Carcinoma ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; radiotherapy ; Neoadjuvant Therapy ; methods ; Phytotherapy

Objective To investigate the effects of tropicamide and esculin-digitalisglycosides combination eye drops on low myopia of children (age ranging from 6 to 14). Methods Eighty children with 160 eyes of low myopia in the outpatient department of ophthalmology of our hospital were chose from July 2010 to April 2013, then the patients were equally divided into four groups:the control, esculin-digitalisglycosides eye drops,tropicamide,and tropicamide and esculin-digitalisglycosides combination groups. The naked vision and myopia correction of each group were compared before and after treatment for two weeks, and the treatment effects were compared among four groups. Results (1) The results showed there were no significant changes before and after treatment in the control, esculin-digitalisglycosides eye drops and tropicamide groups ( >0.05); (2) On the contrast, the tropicamide and esculin-digitalisglycosides combination have significantly improved naked vision and myopia correction after 2 weeks ( <0.05);(3) Prior to the treatment,there was no significant difference among four groups (<0.05);(4) After treatment,group under tropicamide and esculin- digitalisglycosides combined was statistical different from the other groups treated with other three eye drops ( <0.05);However, there was no statistical difference among groups in these three eyedrops. Conclusion Esculin-digitalisglycosides combined with tropicamide was the most effective treatment for low myopia of children.

OBJECTIVE:To study the pharmacokinetics and bioequivalence of both domestic ranitidine hydrochloride capsules and imported ranitidine hydrochloride tablets.METHODS:20healthy volunteers were randomized into groups,whose plasma concentrations of ranitidine were determined at different time after single oral dose of300mg ranitidine hydrochloride capsule or ranitidine hydrochloride tablets300mg by own control by a RP-HPLC method,the pharmacokinetic parameters were computed and which were experienced variance analysis and two-way t-tests and one-way t-tests.RESULTS:The respective pharmacokinetic parameters of ranitidine hydrochloride tablets and ranitidine hydrochloride capsuless were as fol?lows,the C max were(1247.1?547.5)?g/L and(1294.8?613.2)?g/L;t max were(2.98?0.73)h and(2.73?0.80)h;t 1/2 were(3.17?0.36)h and(3.33?0.42)h;AUC 0～t were(5805.9?1403.5)(?g?h)/L and(5941.2?1526.3)(?g?h)/L;AUC 0～∞ were(6163.8?1456.4)(?g?h)/L and(6351.8?1652.7)(?g?h)/L;The relative bioavailability of the ranitidine hydrochloride capsules to ranitidine hydrochloride tablets was(104.3?24.3)%.CONCLUSION:Ranitidine hydrochloride capsules and the ranitidine hydrochloride tablets were bioequivalent.

Objective To establish a new identification method of Ophiopogonis japonicus from different habitats.Methods Using 1H-NMR to get the all component information on O.japonicus,and using pattern recognitions,such as principal component analysis(PCA),partial least squares-discriiminate analysis(PLS-DA),and hierarchical cluster analysis(HCA) to analyze the data from the 1H-NMR spectra.Results The 1H-NMR-pattern recognition(PR) method could identify the samples of O.japonicus from different habitats successively.Conclusion The 1H-NMR-PR is an useful method for identification of O.japonicus from different habitats and could be used for the quality control of traditional Chinese medicinal materials.

Objective To establish a new method of quality control for Jie-Er-Yin Lotion.Methods Jie-Er-Yin Lotion and different kinds of agents(without Fructus Cnidii,Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis,excipient agent or all medicinal material agents) were treated with the same approach,then using ~1H-NMR to get all of the chemical component information of the samples and analyze the data from the spectra.Results Analyzing the data with principal component analysis(PCA) by model recognition,the different agents can be distinguished in the scattered plots.Conclusion The ~1H-NMR-PCA is an useful method to identify Jie-Er-Yin Lotion from other preparations and can be used for the quality control of Chinese prepared medicines by simple operation.

Actins ; metabolism ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Back ; Desmin ; metabolism ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Fibrosarcoma ; pathology ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Reoperation ; Rhabdomyosarcoma ; drug therapy ; pathology ; surgery ; Vimentin ; metabolism

Objective To investigate the incidences, risk factors, genotypes and epidemiology of community-acquired blood stream infection caused by extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia strains and to analyze the sensitivity of those ESBLs producing strains to commonly used antibiotics. Methods Forty-two patients who were diagnosed with community-ac-quired blood stream infection caused by Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumonia strains in Sichuan Provincial People′s Hospital were recruited in this study. Disc diffusion method was used for the phenotypic confirmato-ry test of ESBLs. Agar dilution method was performed to measure the antimicrobial susceptibility of the ESBLs-producing strains to 13 clinically commonly used antibiotics. Genotypes of the ESBLs-producing strains were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to analyze the epidemiology of ESBLs-producing strains. Logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the risk factors for community-acquired blood stream infection. Results The ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli strains accounted for 56. 3% (18 / 32) and the ESBLs-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains accounted for 20% (2 / 10). All of the 20 ESBLs-producing strains were sensitive to imipenem, meropenem, ertapen-em, nitrofurantoin and moxalactam. The ESBLs-producing strains sensitive to amikacin, piperacillin-tazobactam and fosfomycin accounted for 95% , 90% and 85% , respectively. Drug resistance rates of the 20 strains to cefotaxime, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and cefepime were relatively high accounting for 100% , 80% , 80% and 75% , respectively. Among the 20 ESBLs-producing strains, 7 strains only carried the CTM gene, while the other 13 strains were all positive for two genotypes of ESBLs, mainly identified as TEM+CTM-M-14 and TEM+CTM-15 genotypes. The 18 Escherichia coli strains were classified into 10 ST types, most of which were ST131 type, followed by ST10 and ST38 types. This study indicated that malignant tumor might be a possible risk factor. Conclusion The prevalence of community-acquired blood stream infection caused by ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli strains was becoming increasingly serious. Malignant tumor might be the risk factor associated with the producing of ESBLs in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia strains. TEM+CTX-M-14 was the predominant genotype of ESBLs-producing strains and the prevalent clone was ST131 type. Carbapenems and enzyme inhibitor compounds were ideal drugs for the treatment of commu-nity-acquired blood stream infection caused by ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia strains. This study was limited by the small sample size. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct further resear-ches based on a large number of samples.

Objective To observe the meshed capillary pattern(CP)on the surface of colorectal lesions by narrow-band imaging system with magnifying endoscopy(NBI-ME),and to distinguish neoplasm from non-neoplasm by the change of capillary patterns.Methods A total of 144 colorectal lesions in 102 patients detected by conventional colonoscopy were evaluated by NBI-ME to observe the CP on surface,and by staining magnifying colonoscopy to observe the pit pattern.Results All lesions were resected endoscopically (129/144)or by surgery(15/144),and the pathological evaluation diagnosed 30 cases of non-neoplasm (including 20 cases of hyperproliferative polyps and 10 of inflammatory polyps)and 1 14 cases of neoplasm (including 95 cases of adenoma and 19 cases of adenocarcinoma).The diagnostic accuracy rate,sensitivity and specificity of conventional colonoscopy were 75.7%,85.1%and 40.O%,respectively,which were significantly lower than those of NBI-ME and staining magnifying colonoscopy(P＜0.005),while there was no significant difference between NBI-ME and staining magnifying colonoscopy.The CP of type Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅳ and Ⅵa were totally correspondent with pit pattern of type Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅳ and ⅤI. Conclusion NBI-ME findings of colorectal lesions correlated with those of staining magnifying colonoscopy.These two techniques are both helpful in differentiating colorectal neoplasms from non-neoplasms.

This study is to observe the effect of salvianolic acid B (Sal B) on neural cells damage and neurogenesis in sub-granular zone (SGZ) and sub-ventricular zone (SVZ) after brain ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) in rats. A modified middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model of focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion was used. The rats were divided into four groups: sham control group, ischemia-reperfusion group, Sal B 1 and 10 mg x kg(-1) groups. Sal B was consecutively administrated once a day by ip injection after MCAO. The neurogenesis in SGZ and SVZ was investigated by BrdU method 7 days after MCAO. The Nissl staining for neurons in the hippocampal CA1 and cerebral cortex was performed 14 days after MCAO. A beam-walking test was used to monitor the motor function recovery. We found that brain ischemia resulted in an increase of BrdU positive cells both in ipsilateral SGZ and SVZ at 7th day after MCAO. Sal B (10 mg x kg(-1)) significantly increased further the number of BrdU positive cells both in SGZ and SVZ (P < 0.01). Ipsilateral hippocampal neuron damage occurred and CA1 almost lost 14 days after MCAO. Sal B (10 mg x kg(-1)) obviously attenuated the neuron damage and increased the number of neuron both in ipsilateral CA1 and cerebral cortex (P < 0.01). We also observed an obvious improvement of motor function recovery when Sal B (10 mg x kg(-1)) administrated. From the results above we concluded that Sal B stimulated neurogenesis process both in SGZ and SVZ after brain ischemia, and also alleviated neural cells loss and improved motor function recovery after brain ischemia in rats.
Animals ; Benzofurans ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Cell Count ; Cerebral Cortex ; pathology ; Cerebral Ventricles ; pathology ; Dentate Gyrus ; pathology ; Hippocampus ; pathology ; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery ; complications ; Male ; Motor Activity ; drug effects ; Neurogenesis ; drug effects ; Neurons ; drug effects ; pathology ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Reperfusion Injury ; etiology ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Salvia miltiorrhiza ; chemistry

Objective:To investigate the effect of PTEN on proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts and its mechanism. Methods:Stimulation of cardiac fibroblasts by high glucose, the levels of PTEN in cells were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot. Cell transfection of PTEN over expression vector,the levels of PTEN in transfected cells were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot. High glucose stimulated transfection of PTEN overexpression vector into cardiac fibroblasts,cell proliferation was detected by MTT,the levels of p-STAT3 and STAT3 in cells were detected by Western blot,STAT3 pathway blocker AG490 was added into the cell culture medium to treat the cells, cell proliferation was detected by MTT, the levels of p-STAT3 and STAT3 in cells were detected by Western blot. Results:The levels of PTEN mRNA and protein in cardiac fibroblasts after high glucose treatment were significantly lower than those in normal culture ( P＜0. 05 ) . The expression of PTEN mRNA and protein in transfected PTEN overexpressing cells was significantly higher than that in non transfected cells( P＜0. 05) . The cell proliferation activity and p-STAT3 level were significantly higher than those of normal cells after high glucose(P＜0. 05). The expression of PTEN was increased after high glucose induction,the cell proliferation activity and p-STAT3 level were decreased, the proliferation of the cells treated with AG490 decreased further. Conclusion:PTEN slows down the proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts induced by high glucose by inhibiting STAT3 signaling pathway.