Objective To explore the clinical value of the immune rate nephelometry (IRN)in detecting the rate of serum ? and ?,and diagnosing multiple myeloma.Methods Twenty-five cases of multiple myeloma (MM),28 cases of M protein sickness and 120 cases of healthy people were detected for the rate of serum ?/? by the Immage Protein Machine the results were analyzed.Results 0.8% of healthy people was positive, the positive rate of ? and ? type M protein sickness were 23.1% and 26.7% respectively, the positive rate of ? and ? type multiple myeloma was 92.3% and 100% respectively. Conclusion The method of IRN has high sensitivity and stability in detecting the light chain of serum ? and ? on/with the Immage Protein Machine.The accuracy value of prognosing MM with the rate of serum ? and ? is better.

For natural products are one of the important sources for drug discovery, libraries and databases of natural products are significant for the development and research of natural products. At present, most of compound libraries at abroad are synthetic or combinatorial synthetic molecules, resulting to access natural products difficult; for information of natural products are scattered with different standards, it is difficult to construct convenient, comprehensive and large-scale databases for natural products. This paper reviewed the status of current accessing libraries and databases for natural products at abroad and provided some important information for the development of libraries and database for natural products.
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Objective:To establish a method for the content uniformity ( CU) of fennel oil in Weitongning tablets to study the CU of fennel oil in Weitongning tablets. Methods: Methyl salicylate as the internal reference, the content of trans-anethole in fennel oil was determined by GC. The separation was performed on a DB-FFAP capillary column (30 m × 0. 32 mm, 0. 25 μm) at 145℃, the injection part temperature was 180℃ and the FID detector temperature was 230℃, nitrogen with high purity was used as the carrier gas at the flow rate of 0. 8 ml·min-1 . The air flow rate was 400 ml·min-1 and that of hydrogen was 35 ml·min-1 . The methodology validation was carried out, and the samples from different companies with different batches were determined. Results:Significant differ-ence showed in the CU of fennel oil in the samples with different batches from the same manufacturer or from different companies. The trans-anethole showed linear correlation within the range of 2. 189-35. 030 μg · ml-1 ( r =0. 999 9 ) and the average recovery was 100. 06% (RSD=0. 5%, n=9). Conclusion:The method is simple and quick. It is accurate in the CU determination of fennel oil and can be used for the quality control of Weitongning tablets.

The tumor microenvironment (TME), a dynamic and complex local environment, interacts with the tumor cells and is closely related to tumor growth, metastasis, immune escape and drug resistance. Thus, targeting the TME has been a worldwide focus in cancer therapy. Many natural products possess the advantages of multiple targets, multiple pathways and wide pharmacological functions, and are the main source of antitumor drugs. In recent years studies have found that some natural products had advantageous effects on the TME. In this review, we summarize the components and functions of the TME and some natural products that target the TME, with references to the drug therapy of cancer.

Objective To compare the features of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalogram (EEG) to differentiate Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). Methods It was analyzed of the MRI and EEG from 39 patients with AD and 56 patients with VD, to compare the proportion of cerebral atrophy, hippocampal atrophy and leukoaraiosis in MRI, and the proportion of the moderate to severe disorder of EEG and the power spectrum. Results The proportion of cerebral atrophy and hippocampal atrophy was more and leukoaraiosis was less in the AD group than those in the VD group. The proportion of the moderate to severe disorder of EEG increased in AD group, and the ratio of (θ+δ)/(α+β) of whole brain was more in the AD group than in the VD group (P<0.05). Conclusion It is more likely to be AD in dementia patients with atrophy without leukoaraiosis and cerebral ischemic lesions, especially for those with severe abnormal EEG.

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome(MODS) is an important area of critical medicine study.Establishing a suitable animal model is one of the important manner in the study.This article has reviewed the choice of animal,assessment of model and the method of making model.

Objective Calcified epithelioma is a rare benign tumor in head and face. It is seldomly seen canceration. But it has local invasion behavior. The aim of this study was to explore the methodology in the diagnosis and treatment of calcified epithelioma in head and face, and to improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis. Methods A retrospective analysis was carried out in 26 patients with calcified epithelioma in head and face. Results 53. 8 % patients with calcified epithelioma were less than 13-year-old. The disease was easily misdiagnozed. In this group of patients the misdiagnosis rate reached to 42. 3 %. Btype ultrasonographic diagnosis possessed a high level of concordance with histological diagnosis. There were three major types of calcified epithelioma: type 1, a mass with internal echoic foci; type 2, a hyperechoic mass with high beam; type 3, no calcification in the parenchyma. Piomatricoma was described as a skin tumour histologically composed of shadowcells, basophillic cells, foreign body giant cells and intracellular and stromal calcification. The treatment was excision and no recurrences were found by followup. Conclusions It is important for clinicians to know the clinical features of calcified epithelioma. Imaging studies including ultrasonography would help establish the diagnosis. Surgical excision with clear margins is recommended for this tumor.

Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of dexmedetomidine, mifepristone and dexmedetomidine plus mifepristone on the fear memory in rats with post?traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) . Methods 40 male SD rats were randomly divided into five groups with 8 in each group:control group (group C),PTSD model group (group P),dexmedetomidine group (group D),mifepristone group ( group M) and dexmedetomidine plus mifepristone group ( group U) . Fear memory in rats was evaluated by fear conditioning test ( FC) . Anxiety?like behavior was assessed by the elevated plus?maze test ( EPM) . Ex?pressions of BDNF and its receptor TrkB in the hippocampus of rats after fear condition were detected using Western blot ( WB) and CORT level in the serum was detected using enzyme?linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results Compared with group P,the freezing scores in the FC in group D((32.29±8.09) %), M((33.33±8.21) %),and U((9.38±3.31) %) were significantly decreased (P<0.05). The times and en?tries in the open arms of the EPM were significantly increased (P<0.05) . The expressions of BDNF in group D(0.65±0.04),M(0.71±0.04),U(0.79±0.07) and TrkB in group D(0.66±0.04),M(0.71±0.04),U (0.86±0.03) were obviously rescued in hippocampus of rats (P<0.05). The CORT level in serum in group D ((37.65±12.37)μg/L) and U((59.10±5.23)μg/L) was decreased (P<0.05). There was no difference be?tween group P and M. Conclusion These results suggest that dexmedetomidine, mifepristone and dexme?detomidine plus mifepristone can significantly enhance fear extinction and improve anxiety?like behaviors in rats with PTSD. The mechanism may be that dexmedetomidine and mifepristone could enhance the expres? sions of BDNF and TrkB in the hippocampus.

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are traditional dairy strains which have a long history of safe use. They are a kind of food-grade microorganisms that can be used in industry to produce lots of food and drink, such as yoghourt. In the last two decades the physiology and genetics of these bacteria have been thoroughly studied. Because of their genetic accessibility and easy to handle, LAB, in addition to their traditional applications, have been extensively developed and used for the expression of heterologous genes. So they have an important foreground in agricultural, medical and many other fields. People have developed a series of food-grade gene expression systems of LAB. LAB, especially their model strain Lactococcus lactis and their most useful food-grade induced expression system--nisin controlled gene expression system NICE and its food-grade inducer nisin, food-grade host, expressing vectors and applications in expressing heterologous proteins of NICE will be introduced.