Adult ; Air Pollution, Indoor ; adverse effects ; Benzene ; adverse effects ; Control Groups ; Female ; Humans ; Leukocyte Count ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Exposure ; adverse effects ; Paint

Background The main mechanism of diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the formation of retinal neovascularization. Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) is primarily factor for DR. Objective The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of angelicae sinensis decoction for supplementing blood ( ASD), a kind of traditional prescription of Chinese herbal medicine, on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level in vitreous and serum of STZ-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods Thirty-four SPF male SD rats were fed using high fat diet for 8 weeks and then the streptozocin of 25 mg/kg was intraperitoneally injected to create the type 2 diabetic models. ASD (3.6 g/kg) and 10 mg/kg Gli of 5 mi were administered intragastrically from the 4th day of high fat die though 8 weeks respectively. Other 10 matched rats were used as normal control group. The body weight, blood glucose level ,triglycerides (TG) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) were detected in 4 and 8 weeks after usage of drug. The vitreous and serum samples were obtained in the 8 th weeks for the VEGF detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). This experiment comlied with the Regulations for the Administration of Affair Concerning Experimental Animals by State Science and Technology Commission. Results The body weight and HDL in DM group were significantly lower than those of normal control group in 4 or 8 weeks ( P＜0. 01 ), but in ASD and Gli groups ,the body weight and HDL were higher than those of the DM group (P＜0. 05 ). the blood glucose level and TG were elevated in DM group compared with normal control group (P＜0. 01 ), but those in ASD group and Gli group were decreased in comparison with DM group ( P＜0.05 ). EIISA revealed that no significant differences were found in VEGF levels between normal control group and ASD group or Gli group (P＞0. 05 ), but in DM group, the serum VEGF level (147.65±4. 55 ng/L) was reduced and vitreous VEGF level (673.45± 100. 85 ng/L) was raised,showing the considerable differences (P＜ 0.05 ). No any correlation was found between serum VEGF level and vitreous VEGF level (r=0.314,P＞0. 05). Conclusion ASD can decrease the VEGF level in vitreous,implying that ASD postpone the occurrence of diabetic retinopathy in DM rat.

Objective To study the present situation of legionella pneumophila(Lp) infection of low respiratory tract infection in children less than 5 years old.Methods Three hundred hospitalized patients with the diagnosis of low respiratory tract infection were enrolled in the study,191 males,109 females,aged 27 d to 5 years old,course from 1 d to 6 months.Serum antibody(IgM,IgG) of Lp serogroup 1-7 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results In the patients,17 cases were positive,and the positive rate was 5.67%.Of the 17 children,the males(n=11) and females(n=6) did not significantly influence the positive rate(5.76% vs 5.50%).Four of them were between 27 days and 1 year old;7 were 1 to 3 years old,6 were 3 to 5 years old.The positive rates were significantly different among the 3 groups(2.53% vs 7.37% vs 12.77%) and tendentially increased following the increase of age(?2=7.8164 P

Forty-two patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) were refered to 3 groups:type 2 DM without diabetic nephropathy (DN),type 2 DM with DN in the initial stage and type 2 DM with DN in the clinical stage.Ten healthy subjects were served as control group.Plasma adrenomedullin (ADM),urinary?_1- microglobulin (MG) and?_2-MG were detected.The results showed that the level of plasma ADM rose gradually with the development of DN and was positively correlated with markers of tubulointerstiial injury such as urinary?_1- MG and?_2-MG (both P

Objective: To investigate the potential role of me latonin in the adrenal cortex of human embryo. Methods:Specifi c melatonin receptors was localized and characterized in the adrenal cortex of h u man embryo by means of immunohistochemistry. Results: mt1 （Me l1a）and MT2 （Mel1b）subtype of melatonin receptors was principally localize d to cytoplasm in zona glomerulosa， fasciculata and reticularis. Conclu sion: It is possible that mt1 and MT2 subtype of melatonin receptors co-exist in the adrenal cortex of human embryo.

OBJECTIVETo provide inspiration and ideas for clinical treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD) by data mining technology based frequency analysis and cluster analysis of medical records, prescriptions and herbs in treating CHD by distinguished veteran doctors of traditional Chinese Dedicine (TCM).

METHODSTotally 386 medical cases were retrieved from Wanfang Data, Chinese Scientific Journals Database (VIP medical information resources system, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Typical Collections of Medical Cases by Contemporary Distinguished Veteran Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine. They input into database trimmed after unified standard. Medication laws of CHD by distinguished veteran doctors of TCM were analyzed using frequency analysis and cluster analysis, and so on.

RESULTSDistinguished veteran doctors of TCM frequently used top ten herbs in treatment of C D as Salvia miltiorrhiz , Ligusticum wallichii, Trichosanthes kirilowi, Pinellia ternat, Angelica sinensis, Poria coco stragalu , Panax ginseng, Allium macrostemon, and Radix Ophiopogonis. Cluster analysis summarized that there were 16 herb pairs commonly used, 7drug assemblies consisting of 3 herbs and 5 drug assemblies consisting of multiple herbs.

CONCLUSIONSDistinguished veteran doctors of TCM mainly used herbs assemblies capable for invigorating Pi to resolve phlegm, and promoting qi and activating blood circulation in treating CHD. Meanwhile, they concurrently used herbs combination of nourishing Xin and tranquilization, and regulating yin and yang.

China ; Cluster Analysis ; Coronary Artery Disease ; therapy ; Data Mining ; Databases, Factual ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Aurantii Fructus is the dried and immature fruit of Citrus aurantium and its cultivars. To investigate the chemical constituents of Aurantii Fructus, the separation and purification of constituents were performed by column chromatography on silica gel LH-20, HW-40, ODS, PHPLC and PTLC. Fourteen flavonoids, including four flavone glycosides and ten polymethoxyflavones (PMFs) were isolated from the EtOAc fraction and Petroleum ether fraction of Aurantii Fructus and their structures were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data (NMR and MS) as (2R) -and (2S)-6"-O-acetylprunin (1,2), naringenin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranside (3), 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-8,3'-dimethoxyflavone-3-O-6"-(3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaroyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside(4), 4'-hydroxy-5,6, 7-trimethoxyflavone (5), natsudaidain (6), nobiletin (7), sinensetin (8), 5,6,7,4'-tetramethoxyflavone (9), 5,7,8,4'-tetramethoxyflavone (10), 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone (11), tangeretin (12), 5-demethyl nobiletin (13), and 5-hydroxy-6,7,3', 4'-tetramethoxyflavone (14). Compound 3-5 s were isolated from this plant for the first time and compound 1 was a new one.
Citrus ; chemistry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Flavonoids ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Fruit ; chemistry ; Mass Spectrometry ; Molecular Structure

Objective To research the resilience and influencing factors of the plateau soldiers.Methods Resilience Scale for Adult (RSA),Symptom Checklist (SCL-90),Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) was used in this study to 756 plateau soldiers.Results ①The high resilience has been found in plateau soldiers (2.78 ± 0.47 ).There were significantly differences in three education levels of the plateau soldiers in planned of future (F =3.261,P =0.039 ),family cohesion (F =6.428,P =0.002 ),structure style(F=4.135,P=0.016) and RSA scores(F=4.162,P=0.016),and college ＞ senior high school ＞ junior high school.②Compared to the lower group in the RSA,the higher group scored significantly higher in extraversion ( t =13.004,P =0.000) and self-efficacy ( t =12.956,P =0.000 ),while lower in SCL-90 ( t =10.308,P =0.000) and neuroticism( t =11.297,P =0.000).③Resilience had significantly positive relation with self-efficacy ( r =0.48 ) and extraversion ( r =0.46 ),and negative relation with neuroticism ( r =- 0.42 ) andSCL-90( r =-0.41 ).The self-efficacy extraversion and neuroticism have nice predictive ability (42％).Conclusion The Resilience of plateau soldiers are good condition,self-efficacy,extraversion,and neuroticism are important influencing factors for plateau soldiers.

Objective: To investigate the circadian ryhthm v ariation of 2-125I-iodomelatonin (125I-Mel) binding sites in the human peripheral leukocytes in patients with acute cerebral infarction. Methods: Melatonin binding sites in the human peripheral leukocytes were studied using 125　I-Mel as a radioligand (radioligand binding assays).A ll patients ［age: (70.18±11.70) years］ were diagnosed by CT according to the standard ［Chin J Nerv， 1996,29(6):379］. We also studied 15 age-match ed healthy old people as the control ［age: (68.33±7.76) years］. Resul ts: The circadian ryhthm variation of 125　I-Mel specific binding in control remained significant (P<0.01) with a higher value at midlight ［ (0.16±0.049) fmol/106］ than at middark ［(0.078±0.035) fmol/106］ with one point analysis. There was no significant variation in the patient grou p (P>0.05). The specific binding in the peripheral leukocytes at midlight in the patients with acute cerebral infarction were lower than that of the control . Conclusion: The expression of Mel receptor decreases in the pa tients wit h acute cerebral infarction and the circadian ryhthm variation of 2-125I -Mel appears abnormal.

Objective To study the effect of Asi-antidiarrheal capsule on gastrointestinal goblet cell of thyroid hormone-induced diarrhea.Methods Total of 120 SD male rats aged about 8 weeks were randomly divided into 2 groups:control group(10 rats)and thyroid hormone-induced diarrheic group(110 rats).Rats in control group were lavaged with normal saline 1 ml/d.Thyroid tablets were partly desolved into normal saline forming a 40 mg/ml suspension.Rats in thyroid hormone-induced diarrheic group were given the thyroid suspension 1 ml/d to make thyroid hormone-induced diarrheic model.Serum FT3 and FT4 were tested.Fourty thyroid hormone-induced diarrheic rats were screened out according to serum FT3 and FT4 levels,body weight and wet stool.The fourty rats were randomly divided into 5 groups,8 rats in each group:positive control group,berberine group,low-dose,mediandose and high-dose groups.Normal saline of 1 ml/d was admnistered to diarrhea control group,1.94 g·kg-1·d-1 Berberine capsule was given to positive control group,and 0.63,1.26,2.52 g·kg-1·d-1 Asi-antidiarrheal capsule to low-dose,mediandose and high-dose groups,respectively.After sever days treatment,rats are executed.Duodenum,jejunum,ileum and colon were dissected,respectively.Histology observation and cell counting were carried out under light micmscopo on HE coloration.Cell counting unit was defined as:cell/high power field of vision (cells/hpf).Results In jejunum,the number of goblet cells in berberine group,mediandose group and high-dose group[(15.32±2.53),(20.24±1.24),(14.98±1.10)cells/hpf,respectively],were all lower than that of the diarrhea control group[(25.73±4.55)cells/hpf,all P<0.05]with an exception of low-dose group[(23.98±2.28)cells/hpf].The numbers of goblet cells in berberine control group,low-dose group,mediandose group and highdose group[(18.29±1.33),(20.61±2.12),(19.38±2.01),(16.34±1.55)cells/hpf,respectively]were all less than that of the control group[(23.36±3.10)cells/hpf,all P<0.05].The numbers of goblet cells of diarrhea control group and high-dose group were obviously lower than that of the low-dose group(all P<0.05)in jejunum and colon.The numbers of goblet cells of Duodenum and ileum were not significantly different between groups(F=2.81,2.67,all P>0.05).The numbers of goblet cells in the diarrhea control group increased markedly observed under microscope,but decreased following therapeutic treatment.Conclusions The numbers of goblet cells from jejunum and colon in thyroid hormone-induced diarrheic rats are increased significantly.Asi-antidiarrheal capsule can remarkably decrease the number of goblet cells in jejunum and colon,and reduce mucus secretion.