OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in the nasal mucosa of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polys patients, and explored the regulation of clarithromycin on VEGF. METHOD: RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of VEGF in nasal mucosa from healthy control and CRSwNP. Nasal mucosal tissue explant culture measure and ELISA were used to explore the effect of clarithromycin on VEGF expression. RESULT: (1) VEGF mRNA expression level was significantly increased in CRSwNP compared with control and showed a statistic difference (P < 0.01). (2) There was a significant decrease in CRSwNP group undergo clarithromycin treatment on protein expression level of VEGF and showed a statistic difference (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION VEGF were overexpressed in CRSwNP group, which presume that play an important role in the pathogenesis of nasal polyps. Clarithromycin may play a therapeutical role on chronic rhinosinusitis through down-regulated the expression of VEGF.
Adult ; Chronic Disease ; Clarithromycin ; pharmacology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Nasal Mucosa ; metabolism ; Nasal Polyps ; complications ; Rhinitis ; complications ; metabolism ; Sinusitis ; complications ; metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; metabolism ; Young Adult

Objective: To evaluate the quality consistency of four domestic nifedipine sustained release tablets by dissolution test and virtual bioequivalence study by GastroPlus software.Methods: The dissolution curves of the four preparations were determined with the methods described in Japanese orange book and Chinese Pharmacopeia.The f2 factor of dissolution curves was calculated to compare the similarity.The in vitro dissolution data of the original preparation were combined with GastroPlus software to obtain the simulated in vivo absorption curves which were correlated with the actual concentration-time curves.The suitable dissolution medium was selected to evaluate the quality of domestic nifedipine sustained release tablets according to the better in vivo-in vitro correlation (IVIVC).The simulated in vivo absorption parameters obtained from the dissolution data combined with GastroPlus software were used to conduct the virtual bioequivalence study of domestic nifedipine sustained release tablets compared with the original products.Results: The f2 similar factors of the four domestic nifedipine sustained release tablets compared with the original preparation were all less than 50.Compared with that from the method in Japanese orange book, the correlation between the dissolution profiles in vitro and in vivo of original nifedipine sustained release tablets obtained from the method in Chinese Pharmacopoeia was better.The deviation between the simulated Cmax and AUC0-∞ values of the four test tablets and the measured values of the original preparation was within the range of ±20%.Conclusion: The dissolution curves of the four domestic nifedipine sustained release tablets are not similar to that of the original preparation, however, the four preparations are all bioequivalent to the original preparation according to the simulated absorption parameters based on the dissolution method in Chinese Pharmacopeia and GastroPlus software.

[Summary] In newly diagnosed diabetic patients, fasting plasma glucose, HbA1C , and plasma lipid profiles were measured to analyze the association between HbA1C and plasma lipid profiles. HbA1C might affect plasma lipid profiles in newly diagnosed diabetic patients. Higher HbA1C was associated with the worse plasma lipid profiles and more severe insulin resistance.

Objective To investigate the effects of siRNA mediated HMGA 1 silence on proliferation and the gene expression of HMGA1 ,α-SMA and E-cadherin in activated hepatic stellate cells and its mechanisms .Methods Synthetic HMGA1 siRNA was transfected into LX-2 cells to silence the HMGA1 gene .The expression level of HMGA1 ,α-SMA and E-cadherin was determined by RT-PCR and Western blot experiments .LX-2 cell proliferation was assessed by M TT assay .Results The best inhibited effect was HMGA1-siRNA-1 .Compared with control group ,the cell proliferation and the mRNA and protein expression of HMGA 1 ,α-SMA in TGF-β1 group and TGF-β1 + NC-siRNA group were significantly increased (P< 0 .05) ,without significant differences between the two groups (P> 0 .05) ,while the expression of E-cadherin in TGF-β1 group and TGF-β1 + NC-siRNA group were significantly decreased compared with control group (P< 0 .05) .Meanwhile ,the cells in TGF-β1 + HMGA1 siRNA group showed significantly decreased proliferation level ,down-regulated mRNA and protein expression of HMGA 1 ,α-SMA but up-regulated expression of E-cadherin compared with TGF-β1 group and TGF-β1 + NC-siRNA group(P< 0 .05) .Conclusion HMGA1 interference could signifi-cantly down-regulate the expression of HMGA1 in LX-2 cells cultured with TGF-β1 ,thus inhibiting the proliferation and activation of the cells .

Objective To explore the expression of silencer of death domains(SODD) and its clinical significance and relationship with phospho-NF-?B-p65 proteins in bone marrow cells of acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL)in children,and the expression of SODD and phospho-NF-?B-p65 in Jurkat cells treated with chemotherapeutic drugs in order to find a new chemotherapeutic target.Methods The expressions of SODD and phospho-NF-?B-p65 proteins in bone marrow cells were detected by immunohistochemistry in 25 children with ALL.The apoptosis incidence was measured by Annexin-V-Fluorescence/PI double-labeling flow cytometry and the expression of SODD and phospho-NF-?B-p65 proteins were determined by Western blotting in Jurkat cells.Results It was found that the expression of SODD and active p65 expression in ALL were significantly higher than those in healthy control group.The expression of SODD and phospho-NF-?B-p65 proteins in the high-risk(HR) group was significantly higher than those in standard-risk(SR) group(Pa

Antigens, CD ; blood ; Antigens, Neoplasm ; blood ; Bone Marrow ; immunology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Myeloid Cells ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; immunology ; mortality ; Survival Rate

This study aims to detect early changes of kidney in patients with primary hypertension by 3.0 T functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). 26 patients with primary hypertension (hypertension group) and 33 healthy volunteers (control group) underwent conventional and functional magnetic resonance scans, which included blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) MRI, diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). We measured renal cortical thickness (CT), parenchymal thickness (PT), and functional values of renal cortex and medulla including R2* value, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value and fractional anisotropy (FA) value in each group, and then calculated the cortical/parenchymal thickness ratio (CPR). Compared with those in the control group, CT and CPR in hypertension group were larger (P < 0.01), cortical and medullar R2* values increased (P < 0.01) whereas medullar FA values decreased (P < 0.05). It could be well concluded that noninvasive 3.0 T functional MRI would have important clinical significance in identifying early abnormalities of kidney in hypertension patients.
Anisotropy ; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Diffusion Tensor Imaging ; Essential Hypertension ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Kidney ; pathology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Objective To investigate the efficacy,adverse effect and the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events by comparative study on simvastatin combined with ezetimibe on therapy of lowing blood lipids in metabolic syndrome patients.Methods One hundred and twenty metabolic syndrome patients were divided into experiment group (n=60) and control group (n=60).The experiment group was treated with 20 mg of simvastatin associated 10 mg of ezetimibe daily.The control group was treated with conventional-dose 20 mg of simvastatin.The period of treatment was 4 years in both groups.The efficacy,adverse effect and the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events were observed and analyzed.Results Blood lipid were significantly decreased in both groups after the treatment.There was significant difference on total cholesterol ( TC ) [ ( 3.05±1.17 ) mmol/L vs (4.94 ± 1.13 ) mmol/L,P ＜ 0.05 ],low density lipoprotein cholesterol ( LDLC) [ (2.12±1.03) mmol/L vs (3.16 ± 1.11 ) mmol/L,P ＜0.05] and triglyceride(TC) (1.02±0.29) mmol/Lvs (1.65 ± 0.32)mmol/L,P ＜ 0.05 ) between experiment group and control group.There were 3 cases of cardiovascular events in experiment group and 10 cases in control group,5 cases of cerebrovascular events in experiment group and 13 cases in control group.The incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular in experiment group was significantly lower than that in control group (x2 =4.08 and 4.37,respectively,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion Combination therapy with simvastatin and ezetimibe is more effective and it can significantly decrease the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in metabolic syndrome patients.

Diagnostic whole body scan (Dx-WBS) with 131I and serum Tg level are the main parameters to evaluate the effectiveness of thyroid remnant ablation in patients with DTC.Undetectable Tg and positive radioiodine uptake in the thyroid bed (Tg-/Dx-WBS+) may be found in some patients.However,the clinical significance is uncertain.A small amount of thyroidal remnant,a small DTC lesion,increased expression of NIS gene and autoimmune inflammation may all result in Tg-/Dx-WBS+.A wait-and-watch approach without rushing for high-dose radioiodine treatment might be a more reasonable approach for these patients.

A new dibenzocyclooctadiene lignan, renchangianin E (1) was isolated from the stems of Kadsura renchangiana. Its structure and stereochemistry were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including 2D-NMR techniques.