Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of treating congestive heart failure with the combination of Astragalus,Danhong and Nitroglycerin injection.Methods 73 cases with congestive heart failure were selected.randomly recruited into a control group and a treatment group.The control group was treated with conventional therapy,and the treatment group was treated with Astragalus injection,Danhong and nitroglycerin injection on the basis of conventional mompy.Both groups were treated for one course of therapy of 21 days.Such indexes as clinical signs and symptoms,cardiac function,the amount of output per bo(SV),each sub-output(CO),cardiac index(CI),left ventricular ejection fraction(EF),and blood the rheology were observed before and after the treatment.Reselts The total effective ratewas 97.29%and 88.89%in the treatment group and the control group respectively,showing statistically differences between the two groups(P＜0.05):SV CO,CI and EF showed significant difference in both groups after the treatment(P＜0.01 or P＜0.05),and significant difference between the two groups(P＜0.05).Blood theology wag decreased after the treatment,and such clecreasing in the treatment was greater than that in the control group(P＜0.01).Conclusion The combination therapy of astragalus,Danhong injection and nitroglycerin injection is effective in treating congestive heart failure.

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Objective To investigate the expression of T cell receptor (TCR) V ?8.3 gene on CD4+ T lymphocytes in the rats with experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU). Methods Eighteen Lewis rats were divided into EAU, complete Freund′s adjuvant, and the control group. Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) R16 peptide was synthesized using Fmoc procedure for induction of EAU. Magnetic absorption cell sorting (MACS) method was used to isolate the CD4+ T lymphocytes from the spleen of the rats. Flow cytometry was used to monitor the efficiency of isolation. The expression of TCR V ?8.3 gene segment on CD4+T lymphocytes was determined by fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Results EAU was successfully induced in the Lewis rats immunized with IRBP R16 peptide. The proportion of CD4+ T lymphocytes isolated by means of MACS was statistically higher than that before isolation (P

Objective:This study aimed to investigate the expressions of EZH2 and Ki-67 in the salivary adenoid cystic carcino-ma (SACC) of humans and their correlation. Methods:A total of 42 cases of SACC tumor tissues and 5 cases of normal tissues were considered to determine the expressions of EZH2 and Ki-67 by immunohistochemistry. The relationship and correlation of such expres-sions with the clinicopathological characteristics were also analyzed. Results:The expression of EZH2 was notably higher in SACC than in normal tissues (P<0.05). EZH2 expression was detected in 66.67%(28/42) of the tumor tissues. This expression was correlated with pathological grade and clinical stage. By contrast, EZH2 expression did not correlate with gender, age, and localization. EZH2 was not expressed in normal tissues. The incidence of EZH2 expression in the Ki-67 positive group was 75.76%(25/33) and the incidence in the Ki-67 negative group was 33.33%(3/9). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclu-sion:The increased expression of EZH2 in SACC was related to tumor proliferation. EZH2 may participate in tumor cell proliferation via cell cycle management.

Objective:To investigate the role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL-12 in the differential diagnosis of tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion through measuring the serum and pleural effusion IL-10 and IL-12 levels of tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion patients.Methods: Forty-eight inpatients with exudative pleural effusion who didn''t receive any treatment before were selected.According to the pathogeny, the patients were divided into tuberculous pleural effusion group (n=25) and malignant pleural effusion group (n=23).The levels of IL-10 and IL-12 in peripheral blood and pleural effusion of the patients in two groups were detected by Cytometric Bead Array (CBA).The differences in IL-10, IL-12 levels and IL-12/IL-10 ratio were compared between two groups.The ROC curves of the above indexes, cast-off and adenosine deaminase (ADA) were used to compare the effects in differential diagnosis of tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion.Results: There were no statistical differences in the levels of serum IL-10, IL-12 and IL-12/IL-10 ratios of the patients between tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion groups (P>0.05),and the IL-12 level in pleural effusion and the IL-12/IL-10 ratio of the patients in malignant pleural effusion group were lower than those in tuberculous pleural effusion group (P<0.005).The area under the ROC curve for the levels of IL-12 in pleural effusion (0.984) was higher than those for the ratio of IL-12/IL-10, cast-off and ADA (0.744, 0.804 and 0.911, respectively) in the differential diagnosis of tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion.Conclusion: The detection of IL-12 levels in pleural effusion is helpful for the differential diagnosis of tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion, and the pleural effusion is easy to obtain, therefore the detection of IL-12 in pleural effusion is worth to be widely applied in clinic.

Objective In the early life period when eyes grow rapidly,visual experience can play an important role in axial growth and refractive development. For instance, depriving the eye of form vision during infancy will accelerate axial growth, resulting in substantial amounts of myopia, called form deprivation myopia (FDM). Similarly, imposing the eye with a negative lens produces compensating myopic growth in many species, called defocus induced myopia (DIM) . As one of the important visual experiences,color vision and its effects on eye growth deserve to be investigated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 530 nm monochromatic light and establish an innovative model of myopia in guinea pig by exposing to this monochromatic light. Methods Twenty male guinea pigs at 2 weeks old were randomly assigned to two groups (n = 10) . The experimental group was raised under the condition of 330 nm monochromatic light illumination. The control one was bred under white light illumination with 5000 k color temperature. These guinea pigs were raised in a specially designed cage. The light source was provided by specially made LEDs (green: peak value 530 nm and half bandwidth 30 nm; white: color temperature 5000 K) . The illumination parameters of the two groups were identical and the light quantum number was 3 x 10~(-4)μmol·cm~(-2)·s~(-1) . Through measuring,the irradiance value was 0.150 mW·cm~(-2) for green light and 0.247 mW·cm~(-2) for white light approximately. All animals were kept under a 12/12 h light/dark cycle (light: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. ) ,in the temperature of 22℃ - 26℃ and a relative humidity of 55% -65% . Both groups underwent biometric measurement including refraction,corneal curvature and axial length,etc. before and after twelve weeks treatment. The refraction was examined using a streak rednoscope and trial lenses in a dark room one hour after topically administering a cycloplegic eye drop. The radius of comeal curvature was measured with a keratometer (Topcon OM-4, Japan) and axial components was measured by A-scan ultrasonagraphy ( Opticon Hiscan A/B).Repeated measurements were undertaken. Only the right eye's parameters of each guinea pig were used for analysis. Unpaired (-tests were used in all comparisons between the two groups of eyes with a statistical analysis software (Stata, version 7.0) . Results Before treatment, the refraction of experimental group was 4.6 ± 0.59 D.and that of the control group was 4.63 ± 0.48 D. The axial and vitreous body length was 7.48 ±0.11 mm and 3.16 ±0.07 mm in the experimental group,respectively,and 7.55 ±0.16 mm,3.21 ±0.09 mm in the control. The differences between the biometric parameters of the two groups including refraction, comeal curvature and axial components were not significant ( P > 0.05) . However,after a twelve-week exposure, the variation of refraction in the experimental group was -3.125 ± 0.76 D,and - 1.075 ± 0.71 D was observed in the control group. There was a 2.0 D myopia in the experimental group compared with the control. Axial length grew 0.98 ± 0.13 mm in the experimental group and 0.77 ± 0.22 mm in the control. Vitreous body extended to 0.33 ± 0.14 mm and 0.13 ± 0.14 mm in the two groups, respectively. The refraction of the experimental group shifted more towards myopia ( P < 0.0001) accompanied with a more accelerated speed of axial growth and vitreous body's extension ( P < 0.05) compared with that of the control group. There were no significant differences in the radius of comeal curvature, the depth of anterior chamber and the lens thickness between the eyes of the two groups at the end of the experiment ( P > 0.05) . Conclusion The 530 run monochromatic light can accelerate the prolongation of axial length and vitreous body inducing axial myopia in guinea pigs.

Objective To obtain the change of bcl-2/bax/fas/fasL in splenic lymphoctyes with different lasting time of hypoxicischemic brain damage (HIBD). Methods The newborn rat were divided into 6 groups by the time of being HIBD model randomly, includes 1/6/12/24/48/72 hour(s) (8 for every group),and control groups were established at the same time point. The following four apoptosis related genes bcl-2/bax/fas/fasL were tested by real time PCR. Results ( 1 ) bcl-2: the mRNA expressions of HIBD groups were lower than control groups at the same time ( P<0.01 ). Eliminated the control effects, the mRNA expressions of HIBD groups were differernt by the modeling time(P ＜0.01 ). (2)bax: the mRNA expressions of HIBD groups were higher than control groups at the same time( P ＜0.01 ), and in control group the expression of 6 h was much higher than any other groups (P<0.01 ). Eliminated the control effects, the mRNA expressions of H IBD groups were different by the modeling time( P<0.01 ). (3)bcl-2/bax: the ratios of HIBD groups were lower than control groups at the same time( P ＜0.05 ), the ratios in control groups were higher than 1 ( except for 1 h); while in HIBI) groups the ratios were lower than 1; Eliminated the control effects, the ratios were different in all the groups. (4)fas: the mRNA expressions of HIBD groups were higher than control groups at the same time ( P ＜0.01 ), and both were maximum at 6 h. (5)fasL: the mRNA expressions of HIBD groups were higher than control groups in 1 h and 6 h ( P<0.01 ), while lower than control group at other time points( P<0.01 ),the expression of 24 h was the maximum of control groups and 12 h was the maximum of HIBD groups. (6)fas/fasL: the ratios of HIBD groups were higher than control groups( P ＜0.01 ) (except for 6 h), and the ratios in control groups were lower than 1 ( P<0.01 ) ( except for 6 h), and not concentrated, while in HIBD groups were higher than 1 ( except for 24 h), between 0.69 to 5.65. Conclusion Pro-apoptosis genes ( include bax/fas/fasL) were promoted by HIBD, while anti-apoptosis gene(bcl-2) was inhibited. The maximum of pro-apoptosis genes became early in HIBD. Both the pro- and anti-apoptosis genes got their maximum at 6 h and 12 h of HIBD. The apoptosis suppression was the main effects in control groups from the ratio of bcl-2/bax, which was lower than 1. The apoptosis promotion was the main effects in HIBD groups from the ratio of bcl-2/bax, which was higher than 1, especially at 12 h. Thefas/fasL effect which is the major way of lymphocytes apoptosis was strengthened in HIBD.

Objective To compare the efficacy of fixed bearing(FB) and rotating bearing(RB) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for knee valgus. Methods Data of 203 cases with valgus knee deformity who had undergone TKA procedure from January 2007 to December 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. 181 cases were primary joint replacement. They were divided into FB group and RB group. 168 patients (168 knees) were followed?up for more than 2 years. 83 cases (83 knees) were in FB group, and 85 cases (85knees) were in RB group. There were 57 males and 111 females, aged from 40 to 79 years, with an average age of 59.3 ± 7.2 years. Among them, 153 cases were osteoarthritis and 15 cases were rheumatoid arthritis. Activities of the knee , tibio?femoral angle on X?ray, Hospital for Special Surgery (Hospital for Special Surgery, HSS) knee score and the SF?36 scale scores were recorded before surgery and at the final follow?up. Results All patients were followed up for 24 to 84 months (average, 37.4 months). The average knee activities of the fixed bearing and rotating mobile bearing were from 72.8°±13.1°and 71.2°±12.8° be?fore surgery to 106.5°±9.8°and 115.4°±7.9° at final follow?up. The average tibiofemoral angle on X?ray decreased from 16.8°±5.3° and 15.2° ± 4.7° preoperatively to 5.6° ± 2.3 and 5.2° ± 2.1° at the final follow?up. The HSS knee score improved from 47.5 ± 7.1 points and 49.6±8.9 points to 89.1±4.6 points and 90.2±5.3 points at final follow?up. The SF?36 scale scores improved from 52.3± 15.4 points and 50.1±17.9 points to 81.6±12.3 points and 82.2±14.5 points at the final follow?up. At the latest follow?up, except the Range of motion, there were no statistically significant in any other indicator between two groups. Two cases appeared postoper?ative deep venous thrombosis symptoms. One case had joint stiffness early, and the symptoms improved after strengthen functional exercise. No infections, delayed knee instability, implant loosening or subsidence was found during the follow?up. Conclusion For patients with mild to moderate knee valgus, both fixed and rotating bearing with same soft tissue balance technique can improve the knee function and correct the valgus deformity, and the recent results are satisfactory.

Objective To investigate the clinical manifestations and treatment regiment of children with juvenile dermatomyositis(JDM).Methods The clinical manifestation,changes of serum muscale enzyme,myopathic laboratory examination,treatment and prognosis of 15 children with JDM retrospectively admitted from Jan.1990 to Jan.2004 were analyzed.Results All of the children had symmetrical weakness of the proximal muscles.The most frequent features were heliotrope and Gottron's papules.Elevated muscle enzymes were noted in all cases.Electromyography revealed typical change of myopathic type and muscle biopsy was compalible with myositis in all cases.Most of patients achieved normal muscle enzymes within 1 month and had improved muscle strength with 2.5 monthes of the initiation of corticosteroid therapy.Conclusion It is very important to know the clinical features of JDM,and prompt diagnosis and treatment will result in an improved prognosis.