Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Moyamoya Disease ; therapy ; Posterior Cerebral Artery ; abnormalities ; Young Adult

10.3969/j.issn.1007-3969.2013.05.005

Objective To study the chemical constituents from the exocarp of Juglans mandshurica.Methods The compounds were isolated by Diaion HP-20,Sephadex LH-20,MCI CHP-20,and silica gel column chromatography.Their structures were identified by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic analysis.Results Twelve compounds were elucidated as pinostrobin (Ⅰ),quercetin (Ⅱ),quercetin-3-O-?-D-glucoside (Ⅲ),chrysophanol (Ⅳ),gallic acid (Ⅴ),4-hydroxyl-cinnamic acid methyl ester (Ⅵ),vanillin (Ⅶ),caffeic acid (Ⅷ),4-hydroxylcinnamic acid (Ⅸ),?-sitosterol (Ⅹ),daucosterol (Ⅺ),and 5-hydroxyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (ⅩⅡ).Conclusion The compounds Ⅰ,Ⅳ,and Ⅵ—Ⅸ are isolated from J.mandshurica for the first time.

Objective To study the probability of transferring the regulatory T cells induced by TGF-β1 to prolong the allograft survival and the mechanisms involved.Methods According to the different culture conditions.three experimental groups were established:control group(T cells from C57 BL/6 mice cultured with II-2),MLR group(T cells from C57BL/6 mice activated by alloantigen)and TGF-βgroup(T cells from C57BL/6 mice activated by alloantigen and cultured with 5.0 ng/ml TGF-β1).After the culture,the ratio of CI4+CD25+T and the Foxq3 expression were measured by FACS and RT-PCR,respectively.On 9th day,the pathologic analysis was performed and the ratios of TH1,TH2 and Treg and the proliferation of lymphocytes were measured.Results The ratio of CD4+CD25+T in TGF-β group was higher than that in control group and MLR group(P<0.05),and Foxp3 was expressed in CD4+CD25+T cell from TGF-βgroup.After transferring ofthe cells,the allografi survival time in TGF-β group was prolonged and its mean survival time(MST)was(22.8±1.9)d,which was longer than that in MLR group and control group (P0.05),lower than that of control group(P<0.05). And the ratio of CD4+CD25+T in TGF-β group was higher than that in control and MLR group obviously(P

BACKGROUND:Methylprednisolone has been used for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury but there is a dispute about the efficacy and safety of methylprednisolon. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of methylprednisolon based on system review. METHODS:PubMed database, EMBASE database, Cochrane Library, ISI Web of knowledge, CBM database, VIP database, CNKI database and Wanfang database were searched from their start year up to December 2014 for relevant randomized clinical trials on the treatment of acute spinal cord injury with methylprednisolon. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Twelve randomized clinical trials with 642 acute spinal cord injury patients were included. The results of the Meta analysis showed: methylprednisolone+conventional therapy was better to improve American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) motor function score, ASIA touch sensation score, ASIA pinprick sensation score and the overal Frankel score than the conventional therapy alone (control group) with statistical significance (P < 0.05). In the aspect of safety, the methylprednisolone group had higher death ratio, digestive tract reaction ratio and urinary infection ratio than the control group but with no statistical significance. The gastrointestinal bleeding ratio and lung infection ratio was significantly higher in the methylprednisolone group than the control group (P < 0.05). We conclude that methylprednisolone has protective effect on acute spinal cord injury, but the main side effects are gastrointestinal bleeding and lung infection. There is a need for high-quality randomized controled trials to prove the efficiency and safety of methylprednisolone.

Background and purpose:Early evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with hepatic cancer is still a diffcult clinical problem. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of the apparent diffusion coeffcient (ADC) to help predict early disease progression after TACE.Methods:Institutional review board approval was obtained, and all patients signed informed consent. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) (b=50, 500, 1 000 mm2/s) were performed before and 1 month after initiating TACE for 23 patients with hepatic cancer (14 were male, 9 were female; mean age: 53.3 years;range: 21-85 years). Contrast-enhanced MRI was performed 3 months after initiating TACE. Patients were classiifed as either progressing or non-progressing according to RECIST 1.1. The preoperative ADC values of tumor and the ADC values of tumor 1 month after TACE were analyzed by pairedt-test in both progressing and non-progressing group. Unpairedt-test was used to compare ADC parameters between progressing and non-progressing group. In all the 23 hepatic cancer patients, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to determine a threshold ADC ratio (ADC%) to differentiate progressing from non-progressing patients.Results:Thirteen progressing and 9 non-progressing patients were evaluated. Increase in ADCs of tumor was observed in non-progressing patients at 1 month after TACE compared with preoperative ADCs. There was a signiifcant difference between the 2 groups (P=0.01). In progressing group, preoperative ADCs of tumor were similar to those at 1 month after TACE (P=0.221). There was no significant difference in preoperative ADCs of tumor and ADC% between the progressing and non-progressing groups. In patients with hepatic cancer, 1 month ADC ratio in non-progressing patients were signiifcantly higher than those of progressing patients (P=0.029). Using ROC to evaluate the ability of ADC% could predict early disease pro-gression after TACE. Using -6.455% as the threshold, the area under the ROC curve was 0.867 (95%CI: 0.643-1.000). The sensitivity was 100%, and the speciifcity was 66.7%.Conclusion:One month after TACE, the increases in ADCs of tumor were observed only in the non-progressing group; and the ADC ratio seems to be a promising tool for helping predict the early disease progression after TACE in patients with hepatic cancer.

Objective:To analyze the relationship of lipoprotein associated phospholipase A 2 (Lp-PLA2) and severity of coronary atherosclerosis, and evaluate the effects of rosuvastatin at different doses on the concentration of plasma Lp -PLA2.Methods: Totally 152 cases of patients with suspected coronary heart disease were treated with coronary angiography .According to the results of angiogra-phy, the patients were divided into the coronary heart disease group ( n=117 ) and the normal control group ( without coronary heart disease,n=35).Gensini integral scale was performed and referring to the number of diseased coronary arteries , the degree of coronary atherosclerosis was evaluated .The concentration of serum Lp-PLA2 was detected and the relationship of Lp-PLA2 and the severity of coronary plaque was evaluated .Meanwhile , the patients with coronary heart disease were divided into 2 groups and orally treated with rosuvastatin respectively at the routine dose (10 mg· d-1 ) and the loading dose (20 mg· d-1 ).The changes of the plasma concentra-tion of Lp-PLA2 before the treatment, in the 2nd, 4th,8th and 12th week after the medication were measured and the effect of atorvastatin at different doses on the plasma concentration of Lp-PLA2 was summarized .Results: The plasma Lp-PLA level in the control group was (22.22 ±1.75) μmol· ml-1, while that in the coronary heart disease group was (29.03 ±3.99) μmol· ml-1(P<0.05).The differences in Lp-PLA2 levels between the groups with different Gensini scores of coronary heart disease were statistically significant ( P<0.05).The higher scores were, the higher Lp-PLA2 levels were.The results of multivariate analysis showed that the severity of cor-onary atherosclerosis was significant and positive correlated with Lp-PLA2 level (OR=1.613,P<0.05).In the 2nd, 4th, 8th and 12th week after the medication , Lp-PLA2 levels in the loading dose group were significantly lower than those in the routine dose group ( P<0.05).In the 2nd, 4th, 8th and 12th week after the medication, the degree scores of coronary artery stenosis in the loading dose group were reduced.The decreasing range was significantly greater than that in the routine dose group (P<0.05).The incidence of adverse cardiovascular events in the routine dose group (27.12%) was significantly higher than that in the loading dose group (6.90%) ( P<0.05).The incidence of adverse drug reactions in the routine dose group was 11.86%, while that in the loading dose group was 18.97%(P>0.05).Conclusion:Lp-PLA2 is correlated with the severity of coronary plaque .High dose of rosuvastatin can reduce plasma Lp-PLA2 concentration in the patients .

Bone Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Osteosarcoma ; diagnosis ; Prognosis

Objective To reveal the influence of environmental factors on the active components in Scutellaria baicalensis through analyzing the data sampled from the herbal plants along the altitudinal gradient in mountainous region of Western Beijing.Methods In total 85 individuals of S.baicalensis herbs were collected and the surface soils under each of the plant were also sampled from eight different habitats,with an interval of about 100—150 m vertically ranging from 800 to 1 800 m in August through September,2007.The contents of active components in the herbal samples,namely baicalin,wogonoside,baicalein,wogonin,and oroxylin A were determined by HPLC.The organic matter and the total nitrogen contents in the soil samples were analyzed through standard measurement process.The various habitat conditions represented by temperature were estimated through a vertical lapse rate of-0.56 ℃/100 m,and those by precipitation and solar radiation calculated according to the isoline maps.Results The signi-ficant positive correlations were observed only between the contents of baicalin,wogonoside and the elevation.Both those two contents showed the significant negative correlations with the annual mean temperature and precipitation,while showed positive with annual mean solar radiation.No coorelation with any statistical significance was observed between the contents of active components in S.baicalensis and the soil parameters in this study.Conclusion It seems that the plants of S.baicalensis growing in a habitat with annual mean temperature within a range of 2—6 ℃ could concentrate relatively rich contents of active components.Within the natural distribution areas of S.baicalensis,the habitats with an annual tem-perature averaged at 3—4 ℃ tend to be the most fitting sites for growing best quality S.baicalensis rich in active components,and those sites are almost coincident with the environment for trueborn production area of traditional S.baicalensis herbs.

Objective To study the responsible genes of psoriasis vulgaris on chromosome 1q21 in Chinese Han population.Methods Thirty-six families with psoriasis vulgaris,including 92 patients and 98 normal relatives,aged from 12 to 81 years with an average age at 44 years,were enrolled in this study.Blood samples were obtained from all the participants and subjected to DNA extraction.A genome scan was performed with eight microsatellites distributing over chromosome 1q21-1q23.1.Evidence for linkage disequilibrium was assessed with extended transmission disequilibrium test(ETDT)program and Genehunter software.Results Three short tandem repeat markers were found to be associated with psoriasis vulgaris.With Genehunter,evidence for linkage disequilibrium between D1S2345 and psoriasis was found with the NPL value being 1.735(P=0.0329).Moreover,ETDT revealed that the 97-bp allele of D1S2346 and 283-bp allele of D1S484 were preferentially delivered to affected descendants(P＜0.05).Conclusion Chromosome 1q21 contains genes associated with psoriasis vulgaris in Chinese Han population.