The determination and characterization of solid drug form polymorphisms plays an important role in drug quality control, selection of the production process and clinical efficacy evaluation. Vibrational spectroscopy is a powerful method for the characterization of drug polymorphisms. In this paper we review recent research and application advances in the polymorphic characterization of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and drug cocrystals/salts by using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy to elucidate the characteristics of APIs and drug complexes. This may provide theoretical support for structural analysis during the development process for drugs.

Objective: To establish a method for the determination of paracetamol, caffeine and chlorphenamine maleate in Compound Ganmaoling Tablets. Methods: The RP-HPLC was conducted on a Phenomenex C 18 column(5?m,250mm?4.0mm) with methanol: water: acetic acid(35∶65∶1.5) as a mobile phase, detect wavelength at 270nm. Results: Paracetamol, caffeine and chlorphenamine maleate respectively showed good linear relationship in the following concentrations of ranges:50.4～117.6?g?mL -1,3.6～8.4?g?mL -1,0.84～1.96?g?mL -1; The average recoveries were obtained as 99.9%,99.8%,100.0%(n=6); respectively. Conclusion: The method was simple, sensitive, accurate and suitable for the determination of three constituents in Compound Gamaoling Tablets.

Chronic Disease ; Heart Failure ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Objective To investigate the expression and location of Borna disease virus(BDV)nucleoprotein in transfected oligodendrocytes,and then to explore its expression mechanisms in oligodendroglial cell(OL)and their effects on cell proliferation.Methods We used PCR to detect BDVp40 gene fragments in transfected OL,laser confocal microscopy and Western blot method to detect the expression of nuclear protein and its intracellular location in the cell,MTT to detect the influence of cell proliferation by nuclear protein on the OL.Results We had detected the BDVp40 gene fragments in transfected oligodendrocytes.The nucleoprotein can be positioned in the cytoplasm and cell membrane by laser scanning confocal microscope;Western blot results showed that there is nucleoprotein in the constitutive protein,but was not detected in the cytoplasm.MTT tests showed that nucleoprotein expressed in OL can inhibit cell proliferation.Conclusion It is indicated that the transfected OL stablely express of BDV nucleoprotein,and itslocation is in the cell structure of proteins,particularly in the cytoplasm and more richer in cell membrane,that indicating they may play a key role in cell signal transduction or into the cell-mediated viral infection.BDV nucleoprotein inhibit proliferation of OL,which maybe an important mechanism of Borna disease virus persistant infection and produce symptoms.

Objective To evaluate the effect and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection for the treatment of postcatheterization femoral arterial pseudoaneurysm.Methods Seventy-eight patients with femoral anterial pseudoaneurysm were included in this study.Pseudoaneurysms were treated by bedside compression in 50 of these 78 patients(group A),and by thrombin injection in 28 patients(group B).All patients were diagnosed by GE LOGIQ 9 Color Doppler Ultrasound.Ultrasound guided thrombin injection for femoral arterial pseudoaneurysme were carried out in patients in group B.Results Closure of the pseudoaneurysm was successfully in 82 percent(41/50) of the patients in group A.Six patients had vagus reflex,4 patients could not tolerate repeating compression and 5 patients were not effectively cured by compression and needed to receive remedial ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection.Closure of the pssudoareurysm by percutaneous thrombin injection was successful in all patients in group B.Successful immediate closure were noted in 25 patients and 2 patients needed second thrombin injection.One patient had vasovagal syncope and 12 patients had mild fever.No distal embolization,infection,hemorrhage or allergic reaction occurred.Conclusion Compared to compression therapy for treatment of femoral arterial pseudoaneurysme,ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection is a simple,safe and effective treatment alternative.

Objective To investigate the value of CT in the diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma.Methods Fifteen surgical operations of dedifferentiated liposarcoma in 11 patients, confirmed by pathology, underwent plain (n=15) and contrast enhanced (n=12) CT scans. Two of the 12 lesions underwent dynamic multi-phase contrast scans. The CT features and the corresponding pathological basis were analyzed.Results The lesions were divided into 3 groups according to the fatty component and its distribution. The CT appearances were as follows: (1)a well delineated fatty component in the lesion and a closely apposed non-fatty region in 10 cases including 5 initial (5/5, 100%) and 5 recurrent (5/10, 50%), which depicted an abrupt transition from the well-differentiated area to the high-grade sarcoma component under microscope; (2)fatty component within the lesion was less than 10% in 3 recurrent (3/10, 30%); (3)fatty masses and non-fatty masses separately distributed in 2 recurrent cases (2/10, 20%). Contrast enhanced CT scan showed moderate to marked inhomogeneous enhancement in the early phase in all 12 lesions, and delay enhancement was also observed.Conclusion Dedifferentiated liposarcoma exhibited specific appearances as well delineated fatty component and closely apposed non-fatty region with apparent enhancement. Dynamic contrast CT scans play important roles in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma, and help pre-surgical grading and pathological sampling.

Objective To investigate the prevalence of Borna disease virus (BDV) in viral encephalitis patients in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and to analyze phylogenetic development of BDV in this area. Methods The gene fragments of BDV were amplified by real time nested reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 60viral encephalitis (VE) patients. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to detect p40 antibody in the cerebrospinal fluid from those patients who were confirmed as BDV p24 positive in previous study and those patients who were detected as BDV positive by PCR in the present study.The confirmed p40 positive samples were used for BDV gene cloning and sequencing, which were subsequently compared with the sequences of overseas standard strains, including He/80, H1766 and strain V by software MEGA and DnaSP4.0. The virus phylogenetic tree was constructed based on the above data. Results The positive rate of BDV p24 by PCR was 10. 08% (12/119) and the positive rate of BDV p40 by PCR was 5.88% (7/119). The cerebrospinal samples from two patients were detected as nucleoprotein antibody positive by ELISA, which resulted in a positive rate of 1.68%. The results of gene sequence analysis showed that the sequences of 6 cases among the 7 BDV positive patients were exactly same as the sequence of German horse-origin He/80 strain. Only one synonymous mutation was detected in the remaining one case. Reconstructed gene phylogenetic tree showed a hybrid China (Ningxia)- German and Japan branch was formed by the BDV stain isolated from VE patients in Ningxia and the overseas BDV standard stains. Conclusions BDV infection may exist in VE patients in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, which may be associated with close contact between human and animals. The gene sequence of stains isolated from patients in Ningxia is highly homological with the overseas standard strain, which suggests that the domestic BDV may come from overseas, while domestic strains with mutations couldn't be excluded.

In recent years, the systematic treatment of liver cancer has made significant progress, but surgical resection remains as main treatment to obtain long-term survival for patients with liver cancer. With the rapid development of liver surgery, the complexity of liver anatomy and surgical operation are no longer the main obstacles to liver surgery. The insufficient future liver remnant (FLR) after hepatectomy has become the main limit of liver surgery. In clinical practice, most patients with liver cancer cannot undergo one-stage radical resection and can only receive non-surgical treatment, with poor long-term prognosis. The associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) provides hope for the treatment of liver cancer patients with insufficient FLR. ALPPS can induce significant hypotrophy of the FLR in a short period of time, and the radical tumor resection rate is as high as 90% to 100%, which significantly improves the prognosis of patients. However, in the early stages of the practice, there were considerable controversies on the safety of the operation. In recent years, with the continuous advancement of technology, the safety of ALPPS has been greatly improved. The authors synthesize the latest literatures and elaborate on the latest progress of ALPPS.

Adult ; Ear Protective Devices ; Female ; Hearing Loss ; prevention & control ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Noise, Occupational ; adverse effects ; Occupational Diseases ; prevention & control

Objective To evaluate MR and CT imagings of desmoplastic fibroblastoma(DF) and aggressive fibromatosis(AF) in neck and shoulder girdle, and to emphasis upon the MRI findings with pathological correlation. Methods MR and CT appearances of DFs(4 cases) and AFS(3 cases) confirmed by surgical and pathologic findings were retrospective analysed, which were correlated to the pathologic features. Four cases of DF were male patients, with a median age at 48 years. Two cases of AF were female (20,29 years respectively), and another AF patient was male (79 years). Results (1) Four DFs were round mass located in the intermuscle space of neck, and the margins were mostly well-circumscribed. Envelope was seen in one lesion on MRI. On unenhanced CT, the masses showed homogeneous low attenuation (2 cases) or slightly low attenuation with several heterogeneous areas in it (1 cases). Enhancement was not obvious on post-contrast CT images. MRI studies were done in two patients. Signal intensity (SI) on MR was homogeneous and heterogeneous one lesion respectively on unenhanced T_1-weighted images. Mixed SI as low or high SI nodes within isointense compared with muscle on T_2-weighted images. No evident enhancing was noted after administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine. (2) All three lesions of aggressive fibromatosis arose from musculoaponeurotic structures. The masses were irregular margin and appeared elongated, which oriented in the direction of the muscle bundle. On unenhanced CT examination, the masses had poorly defined and isodense relative to adjacent musculature (2 cases). On T_1-weighted images, three masses consisted of poor margination and isointensity relative to adjacent muscle. On T_2-weighted images, two lesions were heterogeneity of signal, which predominantly slightly high in SI with strip- or node-shape low SI, and one lesion had homogeneous high SI. On post-contrast T_1-weighted images, all lesions showed marked enhancement, heterogeneity of signal and irregular margin appeared distinctly. Of them, two masses had claw-shape invasive margin. Conclusion Both DF and AF, the age range of affected persons different, were fibroblastic origin soft-tissue neoplasms. The distinct imaging characteristics of these two disorders were related to their different [JP3]pathologic features. Concerning the effect of diagnose and differential diagnose, MRI was predominance over CT. [JP]