OBJECTIVE:To establish quality criteria for Bushenqiangshen capsule. METHODS:TLC was employed to identify Herba Epimedii and Fructus Ligustri Lucidi. HPLC was applied for the determination of content of Icariin. The chromatographic separation was performed on octadecylsilane chemically bonded silica packed column (250mm?4.6mm,5?m). The mobile phase was composed of acetonitrile and methyl alcohol (30∶70) at a flow rate of 1.0mL?min-1. The detection wavelength was 270nm and the column temperature was 30℃. RESULTS:Herba Epimedii and Fructus Ligustri Lucidi were well-separated and clear spots were noted in their TLC. The linear range of icariin was 0.266 4～0.932 4?g (r=0.999 9,n=6), and the average recoveries was 99.77%(RSD=1.89%). CONCLUSION:The established criteria can be used for the quality control of Bushenqiangshen capsules.

Quantitative structure activity relationship ( QSAR ) study attempts to correlate chemical structure with activity using statistical approaches and is now being applied to high throughput toxicity screening and prediction of nanomaterials. This paper is interded to discuss the present QSAR study methods of nanomaterials based on traditional QSAR study, such as the use of measurement instrument and quantum chemistry methods of structure descriptor selection, evaluation criteria for the quality of published experimental data on nanomaterials, modeling methods such as K-nearest neighbor ( KNN) and support vector machine(SVM), validation methods such as leave-one-out(LOO) and leave-N-out ( LNO) . We also review the problems and challenges existing in this area and predict future development.

Objective To study effect of pentanuclear copper complexes of imino acetic acid two aromatic derivatives on oxidative cutting DNA. Methods Synthesized complexes later, protonation constants and the stability constants of the complexes were determined by potentiometric titration method, the cutting DNA was studied by agarose gelelectrophoresis.Results Under physiological conditions, complexes H4L1, H4L2, between H6L3 and Cu2 +coordination capability was stronger; three carboxylic multi copper complexes in Cu2 + concentration cutting efficiency were higher than the corresponding mononuclear copper complexes, synergistic effect exists between Cu2 + Center; H6L3 complexes of the three DNA cut the highest efficiency, complex H4L1 was followed, complex H4L2 cutting efficiency was the lowest.Conclusion Change the complex chelating ligands has great influence on the properties of complex, which provides a theoretical basis for the design and synthesis of copper nucleases reasonable.

Objective To explore the differences of Th17 population and serum transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 levels between early-and late-stage primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and their roles in pathogenesis.Methods Peripheral Th17 counts were analyzed by flow cytometry.The expression of IL-17A in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and TGF-β1 were measured by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction.Serum concentration of TGF-β1 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Liver biopsies were stained with hematoxylin-eosin to determine the pathological stage.Results were evaluated using KrustalWallis test followed by Mann-Whitney U tests for comparisons of Th17 population between patients with early and late PBC,patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and health controls (HCs).ANOVA followed by LSD t-tests were used for comparing IL-17 mRNA,TGF-β1 mRNA and TGF-β1 serum concentration between groups.The correlations between Mayo risk score and peripheral Th17 of PBC patients,Mayo risk score and serum concentration of TGF-β1 was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis separately.Results The peripheral Th17 population increased in patients with early PBC (1.03±0.33)％,compared to those with late PBC [(0.48± 0.13％,U=14.0,P＜0.01],CHB [(0.56±0.35)％,U=104.5,P＜0.01],and HCs [(0.36±0.17)％,U=8.0,P＜0.01],while TGF-β1 changed in the opposite direction.Serum concentration of TGF-β1 elevated in late PBC (43.0± 18.7) ng/ml compared with early PBC (29.5±12.2) ng/ml,t=2.85,P=0.006.Conclusion The opposite changes of Th17 population and TGF-β1 level in early and late PBC indicated their different roles in different stages.Th17 may contribute to the autoimmune response in early PBC,participate in the occurrence of autoimmune inflammation,while TGF-β1 to fibrogenesis in late stage.In addition,the possible regulation mechanisms of differentiation of Th17 by TGF-β1 cannot be ignored.

Objective To investigate the status of Chlamydia trachomatis(CT) infection in pregnant women in Wuxi ,and to ex‐plore the relationship between CT and abortion .Methods A total of 3 199 cases of pregnant women visiting this hospital from Jan‐uary 2013 to December 2014 were enrolled in this study and divided into the missed abortion group(2 633 cases) ,incomplete abor‐tion group(265 cases) ,the inevitable abortion group(137 cases) ,threatened abortion group(104 cases) and control group(60 cases , all women undergoing induced abortion) .The CT infection was detected by using the fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reac‐tion(FQ‐PCR) .Results The positive rate of CT in missed abortion group ,incomplete abortion group ,the inevitable abortion group and threatened abortion group were 5 .62% ,4 .53% ,5 .11% and 4 .81% ,respectively ,all were higher than that in the control group (3 .33% ) ,without statistically significant differences (P>0 .05) .The positive rate of CT in women in 16- <21 years old age group and 21- <26 years old age group was higher than that in other age groups ,which was 7 .06% and 6 .20% respectively .However , there were no statistically significant differences in positive rate of CT between these age groups (P>0 .05) .Conclusion The posi‐tive rate in women undergoing spontaneous abortion is higher than that in women undergoing induced abortion ,and young women has a higher infection rate of CT .

BACKGROUND:So far, the pathogenesis of discogenic low back pain is poorly understood. A great diversity of therapeutic means is developed for discogenic low back pain, but the therapeutic outcomes are mixed. OBJECTIVE:To review the research progress in mechanisms and repair of intervertebral disc degeneration in recent years. METHODS: The first author retrieved the PubMed and CNKI databases for relevant articles published before November 2014 using the keywords of “disc degeneration factor, discogenic low back pain, disc degeneration therapy” in English and Chinese, respectively. Initialy, 78 relevant articles were retrieved, but only 30 articles were included in result analysis folowing elimination of duplicate studies. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The relatively respected factors for intervertebral disc degeneration include changes in morphology, inflammatory neurotransmitters and the extracelular matrix as wel as role of growth factors. The treatment for intervertebral disc degeneration stil focuses on the morphological restoration. Some surgical therapies, including percutaneous disc decompression, interbody fusion, artificial disc replacement, dynamic stabilization system, have the exact effects on the symptoms due to intervertebral disc degeneration.

Objective To establish a simple, cost-effective method to measure reactive oxygen metabolites ( ROMs) using automatic biochemical analyzer.Methods Serum samples were collected from 50 healthy individuals and 50 hospitalized patientsin Beijing Hospital from September 2013 to November 2013.By setting up and optimizing parameters on automatic biochemical analyzer, a new method of measuring ROMS was established with TBHP as calibrator.130 healthy non-smokers were recruited in Beijing Hospital from November 2013 to December 2013 to establish reference interval, including 73 males and 57 females.The average age was 68.8 ±12.5.According to CLSI documents, there was the establishment of the new method including precision, limit of blank ( LoB ) , limit of detection ( LoD ) , limit of quantitation (LoQ), linearity,interference testing, and reference interval.Results The intra assay imprecision was 1. 5%-4.1% and the total imprecision was 4.4%-9.9%.LoB was 0.85 mmol/L TBHP;LoD was 2. 7mmol/L TBHP;LoQ was 5.9mmol/L TBHP.The linearity was 5.9-600 mmol/L (R2 =0.995).When triglyceride≤28.58 mmol/L, hemoglobin≤173 g/L, vitamin C≤60 mg/dl and bilirubin≤73.8 μmol/L, the deviation was -7.6%, 4.6%, -98.9%, 19.1%respectively.The normal reference interval was 61.9 -88.1 mmol/L TBHP.Conclusions The newly-established method has good performances of precision,LOD and linearity, which can meet the clinical needs.The interference of triglyceride and hemoglobin is small, while vitamin C and bilirubin have stronger interference on measurement.( Chin J Lab Med,2015,38:163-167)

BACKGROUND: Microarc oxidation (MAO) is a break-through anodyzing technology for forming oxide films on valve metal.Use of this technology allows thick, porous oxide layers to be formed on the surface of pure titanium. Few biocompatibility reports using this treatment have been found.OBJECTIVE: The blood compatibility of a novel surface modified titanium substrata biomaterial using MAO was investigated.DESIGN: Positive and negative control, contrast observation and gold standard control.SETTING: Wuhan Union Hospital.MATERIALS: A healthy male adult New-Zealand rabbit, weighing 2.5 kg and ordinary grade, was selected in this study.Pure titanium sticks TA1 (Baoji Yingnaite Non-ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.), MAO-Ti and 20 g/L potassium oxalate were also selected in this study.METHODS: The study was carried out in the Laboratory of General Surgery, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology in May 2006. ① Materials: Titanium substrate of 10 mm in diameter and 2 mm in depth was put in an electrolyte which was quipped with deionized water, dibasic sodium phosphate, and ethanoic acid calcium for MAO treatment for 10 minutes. ② Groups: Three groups were analysed: test group, negative control group and positive control group. Test group: MAO-Ti was dipped in 10 mL saline; Positive control group: 10 mL deionized water was added in each tube; Negative control group: 10 mL saline was added in each tube. ③ Operation: Fresh whole blood was collected from rabbit and then mixed with the liquids in the three groups respectively after anti-coagulation. In addition, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer was used to evaluate the hemolytic ratio. A hemolytic ratio below or equal to 5% indicated that this novel material fitted the requirements. On the contrary, a hemolytic ratio higher than 5% proofed the existence of a hemolyzation.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The hemolytic ratio of materials in three groups.RESULTS: The hemolytic ratio of the test group was 0.90%. The result indicated that this new material had no haemolysis effect.CONCLUSION: The material does not resolve red blood cells and is coincident with the international and governmental standard.

Objective To summarize the clinical experience of laparoacopic cholecystectomy(LC) for acute cholecystitis. Methods LC was performed in 68 cases of acute cholecystifis for 2004 to 2007. The operation was completed under CO2 pneumoperitoneum by using 4-port technique. Results The LC was successfuUy accomplished in 64 cases, while a conversion to open surgery was required in 4 cases. A drainage tube at the foramen of Winslow was placed in 1 cases. Conclusion Strict adhesion to surgical indications of LC, standard performance of the proce-dure, timely conversion to open surgery, and proper placement of drainage tube are key factors to ensure a successful operation.

In total, 607 bedridden patients aged 60 years and over at Tianlin community hospital and four other hospitals or at home-care in Shanghai were investigated with questionnaire, physical examinations and related laboratory tests. Contents of investigation include general situation, medical conditions, 24-hour recall of diet, intake of nutritional supplement preparation, and so on. As compare to the reference for nutrient intake of the elderly set in the Guide to Diet for Chinese Residents (2007), total nutritional intake was obviously insufficient and three nutrients in diet were imbalanced for most bedridden elderly patients. Intake of most nutrients (including proteins, dietary fiber, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium,copper, magnesium, phosphor, retinol equivalent, vitamin B1 , vitamin B2, vitamin C) was obviously low in bedridden elderly patients, with a larger gap from the requirements of the Dietary Guide.