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Objective To optimize the processing conditions of Manchuiran Dutchmanspipe Stem with alkali. Methods The combination of radial basis function ( RBF) and response surface methodology ( RSM) was used to investigate the influence of NaHCO3 , concentration, duration and cycles of processing on the content of aristolochic acid. Results The optimal process was achieved when Manchuiran Dutchmanspipe Stem was soaked for 3 cycles in 0. 05 mol·L-1 NaHCO3 solution, for 24 hours in each cycle. The removal rate of total aristolochic acid approached to 83. 74%. Conclusion The combination of RBF and RSM provided a new method and good guidance for further toxicity attenuation for Manchuiran Dutchmanspipe Stem.

Object To study the chemical constituents in the ro ot of Isatis indigotica Fort Methods The s eparations were carried out by column chromatography and identified by advanced physical and spectral data analysis Results Five compounds were isolated and identified as neohesperidin (Ⅰ), ammonium formate (Ⅱ), isol iquiritigenin (Ⅲ), liquiritigenin (Ⅳ), and adenosine (Ⅴ) Conclusio n Neohesperidin, liquiritigenin and isoliquiritigenin are isolated f o r the first time from the plants of Cruciferae, ammonium formate is obtained fro m the root of I indigotica for the first time

BACKGROUND:Col agen type II and proteoglycan loss are two most obvious manifestations of cartilage damage in the onset of osteoarthritis. Changes in col agen type II and proteoglycan as the main components of cartilage matrix directly lead to cartilage degeneration and subsequently result in osteoarthritis. How to reverse or prevent the development of this process becomes the focus of medical research. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of warming yang and benefiting marrow recipe on the expression of col agen type II and proteoglycan in the articular cartilage of knee osteoarthritis rabbits as wel as to further explore the mechanism underlying chondrocyte protection. METHODS:Ninety-six New Zealand rabbits, aged 9 months old, male and female, were selected to prepare osteoarthritis models in extension position using cast immobilization method, and were randomly divided into four groups:blank group (untreated), model group (simple modeling), Chinese medicine group (intragastric administration of extracts of warming yang and benefiting marrow recipe, 24 mL/kg/d) and western medicine group (intragastric administration of glucosamine hydrochloride, 24 mL/kg/d). Intragastric administration was done once a day for 6 weeks. RT-PCR technology was used to observe the effect of warming yang and benefiting marrow recipe on the expression of col agen type II and proteoglycans in the articular cartilage, and pathological examination was also done. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The cartilage surface was smooth in the blank group and Chinese medicine group, with uniform toluidine blue staining, but in the model group and western medicine group, the cartilage surface was rough and the toluidine blue staining was extremely uneven with obvious loss of surface and middle layer dying. The expressions of cartilage proteoglycan and col agen type II in the model group were significantly lower than those in the blank group (P<0.01) as wel as in the Chinese medicine group and western medicine group (P<0.05). In addition, the expressions of cartilage proteoglycan and col agen type II in the Chinese medicine group were higher than those in the western medicine group (P<0.05). These findings indicate that the recipe of warming yang and benefiting marrow can enhance the expressions of col agen type II and proteoglycan, which can maintain the normal col agen phenotype and protect the articular cartilage.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of emodin on acute rejection after orthotopic liver transplantation(OLT) in rats.Methods:The LEW→BN OLT models were established.A total of 45 rats were divided randomly and equally into 3 groups:group A was treated with normal saline at dose of 0.5 ml/d intraperitoneally from 1st day to 8th day after operation;Group B,CsA at dose of 10.0 mg?kg-1?d-1;Group C,emodin at dose of 50.0 mg?kg-1?d-1.8 days after operation,6 recipients of each groups were killed for confirming rejection-active index(RAI) and hepatocellular apoptosis index(AI) by observing the pathologic change of transplanted liver in recipients.The other recipients were raised for observing the survival time.Results:Respectively,the survival time(days) of group A,B,C was 9.50?1.64,21.57?2.15,21.29?2.21.The survival time of group B,C was significantly longer than that of group A(P0.05).Respectively,the RAI of group A,B,C was 7.67?0.9,5.17?0.40,5.83?0.75 and the AI of group A,B,C was 35.83?2.32,15.83?1.33,16.50?2.35.The RAI and AI of group B,C was significantly lower than that of group A(P0.05).Conclusion:Emodin can reduce the hepatocellular apoptosis and suppress the acute rejection after OLT in rats.

Objective To investigate the clinical effects on the hypernatremia in elderly patients with ARDS treated by continu-ous veno-venous hemofiltration(CVVH) .Methods Eighteen cases of elderly patients with ARDS and hypernatremia were treated by CVVH ,the serum sodium concentration was observed and the displacement fluid composition was adjusted dynamically by serum sodium concentration ,the changes of kidney function ,gas index ,plasma osmotic pressure and APACHE Ⅱ score were recorded and analyzed .Results After treatment ,the plasma osmotic pressure of patients declined [(318 .5 ± 20 .2)mmol/L vs .(294 .4 ± 15 .1) mmol/L ,P<0 .01] .After treatment ,the oxygenation index rised [(157 .4 ± 34 .2) vs .(178 .4 ± 40 .4) ,P< 0 .05] ,APACHE Ⅱscore declined[(20 .8 ± 9 .4) vs .(14 .5 ± 8 .8) ,P<0 .05] ,and the comparison of after and before treatment was statistically signifi-cant .Conclusion Therapy method of elderly patients with ARDS and hypernatremia treated by CVVH can correct hypernatremia , improve oxygenation index and APACHE Ⅱ score effectively .

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a common head and neck neoplasm in southern China,is mostly treated with radiotherapy, however, it can not be completely cured by chemoradiotherapy. Recent investigation on NPC suggests that the nasopharyngeal carcinoma stem cells can be differentiated to heterogeneous cancer cells that have a strong ability for self renovation and further contribute to the development and progression of tumor itself which is closely related to drug resistance, recurrence and metastasis of NPC. Wnt/β-catenin, Notch, Hedgehog, NF-κB and mTOR signaling pathways play important roles in cancer stem cells. Study on nasopharyngeal carcinoma stem cells targeted therapies and its related pathways provides a new strategy for the clinical treatment of NPC.

AIM:To investigate the potential of hematopoietic stem cells(HSCs)derived from mouse embryonic stem cells(ESCs)to reconstruct hematopoiesis in vivo.METHODS:Using a three-step method,a mice embryonic stem cell line,E14.1 was induced into hematopoietic stem cells.The cell markers with CD34+/Sca-1+ were identified by flow cytometry analysis,then HSCs(1?109 cells/L)from third-step were injected into SCID mice for observing teratoma formation.To validate function of HSCs,colonogenic cell assay was conducted and the hematopoiesis in lethally irradiated mice was reconstituted.RESULTS:The method of three-step differentiation,combined to use more hematopoietic stimulating factor promoted the E14.1 cell differentiation into HSCs with highest percent of CD34+/Sca-1+ cells(as high as 58.64%?4.20%)with more CFU-E,CFU-GM and CFU-GEMM populations.The cells showed the character of hematopoietic progenitors by Wright-Giemsa staining.Positive selected CD34+/Sca-1+ cells by magnetic sorting from third-step differentiation were transplanted into 7 lethally irradiated female mice while predominant hematopoietic reconstitution were observed in 10 d after transplantation,with 71.4%(5/7)successful engraftment rate.Three recipients showed that the cell population of the peripheral blood leukocytes,red blood cells and hemoglobin approached to normal index at 40 d after transplantation,but followed relative slow renew in platelet count.Survival rate in transplant group was 43%,compared to 100% mortality in control mice.Karyotyping assays confirmed the female mice with XY.CONCLUSION:The three-step differentiation and the culture conditions described here support the differentiation of mouse ESCs into HSCs.HSCs derived from mouse ESCs can reconstruct hematopoiesis.

OBJECTIVE:To establish HPLC method for simultaneous determination of estazolam and diazepam in serum METHODS:The mobile phase consisted of methanol-water-triethylamine-acetic acid(55∶45∶0 5∶0 35)and the ?max was 254nm Phenytoin was adopted as the internal standard The drugs were extracted by diethyl ether under the alkaline condition RESULTS:The calibrating curves of estazolam and diazepam were linear in the ranges of 0 52～38 62?g/ml and 0 50～40 16?g/ml respectively CONCLUSION:The method was appropriate for determination of estazolam and diazepam qualitatively and quantitatively in intoxication accident

AIM: To explore the influence of CD47 molecules on the maturation and function of cultured dendritic cells (DCs). METHODS: Monocyte cell-derived DCs were propagated in granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus interleukin (IL)-4, in the presence or absence of anti CD47 monoclonal antibodies (anti-CD47 mAbs). Flow cytometry was used to detect the cell surface phenotype. The concentration of IL-12P70 in supernatant was measured by ELISA technique. The antigen-presenting functions of DCs were determined in one-way mixed leukocyte reaction by Brdu-ELISA. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) was used to examine NF-?B activity. RESULTS: The anti-CD47 mAbs markedly suppressed the expression of CD80,CD86,CD83,CD1a,HLA-DR on the surface of DCs (P