Forty-four guinea-pigs were sensitized by intramuscular inoculation with the same amount (0.8ml) of 5% egg albumin in water. 3 weeks after sensitization, the animals were rondomly divided into 1 groups (group J as control; group II given small dose of piperitone 0.08ml/ 100g body weight; group J given large dose of piperitone 0.12ml/100g body weight; group IX given promethazine 2.5mg 100g body weight) and subjected to anaphylactic insult by intra-cardiac injection of 1ml of 5% egg albumin in water under the protection of different dosege of piperitone, a terpene from cymbopogon distans. given intramuscularly. Results of the experiment indicates that piperitone had significant dose-effect relation protective effect against the anaphylactic insult on the guinea-pigs and suggests that piperitone might be used clinically for the treatment of asthma

Primary Sj?gren′s syndrome ( pSS) is a kind of chronic autoimmune disease affecting many organs of the body. The pathogenesis of pSS is still debated. Epstein-Barr virus(EBV), also called human herpesvirus-4, belongs to the herpesviridae family. Researchers have found that EBV is associated with pSS. With the deepening of researches, more evidences and opinions about the participation of EBV in the pathogenesis of pSS have emerged. EBV can cause the development of pSS in multiple ways. In this re-view, we summarize the roles of EBV in the pathogenesis of pSS.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects, safety of ureteral calculus accom panied with granulation treated with pneumatic lithotripsy and two-macron laser via transurethral uret eroscopic. Methods From June 2007 to March 2010, 38 cases of ureteral calculus accompanied with granulation were treated with 2 μm laser and pneumatic lithotripsy via ureteroscope. All the patients had middle to severe hydronephrosis. The granulation under the calculus was vaporized with the 2 μm laser, and then the ureteral stone was fragmented with pneumatic lithotripsy. The clinical datum,stone disintegration rate, lithagogue rate and complication were retrospectively analyzed. Results Among 38 cases of ureteral stones, rate of successful fragmentation in a single procedure was 92%(35/38). The operation time ranged from 15 to 45 min, mean (23.0±6.5)min. Estimated the intraoperative blood loss was (7.0±4.5)ml. The postoperative hospitalization time was (5.2±0.6)d. Two upper ureteral stones were pushed back to the renal pelvis and a conversion to extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was needed. The insertion of the ureteroscope was failed in 1 case who was accepted open operation finally. Among the 37 cases treated via ureteroscopy, stone clearance rate was about 86% after operation 1 month. Follow-up examinations for 3-15 months (mean 8 months)showed no ureteral stenosis or urinary infection. Conclusion 2 μm laser and pneumatic lithotripsyvia ureteroscope could be a highly effective and safe therapy for treatment of ureteral stone with granulation.

[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To explore the effect of dexmedetomidine ( DEX) on the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-homologous protein ( CHOP) pathway during lung ischemia-reperfusion ( I/R) in mice.METHODS:C57BL/6J male mice were randomly divided into sham operation group ( sham group) , lung ischemia/reperfusion group ( I/R group) , ischemia/reperfusion +normal saline group ( I/R+NS group ) and ischemia/reperfusion+dexmedetomidine group ( I/R+DEX group) .Dexmedetomidine was infused intraperitoneally with 25 μg/kg for 30 min prior to the ischemia period in I/R+DEX group, the normal saline was administrated with the same volume of dexmedetomidine in I/R+NS group.After fini-shed the 3 h-reperfusion period , the left lung tissues were harvested to determine lung wet/dry weight ( W/D) , the total lung water content ( TLW) , and index of quantitative evaluation for alveolar damage ( IQA) .Morphological observation and terminal-deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated nick end labeling ( TUNEL) were applied to evaluate the structure changes and the apoptosis index (AI) of the lung tissues.The expression of CHOP and glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) at mRNA and protein levels in the lung tissues was detected by Western blot and RT-PCR.RESULTS:Compared with sham group, the W/D, TLW, IQA, AI, the mRNA and protein expression of CHOP and GRP78 obviously increased, and the left lung tissues structure were damaged more obviously both in I/R group and I/R+NS group.Compared with I/R group, the W/D, TLW, IQA, AI and the protein and mRNA expression of CHOP in I/R+DEX group decreased, the injury of the left lung tissue structures induced by I/R in I/R+DEX group were also alleviated .CONCLUSION:DEX alleviates the
lung I/R injury, which may be related to inhibition of apoptosis mediated by CHOP pathway.

Objective:To assess the impact of caudal regional anesthesia on complications after hypospadias repair with tubularised incised plate urethroplasty (TIP).Methods:A total of 125 cases with hypospadias undergoing TIP surgery from June 2017 to June 2019 at Beijing Children′s Hospital, Capital Medical University, were reviewed, aged 12-75 months, American Society of Anesthesiologists Ⅰ orⅡ grade.Totally, 86 cases had distal and 39 cases suffered from proximal hypospadias.Caudal anesthetics were used in 42 cases (caudal anesthesia group) and general anesthetics were used in 83 cases (general anesthesia group). All cases were repaired by TIP procedure.The children with urethral fistula and urethral stricture were followed up for 6 months, and multivariate statistical analyses were performed.Results:There were 11 cases of urethral fistula after hypospadias surgery, with 8 cases (9.64%)in the general anesthesia group and 3 cases (7.14%) in the caudal anesthesia group.There were no significant differences between the 2 groups ( χ2=0.223, P=0.636), and 12 cases of urethral stricture, with 8 cases(9.64%) in the general anesthesia group and 4 cases(9.52%) in the caudal anesthesia group.There were no significant differences between the 2 groups ( χ2=0.001, P=0.984). Based on multivariable Logistic regression, urethral fistula was associated with proximal hypospadias ( OR=0.036, 95% CI: 0.003-0.511, P=0.014), and the width of glans( OR=0.469, 95% CI: 0.220-0.998, P=0.049). Urethral stricture was correlated with proximal hypospadias( OR=0.004, 95% CI: 0.000-0.146, P=0.002), the width of urethral plate( OR=0.004, 95% CI: 0.000-0.422, P=0.020), and the duration of catheter( OR=72.976, 95% CI: 1.802-2 594.790, P=0.023). Conclusion:Caudal regional anesthesia appears to have no impacts on urethral fistula and stricture after hypospadias repair.

Objective To explore the influence of collateral circulation on the cognition of persons with severe unilateral carotid artery stenosis or occlusion using transcranial Doppler (TCD) imaging combined with P300.Methods A total of 185 patients with stenosis or occlusion of the carotid artery were enrolled and randomly divided into a monocollateral group (n=83),a multicollateral group (n=79) and a noncollateral group (n=23).The monocollateral group was further divided into an anterior communicating artery (AcoA) group,an ophthalmic artery (OA)group and a post communicating artery (PcoA) group according to their collateral circulation.All patients and 40 normal controls (NC) were tested using the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) and P300,and the correlation between the MoCA and P300 scores was analyzed.Results Compared with the NC group,all the other three groups had significantly lower average MoCA scores and P300 amplitudes.They also had significantly longer average P300 latency periods.Compared with the multicollateral group,both the monocollateral and noncollateral groups had significantly lower average MoCA scores and P300 amplitudes and longer P300 latencies.Comparing the monocollateral group with the noncoilateral group revealed the same trends.Among the monocollateral patients the average MoCA score of the AcoA group was significantly higher than the PcoA and OA group averages,while their average P300 latency period was significantly shorter and the amplitude significantly greater than the PcoA group's average.Correlation analyses showed that the MoCA score was negatively correlated with the P300 latency,but positively correlated with the P300 amplitude.Conclusions Collateral circulation can protect the cognitive function of patients with unilateral stenosis or occlusion of the internal carotid artery to some extent,with multicollateral circulation being more effective than monocollateral and AcoA circulation superior to both PcoA and OA circulation.The MoCA score is significantly correlated with the latency period of P300 in such cases.

Objective:To summarize the clinical characteristics、diagnosis and treatment experience of children with reobstruction after pyeloplasty.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients admitted to the Department of Urology, Beijing Children's Hospital from January 2015 to April 2022. Due to the unrelieved hydronephroplasty after the primary pyeloplasty, the anterior and posterior diameter of the pelvis was larger than that before the primary operation. Intravenous pyelography and diuretic renal radionuclide scanning confirmed the diagnosis of ureteropelvic reobstruction. Or underwent reoperation after undergoing puncture angiography for reobstruction. Fifty-four children were included in the study, 47 males (87.03%) and 7 females (12.96%), with a median age of 51.67(21.30, 117.24)month, and, 38 cases (70.37%) on the left side and 16 cases (29.63%) on the right side. The primary operation was open pyeloplasty (POP) in 20 cases and laparoscopic pyeloplasty (PLP) in 34 cases. 45 patients underwent primary operation in our hospital, and 9 patients were referred from other hospitals after primary operation. The interval between reoperation and initial operation was 7.25(6.15, 15.40)month. There were 28 cases with clinical symptoms before operation, and 26 cases without symptoms but reobstruction on imaging. 21 cases presented with recurrent abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and 7 cases presented with recurrent fever and urinary tract infection. All 54 patients underwent re-pyeloplasty after definite diagnosis of re-obstruction. In order to further study the feasibility of RLP, patients in the two groups were divided into RLP and ROP groups according to different surgical procedures. In the RLP group, there were 8 males (72.72%) and 3 females (27.28%). The median age was 82.21(49.83, 114.05) months, and obstruction was located on the left side in 8 cases (72.72%) and the right side in 3 cases (27.28%). There were 3 cases (27.28%) with POP and 8 cases (72.72%) with PLP. The time between the second operation and the primary operation was 12.83 (6.34, 16.86) months. APD before operation was 5.18 (4.25, 6.14) cm. There were 43 cases in the ROP group, including 38 males (88.37%) and 5 females (12.63%). The median age was 52.32 (26.62, 77.35) months; Obstruction was located on the left side in 31 cases (72.09%) and the right side in 12 cases (27.91%). The primary operation was performed in 19 cases (44.19%) with POP and 24 cases (55.81%) with PLP. The time between the second operation and the primary operation was 10.02 (8.03, 15.51) months. Preoperative APD was 5.42 (5.14, 5.90) cm. The causes of obstruction were found in the second operation: there were 28 causes (51.85%) of scar hyperplastic anastomotic stenosis, 7 cases (12.96%) of residual ectopic vascular compression, 8 cases (14.81%) of high ureteral anastomosis, 7 cases (12.96%) of ureteral adhesion distortion, and 4 cases (7.41%) of other causes (1 case of medical glue shell compression, 1 case of luminal polypoid hyperplasia, and 2 cases of complete luminal occlusion). Operation time, postoperative complications, APD, APD improvement rate (PI-APD), renal parenchyma thickness (PT), anteroposterior pelvis diameter/renal parenchyma thickness (APD/PT) at 3 and 6 months after operation were compared between RLP and ROP groups.Results:In this study, 54 patients were followed up with an average follow-up time of (34.41±20.20)month. APD of 3 months after pyeloplasty was 3.29(3.03, 3.52) cm, which was statistically significant compared with 5.45(5.13, 5.77)cm before pyeloplasty ( P=0.02). APD/PT changed from preoperative 21.71(21.08, 31.77)to 5.40(4.79, 6.79)3 months after surgery, and the difference was statistically significant ( P=0.03). The APD improvement rate was 37%(33%, 42%) 3 months after surgery and 49%(44%, 54%) 6 months after surgery. Among the 54 patients, 3 had lumbago and fever after clamping the nephrostomy tube, and 3(5.55%) had sinus angiography indicating that obstruction still existed and required reoperation. Therefore, the success rate of repyeloplasty in this group was 94.45%. Comparing RLP group and ROP group, operation time in RLP group was longer than that in ROP group [169.13(113.45, 210.66)]min vs. 106.83(103.14, 155.32)min, P=0.02]. The length of hospitalization in RLP group was shorter than that in ROP group [7.45(5.62, 9.28)d vs.11.64(10.45, 15.66)d, P=0.03], and the difference was statistically significant. The improvement rate of APD 3 months after surgery was compared between the two groups [30.48%(19.81%, 41.16%) vs.39.96%(35.16%, 47.76%), P=0.15], and the improvement rate of APD 6 months after surgery was compared between the two groups [48.00%(27.19%, 48.81%) vs.52.27%(46.95%, 56.76%), P=0.05], there was no significant difference in the success rate of operation between the two groups (90.90% vs. 95.34%, P=0.63). Conclusions:The common cause of reobstruction after pyeloplasty is cicatricial adhesion stenosis. The operation is challenging, but repyeloplasty can effectively relieve the obstruction and the overall success rate is 94.45%. RLP is a safe and effective surgical method for the treatment of reobstruction, which can achieve comparable surgical results with ROP.

OBJECTIVE To explore the material basis and potential mechanism of Kazakh classic prescription Wuzdekh （WZDK） in the treatment of enteritis. METHODS LC-MS/MS technology was used to analyze the chemical components in WZDK. Through network pharmacology and molecular docking technology， the main chemical components of WZDK were screened and the target was predicted； therapeutic effect and target of WZDK on acute enteritis were verified through in vivo experiments. The acute enteritis model of mice was induced by dextran sulfate sodium salt； the general condition of the mice was observed during administration and the disease activity index （DAI） score was calculated； pathological changes of the intestine and mRNA expression of core target were validated by HE staining and quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS A total of 316 chemical components were obtained by LC-MS/MS. The core targets of network pharmacological analysis mainly included interleukin 1β（IL- 1β）， protein kinase B1 （AKT1）， tumor protein p53 （TP53）， IL-6， tumor necrosis factor （TNF） and so on. The results of molecular docking showed that chemical components such as mairin， lappadilactone， costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone were stable in binding to the core target. The results of in vivo experiment showed that， compared with model group， high dose （5.00 g/kg） of WZDK could significantly reduce the DAI score （P＜0.05）， improve inflammatory cell infiltration and mucosal tissue damage of colon tissue， and significantly down-regulated mRNA expressions of IL-6， TNF-α， IL-1β and TP53 in colon tissue（P＜ 0.05 or P＜0.01）. CONCLUSIONS Chemical components of WZDK such as mairin， lappadilactone， costunolide and dehydrocostus lactone may play the role of improving the imbalance of local inflammatory factors in the intestine and repairing damage of colonic mucosal tissue by down-regulating mRNA expressions of TNF-α， IL-6， IL-1β and TP53 in colon tissue.

Ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1), the major effective component of ginseng, has been shown to have multiple bioactivities, but low oral bioavailability. The aim of this study was to develop a simple, sensitive and rapid high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method, which could be used to validate and quantify the concentrations of Rg1 and its metabolites in Sprague-Dawley rat bile, urine, and feces after oral administration (25 mg/kg). Calibration curves offered satisfactory linearity (>0.995) within the determined ranges. Both intra-day and inter-day variances were less than 15%, and the accuracy was within 80-120%. The excretion recoveries of Rg1, ginsenoside Rh1 (Rh1), and protopanaxatriol (Ppt) in bile, urine, and feces combined were all greater than 70%. The fecal excretion recoveries of Rg1, Rh1, and Ppt were 40.11%, 22.19%, and 22.88%, respectively, whereas 6.88% of Rg1 and 0.09% of Rh1 were excreted in bile. Urinary excretion accounted for only 0.04% of Rg1. In conclusion, the observed excretion profiles for Rg1 and its metabolites after oral administration are helpful for understanding the poor oral bioavailability of Rg1 and will aid further investigations of Rg1 as a pharmacologically active component.

Immune evasion has made ovarian cancer notorious for its refractory features, making the development of immunotherapy highly appealing to ovarian cancer treatment. The immune-stimulating cytokine IL-12 exhibits excellent antitumor activities. However, IL-12 can induce IFN-γ release and subsequently upregulate PDL-1 expression on tumor cells. Therefore, the tumor-targeting folate-modified delivery system F-DPC is constructed for concurrent delivery of IL-12 encoding gene and small molecular PDL-1 inhibitor (iPDL-1) to reduce immune escape and boost anti-tumor immunity. The physicochemical characteristics, gene transfection efficiency of the F-DPC nanoparticles in ovarian cancer cells are analyzed. The immune-modulation effects of combination therapy on different immune cells are also studied. Results show that compared with non-folate-modified vector, folate-modified F-DPC can improve the targeting of ovarian cancer and enhance the transfection efficiency of pIL-12. The underlying anti-tumor mechanisms include the regulation of T cells proliferation and activation, NK activation, macrophage polarization and DC maturation. The F-DPC/pIL-12/iPDL-1 complexes have shown outstanding antitumor effects and low toxicity in peritoneal model of ovarian cancer in mice. Taken together, our work provides new insights into ovarian cancer immunotherapy. Novel F-DPC/pIL-12/iPDL-1 complexes are revealed to exert prominent anti-tumor effect by modulating tumor immune microenvironment and preventing immune escape and might be a promising treatment option for ovarian cancer treatment.