Cross-cultural comparisons of cardiovascular disease mortality between United States and Japan have shown striking difference. Lower incidence of cardiovascular disease in East Asia compared with the west countries may be related to the consumption of soybean products, which contain soy isoflavones, mainly genistein and daidzein. We reviewed the benefit effects of soy isoflavones on preventing the development of atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular diseases.

Tacrolimus is an widely used immunosuppressant in organ transplant patients for anti-rejection,and the quality of life and survival rate are greatly enhanced.At present,a growing number of scholars concerned with drug interactions of Western medicine and tacrolimus.However,the impact of planta medica on it was rarely systematically overviewed.This article explored the interaction of planta medica and tacrolimus.

Objective To investigate the role of clinical pharmacist in medical therapy for a patient with cerebrovascular disease and epilepsy.Methods One patient was hospitalized due to headache and twitch.Clinical diagnosis was cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and epilepsy.During the treatment,the clinical pharmacist gave suggestion on drug selection of anti-infection and anti-epileptic therapy,assessed drug interaction between omeprazole-escitalopram and mannitoldexamethasone,monitored the adverse drug reaction of valproate,and provided medication education to the patient.Results Physician adopted clinical pharmacist's suggestion.The patient discharged with stable condition.Conclusion The participation of clinical pharmacists in the medication therapy of patients with cerebrovascular disease can reduce the risk of drug use and promote the efficacy and safety of medication.

Objcetive To evaluate tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-?) in differentiating diagnosis of tuberculous and non-small cell lung cancer with cytology-positive pleural effusion.Methods We measured TNF-? of serum in 25 patients with tuberculous effusion,26 cases of lung adenocarcinoma,21 cases of lung squamous cell carcinoma with pleural effusion and controls by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assays.Results Serum TNF-? levels in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion were lower than that in patienrts with lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma(P

To investigate the relationship between sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and metabolic syndrome in elderly males in Shanghai,all the subjects (≥ 60 years old,male) underwent measurements of weight,height,waist and hip circumferences,and blood pressures,serum levels of fasting plasma glucose,total cholesterol,triglyceride,high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C),and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol were determined (Hitachi,7600),while the levels of serum insulin,total testosterone,and SHBG were determined by using chemiluminescence methods.Free testosterone was calculated by using the Vermeulen equation.Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the criteria of the Chinese Diabetes Society (CDS 2004).The SHBG level in the metabolic syndrome group was significantly lower than that in non-metabolic syndrome group [(40.50 ± 26.16) nmol/L vs (47.80± 20.34) nmol/L,P＜0.01].With increasing number of metabolic syndrome components,the level of SHBG became lowered progressively.The subjects were divided into four subgroups according to SHBG Quartiles.From Quartile 1 to Quartile 4,body mass index,waist-hip ratio,diastolic blood pressure,fasting plasma glucose,triglyceride,fasting insulin,homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance(HOMA-IR),free testosterone,free androgen index,and free testosterone percentage became progressively lowered,while age and HDL-C became raised (P＜0.05).SHBG was correlated significantly with age,body mass index,waist-hip ratio,diastolic blood pressure,fasting plasma glucose,HDL-C,and triglyceride.Age,HDL-C,and body mass index remained independently associated with SHBG in the multivariate regression analysis.In a logistic regression taking metabolic syndrome as the dependent variable,SHBG and HOMA-IR were included in the final model with statistical significance.Lowered SHBG is a risk factor of metabolic syndrome in elderly males.SHBG may be an independent predictor of metabolic syndrome,but the mechanism of how SHBG is involved in the metabolic syndrome needs to be further studied.

Objective: To analyze the processing situation of 124 batches of scorpions and optimize the salt-water processing.Methods: The character, extract, moisture, total ash, acid insoluble ash, amino acids content and heavy metals in the marketed scorpions were determined.Using extract and amino acids contents as the indices, the salt-water processing was optimized.Results: The results of the above determinations showed that the quality difference was very obvious for the marketed scorpion, and the extract and amino acids contents were the highest in scorpion boiled in 2% sodium chloride aqueous solution for 5 min.Conclusion: The item of extract test should be revised in the current standard, and the items such as moisture, total ash, acid insoluble ash, amino acids content and heavy metals should be taken into consideration in order to control the quality of scorpion more comprehensively.The best salt-water processing of scorpion is boiled in 2% sodium chloride aqueous solution for 5 min.

Objective: To systematically review the safety and efifciency for dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) ≤ 6 months and DAPT ≥ 12 months in patients after drug eluting stent (DES) implantation. Methods: We collected the data for randomized clinical trials for DAPT ≤ 6 months and DAPT ≥ 12 months in patients after DES implantation up to 2015-01 by searching the literatures of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus and Chinese literature database, and meanwhile collected the relevant reporting cases from both domestic and international cardiovascular conferences for this study. There were 2 investigators independently conducted the literature screening, data extraction and quality evaluation, Meta analysis was performed with STATA 12.0 software. Results: A total of 15,378 patients from 7 eligible studies were enrolled and the patients were divided into 2 groups: DAPT ≤ 6 months group,n=7672 and DAPT ≥ 12 months group,n=7706. Meta analysis indicated that DAPT ≤ 6 months could effectively reduce the major bleeding (OR=0.58, 95% CI 0.37-0.91,P=0.017). While the other incidences between 2 groups were similar as all cause death (OR=0.90, 95% CI 0.73-1.11,P=0.314), cardiac death (OR=0.93, 95% CI 0.70-1.24,P=0.617), myocardial infarction (OR=1.13, 95% CI 0.91-1.41,P=0.275), in stent thrombosis (OR=1.21, 95% CI 0.79-1.85,P=0.382) and cerebrovascular accidents (OR=1.00, 95% CI 0.66-1.51,P=1.000). Conclusion: The incidence rates of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events are similar in patients with DAPT ≤ 6 months and DAPT ≥ 12 months after DES implantation. DAPT ≤ 6 month had the lower risk of bleeding, which is rather suitable for the patients received new generation of DES, with higher risk of bleeding, lower risk of thrombosis and with poor compliance to medication; however, the large and randomized clinical trials are needed to make ifnal conclusion.

Objective:To understand the statistics of SCI papers in hospitals of Shandong Province during 2009 to 2018.Methods:Web of Science was used to analyze the SCI papar information including the Annual publication volume change, source publications, research directions, collaboration institutions, counries and regions, funding institutions, conferences, as well as highly cited papers.Results:In the past ten years, 27 559 articles were published in total and kept increasling year by year, especially in 2011 to 2015 the uplift was about 30%-40%. All these papers were published in more than 2 700 journals. 23% papers were published in top 10 journals, whose Impact Factors were between 1-5. Papers in the field of oncology counted the most for 23.252%. Shandong University ranked NO.1 regarding collaboration instituions for it has many academically well performed affiliated hospitals as well asteaching hospitals. Doctors in Shandong Province cooperated a lot with the United States and other countries. 56.3% papers were financially assisted by various fundings and the National Natural Science Foundation of China predominated the most. 1 331 papers came from international conferences.There were 75 highly cited papers in the past 10 years.Conclusions:The quantity and quality of SCI papers were increased continuingly because of the guidance and promotion of scientific research policies, as well as the hospitals’ investments. It is necessary to emphasize on the high quality of scholar outputs and improve the scientific research management in the future.

ObjectiveTo study the effect of menbranous milkvetch root parenteral solution on insulin resistance of gerontism cerebral infarction in recovery stage.Methods66 patients with gerontism cerebral infarction were randomly divided into therapy group(33 cases) which received membranous milkvetch root parenteral solution and control group(33 cases).Both groups adopted routine treatment at the same time, the period was 20 days. Insulin(Ins), free blood sugar(FBS), total cholesterol(CH), triglyceride(TG), hemorheology and insulin resistance(indicating by index of insulin sensitive) of blood on empty stomach were evalutated before and after treatment. ResultsAfter treatment there was decrease in CH, FBS, FINS in therapy group than in control group(P<0.01 or P<0.05); the clinical effect in therapy group was better than in control group(P<0.01).ConclusionMembranous milkvetch root parenteral solution can significantly decrease insulin resistance, blood lipin, blood viscosity in recovery stage of gerontism cerebral infarction, and improve clinical efficiency.

Group II chaperonins, which assemble as double-ring complexes, assist in the refolding of nascent peptides or denatured proteins in an ATP-dependent manner. The molecular mechanism of group II chaperonin assembly and thermal stability is yet to be elucidated. Here, we selected the group II chaperonins (cpn-α and cpn-β), also called thermosomes, from Acidianus tengchongensis and investigated their assembly and thermal stability. We found that the binding of ATP or its analogs contributed to the successful assembly of thermosomes and enhanced their thermal stabilities. Cpn-β is more thermally stable than cpn-α, while the thermal stability of the hetero thermosome cpn-αβ is intermediate. Cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions of cpn-α and cpn-β revealed the interwoven densities of their non-conserved flexible N/C-termini around the equatorial planes. The deletion or swapping of their termini and pH-dependent thermal stability assays revealed the key role of the termini electrostatic interactions in the assembly and thermal stability of the thermosomes.
Acidianus ; metabolism ; Adenosine Triphosphate ; metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nucleotides ; metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Folding ; Protein Stability ; Protein Structure, Quaternary ; Sequence Alignment ; Static Electricity ; Temperature ; Thermosomes ; chemistry ; genetics ; metabolism