Biomedical Research ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Objective To prepare novel alkanethiol modified magnetic silver flower nanoparticles as SERS substrate to chloramphenicol for Raman detection and to determine their enhancement effect.Methods An alkanethiol was chosen as a surface modifier of the substrate and was self-assembled onto the magnetic silver flower nanoparticle surface.The chloram-phenicol molecules were enriched to the surface of the substrate by hydrophobic interaction and the effect for detection of chloramphenicol SERS signal was enhanced.Results It was found that the 1-hexanethiol-modified SERS substrate was able to lead to stronger enhancement than 1-dodecanethiol and octadecanethiol.Fe3 O4@SiO2-Ag-C6 was used to detect the chloramphenicol (10 -3 -10 -10 mol/L) and chloramphenicol in milk (10 -3 -10 -9 mol/L) by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.The detection limits were 0.1 nmol/L (32 ppt) and 1 nmol/L (323 ppt) respectively.Conclusion Alkanethiol modified magnetic silver flower nanoparticles are a highly active SERS substrate, which can be used for detection of low concentrations of analytical substances.

Recently surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been widely used in physics, chemistry and bio-medical science.Due to its high sensitivity and specificity,SERS is often used to detect changes in serum components in humans.Various biomolecules in human serum, such as proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, have their own distinctive raman spectroscopy so that different raman shift, band intensity and width reflect different metabolic abnormalities of cells at the molecular level in human serum.In this paper we described the general situation of SERS and summarized the latest research progress in a variety of diseases of human serum.Prospects of developmenls are also outlined.

Objective To optimize the experiment conditions of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy detection of serum fingerprint spectra.Methods Normal human serum was used as the sample and Ag nanoparticles as the active substrate.The enhanced signals of different optimized experiments were obtained , including serum dose(2.5 to 500 μl), incubation time(10 to 30 minutes) temperature(4℃,room temperature and 37℃),and different treatment(extraction and protein removal).Results and Conclusion Serum doses should not exceed 50μl.The ratio should range from 1∶1 to 5∶1, the incubation time is from 10 to 30 minutes, and the incubation temperature from 4℃ to 37℃.The signals of samples directly mixed with an active substrate are stronger than those of samples which are extracted or protein removed .

Objective To investigate the changes of soluble CD105,transforming growth factor-beta1(TGF-β1) and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) in esophageal cancer(EC) patients,analyzing its clinical significance.Methods Collecting 56 cases of gastric cancer(observation group) and 49 cases of healthy people(control group)from Nov.2014 to Jan.2016 as the research objects.The levels of soluble CD105,TGF-β1 and VEGF were detected in EC patients pre-and post-operation and healthy subjects.The data of soluble CD105,TGF-β1 and VEGF were analyzed in the two groups.Results The pre-operation levels of soluble CD105,TGF-β1 and VEGF in EC patients were significantly higher than those in the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The pre-operation levels of soluble CD105,TGF-β1 and VEGF in EC patients were significantly higher than post-operation levels,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The post-operation levels of soluble CD105,TGF-β1 and VEGF in EC patients were not statistically different with control group(P>0.05).Conclusion The levels of soluble CD105,TGF-β1 and VEGF could be abnormal in patients with EC,which might be the index for monitoring the clinical disease condition and judging the prognosis of the EC.

Objective To evaluate the training quality of anaesthesiology residents in different hospitals. Methods The scores of 125 residents,attending Shanghai resident clinic skill examination from 2005 to 2007,were analyzed. ResultsThe scores of examinees from municipal hospitals were higher than those from district hospitals,municipal specialized hospitals and traditional Chinese medicine hospitals.The scores of practice part were higher than those of theory part in all groups. Conclusion The training quality is related to the comprehensive strength of the hospital in which examinees work,but the training of theory knowledge still need to be strengthened.

Objective To explore the value of MRI in diagnosis of fetal meconium peritonitis.Methods Seven meconium peritonitis fetuses proved by surgery and pathology were enrolled.The prenatal MRI findings and clinical data were analyzed retrospectively.Results Six fetuses showed a large amount of ascites,intestinal tube floating in the abdomen,small intestine gathered together.One fetus showed a giant abdominal cystic mass,with bowel compressed,displaced and uneven dilated.Four fetuses showed small colon and rectum,or without meconium signal.Two fetuses were accompanied by bilateral hydrocele.Amniotic fluid increased in 3 cases.After the neonates were born,1 case of them died from sudden heart rate decline during operation,1 case died from severe pulmonary edema after operation,and 5 cases survived after operation.Conclusion MRI has some features in the prenatal diagnosis of meconium peritonitis,which can provide an important basis for postpartum treatment and evaluation of prognosis.

OBJECTIVETo explore the effect of Danggui Yinzi (DY) on delayed allergy in model mice with qi-blood deficiency syndrome (QBDS).

METHODSQBDS model was established in 48 Kuming mice of SPF grade by using reserpine and acetophenone hydrazine. Forty of them were then randomly divided into the model group, the loratadine group, the high dose DY group, the middle dose DY group, and the low dose DY group, 8 in each group. Another 8 in line with the same standard were recruited as a blank group. Mice in high, middle, and low dose DY groups were administered with DY concentrated solution at 60, 30, 15 g/kg by gastrogavage. Mice in the loratadine group were administered with loratadine solution at 1.66 mg/kg by gastrogavage. Equal volume of normal saline was administered to mice in the model group and the blank group by gastrogavage. All medication was given once per day for 1 successive week. Except those in the blank group, the rest mice were evenly smeared with 1% DNCB solution on the abdomen. Five days after skin allergy, 1% DNCB solution was smeared to right ear of all mice to stimulate allergic reaction. Mice in the blank group were smeared in the same way without allergenic reaction. The auricle swelling and the inhibition ratio were determined at 24 h after attack. Blood was collected from orbit and serum IgE level detected using double-antibody sandwich ELISA.

RESULTSCompared with the blank group, auricle swelling obviously increased and serum IgE level was obviously elevated in the model group (P < 0.01). Compared with the model group, auricle swelling obviously decreased and serum IgE level was obviously reduced in the 3 dose DY groups (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Meanwhile, the auricle swelling degree was superior in high and middle dose DY groups to that in the loratadine group (P < 0.05). The inhibition ratio of auricle swelling was sequenced from high to low as 67.3% in the high dose DY group, 56.0% in the middle dose DY group, 48.1% in the low dose DY group, 47.3% in the loratadine group.

CONCLUSIONSDY could inhibit auricle swelling and lower serum IgE level. It also could inhibit delayed allergic reaction in model mice with QBDS to some extent.

Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Edema ; drug therapy ; Hypersensitivity, Delayed ; drug therapy ; Immunoglobulin E ; blood ; Loratadine ; pharmacology ; Mice ; Qi ; Random Allocation

Child ; Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome ; therapy ; Humans ; Plasma Exchange

Acupuncture Therapy ; Aged ; Atrial Fibrillation ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Humans ; Male