Objective To study the effects of treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with modified TongXieYaoFang. Methods 83 IBS patients were randomly recruited into a treatment group (45 patients) and a control group (38 patients). In the control group, Trimebutine, 200mg, and Bifid triple viable capsule, 420mg, 3 times/day was given orally to the patients, while on the basis of that, the treatment group was administrated with modified TongXieYaoFang in addition. Both groups were treated for one course of 4 weeks. Results The total effective rate of the treatment group and the control group was 93.3% and 71.1% respectively, showing significant difference between the two groups (X2=7.2938, P<0.01 ). Conclusion TongXieYaoFang combined with western medicine is effective in treating IBS.

Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of multiple primary carcinoma (MPC) in elderly patients and the effects of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy on the prognosis and advanced cancer genesis. Methods The study population consisted of 220 elderly patients with malignant tumor. Thirty-seven elderly patients with MPC were selected in the study. The characteristics including onset age, carcinoma sites, effects of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, interval and survival time between first and advanced cancer were analyzed. Results of the 220 subjects,37(16.8%) patients were MPC, among whom 2 patients were synchronous multiple primary carcinomas (SMPC) and 35 patients were metachronous multiple primary carcinomas(MMPC). The median ages at onset were 70,77 and 77.5 years old for the first,second and third tumor respectively. Among a total of 82 tumor focus, the most predilection site of MPC was gastrointestinal tract, with a 34.2%(28 cases) in colorectum and a 13.4%(11 cases) in stomach. The postoperative patients were divided into two groups: 23 accepted adjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy group) and 14 accepted no adjuvant chemotherapy (no chemotherapy group). The survival time of chemotherapy group was significantly longer than no chemotherapy group (x2= 4.63, P = 0.0427 ). The median intervals between the first and the second cancer were 6 years and 4 years in chemotherapy group and no chemotherapy group, respectively(x2=1.63, P = 0.207), while the median intervals between the second and the third cancer were 7 years and 2 years, respectively(x2 = 4.255,P=0.043). The mediansurvival time of the third cancer postoperative patients were 3.5 years and 7 months in chemotherapy group and no chemotherapy group, respectively (x2 = 4.62, P = 0.0316 ) . ConclusionsPostoperative adjuvant chemotherapy may prolong the survival time and delay the advanced cancer genesis in elderly patients with MPC.

Objective To study the influence of the operation through tubular stomach plus mechanical anastomosis on the life quality of patients with esophageal cancer.Methods Seventy patients with esophageal cancer were treated by operation,tubular stomach plus mechanical anastomosis were used.They were followed up for six months.The quality of life was evaluated.Results The average time for the operation was 120 min and the average amount of bleeding was 291.3ml.Compared with before surgery,there was significant difference in emotion,activity,sleep and diet ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion The operation through tubular stomach plus mechanical anastomosis could significantly improve the quality of life of patients with esophageal cancer.

Objective To compare the renal effects of dopamine and dobutamine in patients with sepsis.Methods 90 patients with sepsis were admitted to this study.After resuscitation,each patient was randomly given different vasoactive agent.The changes in urine output,fractional excretion of sodium(FeNa),and creatinine clearance(CCr)were observed.Results The urine output and FeNa in dopamine group were increased significantly as compared with control group and dobutamine group[(3072±480),(2038±515)and(362±522)ml/24h,(3.80±1.09),(2.06±1.14)and(2.10±0.95)%](P＜0.05).Compared with control group and dopamine group,CCr increased significantly in dobutamine group[(79.2±39.1),(50.6±21.8)and(47.4±16.7)ml/min](P＜0.05).Conclusion Dopamine infusion markedly elevates urine output and FeNa,but has no effect on CCr.Dobutamine treatment misht significantly increase CCr,but has no effect on urine output.

BACKGROUND:With the development of tissue engineering technology, repairing large-area bone defects using tissue-engineered bone has become a hot spot.
OBJECTIVE:To introduce the bone tissue engineering seed cel s, cytokines, as wel as the characteristics of scaffold materials and their vascularization.
METHODS:With the key words of“bone tissue engineering, scaffold, vascularization”in Chinese and in English, respectively, a computer-based search of articles published from January 2000 to January 2012 was performed in CNKI and PubMed databases. Articles with the summary of bone tissue engineering, bone tissue engineering scaffolds and scaffold vascularization were included.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The selection of seed cel s, application of cytokines, scaffold material performance and degree of vascularization in bone tissue engineering has an important influence on the repair of bone injuries. Appropriate seed cel s is the study foundation in bone tissue engineering, cytokines serve as catalysts, and scaffold materials with good three-dimensional structure can promote cel growth and proliferation, tissue ingrowth, osteogenesis and vascularization. Each scaffold has its own inadequacies, so the combination of a variety of materials can reach a combined effect to meet the clinical demand. In addition, it is important to actively seek new material preparation technology and improve the existing methods, in order to create a more excel ent scaffold. But the vascularization is stil a major test for bone tissue engineering. Current methods to promote vascularization of tissue-engineered bone have some defects. For examples, the use of growth factors to promote vascularization can lead to disease progression in patients with metabolic abnormalities during;microsurgical techniques for tissue engineering bone vascularization are easy to cause trauma and deformity at other parts, which is not conducive to the patient’s physical rehabilitation.

With the understanding of the function mechanism of RNAi,it has been widely applied in various fields.RNAi is a powerful tool to study gene functions and provides a new technical method for the specific gene treatment as well.The further development of RNAi technique opens up a new way for tumor gene treatment.

Toxoplasma gondii is a medically and agriculturally important protozoan parasite that can infect virtually all the mammalian and avian species. Previous studies showed that the family of rhoptry proteins (ROPs) plays a key role in the invasion process of T. gondii, and its several members can be potential marker for population genetic researches of Toxoplasma. In order to estimate whether other member is also suitable as the novel genetic marker, the variation of ROP41 gene among 11 T. gondii isolates from different hosts and geographical locations and two reference strains was examined in this study. Our results showed that all the examined sequence of TgROP41 gene was 1473 bp in length, and their A+T contents were between 48.47% and 48.88%. Sequence analysis presented 14 nucleotide mutation positions (0%-0.54%), leading to 5 amino acid substitutions (0%-0.61%) through alignment with T. gondii ME49 strain (ToxoDB: TGME49_266100). Furthermore, phylogenetic analyses by MP and BI methods based on deduced amino acid sequences of TgROP41 gene was only able to distinguish the type I strain, but not able to separate the two classical genotypes (Type II and III) into the respective clusters. These results indicated limited sequence diversity in the TgROP41 gene.

Objective To explore the TCM pathogenesis based on the analyses of TCM pattern elements. Methods TCM pattern elements of 84 patients with middle-late pancreatic cancer to analyze the TCM disease location and characteristics by their frequency and the contribution scores. Results A total of 84 patients were included, TCM disease location with the top 10 rank of the contribution scores were spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder, kidney, intestine, lung, heart, spleen, stomach, while they were significantly higher than others (P<0.05). And the TCM pattern elements with the top 5 rank of the contribution scores were qi deficiency, dampness, heat, blood stasis, toxin, while they were significantly higher than others (P<0.01). Conclusions TCM disease locations of middle-late pancreatic cancer were mainly in spleen and stomach, and TCM pattern element were excessive patterns with qi deficiency, deficiency patterns with dampness, heat, blood stasis and toxin.

Objective:To analyze the effect of bisoprolol on the cardiopulmonary function in the patients with CHF complicated with COPD. Methods:A retrospective study was used. Totally 60 cases of patients were divided into the observation group(30 cases) and the control group(30 cases)according to the different treatment method. The patients in the control group were treated with con-ventional methods including cardiotonic drugs,vasodilators,anticoagulation,myocardial nutrition and so on,while the patients in the observation group were treated with bisoprolol additionally at the initial dose of 1. 25mg,and the dose was increased to 10mg at the rate of 1. 25 mg/1-2 weeks. The cardiopulmonary function,clinical efficacy and adverse reactions of the two groups were compared after 3-month treatment. Results:The complete response rate and effective rate of the observation group were both higher than those of the control group(P<0. 05). All indices of cardiac function were improved in the two groups after the treatment(P<0. 05),and the im-provement of the observation group was better than that of the control group(P<0. 05). There was no obvious change in the pulmonary function before and after the treatment(P>0. 05). The incidence of adverse reactions in the two groups showed no significant differ-ence(P>0. 05). Conclusion:Bisoprolol combined with conventional treatment can improve cardiac function of the patients with CHF and COPD. The adverse effect on lung function is mild. Bisoprolol is safe and effective,which is worthy of promoted application.