Object To study the effective portion in Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. extract (COE) for the treatment of arrhythmia. Methods Effect of COE on chloroform induced ventricular fibrillation in mice and electrophysiology of isolated guinea pig papillary muscle were studied. Results Antiarrhythmic effect of COE may be related to its prolongation of action potential duration, increase of the absolute value of resting potential and a decrease of autonomy of sinus node. The effective portion in COE may be its total organic acid and a certain yet unknown trace substance, whereas its total glycosides were devoid of such activities. Conclusion Pharmacodynamic and myocardial electrophysiologic studies showed that the total organic acid and a certain unknown trace substance possessed the obvious antiarrhythmic activity.

Objectives To investigate the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of lower limbs and pulmonary embolism (PE) caused by hypercoagubility in patients with nephrotic syndrome and to estimate the indication and clinical effect of anticoagulation therapy. Methods 54 patients with nephrotis syndrome(thirty-one males and twenty-three females with mean age: 44 13?15 88, 24 hours proteinuria:8 43?5 64g, albuminemia: 20 48?5 41g/L) were enrolled in this study.DVT of lower limbs and PE were confirmed by radionuclide imaging (RNV) with 99mTc-MAA and the clinical effect of subcutaneous injection of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral antiplatelet coagulation therapy were evaluated as well. Results 41 out of 54 cases (76%) had DVT of lower limbs, 14 8% of which had clinical manifestations. 32 out of 54 cases (59 25%) had PE, 7 4% of which had symptoms. 70 7% of PE were caused by DVT of lower limbs. No patient died of PE after the LMWH treatment.Conclusions DVT is one of the most important complications of NS. RNV can be used to make early diagnosis of DVT of lower limbs and PE. Early anticoagulation therapy might ameliorate the prognosis of NS and lower the mortality of PE.

Objective\ To investigate the effect and safety of LMWH on treatment of nephrotic syndrome(NS).Methods\ We randomized 43 patients with primary NS into 2 groups.Steroid and cyclophosphamide were given in control group.LMWH with the dosage of 3200～5000IU twice per day was added in the treated group.Results\ After 4 to 6 weeks of treatment,a significant increase in AT-Ⅲ,anti-Xa activity and serum albumin and decrease in fibrinogen and proteinuria were observed in LMWH.Conclusion\ LMWH should be recommended as a useful treatment of NS.

OBJECTIVETo study the effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on GSKbeta/IDE signal transduction pathway and Abeta protein secretion in hippocampal neurons of high glucose-treated rats.

METHODHippocampal neurons of 24 h-old newly born SD rats were primarily cultured, inoculated in culture medium under different conditions, and then divided into the normal group, the high glucose group, the LiCl group and the Rb1 group. After being cultured for 72 h, the expressions of their phosphorylated GSK3beta, total GSK3beta and IDE protein were detected by Western blotting analysis. The mRNA expressions of GSK3beta and IDE were determined by RT-PCR. The ELISA assay was used to detect the secretion of Abeta protein in cell supernatant.

RESULTCompared with the normal group, the high glucose group showed increase in the p/tGSK3beta protein ratio and the secretion of Abeta protein and decrease in IDE protein and mRNA (P < 0.05). Compared with the high glucose group, both Rb1 and LiCl groups showed decrease in the p/tGSK3beta protein ratio and the expression of Abeta protein and increase in IDE protein and mRNA expression (P < 0.05). Compared with the LiCl group, the Rb1 group showed no significant difference in the expressions of p/tGSK3beta protein, IDE protein, mRNA and Abeta protein expression. In addition, the GSK3beta mRNA expression of the four groups had no significant difference.

CONCLUSIONGinsenoside Rb1 may reduce the secretion of Abeta protein in hippocampal neurons by reducing the phosphorylation of GSK3beta, down-regulating the ratio of pGSK3beta/GSK3beta and upregulating the expression of IDE.

Amyloid beta-Peptides ; genetics ; metabolism ; secretion ; Animals ; Dietary Carbohydrates ; adverse effects ; Gene Expression Regulation ; drug effects ; Ginsenosides ; pharmacology ; Glucose ; adverse effects ; Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta ; Hippocampus ; cytology ; Insulin ; metabolism ; Insulysin ; genetics ; metabolism ; Neurons ; cytology ; drug effects ; metabolism ; secretion ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Signal Transduction ; drug effects

Objective To explore the effects of improved preparation before urodynamic examination in the elderly patients with voiding disfunction.Methods Totally 424 elderly patients underwent urodynamic examination after improvement of the preparation approach according to pathophysiological characteritics of the elderly patients,and 248 elderly patients before the approach improved in our center were collected as control.The compliance,discontinuation and repetition rate of urodynamic examination were compared between the two groups.Results The compliance of patients who used the improved preparation approach was significantly higher than control (92.5％ vs.59.3％,x2=106.428,P＜0.001).Whereas the discontinuation and repetition rates of urodynamic examination in the improved group were decreased as compared with control group ( 1.2％ vs.6.9％,x2 =14.176,P=0.0002; 8.5％ vs.21.4％,x2 =21.487,P＜0.001).Conclusions The improved preparation approach according to the pathophysiological characteritics of elderly patients is worthy to popularize in the urodynamic centers.

AIM: To explore the effects of processing on components group of Semen Raphani. METHODS: By comparing HPLC maps of Semen Raphani samples prepared with different methods and computing similarity,(analysis) the change law of the components group. RESULTS: The mechanism of inhibiting the enzyme by processing Semen Raphani was found and C3 was able to produce new compounds A209,B221. CONCLUSION: Processing Semen Raphani can change the components group through influencing the decoction process,eventually produce different clinical effects.

Chitinases genes from Metarhizium anisopliae which is an important entomopathogenic fungus were considered one of the key factors to invade their hosts. One Metarhizium anisopliae HN1 strain was isolated and screened. A chitinase gene was amplified by RT-PCR from Metarhizium anisopliae HN1, The whole length of this gene was 1275bp,and the nucleotide sequence of the gene was 96% similarity to that of the M. anisopliae E6 accessed in GenBank ( AF02749). The gene has been registered in GenBank and its accession number is DQ011865. The gene was subcloned into prokaryon expression vector pET-22b( + ), transformed this recombinant expression plasmid into E. coli strain BL 21 and effective expressed. The SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that the recombinant protein was 42kDa which is same to the reported article. The expression level of recombinant protein was about 63. 3% of whole expressed proteins , And when recombinant E. coli were crushed by freeze and supersonic wave , the activity assay indicates that the chitinase expressed in bacteria possesses biological activity.

Background and purpose:The expression of ERβin triple negative breast cancer(TNBC) might be associated with good prognosis in TNBC patients. ERβand ERαhave considerable homology. FOXA1 plays an important role in ERαexpression and function. The aim of this study was to analyze the expression of FOXA1 and ERβin TNBC and the relationship between them and the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis. Methods:The breast cancer samples in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were collected from Nov. in 2011 to Dec. in 2013, and TNBC were screened out based on the expression of ERα, PR and HER-2. Thirty ERβ-negative samples and 30 ERβ-positive samples were selected randomly according to the ERβexpression. We used immunohistochemical method to detect the expression of FOXA1. Finally, 48 TNBC samples were obtained to analyze the results. Results:The total positive rate of FOXA1 was 35.4%(17/48). In the ERβ-positive group, the positive rate of FOXA1 was 35.7%(10/28),and in the ERβ-negative group, the positive rate of FOXA1 was 35% (7/20). The expression of FOXA1 in these 2 groups had no signiifcant difference (P=0.83), which indicated that there was no relation between ERβand FOXA1. The FOXA1 positive group and FOXA1 negative group also showed no signiifcant difference in age, tumor size, and lymphatic metastasis number in axilla, tumor grade, tumor stage, NPI and DFS. However, Ki-67 showed negative correlation with FOXA1 expression (P<0.01). Conclusion:FOXA1 expression had no relationship with ERβexpression in TNBC. Ki-67 showed negative correlation with FOXA1 expression, which might hint that the proliferation of tumor cell was lower in FOXA1 positive TNBC.

OBJECTIVETo observe interventional effects of anti-viral therapy and Compound Qin-gre Granule (CQG) on host cellular immune functions of acute virus infection patients.

METHODSThirty acute virus infection patients were recruited to detect peripheral lymphocyte subsets. They were randomly assigned to two groups, the Western medicine treatment group (treated with anti-virus Western medicine) and the integrative medicine treatment group (treated with anti-virus Western medicine plus CQG). T-cell subsets were re-examined 7 days later. Changes between before and after treatment were observed. Effect on host cellular immune functions and efficacy were compared between the Western medicine treatment and the integrative medicine treatment.

RESULTSCompared with the normal control group, the percentage of peripheral T cells increased, and the percentage of B/NK cells decreased in acute virus infection patients (P < 0.01). Meanwhile, in T cell subsets, the percentage of CD8+ T cells and CD8+ CD38+ T cells increased (P < 0.05, P < 0.01); and percentages of CD4+ T cells, CD4+ CD28 + T cells, and CD8+ CD28+ T cells decreased (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). After one-week treatment, percentages of CD4+ T cells, CD4+ CD28+ T cells, and CD8+ CD28+ T cells increased (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), while the percentage of CD8+ CD38+ T cells decreased (P < 0.01). More significantly, these changes were greater in the integrative medicine treatment group than in the Western medicine treatment group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONSDisarranged cellular immune functions existed in acute virus infection patients. CQG could significantly improve viral infection induced immunologic derangement and immunologic injury.

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Lymphocyte Count ; Lymphocyte Subsets ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets ; Virus Diseases ; drug therapy

Objective To investigate the effect of TGF-β1/SMAD signaling pathway on K562 cells growth inhibition caused by HMBA. Methods After establishing the in vitro differentiation model with HMBA on K562 cells, the MTT assay was used to detect the proliferation of K562 cells, the cell cycle profile was detected by flow cytometry, and the mRNA expression of TGF-β1, SMAD3, SMAD4 and EVI1 was measured by RT-PCR assay. Results HMBA could inhibit the proliferation and promote the differentiation of K562 cells obviously, which was time and concentration-dependent, and the 72 h corresponding IC50, was about 2 mmol/L. Within 72 h, flow cytometry assay indicated that the ration of G0-G1 phase cells was up-regulated, and the results of RT-PCR showed that relative mRNA expression of TGF-β1, SMAD3 and SMAD4 at mRNA level was increased gradually while that of EVI1 was decreased gradually. Conclusion HMBA can inhibit K562 cells proliferation through TGF-β1/SMAD signaling pathway.