OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of extracts of the seed of Litchi (ESL) on the expression of estradiol receptor (ER) and progestogen receptor (PR) in mammary tissue and apoptosis of mammary glandular cells in rats with hyperplasia of mammary glands (HMG). METHODS: The HMG model was induced by intramuscularly injecting with 0.5 mg?kg-1 estradiol benzoate for 25 days, subsequently intramuscularly injecting with 4 mg?kg-1 progesterone for 5 days. 60 healthy nonfertile SD rats were divided into normal group, model group, rujieping group and high-dose, medium-dose and low-dose ESL groups, treating with distilled water, distilled water, 3.3 g?kg-1 Rujieping and 44, 22, 11 g?kg-1 ESL via i.g. gtt once a day for 30 days, respectively. Immunohistochemical method was applied to observe the expression of ER and PR in rat mammary tissue and apoptosis of mammary glandular cells. Uterus index was also calculated. RESULTS: High-dose and medium-dose of ESL can inhibit the expression of ER and PR of mammary gland in HMG rats and induce apoptosis of mammary glandular cells(P

OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of Semen Litchi on the expressions of S180 and EAC tumor cells and Bax and Bcl-2 proteins in rats. METHODS: EAC, S180 and hepatic carcinoma tumor-bearing mice models were established in mice by inoculating them with tumor strains. EAC, S180 and hepatic carcinoma suspensions were diluted respectively with normal saline in a ratio of 1∶1 for the preparation of tumor-bearing ascites suspension. Each rat was subcutaneously inoculated with the mixture 0.2 mL via axilla 24 hours before medication, with the whole sterile operation finished within 60 minutes. After treated with Semen Litchi for 10 consecutive days, the growth of EAC, S180 and hepatic carcinoma in mice was observed. RESULTS: The growth of EAC and S180 and hepatic carcinoma cells in mice was significantly inhibited by Semen Litchi. CONCLUSION: Semen Litchi can inhibit the growth of S180 and EAC tumor cells in vitro and in vivo, and its antitumor effect is related to its ability to promote apoptotic of tumor cells.

Diabetes Mellitus ; drug therapy ; Diabetic Angiopathies ; drug therapy ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Phytotherapy

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OBJECTIVE:To establish an LC-MS method for the determination of the ritodrine content in human plasma.METHODS:The determination was performed on Agilent Eclipse Plus C18 column with the column temperature kept at 40 ℃.The mobile phase consisted of methanol-water(95∶5,containing 0.02 mol?L-1 ammonium formate)with a flow rate of 0.5 mL?min-1.The extraction agent was acetic ether-dichloromethane(4∶1).A triple quad mass spectrometer system equipped with an electro spray ionization ion-trap source was used as the detector and operated in the positive ion model.Selected reaction monitoring(SRM)was employed to detect ritodrine(m/z 288.2→121.1)and the internal standard dobutamine(m/z 302.1→107.0).RESULTS:The linear range of ritodrine was 0.25～100 ng?mL-1(r=0.999 1),with the lower limit of quantification at 0.25 ng?mL-1.Both the intra-day RSD and inter-day RSD were less than 15%.The methodological recovery was 98.00%～103.44%.CONCLUSION:The method is sensitive,accurate,reproducible,specific and suitable for the pharmaceutical study of ritodrine.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the antioxdant action of Xiangsha liujun pill in hyperlipidemia model rats. METHODS: Hyperlipidemia model was established by intragastric administrating emulsion in rats. The levels of blood lipids, serum SOD activity and MDA content in rats before and after intragastric administration of Xiangsha liujun pill were measured. RESULTS: Xiangsha liujun pill markedly inhibited the concentrations of serum total cholesterol (TC), trglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL), promoted the activity of SOD and decreased the content of MDA (P

The JCI-based PDCA cycle makes continued quality improvement its comerstone.Its use in ICU human resource management consists of assurance of HR quantity,assurance of HR quality,and scientific use of human resources.Its application in ICU nursing care consists of creating excellent environment and providing high quality nursing items,with emphasis on quality nursing service in detail.Conversion of working mode,rationalized HR deployment,high quality nursing care,all contribute to raising the quality and social reputation of the hospital and the department,to standardized management,enhanced teamwork,better nursing care quality,and to higher satisfaction of the patients in the end.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical features of fungal rhino-sinusitis. METHOD: Clinical data of 189 patients suffering from fungal rhino-sinusitis treated by functional endoscopic sinus surgery was analyzed retrospectively. The analyzed data included clinical type, age of onset, predilectionsite, reason, and surgical outcome. RESULT: Among the 189 patients with fungal rhino-sinusitis,181 cases were fungal ball,6 cases were allergic fungal rhino-sinusitis, 1 case was acute invasive fungnal rhino-sinusitis, 1 case was chronic invasive fungnal rhino-sinusitis. One hundred and twenty-eight cases were in the maxillary sinus (123 cases were unilateral, 5 cases were bilateral). Nineteen cases were in the ethmoid sinus. 31 cases were in the sphenoid sinus. Two cases were both in the maxillary sinus and ethmoid sinus, 1 case was both in the maxillary sinus and sphenoid sinus. Two cases invasive fungnal rhino-sinusitis had diabetes history. All the patients treated by functional endoscopic sinus surgery, 184 cases without recurrence, 5 cases suffered re-operation. CONCLUSION The incidence of fungal rhinosinusitis is showing a rising trend, fungal ball is the highest. The sinusitis patients whom we highly doubt for fungal infection should be confirmed by using sinonasal secretion smear, cultivation and histopathological examination. Surgical treatment should completely remove the fungal masses, to avoid reoperation.
Chronic Disease ; Emotions ; Ethmoid Sinus ; pathology ; Fungi ; Humans ; Maxillary Sinus ; pathology ; Mycoses ; pathology ; surgery ; Recurrence ; Retrospective Studies ; Rhinitis ; microbiology ; surgery ; Sinusitis ; microbiology ; surgery ; Sphenoid Sinus ; pathology

ObjectiveTo comprehensively evaluate the curative effect ofTCM reating type 2 diabetes with three type dialectical therapy by Fuzzy Mathematics.Methods261 cases of 2 type diabetes were divided into three groups by syndrome differentiation,as follows:type of heat with yin deficiency,type of deficiency of both qi and yin,and type of deficiency of both yin and yang,and received corresponding therapies.The course of treatment was 24 weeks,in the first 12 weeks (period 1),on the basis of western medicine treatment,patients of the three groups were respectively treated by qingrungranules,ziyigranule and shuangtiaogranules.In the next 12 weeks (period 2),all patients were only treated by western medicine.The value of FBG,P2BG,HbAlc,TC,TG,BMI of the two periods were comprehensively evaluated by the methods of fuzzy mathematics.ResultsAt the end of period 1,the total effective rate of the type of heat with yin deficiency was 91.38％,the type of deficiency of both qi and yin was 87.16％,and the type of deficiency of both yin and yang was 83.34％; while at the end of period 2,the total effective rate of the three types was 59.18％,48.65％a nd32.65％ respectively.ConclusionThe effective rate was obviously improved in period 1; while in period 2,the effective rate was decreased.

Objective To discuss the characteristics of non?traumatic meniscus injury in patients with different age ob?served under the arthroscopy. Methods All non?traumatic meniscus injury patients operated during 2012 were included. The name, age, symptoms, signs, Lysholm score before surgery, meniscus injury location, type, and concomitant damage were collect?ed. The inclusive criteria were 1) III degree meniscus tear confirmed by MRI,2) typical symptom of meniscus injury,3) no acute symptom and history of acute injury,4) conservative treatment failed,5) and confirmed subsequently by the surgery. SPSS19.0 (SPSS Inc., USA) was used for statistical analysis. Disease frequencies were calculated for different ages in patients, and gender, disease side (left or right), the type of meniscus injury and the concomitant injury in patients of different ages were compared with the chi square test. Results All the 201 patients were divided into two groups due to whether the patients were older than 45 years. The age of surgery was bimodal distribution (20 yrs and 60 yrs). There were more lateral meniscus tears in the younger group(merely LM 56.10%), and more medial meniscus tears in the older group(merely MM 66.90%). The major type of medial meniscus tear in young patients were longitudinal(27.80%), beak sample tear(38.90%)and horizontal tear(27.80%); in old patients the main type were beak sample tear(20.60%), horizontal tear(27.20%), tear of root(19.10%)and complicated tear (31.60%). But in lateral meniscus, there were more beak sample tear(45.50%)and complicated tear(22.70%)in young pa?tients, and more than 70%were complicated tear in old patients. There were more ACL tear(34.15%), discoid lateral meniscus (21.95%)and cyst of menisci(9.76%)in young patients, but more cartilage injury(81.25%)in the old patients. Conclusion Non?traumatic meniscus tear in younger patients happened more in lateral meniscus, with more concomitant ACL tear, lateral dis?coid meniscus and cyst,but in the older group, there are more medial tear and concomitant with more cartilage injury. And the types of tear are different in the two groups.