Ginsenoside Rg1 ( Rg1 ) is a monomer isolated from ginseng, which has a variety of pharmacological activities. Rg1 can obviously regulate hematopoietic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, neural stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells proliferation, differentiation, aging, secretion and so on by mul-tiple mechanisms. Rg1 has important therapeutic effects on the reparation of tissues, organs damage and aging. This review de-scribes the current knowledge on the effects of Rg1 on the char-acteristics and functions of adult stem cells.

Objective To determine an early and noninvasive predictor of chronic kidney diseaase(CKD),by detecting the correlation between the urinary Col-Ⅳ concentration,the renal tissue and renal lesions in patients with CKD Col-Ⅳ expression.Methods 98 CKD patients proved by renal biopsy were selected and 76 healthy people were enrolled as control.Urinary and serum Col-Ⅳ concentration were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Renal Col-Ⅳ expression was detected by immunohistochemistry.Renal injury grade was semiquantitative by CMIAS image analysis system.The association between urinary Col-Ⅳ level and renal Col-Ⅳexpression,as well as renal lesion was analyzed,meanwhile the proteinuria and glomerular filtration rate(GFR)were analysed simultaneously.Results Urinary Col-Ⅳ level in patients with CKD was significantly higher than that in control,however,there was no difference in blood Col-Ⅳ level.Expression of Col-Ⅳ could be found in the sclerosing glomeruli and tubulointerstitial tissue,and Col-Ⅳ expression degree was consistent with lesion degree.Urinary Col-Ⅳ level was correlated positively with renal Col-Ⅳ expression,as well as with density of glomerular basement membrane and interstitial damage.Elevated urinary Col-Ⅳ concentration was observed in patients with mild renal sclerosis prior to the change of GFR.No correlation between urinary Col-Ⅳ concentration and proteinuria was observed.Conclusions These results suggested urinary Col-Ⅳ concentration reflected renal Col-Ⅳ expression and renal sclerosis,and could predict the progression of CKD.

thoracic. No immunoreactive product was seen in the ventral horn. The possible functions of CGRP in substantia gelatinosa of the spinal dorsal horn were discussed.

Objective To investigate the effect of lipid soluble fraction in the radix of Salvia miltiorrhiza (FSM) on conditioned place preference (CPP) in mice induced by morphine and preliminarily identify the fraction in the radix of S. miltiorrhiza. MethodsMorphine or NS was sc injected every other day to induce the obvious CPP in mice for 6 d. Before 30 min of sc injecting morphine, mice were ip administered different doses of lipid soluble fraction in the radix of S. miltiorrhiza. RP-HPLC method was used to identify the major component in the lipid soluble fraction in the radix of S. miltiorrhiza. ResultsThe staying time in morphine-paired white compartment was significantly prolonged. After treatment with lipid soluble fraction in the radix of S. miltiorrhiza (40 mg/kg, ip), the staying time in morphine-paired white compartment was significantly shortened (P

Objective To assess the value of SYNTAX score to predict major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) among patients with three-vessel or left-main coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.Methods 190 patients with three-vessel or left-main coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with Cypher select drug-eluting stent were enrolled.SYNTAX score and clinical SYNTAX score were retrospectively calculated.Our clinical Endpoint focused on MACCE,a composite of death,nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI),stroke and repeat revascularization.The value of SYNTAX score and clinical SYNTAX score to predict MACCE were studied respectively.Results 29 patients were observed to suffer from MACCE,accouting 18.5％ of the overall 190 patients.MACCE rates of low ( ≤ 20.5 ),intermediate ( 21.0-31.0 ),and high ( ≥ 31.5 ) tertiles according to SYNTAX score were 9.1％,16.2％ and 30.9％ respectively.Both univariate and multivariate analysis showed that SYNTAX score was the independent predictor of MACCE.MACCE rates of low ( ≤ 19.5 ),intermediate( 19.6-29.1 ),and high( ≥29.2) tertiles according to clinical SYNTAX score were 14.9％,9.8％ and 30.6％ respectively.Both univariate and multivariate analysis showed that clinical SYNTAX score was the independent predictor of MACCE.ROC analysis showed both SYNTAX score ( AUC =0.667,P =0.004) and clinical SYNTAX score ( AUC =0.636,P =0.020) had predictive value of MACCE.Clinical SYNTAX score failed to show better predictive ability than the SYNTAX score.Conclusions Both SYNTAX score and clinical SYNTAX score could be independent risk predictors for MACCE among patients with three-vessel or left-main coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.Clinical SYNTAX score failed to show better predictive ability than the SYNTAX score in this group of patients.

Objective To summarize clinical experience of emergent surgery for severe liver trauma with rupture of major blood vessels. Methods The clinical data of 12 cases suffering from severe liver trauma with rupture of perihepatic and intrahepatic large blood vessels were retrospectively analyzed. These cases were from Dec 2000 to May 2008. All the cases underwent emergency operation, 6 cases were treated with liver lobectomy: among those 1 case with right posterior lobe liver resection, 1 case with irregular right lobe liver resection, 3 cases with left hemihepatectomy, and 1 case with left lateral lobectomy. Seven cases with rupture of major blood vessels were treated by repair or ligature and/or packing including repair of posthepatic inferior vena though the middle fissure in 2 cases, and through retrahepatic space in one case, interrupted suture of the portal vein in 2 cases, interrupted suture of the right hepatic veins in 2 cases. Mattress suture was applied to the ruptured hepatic veins in 7 cases including mattress suture of the branch of right hepatic vein and middle hepatic vein in 1 case, mattress suture of right hepatic vein in 1 case, suture of middle hepatic vein in 2 cases, and suture of left hepatic vein in 3 cases. One case was treated with ligation of hepatic artery and 3 cases with gauzes packing. Results Among all the 12 cases, 9 cases were cured, 3 cases died: two were caused by severe trauma together with hemorrhagic shock, one by sever brain injury together with hemorrhagic shock. Conclusions Prompt operation, precise stop bleeding and correct operation style are the key for successful rescue of patients suffering from severe liver trauma and massive bleeding.

In this paper, the effect of 5% (V/V) n-alkanes (e.g, n-Heptane, n-Octane, n-Decane, n-Dodecanen-Tetradecane and n-Hexadecane) on the growth and protease production of organic-solvent-tolerant- bacte-rium Bacillus licheniformis YP1 was studied. 5%(V/V) n-alkanes had no effect on the stability of YP1 prote-ase. 5% (V/V) n-alkanes had no notable influence on the yield of strain YP1 but dramatically affected theprotease production. The presence of n-Heptane, n-Octane and n-Decane deeply repressed the protease pro-duction; however n-Dodecane, n-Tetradecane and n-Hexadecane enhanced the protease production promi-nencely. The concentration of n-Tetradecane (1%-8%, V/V) had a direct ration with the protease production.The detailed experiments showed that the notable increase of protease activity appeared at the late logarithmof cultivation compared with the blank. The cell shape of YP1 strain remarkably decreased when grown inthe presence of n-Tetradecane. This is the first report about the effect of n-alkanes on the protease productionby the solvent tolerant bacterium.

Objective To analyze characteristics of severe liver trauma and efficacy of different surgical procedures. Methods Clinical data of 109 patients with severe liver trauma treated in the recent 10 years were retrospectively analyzed. Debriding suture was performed in 32 patients, gauze tamponade in 5, debridement hepatectomy in 59 and anatomical hepatectomy in 13 patients. Results In all the 109 patients, 92 were cured and 17 died. The dead patients included 3 with grade Ⅲ trauma,9 with grade Ⅳ trauma, and 5 with grade V trauma. Among the dead patients, there were 3 patients with simple liver injury (17.6%) and 14 with associated injury (82.4%). Conclusion Right hepatic serious damage is the main type of severe liver trauma and is always complicated with associated injury and needs emergency treatment. Application of the most appropriate surgical approach according to the traumatic condition is important to promote the successful rate of treatment.

Objective To comfirm the anti-fibrotic effect of spironolactone and investigate the influence of spironolactone on concentration of angiotensinⅡ(AngⅡ) in rat hepatic fibrosis. Methods Ninety male Sprague-Dawly rats were randomly divided into three groups: control group (8 rats, subcutaneous injection of pure peanut oil, normal diet), model group (42 rats, subcutaneous injection of 40% CCl 4, 0.3 mL/100 g, twice a week, high cholesterol and low protein diet, 5% alcohol as the drink), and spironolactone group (40 rats, same dosage of CCl 4, high cholesterol and low protein diet, gastropufusion of spironolactone at the dose of 100 mg?kg -1?d -1). The animals were sacrificed at 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks of administration. AngⅡ was assayed by radioimmunoassay. The liver tissues were stained, coded and examined. Results ① The general conditions of the rats of spironolactone group were better than those of the model group. The degree of fibrosis and the area of collagen in the liver of spironolactone group were less than those of the model group after the 4th week (P

0.05).Conclusion pcDNA3-gB with different doses have not significant effect on the indexes of hematology,hematological biochemistry and pathology in immunized mice.It is initially proved that pcDNA3-gB is safe.