Objective To study the effect of emodin on biochemical indicators of drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis model and the interstitial cells of cajal (ICC) in bile duct and to explore the role of ICC and emodin in intrahepatic cholestasis .Methods Fif‐teen rats were randomly divided into drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis group ,emodin intervention group and control group(n=5) .Rat cholestatic hepatitis model and emodin intervention model were established .RT‐PCR and immunohistochemistry were used to detect liver function ,c‐kit mRNA and protein expression levels in drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis group ,emodin interven‐tion group and control group .Results The degree of liver dysfunction and bilirubin level in drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis group were significantly higher than those in control group(P<0 .05);the above indicators in emodin intervention group were sig‐nificantly higher than those in control group but lower than those in drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis group(P<0 .05) .The c‐kit mRNA expression located at 548 bp was observed in control group ,emodin intervention group and drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis group .Relative expression level of c‐kit mRNA in drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis group was significantly lower than that in emodin intervention group and control group (P<0 .05) .Meanwhile ,there was no significant difference in relative ex‐pression level of c‐kit mRNA between emodin intervention group and control group (P>0 .05) .Immunohistochemistry results indi‐cated that expression of c‐kit in drug‐induced intrahepatic cholestasis group was significantly lower than those in control group and emodin intervention group(P<0 .05) .Conclusion There may be close relationship between the forming process of drug‐induced in‐trahepatic cholestasis and decrease of ICC in bile duct .The therapeutic effect of emodin on intrahepatic cholestasis may be related with the number of ICC in bile duct or the positive effect on ICC.

This paper summarizes the features of web sites that would be useful to infectious diseases physicians by exploring the Internet through search engine including Google,Baidu and Yahoo.Meanwhile,suggestions from professional forums,web sites and publications are also taken into consideration.Nine Comprehensive sites containing three categories and more of microbial pathogens,nine special sites for parasites,four special sites for fungi,two special sites for viruses and two special sites for bacteria are collected.Subjective navigation for each site is given.Features of these sites,including laboratory images,clinical images and number of images are also described.

Objective To discuss the curative effects and side-effects of combining low-dose domestic interferon(sainuojin)with CHOPP-regimen in treating skin T-lymphoma.Method During the period June 1996 to June 2008,46 cases patient with skin T-lymphoma were treated by low-dose domestic interferon(sainuojin)and CHOPP-regimen,and all patient were received four cycle chemotherapy at least.And the usage was as follows:Sainuojin 3?106U/d,im,d1～21;CTX 600mg/m2,iv,d1;ADM 50mg/m2,iv,d1;VCR 1.4mg/m2,iv,d1;Predinisone 90 mg/d,PO,d1～5;PYM 8mg/d,im,d1,3,5,and every 3 weeks repeat.At the same time,the place of skin lesion was daubed with hydrochloric acid nitrogen mustard once everyday.Results CR 23 cases,PR 16 cases,NC 7 cases.The effective rate was 84.78%.The maximum time of survivorship was 11.6 years;the average survivorship time was 8.9?0.56 years;and the mostly side-effects were arrest of bone marrow and fever.Conclusion The curative effects of combining low-dose domestic interferon(sainuojin)with CHOPP-regimen in treating skin T-lymphoma were confirmed,and the side-effects were small.It is good for clinical popularization and application.

Objective To approach the effect of protective mechanical ventilation on acute lung injury after orthotopic liver transplantation, by observing changes of plasma markers of lung injury and inflammatory mediators.Methods Sixty patients scheduled for liver transplantation under general anesthesia, 42 males and 18 females, aged 21-62 years, weighing 43-80 kg, ASA physical status Ⅱ-Ⅳ, were randomly divided into 2 groups: protective mechanical ventilation group (group P) and unprotective mechanical ventilation group (group U).Pulmonary artery blood for plasma markers of lung injury and inflammatory mediators were collected at the following time points: before operation (T1), 3 hours after mechanical ventilation (T2), 2 hours (T3) and 4 hours in neohepatic stage (T4).These mediators included clara cell secretory protein (CC16), surfactant proteins (SP-D), soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products (sRAGE), TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8.Moreover, blood gas results were recorded at these 7 time points: T1-T4, 2 hours after operation (T5), before tracheal extubation (T6) and 2 days after operation (T7).The postoperative awakening time, tracheal extubation time, ICU stay time and the incidence of ALI were recorded.Results Compared with T1, plasma level of CC16 in the two groups increased at T2 and T3 (P<0.05 or P<0.01), however, plasma level of SP-D, sRAGE, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8 did not increase until T3 (P<0.01).Moreover, plasma level of sRAGE, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8 at T4 were higher than those at T1 (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Compared with T1, OIs in the two groups increased at T2, T5 and T6 (P<0.05 or P<0.01), while decreased at T4 in group P (P<0.01) and at T3 and T4 in group U (P<0.01).In group P, patients showed a lower plasma level of CC16 at T2 and T3 (P<0.05 or P<0.01), a higher OI at T3 (P<0.05) and an earlier tracheal extubation after operation [(8.9±3.2) h vs (9.3±2.8) h, P<0.05] compared with group U.There was no significant difference of acute lung injury incidence between the two groups after operation, which was 5(16.6%) and 7 (23.3%), respectively.Conclusion Protective mechanical ventilation may promote oxygenation index, and shorten tracheal extubation time, thus protect lung function of patients in liver transplantation to some extend.

Objective To evaluate the anesthetic efficacy of different doses of dexmedetomidine combined with ketamine in the pediatric patients undergoing closure of ventricular septal defect.Methods Ninety pediatric patients with ventricular septal defect requiring interventional treatment,aged 4-11 yr,weighing 12-47 kg,of ASA physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,were randomly divided into D1-3 groups (n =30 each) using a random number table.After admission to operating room,anesthesia was induced with iv atropine 0.02 mg/kg and ketamine 1.0 mg/kg,followed by administration of a loading dose of dexmedetonidine 0.5 μg/kg which was infused over 10 min.In D1,D2 and D3 groups,dexmedetomidine 0.7,1.0 and 1.2 μg· kg 1 · h-1 were infused intravenously,respectively,until the end of operation.After the pediatric patients lost consciousness,the femoral artery was punctured to perform interventional treatment.Additional ketamine 0.5 mg/kg was given when the depth of anesthesia was inadequate.BIS,BP,HR and SpO2 were recorded after admission to the operating room (T0),at 1 and 5 min after ketamine administration (T1,2),at the end of loading dose of dexmedetomidine infusion (T3),at 15 min after maintenance dose of dexmedetomidine infusion (T4),immediately after operation (T5),and immediately after emergence (T6).The total consumption of ketamine,cases who needed additional ketamine and atropine,operation time,emergence time and development of adverse effects such as respiratory depression and postoperative agitation were recorded.Results Compared with the baseline value at T0,BIS value was significantly decreased at T4,5 in the three groups,HR was decreased at T4,5 in D2,3 groups,and no significant change was found in BP and SpO2 at each time point in the three groups.Compared with D1 group,the requirement for additional atropine was significantly increased,the total consumption of ketamine was reduced,and the requirement for additional ketamine and incidence of respiratory depression were decreased in D2 and D3 groups.No patients needed additional ketamine in D2 and D3 groups.The requirement for additional atropine was significantly higher in D3 group than in D2 group.There was no significant difference in the operation time and emergence time among the three groups.No pediatric patients developed agitation during emergence from anesthesia.Conclusion Ketamine 1.0 mg/kg (for induction of anesthesia) combined with a loading dose of dexmedetomidine 0.5 μg/kg and maintenance dose of dexmedetomidine 1.0 μg·kg-1 · h-1 (for maintenance of anesthesia) can produce good anesthetic efficacy,which is an optimum combination of anesthesia in pediatric patients undergoing closure of ventricular septal defect.

Inflammation and lung function decline are the main pathophysiological features of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Acupuncture can improve lung function in patients with COPD, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Orexins (OXs), which are found in peripheral plasma, are neuropeptides that regulate respiration and their levels are related to COPD. Therefore, we hypothesized that acupuncture might alter OXs, reduce lung inflammation and improve lung function in COPD.

OBJECTIVETo separate and detect membrane phospholipids and study the relationship of metabolism and signal transduction pathways of membrane phospholipids with genesis and hepatic metastasis of large intestinal carcinoma.

METHODSForty-eight cases of colorectal cancer were detected with high performance liquid chromatography. Membrane phospholipids of phosphatidylinosital (PI), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) in primary foci, paratumor intestinal mucosa and hepatic metastasis of large intestine cancer were separated and analyzed.

RESULTSIn primary foci, paratumor intestinal mucosa, and hepatic metastasis of the 48 cases, the contents (mg/g) of PI were: 0.92 +/- 0.12, 1.57 +/- 0.14, 1.54 +/- 0.15 respectively, and PC 56.47 +/- 5.33, 108.57 +/- 6.37, 116.35 +/- 6.85. The contents of PI and PC were higher in primary foci and hepatic metastasis than in paratumor mucosa (F = 363.10, 870.10, P < 0.01). The contents of PE in the three tissues were 18.23 +/- 3.56, 42.02 +/- 4.33, 79.51 +/- 5.52, and in hepatic metastasis was the highest (F = 1 149.63, P < 0.01). PI and PC in primary foci of hepatic metastatic group and nonmetastasis group were not significantly different (t = 3.55, P > 0.05). But the PE content was higher in hepatic metastasis than in primary foci (t = 115.87, P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONSMembrane phospholipids have obvious variations in genesis and hepatic metastasis of large intestine cancer. Rises of PI and PC were associated with genesis of large intestine carcinoma. The increase of PE content is closely related to invasion and hepatic metastasis of large intestine cancer.

Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Colorectal Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Intestinal Mucosa ; chemistry ; Liver Neoplasms ; secondary ; Male ; Membrane Lipids ; analysis ; Middle Aged ; Phospholipids ; analysis

The present study aimed to research pathogenesis and therapeutics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with the method of tissue metabolomics.A combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method was developed suitable for analyzing the endogenous small molecule of liver cancer tissues and adjacent tissues.The unidimensional and multidimensional statistics were used to look for differential metabolites.And then,the KEGG and HMDB database were utilized to find related differential pathways and pathogenesis of HCC.The PCA and PLS-DA showed that there were significant differences on the endogenous small molecule of liver cancer tissues and adjacent tissues.Through the OPLS-Loading plot analysis,there were 25 differential metabolites and 36 relevant pathways.The differential pathways belong to carbohydrate metabolism,amino acid metabolism and mitochondrial transfer.There were 16 metabolites' area under the ROC curve which was bigger than 0.8,which were related with ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters,galactose metabolism,amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism.It was concluded that the Warburg effect exists in HCC cells.The energy of HCC cell was from glycolytic function,because the glycolysis was enhanced and the citric acid cycle decreased.Mitochondrial dysfunction and the increased cobalt content may correlate with the Warburg effect,which may be one of the pathogenesis of liver cancer,and expected to become the breakthrough point of a new targeting therapeutic approach.

The essence of precision medicine (PM) is to find the disease pathogenesis,mechanism and treatment targets through large sample population and specific disease type of biomarker exploring,quantitative analysis,verifying and application.Metabolomics,as one of the technologies testing the metabolites in vivo,can be used to predict the level of metabolites in vivo and to diagnose the physiological state of the body in time for guiding the corresponding intervention.This article summarized the application of metabonomics in the precise diagnosis,pathogenesis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Objective To explore the application effect of traditional Chinese medicine rolling egg therapy in the treatment of infantile diarrhea.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of children with diarrhea in Dongguan People's Hospital from April 2022 to April 2024.According to the treatment methods,they were divided into the control group and the combination group.The control group was treated with western medicine,while the combination group was combined with traditional Chinese medicine rolling egg therapy on the basis of the control group.7 d was a course of treatment,and a total of 2 courses of treatment was conducted.The clinical efficacy was evaluated,and the durations of clinical symptom changes after treatment were compared.The intestinal flora,immune function[immunoglobulin (Ig) A,IgG,IgM]and inflammatory factors[interleukin (IL)-6,IL-17,tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α]were observed before and after treatment.The treatment safety was analyzed,and the recurrence within 6 months of follow-up was counted.Results A total of 180 patients were included in the study,with 106 in the control group and 74 in the combination group.The total effective rate of the combination group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05).After treatment,the time to stop diarrhea,reduce fever and change stool properties to normal in the combination group was lower than that in the control group (P<0.05);the number of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli in both groups was higher than that before treatment,and the number of combination group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05);the number of Enterococcus faecalis and the levels of TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-17 were lower than those before treatment in both groups,and these in the combination group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05);the levels of IgA,IgG and IgM were higher than those before treatment in the combination group (P<0.05),and the IgA level was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05).At 6 months,the recurrence rate of the combination group was lower than that of the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Traditional Chinese medicine rolling egg therapy combined with western medicine is effective in the treatment of children with diarrhea,and its mechanism may be related to the improvement of immune function,inflammatory response and intestinal flora.