Female rats were fed with lead acetate 100mg/kg/day(group Ⅰ) or 200 mg/kg/day (group Ⅱ) for 5 days, at the day 7 to 11 of gestation prior to killing. The results shown that the mean level of blood lead in rats of group I was 27.90?8.47?g/dl, and corpus luteum or placenta were injured lightly. In the group Ⅱ, the level of blood lead reached 48.77?16.15?g/dl which correspond to human subacute intoxication, the structure of corpus luteum and placenta were injured prominently, and the activity of 3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase is lower than that of control group, about 1/20 of latter. The number of embryos in group Ⅱ were absorbed about 31.69%. However, the gonadotropic cells of pituitary did not affected prominently after treatment with lead. The human chorionic villi of placenta were cultured in medium with lead acetate 0.51?g/ml, 2.5?g/ml, 5?g/ml respectively, for 3 to 4 days. The struture of chorionic villi were damaged obviously after culture with lead more than 2.51?g/ml, and the concentration of hCG in culture medium was decreased. The results indicated that lead affected the corpus luteum, placenta and embryo, and exerted direct action on human trophoblast.

Objective To introduce a method of reducing the postoperative syndrome of the uvulopalatopharyngoplasty(UPPP). Method UPPP was performed for 23 patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrom operation(OSAHS). Before or after the operation, dexamethasone was injected in oropharynx to control the edema of the oropharynx which caused by UPPP. Results Less syndrome had been occurred in these patients. Conclusion The edema of the oropharynx which caused by UPPP can be controlled by injecting dexamethasone in oropharynx. It can reduce the risk of the UPPP, and make the operation safer and more efficient.

Objective: To reveal the variation regularity of chemical components in crude Cyathula officinalis and its processed products (stir-fried with yellow rice wine and salt), and promote the quality control of the herb. Methods: Agilent Zorbax Eclipse XDB-C18 column (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) was used with acetonitrile and 0.1% phosphoric acid solution in gradient elution mode. The detective wavelength was 266 nm and the flow rate was 0.5 mL/min. The fingerprints for 24 herbal samples were set up and 25 peaks were recorded with different retention time and peak areas. Three peaks were successfully identified as puerarin, cyasterone, and daidzein by comparing with the retention time of reference substances. The vectorial angle method was used to evaluate the similarity between fingerprints. The cluster analysis and principal component analysis were applied to studying the HPLC fingerprint and chemical pattern recognition. Results: The two processing techniques, stir-frying with wine and salt, both had significant effect on herbal chemical profiles. The contents of three known active components, puerarin, cyasterone, and daidzein, were not observed except a little increasing of the content of puerarin after the crude herbs were processed with salt. Conclusion: More precise active components of the processed products of C. officinalis need to future study to improve the current quality standard of C. officinalis in Chinese Pharmacopoeia. The method provided by this study is a powerful tool to identify and quality control between crude and processed C. officinalis because of its quantificational and visual evaluation system.

To study the therapeutic effect and possible mechanism of icariin on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury ( MIRI) model in diabetes rats. The model of diabetic rats were induced by Streptozotocin (STZ), then the model of MIRI was established by ligating the reversible left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min, and then reperfusing for 120 min. totally 40 male SD were randomly divided into five groups: the control group (NS), the ischemia reperfusion group (NIR), the diabetes control group (MS), the diabetic ischemia reperfusion group (MIR) and the diabetic ischemia reperfusion with icariin group (MIRI). The changes in blood glucose, body weight and living status were observed; the enzyme activity of serum CK-MB, LDH, GSH-Px and myocardium SOD and the content MDA and NO in myocardium were detected; the myocardial pathological changes were observed by HE staining; the myocardial Caspase-3, the Bcl-2, Bax protein expressions were detected by Western blot. The result showed that the diabetes model was successfully replicated; myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury was more serious in diabetes rats; icariin can increase NO, SOD, GSH-Px, Bcl-2 protein expression, decrease MDA formation, CK-MB and LDH activities and Caspase-3 and Bcl-2 protein expressions and myocardial damage. The result suggested that icariin may play a protective role against ischemia reperfusion myocardial injury in diabetes rats by resisting oxidative stress and inhibiting cell apoptosis.
Animals ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Caspase 3 ; metabolism ; Creatine Kinase ; metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; complications ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Flavonoids ; administration & dosage ; Humans ; Ischemia ; drug therapy ; etiology ; physiopathology ; Male ; Malondialdehyde ; metabolism ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ; drug therapy ; etiology ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Myocardium ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Superoxide Dismutase ; metabolism ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; metabolism

Objective To study the preventive and therapeutic effect of dexamethasone on communicating hydrocephalus following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), and explore the mechanism of communicating hydrocephalus following SAH. Methods SAH rat model was constructed by injecting auto blood through foramen magnum into subarachnoid space. There were two groups ( one control group and one experimental group) in this study with 16 rats each group. Sufficient doses of auto blood were injected into subarachnoid space of the rats of the control group and sufficient dose of auto blood together with sufficient dose of dexamethasone into subarachnoid space of the rats of the experimental group. The changes of rats transforming growth factor bata-1 (TGF-β_1 )in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)and thickness of pia mater collagen fibrosis( CF) following SAH were observed after 1 day and 20 days. The levels of TGF-β_1, in the CSF were quantitatively detected by the way of ABC-ELISA. The brain tissues were dyed through Massions technique, and then the average thicknesses of meningina CF were measured by the software of micrograph collection and analysis computer system. Results In later stage after SAH, TGF-β_1, concentrations of the experimental group was lower than control group( P <0. 01). At the same time, the average thicknesses of meningina CF of experimental groups was thinner than control group( P <0. 01). Moreover, the relationship between the level of TGF-β_1 in the CSF and the thickness of the CF of the rat's cerebral pia mate had positive correlation. Conclusions In the later stage after SAH, dexamethasone can inhibit the over expression of TGF-β_1 in rat CSF following SAH and also can inhibit the accrementition of rat collagenous fibers. Therefore, this study provided experimental and theoretical evidence for preventing and treating communicating hydrocephalus following SAH.

Objective:To investigate the expression of microRNA-324-5p (miR-324-5p) and transcription factor forkhead box C1 (FOXC1) in glioma and their relationship with the prognosis of patients.Methods:From March 2012 to March 2015, a total of 72 cases of glioma tissues were collected from glioma patients who were admitted to Chongqing Hygeia Tumor Hospital and the People's Hospital of Nanchuan in Chongqing, and 28 cases of normal human brain tissues resected in craniocerebral surgery were also collected. The expressions of miR-324-5p and FOXC1 mRNA were detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and the expression of FOXC1 protein was detected by immunohistochemistry. Pearson method was used to analyze the correlation between the expressions of miR-324-5p and FOXC1 in glioma tissues; Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the survival of patients with glioma; Cox regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors affecting the prognosis of patients with glioma.Results:FOXC1 protein was mainly located in the cytoplasm of glioma, and its positive expression rate in glioma tissues was 81.94% (59/72), which was significantly higher than that in normal brain tissues [17.86% (5/28)], and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 = 35.938, P<0.01). Compared with normal brain tissues, the expression of miR-324-5p was down-regulated in glioma tissues (0.62±0.19 vs. 0.98±0.02, t = 9.974, P < 0.05), and the expression of FOXC1 mRNA was up-regulated (1.41±0.29 vs. 0.99±0.02, t = 7.633, P < 0.05). The expressions of miR-324-5p and FOXC1 protein were correlated with the number of primary lesions, differentiation degree, TNM stage and lymph node metastasis of glioma (all P<0.05). Pearson analysis showed that the expressions of miR-324-5p and FOXC1 mRNA were negatively correlated ( r = -0.550, P<0.01). The 5-year overall survival rate of patients in miR-324-5p high-expression group was significantly higher than that of patients in miR-324-5p low-expression group (45.71% vs. 24.33%, χ2 = 6.531, P = 0.011), and the 5-year overall survival rate of patients in FOXC1 protein high-expression group was significantly lower than that of patients in FOXC1 protein low-expression group (30.41% vs. 42.34%, χ2 = 3.631, P = 0.047). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that low differentiation, TNM stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ, lymph node metastasis, low expression of miR-324-5p and high expression of FOXC1 protein were independent risk factors for prognosis of glioma patients (all P < 0.05). Conclusions:The expression of miR-324-5p is low and the expression of FOXC1 is high in glioma. They may be involved in the regulation of tumor differentiation and metastasis, and related to the poor prognosis of patients. They may be potential therapeutic targets for glioma.

Based on the International Patent Classification (IPC) A61P, this paper analyzes the distributional therapeutic situation of Chinese materia medica (CMM) in China dynamically and statically from the perspective of invention patent, then the list of 10 groups of A61P with the largest amount of invention patents application and effective amount is compared with the list of high mortality diseases in China, so as to verify the idea whether the R&D focus of CMM is on high mortality diseases, and put forward suggestions for the R&D directions and strategies of CMM in the treatment of high mortality diseases. The research finds that the R&D of CMM mainly focuses on treating high mortality diseases, except for the malignant tumors and mental disorders. In addition, the intellectual achievement of CMM in the treatment of digestive system diseases is the dominant direction. Under the background of internationalization and standardization of CMM, China needs to strengthen the R&D investment direction of CMM in the treatment of malignant tumors, mental disorders and other fields. The quantity and quality advantages of CMM in the treatment of digestive system diseases will be of significance, thus it needs to actively carry out patent distribution abroad. The role of technical evaluation in the cultivation of high-quality and high-value patents should be attached importance.

Objective To explore the value of joint detection of serum cystatin C (Cys C) ,retinol‐binding protein(RBP) ,urea ni‐trogen(BUN) and creatinine(Cr) in early diagnosis of nephropathy .Methods A total of 230 cases of inpatients with nephropathy form April 2013 to June 2014 were collected and divided into diabetic nephropathy group (130 cases)and hypertensive nephropathy group(100 cases) .Other 200 healthy individuals were collected as healthy control group .The serum levels of Cys C ,RBP ,BUN and Cr were detected by using the Hitachi 7180 automatic biochemistry analyzer .Results Compared with the healthy control group ,the sertum levels of Cys C ,RBP ,BUN and Cr were significantly increased in the diabetic nephropathy group ,and the serum levels of Cys C and RBP were significantly increased in hypertensive nephropathy group ,there were statistically significant differences (P<0 .05);while no statistically significant differences in serum levels of BUN and Cr were found between the hypertensive nephropathy group and healthy control group(P>0 .05) .Positive rates(81 .9% ) of the four indicators in the two nephropathy groups were high‐er than those in the healthy control group ,and the positive rate of joint detection of the four indicators was higher than single detec‐tion in patients with nephropathy .Conclusion Serum RBP and Cys C are sensitive indicators for early renal damage ,and combined with BUN and Cr could increase sensitivity of early diagnosis of nephropathy ,which has significant clinical value .

Objective To study the reference interval of serum iron and magnesium of healthy people in northwest region . Methods 722 healthy people aged 18- <80 were recruited according to the screening criteria of enzymatic multi-center study of International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) .Atomic absorption spectrophotometry and Roche assay kit were employed for serum iron ,magnesium detection .Results Differences of serum iron ,magnesium detection results obtained by two different methods ,between urban and rural people and among different age periods showed no statistically significant (P>0 .05) ,and the re-sults was combined into one group .Difference of iron test results between male and female was statistically significant (P<0 .05) , and grouping was performed according to gender ,that was ,male:10 .05-36 .21 mmol/L ,female:6 .19-30 .87 mmol/L .Difference of magnesium test results between male and female showed no statistical significance (P<0 .05) ,and was combined into one group , with the reference interval of 0 .74-1 .06 mmol/L .Conclusion The iron and magnesium 95% reference intervals of healthy people in northwest region are narrower than those of the National test results .

A survey on clinical knowledge of coronary artery disease (CAD) management in general practitioners (GPs) in Beijing was conducted from March to September,2013.The questionnaire contained 4 cases (stable angina pectoris,post-percutaneous coronary intervention,acute anterior myocardial infarction and acute inferior myocardial infarction) and related clinical questions.Five hundred questionnaires were distributed and 471 valid questionnaires were returned with a recovery rate of 94.2％.The correct rate was 87.3％ and 61.8％ for diagnosis and treatment of emergent events in acute anterior myocardial infarction; however,the correct rate for other knowledge was ranged between 23.4％ and 40.6％.The correct rate increased with the educational levels in 5/11 items(P ＜ 0.01)and increased with the professional titles(P ＜ 0.001)in 3/11 items,which was not associated with the attendance of training or frequency of training attendance.The results indicate that clinical knowledge of CAD management for GPs in Beijing should be improved and the training methods should be focused on the clinical capacity.