Objective To observe the influence degree of amlodipine on the blood vessel function and RAAS in patients with hypertension.Methods 80 patients with hypertension were collected as the study objects,all the patients were divided into the control group(enalapril group)of 40 cases and observation group(enalapril combined with amlodipine group)of 40 cases according to the principle of random distribution.Then the blood vessel function indexes and RAAS indexes of the two groups before and after the treatment were respectively detected and compared. Results Before the treatment,blood vessel function indexes and RAAS indexes of observation group and control group did not have significant differences.After treatment,blood vessel function indexes and RAAS indexes of the observation group[the eighth week:sVCAM-1(76.56 ±7.65)μg/L,vWF(66.75 ±7.84)%,ET-1(65.20 ± 6.46)ng/L,VEGF(43.39 ±5.20)ng/L,Ang-Ⅱ(90.51 ±9.46)ng/L,ALD(98.97 ±10.25)ng/L]were signifi-cantly lower than those of the control group[sVCAM-1(90.46 ±9.24)μg/L,vWF(80.41 ±9.21)%,ET -1 (75.35 ±7.46)ng/L,VEGF (54.18 ±5.57)ng/L,Ang-Ⅱ(107.84 ±11.46)ng/L,ALD (131.53 ±11.84)ng/L], there were significant differences between the two groups(all P<0.05 ).Conclusion The influence of amlodipine for the blood vessel function and RAAS of patients with hypertension are great,and it is helpful for the improvement of patients disease state.

Objective:To prepare a new type of anti-leukemia immunotoxin with killing activity.Methods:The method of cytotoxicity was used to study the activity of the immunotoxin after the induction of IPTG. Results:The expressed fusion proteins were detected mostly as inclusion bodies at high level.The result showed IL3-PE38KDEL had liable activity of toxicity. Conclusion:The fusion protein IL3-PE38KDEL has good biological activity,which paves way for the further study on its treatment of leukemia.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the function of activator protein-1 (AP-1) in proliferation and collagen synthesis of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) in neonatal rats induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and to explore the mechanism of Qiangxin Decoction (QXD), a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, in reversing cardiac fibrosis. METHODS: CFs derived from neonatal rats were cultured with enzymatic dissociation, and fibrosis of the CFs was induced by TNF-alpha. The CFs were divided into normal control group, untreated group, 5% QXD-containing serum group, 10% QXD-containing serum group and 20% QXD-containing serum group. After 24-hour culture of QXD-containing serum, AP-1 mRNA was detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction; proliferation and collagen synthesis of CFs were assayed by thiazolyl blue assay (MTT) and measured by hydroxyproline respectively, in order to determine the effect of different dosage decoction on the proliferation and collagen synthesis of CFs. RESULTS: After 24-hour stimulation of TNF-alpha in CFs, compared with those in normal control group, the expression of AP-1 mRNA and cardiac fibroblast proliferation and collagen synthesis increased significantly (P<0.05). However, Qiangxin Decoction could reduce the expression of AP-1 mRNA and decreased the proliferation and collagen synthesis of CFs significantly (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Qiangxin Decoction can inhibit proliferation and collagen synthesis of CFs induced by TNF-alpha, and reverse cardiac fibrosis, which may be related to its down-regulation of the expression of AP-1.

Objective: To establish a uremic apoE -/- mouse model to observe serum biochemical parameters and features of aortic root atherosclerosis (AS) in the model. Methods: A uremic model was induced surgically in apoE-/-mice, electrocautery of the right kidney at 8 weeks of age and nephrectomy (NX) of the left one 2 weeks later. Control mice were sham-operated. Two weeks after NX, renal functions were detected in the uremic and control mice to evaluate the efficiency of the model. After 10 weeks of NX, blood samples were taken to determine serum biochemical parameters, and aortic root was collected for frozen sections to investigate the lesion features of AS. Results: Two weeks after NX, renal functions declined significantly in the uremic mice compared with the control ones, and remained stable 8 weeks later either in males or in females. Ten weeks after NX, serum levels of TCH, TG and LDL-C were dramatically higher in the uremic mice than in the controls, whereas no differences in serum HDL-C or glucose concentration were found between the two groups. Aortic root plaque relative area increased significantly in the uremic mice compared with the controls either in males or in females; moreover, the lesion area was larger in female mice than in male ones. Conclusion: We established a uremic apoE-/- mouse model successfully, and this model is characterized by accelerated atherogenesis which is associated with an increase in serum lipid profile. This experimental model can be a useful tool to study the pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies of uremic AS.

Objective: To establish a uremic apoE -/- mouse model to observe serum biochemical parameters and features of aortic root atherosclerosis (AS) in the model. Methods: A uremic model was induced surgically in apoE-/-mice, electrocautery of the right kidney at 8 weeks of age and nephrectomy (NX) of the left one 2 weeks later. Control mice were sham-operated. Two weeks after NX, renal functions were detected in the uremic and control mice to evaluate the efficiency of the model. After 10 weeks of NX, blood samples were taken to determine serum biochemical parameters, and aortic root was collected for frozen sections to investigate the lesion features of AS. Results: Two weeks after NX, renal functions declined significantly in the uremic mice compared with the control ones, and remained stable 8 weeks later either in males or in females. Ten weeks after NX, serum levels of TCH, TG and LDL-C were dramatically higher in the uremic mice than in the controls, whereas no differences in serum HDL-C or glucose concentration were found between the two groups. Aortic root plaque relative area increased significantly in the uremic mice compared with the controls either in males or in females; moreover, the lesion area was larger in female mice than in male ones. Conclusion: We established a uremic apoE-/- mouse model successfully, and this model is characterized by accelerated atherogenesis which is associated with an increase in serum lipid profile. This experimental model can be a useful tool to study the pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies of uremic AS.

Metabonomics is an important branch of system biology following the development of genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. It can perform high-throughput detection and data processing with multiple parameters, potentially enabling the identification and quantification of all small metabolites in a biological system. It can be used to provide comprehensive information on the toxicity effects, toxicological mechanisms and biomarkers, sensitively finding the unusual metabolic changes caused by poison. This article mainly reviews application of metabonomics in toxicological studies of abused drugs, pesticides, poisonous plants and poisonous animals, and also illustrates the new direction of forensic toxicology research.
Animals ; Biomarkers ; Forensic Toxicology/methods* ; Humans ; Metabolomics/methods*

Oxidative stress has been demonstrated to be one of the important mechanisms for brain injury. Free radicals are one of the most important products following cerebral ischemia/reperfusion and intracerebral hemorrhage. They are the important markers for evaluating the 2 types of stroke injuries. At present, some relevant biomarkers of oxidative stress, such as lipid, DNA, protein peroxidation, antioxidant enzymes, and non-enzymatic antioxidant molecules as well as inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors, are increasingly receiving attention. This article reviews and evaluates the biomarkers of oxidative stress in stroke.

With worldwide improvements in the regulations of international and domestic clinical trial conductions, the quality of clinical trials and trial data management are receiving a great deal of attention. To ensure the quality of clinical trials, maintain business flexibilities and effectively utilize internal and external resources, the outsourcing model is used in the management of clinical data in operation of pharmaceutical companies. The essential criteria of a successful outsourcing mode in clinical trial are selection of qualified contract research organizations (CRO); establishment of appropriate outsourcing model, and generation of effective quality control systems to ensure the authenticity, integrity and accuracy of the clinical trial data.

Metabonom ics is an im portant branch of system biology follow ing the developm ent of ge-nom ics, transcriptom ics and proteom ics. It can perform high-throughput detection and data processing with multiple param eters, potentially enabling the identification and quantification of all sm all m etabolites in a biological system . It can be used to provide com prehensive inform ation on the toxicity effects, toxi-cological mechanisms and biom arkers, sensitively finding the unusual m etabolic changes caused by poi-son. This article mainly review s application of m etabonom ics in toxicological studies of abused drugs, pesticides, poisonous plants and poisonous anim als, and also illustrates the new direction of forensic toxi-cology research.