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Drug Industry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; United States ; United States Food and Drug Administration

Objective To analyze the effect of intravenous dripping of 3% sodium chloride solution on prevention of diluted hyponatremia during transurethral vaporization of the prostate (TUVP). Methods Eighty-five cases with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) accompanied with typical lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) were divided into two groups during undergoing TUVP operation: the control group(n=38) given Ringer's solution dripping (3ml/min) and the concentrated sodium chloride injection group(n= 47) given 3% sodium chloride solution dripping (2～4ml/min). All of the operations were taken via Wolf electric resection system, and the operation time was≥60 min. The complete blood count and serum electrolyte were determined before operation and 60 minutes after operation beginning, and the data were compared between the two groups. Results The decrease amplitude of serum sodium was obviously smaller in concentrated sodium chloride injection group[(1.45±5.14)mmol/L] than that in the control group[(7.79±6.64) mmol/L] 60 minutes after operation beginning (P<0.05). Conclusions Giving 3% sodium chloride solution by intravenous drip during TUVP may reduce the severity of diluted hyponatremia and postpone the occurrence of hyponatremia, and thereby decrease the risk of transurethral resection syndrome.

Objective To evaluate the procedure of diagnosis and treatment for cystitis glandularis in female. Methods Forty-seven patients were classified into 3 groups randomly after being operated by tuansurethral resection:15 cases without any other therapy(A group), 16 cases with bladder instillation of pirarubicin afterward (B group), 16 cases with bladder instillation of mitomycin afterward (C group). Symptomatic reliof and recurrence were investigated in 1-year follow-up visit. Results Forty-four cases had fulfilled the entire follow-up visit. The effective rates of the three groups were 38.5%,87.5% and 86.7% respectively (X2=13.80,P＜0.01 ), the recurrence rate was 30.8% ,0,13.3% respectively (X2=4.86,P＞0.05).Conclusions The clinical situation of cystitis glandularis has no specificity. Cystisis glandularis has diversification of the clinical symptoms, urodynamics. Transurethral resection with bladder instillation is more effective than transttrethral resection simply, the recurrence rate is lower.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of Tongshenluo Capsule (TSL) on the components of extracellular matrix (ECM) and their metabolism in kidney of rats with diabetic nephropathy (DN), and to explore its mechanism of kidney protecting.

METHODSThe DN model rats established by one side nephrectomy and intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin were randomly divided into 5 groups, the sham-operation group, the model group, the Valsartan group, the Gliquidon group, and the TSL group, 10 in each group. Levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) and 24-h urinary micro-content of albumin (24 h mAlb) were determined dynamically; the serum glycosyl hemoglobin (HbA1c)was determined after the last medication; the ultrastructural changes of kidney were observed by transmission electron microscope; the expressions of collagen IV (IV-C), fibronctin (FN), laminin(LN), and the ECM metabolism influencing factors, including MMP-2, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP-2), transfer growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) in renal tissue were detected by immunohistological chemistry and image collecting analytical system. Results TSL could decrease the levels of FBG, HbA1c, 24 h mAlb (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), ameliorate the thickness of glomerular basement membrane (GBM), decrease the components of ECM, down-regulate TGF-beta1 and TIMP-2 expression, and up-regulate MMP-2 expression (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONTSL plays a role of kidney protection by decreasing the ECM components expression and regulate ECM metabolism.

Animals ; Capsules ; Collagen Type IV ; metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ; metabolism ; Diabetic Nephropathies ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Extracellular Matrix ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Fibronectins ; metabolism ; Kidney ; drug effects ; metabolism ; pathology ; Laminin ; metabolism ; Male ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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Objective To investigate the effect of cell death by HIV-1 infection on gene 90K/Mac-2BP by RNA interference (RNAi) in U937 cell line.Methods We used human monocyte-macrophage cell line U937 as the cell model.Cells were infected by HIV-1 ( R5-tropic) 5 days, and then stained by PE-Annexin V and PerCP-7-AAD.90K/Mac-2BP in U937 cell line was knocked down , and these cells were infected by HIV-1 for 5 days.Then, cells were stained by PE-AnnexinV and PerCP-7-AAD.Apoptosis were examined upon flow cytometry .Results The percentages of Annexin V+cells without 90K/Mac-2BP knock-down were (16.27 ±0.30)% by HIV-1 infection.The percentages of them with 90K/Mac-2BP knock-down were (31.26 ±0.35)%, (25.76 ±0.30)%, (23.69 ±0.33)% respectively.The increase of cell apoptosis rate for HIV-1-infected U937 cells by 90K/Mac-2BP siRNA transfection was significantly greater than that for HIV-1-infected untreated cells (P﹤0.01).Conclusion The apoptosis of HIV-1-infected U937 cells was regulated by the expression of 90K/Mac-2BP.

Astrocytoma ; pathology ; Brain Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Ganglioneuroma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein ; metabolism ; Humans ; Intermediate Filament Proteins ; metabolism ; Male ; Nerve Tissue Proteins ; metabolism ; Nestin ; Neurons ; pathology ; Oligodendroglioma ; pathology ; Synaptophysin ; metabolism ; Vimentin ; metabolism ; Young Adult

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Ki-1 Antigen ; metabolism ; Lymph Nodes ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Neck ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ; metabolism

OBJECTIVE To observe the effects of Dexamethasone on the expression of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNG channels) mRNA of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR). METHODS Forty Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: 24-hours Dexamethasone treated group and its control group; 2-weeks Dexamethasone treated group and its control group. Dexamethasone was injected i.p. (1 mg/kg for 24-hours group, 0.2 mg/d for 2-weeks group). Control group rats were injected with the same volume of normal saline. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR was performed to evaluate mRNA production of CNGA2 subunits. RESULTS In Dexamethasone-injected rats, the up-regulation of CNGA2 mRNA was observed in 2-weeks group(P