2.Efficacy of zishen prescription on the learning and memory-abilities of aging model rats.
Lai-xiang LIN ; Yuan ZHANG ; Bing SUN
Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology 2004;20(3):289-290
Aging
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psychology
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Animals
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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pharmacology
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Learning
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drug effects
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Male
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Memory
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drug effects
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Rats
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Rats, Wistar
3.Neoplasms-associated autophagy signaling pathways
Shengming LIN ; Jianfeng XIANG ; Minguang ZHANG
Journal of International Oncology 2012;39(5):326-329
Autophagy is a cellular catabolic pathway that is essential for survival,differentiation,development and homeostasis.The dual roles of autophagy as a tumor-promoting mechanism and a tumor suppressor mechanism have been elucidated in the recent cancer research.The double function is accomplished by some neoplasms-associated signaling pathways which include mTOR-dependent signaling pathway,Beclin1 network,LKB1-AMPK signaling pathway,p53 and p53-related regulators of autophagy.Thus it can be seen that these signaling pathways function dependently and correlatively as inducing and inhibiting autophagy and play different roles in the process that involves growth and development of neoplasms.
4.Effect of glial-derived neurotrophic factor on proliferation and migration of adenoid cystic carcinoma cell in vitro
Lin, LIU ; Guo-xiang, SONG ; Hong, ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2013;(3):243-247
Background Perineural invasion is an important biological character for adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of lacrimal gland,which is different from those of other lacrimal gland tumors.As the important part of neurotrophic factors,glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) plays an important role in perineural invasion for ACC of salivary gland.GDNF regulation in the ACC cell biology function needs to be further explored.Objective This study was to investigate the effect of GDNF on proliferation and migration of ACC cells,and to explore the mechanism of neural invasion in ACC of lacrimal gland.Methods ACC-2 cell line was cultured and passaged in RPMI 1640 medium with 10% fetal bovine serum,100 U/ml penicillin and 0.1 g/L streptomycin.Single-cell suspension was prepared with the density of 2×104/ml using logarithmic phase of cells and then incubated to 96-well plate.GDNF with the final concentration of 20,60,80,100 and 120 μg/L was added into the medium respectively in the experimental groups,and the cells were cultured in the medium without GDNF as the control group.The expression of GDNF in ACC-2 cells was detected by immunohistochemistry.MTT assay was employed to assay the absorbance value at the wavelength of 570 nm (A570) for the evaluation of proliferation of ACC-2 cells after cultured by different concentrations of GDNF for different time points.Meanwhile,transwell chamber was used to examine the cell migrated number.Results Immunochemistry assay exhibited that ACC-2 cells showed the positive response for GDNF with the brown staining in the cytoplasm.In 48 hours after culture,the A570 value was elevated with the increase of GDNF concentration,showing a significant difference among various groups (F =3.336,P =0.026),and the A570 value in various concentrations of GDNF groups was higher than that of 0 μg/L GDNF group (all P<0.05).After action of 80 μg/L GDNF,the A570 value of the cells was gradually increased with the prolong of culture time (Ftime =39.979,P=0.000).In 30 minutes after GDNF cultured,the number of migrated cells increased with the increase of GDNF concentration (F=144.886,P=0.000).ACC-2 cells were cultured by 100 μg/L GDNF for 24,30 and 40 hours,the number of migrated cells were more as the time lapse,and more migrated cells were seen in GDNF group at various time points (Ftime =46.747,P =0.000 ; Fgroup =63.786,P =0.000).Conclusions GDNF can stimulate the proliferation and migration of ACC-2 cells in a dose-and time-dependent manner.
5.Research progress in the study of brain microdialysis in glioma.
Lin LIU ; Xiang-Yi ZHANG ; Yao XIAO ; Xing-Guo ZHANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2014;49(4):450-456
Glioma is the most common form of brain cancer. Despite recent advances in the treatment of solid tumors, there are few effective treatments for malignant gliomas due to its infiltrative nature. It has important significance to improve the treatment of glioma through in-depth understanding the intracerebral metabolic characteristics and pharmacokinetics of chemotherapeutics. Brain microdialysis (B-MD), an effective method to monitor central nervous system anticancer drug disposition, conditions of drugs through the blood-brain barrier, basic pathophysiologic metabolism, bioactive compounds and the changes of neurotransmitter in brain, provides the unique opportunity to allow the simultaneous determination of unbound concentrations of drugs in several tissues, and directly measure gliomas biochemistry continuously. B-MD has been able to monitor the change of brain drugs, metabolites and neurotransmitters, dynamic analysis of the drug concentration and pharmacological effect after administration, pharmacodynamic interaction between drugs, receptor mechanism of drug transport, as well as feedback information of internal environment. B-MD is expected to provide reference for clinical individual chemotherapy of glioma, but also provide powerful tools for the evaluation of new anticancer drugs in vivo. In this review, a comprehensive overview of B-MD for studies on glioma is elucidated with special emphasis on its application to neurochemistry and pharmacokinetic studies.
Animals
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Antineoplastic Agents
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pharmacokinetics
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Blood-Brain Barrier
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Brain Neoplasms
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metabolism
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Glioma
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metabolism
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Metabolomics
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methods
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Microdialysis
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methods
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Neurotransmitter Agents
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pharmacokinetics
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Pharmaceutical Preparations
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metabolism
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Positron-Emission Tomography
7.Analysis of paraquat intoxication epidemic (2002-2011) within China.
Yu YIN ; Xiang GUO ; Shou Lin ZHANG ; Cheng Ye SUN
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2013;26(6):509-512
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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China
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epidemiology
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Disease Outbreaks
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Female
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Herbicides
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poisoning
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toxicity
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Paraquat
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poisoning
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toxicity
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Risk Factors
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Time Factors
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Young Adult
9.Clinical study on doxofylline injection in treatment of children with acute asthma attacks.
Jia-xiang ZHANG ; Hui-quan LIN ; Jin-shan CHEN
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics 2004;42(2):143-144
Acute Disease
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Asthma
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drug therapy
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Bronchodilator Agents
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administration & dosage
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adverse effects
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therapeutic use
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Infusions, Intravenous
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Male
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Theophylline
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administration & dosage
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adverse effects
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analogs & derivatives
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therapeutic use
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Treatment Outcome