1.Experience of Professor LIU Wenqiong on Treating Leukoplakia Vulvae of the Aged
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University 2017;41(7):609-611
[Objective]Summary of the experience of Professor LIU Wenqiong in the treatment of leukoplakia vulvae of the aged.[Method]By using the method of the collection and collation of Professor LIU Wenqiong in the treatment of elderly patients with leukoplakia vulvae case,and combination with the related discussion of ancient.This paper summarizes the experience of Professor Liu in the treatment of leukoplakia vulvae of the aged from the etiology and pathogenesis,treatment based on syndrome differentiation,prescriptions and so on,and for proven cases.[Results]Professor LIU Wenqiong thinks that the root of the disease is mainly characterized by the dysfunction of Zang Fu organs and deficiency of qi and blood,the brounch of the disease is characterized by endogenous wind disturbance.Organs are mainly related to liver and kidney.The type of syndrome is yin deficiency of liver and kidney and blood deficiency and wind dryness.The treatment is mainly nourishing liver kidney yin,followed by eliminating wind and relieving itching,and combinating with traditional Chinese external washing medicine for local administration.It lists a successful case,and reflects that Professor LIU Wenqiong has great skill to make prescription accuratedly.Effect is significant.[Conclusion] The clinical experience of Professor LIU Wenqiong in treatment of leukoplakia vulvae is effective,and she provides ideas and methods for the treatment of this discase,which has the value of popularization and application in clinical practice.
2.Genistein and daidzein promote cell proliferation and neurotrophin expression in hippocampal H19-7 cell line
Meixia PAN ; Victor YEUNG ; Hongyu HAN ; Qingshan GENG ; Ruojun XU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(5):404-406
Objective To determine the effects of genistein and daidzein on the proliferation and survival of the hippocampal neural cells and underlying mechanism. Methods H19-7/IGF-IR neural cell line was cultured in phenol red free DMEM absented of serum for 72h. Genistein, daidzein or 17β-estradiol was added to the culture at various concentrations. Their proliferation and protective effects on the neuronal cells were determined by BrdU and MTT assay respectively. The effect of phytoestrogens on cell cycle regulation was determined using flow cytometry. The effects of the soy isoflavones on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression were determined by ELISA and RT-PCR respectively. Results It was observed that, with 72h of treatment, 20nM and 200 nM 17B-estradiol significantly promoted the neuronal cell proliferation at 33% and 36% ;20nM and 200nM genistein significantly promoted the neuronal cell proliferation at 15% and 13% ; 200nM daidzein significantly promoted the neuronal cell proliferation at 11% compared to the control (P<0.05). Genistein and daidzein induced an significantly increase in the S phase arrest at (17.64 ± 0.43) % and (19.48 ± 1.01) % compared to the control (P < 0. 05). Moreover, genistein and daidzein significantly increased the expression of mature BDNF and BDNF mRNA level (P<0.05). The effect of genistein and daidzein on hippocampal neuronal cell proliferation was blocked by K252a, selective inhibitor of tyrosine kinase receptors. Conclusion Genistein and daidzein improved hippocampal neuronal cell proliferation and viability in vitro. The effects might be mediated by increasing in BDNF expression.
3.Characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes in post-stroke depression.
Hui HAN ; Limin WU ; Wenming YANG ; Meixia WANG ; Jingjing TANG ; Han WANG ; Zhixiu LIU ; Rongzhi LIU ; Ting DONG ; Juan ZHANG ; Bo YANG ; Mingxiang HAN
Journal of Integrative Medicine 2010;8(5):427-31
Objective: To explore the main characteristics of syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in post-stroke depression (PSD) and to provide basis for treatments with TCM herbs. Methods: According to diagnostic criteria of PSD, stroke patients and depression patients from Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were assigned into cerebral stroke group (150 cases), depression group (151 cases) and PSD group (123 cases). Neuropsychological assessments and imaging and biochemical analyses were conducted. TCM syndrome differentiation for these diseases was performed. We also determined the characteristics of TCM syndromes of PSD, relative risk of the syndromes and their correlations with ages as well. Results: Scores of qi stagnation and blood stasis, liver qi depression, and transformation of fire due to qi stagnation in PSD group were significant higher than those in cerebral stroke group (P<0.05, P<0.01). In cerebral stroke group, majority of the patients displayed one syndrome, while in PSD and depression groups, the patients had three or more syndromes. Of these syndromes, the incidence rate of syndrome of liver qi depression complicated with transformation of fire due to qi stagnation or flaring of fire due to yin deficiency was high. The syndrome of liver qi depression occurred much more frequently in PSD group and depression group than in cerebral stroke group (P<0.05, P<0.01). The logistic regression analysis showed that the syndrome of qi stagnation and blood stasis had high relative risk to PSD. The syndrome of deficiency of heart and spleen was positively correlated with age in cerebral stroke group. Conclusion: The main TCM syndromes of PSD and depression are qi stagnation and blood stasis, liver qi depression, and transformation of fire due to qi stagnation. The syndrome of deficiency of heart and spleen is closely related to age among the stroke patients. The syndrome of qi stagnation and blood stasis serves as an independent risk factor for PSD. The more complicated the syndromes are, the more serious depression becomes.
4.Distribution and drug resistance analysis of carbapenems-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Yongchun RUAN ; Yiqing ZHOU ; Lixia YU ; Haiwang ZHANG ; Jianyong MA ; Meixia SU ; Dongfang HAN ; Wei HE ; Minghui LI
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2018;17(10):789-793
Objective To investigate the clinical distribution and drug resistance of carbapenemsresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP).Methods A total of 134 clinical strains of CRKP were collected from inpatients in our hospital from January 2014 to December 2016.VITEK-2 compact automatic microbiological analyzer was used to identify the bacteria and the supporting gram-negative bacterial drug susceptibility card was used for susceptibility testing.The sensitivity of other clinical commonly used antimicrobial agents was measured by K-B method.And the clinical distribution of CRKP and its resistance to antimicrobial agents were investigated and analyzed.Results The clinical strains of CRKP were isolated mainly from urine (n=70,52.2%) and sputum (n=38,28.4%).Klebsiella pneumoniae was identified in samples from the department of neurosurgery,including neurosurgery ICU (47.8%,64/134),ICU (23.9%,32/134),department of hepatobiliary surgery (8.2%,11/134) and department of urology (6.0%,8/134).Among all 22 antimicrobial agents tested,the resistant rates of CRKP to 16 antimicrobial agents were >90%,especially for ampicillin it was 100%,and those to 19 antibiotics were >80%,only for tigecycline it was 23.1%.There were 16 strains of CRKP with positive extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) (11.9%).All the CRKP strains were resistant to more than three kinds of antimicrobial agents,except one strain that was resistant to two kinds.Conclusion There is a wide range of clinical distribution of CRKP,which is resistant to most of antimicrobial agents,while tigecycline still has a strong antibacterial activity to CRKP.