Objective To study the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of Jingtongning Capsule. Methods Models of acute inflammatory reactions of croton oil-induced mouse ear edema and carrageenan-induced rat raw swelling and chronic inflammatory reaction of cotton ball-induced mouse granuloma in abdominal cavity were performed to study the anti-inflammatory effects of Jingtongning Capsule. Model of acetic acid-induced writhing in mice was used to study the analgesic effect of Jingtongning Capsule. Results Jingtongning Capsule significantly suppressed croton oil-induced mouse ear edema and carrageenan-induce rat paw swelling. Cotton ball-induced mouse granuloma in abdominal cavity was also markedly reduced by Jingtongning Capsule. The writhing times of mice induced by acetic acid were decreased by Jingtongning Capsule. Conclusions Jingtongning Capsule has obvious anti-inflammatory effect on acute and chronic inflammatory reactions. The pain reactions induced by chemical stimulus was significantly relieved by Jingtongning Capsule.

Versican comes from fibroblasts and belongs to chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.It distributes in various tissues.The versican have functions including regulate cell growth and differentiation,promote cell proliferation,invasion and metastasis,and stimulate angiogenesis.Experiments have confirmed that the expression of versican is involved in various cancers.Here,the author do an overview of versican in the occurrence and development of breast cancer,liver cancer and chondrosarcoma aimed to further explore the pathogenesis of tumors.

AIM: To establish an animal model for studying the development and metastasis of melanoma. METHODS: C57BL/6 mice were used as host to receive melanoma cell transplantation. Three kinds of melanoma cell lines, B16F0, B16F1 and B16F10, cultured to prepare the cell suspensions, were transplanted into the mouse anterior chamber (AC) of the eye. The time of eyeball diabross, time of survival and metastasis of lymph node and lung were observed. RESULTS: The time of eyeball diabross in F10 group was earlier than that in other groups. The time of eyeball diabross was no difference between F0 and F1 groups. Metastasis was developed 18 days after transplantation in F1 and F10 groups, where the tumor cells was found in ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes. The melanoma cells metastasized to lung in all three groups 28 days after transplantation. The survival time in F0 group was longer than F1 and F10 groups. There was no difference in survival times between F1 and F10 group. CONCLUSION: The differences of three kinds of melanoma cell lines in tumor development and metastasis provided the evidence that was useful for choosing suitable animal model further to study the eye melanima.

Objective To analyze the ability of rheumatologistto read the magnetic resonance imag of sacroiliac joint of spondyloarthritis patients.Methods The questionnaire survey were conducted among rheumatologists and the answers of the questionnaires were analyzed by quantitative analysis.Results 66.9％ (75/112) rheumatologist did not known how to choose the sequence of magnetic resonance imaging,and 55.4％(62/112) rheumatologist thought that bone marrow edema was very important for the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis,but only less than 10％ rheumatologists thought that erosion and fat infiltration could also h elp to make the diagnosis of spondy-loarthritis.Conclusion It is very important for rheumatologists to receive training on the reading of magnetic resonance images of sacroiliac joint of spondyloarthritis patients.

Objective To investigate spinemagnetic resonance imaging(MRI) findings in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) and to analyze the correlation between imaging and clinical manifestation.Methods The clinical data of patients with axial SpA were recorded.All patients underwent whole spine MRI scanning.The MRI findings of spinal involvement were explored.Moreover,the correlation between lesions in spinal MRI and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index(BASDAI),Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI),Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI),nocturnal pain visual analogue scale (VAS) score,back pain VAS score,global disease activity VAS score,Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity score (ASDAS),erythrocyte sedimentation rate,C-reactive protein was analyzed.Results Thirty-three patients with axial SpA were included in this study.The image abnormalities of the spine were confirmed in 29 axial SpA patients by MRI,including Romanus lesion,Andersson lesion,the inflammation of facet joints and syndesmophyte.In correlation study,BASMI was positively correlated to the numbers of acute Romanus lesions,chronic Romanus lesions,chronic Andersson lesions and whole spinal lesions(r =0.440,P＜0.05; r =0.483,P＜0.05; r=0.421,P＜0.05; r=0.589,P ＜ 0.05 respectively).There was a statistically significant correlation between chronic Andersson lesions and BASFI(r =0.392,P ＜0.05).But no significant associations were found between MRI lesions and other clinical findings.Conclusions MRI lesions in axial SpA were associated with findings reflecting the spinal function,which can better guide the clinical treatment.

[Summary] According to the cutpoint of plasma triglycerides concentration ≥ 1.7 mmol/L,waist circumference ≥85 cm in men or ≥80 cm in women,459 patiens with type 2 diabetes mellitus were divided into four groups:normal waist circumference and triglycerides,normal waist circumference and hypertriglyceridemia,abdominal obesity and normal triglycerides,and hypertriglyceridemic-waist (HTWC) group.The results showed that body mass index,waist circumference,systolic blood pressure,triglycerides,microalbuminuria,and homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) in HTWC group were higher than those in non-HTWC groups (all P＜0.01),as well as higher diabetic nephropathy incidence (P＜0.05).Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that HTWC was an independent risk factor of diabetic nephropathy (OR =2.070,95 ％ CI 1.195-3.586).

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM).Methods Twenty six patients diagnosed as ADM from January 2006 to January 2010 in PLA General Hospital were retrospectively analyzed.The clinical manifestation,laboratory findings,imaging manifestations,treatment and prognosis of the 26 patients were recorded.Results There were 18 females and 8 males with age of 30-68 years.Overall disease course after diagnosis was 2-18 months.All patients had Gottron rash and interstitial pneumonia.Fifteen patients had history of pulmonary infections.Three patients had comorbidity of tumor.Creatine phosphokinase,creatine phosphokinase isoenzyme,glutamicoxaloacetic transaminase and lactate dehydrogenase were normal in all 26 patients.Four patients had positive anti-Jo-1 antibodies.Antinuclear antibodies were positive in nine patients.Electromyogram was slightly abnormal in 5 patients.Muscle biopsy was abnormal in 19 patients.Twenty patients had improved after receiving corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents.Six patients died.Conclusions It has been estimated that ADM represents approximately 20％ of all cases of dermatomyositis.It seems that patients with ADM have greater incidence of lung involvement and combined cancer.ADM patients need to be treated positively to improve the prognosis.

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Objective To investigate the sustained release of BSA from chitosan-OREC/BSA films coated mats in vitro.Methods The negatively charged cellulose acetate (CA) fibrous mats were modified with multilayers of the positively charged chitosan or chitosan-OREC intercalated composites and the negatively charged bovine serum albumin (BSA) via electrostatic layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly technique.The adsorption and rinsing steps were repeated until the desired number of deposition bilayers was obtained.The in vitro BSA encapsulation and release experiments demonstrated that OREC could affect the degree of protein loading capacity and release ficiency of the LBL films coating.Results In the pH-gradient release assay,only a small amount of BSA was released from the mats in 1 h.As the time increased,the release rate of BSA of all the samples gradually went up to the maximum data within 8 h.For the samples with identical number of bilayers and record time,obvious increasing of the release amount could be seen in pH 7.4,in comparison with pH 1.2.Besides,doubling bilayers film-coated mats generally.Meanwhile,it was slightly distinguishable between 5 and 5.5 as well as 10 and 10.5 bilayers (t=0.651～ 1.324,P＞0.05).Interestingly,it could be seen that protein release of the chitosan-OREC/BSA films coated mats remarkably increased compared with that of chitosan/BSA films coated mats(t=2.264～ 2.305,P＜0.05).Conclusion The release of protein in the initial time could be controlled by adjusting the number of deposition bilayers,the outmost layer and the composition of coating bilayers.

Objective To optimize the extraction technology for total flavonoids in Selaginella tamariscina.Methods To determine the content of total flavonoids by UV and the content of index constituent of amentoflavone by HPLC.The optimum extraction condition was investigated by orthogonal design and the extraction quantity was regarded as the investigated index.Results The optimum extracting condition was A1B2C2D2 with the extraction quantity of total flavonoids as the investigated index.The optimum extracting condition was A1～3B1～3C2D2 with the extraction quantity of amentoflavone as the investigated index.The optimum extracting condition was A1B2C2D2.That is adding ten times amount of 95% alcohol and refluxing twice,2 h once.Conclusion The optimum technology is stable and feasible for the extraction of S.tamariscina.