OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Rabeprazole versus Lansoprazole for peptic ulcer. METHODS: A total of 101 patients with peptic ulcer were randomly assigned to receive either Rabeprazole+Clarithromycin sustained release capsules+tinidazole(treatment group) or Lansoprazole+Clarithromycin sustained release capsules+tinidazole(control group) for 14 days. RESULTS: In the treatment group vs. the control group, the effective rate was 96.0% vs. 84.3%(P0.05); the cost was 285.46 vs. 373.87 yuan; the cost-effectiveness ratio was 297.35 vs. 443.50. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for the control group was -755.64 as against the treatment group. CONCLUSION: Rabeprazole group is optimal for peptic ulcer in that it is more economical, more effective and safer than Lansoprazole group.

Background Choroidal neovascularization(CNV)has been descrihed as a main reason of visual loss in a lot of ocular diseases.Researches showed that local hypoxia and retinal pigment epithelial(RPE) cells play an important role in the formation of CNV.A closely relationship of angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and angiogenesis has been proved.However,whether the expression of Aog-2 in hypoxic cultured human RPE cells is associated with the pathogenesis of CNV is still below understood.Objective This study was to investigate the effects of hypoxia on expression of Ang-2 in cultured human RPE cells in vitro,and discuss the possible effects of Ang-2 in the formation of CNV.Methods Human RPE cells were cultured and passaged,and 4-7 generation of cells were used in the experiment.The cells were incubated in cultural plate at the density of 5×107 cells/L.The culture medium containing 200 μmol/L CoCl2 was used to establish the hypoxia model of human RPE cells culturecd in vitro for 0.5,1,2,4,6,12and 24 hours,and the RPE cells cultured under normoxia were as controls.Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) was used to detect the expression of Ang-2 mRNA in cultured human RPE cells,and enzymelinked immunosorbnent assay(ELISA) was used to assay the content of Ang-2 protein in supernatant of cultured human RPE cells.Results The survival rate of human RPE cells was 90％ after resoscitation.The fourth generation of cells showed the fusiform with the less pigment in them.The Ang-2 mRNA/β-actin mRNA value in human RPE cells was significantly different among various groups(F=1086.30,P=0.00),The Ang-2 mRN A/β-actin mRNA value in hypoxia cultured for 0.5 hours group began to increase and peaked in hypoxia culture for 4-6 hours group,with the significant differences in comparison with normoxia control group(P＜0.05).The Ang-2 mRNA/β-actin mRNA value decreased to the baseline level at hypoxia for 24 hours.The ELISA analysis showed that the concentration of Ang-2 protein in supernatant of RPE cells showed significant difference among groups(F=1034.00,P=0.00).The concentration of Ang-2 protein increased at hypoxia culture for 0.5 hours and peaked at 6 hours,showing significant differences in comparison with the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusions Hypoxia could significantly up-regulate the expression of Ang-2 in human RPE cells cultured in vitro.Ang-2 expresses highly in the early stage of hypoxia,implying that Ang-2 participates in the formation of CNV.

The effects of sophoramine (SA) on immune system in normal mice were studied. SA 15. 20mg/kg reduced the weight of thymus,decreased the rate of E rosette,and also suppressed T lymphocyte transformation. The weight and the hemolytic plaque of spleen were not influenced by SA at 15. 20mg/kg. At the dose of 25mg/kg,SA reduced the weight of thymus and spleen,decreased the rate of E rosette and suppressed the T lymphocyte transformation. All of the doses of SA didn' t affect the phagocytotic function of peritoneal macrophage.

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Phytotherapy ; methods ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; drug therapy

Objective To Observe the effects of tumor necrosis factor ? (TNF ?) on cell proliferation and Intracellular free calcium concentraction ([Ca 2+ ]i) in endothelium of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and investigate the pathogenesis of pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome (PIH). Methods Confluent monolayer of HUVEC was directly incubated with TNF ? at following final concentrations: 500, 1 000, 2 000 U/ml for 24 hours. The percentages of different cellcycles and [Ca 2+ ]i were measured by flow cytometry and fluorospectrophotometry. Results Incubated with TNF ?, the endothelial cells were elongated and transformed into fibroblast like cells. Border of nucleus was sharp, clarity, and cells were in regular shape. But there were abnormal granules in cytoplasma and some cells detached at the concentrotion of 2 000 U/ml of TNF ?. Stimulated by TNF ?, the percentage of cellcycles from phase G 0+G 1 to S and G 2+M decreased significantly and it was dose dependent. [Ca 2+ ]i increased significantly and dose dependent as well. Conclusion TNF ? may injure endothelium directly and inhibit its proliferation and repair through the changes of [Ca 2+ ]i level. It may play an important role in the pathogenesis of PIH.

0.05).Under SEM,the BMSCs showed good adhesion to beta-TCP with obvious proliferation.Conclusion BMSCs can grow and proliferate well on the compound BMSCs/beta-TCP and beta-TCP has good biocompatibility with BMSCs in vitro,which may be used as a good scaffold material for injectable tissue engineering bone.

Objective To evaluate the expressive levels of calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in tissue-engineered bone with fascia flap in vivo. Method A segmental bone defect 1.5cm in length was made at the both radius of 12 healthy New Zealand rabbits. The defects were repaired by implantation in two ways: for left radius, engineered bone with fascia flap was implanted (served as experiment group), and for right radius only engineered bone was implanted (served as control group). 3, 6 and 12 months after implantation, the expressions of CGRP and NPY in the new bone were determined with immunohistochemistry and semi-quantified using image analysis software. Results CGRP and NPY expressions in the both groups were significantly increased in a time-dependent manner (P

Objective To investigate the effects of safflor yellow (SY) injection on acute lung injury (ALI) rats induced by oleic acid (OA) and its potential mechanism. Methods Wistar rats were randomly divided into six groups,including control group,OA group,OA+10 mg/kg anisodamine group,OA+8 mg/kg SY group,OA+16 mg/kg SY group,and OA+32 mg/kg SY group. Normal saline or anisodamine or SY were pretreated before 0.18 g/kg OA iv injection. The arterial partial pressure of oxygen,the pulmonary water content index,and MPO activity in lung tissue were determined; The mRNA level of TNF-?,IL-1?,IL-6,ICAM-1,and VCAM-1 were measured by RT-PCR; And NF-?B p65 protein in nucleus observed by immunohistochemical technology,while the level of p38 MAPK protein phosphorylation in lung tissue was analyzed by Western blotting. Results The arterial partial pressure of oxygen in all SY groups was higher than that in OA group,while the pulmonary water content index and MPO activity were lower than those in OA group,as well as the mRNA level of the above inflammatory cytokines and the NF-?B p65 in nucleus and level of p38 MAPK phosphorylation. Conclusion SY could alleviate the lung tissue edema,increase the arterial partial pressure of oxygen,and depress MPO activity in ALI rat induced by OA. The SY mechanism of attenuating the acute lung injury may be associated with inhibiting the p38 phosphorylation and NF-?B activation and reducing inflammatory factors expression.

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor(G-CSF) is a specific hematopoietic regulating growth factor of granulocyte lineage.It can be used to treat different kinds of granulocytopenia.Recently a variety of basic and clinical researches reported that G-CSF can mobilize bone marrow stem cells and haemopoietic stem cells in the peripheral blood,which suggested a potential aproach of releasing、enriching、mobolizing、promoting migration and inducing cell differentiation in the stem cell transplantation.The recent application of G-CSF in stem cell transplantation is reviewed in this view.