The pathogenesis of post- infectious irritable bowel syndrome(PI-IBS)involves abnormal intestinal immune barrier, which possibly includes the pathological aspects: Intestinal and systemic changes in T lymphocyte; the change of inflammatory cytokines; a increase in intestinal mast cells and enterochromaffin cells and so on. Treatment by western medicine based largely on symptomatic treatment. TCM thinks that the fundamental organ of the irritable bowel syndrome is the liver. Emotional factors inducing liver dysfunction lead to the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. The pathogenesis of IBS is, the disorder of movement of qi in liver and spleen. Stagnation of liver-QI with deficiency of the spleen or disharmony between liver and spleen is the key pathogenesis of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome. On this basis, in various stages of the disease, there may be a different pathogenesis. As a special type of IBS, the balance of vital qi and evil factors determine the disease progression of PI-IBS, in the treatment course also should not forget dispelling pathogenic factors while strengthening body resistance, tonifying deficiency and removing dampness。

(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG),a natural medicine with anti-neoplastic activity,significantly prevent cancers via inhibiting tumor cell proliferation,suppressing angiogenesis and promoting apoptosis,etc.Furthermore,the new discoveries about anti-tumor mechanisms of EGCG in digestive system,reproductive system and respiratory system shorten the course of EGCG application in clinical.

Objective:To build up discriminatory formulas for TCM Syndrome Differentiation Type(TCMSDT) of Aplastic Anemia(AA),discuss ??T subset and their relation with discriminatory formulas.Method:Under the cytometry technique,immuno-indexes in peripheral blood of 34 AA patients and 34 healthy persons were detected.Then build up discriminatory formulas to quantify TCMSDT of AA,and to analyze relations between the subset and TCMSDT.Result:Firstly,absolute value of CD45RA~(+),CD3~(+)CD25~(+) and CD3~(+)HLA-DR~(+),CD3~(+)CD25~(+)(%)and CD4~(+)??T(%)are singled out to make up discriminatory formulas,the total correct ratio is 76.5%.Secondly,vs.control,CD4~(+)??T(%)is statistically in deficiency of kidney-yang group(P

New progress of myelodysplastic syndomes (MDS) in the 55th ASH annual meeting on 5-azacytidine and decitabine was reviewed.Except in older females,the survival time for a diagnosis of MDS in the United States does not seem to have substantially improved since the introduction of 5-azacytidine into the market in 2004.However,clinical and mechanism data suggest that judicious,mechanism-based application and optimization of these agents will have increasingly meaningful impact.Moreover,these drugs are exemplars of an inspiring alternative to the traditional cytotoxic paradigm and should pave the way for additional relatively nontoxic but broadly effective agents.

New progress of myelodysplastic syndomes (MDS) in the 55th ASH annual meeting on allogeneic transplantation were reviewed.Even though the IPSS was developed mainly to determine the prognostic risk in newly diagnosed MDS patients,its predictive value concerning posttransplantation outcome has bcen confirmed in several studies.According to a decision model published a decade ago,patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk MDS by IPSS criteria should be considered for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) at the time of diagnosis if an HLA-matched donor is available at this time.Given the age of most MDS patients,therapeutic interventions are per se often limited to rather nonintensive treatment approaches.This article reviews the current evidence for allogeneic HCT as a therapeutic option in the context of disease-specific characteristics and current available alternative treatments.

Plant alkaloids have anti-tumor activities.In recent years,the anti-tumor mechanisms of plant alkaloid are demonstrated to be related to the block of tumor cell cycle,the induction of tumor cell apoptosis,the inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and multi-drug resistance.In addition,most recently,plant alkaloids are found to inhibit telomerase activity and induce autophagy.Therefore,plant alkaloids may be developed into a sort of potential antitumor drugs.

Objective:To evaluate the shoulder functions of four groups of patients who underwent different kinds of neck dissections.Methods:40 patients who underwent neck dissection were included,7 patients preserved both accessory nerve and the cervical branches,8 preserved accessory nerve,11 preserved cervical branches and 14 sacrificed both of them.All patients were assessed subjectively at 2 weeks and 6 months after operation,using a questionnaire and an electromyograghy method.Results:The patients whose accessory nerves were preserved had a significant functional rehabilitation of the shoulder,while those who preserved only the cervical branches had a better result than the RND 6 months postoperation.Conclusion: Preservation of the branches from C2-C4 to trapezius muscle during the modified neck dissection should be taken into consideration to improve shoulder functions.

Object To investigate the effects of resveratrol (Res) on the proliferation and apoptosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE-2Z. Methods IC 50 values were detected by MTT assay. The apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry (FCM), Hoechst 33258/PI fluorescence staining, and DNA agarose gel electrophoresis. Results After CNE-2Z cells were treated with different concentrations of Res for 24, 48, and 72 h, their IC 50 values were (109.2?7.5), (83.6?6.0), and (54.3?2.8) ?mol/L respectively (P

The research progresses of iron homeostasis and the diagnosis of hereditary iron overload in the 56th American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meetings were reviewed.Over the last 2 decades,the discovery of mutations in genes leading to hereditary disorders of iron overload,iron deficiency,and iron maldistribution had accelerated our understanding of human iron homeostasis.This article provided an updated overview of the human iron cycle,regulation of iron homeostasis,how perturbations in these homeostatic mechanisms led to iron overload disease and strategies for the diagnosis of hereditary iron overload.

Progress of guidelines for quantifying iron overload in the 56th American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meetings was reviewed.This article reviewed the use of historical data,serological measures,and MRI to estimate somatic iron burden.Before chelation therapy utilization,transfusional volume was an accurate method for estimating liver iron burden,whereas transferrin saturation reflected the risk of extrahepatic iron deposition.Liver biopsy was invasive and plagued by sampling variability.In the current study,we recommended annual liver iron concentration to be measured by MRI for all patients on chronic transfusion therapy.And it was important to measure cardiac T2* by MRI every 6-24 months depending on the clinical risk of cardiac iron deposition.Recent validation data for pancreas and pituitary iron assessments was also presented,while the further confirmatory data was suggested before these techniques could be recommended for routine clinical use.