When senescence induction is based on DNA damage, senescent cells display a unique phenotype, which has been termed “senescence-associated secretory phenotype”( SASP ) . SASP, including proinflammatory cytokines, growth factors, chemokines, matrix remodeling enzymes and other cytokines, may be an important driver of chronic inflammation and therefore may be part of a vicious cycle of inflammation, DNA damage and senescence. Senescence-associated secretory products released by such cells can affect the neighboring cells and further exacer-bate their regenerative capacity. SASP is associated with many chronic age-related diseases.

Precision medicine pointed out the future direction for medicine,providing new opportunities for the development of TCM,putting forward higher requirements and encountering severe challenges of the quality research of TCM.In view of the core connotation of precision medicine and the characteristics of TCM,we presented the precision connotation of quality based on the basic attributes,the clinical application and function characteristics of TCM in accordance with the thinking mode and method of the transformation research.In this article,we indicated the research approach for the scientific evaluation and effective control of quality based on the precise cognition of TCM.

OBJECTIVE: To study the how's for pharmacists at inpatient pharmacy to provide pharmaceutical care for improved safe and effective use of drugs. METHODS: Pharmacists at inpatient pharmacy can provide pharmaceutical care as per specific clinical needs, and start from such details as preparing the booklet of commonly-used chemotherapy drugs, offering face-to-face advises on drug use for diabetics, and helping nurses to manage the medicine cabinets. RESULTS & CONCLUSION: Pharmacists at inpatient pharmacy should provide the right pharmaceutical care that can meet actual clinical needs.

Objective To establish an aging model of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and to investigate aging related biological mechanism for the purpose of studying the senesence of MSCs .Methods MSCs were separated and purified from human placenta, and the cells of the third passage(P3-MSCs) were cultured in the medium for 2 hours, then 100,200 and 300 μmol/L hydrogen peroxide ( H2 O2 ) was added to the cells for 2 hours to establish the MSCs aging model in vitro. Biological characteristics of aging MSCs were evaluated by cell cycle assay and senescence associated β-galactosidase staining.The expression of p16,p21 and p53 genes was further measured using quantitative real-time PCR (RT-PCR).Re-sults Compared with the control , the number of MSCs treated with 200μmol/L H2 O2 for 2 hours was significantly decreased and the cells displayed less adipogenic ,osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation .Moreover ,after exposure to 200 μmol/L H2 O2 , the majority of the cells were in the G 0/G1 phase as showed by cell cycle analysis .The percentage of senescence-associated β-galactosidase-positive cells was increased , and the expression of p 16 , p21 and p53 mRNA and protein was significantly increased.Conclusion The results of this study has demonstrated that the H 2 O2 (200 μmol/L) can be used to establish the aging model of MSCs in vitro, and the cellular phenotypic alteration may attribute to the cell cycle associated gene expression (p16, p21, and p53).

Non-coding RNAs ( ncRNA ), including ribosomal RNA( rRNA), transfer RNA( tRNA), MicroRNA ( miRNA), long noncoding RNA(lncRNA) and small nucleolar RNA(snoR-NA), are a class of RNA that have multiple functions and are not translated to proteins. MicroRNA and lncRNA are involved in the injury, remodeling and aging of blood vessels, and it is necessary to understand the regulatory roles of MicroRNA and lncRNA in these processes. It is reported that MicroRNA and lncRNA are not only participated in the regulation of oxidative response, inflammation, cell proliferation and migration, and phenotype transition, they are also involved in the regulation of gene expression by conducting different mechanisms, including transcriptional regulation, post-transcriptional modification and chromatin remodeling. These aspects of regulation by MicroRNA and lncRNA are related to cardiovascular diseases, such as ath-erosclerosis, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke, pul-monary hypertension and diabetes, and thus provide a new way for genetic diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases.

BACKGROUND:Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells with capabilities for self-renewal and multi-differentiation have attracted widespread attention. OBJECTIVE:To develop an efficient method for isolation and culture of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, and to analyze the cellbiological features. METHODS:Mesenchymal stem cells were isolated and cultured from human umbilical cord by improved tissue cultivation. Immunophenotype and cellcycle were analyzed by flow cytometry. Growth curve was determined by MTT assay, and differentiation ability was evaluated by in vitro osteogenic and adipogenic induction as wel . RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Some fusiform cells crawled out from human umbilical cord tissues after cultivation for 5 days and formed colonies about 10 days later. When the removed tissues were further cultured, more cells appeared again within 2 days and formed colonies after 5 days. The isolated cells exhibited similar morphology of fibroblast-like shape after passage. Furthermore, the cells expressed CD90, CD105, but were negative for the markers of CD34, CD45, HLA-DR. Population doubling time of the cells calculated from the result of MTT was about 50 hours and cellcycle analysis showed that 41.24%cells were in the G 2/S phrase. Therefore, the isolated cells had a high prolification ability. In addition, the isolated cells could be induced into osteoblasts and adipocytes in vitro. In a word, the results of this study demonstrated that the cells from the second tissues culture possessed the biological characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells and more primary umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were acquired through the improved method.

Objective To study the feasibility and safety of performing nephrectomy together with the removal of complicated inferior vena cava tumor thrombus under profound hypothermia and arrested circulation. Methods After made the median thoraco-abdominal incision, the exploration of the abdominal organs was done. The right kidney, inferior vena cava and renal pedicle were well exposed then. After the whole body heparinization, cannulas were put into ascending aorta, superior vena cava, aortic root and right superior pulmonary vein. The body temperature was reduced to 20℃ with cardiopulmonary bypass unit and the extracorporeal circulation was stopped then. Cut open the inferior vena cava at vena renalis dextra ingress and the F16 urinary catheter was inserted into atrum dextra through inferior vena cava and inflated. The tumor thrombus was pulled out and the right kidney was removed. The inferior vena cava incision was sutured to close and the extracorporeal circulation was resumed and patient was re-warmed.Results The operation time was 330 min and the extracorporeal circulation time was 90 min, while the profound hypothermia with circulatory arrest time was 20 min. The estimated blood loss during operation was 400 ml and 6 unit red cells and 600 ml blood plasm were transfused. The patient was awaked 2.5 h after the operation, food intake resumed 4 days after operation and the patient was discharged on day 10 post-operatively. After 6 months'follow-up, there were no local recurrence and metastasis occurred. Conclusion The technique of profound hypothermia and circulation arrest could improve the safety and efficacy in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma with suprahepatic (level Ⅲ) caval tumor thrombus.

BACKGROUND:Placenta is a valuable source of mesenchymal stem cels for stem cel therapy and future application in the field of regenerative medicine. However, conventional methods cannot acquire a large amount of purified human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels. Here, we present a new method for isolating human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels suitable for banking strategies and for future clinical applications. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the biological characteristics of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels cultured by tissue dissociating and colagenase digestion. METHODS: Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels were obtained from human placenta by tissue dissociating and colagenase digestion method. Immunophenotype was analyzed by flow cytometry. Growth curve was determined by MTT assay, and differentiation ability was evaluated byin vitro adipogenic, osteogenic and chondrogenic induction as wel. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels could be passaged stablyin vitro. Furthermore, the cels expressed CD73, CD90, CD105, but were negative for the markers of CD11b, CD19, CD34, CD45, and HLA-DR. Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels proliferated actively and began to grow logarithmicaly at days 3-5 folowed by a plateau period at day 6. In addition, the isolated cels could be induced into adipocytes, osteocytes, chondrocytesin vitro. In a word, the results of this study demonstrated that the tissue dissociating and colagenase digestion method is an efficient method for obtaining a large amount of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels that can be stably cultured in vitro and have strong proliferative ability.

Objective To investigate the regulation of naringin on apoptosis of airway inflammatory cells in asthmatic mice and its relationship with Tas2rs.Methods 36 BALB/c mice were randomly divided into 6 groups(n=6):blank control group,ovalbumin model group(OVA),dexamethasone group(10 mg·kg-1,positive control drug),naringin low,medium and high dose groups(10,20,40 mg·kg-1).Airway asthma was induced by OVA in all groups except the blank control group.After continuous administration of solvent,dexamethasone or naringin for 6 days,the respiratory function and the number of cells in alveolar lavage fluid of mice were measured,the lung and airway morphology of mice were observed,respiratory resistance(Rrs),lung elastic resistance(Ers)and respiratory compliance(Crs)were measured,and mRNA expression levels of lung tissue-related pro-apoptotic factors were measured.The mRNA expression levels of Tas2rs and its downstream genes were determined.Results Compared with OVA model group,naringin could dose-dependent decrease Rrs and Ers,increase Crs,and decrease the number of leukocytes,eosinophils,lymphocytes and neutrophils.Compared with OVA model group,the infiltration of inflammatory cells in lung tissue was significantly reduced in high-dose naringin group,and the mRNA expression levels of Tas2r108,Tas2r135,Tas2r143 and their downstream target genes α-gust and Trpm5 in lung and airway tissue were significantly decreased.The mRNA expression levels of proapoptotic factors P53,Bax and Casp3 were increased,while the mRNA expression levels of apoptosis inhibitor Bcl2 were decreased.Conclusion Naringin prophylactic administration can promote the activation of airway Tas2rs signal,decrease the number of airway inflammatory cells and alleviate airway injury in asthmatic mice.Naringin as a Tas2rs agonist can be developed as a potential anti-asthmatic agent.

Objective:To explore the effectiveness and complications of non-incision removal of tunneled cuffed catheter (TCC).Methods:The clinical characteristics, surgical plans and complications of patients with TCC removal in the Renal Division of Peking University First Hospital from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2020 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. The patients were divided into non-incision removal group and traditional incision removal group. The clinical characteristics, procedure success rate, procedural duration and complications were compared between the two groups.Results:A total of 349 patients were included in this study, for whom 368 catheter removal procedures were performed, including 286 procedures in the non-incision removal group, 75 procedures in the traditional incision removal group, and 7 procedures without records of surgical plans. There was no significant difference in age, sex, basic kidney diseases and catheter remaining time and location between the two groups (all P>0.05). Two procedures in the non-incision removal group and 1 procedure in the traditional incision removal group failed respectively, and there was no significant difference in the procedure success rate between the two groups (99.3% vs 98.7%, χ2=0.290, P=0.590). The procedural duration in the non-incision removal group was lower than that in the traditional incision removal group [(5.36±1.70) min vs (17.55±3.28) min, t=44.198, P<0.001]. Among the patients who needed TCC exchange, there was no significant difference in the selection of new catheter position between the two groups ( P=0.330). In terms of complications, there were 2 procedures of local hematoma in the non-incision removal group and 1 procedure of infection in the traditional incision removal group, and there was no severe complication in both groups. Conclusions:There was no significant difference in the procedural success rate and complications between non-incision removal group and traditional incision removal group, and non-incision procedure may be superior in reducing the procedure duration and harm less to the patients. Non-incision procedure is a safe and effective method to remove TCC.