The volatile compounds of trogopterorum feces were collected by using a simultaneous distillation and extraction (SDE) equipment. The chemical composition of the enriched volatile was examined by means of capillary gas chromatography (GC) and combined GC-mass spectrometry (MS). Fifty one constituents of the volatile were preliminarily identified by GC-MS, which amounted to 56.3% of the total peak area. Of these compounds, 33 were further verified by measuring their temperature-programmed retention indexes (TPRI) or retention times. They amounted to 35.7 % of the total peak areas. The main constituents of the volatile are dedecanoic acid (7.00%);alphacedrol (4.41%); pyrazine, tetramethyl-(4. 10%); tetradecanoic acid (3.37%); ethanone, 1-(3-methylphenyl)- (2.53%); benzaldehyde (2.42%); phenol, 2-methoxy-(2.11% ). The compound classes consist of alcohols (10), ketones (8), aldehydes (6), olefines (5), acids (4), and phenols (4).

Anti-Bacterial Agents ; therapeutic use ; Bartonella henselae ; Cat-Scratch Disease ; drug therapy ; microbiology ; physiopathology ; Child ; Female ; Humans

Objective To explore the application of continuing nursing model in life of puerperae with preterm infants and evaluate its effects.Methods Based on continuous nursing model of Ahmadi,puerperae's continuing nursing program was constructed.Randomized controlled trail design was used,and totally 110 puerperae in a hospital in Beijing were recruited from August 2016 to March 2017.The experimental group received continuing nursing intervention model,and the control group received routine nursing care.Parenting knowledge and psychological evaluation of the two groups were collected 3 days before discharge,1 month,3 months and 6 months after discharge.Results Ninety-eight puerperae completed the study.In the experimental group,the score of parenting knowledge was higher than that of the control group(P＜0.01),and the total score of mental health assessment and scores of depression and anxiety were lower than those in the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion Puerperae's continuing nursing program based on the continuous nursing model of Ahmadi improved maternal ability and positive emotion,and promoted quality of life.

AIM: To better reveal the changing process of macula area after photodynamic therapy (PDT), the changes of tomographic imaging on macular fovea optical coherence tomography ( OCT ) scan at different follow- up time points after treating age-related macular degeneration ( AMD) by PDT were investigated.
METHODS: This cohort study included 30 eyes of 26 patients diagnosed as AMD. The dosage of verteporfin was calculated according to manufacturer's instruction. All participants got FFA, ICG, OCT scan and best corrected visual acuity before and followed up for 2wk, 1, 2, 3mo after PDT. The standard five lines combined with 6 lines OCT scan covered key parts of lesion and the scan locations before and after were kept the same. The bilaminar foveal thickness (BFT), outer high reflectivity band thickness ( OHRBT ) , and the total area of intraretinal fluid ( IRF ) and subretinal fluid ( SRF ) were measured at different time points. The relationship between the changes and follow up time was analyzed. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS for windows version 13. 0.
RESULTS: There months after treatment, an improvement of 2 lines or better on the Snellen chart was achieved on 22 eyes, visual acuity of 3 eyes without significant change, 3 eyes got decreased, 2 cases lost follow up. The average macular thickness of improved 22 eyes before treatment was 722. 5±55. 6μm, 2wk after treatment, 708. 3±45. 3μm, 1mo, 584. 4±49. 3μm, 2mo, 430. 7±50. 2μm and 180. 6 ±36. 3μm at 3mo. The OHRBT before and after treatment respectively were 302. 3 ±50-2μm, 277. 5±42. 3μm, 202. 7±40. 1μm, 180. 6±35. 7μm, 100. 8±22. 9μm. The total area of both IRF and SRF was estimated as 0. 34±0. 12mm2 , 0. 25±0. 07mm2 , 0. 10±0-05mm2 , 0. 08±0. 04mm2 , 0. 05±0. 01mm2 .
CONCLUSION:SRF and retinal edema of patients with AMD were absorbed 1mo after PDT, and the BFT, OHRBT were significantly tend to be thin.

Purpose To evaluate the expression of miR-21 in the tissues and cell lines of hepatocellular carcinoma,and to try to find its possible target genes.Methods The expression profile of miR-21 was detected in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues and cell lines.Mter miR-21 inhibitor was used,the alterations in the vitality and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells were observed.The possible target gene of miR-21 was predicted by bioinformatics analysis.The influence of miR-21 inhibitors on the target gene activity was evaluated by dual luciferase reporting gene system.Results The expression level of miR-21 was significantly higher in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues than that in the adjacent ones (P ＜0.05).The expression level of miR-21 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells was significantly higher than that in the hepatic cells (P ＜0.01).After inhibiting miR-21,the viability and invasion ability of hepatocellular carcinoma cells were decreased (P ＜ 0.01).The expression level of programmed cell death 4 (PDCD4) in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues was significantly lower than that in the adjacent tissues (P ＜ 0.01).Its expression level in hepatocellular carcinoma cells was significantly lower than that in the hepatic cells (P ＜ 0.01).After interfering with PDCD4,the vitality and invasion ability of liver cancer cells were increased (P ＜ 0.05).Dual luciferase reporter gene assay indicated that by inhibiting miR-21,the expression level of PDCD4 was up-regulated (P ＜ 0.01).The vitality and invasion ability of liver cancer cells were reduced (P ＜ 0.001).Conclusion MiR-21 can regulate the growth and invasion of liver cancer cells through targeting PDCD4.

OBJECTIVETo analyze the stress distribution in all-ceramic crowns when it was subjected to load.

METHODSA 3D numerical model of the all-ceramic crown of the right mandibular first molar was generated from scanned CT images. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to evaluate the stress distribution in the all-ceramic crown when it was subjected to 5 load conditions.

RESULTSStress distributions under 5 loading conditions were obtained. Stress concentrations were generally found near the loading areas at the veneer and at the lower surface of the core beneath the loading areas. In the 5 loading conditions, it was found that when the crown was loaded with vertical concentrated load, the tensile stresses around the shoulder areas were uniform, while stress concentration with maximum of 32.25 MPa was found at the shoulder areas in lingual-buccal direction when loads were applied at an angle of 10 degrees with the tooth axis on the buccal side. The masticatory load which was applied at 20 degrees with the tooth axis on the buccal side would cause stress concentration at the shoulder in mesial-distal direction. The maximum value could reach 11.29 MPa.

CONCLUSIONSThe occlusal surface of the all-ceramic crown must be trimmed to increase multiple contact zones with the opposite surfaces in antagonist teeth to avoid excessive concentrated stress that may cause crown failure.

Crowns ; Dental Porcelain ; Dental Stress Analysis ; methods ; Finite Element Analysis ; Materials Testing

BACKGROUND:The traditional two-dimensional culture system has been widely used in the in vitro culture of human tissue stem cells,but it cannot really simulate the three-dimensional physiological microenvironment in the body, which is not conducive to the study of the biological behavior of human stem cells. OBJECTIVE: To detect the effect of the bioactivity of Col-Tgel in human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)in vitro and in vivo,by constructing a three-dimensional culture system stimulating the physiological microenvironment of the body. METHODS:(1)In vitro co-culture:Green fluorescent protein labeled MSCs(MSCs-GFP)and human umbilical cord blood CD34+cells were co-cultured in Col-Tgel for 3 days (three-dimensional culture group). Human umbilical cord blood CD34+cells were cultured in Col-Tgel for 3 days as single culture group. MSCs-GFP and human umbilical cord blood CD34+cells were co-cultured in Transwell chamber for 3 days as two-dimensional culture group. Human umbilical cord blood CD34+cells were cultured routinely as control group. The percentage of CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90+cells in each group was measured by flow cytometry. In situ immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the activity of cells that were co-cultured in Col-Tgel.(2)In vivo transplantation:NOD/SCID mice subjected to 24-hour X-ray irradiation were divided into two groups: in experimental group, MSC-GFP cells were resuspended in Col-Tgel and transplanted into the tibia of NOD/SCID mice; in control group, MSCs-GFP were resuspended in PBS and transplanted into the tibia of NOD/SCID mice. The MSC-GFP growth in the bone marrow was detected by two-photon/confocal microscopy at 3 days post transplantation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) After co-culture in Col-Tgel for 3 days, the percentage of CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90+cells in the three-dimensional culture group was 2.8 times that of the two-dimensional culture group, indicating that the MSCs significantly promoted the expansion of CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90+cells in the Col-Tgel. The percentage of CD34+CD38-CD45RA-CD90+cells in the three-dimensional culture group was increased by 4.5 times compared with the single culture group and increased by 1.5 times compared with the control group. Immunofluorescence staining showed that the cell viability of human MSCs and human umbilical cord blood CD34+cells was not affected after co-cultured in Col-Tgel for 3 days.In the in vivo transplantation experiment,MSC-GFP cells could survive in the medullary cavity.In summary, Col-Tgel provides a new strategy for stem cell culture and in vivo growth by forming a three-dimensional system similar to the physiological environment in vivo.

OBJECTIVETo study the effect of Shenmai Injection (SMI) on the clinical efficacy of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) in treating patients with severe respiratory failure (RF) caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

METHODSPatients in the control group (n=23) were treated with conventional therapy plus NPPV, and those in the treatment group (n=25) received the same treatment but with intravenous infusion of SMI 30 ml once a day additionally. The treatment lasted for 10 days. Arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) was continuously monitored in all patients, arterial blood gas values was determined before treatment and at the 6th hour, the 24th hour, the 3rd day and the 7th day after treatment, and consciousness, breath, heart rate and severity of dyspnea were observed during the treating period.

RESULTSAll patients in the treatment group were markedly improved and discharged from hospital, while in the control group 20 were improved and discharged from hospital, but the other 3 failed to be remitted and received the conventional invasive mechanical ventilation. The duration of hospitalization and ventilation were 11.3 +/- 2.5 d and 5.8 +/- 2.8 d in the treatment group, and 13.2 +/- 2.7 d and 7.5 +/- 3.0 d in the control group, showing significant difference in the two indexes between the two groups (P < 0.05). The dyspnea score and the arterial blood gas values determined on the 3rd and 7th day were significantly improved in the treatment group than those in the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The incidence of endotracheal intubation caused adverse reaction, such as facial-skin crush wound, abdominal distention and contaminated infection in the treatment group was obviously lessened as compared with the control group.

CONCLUSIONSMI could shorten the duration of hospitalization and mechanical ventilation, reduce trachea cannulation, and decrease the incidence of complications and adverse reactions in the patients with severe RF due to COPD treated with NPPV.

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Drug Combinations ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Injections, Intravenous ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Phytotherapy ; Positive-Pressure Respiration ; methods ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; complications ; Respiratory Insufficiency ; etiology ; therapy

Through researches of channels and collaterals and clinical practice of many years, the authors understand that Chinese medicine, which considers the human body as an interrelated, mutual constraints, whole, dynamic living system, has gradually become an important part of modern medicine. Channels and collaterals are a closed loop system which is communicated and linked by energy and information in the form of electromagnetic oscillation, reflecting many characteristics similar to quantum. Channels and collaterals are not a fixed organizational structure. Studies on channel and collaterals find that the track of the propagated sensation along channels (PSC) have the phenomenon drifting about. This exactly reflects the law of channels dynamically running. By information triggering and living resonance, channels and collaterals bring into play entirely regulative action. The innovative treatment of channels and collaterals followed by characteristics and laws of quantum can get a better curative effect. Theory of channels in the position of quantum information medical science provides an important breach for modernization of Chinese medicine.
Medical Informatics ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; trends ; Meridians

This study was aimed to detect the methylation status of FHIT gene promoter region in the DNA from plasma of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and to investigate the demethylating effect of decitabine. Methylation-specific PCR method was used to detect the methylation status of FHIT gene promoter region in the DNA from plasma of 4 patients with MDS before and after treatment with decitabine plus semis CAG therapy (among them, 1 case of newly diagnosed MDS, 3 cases progressed into acute leukemia). The results indicated that 3 cases were found to have an increased methylation in the promoter region. After treatment with decitabine plus semis CAG, increased methylation was reversed in 2 cases. In 4 cases, 2 cases displayed clinical response. It is concluded that FHIT gene hypermethylation is associated with MDS pathogenesis. Decitabine has demethylating effect on the FHIT gene hypermethylation of plasma from MDS patients. Detecting the methylation status of FHIT gene in DNA from plasma may play a role in MDS auxiliary diagnosis or prognosis.
Acid Anhydride Hydrolases ; genetics ; Adult ; Aged ; Azacitidine ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; DNA ; blood ; DNA Methylation ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myelodysplastic Syndromes ; blood ; drug therapy ; Neoplasm Proteins ; genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic