Brain ; metabolism ; pathology ; Child, Preschool ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Folate Receptor 1 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Folic Acid ; blood ; cerebrospinal fluid ; metabolism ; Folic Acid Deficiency ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; etiology ; Humans ; Infant ; Leucovorin ; therapeutic use ; Malnutrition ; complications ; diagnosis ; Tetrahydrofolates ; cerebrospinal fluid ; metabolism

D-glucosamine has biological activity. The progress in study and application of D-glucosamine derivatives in the field of biology and medicine was reviewed in this paper.

Objective To survey the value of quantitative detection of urinary endotoxin for the diagnosis of gram-negative bacteria infection in urinary system,in order to provide evidences for early diagnosis and treatment.Methods The levels of urinary endotoxin were detected by kinetic turbidimetric technique,at the same time urine was cultured and WBC,CRP were detected.Results In 379 patients with gram-negative bacteria infection in urinary system,132 patients were upper urinary tract infection and 247 were lower urinary tract infection.The level of WBC,CRP and endotoxin were 11.25(7.98,13.99)× 109/L,81.36(76.64,83.50)mg/L and 49.57(17.28,78.37)pg/ml in upper urinary tract infection patients and in lower uri-nary tract infection patients were 10.24(7.94,12.24)×109/L,70.46(70.46,77.32)mg/L and 21.18(21.18,37.31)pg/ml. The group of upper urinary tract infection was higher than lower urinary tract infection on CRP and endotoxin,and have sig-nificant difference between the two groups of patients (P<0.05).Analysis of ROC,the diagnostic Cut-off value of 39.7pg/ml,the sensibility and specificity of endotoxin for the diagnosis of gram-negative bacteria infection on upper or lower urinary system were 84.1% and 90.3%.Conclusion The levels of urinary endotoxin detected by kinetic turbidimetric technique is simple and efficient,and have significant diagnosis value of gram-negative bacteria infection on upper or lower urinary sys-tem.

OBJECTIVEMedicinal properties are the basic attribute of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM), while the medicinal property theory is the core theoretical foundation of TCM formula combination. In this particle, authors studied the characteristics of pharmacological effects of property combination of traditional Chinese medicines distributing along meridians, with the aim to introduce the medicinal property combination regularity into the design and optimization process of compound TCMs, and bring the medicinal property theory into full play in guiding the formula combination.

METHODIn this paper, TCMs distributing along "the lung meridian" was taken for example. The medicinal property combinations of TCMs distributing along "the lung meridian" recorded in Pharmacopeia (2010) was collected and processed. Besides, Chinese journal full-text database (CNKI) was used to collect all of pharmacological study literatures concerning the above TCMs that have been published since 1980. The pharmacological information was also supplemented by reference to Science of Chinese Materia Medica and Clinical Science of Chinese Materia Medica.

RESULTTCMs distributing along the lung meridian with different properties and tastes showed significant differences in pharmacological effects. For example, mild-sweet-lung medicines could lower blood sugar levels, decrease anoxia and enhance immunity; Mild-bitter-lung medicines showed anti-bacterial, anti-hypertension, anti-oxidation effects; Hot-sweet-lung medicines showed antibechic and anti-bacterial effects. And Hot-bitter-lung medicines showed phlegm eliminating and anti-inflammatory effects. Meanwhile, TCMs distributing along the lung meridian had similar pharmacological characteristics, such as anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, which is consistent with lung's feature in susceptibility to exogenous pathogenic factors.

CONCLUSIONIn this study, authors discovered pharmacological characteristics of different TCMs distributing along the lung meridian, which links TCM theory with modern study achievements and lays a foundation for establishing a TCM property formula combination system.

Databases, Factual ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Humans ; Lung ; drug effects ; Lung Diseases ; drug therapy ; Meridians

Studies on the prescription combination regularity based on medicinal tastes focus on the internal relations between the structure and hierarchy of the prescription combination system. In this paper, with the systematic and scientific self-similarity theory as the core ideology, authors systematically interpreted the self-similarity theory of medicinal properties, defined the self-similarity of prescriptions with identical or similar medicinal properties, and built the systematic view of medicinal property theory based on the prescription combination based on the entity grammar system. As a result, the system was conducive to integrating traditional Chinese medicinal knowledge of syndromes, therapeutic principles, efficacies, medicinal properties and tastes and achieving the automatic design and optimization process from symptoms to prescriptions, and providing scientific and feasible methods and technical systems for the application of the medicinal property theory, with a guiding significance to the technology, methodology and theory of decoction pieces compatibility, component compatibility and compound medicine design.
Drug Combinations ; Drug Prescriptions ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

To investigate various microRNAs (miRNAs) expression levels in cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) of gastric cancer,and to explore the effects of miRNA214 in CAFs on the invasion and migration of gastric cancer cells.Methods The primary CAFs were isolated from human gastric tumor tissues,while the normal fibroblasts (NFs) were from adjacent normal gastric mucosa tissues.Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-PCR) was performed to detect the expression level of miRNAs in CAFs and NFs.The interaction model in vitro between CAFs and MGC-803 (a gastric cancer cell line) was established by Transwell chamber,and then the effects of miRNA-214 in CAFs on MGC-803 invasion and migration were analyzed.Results It was found that the expression level of 18kinds of miRNAs in CAFs was different.Moreover,the expression level of miRNA-214 in CAFs was most observably decreased compared with NFs.Further studies indicated that over-expression of miRNA-214 in CAFs could markedly inhibit the migration and invasion ability of gastric cancer cells in vitro.Conclusion The expression of miRNAs was different between CAFs and NFs,and the miRNA-214 expression in CAFs is markedly reduced compared with NFs.The over-expression of miRNA-214in CAFs could significantly inhibit the migration and invasion ability of gastric cancer cells.Therefore,miRNA-214 in CAFs might act as a tumor suppressor in gastric cancer progression.

Objective To investigate the effect of malignant tumor on neuromuscular block of cisatracurium. Methods Sixty ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients with head and neck neoplasms (15 cases with benign tumor, 45 with malignant tumor), aged 18-64 yr, were randomly divided into 4 groups ( n = 15 each): Ⅰ benign tumor group (group B,3 × ED95 ); Ⅱ -Ⅳ different dose cisatracurium group (group C1 (2 × ED95 ), C2 (3 × ED95 ) and C3 (4 ×ED95)). Neuromuscular block was assessed with accelerograph F (TOF-watch SX). Single stimulation of ulnar nerve was used. Anesthesia was induced with TCI of propofol (target plasma concentration 3 μg/ml) and remifentanil (target effect-site concentration 3 ng/ml). Tracheal intubation was facilitated with cisatracurium 0.15 mg/kg in group B, and with cisatracurium 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20 mg/kg in group C1, C2 and C3 respectively. The onset time, clinical duration, time for recovery of T/Tc to 75 % and recovery index were recorded. Results The clinical duration, time for recovery of T/Tc to 75 % and recovery index were significantly longer in group C2 than in group B (P ＜ 0.05). The onset time was significantly shorter, while the clinical duration and time for recovery of T/Tc to 75% were significantly longer in group C2 and C3 than in group C1 , and in group C3 than in group C2 ( P ＜0.05) .Conclusion The duration of action and recovery times of cisatracurium were prolonged in patients with malignant tumor.

Objective To investigate CT and MRI findings of rare cystic disease of the pancreas.Methods Elven cases with rare cystic disease of the pancreas underwent plain and contrast-enhanced CT and MR imaging before operation were reviewed.The clinical presentations and imaging findings were analysed.Among eleven cases,four were epidermoid,four were lymphepithelial cyst and three were lymphangioma.Results (1) Epidermoids located in the tail of the pancreas with smooth wall,the density of parenchyma of the lesons was the same as spleen at CT plain scan.On contrast-enhanced CT and MRI,the parenchyma of the lesions showed the same enhanced pattern with spleen.(2)Lymphepithelial cysts often occurred in olderly men.The lesions appeared as multilocular masses with definite border,isodensity at CT plain scan,and mixed iso-hyperintensity on both T_1WI and T_2WI images.After injection of contrast medium,the wall and septum of the lesions were enhanced.(3)Lymphangiomas were multilocular cystic lesion in the body-tail of the pancreas,hypodense at CT plain scan,and long T_1 and T_2 signal intensity at MRI plain scan.The septum and wall of the lesions were slightly enhanced on contrast-enhanced images.The lesions were not communicated with the pancreatic duct but pancreatic ducts were compressed and slightly shifted.Conclusion CT and MRI findings of rare neoplastic cystic disease of the pancreas are of certain characteristics.

To study the characteristics of pharmacological effects of property combinations of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) distributing in the stomach meridian based on medicinal property combination, in order to further define the association relationship between properties of TCMs and their pharmacological effects, and build a bridge for the interpenetration and combination between the medicinal property theory of TCMs and their pharmacological effects. On the basis of the studies on the medicinal property theory of TCMs distributing along the kidney meridian and their pharmacological effects, efforts were made to collect relevant data for medicinal properties and pharmacological effects and mine the characteristics of pharmacological effects that were corresponding to relevant medicinal property combination by processing materials related to medicinal properties and pharmacological effects with the association rules method. According to the analysis, TCMs distributing along the kidney meridian with different medicinal property combinations were significantly differentiated in the pharmacological effects, but shared identical pharmacological effects, such as immunological enhancement. In this study, TCMs distributing along the kidney meridian with different medicinal property combinations were taken as the carriers to closely integrate the traditional Chinese medicine theory with the modem study achievements, lay a solid foundation for further developing and enriching the traditional Chinese medical property theory, while providing a new perspective on the development of modem medicine.
Databases, Factual ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Kidney ; drug effects ; Kidney Diseases ; drug therapy ; Meridians

OBJECTIVETo establish a characterization system of traditional Chinese medicinal properties in line with modern scientific cognition regularity, in order to reveal properties of traditional Chinese medicines distributed along liver meridian and relations of effects of medicinal properties.

METHODBy collecting data about traditional Chinese medicinal properties recorded in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (2005 Edition), literature and data about pharmacological effects of traditional Chinese medicines recorded in the Chinese Materia Medica, by using the method of association rules, the authors dug pharmacological effect rules corresponds to relevant medicinal property combinations, with the medicinal property combination of traditional Chinese medicines distributed along liver meridian as the target.

RESULTIt was found that either obvious different pharmacological effects or identical pharmacological characteristics existed in traditional Chinese medicines distributed along liver meridian.

CONCLUSIONWith the aim to explore the correlations between traditional Chinese medicine medicinal properties and pharmacological effects, the authors linked the traditional Chinese medicine theory with modern research achievements, in order to provide the ideas and methods for interpreting mechanisms of medicinal properties.

Databases, Factual ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Liver ; drug effects ; Liver Diseases ; drug therapy ; Meridians