Objective: To investigate the awareness of hepatitis C prevention and control knowledge and its influencing factors among female sex workers (FSWs) in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Methods: According to the HIV/AIDS Sentinel Surveillance Plan, FSWs at ages of 15 to 65 years monitored by the national AIDS surveillance sentinel in Jiaxing City were recruited, and demographic information, awareness of hepatitis C prevention and control knowledge and related behaviors were collected by questionnaire surveys. Factors affecting the awareness of hepatitis C prevention and control knowledge were identified by a multivariable logistic regression model. Results: A total of 430 questionnaires were allocated, and 412 were valid, with an effective rate of 95.81%. The respondents had a mean age of (28.58±4.93) years, and included 258 unmarried FSWs (62.62%), 344 with registered residence outside Zhejiang Province (83.50%), 212 with junior high school education or below (51.46%) and 243 from high-end entertainment places (58.98%). The overall awareness of hepatitis C prevention and control knowledge among FSWs was 20.39%, and the awareness of "Transfusion of blood containing hepatitis C virus may acquire hepatitis C" (38.83%) and the awareness of "tattooing, eyebrow tattooing and ear piercing in streets or small shops may infect hepatitis C" (38.11%) were relatively low. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified marital status (divorced or widowed, OR=0.161, 95%CI: 0.054-0.482), educational level (high school or technical secondary school, OR=2.568, 95%CI: 1.446-4.560; junior college or above, OR=6.110, 95%CI: 2.658 -14.045) and grade of entertainment places (high-end entertainment places, OR=2.756, 95%CI: 1.525-4.982) as factors affecting the awareness of hepatitis C prevention and control knowledge among FSWs. Conclusion FSWs in Jiaxing City have a low awareness of hepatitis C prevention and control knowledge, especially lacking of knowledge about the transmission routes and prognosis of hepatitis C.

Objective To explore the effect of cutaneous never anastomosis on sensory recovery in repairing wide spreadly soft tissue defects in dorsal hand with free anterolateral femoral flap. Methods The cases with wide spreadly soft tissue defects in dorsal hand repaired with free anterolateral femoral flap from January 2006 to December 2012 were divided into 2 groups. The control group including 15 consecutive patients from January 2006 to January 2009, whose sensation was reconstructed in routine way. Other 15 consecutive patients from Febnary 2009 to December 2012 were as research group, whose sensation was reconstructed with the suture of cutaneous nevers of anterolateral femoral flaps and forearm. All the patients were followed up for 12~24 months. Results All the free flaps survived in both groups. There were 4 cases good of sensory recovery in the control group, and it was 11 in the research group. No ulceration happened. Conclusion Cutaneous never anastomosis may result in satisfactory sensory function in the patients with wide spreadly soft tissue descts in dorsal hand repaired with free anterolateral femoral flap.

Objective To compare the efficacy of thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban and nitroglycerol injection through the aspiration catheter versus the guiding catheter during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).Methods Thirty-four patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI and receiving thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban and nitroglyeerol injection through the aspiration catheter were enrolled as the aspiration group (n =34),and those who had similar coronary angiography results and basic characteristics but receiving thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban and nitroglycerol injection through the guiding catheter were served as the guiding group ( n =33 ).The outcomes of the two groups were observed and compared.Results There was no significant change of blood pressure between before and after injection in the aspiration group ( P ＞ 0.05 ),but the change of blood pressure was significant after injection compared with before injection in the guiding group ( P ＜ 0.01 ).The cTn-I,BNP,peak-value of CK-MB,peak-time of CK-MB,TIMI grade 3 flow,slow-reflow in IRA after PCI in the aspiration group were superior to those in the guiding group ( t =3.92,P ＜ 0.01 ;t =4.70,P ＜ 0.01 ; t =3.39,P ＜ 0.01 ; t =7.17,P ＜0.01 ; x2 =3.877,P ＜ 0.05 ; x2 =3.876,P ＜ 0.05 ).LVEF,LVEDd and LVESd after 1 month in the aspiration group were superior to those in the guiding group (t =5.99,P ＜ 0.01 ;t =4.53,P ＜ 0.01 ;t =8.12,P ＜ 0.01 ),but no significant differences of LVEF,LVEDd,LVESd were found after 1 week resolution of sum of ST-segment elevation and the MACE rates after PCI were found between the two group ( P ＞ 0.05 ).Conclusion Application of thrombus aspiration catheter combined with intracoronary tirofiban injection through the aspiration catheter is more effective than through the guiding catheter in patients with Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,which could decrease slow-reflow phenomenon and improve re-perfusion and left ventricular function with better clinical outcomes.

OBJECTIVETo explore the inhibition of Tangtong Recipe (TTR) on proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in rat model of diabetes mellitus using seropharmacological and modern molecular biological technologies.

METHODSThe drug-serum of TTR was prepared by feeding pure-breed New Zealand rabbits at various doses (18 mL/kg, 13 mL/kg, and 8 mL/kg) of TTR, and used to intervene the VSMCs get from the iliac artery of diabetic model rats cultured by tissue block plantation. The impact of drug-serum on VSMCs proliferation was estimated through measuring tritiated thymine deoxy-ribonucleotide (3H-TDR) incorporation using liquid-scintillation detector, and the cell cycle was detected using flow cytometry.

RESULTSThe 3H-TDR incorporation in cells after intervention with various doses of TTR drug-serum were reduced significantly, in a concentration-dependent manner, to the level lower than that in the normal serum control group (P < 0.01). And the percentage of S and G2/M phase cells in the drug-serum treated groups also were markedly lower than that in the normal control group (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONDrug-serum of TTR could inhibit the proliferation of VSMC of diabetic rat in vitro in a concentration-dependent manner.

Animals ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ; pathology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Iliac Artery ; cytology ; Male ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular ; pathology ; Rabbits ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Serum

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The purpose of the study was to observe the effect of rapamycin (RAPA) on the differentiation and maturation of rat bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) in vitro. BMDCs from Wistar rats were cultured with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor plus interleukin-4 in the presence or absence of RAPA (20 ng/mL), and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 24 h before cells and supernatants were collected. Surface phenotype of BMDCs was flow-cytometrically detected to determine the expression of maturation markers, MHC class II and CD86. Supernatants were analyzed for the production of IL-12 and IFN-gamma cytokines by using ELISA. BMDCs were co-cultured with T cells from Lewis rats and mixed lymphocyte reaction was assessed by MTT method. The morphology of BMDCs stimulated with LPS remained immature after RAPA pretreatment. RAPA significantly decreased the CD86 expression, impaired the IL-12 and IFN-gamma production of BMDCs stimulated with LPS, and inhibited the proliferation of allogeneic T cells. In conclusion, RAPA can inhibit the maturation of BMDCs stimulated with LPS in terms of the morphology, surface phenotype, cytokine production, and ability of BMDCs to stimulate the proliferation of allogeneic T cells in vitro.

A new cadinane-type sesquiterpenoid, pogocablene P (1), and a new natural product with cyclohexanone skeleton, pogocablone A (2), were isolated from the EtOAc soluble fraction of the aerial parts of Pogostemon cablin by several chromatographic methods, such as silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, ODS and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and so on. Their structures were identified by means of mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In addition, the absolute configuration of compound 2 was determined by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculation. Furthermore, the anti-influenza virus and anti-inflammatory activities of compounds 1 and 2 were evaluated.

On account of the dense cuticles of the fresh stem and the light, hard and pliable texture of the dried stem, Dendrobii Caulis is difficult to dry or pulverize. So, it is very important to the ancient doctors that Dendrobii Caulis should be properly treated and applied to keep or evoke its medicinal effects. The current textual research results about the preliminary processing, processing and usage methods of Dendrobii Caulis showed that: (1) In history the clinical use of fresh or processed Dendrobii Caulis as teas and tinctures were very common. (2) Its roots and rhizomes would be removed before using. (3) Some ancillary approaches were applied to shorten drying times, such as rinsing with boiling mulberry-ash soup, washing or soaking with liquor, mixing with rice pulp and then basking, etc. (4) According to the ancients knowledge, the sufficient pulverization, by means of slicing, rasping, hitting or pestling techniques, was necessary for Dendrobii Caulis to take its effects. (5) The heat processing methods for Dendrobii Caulis included stir-baking, stir-frying, steaming, decocting and stewing techniques, usually with liquor as an auxiliary material. Among above mentioned, steaming by pretreating with liquor was most commonly used, and this scheme was colorfully drawn in Bu Yi Lei Gong Pao Zhi Bian Lan (Ming Dynasty, 1591 CE) ; moreover, decocting in advance or long-time simmering so as to prepare paste products were recommended in the Qing Dynasty. (6) Some different processing programs involving stir-baking with grit, air-tightly baking with ondol (Kangs), fumigating with sulfur, which appeared in modern times and brought attractive outward appearance of the drug, went against ancients original intentions of ensuring drug efficacy.
Dendrobium ; History, Ancient ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; history ; Technology, Pharmaceutical ; history

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in uterine tissues of rats with primary dysmenorrhea (PD), thus to explore the possible mechanism of EA for PD. Methods: Fifty female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into a normal group, a model group, an EA at non-acupoint group, an EA at acupoint group and a Western medicine group, with 10 rats in each group. Except for the normal group, rats in the other four groups were treated with estradiol benzoate combined with oxytocin for 11 d to establish PD rat models. From day 1 of the modeling, rats in the normal group and the model group were only properly grasped without any intervention; Guanyuan (CV 4) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) were selected for EA treatment in the EA at acupoint group; rats in the EA at non-acupoint group were treated with EA at 5 mm away from the acupoints selected above; rats in the Western medicine group were treated with ibuprofen via gavage. Rats in each group were treated for 10-day successively. On the 11th day, except for the normal group, rats in the other groups were intraperitoneally injected with oxytocin (2 U/rat), and the writhing number within 30 min in each group was compared; the pathological changes in rat uteruses were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, and the pathological damage scores were evaluated. Protein expression levels of NF-κB p65, phospho-NF-κB p65, NLRP3, cysteine aspastic acid-specific protease 1 (caspase-1), interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18 were detected by Western blot. Results: Compared with the normal group, the writhing number increased significantly (P<0.05), and the extensive exfoliation of the endometrium, severe edema, and histopathological score all increased significantly in the model group (P<0.05) as well as the protein levels of NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1β and IL-18, and the ratio of phospho-NF-κB p65/NF-κB p65 in rat uterine tissues (all P<0.05); compared with the model group, the numbers of writhing reaction decreased within 30 min (P<0.05), the endometrial exfoliation was rare, the edema degree was mild, and the histopathological scores decreased significantly (all P<0.05) in the EA at acupoint group and the Western medicine group; compared with the model group, the phospho-NF-κB p65/NF-κB p65 ratio and the NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1β and IL-18 protein levels of rat uterine tissues in the EA at acupoint group were significantly lower (P<0.05); compared with the model group, the caspase-1, IL-1β and IL-18 protein levels of the rat uterine tissues decreased significantly (all P<0.05), and the differences in the NLRP3 and phospho-NF-κB p65/NF-κB p65 levels were statistically insignificant (all P>0.05) in the Western medicine group; compared with the Western medicine group, the phospho-NF-κB p65/NF-κB p65 ratio, also the NLRP3, IL-1β and IL-18 protein levels of the uterine tissues decreased significantly in the EA at acupoint group (all P<0.05), while the difference in the caspase-1 level was statistically insignificant (P>0.05); there were no significant differences between the EA at non-acupoint group and the model group in any indicators (all P>0.05). Conclusion: EA at acupoints significantly improves the pain and pathological damages of PD rats. The mechanism may be related to the reduced uterine inflammation via inhibiting NF-κB phosphorylation and NLRP3 activation in uteruses of PD rats.

Objective To observe the safety and efficiency of DIVER thrombus aspiration catheter application during percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI)and to evaluate its impacts on the myocardial reperfusion,cardiac function and in-stent restenosis after 9months.Methods A total of 86 cases of ST-segment elevation patients of AMI treated with PCI and confirmed complete occlusion lesion by angiography from November 2008 to December 2010 were randomly divided into two groups:aspiration group(n =43)with DIVER thrombus aspiration cathetcrs were used,and non-aspiration group (n =43).ST-segment recovery within two hours,TIMI grade,the in-hospital adverse major cardiac events,the levels of Pro-BNP,coronary function determined by ultrasound heartbeat graph and the results of coronary angiography after PCI for 9 months were compared between two groups.Results There was significant difference on ST-segment recovery within two hours between these two groups[95.35％(41/43)vs 79.02％(34/43),x2 =11.862,P =0.0006].The incidence of TIMI 3 grade flow was significantly higher,the incidence of TIMI 2(slow flow)and TIMI 0-1(no-reflow)grade flow were much lower in aspiration group than those in non-aspiration group immediately after PCI[TIMI 3:93.02％(40/43) vs 81.40％(35/43),x2 =6.06,P =0.0335 ; TIMI 2:6.98％(3/43) vs 13.95 ％(6/43),x2 =3.12,P =0.0495 ; TIMI 0-1:0 vs 6.98 ％(3/43),x2 =5.29,P =0.0352].There was no difference on LVEF[(0.420±0.054) ％ vs(0.408±0.052)％,t =1.0496,P =0.766and LVEDD(56.5±4.5)mm vs(57.6±4.4)mm,t =1.0419,P =0.7832]between these two groups one day after PCL LVEF was significandy higher in aspiration group than that in non-aspiration group one and nine months after PCI[(0.452±0.050) ％ vs(0.432±0.049) ％,t =3.3957,P =0.0482 ;(0.469±0.053) ％ vs (0.413±0.052)％,t =4.9457,P =0.0336].LVEDD was significantly smaller in aspiration group than that in non-aspiration group one and nine months after PCI[(49.6±5.1) mm vs(53.4±4.6) mm,t =3.4548,P =0.0473 ;(46.5±4.4) mm vs(50.2±4.8) mm,t =3.7260,P =0.0421].There were no cardiovascular events (angina,myocardial infarction,heart failure,cardiac death)in both groups during 9 months follow-up.The coronary angiography results showed that the occurrence rate of in-stent restenosis in aspiration group was significantly lower than that in non-aspiration group(2.33％ vs 6.98％,x2 =4.4351,P =0.0463).Conclusion The application of DIVER thrombus aspiration catheters during PCI in all patients with AMI was safe and effective,it can improve the myocardial tissue perfusion and the post-operative cardiac function and can lower the occurrence rate of in-stent restenosis.