Objective To study the protective effect of compound nitroglycerin gel on rats with skin ulcer wound and its action mechanism. Methods Skin ulcer modle of 54 rats was established.Then the rats were randomly divided into three groups (n=18 each), including model control group, Jin wan hong group, and compound nitroglycerin gel group. Wound healing process and healing time were recorded.At the day 7 and 14 after the model was established, the number of fibroblasts and new blood capillaries of granulation tissue from center of the wound were measured,and RT-PCR was used to detect mRNA expression levels of VEGF, Ang1 andHIF-1α. Results As compared with model control group [(24.17±5.91) days], healing time of skin in the compound nitroglycerin gel group was significantly shorter [(14.67±3.76) days, P<0.01].The numbers of fibroblasts (61.20±7.56) and new blood capillaries (9.35±1.43) were increased, and mRNA expression levels of VEGF (1.692±0.196), HIF-1α (1.527±0.174) and Ang1 (1.548±0.203) were remarkably up-regulated on 7th day (P<0.05 or P<0.01).While on 14th day, the numbers of fibroblasts (28.00±5.96) and new blood capillaries (4.20±1.30) were decreased and the mRNA expression levels of VEGF (1.156±0.123), HIF-1α(1.021±0.105) and Ang1 (1.034±0.134) were significantly down-regulated (P<0.05 or P<0.01) . Conclusion Compound nitroglycerin gel can treat skin ulcer wound via regulating the numbers of fibroblasts, new blood capillaries and VEGF/Ang1/HIF-1α signal transduction pathway.

A 37-year-old male patient presented with persistent generalized itching erythema and papules for more than 1 month.The patient had received surgical treatment for type B3 thymoma in stage Ⅳ.Five months prior to the presentation,he developed myasthenia gravis.He also complained of chronic diarrhea for two years.Physical examination revealed white patches in the oral mucosa as well as scaly erythema of varying size on the face,trunk and extremities.Lamellar scales could be seen after scratching,while removal of scales could not result in the appearance of bleeding points.There was scaly hyperkeratotic erythema of palms and soles.Histopathological examination revealed psoriasis-like epidermal hyperplasia and parakeratosis with multiple dyskeratocytes,and some of the dyskeratocytes were surrounded by lymphocytes.There was a perivascular infiltration with a small number of lymphocytes.Immunohistochemical study showed positive staining for CD3,CD4 (dermis),CD8 (epidermis) and CD45RO,but negative staining for CD20,CD68 and CD30.The patient was diagnosed as thymoma-associated graftversus-host-like disease,myasthenia gravis and mucosal candidiasis.After treatment with tacrolimus and prednisone,the condition was gradually relieved.

AIM: To investigate the relationship between NF-?B activation and intimal hyperplasia.METHODS: The protein extract from aorta was used to detect the expression of NF-?B p65,I?B?,ICAM-1 and COX-2 by Western blotting,and detection of threonine phosphorylation of p65 was performed by immunoprecipitation analysis.RESULTS: The level of p65 reached a maximum level at day 7,and then decreased significantly,which was higher than that in the control,in both cellular extract and nuclear extract at day 21 after balloon injury.The p65 level in cytoplasm had no obvious changes at different time points after balloon injury.The threonine phosphorylation of NF-?B p65 was negative correlated with the nuclear translocation of NF-?B.I?B? level showed a 15% decrease at day 1 after balloon injury,compared with control group,then returned at day 14,and reached to normal level at day 21.However,the expression of ICAM-1 and COX-2 was maximal at day 14,and then declined but higher than that in control group at day 21 after balloon injury.CONCLUSION: The activation of NF-?B p65 and the expression of ICAM-1 and COX-2 are parallel to the neointimal thickening after balloon injury.

Objective To explore the influence of singing therapy on anxiety and depression of patients with stable COPD.Methods Toally 56 COPD patients were divided into intervention group and control group according to random digit table.The control group was provided health education and mental nursing.On the base of treatment for the control group,the intervention group received singing therapy for 24 weeks.The anxiety and depression scale was to measure the anxiety and depression before and 24 weeks after intervention.Results There were no differences in HAD score and HAD-A score and HAD-D score between the groups before intervention (P＞0.05),but after intervention,the differences were significant in terms of the HAD score and HAD-A score and HAD-D score (P＜0.01).The scores of intervention group were significantly lower than those of the control group.For the scores,there was no difference in the control group between pre-and post-intervention (P＞0.05),but the scores after intervention were significantly lower than those before intervention in the intervention group (P＜0.001).Conclusion Singing therapy can effectively alleviate anxiety and depression of COPD patients at the stable state.

Objective To investigate the effects of atorvastatin on cardiovascular remodeling in renovascular hypertensive rats. Methods The 2-kindey,1-clip hypertensive rats(2K1C,Goldblatt) were prepared with Sprague-Dawley rat.SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: normal control rats,hypertensive rats and hypertensive rats treated with atorvastatin(2 mg?kg~(-1)?d~(-1)).After 6 weeks treatment,systolic blood pressure(SBP) was measured using the tail-cuff method.The plasma concentration of angiotensin Ⅱ and renin activity were determined by radioimmunoassay.The heart weight,the ratio of left ventricular weight to body weight were calculated.Results The plasma concentration of angiotensin Ⅱ((106.4?7.8)ng/L) and renin activity((20.6?2.4) ng/L)were significantly increaed in hypertensive rats compared with normal rats((72.3?5.4) ng/L and(12.5?3.7) ng/L)(P

Objective: To educate the high-quality nurses with ability and to improve their capability in holistic nursing.Methods: Interlocution of nursing case is applied to theory teaching.Clinic probation and simulative act are applied to practical teaching.Results:Situational teaching method is welcome among the experimental students whose grade is higher than that of the students of contrast class.Conclusion: It is propitious to education in synthesis ability of students to use situational teaching method based on the holistic nursing.

Objective To investigate the antioxidative and antiaging effects of the bioactive extract from Agrocybe aegerita. Method Fruit flies and D-galactose induced aging mice were fed with the bioactive extract from Agrocybe aegerita. The lifespan of fruit fly and spleen index, brain index,SOD activity in serum and lipofuscin level in 1iver of the mice were measured, and its acute toxic effect was studied. Results The bioactive extract from Agrocybe aegerita could significantly increase the mean lifespan and half death time of fruit flies. The percentage of life prolongation was 41.81% compared with the control. Compared to the models, SOD activity in serum,spleen index and brain index of male mice fed with 800mg/(kg.d) of the bioactive extract from Agrocybe aegerita were respectively increased by 42.36%, 33.33% and 17.85%,while lipofuscin content of liver decreased by 50.06%. 20g/(kg.d) of the bioactive extract from Agrocybe aegerita was safe for mouse. Conclusion The bioactive extract from Agrocybe aegerita have obviously antioxidative and antiaging effects with little side effect.

Objective To explore related factors of amputation in patients with diabetes foot ulcer(DFU) and provide the evidence of reducing amputation rate.Methods A total of 307 inpatients with DFU in this hospital from October 2013 to December 2015 were collected and divided into amputation group(n=28) and non-amputation group(n=279).The clinical data and laboratory data were treated with single variable analysis and multivariate Logistic regression analysis.Results Single variable analysis showed that hospitalization time,hyper-sensitive C-reactive(hs-CRP) and fibrinogen(FIB) level were significantly increased in amputation group(P＜0.05) when compared with non-amputation group,and the hemoglobin (Hb) level,high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL) and serum albumin (ALB) level in amputation group were markedly lower than in non-amputation group(P＜0.05).Amputation rate was significantly different among different Wagner grades (P=0.000).Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that hospitalization time,Wagner grade were independent risk factors of amputation in patients with DFU,OR values were 1.024(95％CI:1.009-1.039) and 2.779 (95％CI:1.753-4.404),respectively.While HDL was a protective factor of amputation in patient with DFU (OR=0.161;95％CI:0.036-0.729).Conclusion The higher the rank of Wanger in DFU patients are,the longer hospital stay and the higher amputation risk become.HDL is the protective factor of DFU amputation.

AIM:To study the effects of antagonistic peptides binding specifically with the first and second extracellular loops (ECL1 and ECL2) of C-C chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) on the colitis rats induced by trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) and the mechanisms.METHODS:The colitis model of SD rats was induced by TNBS (100 mg/kg).The effects of 2 antagonistic peptides at different doses (ECL1:25, 35 and 45 mg/kg;ECL2:15, 25 and 35 mg/kg) on the model rats including the changes of disease activity index (DAI), colon macroscopic damage index (CMDI) and histological grading were observed.The mRNA and protein expression levels of TNF-α and COX-2 in the colonic mucosa were detected by real-time PCR and Western blot, respectively.RESULTS:Compared with model group, the changes of DAI, CMDI and histopathological injury of the rats treated with ECL2 antagonistic peptide HY at an appropriate dose were significantly reduced (P<0.05), and the protein and mRNA expression levels of TNF-α and COX-2 were significantly decreased (P<0.05).However, the effects of ECL1 antagonistic peptide GH on all scores and the expression levels of TNF-α and COX-2 were not obvious.CONCLUSION:ECL2 antagonistic peptide HY relieves TNBS-induced colitis in SD rats via down-regulating the expressions of TNF-α and COX-2 in the colonic mucosa, while the effect of ECL1 antagonist peptide GH was not obvious.

Tripterygium glycosides preparation which extracted from the traditional Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii (TWHY), was widely used to treat the autoimmune diseases. Previous works demonstrated that TWHF had potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. But the different quality and high incident rate of side effects of different manufactures inhibited its clinical application. Since TWHF had been generally known to play a therapeutical effect by synergism of multiple constituents, it was necessary to build the relationship between the HPLC fingerprint and bioactivity so as to ensure the quality safety and efficacy. The HPLC fingerprint showed that description and content of peaks from different manufactures were diverse. Only 11 common peaks were found. In this study, mice spleen cells stimulated by Con A were used to test the proliferation inhibition bioactivity of TWHF preparations, which were incubated with 30, 15, 7.5, 3.75, 1.88 and 0.94 mg x L(-1) TWHF preparations for 48 h. The results showed that mice spleen cells proliferation was inhibited by all TWHF preparations significantly compared with the control group, which suggested the TWHF preparations showed immune suppress activity. The TWHF preparations from 7 manufacture showed different IC50 value, which might belong to different contents which showed in the HPLC fingerprint. Moreover, a relationship between the HPLC fingerprint and the bioactivity were established to identify important constituents by grey relational analysis (GRA). The result showed that all the contents were relative with the IC50, especially No. 5 and 10 peaks, but No. 1 peak, which was proved to be triptolide, had few contribute to the inhibition of mice spleen cells proliferation. The study of relationship between the HPLC fingerprint and the IC50 by GRA could help to investigate mechanism of bioactive and provide an evidence for the quantification of multi-constituents.
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