Objective] To observe the efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese herb and conventional treatment for allergic rhinitis. [Method] 272 patients were randomly divided into four groups: Control group, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) group, Acupuncture group, Acupuncture combined TCM group. Patients in Control group received conventional treatment for allergic rhinitis;based on Control group, acupuncture was added in Acupuncture group; based on Control group, TCM was used in TCM group; patients in Acupuncture combined TCM group received both acupuncture and TCM. After treatment, the efficacy of all these groups was analyzed. [Result] The cure rate and total efficiency of Acupuncture combined TCM group, Acupuncture group and TCM group was significantly increased. Compared with the control groups the differences were statistically significant( P<0.05). Among them the therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined TCM group had the best cure rate. Compared to the differences over the TCM group and acupuncture group, the cure rate and total efficiency were statistically significant( P<0.05). [Conclusion] It's important to combine acupuncture together with TCM to improve the clinical efficacy of allergic rhinitis.

Objective To investigate the effect of atorvastatin on cytochrome c (CytC) expression and neuronal apoptosis after intracerebral hemorrhage in rots.Methods A total of 108 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into 3 groups:sham operation group,saline control group,and atorvastatin group (n =36 each group).All the groups were redivided into 6 h,12 h,day 1,3,5 and 7 time points (n =6 at each time point).An intracerebral hemorrhage model was induced by using a modified two-step injection method.After modeling,atorvastatin was used for gavages (20 rng/kg,once a day) in the atorvastatin group.The saline control group was given the same volume of saline.Behavior evaluation was used for neurological score.TUNEL staining was used to detect apoptosis in perihematoma tissue.Immunohistochemical method was used to detect the CytC expression in perihematoma tissue.Results Behavior evaluation showed that the neurological scores decreased gradually with the passage of time in the atorvastatin group and the saline control group.There were no significant differences at 6 h,12 h,day 1 and day 3,but the neurological scores in the atorvastatin group were significantly lower than those in thc saline control group at day 5 (0.50 ± 0.55 vs.1.50 ± 0.55; t =3.162,P =0.010) and day 7 (1.00 ±0.63; t =2.712,P =0.022).TUNEL staining showed that the numbers of apoptotic cells increased first and then decreased in the saline control group and the atorvastatin group.They reached the peak at 1 hour after modeling.There were significant differences in the number of apoptotic cells in each group in perihematoma tissue at the same time point (all P =0.000),and the significance in the saline control group was more than that in the sham operation group and the atorvastatin group (all P ＜0.05),but at day 7,there was no significant difference in the number of apoptotic cells between the atorvastatin group and the sham operation group (12.69 ± 3.35 vs.9.33 ± 2.07; P =0.148).Immunohistochemical method showed that the numbers of CytC positive cells increased first and then decreased in the saline control group and the atorvastatin group,reached the peak at 12 h after modeling in te saline control group (68.19 ± 11.93) and at 1 d in the atorvastatin group (35.64 ± 9.12).There were significant differences in the numbers of CytC positive cells in perihematoma tissue at the same time point in each group (P =0.000).The numbers of CytC positive cells in the saline control group was significantly more than that in the sham operation group and the atorvastatin group (all P ＜0.05),but there was no significant difference in the numbers of CytC positive cells between the atorvastatin statin group and the sham group at day 7 (16.08 ± 3.80 vs.13.67 ± 2.94; P =0.349).Conelusions Atorvastatin may inhibit the release of CytC of nerve cells in perihematoma tissue after intracerebral hemorrhage,and thus reduce CytC-mediated apoptosis and neurological deficit after intracerebral hemorrhage.

Objective To analyze the efficacy and safety of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) with chemotherapy regimen containing platinum in the treatment of primary liver cancer. Methods 86 patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated in our hospital from December 2015 to December 2016 were selected and randomly divided into two groups with 43 cases each group. Lipiodol chemotherapy was performed with Lobaplatin, epirubicin hydrochloride and mitomycin in the study group, control group while Lipiodol chemotherapy was performed with oxaliplatin, epirubicin hydrochloride and mitomycin in the control group. The gelatin sponge was used to block tumor blood vessels and the treatment lasted for 2 courses. According to the curative effect evaluation standard of solid tumor (RECIST), the curative effect was evaluated and the adverse reactions were compared between the two groups. Results The total effective rates of the two groups were not significantly different , but the effective rate of the study group (20.93%) was significantly higher than that of the control group (6.98%), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The incidence of hematologic toxicity in the study group (30.23%) was slightly higher than that in the control group (20.93%), the incidence of gastrointestinal reactions (44.19%) and liver and kidney damage (13.95%) were lower than that of the control group respectively by 60.47% and 25.58%, but there was no significant difference . The incidence of neurotoxicity in the study group (2.33%) was significantly lower than that in the control group (27.91%), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion For patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, there was no significant difference between the efficacy and safety of transarterial chemoembolization with chemotherapy regimen containing platinum and oxaliplatin chemotherapy regimen, and adverse reactions are similar, but the incidence of neurotoxicity is low.

Objective To solve the clinical blood transfusion problem of the major cross-match compatibility and the minor cross-match incompatibility by using the microcolumn agglutination technique in the cross matching of the patients with non-auto-immune hemolytic anemia(non-AIHA).Methods The process was set up to analyze the reasons of the minor cross-match incom-patibility by reviewing the sample information from the patient and the blood donor,re-detection of ABO and Rh blood group,direct anti-globulin test (DAT),comparison of the agglutination intensity between DAT and minor cross-match,and antibody screening tests,etc.,and the corresponding laboratory treatment was carried out.Results The problem of minor cross-matching incompatibil-ity in 3 014 cases of non-AIHA were treated by this process,the result showed that the main reason leading to minor cross-match incompatibility was the DAT positive(98.6%).Those patients were infused with the RBC suspension with minor cross-match in-compatibility,comparing the occurrence rate(0.52%)of blood transfusion adverse reaction and the blood transfusion effectiveness (87.4%)had no statistical differences compared with the occurrence rate(0.48%)of blood transfusion adverse reaction and the blood transfusion effectiveness(85.4%)in the transfused RBC suspension with major and minor cross-matching compatibility,the differences had no statistical significance(P >0.05);other causes leading to the minor-cross-matching incompatibility were the sam-ple or blood group errors(0.8%),irregular antibody from the donor(0.6%),in such situation,the blood could be exchanged and the blood cross-matching could be performed again,the RBC suspension with major and minor compatibility was transfused.Conclusion This process can quickly and safely solve the clinical blood transfusion problem of minor cross-match incompatibility in the non-AIHA patients and is suitable for the laboratory adopting the microcolumn agglutination technique for conducting the cross-matc-hing test.

Adenoma, Pleomorphic ; Aged ; Humans ; Male ; Nasal Cavity ; Nose Neoplasms

Objective To explore the expressions of stromal cell derived factor 1 α (SDF-1α) and cysteine-X-cysteine chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) in the peripheral blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods Forty hospitalized SLE patients were recruited and twenty healthy volunteers were enrolled as normal controls.The percentage of CD3+CD4+CXCR4+,CD3+CD8+CXCR4+ and the plasma concentration level of SDF-1α in the control group and SLE patients were detected by flow cytometry and ELISA.The relationship between SDF-1α/CXCR4 and SLEDAI was explored.Kruskal-Wallis H,Pearson's and Mann-Whitney U test were used for statistical analysis.Results the expression of SDF-1α [329 (127,539) pg/ml] and CXCR4 [CD3+CD4+CXCR4+:4.20(2.01,6.35)％,CD3+CD4+CXCR4+:2.70(1.68,4.20)％] were significantly elevated in SLE patients when compared to the normal controls (Z=-6.277,-5.707,-4.885,respectively,all P=0.000),and were significantly increased in highly active SLE patients than less active SLE (Z=-5.414,-5.256,-5.312,P＜0.01).The expression of SDF-1α and CXCR4 in the butterfly erythema group,anemia group and proteinuria group were significantly higher than the normal group (P＜0.05).Both SDF-1αand CXCR4 were positively correlated with SLEDAI (r=0.857,0.830,0.861,respectively,all P＜0.01).Conclusion The expressions of SDF-1α and CXCR4 increase significantly in the peripheral blood of SLE patients and there is close relationship between SDF-1α/CXCR4 and disease activity,organ damage.The results of this study suggestthat SDF-1α/CXCR4 may play an important role in the pathogenesis of SLE.

Objective To obtain the lung adenocarcinoma initiating cells from the A 549 cell line based on paclitaxel treatment combination with serum-free cultivation and to validate spared cells can represent tumor initiating cells (TICs) .Methods After dis-sociated by trypsogen ,about 106 /mL cells were suspended in serum-free medium supplemented with 0 .4% bovine serum albumin (BSA) ,insulin ,basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) ,human recombinant epidermal growth factor (EGF) and obtained spheroid cells .At the second passage ,paclitaxel was added at a concentration of 100 nmol/L for 48 h and then replaced with completely fresh medium once or twice per week until new spheroids emerged .Results The subpopulation of cells that survived serum-free cultiva-tion and paclitaxel treatment could highly express the cluster of differentiation 133/cluster of differentiation (CD133/CD326) mo-lecular markers and have features of stemness including differentiation ,high expression of cancer stem cells (CSCs)-associated genes and stronger capability of tumorigenesis .Conclusion The survived subpopulation that highly express the CD 133/CD326 molecu-lar markers presenting the characteristics of stemness in vitro and in vivo ,and could be used in future researches of biological functions .

To study the effects of tetrandrine (Tet) on hypertrophied myocardial hydroxyproline content and myosin ATPase activity, left ventricular hypertrophy(LVH) was induced by renovascular hypertension (two-kidney, one-clip) in rats. Eight weeks after operation Tet 50 mg*kg-1*d-1 and enalapril(Ena) 6 mg*kg-1*d-1 were given by gavage for 8 weeks. The results showed that hydroxyproline content in LVH group was much higher than that of sham-operated one 〔(5.9±0.3) vs (3.6±0.4) mg*g-1 dry weight〕, and was decreased by 28.2% and 39.0% in Tet and Ena groups, respectively. Myosin ATPase activity in LVH group was much lower than that of sham-operated group 〔(0.43±0.09) vs (0.97±0.06) mmol Pi*min-1*g-1 protein, P<0.01〕. In Tet and Ena groups they were 60.5% and 118.6% higher than that of LVH group, respectively. The results suggest that Tet or Ena partially reduce the hydroxyproline content and elevate myosin ATPase activity of hypertrophied myocardium in renovascular hypertensive rats.

Objective To study the curative effect of limited-acupotomy therapy on chronic lumbosacral osteo-fascial compartment syndrome. Methods 59 patients were randomly recruited into a control group (with 29 patients) and a treatment group (with 30 patients). The control group was treated with general-acupotomy therapy, and treatment group was treated with limited-acupotomy therapy. Evaluate the curative effects before the first and the second therapy, and 3 months after the therapy respectively, as well as VAS pain, JOA and CODI scores. Results The curative effect was 96.56% and 100% respectively in the control group and the treatment group 3 months after the treatment. The difference between the two groups was not statistically significant(χ2＝0.19,P＞ 0.05). As to VAS pain scores, JOA and CODI scores, the difference among the three stages of the treatment were significant (in control group F＝165.70, 99.90, 106.60 respectively, in treatment group F＝279.76, 154.34, 67.36 respectively, P＜0.01)in both groups respectively, but the difference between the two groups were not significant(P＞0.05) in each stage. Conclusion Limited-acupotomy therapy was safe and effective in treating chronic lumbosacral osteo-fascial compartment syndrome.

ObjectiveTo explore the best measurement of waist circumference related with intra-abdominal fat volume evaluated by CT scan.MethodsHeight,weight,and hip circumference were measured among 147 subjects aged over 18 years old.Waist circumference was measured at 3 different levels:the upper brim of the iliac crest ( WC1 ),the midpoint between costal brim and iliac crest ( WC2 ),and the umbilicus ( WC3 ).The intra-abdominal fat volume was evaluated by CT scan.ResultsIntra-abdominal fat volume was significantly higher in men than in women [ ( 1 236.0±608.4 vs 931.0±665.0)cm3,P＜0.01 ].Correlation analysis showed that WC1 ( r =0.634),WC2( r=0.677),and WC3 (r =0.712)were positively correlated with intra-abdominal fat volume ( all P＜0.01 ).Partial correlation analysis adjusted by gender,weight,or body mass index showed that the correlation of intra-abdominal fat volume with WC3 ( r were 0.488 and 0.432) was better than that with WC1( r were 0.347 and 0.293 ) and WC2 ( r were 0.424 and 0.365 ).Multiple linear stepwise regression analysis demonstrated that WC2 and WC3 were independently associated with intra-abdominal fat volume and WC3 was the strongest impact factor (β =0.270,R2c =0.504,P＜0.01 ).ConclusionsWaist circumference is a simple anthropometric measurement parameter reflecting the degree of intraabdominal fat accumulation.All three different measurements of waist circumference may reflect intra-abdominal fat volume,while waist circumference at umbilical level is the best among them.