Humans ; Myocardial Infarction ; physiopathology ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury

Humans ; Male ; Osteosarcoma ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Ultrasonography ; Wounds and Injuries ; complications ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate whether transplantation of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes (ESCMs) directly into the infarcted myocardium could improve the cardiac function in the rats.Methods Cell culture medium with or without ESCMs was injected into the borders of car- diac scar tissue one week after experimental infarction.Cardiac performance was evaluated 4 weeks later by means of echocardiography after ESCMs (n=16) or medium (n=12) injection.Results Im- munostaining confirmed the presence of?-actinin,?-MHC,and cTnI in the beating EBs.RT-PCR analysis of EBs revealed the expression of cardiac-specific genes,including cardiac Nkx 2.5,GATA-4 and?-MHC.ESCMs implantation significantly improved fractional shortening compared with medium- treated hearts (P

This paper established a near-infrared spectroscopy quantitative model for simultaneous quantitative analysis of coptisine hydrochloride, dehydrocorydaline, tetrahydropalmatine, corydaline and glaucine in Corydalis Rhizoma. Firstly, the chemical values of the five components in Corydalis Rhizoma were determined by the reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) with UV detection. Then, the quantitative calibration model was established and optimized by fourier transformation near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with partial least square (PLS) regression. The calibration model was evaluated by correlation coefficient (r), the root-mean-square error of calibration (RMSEC) and the root mean square of cross-validation (RMSECV) of the calibration model, as well as the correlation coefficient (r) and the root mean square of prediction (RMSEP) of prediction model. For the quantitative calibration model, the r, RMSEC and RMSECV of coptisine hydrochloride, dehydrocorydaline, tetrahydropalmatine, corydaline and glaucine were 0.941 0, 0.972 7, 0.964 3, 0.978 1, 0.979 9; 0.006 7, 0.003 5, 0.005 9, 0.002 8, 0.005 9; and 0.015, 0.011, 0.020, 0.010 and 0.022, respectively. For the prediction model, the r and RMSEP of the five components were 0.916 6, 0.942 9, 0.943 6, 0.916 7, 0.914 5; and 0.009, 0.006 6, 0.007 5, 0.006 9 and 0.011, respectively. The established near-infrared spectroscopy quantitative model is relatively stable, accurate and reliable for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of the five alkaloids, and is expected to be used for the rapid determination of the five components in crude drug of Corydalis Rhizoma.
Alkaloids ; chemistry ; Corydalis ; chemistry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Quality Control ; Rhizome ; chemistry ; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared ; methods

Nineteen compounds were isolated from the whole plants of Aconitum tanguticum by various of chromatographic techniques and their structures were determined through spectral analysis (1D, 2D-NMR and MS) and comparison with the literature data. These compounds were identified as 5-hydroxymethy furfural (1), 5-acetoxymethyl furfural (2), pyrrolezanthine [5-hydroxymethyl-1-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl) -ethyl] -1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde] (3), lichiol B (4), phthalic acid dibutyl ester (5), 3, 4-dihydroxy phenylethanol (6), 3, 4-dihydroxy phenylethanol glucoside (7), salidroside (8), p-hydroxy phenylethanol (9), p-hydroxybenzoie acid glucoside (10), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (11), gastrodin (12), 1-(3, 4-dimethoxyphenyl) -1, 2-ethanediol (13), p-hydroxy benzaldehyde (14), p-hydroxy acetophenone (15), 3, 4-dihydroxy phenyl ethyl acetate (16), syringic aldehyde (17), ethyl beta-D-fructopyranoside (18), and p-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester (19). Compounds 3 and 4 were isolated from the Ranunculaceae family for the first time, and compounds 2, 6 and 9-19 were isolated from the Aconitum genus for the first time, and compounds 1 and 5 were isolated from the species for the first time.
Aconitum ; chemistry ; Benzyl Alcohols ; chemistry ; Furaldehyde ; chemistry ; Glucosides ; chemistry ; Molecular Structure ; Phenols ; chemistry ; Plant Extracts ; chemistry ; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Targeting dosage form is a kind of targeting drug delivery system which can be used to lock drugs aroud the target organs, tissues, cells and obtain more effective treatment for dose concentration, thus reducing the side-effects of such drugs while increasing their effeciveness. Targeting dosage form is the fourth-generation drug dosage form and it is ideal system for administration because it release the theraping drugs in the targeting-site. Particular emphasis was placed on liposome due to it was used as a drug carrier. Meanwhile, the highlights of research were on magnetic and enzyme targeting preparations. In addition, oral colon targeting drug delivery system, drugs were carried to ileocecum and release to get local and whole effect, is also an important part of targeting dosage form. The study on traditional chinese medicine (TCM) targeting dosage form is still at beginning stage in China. At present, most of study on TCM and natural products targeting drugs were focus on simple effective component and merely on TCM effective positions in relative with the difficult for determing their quality standard and procedure of preparing. It is the kernel item for TCM modernization and the key for TCM internationalization to develop new dosage form and new technology of TCM. There is a need in collaboration with multiple discipline. It will be a important research subject to develop TCM targeting preparation in the near future. TCM targeting dosage form can be classified into liposome, nanoparticles, multiple emulsion etc according to the difference of carrier and oral, rectal, colonic, nasal, dermal, ocular system on a basis of administration and so on. This paper made a summary on TCM and natural products targeting dosage form according to different targeting positions and introduce the procedure of preparing compared with the effect in vivo and manifest that TCM and natural products targeting dosage form will have good exploit prospect.
Drug Carriers ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; isolation & purification ; Liposomes ; Nanotechnology ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Technology, Pharmaceutical ; methods

Microbiology is an important,fundamental and obligatory course in contemporary life science.This article introduces that teaching group of microbiology in Nankai University realizes transformation of teaching center,fully embodies the modernization of teaching notion and gives full play to students' main effect practically by adhering to teaching reform as center,optimizing teaching method as measure,communicating in and after class and using multi-media and teaching web.Therefore,teaching system is established to adapt to modern teaching notion and eventually microbiology course becomes a cultivation platform to foster elites with both solid fundamental theory and innovating mind.

Objective To explore the underlying relationship between hyperglycemic factors in type 2 diabe- tes.Methods Fifty seven type 2 diabetes with obesity (DM-OB)and 64 without obesity(DM-NOB)were recruited. Age,body mass index(BMI),hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c),homeostasis model assessment-2 insulin resistance (HO- MA-IR),high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP),fasting plasma glucose,postprandial plasma glucose (PPG), postprandial glucose excursion(PPGE),lipid profile,blood pressure were determined.Results DM-OB subjects had significantly higher HOMA-IR,BMI,DBP,TC,hsCRP,HbAlc,LDL-C when compared with DM-NOB sub- jects.Pearson correlation analysis,in DM-OB subjects,BMI,FBG,FPG,HOMA-IR,hs-CRP were all the posi- tive relative factors(P all

Objective To observe the effects of curcumin on hepatic oxidant stress in water arsenic-exposed rats and to study its mechanism,which can offer references for curcumin used in antioxidant therapy of arsenic poisoning.Methods Thirty-two SD rats were divided into 4 groups according to body weight by random number table,half male and half female.Including control group (lavaged 135 days with deionized water),arsenic poisoning group (lavaged 45 days with deionized water after lavaging 90 days with 10 mg/kg sodium arsenite),pure curcumin group (lavaged 135 days with 1 000 mg/kg curcumin solution) and curcumin treatment group (lavaged 45 days with 1 000 mg/kg curcumin solution after lavaging 90 days with 10 mg/kg sodium arsenite),8 rats in each group.The arsenic contents of urine (urine creatinine corrected) and liver were detected by hydride generation inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (HG-ICP-OES);the activity of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) and catalase (CAT),the contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) in serum and liver homogenate by colorimetric method;the protein expression of liver antioxidant enzyme (SOD 1 and CAT) was assayed by Western blotting.Results The arsenic contents of urine and liver in arsenic poisoning group [(5.83 ± 0.29)μg/g Cr,(15.76 ± 1.65)μg/g] and the arsenic contents of urine in curcumin treatment group [(1.07 ± 0.14)μg/g Cr] were obviously higher than those of control group [(0.40 ± 0.14)μg/g Cr,(4.56 ± 1.05)μg/g,all P ＜ 0.05];compared to arsenic poisoning group,the arsenic contents of urine and liver in curcumin treatment group [(1.07 ± 0.14)μg/g Cr,(5.42 ± 1.76)μg/g] were obviously lower (all P ＜ 0.05).The contents of serum and liver SOD1,CAT and MDA in control group respectively were (102.46 ± 5.03),(29.33 ± 8.13)U/ml,(3.11 ± 0.49)μ mol/L and (204.05 ± 18.33),(126.26 ± 13.19)U/mg prot,(1.62 ± 0.42) μmol/g prot.Compared to the control,the activity of serum and liver SOD1 and CAT in arsenic poisoning group [(60.97 ± 7.94),(13.56 ± 5.14)U/ml and (133.66 ± 11.51),(74.01 ± 13.30)U/mg prot] were lower,the contents of MDA [(7.26 ± 0.54)μmol/L and (2.61 ± 0.52)μmol/g prot] were higher (all P ＜ 0.05).Compared to arsenic poisoning group,the activity of serum and liver SOD1 and CAT in curcumin treatment group [(87.39 ± 9.38),(20.45 ± 6.49) U/ml and (178.27 ± 9.32),(93.70 ± 20.35)U/mg prot] were higher,the contents of MDA [(4.34 ± 0.79)μmol/L and (1.92 ± 0.18)μmol/g prot] were lower (all P ＜ 0.05).The protein expressions of SOD1 and CAT in control group respectively were 0.64 ± 0.32 and 0.72 ± 0.31.Compared to the control group,the protein expressions of SOD1 and CAT in pure curcumin group (1.03 ± 0.23,1.02 ± 0.20) were significantly higher (all P ＜ 0.05) and in arsenic poisoning group (0.34 ± 0.12,0.39 ± 0.11) were lower (all P ＜ 0.05);Compared with the arsenic poisoning group,the protein expressions of SOD1 and CAT in curcumin treatment group (0.58 ± 0.09,0.68 ± 0.29) were significantly higher (all P ＜ 0.05).The arsenic content of urine in rats were positively related with arsenic content of liver and the content of MDA [correlation coefficient (r) =0.952,0.732,all P ＜ 0.05],but negativity related with the activity of SOD1 and CAT in liver (r =-0.874,-0.679,all P ＜ 0.05);the activity of SOD1 and CAT and the content of MDA in serum and liver were positively related (r =0.796,0.484,0.607,all P ＜ 0.05),the activity and protein expression of SOD1 and CAT in liver were positively related (r =0.748,0.424,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The curcumin may improve the activity of hepatic antioxidant enzyme in water arsenic-exposed rats and effectively decrease lipid poroxidation damage caused by arsenic via promoting the excretion of arsenic and the protein expression of hepatic antioxidant enzyme.

This study investigated the mental health status of medical students in China, and analyzed the influencing factors in order to provide evidence for mental health education for medical students. A stratified cluster sampling method was used to recruit medical students from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. The questionnaire survey on general information and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) were used for investigation and analysis. The results showed among the 1137 valid questionnaires, 278 (24.45%) participants had SCL-90 score ≥ 160. The top three mental problems of medical students were obsessive-compulsive disorder, interpersonal sensitivity and depression in terms of the factor score ≥ 2.5 and the number of participants who reflected on the diseases. The third-year medical students had the worst mental health status, and fifth-year medical students had the best mental health status. Students from rural area had more psychological problems than those from urban area; furthermore, students with high professional satisfaction, those who were the single child of the family, non-poor students, and those whose parents had high education level had better mental health status. It was concluded that the mental health of medical students is not optimistic in China. Medical students have some mental health problems of different degrees. Factors that influence the mental health of medical students include academic pressure, professional satisfaction level and family environment.