Hepatic Stellate Cells ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; Signal Transduction

Emergencies ; Rescue Work

Objective To evaluate the synergistic effect of DSA and MSCTA in interventional therapy for lung cancer. Methods Interventional therapy was performed in 46 patients with lung cancer. With real time helical thin slice CT scanning, MSCTA of tumor feeding artery was performed in 26 patients. Images obtained from enhanced MSCT scanning were processed at the console workstation. Spatial anatomical characteristics of tumor feeding artery were observed by using different rotations of view. DSA study and the interventional therapy were followed up in 26 patients with lung cancer. Results All tumor feeding arteries in 26 patients with lung cancer were observed by using VR, MIP and MPR, which could exactly display the origin, course and diameter of the vessels. DSA had a high consistency with MSCTA in displaying the tumor vascularity, tumor stain, and the origin of tumor-feeding artery in the patients who received MSCTA and the interventional therapy. The number of catheter used, the dosage of contrast medium, the sequence of subtraction, the fluoroscopic time and operation time in the group with use of CTA was less than that in the group without use of CTA, and the difference between two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05), while no significant difference in detecting feeding artery existed between two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion The anatomical characteristics of tumor-feeding artery in patients with lung cancer can be stereoscopically and clearly displayed on preoperative routine MSCTA, providing useful information and thus making the interventional procedure more safe and effective. Simultaneous use of DSA and MSCTA is reasonable and practicable, which has synergistic effect in interventional therapy for lung cancer.

The diabetes is mainly treated by the oral administration of western medicines at present. Despite their rapid curative effect, there have been still many reports for the western medicines about their clinical adverse reactions, failure of effective prevention and treatment of complications and drug resistance. Hence, they are not suitable for long-term administration. Traditional Chinese medicines have a long history in treating diabetes mellitus (DM) , which is commonly known as Xiaokezheng in the theory of traditional Chinese medicines. In recent years, many scholars have taken extracts from traditional Chinese medicines or separated active constituents as the study objects in the expectation of developing new-type drugs for treating and preventing diabetes. Therefore, a large number of study reports have been emerged in this field. Due to their significant glucose-reducing effect and specific effect in treating complications of diabetes, traditional Chinese medicine Gardeniae Fructus and its iridoid component geniposide shall be given full attention. This paper summarized the advance in studies on the curative effect and action mechanism of Gardeniae Fructus and geniposide in preventing and treating diabetes.
Animals ; Diabetes Mellitus ; drug therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Fruit ; chemistry ; Gardenia ; chemistry ; Humans ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; administration & dosage ; chemistry

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Basigin ; analysis ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; analysis ; genetics ; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell ; drug therapy ; genetics ; metabolism ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins ; analysis ; Mutation ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; metabolism ; Nuclear Proteins ; analysis ; Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3 ; analysis ; genetics ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ; analysis ; genetics ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; genetics ; metabolism

Orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), a kind of new solid tablet that rapidly disintegrates to work in the mouth, has became the hot form of new drug research in recent years with many advantages, such as the convenient taking, a widely applicable people, fast acting, high bioavailability, good compliance, and so on. ODT has been widely used in chemical medicines, while the application of it in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) is still in the stage of development The development of TCMs ODT provides a new direction for the research of Chinese medicine new dosage, accelerates the pace of connecting to the world and modernization of Chinese medicine. This dosage has a broad market prospect, and its quality control and assessment standards, taste, the disintegration time in vitro and evaluation method are the key factors that affect the industrialization, standardization of Chinese medicine ODT. Therefore, this paper reviewed the characteristics, preparation, taste masking technology and quality evaluation with new technology of ODT. Meantime, numerous application examples of ODT used in traditional Chinese medicine were described. We expect to provide the reference and utilization for the development of traditional Chinese medicine orally disinteeratine tablets.
Administration, Oral ; Drug Compounding ; methods ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Solubility ; Tablets ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Taste

Norovirus ; chemistry ; genetics ; physiology ; ultrastructure ; Open Reading Frames ; Virus Replication

Antigens, CD20 ; metabolism ; Carcinoma in Situ ; classification ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Hyaluronan Receptors ; metabolism ; Hyperplasia ; Precancerous Conditions ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ; metabolism ; Urinary Bladder ; metabolism ; pathology ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ; classification ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Urothelium ; metabolism ; pathology

The secondary development of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) is an important content of TCM modernization process, as well as an important path for developing new TCM drugs. Under the guidance of the system theory, in response to the lack of the overall guideline and practical methods for the secondary development of TCMs at present, we introduced the overall thought of the secondary development of major TCM varieties, as well as the roles and contents of clinical research, pharmacology and pharmaceutics in the process of the secondary development of major TCM varieties, so as to provide systematic strategies and methods for the development of major TCM varieties.
Biomedical Research ; Drug Discovery ; methods ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Pharmacology

The secondary development of major traditional Chinese medicine varieties is one of important links during the modernization, scientification and standardization of traditional Chinese medicines. How to accurately and effectively identify the pharmacodynamic material basis of original formulae becomes the primary problem in the secondary development, as well as the bottleneck in the modernization development of traditional Chinese medicines. On the basis of the existing experimental methods, and according to the study thought that the multi-component and complex effects of traditional Chinese medicine components need to combine multi-disciplinary methods and technologies, we propose the study thought of the material basis of secondary development of major traditional Chinese medicine varieties based on the combination of in vivo and in vitro experiments. It is believed that studies on material basis needs three links, namely identification, screening and verification, and in vivo and in vitro study method corresponding to each link is mutually complemented and verified. Finally, the accurate and reliable material basis is selected. This thought provides reference for the secondary development of major traditional Chinese medicine varieties and studies on compound material basis.
Absorption ; Animals ; Drug Discovery ; methods ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods