovative thinking.Diversified evaluation method,such as experimental reports,group discussions,and project presentations,should be used to comprehensively evaluate students'practical and innovative thinking abilities.Finally,with practical verification and effect evaluation,the experiences and outcomes from a reform of animal experiment course teaching are summarized,and suggestions for further improvements are put forward.

With high incidence and lethality rate and certain disability rate， tumor has become a major global public health threat. It has been verified that the occurrence and development of tumor are resulted from the synergy of environment， heredity， and gene mutation， involving the abnormal activation or inhibition of a variety of related pathways such as oxidative stress， inflammation， autophagy， and mesenchymal transition of cells. Among them， the excessive activation of inflammatory signaling pathway is one of the main mechanisms of carcinogenesis and tumor progression， which enhances the proliferation， chemoradiotherapy resistance， invasion， and metastasis of cancer cells. At the moment， the correlation between long-term chronic uncontrollable inflammation and "inflammation-cancer transformation" has been widely recognized. Therefore， it is of great significance for the prevention and treatment， diagnosis， and prognosis evaluation of tumor to clarify the role of inflammation in the incidence of tumor. Blockers or activators have been developed to target the corresponding inflammatory pathways. However， tumor is accompanied by the abnormality of multiple inflammatory pathways， especially the advanced tumor with metastasis of cancer cells， and thus the efficacy of single pathway-targeting agents is non-ideal. Chinese medicine， featuring multiple components and multiple targets， can remarkably control the inflammatory response， delay tumor progression， enhance the sensitivity of tumor cells to radiotherapy and chemotherapy， and reduce postoperative infection and the adverse reactions caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy， thereby exerting the anti-cancer effect. Nevertheless， a few reports on the anti-tumor effect of Chinese medicine from the perspective of inflammation are available. Therefore， this paper mainly expounds the influence of inflammation on the occurrence and development of tumor and summarizes the research on the intervention of tumor by Chinese medicine through inflammatory pathway， which is expected to provide a new mindset for the prevention and treatment of tumor.

Objective To investigate the modeling elements of various types of animal models for acute liver injury,and to provide references and suggestions to establish and evaluate animal models of acute liver injury(ALI).Methods The animal experimental literature of ALI from 2002 to 2022 was searched in the databases of the China Knowledge Network,WanFang,Chongqing Vip(VIP),Chinese Medical Journal Full Text Data(Yiigle),and PubMed.The animal species,positive control drugs,modeling method,modeling drugs,and drug administration of the animal models of ALI in the literature were summarized.The result were analyzed using Excel,SPSS Modeler 18.0,and Cytoscape 3.8.2.Results A total of 896 articles were included in the databases.The most used animal models for ALI were male KM mice.The modeling method were mainly chemical liver injury,alcoholic liver injury,drug-related liver injury,and immune liver injury.①The corresponding main modeling method were intraperitoneal injection of 10 mL/kg of 0.1％CC14 in vegetable oil at 24 h before experiments,②gavage of 12.0 mL/kg of 50.0％～56.0％ethanol at 16 h before experiments,③intraperitoneal injection of 300 mg/kg APAP at 24 h before experiments,④tail vein injection of 20 mg/kg Con A at 8 h before experiments.Evaluation of the models was based on liver pathological indexes as the gold standard combined with biochemical indexes of serum ALT,AST,and SOD and MDA contents and activities in liver tissue homogenate as direct indicators.Conclusions Because the causes of ALI vary in clinical practice,the preparation of animal models of ALI should be based on the specific study content and characteristics,and the corresponding modeling method should be selected.

Chronic glomerulonephritis （CGN） is a common clinical chronic glomerular disease caused by autoimmune reaction， the pathogenesis of which is complex and has not been fully elucidated. There is no specific treatment method in modern medicine. The establishment of an animal model of CGN in accordance with its characteristics in western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine will help to reveal the pathogenesis of CGN， rate drugs， and improve the treatment plan. Based on the clinical diagnostic criteria of CGN， the paper establishes the syndrome differentiation criteria of CGN for Chinese and western medicine. Through summarizing the literature on animal models of CGN and making a further analysis， it is found that the CGN models are mainly modeled using rats with the methods of single-factor induction or two-factor induction， and the main manifestation of the disease characteristics is nephritis-related symptoms. The single-factor-induced or two-factor-induced CGN rat models have a high fitting degree with the clinical characteristics in western medicine， but the fitting degree is insufficient with the clinical characteristics in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition， the CGN models with syndromes of traditional Chinese medicine are dominated by Qi deficiency in the spleen and kidney and Qi deficiency in the lung and kidney， while models for Yang deficiency in the spleen and kidney， Yin deficiency in the liver and kidney， and deficiency of both Qi and Yin are slightly insufficient. Therefore， it is important to prepare a new and improved animal model of CGN， so that a preclinical model can be provided for the exploration of the pathogenesis of CGN in western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine and its therapeutic research.

Objective To investigate the mechanism of astragaloside Ⅰ,the active constituent of milkvetch root,in inhibiting podocyte injury and improving diabetic kidney disease.Methods According to the body weight,60 male db/db mice were randomly divided into the model group,astragaloside Ⅰ low-dose group(10 mg/kg),astragaloside Ⅰ medium-dose group(20 mg/kg),astragaloside Ⅰ high-dose group(40 mg/kg),and valsartan group(10mg/kg),with 12 mice per group.Twelve db/db littermate control db/m mice were used as the control group.The drug was administered by gavage for 8 weeks.Transmission electron microscope was used to observe the ultrastructure of the kidney;immunohistochemistry and Western blotting were used to detect the expression of nephrotic protein(nephrin),a marker of renal podocytes;enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the contents of interleukin-1β(IL-1β)and interleukin-18(IL-18)in the serum of mice;Western blotting was used to detect the protein expressions of NOD-like receptor thermoprotein domain-related protein 3(NLRP3),cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase 1(Caspase-1),and Gasdermin D(GSDMD)in kidney tissue.Results Compared with the control group,the glomeruli of the model group showed obvious podocyte loss and foot process fusion;the protein expression of nephrin was decreased(P＜0.05);the contents of IL-1 β and IL-18 in serum were increased(P＜0.05);the protein expressions of NLRP3,Cleaved-Caspase-1,and GSDMD-N were increased(P＜0.05).Compared with the model group,the renal pathological damage in the astragaloside Ⅰ administration groups were alleviated;the protein expression of nephrin was increased(P＜0.05);the contents of IL-1β and IL-18 in serum were decreased(P＜0.05);the protein expressions of NLRP3,Cleaved-Caspase-1,and GSDMD-N were decreased(P＜0.05).Conclusion Astragaloside Ⅰ may play a role in intervening diabetic kidney disease by inhibiting pyroptosis and improving podocyte injury.