Anti-Bacterial Agents ; therapeutic use ; Communicable Diseases ; drug therapy ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Fever ; drug therapy ; etiology ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Meningitis, Meningococcal ; drug therapy ; Phytotherapy

By using immunocytochemistry (the whole mount stretch preparations and cryostat sections) and radioimmunoassay, the characteristics of distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in small intestine of rats and its change in acute intestinal radiation sickness are studied.The results show that all layers of the small intestine are rich in CGRP-immunoreactive(CGRP-I)nerves with a high density in the myenteric, submucosal and mucosal plexuses. Also it has a rather high density around the small blood vessels of the small intestine and intestinal crypts.Same CGRP-I neurons are seen in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses.In AIRS the level of CGRP in small intestine has a double-phase change which is lower at the 24th h followed by a higher level at 48th h, 72th h after the exposure. The results indicate that CGRP may be related to the regulation of motility, secretion,absorption sensation and regional blood flow of the gastrointestinal tract. CGRP is probably released under the stress of AIRS and participates in the mechanism of injury of AIRS through multiple ways, in particular, the influence on the regional blood flow and the increase of permeability of blood vessels.

By using immunocytochemistry (the whole mount stretch preparations and cryostat sections) and radioimmunoassay, the characteristics of distribution, origins and properties of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) were studied. The results show that all layers of small intestine were rich in CGRP-immu-noreactive(CGRP-I)nerves with a high density in myenteric, submucosal and mucosal plexuses. Also it had a rather high density around the small blood vessels of the small intestine and intestinal crypts. Some CGRP-I neurons were seen in the myenteric and submucosal plexuses which were the intrinsic origin of CGRP-I nerves of small intestine. And the denervation and injection of capsaicin demonstrated that the extrinsic CGRP-I nerves of small intestine with mainly sensory origin also existed. The characteristics of distribution of CGRP-I nerves in small intestine indicated that the CGRP-I nerves might be related with the regulation of motion, secretion, absorption, sensation and regional blood flow of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Objective: Spinal muscular atrophy(SMA), an autosomal recessive neuromuscular degeneration of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and brain stem, results in one of the most common diseases with muscle fatigue and atrophy. Most SMA cases including all the types are due to the homozygous deletion of at least exon 7 within the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN-1) gene. Although a "golden standard" assay (PCR with mismatch primer followed by enzyme digestion) is very reliable for the identification of homozygous SMN-1 deletion, the carrier detection of heterozygous SMN-1 deletion remains a challenge. Methods: Some PCR-based gene dosage assays or multiplex PCR allow for the determination of the copy number of SMN-1 gene to identify heterozygous deletion, but these procedures are often time consuming and available on a limited clinical basis. Recently developed MLPA (multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification) is an efficient procedure that can accurately analyze relative quantification to establish the copy number of the SMN gene. We performed a validation for simultaneous detection of homozygous SMN-1 deletions of SMA patients and heterozygous SMN-1 deletions of SMA carriers in a simple assay using a MLPA-SMA assay specific reagent. Results: Six out of 20 patients with SMA were found to have homozygous SMN-1 deletion, confirmed by the PCR/digestion assay. All 4 parents of the children with SMA had heterozygous SMN-1 deletion, confirmed by an independent relative quantitative analysis. Conclusion: MLPA provides a simple, rapid and accurate method of simultaneously detecting homozygous deletions and heterozygous deletions in a single assay for both SMN-1 and SMN-2 genes.

Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune gastrointestinal disorder induced by ingestion of gluten-containing foods.In the past CD was thought prevalent only in Western countries,whereas it has been found common throughout the world and increasing numbers of Chinese patients has been reported recently.However,there are still many deficiencies in management of patients with CD in China and either the diagnosis or the treatment of CD is lacking evidence-based clinical pathway.We report a case of a young woman with CD presenting with chronic diarrhea,abdominal distention,and weight loss,whose outcome was improved by following evidence-based guidelines of medical nutrition therapy.Diagnosis and treatment of the patient was analyzed with review of foreign and domestic literature to provide readers reference of the standardized nutritional intervention of CD.

Objective To observe the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on mineral density and biomechanics of new-formed bone in distraction gap.Methods The mandibles were subjected to osteotomy and distractors were placed bilaterly in 30 rabbits,which were divided randomly into 2 groups.After 5 days for latency,the mandibles were distracted at a rate of 0.8 mm/day for 10 days,and then for consolidation.After surgery,group A received HBOT with daily distraction,whereas group B only distracted without HBOT served as control group.The animals in groups A and B were sacrificed 1 wk,2 wk,4 wk of consolidation,respectively.The mandibles were harvested and subjected to examination for new bone formation,and bone mineral density (BMD) and biomechanics of newly formed bone in the distraction gap.Results At one week of consolidation,no significant differences were observed between the BMD of newly formed bone in the two groups (P＞0.05);however,at the other time points,BMD of newly formed bone in group A was significantly higher than that in group B (P＜0.05).Moreover,at 4 weeks of consolidation,the strength,maximum fragile energy and modulus of elasticity of newly formed bone in group A were significantly higher than those in group B (P＜0.05).Conclusions The results suggest that HBOT improves mineral density and strength of new formed bone in distraction gap.

OBJECTIVE:To analyze the components of the volatile oil in different parts of Lonicera japonica Thunb.from Henan province.METHODS:The volatile oil was extracted from the buds,leaves,stems of L.japonica Thunb.by solid-phase micro-extraction,and the chemical compositions were identified by GC-MS combined with Kvotas retention index.The relative percentage of each constituent was determined by GC area normalization method.RESULTS:Thirty-nine compounds were identified from different parts of L.japonica Thunb.from Henan province,and seven of which were mutual in the buds,leaves,stems of L.japonica Thunb..CONCLUSION:This study serves as a scientific basis for the further development and utilization of L.japonica Thunb..

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the volatile components in the Eriobotrya japonica by headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(SPME-GC-MS) and to optimize the operating conditions for SPME.METHODS: DB-5 MS elastic silica capillary column(30.0 m?250 ?m?0.25 ?m) was used as the chromatographic column with helium of high purity(99.999%) as carrier gas at a flow rate of 1.0 mL?min-1.The injector temperature was 250 ℃;MS condition: ionization mode was EI with electron energy of 70 eV and the mass scan range of 30～440 amu.RESULTS: After headspace absorption for 30 min at 80 ℃ using 65 ?m polydimethylsiloxane-divinyl-benzene extraction head followed by desorption for 1 min at 250 ℃,the E.japonica sample was separated and identified by GC-MS analysis.A total of 34 peaks were obtained and 29 components were identified which accounted for 97.42% of the total peak area,topping the list were benzaldehyde and 4-methoxybenzaldehyde.CONCLUSION: HS-SPME-GC-MS can be used for the rapid analysis of the volatile components in E.japonica.

Small RNA (miRNA) can regulate post-transcriptional level of mRNA. miRNA is closely related to the occurrence and development of a variety of human diseases such as gastric cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, etc. Many kinds of miRNAs in human cancers are significantly abnomadly expressed. miRNA can be regarded as a marker for many human cancers diagnosis.