Objective To compare inhibitory effects among extract of Radix tripterygii wilfordii (RTW),dexamethasone and diclofenac sodium on nitric oxide (NO) production and inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity in chondrocytes of patient with rheumatoid arthritis,and to explore cartilage protection of three kinds of medicines in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods Chondrocytes from the resected knee joint cartilage of patients with RA were isolated and cultured.The chondrocytes were stimulated by IL 1,and at the same time the cells were treated with RTW,dexamethasone and diclofenac sodium in different concentration overnight.Supernatants were collected to detect the content of NO with Griess reagent.Chondrocytes were collected to examine the iNOS activity by detecting the conversion of L 14 C arginine into L 14 C citruline.The total RNA of chondrocytes was extracted and the iNOS mRNA was examined by Northern blot.Results RTW inhibited NO production and iNOS activity in different concentration (2,4,8 and 16 mg/L).The maximal inhibitory rates were 81 1% and 84 3% respectively.Such inhibitory effects were dosage dependent.Corresponding to NO and iNOS,RTW inhibited the expression of iNOS mRNA induced by IL 1 in chondrocytes.Dexamethasone inhibited NO production,iNOS activity and iNOS mRNA expression significantly,the maximal inhibitory rate around 50%,but not dosage dependent.Diclofenac sodium only had 12 9% inhibitory effect.Conclusion RTW and dexamethasone both inhibited NO production by chondrocytes,but inhibitory effect of dexamethasone was limited.Diclofenac sodium only had weak inhibitory effect.

Direct oral anticoagulants,include direct thrombin inhibitor and direct factor Xa inhibitor.As the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of these drugs are known,their plasma concentration is not food-effective,and theoretically it is not necessary to monitor routinely.However, clinical practice in recent years has shown that anticoagulant effect of DOACs is required to evaluate in patients with thrombosis, major bleeding, emergency surgery, hepatic/renal dysfunction and other special situations.Recent studies have shown that routine coagulation assays such as activated partial thromboplastin time(APTT) and thrombin time(TT) can be used as laboratory screening tests for direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran and prothrombin time(PT) can be used as laboratory screening test for direct factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban.DOAC′s quantitative measurements include dilute thrombin time(dTT),hemoclot thrombin inhibitor (HTI),ecarin clotting time (ECT) and ecarin chromogenic assay (ECA) for direct thrombin inhibitor and anti-FXa assay(rivaroxaban calibration) for rivaroxaban.Laboratories should establish their own monitoring range when performing these assays.

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) can be induced in ischemia and other pathological states and mediate neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia.Understanding the upregulation mechanism of TRAIL in ischemic brain tissue is promising to develop new treatment for stroke.

YKL-40 (human cartilage glycoprotein 39) is a newly discovered inflammatory cytokine, which belongs to the member of 18 glycosyl hydrolase of mammal family. Previous studies have indicated that YKL-40 is associated with the acute or chronic inflammatory diseases and tumors. Studies in recent years have suggested that YKL-40 may be involved in the occurrence and development of atherosclerotic plaques, and it is correlated with the plaque instability. The physiological function and the mechanisms of YKL-40 are not fully understood. It may have the roes of promoting vascular smooth muscle migration and proliferation, promoting cell adhesion and proliferation, as well as regulating extracellular matrix remodeling The detection of YKL-40 may have some significance in the aided diagnosis, predicting prognosis, prevention of cardiocerebrovascular diseases, and even the establishment of new therapeutic strategies.

Manual microscopic differential of white blood cell has been challenged by multiparameter flow cytometry,using monoclonal antibodies to define the different leukocyte types.Compared with manual differential,flow cytometry method is more sensitive,specific,objective and has good repeatability.Recent studies demonstrated flow cytometric differential correlates well with manual microscopic method and has good clinical performance for blast and immature granulocyte.Meanwhile more leukocyte populations can be identified with flow cytometric method,such as lymphocyte subset and CD 16 + monocyte,thus helping in monitoring blast in acute leukemia,B lymphocyte proliferative disorder differential diagnosis and minimal residual disease.With the development and improvement of flow cytometric differential,it might be a candidate reference method of leukocyte differential,gradually applied in the routine work.

Objective To investigate the effects of environmental enrichment (EE) on the neurological functions in patients with stroke. Methods From May, 2013 to November, 2015, 76 patients with stroke were selected and randomly divided into control group (n=39) and EE group (n=37). Both groups received routine therapy and the EE group received EE in addition. They were assessed with simplified Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and modified Barthel Index (MBI) before and after treatment. Re-sults The scores of FMA, MoCA and MBI increased in both groups after treatment (t>2.339, P<0.05), and the scores of MoCA and MBI in-creased more in the EE group than in the control group (t>2.187, P<0.05). Conclusion EE could promote the recovery of cognitive function and activities of daily living in patients with stroke.

Objective Using chemically synthesized small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfected HepG2.2.15 cells to construct a cell model in interfering hepatitis B virus (HBV) X gene, studying the inhibi-tion of HBV replication and antigen expression in vitro. Methods After transfection of HepG2.2.15 cell for 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, detecting the cell supernatant of HBsAg and HBeAg by chemiluminescence immunoassay, the cell supernatant HBxAg protein by ELISA , the HBx mRNA relative expression of transfected cell was detected by fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the ability of cell proliferation was detected by CCK-8 assay. Results After HBx-siRNA transfected HepG2.2.15 cells, cell proliferation ability was inhibited. The cell of HBx mRNA and the cell supernatant of HBxAg expression decreased (P < 0.05); at the same time it in-hibited the expression of HBsAg and HBeAg. The suppressed peak and the inhibition rate were 66% and 58%respectively at 72 h. The fluorescence quantitative PCR confirmed that expression of HBV DNA in the super-natant was decreased. Conclusion The HepG2.2.15 cell interference model of HBV X gene has been success-fully constructed, which has an effect of inhibiting proliferation of HepG2.2.15 cells and replication and expres-sion of HBV gene in vitro.

Objective To investigate the role and the mechanism of ppk1 gene (coding for polyphosphate kinase 1) in oxidative stress resistance in uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC).MethodsMutant strains with ppk1-deletion (△pk1) and complemented strains (△pk1-C) were constructed based on the UPEC strain CFT073.A comparative analysis was conducted to analyze survival rates of CFT073, △pk1 and △pk1-C strains at different time points while they were under oxidative stress.Differences in protein expression between CFT073 and △pk1 strains were analyzed using mass spectrometric analysis.Differences between CFT073 and △pk1 strains in expression of katG and katE genes were analyzed using real-time quantitative RT-PCR.Results The survival rate of △pk1 strains was lower than that of CFT073 strains at every time point, while the survival rate of △pk1-C strains was basically the same as that of CFT073 strains.Gel image analysis and mass spectrometric analysis revealed that six proteins were down-regulated and one was up-regulated in △pk1 strains as compared with those in CFT073 strains.Expression of the catalase-coding genes katG and katE in △pk1 strains were respectively (20.5±8.2)% and (20.9±6.9)% of those in CFT073 strains (P<0.05).Conclusion The ppk1 gene plays an important role in oxidative stress resistance in UPEC by modulating the expression of catalase-coding genes katG and katE.

Animal medicine is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine with a long application history in China. Systematically understanding the history of the development of animal medicine is of great significance to scientific protection and rational use of animal medicine resources. It has certain guiding significance to protection of wild resources, exploitation of new substitutes, standardization and summary of artificial breeding, and artificial reproduction technology. Taking the development of bezoar as an example, this article expounded the following four aspects:the development history of animal medicine, national animal protection, technical development, and prospect forecast by summarizing the Chinese ancient medical books and consulting the relevant laws and regulations. The entire above are about to offer new ideas for the sustainable development, the development of new medicine resources, and the development of animal medicine related preparation product.

Objective To study the feasibility of DCE-MRI application in the orthotopic transplantation model of gastric cancer in nude mice.Methods Orthotopic transplantation model of gastric cancer in nude mice was established, and 15 models underwent DCE-MRI using the contrast agent of gadopentetate.Subsequently, the tumor was dissected in order to detect the MVD.The MVD was compared between orthotopic transplantation tumor model of gastric cancer and normal gastric mucosa.Results Fifteen nude mice with orthotopic transplantation of gastric cancer successfully underwent DCE-MRI examination.As for the cancer, the values of Ktrans, Kep and Ve were (2.11±0.44) min-1, (4.59±0.93) min-1, and 0.46±0.06, respectively.The MVD in gastric cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in normal gastric mucosa (χ2=16.205, P<0.001).Conclusion DCE-MRI can be used for noninvasively quantitative evaluation of vascular parameters of gastric carcinoma.