Cerebral Hemorrhage ; complications ; Child ; Humans ; Intussusception ; complications ; Male ; Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch ; complications

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Tanreqing injection in treating children's viral pneumonia.METHODS:In this retrospective study,sixty children with viral pneumonia were randomly assigned to receive Tanreqing Injection(treatment Group,n=30)or Ribavirin(control Group,n=30).The clinical effects and adverse drug reactions(ADRs)of the two groups were compared,and the cost-effectiveness analyses were performed.RESULTS:The effective rate was 100% in the treatment Group versus 80% in the control Group;the incidence rate of ADRs was 3.33% vs.13.33%;the cost was 297.88 vs.399.95 yuan;and the cost-effectiveness was 297.88 vs.499.94,all showing significant differences between the two groups(P

italic>Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl. is a medicinal species belonging to the Orchidaceae, whose whole plant can be used as a medicinal herb, known as "JinXianLian". It has antidiabetic, liver-protecting, anti-inflammatory, etc. A. roxburghii has long been used as food and medicine in Guangdong and Fujian provinces. With the wide recognition of the concept of "medicine and food homology" and the surge of market demand, wild A. roxburghii has been far from meeting the supply. It is important to establish an artificial propagation system. Resource characteristics are the key basis for optimizing germplasm and propagation systems. Therefore, this paper summarizes the germplasm resource characteristics and propagation technologies of A. roxburghii in China to provide a reference for sustainable development and subsequent mechanistic research.

·AIM: To study the effect of an intravitreal injection of angiostatin on vascular leakage in the retina and iris of oxygen-induced retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).·METHODS: Brown Norway rats at postnatal day 7 (P7) were exposed to hyperoxia (750mL/L O2 )for 5 days (P7-12) and then returned to normoxia to induce retinopathy. Angiostatin was reconstituted in sterile Phosphate Buffered Saline(PBS) and diluted to desired different concentrations. Angiostatin solution was injected into the vitreous of the right eye of the ROP rats at P14 and the age-matched normal rats through pars plana using a glass capillary, and the left eye received the same volume of sterile PBS as the control. Vascular permeability was quantified at 1, 2 and 3 days after the injection by measuring albumin leakage from blood vessels into the retina and iris using the Evans blue method and normalized by total protein concentrations. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in retina was evaluated using the Western Blot analysis and immuno-histochemistry 24 hours following the injection.·RESULTS: ROP rats showed significant increases of vascular permeability in the retina and iris (P<0.01). Angio-statin reduces vascular permeability in a dose-dependent manner in the retina of ROP rats. The reduction showed a time course trend. [Angiostatin injection reduced retinal vascular permeability by approximately 1.5 and 2-fold at P15 (P<0.05) and P16 (P<0.01), respectively.] Angiostatin injection significantly reduced VEGF levels in the retina of ROP rats but did not affect retinal VEGF levels in normal rats.·CONCLUSION: Angiostatin significantly decreases pa-thological vascular permeability in the retina and iris of ROP rats but not in normal rats. Angiostatin down-regulates VEGF expression in retina of ROP rats. These results suggest that angiostatin may have a therapeutic potential in the treatment of ROP and other diseases with vascular leakage.

A systematic review was undertaken, including studies that evaluated the incidence of the blood system adverse events of Tripterygium wilfordii (TWP). Medline, Embase and the Cochrane library were searched for relevant studies, including RCT, cohort studies and case series, of patients treated with TWP published in English and Chinese from inception up until May 25th, 2013 with the keywords including "Tripterygium wilfordii", "toxicity", "reproductive", "side effect", "adverse", "safety" and "tolerability". Relevant information was extracted and the incidence of the blood system adverse events was pooled with MetaAnalyst software. Besides, subgroup and sensitivity analyses were performed based on age, mode of medicine, observation time and disease system. According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 49 articles were included in the meta-analysis, they were split into 54 researches incorporated in the analysis. There is a large degree of heterogeneity among the studies, so data was analyzed using random-effects model and the summary estimates of incidence of the blood system adverse events was 6.1%. The weighted combined incidence of three major blood system adverse events were white-blood cells decreasing 5.6% (95% CI, 4.3% - 7.3%), hemoglobin decreasing 1.7% (95% CI, 0.5% - 5.0%) and platelet decreasing 1.8% (95% CI, 1.0% - 3.1%), respectively . Sensitivity analyses based on 45 studies with high quality showed the combined value was close to the summary estimate of total 54 studies. The current evidence indicates that the incidence of the blood system adverse events induced by TWP was high; attentions should be paid on to the prevention and treatment of the blood system adverse events.
Blood Cells ; drug effects ; Hemoglobins ; analysis ; Humans ; Tripterygium ; adverse effects

Objective To establish a simple , stableand effective method for the isolation and purification of ABL tyrosine kinase and its mutant ABLT315I.Methods pET-28a vector was inserted in abl gene or its site directed mutagenesis.Then Escherichia coli BL21 competent cells were co-transformed with pGEX6P-1-ptp-1b and pET28a-abl/pET28a-ablc944t .The transformed BL21 cells were incubated, and then were stimulated with Isopropyl-β-D-thiogala-ctopyranoside ( IPTG ) to express ABL tyrosine kinase and its mutant .The ABL tyrosine kinase and its mutant was purified by affinity chromatography and gel filtration chromatography .SDS-PAGE was used to detect the purity and relative molecular weight of ABL tyrosine kinase and its mutant.BCA method was used to determine the concentration of ABL tyrosine kinase and its mutant .Finally, kinase activity of target protein was examined by ATP /NADH coupling method .ResuIts SDS-PAGE showed the high purity of ABL tyrosine kinase and its mutant.The concentration of ABL and ABLT 315I protein was reached 28mg/L of LB and 20mg/L of LB, respectively.Both of the target protein was measured to have good tyrosine kinase activity in vitro .ConcIusion A simple, stable and effective method for the isolation and purification of ABL tyrosine kinase and its mutant was found successfully in the study , which laying good foundation for High Throughput Drug Screening and structure analysis of protein subsequently .

Objective To study the correlations between genetic polymorphisms of TNF-α as well as IL-6 and susceptibility to colorectal cancer among Chinese Han people in Shandong province.Methods Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of TNF-α-238G/A,-308G/A and IL-6-174G/C,-572G/C,-597G/A in 490 patients with colorectal cancer were analyzed by using gene chip.Concentrations of TNF-α and IL-6 in serum samples were measured by ELISA.A case-control study was conducted to analyze the correlations between SNPs of TNF-α-238G/A,-308G/A as well as IL-6-174G/C,-572G/C,-597G/A and susceptibility to colorectal cancer.Chi-square test or t test was used for statistical analysis.Relative risks were estimated based on the values of odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI).Results The frequency of TNF-α-308AA in patients with colorectal cancer was significantly higher than that in healthy subjects (x2 =6.15, P<0.05, OR=2.08, 95%CI=1.17-3.71), while the frequency of IL-6-572CC in patients with colorectal cancer was significantly lower than that in healthy subjects (x2 =4.97, P<0.05, OR=0.73, 95%CI=0.55-0.96).The frequency of TNF-α-308AA in patients with colon cancer (OR=2.31, 95%CI=1.17-4.55), tubular adenocarcinoma (OR=2.32, 95%CI=1.28-4.21), high (OR=2.05, 95%CI=1.01-4.15) or moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (OR=5.88, 95%CI=1.79-19.30) was significantly higher than that in healthy subjects.The levels of serum TNF-α in TNF-α-308AA carriers with colorectal cancer were significantly higher than those in TNF-α-308G carriers with colorectal cancer (t=2.13, P<0.05) as well as those in healthy TNF-α-308AA carriers (t=2.13, P<0.05).The levels of serum IL-6 in colorectal cancer group were significantly higher than those in control group (t=6.74, P<0.001).Conclusion The SNPs of TNF-α-308 and IL-6-572 are associated with the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer in Chinese Han people in Shandong province.

Objective: To analyze the effect of Argon-Helium cryosurgery (AHCS) on CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg) and its implication in patients with advanced renal carcinoma.Methods:,Peripheral venous blood samples were ob-tained from 32 patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma before and after AHCS.The proportions of Treg cells and T lym-phocyte subsets (CD3+ T, CD4+ T, CD8+ T, CD4+ T/CD8+ T, and NK cells) in the peripheral blood were measured by flow cytometry.Enhanced CT or enhanced MRI was used to observe the necrosis of tumor at 1 month after AHCS.The areas with no imaging enhancement in tumor were regarded as tumor necrosis.The necrosis rate was measured by Cavalieri method and the tumor burden was evaluated.Results: At 3 months after AHCS, the percentages of Treg cells were gradual-ly decreased from 4.18%±1.58% to 1.96%±0.54%, with a significant difference (P=0.001).At 3 months after AHCS, the pro-portions of CD3+ T, CD4+ T, NK and CD4+ T/CD8+ T were gradually increased from 19.26%±7.52%, 43.54%±12.99%, 1.15%±0.57%, and 17.49%±8.36% to 30.83%±5.69%, 49.58±10.76%, 1.84%±0.12%, and 27.63%±8.20%, with a statistical significance (P=0.000, P=0.003, P=0.02, and P=0.001).The proportion of CD8 + T was decreased from 40.86%±8.89% to the lowest ratio (26.74%±4.29%) at 3 months after AHCS, with a significant difference (P=0.000).At 3～6 months after cryo-therapy, there was only a slight change in the proportions of CD3 + T, CD4 + T, CD4 + T/CD8 + T, NK, CD8 + T, and Treg cells, with no significant difference (P>0.05).Correlation analysis showed that the decrease in tumor burden was positively correlated with the decrease of the proportion of Treg cells (r=0.793, P<0.01).Conclusion: After AHCS, the distribution of T-lymphocyte subsets can be improved and the anti-tumor immune response was strengthened.The percentage of Treg cells is correlated with tumor burden.

Objective To analyze the clinical and pathological factors which can influence the occurrence of the recurrent occlusion of metallic stents in patients with malignant biliary obstruction. Methods The clinical data of 50 patients with malignant biliary obstruction, who suffered repeated metallic stents obstruction and were admitted to authors" hospital during the period of March 2006-September 2008, were retrospectively analyzed. Of 50 patients, liver carcinoma was diagnosed in 12, pancreatic carcinoma in 17 and carcinoma of bile duct in 21. The relevant factors which might bear a relation to the occurrence of repeated metallic stents obstruction were evaluated. Results Single factor analysis of variance indicated that the denomination of carcinoma, clinical stage of carcinoma, location of obstruction, whether infection being accompanied or not, and the anti-tumor therapy after biliary stenting treatment were the significant factors closely linked to the occurrence of repeated metallic stents obstruction in patients with malignant biliary obstruction, Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that clinical stage of carcinoma, location of obstruction and whether infection being accompanied or not were the important factors that determined the occurrence of repeated metallic stents obstruction. Conclusion Clinical stage of carcinoma, location of obstruction and whether infection being accompanied or not are important reference factors for judging the occurrence of occlusion of metallic stents in malignant biliary obstruction.

Objective To construct and identify lentiviral vectors carrying the connexin43 (CX43) gene. Methods Plasmids containing the CX43 gene and lentiviral vectors were digested using EcoRI/XbaI restriction enzymes, and the target gene fragments were cloned into the lentival vectors to result in CX43 recombinant lentiviral vectors (pHBLV-CMVIE-IRES-ZsGreen-CX43). CX43 recombinant lentiviral vectors were identified by restriction enzyme digestion and electrophoresis, and sequencing was carried on only for correct vectors after identification. The successfully-constructed CX43 recombinant lentiviral vectors and packaging plasmids were mixed and contransfected into 293FT cell for packaging and producting virus. Then the virus was collecting, concentrated and titrated in 293FT cells. Finally, the expression of CX43 gene was assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction(PCR). Results The restriction enzyme digestion and electrophoresis and sequencing results proved that CX43 recombinant lentiviral vectors were constructed correctly. Lentiviral concentrated virus suspension titer was 1× 108/ml. The up-regulation expression of CX43 was detected correctly by real-time PCR in 293FT cells. Conclusions Stable lentiviral vectors expressing CX43 gene is constructed successfully.