Adult ; Bloodletting ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Female ; Herpes Zoster ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Manipulation, Chiropractic ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult

Acupuncture Therapy ; Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Conjunctivitis ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Needles ; Phlebotomy ; instrumentation

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Cold Temperature ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Meridians ; Middle Aged ; Qi ; Yin Deficiency ; therapy

OBJECTIVETo study the expression difference in MicroRNA-21 (miRNA-21) levels of the plasma between the patients with coronary heart disease and the subjects without coronary artery lesions, and its clinical significance.

METHODSPlasma was obtained from the patients with coronary heart disease(trial group,56 cases) and the subjects without coronary artery lesions(control group, 10 cases), patients with coronary disease were divided into angina(AP, 39 cases) and acute myocardial infarction(AMI, 17 cases)subgroup, the contents of miRNA-21 were detected using qRT-PCR method, and the differential expression of miRNA-21 in each group was analyzed. The levels of creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB), high sensitive troponin I(cTnI), B type natriuretic peptide urea (BNP), Gensini, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), integral value of coronary left ventricular end diastole diameter (LV) and homocysteine (HCY) were determined and the correlation between miRNA-21 and these clinical indexes was analyzed.

RESULTSCompared with control group, there was a significant difference in expression of miRNA-21 in patients with angina and AMI (P < 0.05), and miRNA-21 expression in AMI group was much higher than that in AP group. There was statistical significance in CK, CK-MB, cTnI, Genisis integral comparison between AMI group and control group (P < 0.05). The correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between expression of CK, CK-MB, cTnI and the level of circulating miRNA-21 in patients with acute myocardial infarction. And there was a negative correlation between BNP, Gensini integral, LVEF value of coronary artery, LV and circulating miRNA-21.

CONCLUSIONmiRNA-21 was significantly elevated in acute myocardial infarction subgroup than the control group. The level of miRNA-21 associates with the degree of coronary artery stenosis, and might be a potential marker for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. miRNA-21 may play an important role in protecting myocardium from ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Acute Disease ; Biomarkers ; blood ; Coronary Disease ; blood ; Creatine Kinase, MB Form ; metabolism ; Humans ; MicroRNAs ; blood ; Myocardial Infarction ; blood ; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain ; metabolism ; Troponin I ; metabolism

Actins ; genetics ; Adolescent ; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated ; genetics ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Desmin ; genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Mutation

Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of intranasal administration. Compared with the other administration routes, intranasal administration has the benefits of fast absorption, high bioavailability, high brain-targeting and non-invasive. In the past few years we take "Xingnaojing" and "Tongqiao Sanyu formula" as model drug and studied pharmacokinetics of effective components of different polarities. MDCK/MDCK-MDR1 cells were used to simulate blood brain barrier to study the permeate behaviors of different drug and the mechanism of enhancing effects of aromatic medicine. Then a microemulsion (modified by mPEG2000-PLA) was prepared for intranasal administration, and the pharmacokinetics and investigated tissue distribution were studied by fluorescence imaging. The irritation of the drug and different preparations were studied on human nasal epithelial cell (HNEC) cell and living animals. In this paper, we reviewed the achievements and hope that it can provide constructive suggestions for the future research.
Administration, Intranasal ; instrumentation ; methods ; Animals ; Biological Availability ; Blood-Brain Barrier ; drug effects ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; pharmacokinetics ; Humans

Heart Diseases ; genetics ; Humans ; Proteomics

Objective To investigate the clinical effect of systemic rehabilitation on stiffness of finger joints after hand injury. Methods A total of 213 stiff fingers were observed in patients with hand injury. All the patients were administered with therapeutic exercise, physical modalities and splinting. The improvement of the patients in terms of active range of motion (AROM) and passive range of motion (PROM) of their fingers was graded as excellent, good, adequate or poor according to the standard the authors set. Results With regard to their AROM and PROM, 82.2% and 94.8% of the patients got excellent improvement, 97.7% and 100% of the patients got excellent to adequate improvement, respectively. The finger function was increased from 17% to 56%. Conclusion Systemic rehabilitation can increase the AROM and PROM of stiff finger effectively and improve the patients' hand function.

Objective: Maxillary and mandible fractures are severe intermaxillary injuries,frequently involving other vital organs,and usually difficult to be treated.This study discusses the treatment of maxillary and mandible fractures.Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 39 cases of maxillary fractures and/or mandible fractures.Results: Of the 39 cases,34 males,5 females and 84.64% aged from 20 to 50,87.17% were caused by vehicle accidents,and 94.87% were accompanied by injuries of other parts of the body.After surgical treatment,78.95% gained normal or basically normal ocular esthetic results and 68% achieved good or improved facial esthetic results.Conclusion: The results of treatment are closely related with the type and severity of fracture and the time and plan of treatment.Preoperative CT scanning and facial profile three-dimensional reconstruction are necessitated for a thorough evaluation of the fractures and an analysis of the causes and extent of facial and ocular changes.The best treatment plan for maxillary and/or mandible fractures would include anatomic reduction by surgery,intermaxillary elastic traction and rigid internal fixation with the Ti plate.

OBJECTIVE:To optimize the soxhlet extraction technology of Atractylodis macrocephalae,and to provide evi-dence for research and preparation of its formula granules. METHODS:Using the contents of atractylenolide Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ as index, based on single factor test,the Soxhlet extraction technology of A. macrocephalae formula granules was optimized and verified by L9(34)orthogonal test with extraction time,solid-liquid ratio,extraction times as factors,and then compared with other technolo-gies (normal temperature extraction method,ultrasonic extraction method,reflux extraction method). RESULTS:The optimal ex-traction technology was as follows as 6-fold ethanol,extracting for 3 times,lasting for 8 h. Results of validation test showed that the extraction amounts of atractylenolide were 0.769,0.752,0.781 mg/g (RSD=1.99%,n=3) for 3 times,which were higher than the extraction amounts of other 3 methods(0.683,0.489,0.693 mg/g). CONCLUSIONS:The optimized extraction technolo-gy possesses high extraction rates of atractylenolide Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,and can be used for the extraction of internal ether from A. macro-cephalae formula granules.