Heart Failure ; diagnosis ; etiology ; therapy ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Stroke Volume

Objective To study the therapeutic effects and mechanism of Sodium Fendate(SF) on rats with severe acute pancreatitis(SAP) induced by L-arginine. Method A total of 60 adult SD rats were randomly and e-qually divided into control group, SAP group and SF group, with 20 rats in each group. The rat model of SAP wes established by injecting 2.5 g/kg L-arginine at a dose of intraperitoneally twice at an interval of 1 hour, and rats in SAP group and SF groups were administrated intraperitoneally with 20% L-arginine solution(2.5 g/kg×2) twice at an interval of 1 hour; rats in control group were injected intraperitoneally with the same volume of physiological saline twice alone.At 5 minutes after L-arginine administration,rats in SF group were injected with SF solution (100 mg/kg, qd×3 d) via the tail vein, and rats in the other two groups received a sham injection of the same volume of physiological saline alone. The characteristics of ascites, the pathological changes of pancreatic tissue and the serum levels of amylase(AMY), endothelin-l(ET-1), tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α), interleukin-6(IL-6) and the contents of malonaldehyde (MDA), suede dismutase (SOD), reduced glutathioue (GSH) of pan-creatic tissue of rats and prognosis were compared at 72 hours after L-arginine administration. Measurement data were evaluated by oue-way ANOVA, and numeration data were assessed by Fisher' s exact test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Compared with control group,at 72 hours after L-arginine administra-tion,rats in SAP group presented characteristically histopathological changes of SAP with significantly higher serum levels of AMY, ET-1, TNF-α, IL-6 and MDA of pancreatic tissue[(9715.5±301.3) IU/L vs. (729.2±134.2) IU/L;(25.32±3.67) ng/L vs. (14.32±2.69) ng/L;(102.95±11.24) ng/L vs. (38.62±3.87) ng/L; (538.63±9.53) ng/L vs. (186.35±1.19) ng/L;(34.8±3.9) mol/kg vs. (8.1±2.1) mol/kg, all P< 0.01], and lower GSH and SOD in the pancreatic tissue[(7.1±0.6) mg/kg vs. (16.9±1.9) mg/kg; (6423± 1978) kU/kg vs. (29905+2945) kU/kg,both P<0.01].Compared with SAPmodel group,at 72 hours after ad-ministration of L-arginiue, the pathological lesions of SAP in rats of SF group were significantly alleviated with lower pathological scores (P<0.05), lower serum levels of AMY, ET-1 ,TNF-α,IL-6 and MDA in the pancreatic tissue [(8104.6±149.9) IU/L vs. (9715.5±301.3) IU/L; (20.26±5.86) ng/L vs. (25.32±3.67) ng/L; (84.19±15.14) ng/L vs. (102.95±11.24) ng/L;(458±5.37) mol/kg vs. (538.63±9.53) rig/L;(28.3±2.5) moL/kg vs. (34.8±3.9) mol/kg,all P<0.05], and higher SOD and GSH in the pancreatic tissue[(8.5 ±1.4) mg/kg vs. (7.1±0.6) mg/kg;(10 316±2810) kU/kg vs. (6423±1978) kU/kg, both P<0.05].At 72 hours the death rate in SF group was lower than that in SAP group,but the difference had no significance (P= 0.2.5). Conclusions SF can scavenge oxygen-derived free radicals, upgrade the contents of SOD and GSH of pancreatic tissue,decrease the levels of serum proinflammatory cytokines and ET-1, ameliorate the pathological le-sions of pancreatic tissue in rats,and has the capability of decreasing death rate, so it possesses a distinct advantage for the treatment of SAP.

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Phytotherapy ; methods

Cell Line ; Embryonic Stem Cells ; Genetic Vectors ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; genetics ; Humans ; Lentivirus ; genetics ; Transfection

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Daunorubicin ; administration & dosage ; Female ; Humans ; Leukemia ; drug therapy ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Sirolimus ; administration & dosage ; Young Adult

Antimicrobial peptides are a class of small peptides with anti-extrogenous pathogen activities.They are derived from organism and possess antibacterial,antifungus,antiviruses and anticancer cell actions.In recent years,it’s found that some microbial pathogens are able to resist antimicrobial peptides.The constitutive and inducible mechanism of a pathogen resists a given peptide were reviewed in this paper.

Objective:To explore the effect of siRNA targeting myeloid cell leukemia-1(Mcl-1)on the biological behavior of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma cells.Methods:The chemically synthesized Mcl-1-siRNA was transfected into salivary adenoid cystic carci-noma SACC-2 cells.The expression levels of Mcl-1-mRNA and Mcl-1protein were examined by Real-time PCR and western blotting respectively.MTT assay,transwell chamber and flow cytometry were used to determine the effect of Mcl-1-siRNA on SACC-2 cell pro-liferation,migration and apoptosis.Results:Compared with the control group,liposome group and NC-siRNA group,SACC-2 cell proliferation rate of Mcl-1-siRNA group was obviously slowed down.48 h after transfection,the migration of SACC-2 cells in Mcl-1-siRNA group(39 ±9.0)were lower than that in control group(69 ±6.0).The apoptosis rate of Mcl-1-siRNA group(8.6%)was sig-nificantly higher than that in control group(1.9%).Conclusion:Silence Mcl-1 can inhibit cell proliferation and migration and pro-mote apoptosis of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma cells.

Background and purpose: The precise radiotherapy in patients with breast cancer consists of multiple procedures, such as simulation, treatment planning and delivery. We assessed the impact of treatment set-up errors on accuracy of post-operative radiotherapy (RT) in patients with breast cancer receiving tangential RT. Methods: Between November 2007 and August 2008, a total of 50 patients were enrolled an institutional review board-approved study. All patients received tangential RT for either right or left breast cancer. Read-out numbers of X, Y, Z directions shown on linear accelerator were recorded according to the sequence of before and after medial tangential field and after lateral tangential field.The impact of treatment set-up errors on post-operative radiotherapy (RT) in different subgroup patients was analyzed using stata 7.0 statistics software. Results:The mean set-up errors on Z, Y, X direction were 2.55, 3.96 and 0.58 cm, respectively. The largest set-up errors in all three directions were observed in the first week during treatment and the largest movement was observed in Z direction. Conclusion: The movements after medial tangential field treatment are much more than those after lateral treatment during RT.The movements in X direction arc substantially less than Y direction or Z direction intrafraction. As interfraction differences have been observed, the movements in the beginning two weeks are more than other treatment period.

Objective:To explore the effects of cysteine-rich 6 1 (Cyr6 1 )on biological behavior of human adenoid cystic carcinoma ACC-LM and ACC2 cells.Methods:The chemically synthesized Cyr6 1-siRNA was transfected into ACC-LM and ACC2 cells.Cell proliferation was measured by the MTT method,the invasive ability was evaluated by Transwell chamber assay,and cell apoptosis was analyzed using flow cytometry by double staining with Annexin V and propidium iodide.Results:Cyr61-siRNA significantly down-regu-lated Cyr61 protein expression in ACC-LMand ACC2 cells.Cyr61-siRNA markedly inhibited the proliferation and invasion of the cells, however,there was no significant difference in cell apoptosis between Cyr6 1-siRNA and control groups.Conclusion:Cyr6 1 promote the proliferation and invasion of adenoid cystic cancer cells.

Objective To investigate correlation between post-stroke depression (PSD) and multiple factors during onset of acute cerebral infarction. Methods Depression was measured with Hamilton Depression Rating Scales (HAMD) in 58 patients with acute cerebral infarction, and their neurological function were evaluated by neurological function defect (NFD) score. Their immunoglobulin G (IgG) index was calculated and level of nitric oxide (NO) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was measured. Lesion and nature of cerebral infarction in 58 patients with acute stroke were located by CT. All the data were statistically analyzed with student-t test and ? 2 test, as well as linear regression model. Results Seventeen of 58 patients of stroke appeared PSD with an occurrence rate of 29.3%. Occurrence rate of PSD was significantly higher in patients with cerebral infarction than in those with cerebral hemorrhage  2=4.86, P