Adipose-tissue mesenchymal stem cells, is one kind of multipotent stem cells, can differentiate into adipogenic, osteogenic, chondrogenic, myogenic cells and so on in vitro and in vivo. Human adipose tissue is plentiful, easily harvested in large quantity with little patient discomfort. Adipose-tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells may be an alternative stem cell source for mesenchymal tissue regeneration and engineering without ethical consideration of embryonic stem cells and severe pain resulted by bone marrow procurement. The research work on adipose-tissue mesenchymal stem cells and future clinical perspectives were reviewed.

Quantitative NMR (qNMR) is a technology based on the principle of NMR. This technology does not need the references of the determined components, which supplies a solution for the problem of reference scarcity in the quantitative analysis of traditional Chinese medicines. Moreover, this technology has the advantages of easy operation, non-destructiveness for the determined sample, high accuracy and repeatability, in comparison with HPLC, LC-MS and GC-MS. NMR technology has achieved quantum leap in sensitivity and accuracy with the development of NMR hardware. In addition, the choice of appropriate experimental parameters of the pre-treatment and measurement procedure as well as the post-acquisition processing is also important for obtaining high-quality and reproducible NMR spectra. This review summarizes the principle of qHNMR, the various experimental parameters affecting the accuracy and the precision of qHNMR, such as signal to noise ratio, relaxation delay, pulse width, acquisition time, window function, phase correction and baseline correction, and their corresponding optimized methods. Moreover, the application of qHNMR in the fields of quantitation of single or multi-components of traditional Chinese medicines, the purity detection of references, and the quality analysis of foods has been discussed. In addition, the existing questions and the future application prospects of qNMR in natural product areas are also presented.

Objective: To investigate the mechanism of Chuanshentong injection (CJ) in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Methods: The expression of androgen receptor (AR), estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) was examined with immunohistochemical technique in 49 cases of BPH. Among 49 cases, 18 served as control (group A), 21 failed in the treatment of CJ (group B) and 10 recurrent (group C) after CJ treatment. Results: As compared with Group A, the positive rate of ER expression (81 %vs 38.9 %, P

AIM: To study the expression of endostatin in ischemic myocardium of myocardial infarction(MI) rats in various periods and the correlation with VEGF expression and microvascular density(MVD).METHODS: Thirty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats after myocardial infarction were randomly divided into 7,14,21 and 28 days group.The sham group was normal control group(eight rats in each group).The expression of endostatin,VEGF and MVD in ischemic myocardium were observed by immunohistochemistry.RESULTS: The expression of endostatin significantly increased in the ischemic myocardium after MI,peaked at 7 days,then gradually decreased at 14,21 and 28 days.The endostatin level at 28 days was the same as the shams.The changing trends of expression of endostatin in ischemic myocardium after MI were similar to that of VEGF and were significantly correlated with the MVD.CONCLUSION: The expression of endostatin increased in ischemic myocardium of myocardial infarction rats.The changing trends of endostatin were similar to that of VEGF and positively correlated with the MVD.These data suggest that endostatin may modulate ischemic myocardium angiogenesis after myocardial infarction.

Objective To study the clinical effect of specific immune therapy for children with allergic rhini-tis(AR)and its influence on the level of serum IL -17 and IL -35.Methods 174 children with AR were chosen as the research group,who were used specific immune therapy for 24 months.In same period,110 cases of healthy chil-dren were selected as the control group.Curative effect was evaluated by rhinitis symptoms total score(TRSS)points rate.quality of life was evaluated by nasal conjunctivitis related quality of life questionnaire(RQLQ)score.Pulmonary function before and after treatment,serum Eos counting,IL -17,IL -35 were detected.Results (1 )In research group,the total effective rate after treatment of 2 years was 89.66%,which was significantly higher than 71.26% after treatment of 1 year,there was statistically significant difference(χ2 =18.716,P <0.05).(2)In the research group, TRSS score and RQLQ score after treatment of 1 year and 2 years were lower than that before treatment(t =28.360, 42.850,7.749,42.850,all P <0.05 ),and the data after treatment of 2 years were less than that after treatment 1 year(t =19.207,10.558,all P <0.05).(3)In the research group,FEV1 /predictive value after treatment of 1 year and 2 years elevated compared to that before the treatment,the airway resistance value /forecast and Eos count were lower than that before the treatment(t =15.972,27.811,48.780,62.211,10.930,62.211,all P <0.05).FEV1 /pre-dicted value after treatment of two years was higher than that after treatment of 1 year,airway resistance value /forecast and Eos counts were less than that after treatment of 1 year(t =8.728,14.707,16.488,all P <0.05 ).(4)In research group,serum IL -17 after treatment of 1 year and 2 years reduced,while IL -35 rose (t =9.162,14.522, 10.235,14.522,all P <0.05).And IL -17 after treatment of 2 years was lower than that after treatment of 1 year,IL-35 was higher than after treatment of 1 year(t =5.795,7.731,all P <0.05).(5)Correlation analysis showed that the serum IL -35 and the level of IL -17 showed a negative correlation(r =-0.36,P <0.05).Conclusion Effect of specific immune treatment on children with allergic rhinitis is better,specific immune treatment can improve the clinical symptoms,inhibit IL -17,promote IL35 and improve lung function and quality of life of patients.

Animals ; Child, Preschool ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Male ; Toxoplasma ; Toxoplasmosis ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; parasitology

Quantitative NMR (qNMR) is a technology based on the principle of NMR. This technology does not need the references of the determined components, which supplies a solution for the problem of reference scarcity in the quantitative analysis of traditional Chinese medicines. Moreover, this technology has the advantages of easy operation, non-destructiveness for the determined sample, high accuracy and repeatability, in comparison with HPLC, LC-MS and GC-MS. NMR technology has achieved quantum leap in sensitivity and accuracy with the development of NMR hardware. In addition, the choice of appropriate experimental parameters of the pre-treatment and measurement procedure as well as the post-acquisition processing is also important for obtaining high-quality and reproducible NMR spectra. This review summarizes the principle of qHNMR, the various experimental parameters affecting the accuracy and the precision of qHNMR, such as signal to noise ratio, relaxation delay, pulse width, acquisition time, window function, phase correction and baseline correction, and their corresponding optimized methods. Moreover, the application of qHNMR in the fields of quantitation of single or multi-components of traditional Chinese medicines, the purity detection of references, and the quality analysis of foods has been discussed. In addition, the existing questions and the future application prospects of qNMR in natural product areas are also presented.
Biological Products ; chemistry ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; methods ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Reproducibility of Results

Objective To discuss the methods and clinical effects of phased treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) combined with severe hip flexion contracture.Methods The study enrolled 8 cases (12 hips) of AS combined with severe hip flexion contracture hospitalized from September 2011 to November 2012.Phased treatments included lateral hip arthrolysis,articular capsulectomy,stripping of the reflected head of rectus femoris,femoral neck osteotomy,traction and stage Ⅱ biotype total hip arthroplasty (THA).Preoperative and postoperative Harris score,hip range of motion,and complication of femoral nerve injury were detected.Results Period of follow-up was 6-12 months (mean 10 months).One case developed heterotopic ossification,which affected postoperative hip activity and received resection one year later.One case sustained fissure fracture of calcar femorale during implantation of the prosthetic femoral stem,but no special handling was provided.Of all cases,active flexion and extension of the hip were both 0° before operation,but increased to (96.25 ± 4.33) ° and (24.17 ± 4.69)° respectively after operation ; mean Harris score was improved from (26.67 ± 2.39) points preoperatively to (90.92 ± 5.66) points postoperatively (P ＜ 0.01).Besides,no femoral nerve injury was observed.Conclusion Phased treatment of AS combined with severe hip flexion contracture restores hip function and minimizes femoral nerve injury following THA.

ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of laparoscopic and open left lobectomy.MethodsThe clinical data of 92 patients who received left lobectomy at the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from May 2010 to June 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.Of the 92 patients,42 received laparoscopic left lobectomy (laparoscopic group ) and 50 received open left lobectomy (open group ). The advantages and disadvantages between laparoscopic and open left lobectomy were compared. All data were analyzed using the t test,chi-square test or by calculating the Fisher exact probability.ResultsTwenty-nine patients received left lateral lobectomy and 13 patients received left hemihepatectomy in the laparoscopic group. One patient was converted to the open group becaused of the injury of the middle hepatic vein.Thirty-three patients nnderwent left lateral lobectomy and 17 underwent left hemihepatectomy in the open group.The tumor-free resection margin of the laparoscopic group was ( 1.6 ± 0.6 ) cm,which was significantly longer than ( 1.2 ± 0.4 ) cm of the open group (t=3.81,P＜0.05).The volume of operative blood loss of the laparoscopic group was (158 ±89)ml,which was significantly smaller than (292 ± 172)ml of the open group (t =4.56,P ＜ 0.05 ).The time of postoperative pain control,time to bowel function recovery and duration of hospital stay were ( 1.2 ± 0.3 )days,(23 ± 4)hours,( 7.5 ± 2.8 ) days in the laparoscopic group,which were significantly shorter than ( 2.0 ± 1.1 ) days,(4.9 ± 7 ) hours,( 11.3 ± 4.2 ) days in the open group,respectively ( t =4.57,21.31,5.00,P ＜ 0.05 ).The levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) at postoperative day 1 were increased,while the increase of AST and ALT in the open group were greater than that in the laparoscopic group (t =6.73,5.03,P ＜0.05).The postoperative prothrombin time in the open group was significantly longer than that before operation (t =2.32,P ＜ 0.05 ).The incidence of postoperative complications and total hospital costs were 7％ (3/41) and (2.5 ±0.7) ×104 yuan in the laparoscopic group,which were lower than 8％ (4/50) and (2.6 ±0.6) × 104 yuan in the open group,but no significant difference was observed (t =0.74,P ＞0.05).One patient in the open group died of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome caused by acute hepatic failure.ConclusionLaparoscopic left lobectomy is safe and effective,and it has the advantages of small trauma,quick recovery of patients and significant overall efficacy when compared with open left lobectomy.

Objective_To investigate the effects of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha ( HIF-1α) inhibitor YC-1 on hy-poxia induced human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells ( HPASMCs) proliferation, apoptosis and the expression of P53, and to explore the molecular mechanism in the processes.Methods_HPASMCs were cultured in DMEM me-dium supplemented with 10%FBS in vitro.Then divided them into four groups:normoxia, hypoxia and hypoxia+YC-1(0.01 and 0.05 mmol/L).Cell proliferation was measured by CCK-8 and apoptosis was detected by flow cytom-etry.The expressions of HIF-1αand P53 were tested by Western blot, and the mRNA expression of P53 was tested by RT-PCR.Results_Hypoxia can promote the proliferation of HPASMCs.Treatment of HPASMCs with different concentrations of YC-1 intervention for 24h obviously dropped proliferation rate (P<0.05), and the apoptosis rate increased significantly (P<0.05).YC-1 can also down-regulate the expression of HIF-1αand up-regulate the ex-pression of P53 significantly ( P<0.05 ) .Conclusions_YC-1 can inhibit hypoxia-induced HPASMCs proliferation and promote apoptosis, the mechanism is potentially related to the up-regulation of P53 expression.