OBJECTIVE: To investigate the antagonistic effect of Salvia miltiorrhiza on cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced chronic nephrotoxicity. METHODS: 54 patients underwent renal transplantation were divided into 3 groups according to dosage of salvia miltiorrhiza: CsA+high-dose of salvia miltiorrhiza group, CsA+loe-dose of salvia miltiorrhiza group (trial group) and CsA control group (control group). Plasma concentration of CsA, serum creatinine (Scr), blood urea nitrogen (Bun), 24 h urines and 24 h urinary protein were recorded. The parameters of morphology and hemodynamics were compared among 3 groups. The differences of index among 3 groups were analyzed statistically. RESULTS: The level of Scr, Bun and 24 h urinary protein in CsA+high-dose of salvia miltiorrhiza group were decreased significantly while 24 h urines was increased, compared with other 2 groups. There was significant difference among 3 groups (P0.05). The intrarenal blood flow and renal arterial resistance index were increased significantly in CsA+high-dose of salvia miltiorrhiza group. CONCLUSION: High-dose of salvia miltiorrhiza combined with CsA can reduce the CsA-induced nephrotoxicity perfently.

Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Leukemia ; etiology ; Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute ; complications ; Male ; Young Adult

As the dressings currently used in clinic settings unflat shape in general, they can't be fitted completely on occiput, heel, elbow, knee and other body parts unflat. This paper developed one kind of foam dressing of special shape based on local anatomy. The foam dressing is waterproof and air permeable, it can cover the wound closely enough to prevent bacteria from invasion and infection. With a saturated absorption ratio of 1: 8 or higher, it can keep the wound clean and moisture by absorbing large amounts of wound inflammatory secretions and is almost completely permeable to oxygen and carbon dioxide. Assuring safety and effect meanwhile, it has better outcomes than common dressings in the same application settings.
Bandages ; Wound Healing

Objective: To synthesize 10-position schiff base derivatives of emodin and study the anti-tumor activity. Methods:The 10-position schiff base derivatives of emodin were synthesized through emodin reacting with ammonia derivatives in absolute alcohol with acetic acid as the catalytic agent. Their structures were characterized by 1 H-NMR and ESI-MS, and the anti-tumor activity on k562 cells was determined by MTT method. Results:Three 10-position schiff base derivatives were synthesized and the structures were confirmed, and the IC50 on k562 cells was 4. 5, 3. 8 and 2. 0 μmol·L-1 , respectively. Conclusion:The 10-position schiff base de-rivatives of emodin can improve the anti-tumor activity and druggability of the parent compound, which are worthy of further study.

Clinical effect is of great importance to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and the rigorous and scientific methods for clinical effect assessment should be highly stressed in the clinical research of TCM. In this article, the authors analyzed the current status of the effect assessment of TCM and proposed some measures to improve the current effect assessment of TCM, in the hope of establishing an internationally accepted system of effect assessment reflecting the superiority and characteristics of TCM therapies.

Objective To compare the results of manually -tested speech recognition threshold (SRT ) with automatically software -recorded SRT in the trial of Mandarin disyllabic test ,exploring the significance to the clini-cal applying .Methods 128 normal people of different ages without hearing loss and 57 workers exposed to noise in an automobile manufacturing was selected .These two group of volunteers speak mainly Mandarin in their daily life . MADSEN Conera (Danmark) clinical audiometr was applied .A group of double syllable word list with the same dif-ficulty of equivalence was used as test material .The initial presentation level was 20 dB HL higher than PTA .Then compared the results of manually -tested SRT with automatically software -recorded SRT .Results In the normal group ,the automatic value SRT was 7 .84 ± 3 .98 dB HL ,the manual value was 9 .19 ± 4 .47 dB HL ,and the average value of speech frequency threshold was 7 .63 ± 5 .78 dB HL .In the noise group ,the automatic value SRT was 6 .10 ± 8 .40 dB HL ,the manual value was 18 .81 ± 9 .52 dB HL ,and the average value of language frequency threshold was 27 .18 ± 19 .13 dB HL .There was significant difference between the values of SRT tested manually and recorded automatically (P<0 .01) .Conclusion There are differences between SRT valued manually and automatically .The SRT in people with normal hearing can be tested using automatic -recorded method .This method is convenient for screening in people without hearing loss .To exam in people with hearing loss ,the manual test is more appropriate .

Objective To observe the impact of different culture conditions on the growth of the endothelial progenitor cells(EPCs) from rat peripheral blood. Methods Mononuclear cells obtained from rat peripheral blood were isolated by using density gradient centrifugation. According to the culture medium added with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and the dishes were precoated with fibronectin or not, the mononuclear cells were divided into different groups and cultured under different conditions in vitro to compare the differences of the growth conditions. The different growth conditions were recorded and the result was calculated by statistics software. At last, the cells were identified by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. Results The mononuclear cells from rat peripheral blood grew in the manner of keeping close to the wall in vitro. The cells and cell colonies cultured for 7 days hinted:under the same culture conditions, precoating FN was beneficial to the adherent proliferation of EPCs (t=4.43, P＜0.05; t=3.70, P＜0.05). Excluding the impact of fibronectin, growth factors could promote mononuclear cells differentiation to EPCs, indicating that growth factors enhanced proliferation of EPCs (t =-13.22, P＜0.01; t =-10.96, P＜0.01). Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence showed that, at day 4, 7, 10 of cells cultured, CD34 and CD133 expressions were increased gradually [(35.7±4.2)%, (60.1±3.8)%, (81.8±6.4)%; (3.2±0.9)%, (18.4±7.3)%,(32±3.8)%, respectively]; at day 14, both were decreased [(32.1±5.4)%, (1.9±2.7)%]; but Flk-1was increased at day 4, 7,10, 14 [(31.2±3.5)%, (40.6±5.3)%, (71.2±8.4)%, (81.5±4.1)%].Conclusions Fibronectin is conducive to adhesion and proliferation of EPCs. VEGF and bFGF play an important role in the differentiation of EPCs. The success culture of EPCs in vitro will provide a sufficient number of seed cells for its application in vascular tissue engineering, and offer new ideas for peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for the treatment of various diseases.

Objective To study the effect of cold and heat treatment on metastasis and the peripheral blood immune response in patients with breast cancer. Methods A total of 124 breast cancer patients were randomly di-vided into a hot and cold therapy group and a control group, each of 62. Both groups were given conventional surgical resections, and the hot and cold therapy group was given cooling and heating physical therapy for one month before the operation. The efficacy of the treatment and the patients′ spiritual state were compared after the treatment. The effect on lung metastases was evaluated using tomographic images of the chest, and the changes in immune cell levels in the peripheral blood were detected using flow cytometry. Results After the treatment, the remission rate (54.8%), spiritual life ratings on the Karnofsky scale and the area of lung cancer nodule transfer were significantly better in the hot and cold therapy group than in the control group. Twelve weeks after the treatment, the percentage of MDSCs in the control group patients was 72.5%, significantly higher than the 5.3% of the therapy group. The CD4+and CD8+ T cells were 2.2% and 1.8%, significantly lower than the 26.7% and 13.9% of the control group. Con-clusion Cold and hot therapy before a mastectomy can effectively inhibit the metastasis of breast cancer and promote patients′physical rehabilitation and spiritual life. It may regulate the microenvironment of their immunosuppression and stimulate antitumor immunity.

Objective To understand the working stress source of nurse anesthetists and its coping measures. Methods The semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted in 11 nurse anesthetists from 4 hospitals. The collected data were analyzed and concluded by using Colaizzi’s seven step method of phenomenological analysis. Results Four themes were extracted and a series of sub-themes, including work environment, work characteristics and nature, confusion of career prospects and coping styles. Conclusions Managers should pay close attention to anesthesia care. The laws and policy of the qualifications standards for nurse anesthetists should be made, which can reduce the stress of nurse anesthetists including healthy and harmonious working environment, a professional training system of nurse anesthetists and career planning. So that we can improve the professionalism of nurse anesthetists.

Objective: To research the application of perspective imaging of intense laser proton beam in tumor cells, experi-ments are carried out on an ultra-intense picosecond pulsed laser facility, and the results of perspective imaging on biological samples by high energy proton beam, which is excitated among the interaction of picosecond laser with solid target, is showed. Methods: The laser energy is 12 J, the pulse width of laser is 1.5 ps, the laser focal spot diameter is 15 μm, the coefficientf or the off-axis paraboloid lens is 1.5. The target used in the experiment is made by coating a CH film with 1 μm on the back of the 15 pan-thick Cu. The distance between the proton source (laser spot) and the ant sample is 7 mm (i.e. the object distance), the distance between the sample and the RC film is 63 mm (i.e. the image distance). The detector is a stack of RCF or CR-39 films. Results: The ant is taken as the sample, a high energy proton beam, which is excitated as above on the rear surface of target, makes a 2-dimensional perspective imaging of an ant with high contrast, nanometer spatial resolution and density reso-lution. Conclusions: The result provided possibility of the application of perspective imaging of intense laser proton beam in tumor cells.