Objective To study the influence of recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor as an adjuvant therapy on scar alleviation and inflammatory cytokines in patients with atrophic acne scar. Methods The random number table was employed to randomly assign 120 patients with atrophic acne scar into a test group and a control group.Both groups of patients were treated with CO₂ lattice laser.After the operation,the control group was routinely smeared with erythromycin ointment and the test group was coated with recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor gel.The clinical efficacy,clinical indicators,scar alleviation,and inflammatory cytokine levels before and after treatment were compared,and adverse reactions were counted. Results The test group had higher total effective rate(P=0.040) and lower total incidence of adverse reactions(P=0.028) than the control group.Compared with the control group,the test group showcased short erythema duration after treatment(P=0.025),early scab forming(P=0.002),and early edema regression(P<0.001).After treatment,the proportion of grade 1 scars graded by Goodman and Baron's acne scar grading system in the test group and control group increased(P=0.001,P=0.027),and the proportion of grade 4 scars decreased(P<0.001,P=0.034).Moreover,the proportion of grade 1 scars in the test group was higher than that in the control group(P=0.031) after treatment,and the proportion of grade 4 scars presented an opposite trend(P=0.031).After treatment,the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) and interleukin-1β(IL-1β) in both groups declined(all P<0.001),and the test group had lower TNF-α and IL-1β levels than the control group(all P<0.001). Conclusion The recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor gel as an adjuvant therapy of CO₂ lattice laser can effectively alleviate the atrophic acne scar,relieve local inflammatory reaction,and has good curative effect and less adverse reactions.
Acne Vulgaris/drug therapy* ; Animals ; Atrophy/complications* ; Carbon Dioxide ; Cattle ; Cicatrix/pathology* ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/therapeutic use* ; Humans ; Treatment Outcome ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

It has been over 30 years that acupuncture was first introduced and later used to treat patients in Eritrea. There are acupuncture clinics at three hospitals to treat various common diseases. As one of the valuable treatments to cure diseases, acupuncture has been accepted by the government and the public in Eritrea. It is the fruits of public recognition, government support and the devotion of Chinese clinic practitioners.
Acupuncture ; trends ; Acupuncture Therapy ; trends ; Eritrea ; Humans

AIM: To evaluate the clinical effect of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens(IOL)implantation in the treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy(PDR)with cataract.

METHODS: Totally 261 patients(266 eyes)with PDR complicated with cataract in our hospital were selected and randomly divided into control group(133 eyes in 130 patients)and study group(133 eyes in 131 patients). The control group underwent vitrectomy combined with laser photocoagulation, phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. The study group received intravitreal injection of bevacizumab before vitrectomy, laser photocoagulation, phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. Clinical curative effect of two groups was analyzed.

RESULTS: The postoperative complications of the control group were higher than that of the study group, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). In study group, 67 eyes received photocoagulation again, iris neovascularization occurred in none eyes. In control group, 76 eyes received photocoagulation again, iris neovascularization occurred in 17 eyes(22.4%).The difference between the two groups was significant(P<0.05). The visual acuity of the study group was better than that of the control group(P<0.05). The incidence of macular edema in the control group was significantly higher than that in the study group(P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: Intravitreal injection of bevacizumab with vitrectomy, phacoemulsification and IOL implantation for cataract has good clinical effect for PDR.

AIM:This study was performed to investigate the feasibility and efficiency of exogenous mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs) transplantation on post-infarction ventricular remodeling and heart function in rats and compare the effects between adult rat MSCs and neonate rat MSCs transplantation.METHODS:1-2 hours after left coronary artery ligation,MSCs cultured in ex vivo,marked with BrdU,were injected directly into the border of infarcts in exogenous rats.6 weeks after transplantation,rat' heart function,ventricular remodeling and pathological results were measured.RESULTS:MSCs transplantation decreased LV end-diastolic diameter and end-systolic diameter,limited LV chamber dilatation and reduced collagen content significantly.The numbers of blood vessels and cardiomyocytes were increased.BrdU-labelled MSCs with oval nucleus were widely distributed.There were no significant difference between adult rat MSCs and neonate rat MSCs transplanted groups.CONCLUSION:MSCs can survive and home in exogenous host infarct hearts without addition of any immunosuppressant.MSCs transplantation has benificial effects on remodeling processes and contributes to improvement of cardiac function,which may be related with the reduction of the amount of the collagen,promotion of myogenesis and angiogenesis.

OBJECTIVE： To investigate the characteristics and regularity of hepatotoxicity induced by quinolones， and to provide reference for clinical use of drug safely. METHODS： Using “quinolone” “floxacin” “hepatotoxicity” “hepatic injury”as retrieval words， relevant literatures about hepatotoxicity induced by quinolones were retrieved from domestic and foreign databases as CNKI， Wanfang， VIP， PubMed （during database establishment to 31th， Dec. 2017）. Those literatures were summarized and analyzed. RESULTS： A total of 59 valid literatures were collected， including 61 cases of hepatotoxicity induced by quinolones， 8 types of drugs as ciprofloxacin， moxifloxacin， ofloxacin， lomefloxacin， norfloxacin， levofloxacin， gatifloxacin and enoxacin. Ciprofloxacin， levofloxacin， moxifloxacin and ofloxacin were the most common drugs that caused hepatotoxicity， involving 19， 13， 11， 7 cases， respectively； accumulative constitute ratio was 81.97％. The ratio of male to female was 1.54 ∶ 1， and hepatotoxicity always happened at the age of 61 to 80 （30 cases， 49.18％）. Primary diseases of 46 cases were single disease （75.41％）， and mainly were infection of respiratory system and urogenital system. There were 15 cases of combined disease （24.59％）. Thirty-one cases used quinolones alone， most of which was ciprofloxacin. There were 30 cases of drug combination. Thirty-four cases were given drug intravenously and mainly were domestic cases. The hepatotoxicity first occurred within 10 minutes after administration and at the latest 8 weeks after administration. Forty-nine patients suffered from hepatotoxicity within 10 days after medication， accounting for 80.33％. Besides general fatigue， nausea and vomiting， clinical symptoms also included abnormal elevation of alanine aminotransferase， aspartate aminotransferase and total bilirubin，etc. Fifty-four patients were improved after withdrawal or symptomatic treatment， while 7 patients died. The results of causality evaluation of drug-induced hepatic injury showed that there were 4 probably association cases， 45 likely association cases and 12 possible association cases. CONCLUSIONS： The hepatotoxicity caused by quinolones is related to drug variety， patient’s age， primary disease， drug combination and route of administration， and mostly occurs within 10 days after administration. Great importance should be attached to patient’s liver function indexes， strengthen medication monitoring， and carefully combined use of drugs.

Objective:To investigate the effects of ultra-high dose rate radiation (FLASH-RT) and conventional radiation (CONV-RT) on plasma metabolites in glioma mice.Methods:Tocally 21 male C57BL/6J mice bearing intracranial glioma xenograft were randomly divided into healthy control group ( n=3), CONV-RT group ( n=9) and FLASH-RT group ( n=9). The CONV-RT group was administered a single dose of 24 Gy radiation on the head of mice at a dose rate of 0.4 Gy/s, and the FLASH-RT group was administered a single dose of 24 Gy radiation on the head of mice at a dose rate of 60 Gy/s, and the healthy control group was given 0 Gy pseudoradiation under the same condition. Mice blood was collected through the inner canthus vein for plasma separation at 1, 3 and 7 d after radiation in the two radiation groups, and the blood plasma of healthy control group was collected at 7 days after sham radiation. The changes in plasma metabolites were detected by the non-targeted metabolomics based on liquid chromatography mass spectrometry tandem platform. Results:After irradiation, the metabolites in plasma of two irradiation groups had significant difference. Compared with the healthy control group, 12 and 5 differential metabolites were screened out in the FLASH-RT group and CONV-RT group at three time points, respectively. The difference of plasma metabolites had the largest value at 1 day and decreased at 3 and 7 d after radiation. The arachidonic acid and isovaleric acid, involving arachidonic acid metabolism, biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids, and tyrosine metabolism pathways were screened in both FLASH-RT group and CONV-RT group, and the 10 differential metabolites, mainly involving energy metabolism and redox reactions, only existed in the FLASH-RT group.Conclusions:Arachidonic acid and isovaleric acid may be the common sensitive biomarkers to different radiation patterns, which provides ideas for further exploring the molecular mechanism of FLASH-RT in the treatment of glioma.

Objective:This paper aims to explore the management of human genetic resources in medical institutions, according to reflections of the management mode of a particular hospital, providing possible reference for other medical institutions.Methods:The management system of human genetic resources was constructed refer to the McKinsey 7S model. Approved projects information includes the types of projects, characteristics of human genetic resources involved and the characteristics of principal investigator are analyzed.Results:A total number of 82 projects were approved Since the implementation of newly updated Regulation of the People′s Republic of China on the Administration of Human Genetic Resources (hereinafter referred to as the regulations), and majority of which are drug clinical trials. The human genetic resources materials and data involved are mainly blood, urine, serum, plasma, clinical data, imaging data, etc. Most of the principal investigators with senior professional title are from key disciplines.Conclusions:McKinsey 7S model provides a new reference path for medical institutions to carry out human genetic resources management.

Objective To observe the effect of myocardial transcription factor MRTF-A on myocardium inflammation and its mechanism.Methods Totally 30 rats were randomly divided into the sham,ischemia-reperfusion (myocardial ischemia 30 min and reperfusion 2 h),and MRTF-A groups(myocardial ischemia 30 min and reperfusion 2 h & Lentivirus infection MRTF-A) (n=10 each group).Serum myocardial enzyme activity was detected by biochemical analysis,myocardial infarct size detected by TTC,and degree of myocardial injury was measured by HE staining.The TLR4 and TRIF expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and qPCR.Results Compared with the sham group,the MRTF-A group significantly increased the activity of serum myocardial enzymes CK-MB and LDH (P＜0.05).The infarct area of myocardial tissue was gray-white,and the infarct area was (54.31±3.07)％ (P ＜ 0.05).Myocardial fibrosis was disorder,myocardial cell was swollen and burst,and inflammatory cell infiltration was obvious.Protein and mRNA expressions of TRL4 and TRIF were significantly up-regulated (P＜0.05).Compared with the ischemia-reperfusion group,the levels of CK-MB and LDH were significantly reduced after myocardial infection with MRTF-A (P＜0.05).The myocardial infarction area was significantly reduced to (16.74±4.26)％ (P＜ 0.05).The myocardial structure was nearly normal with mild edema.Protein and mRNA expression of TRL4 and TRIF decreased significantly (P＜0.05).Conclusions The overexpression of transcription factor MRTF-A in myocardial cells alleviates the myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury by inhibiting the TLR4/TRIF signaling pathway and reducing the serum myocardial enzyme activity and myocardial damage.

The metabolic reprogramming of tumor cells is characterized by increased uptake of various nutrients including glutamine. Glutamine metabolism provides the required substances for glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation and affects the homeostasis of carbohydrate，fat and protein metabolism to induce the chemoresistance of tumor cells. Combination of chemotherapeutic agents with inhibitors specific to different components of glutamine metabolic pathway has obtained favorable clinical results on various tumors. Glutamine metabolic pathway plays a role in drug resistance of tumor cells in various ways. Firstly，the dynamic change of glutamine transporters can directly affect intracellular glutamine content thereby causing drug resistance; secondly，tumor stromal cells including adipocyte，fibroblast and metabolite from tumor microenvironment would give rise to immune-mediated drug resistance; thirdly，the expression and activity of key enzymes in glutamine metabolism also has a critical role in drug resistance of tumors. This article reviews the effects of glutamine metabolic pathway in the development of tumor chemoresistance，in terms of transporters，tumor microenvironment and metabolic enzymes，to provide insight for improving the therapeutic efficacy for drug-resistant tumors.
Cell Line, Tumor ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; Glutamine/metabolism* ; Glycolysis ; Humans ; Neoplasms/drug therapy* ; Oxidative Phosphorylation ; Tumor Microenvironment

Since China-Switzerland free-trade agreements took effects, to develop the service trade of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Switzerland has a wide market opportunity. It’s also of great importance on promoing the service trade of China and spreading Chinese culture. By collecting and summarizing the political and economic condition in Switzerland and the current situation of TCM service trade in China and Switzerland, this paper analyzes the opportunities of TCM market in Switzerland, which showed that the development of TCM service trade in Switzerland should base on the health maintenance of TCM to develop service trade; communicate with higher level authority for policy support; conduct strict management and lunch more industry standards.