AIM: To determine the dissolution of Longdan Xiegan Pills(Radix et Rhizoma Gentianae,Radix Scutellariae,Fructus Gardeniae,etc.) on the basis of markers such as gentiopicroside,baicalin and geniposide. METHODS: According to Appendix ⅩCⅢ of Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2005 edition VolⅡ,dissolution medium was 100 mL 0.5% SDS aqueous solution and rotating speed was 100 r/min.The dissolution solution of pill was taken and analyzed by HPLC method.A column of Kromasil C_(18)(4.6 mm?250 mm,5 ?m) was used.The mobile phase composed of A acetonitrile,B 1% glacial acetic acid aqueous solution,gradient eluation.The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min with the detection wavelength at 254 nm. RESULTS: The average dissolution of three batches of gentiopicroside,baicalin and geniposide exceeded the marker amount by factor of 0.75 time in 4 h. CONCLUSION: A reliable and qualitative method is established with good reproducibility for determination of dissolution of Longdan Xiegan Pills.

AIM: To determine the content of emodin and physcion in rat plasma by nonaqueous RP-HPLC. METHODS: After hydrolysis and extraction, the content of emodin in the plasma was determined by nonaqueous RP-HPLC. The separation was performed on Kromasil C 18 column (250 mm?4.6 mm, 5.0 ?m) with the mobile phase comprised of methanol-acetic acid (99.9∶0.1). The flow rate was 1.0 mL?min -1 and the detection wavelength was at 254 nm. RESULTS: The linear ranges for emodin and physcion were in the range of 0.0425-2.8 ?g?mL -1 and 0.0491-3.14 ?g?mL -1 , respectively. The average recoveries of emodin and physcion were 95.7%-100.1% and 96.2%-99.8%, with corresponding RSD of 1.3% and 1.6% respectively. CONCLUSION: This method is simple, rapid, accurate and reproducible with RP-HPLC to detect rhein in plasma.

AIM: To establish a method of determining genpioside,baicalin and berberine in Gonglao Quhuo Tablets(Caulis Mahoniae,Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis,Radix Scutellariae,etc). METHODS: The mobile phase composed of A acetonitrile,B acetonitrile and 0.5% triethylamine(Ph3.1)(10∶90).The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min with the wavelength at 254 nm. RESULTS:The calibration curves were linear in the ranges of 3.22-206 ?g/mL(r=0.999 9) for genpioside,2.95-186 ?g/mL(r=0.999 9) for baicalin and 1.64-104 ?g/mL(r=0.999 9) for berberine hydrochloride,respectively.The average recoveries were not less than 98.4%. CONCLUSION: This HPLC method is convenient,rapid,accurate and could be used for quality control of production of Gonglao Quhuo Tablets.

Objective To investigate the difference of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness(RNFL)in opti-cal coherence tomography(OCT)under low and moderate signal strength. Methods Four hundred eyes of people aged 46~75 with clear fundus image,no obvious fundus diseases,and satisfactory optical coherence tomography were classified according to their ages and signal strength. The peripapillary and 4 quadrants of RNFL were detect-ed with OCT. Results In satisfactory OCT images ,the signal strength that reached 4/10 and 7/10 was 1.5% and 27% respectively. Under low and moderate signal strength ,the maximum thickness of RNFL was at the superior and inferior,and the minimum thickness of RNFL was at the nasal and temporal. There were no significant differ-ences in RNFL thickness under low or moderate signal strength. Conclusion RNFL results are reliable under low and moderate signal strength.

Virtual slides were applied in experiment teaching of pathology on trial in clinic medicine college of Sichuan university.The resuhs from the Survey showed that students and teachers preferred virtual slides in learning microscopic lesions.Virtual Slides can help us save time,promote quality of observation,carry out discussion based teaching and manage teaching documents.It can be used in network teaching after marking the lesions.

Objective To investigate the effect of songling xuemaikang(SL-xmk)pretreatment on the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP-9)after focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in rats.Methods A total of 45 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into SL-xmk pretreatment,sham operation,and normal saline control group.Preventive gavage was per-formed for 8 weeks in rats using SL-xmk(937.50 mg/kg)suspension in the SLxmk pretreatment group(n = 15);the preventive gavage was performed in rats using the equal volume of normal saline in the sham operation(n = 15)and normal saline control(n = 15)groups.At the end of the pretreatment process,a model of middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO)in rats was induced by suture method for 2 hours and reperfusion for 24 hours.The effects of SL-xmk pretreatment on the neurologic deficit scores after transient MCAO,brain water content,and infarct volume in rats were observed.Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the MMP-9 immunoreactive positive cells in ischemic brain tissue.Results The neurologjc deficit scores(1.21 ± 0.25 vs.2.37 ± 0.35,P = 0.000),the brain water content (76.24% ± 7.09% vs.88.78% ± 6.57%,P = 0.000),the percentage of infarct volume (22.62% ±2.17% vs.27.84% ±3.43%,P =0.000),and the numbers of MMP-9 positive cells(16.20 ± 2.17/mm vs.20.60 ± 2.71/mm,P = 0.000)were all significantly lower than those in the control group.Conclusions SL-xmk pretreatment may significantly inhibit the expression of MMP-9 in the brain tissue of focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rats and reduce brain water content and infarct volume.

Objective To explore the association of genetic polymorphism of fucosyltransferase (FUT) 2 and FUT3 and expression of Lewis antigen with ulcerative colitis (UC) in Chinese Zhejiang Han population.Methods We genotyped FUT2 (rs281377, rs1047781 and rs601338) and FUT3 (rs28362459, rs3745635 and rs3894326) in 485 UC patients and 580 healthy controls using SNaPshot. By immunohistochemistry method, we also evaluated expression of Lewis a and b antigens in the sigmoid colon of 10 UC patients and 10 patients with benign colonic polyps.Results The frequencies of mutant allele (A) and genotype (GA+AA) in FUT3 rs3745635 were higher in UC patients than in controls (P=0.016, 95%CI 1.339-1.699;P=0.038, 95%CI 1.330-1.742, respectively). Stratified analyses revealed that the frequencies of mutant allele (G) and genotype (TG+GG) of FUT3 rs28362459 were significantly lower in patients with extensive colitis than in those with distal colitis (P=0.001, 95%CI 0.567-0.786;P<0.001, 95%CI 0.503-0.742, respectively). Similar conclusions were drawn for the mutant allele (A) and genotype (GA+AA) of FUT3 rs3745635 in patients with extensive colitis compared to those with distal colitis (P=0.011, 95%CI 0.621-0.900;P=0.006, 95%CI 0.553-0.845, respectively). Although expression of Lewis b antigen in the sigmoid colon did not differ between UC patients and controls, Lewis a antigen expression was higher in the crypt epithelium of both inflammatory and non-inflammatory sigmoid colon of UC patients than in controls (P=0.028).Conclusion Polymorphisms of FUT3 and expression level of Lewis a antigen might be associated with UC.

Objective To investigate the correlation of Bax and apoptosis in enterocytes of neonatal rats with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).Methods Forty-eight neonatal rats (1 day) were randomly divided into control group (n =24) and NEC model group (n =24) by use of odd and even.The rats in control group were maternal breast-fed.The rats in NEC model group were separated from their mothers.To be given formula feeding,cold exposure after hypoxic-reoxygenation treatment.The intestinal tissue located at the boundary of ileum and caecum of two groups were gained on the 24 h,48 h and 72 h with which that all rats were sacrificed by cutting neck.Section of intestinal tissue were stained with immunohistochemistry to detect the expression of Bax and were stained with TdT mediated dUTP nick end labeling(TUNEL) to evaluate the apoptosis in each group.Results The integrate optical density (IOD) value of expression of Bax in the NEC model group began to increase on the 24 h [(1 005.06-± 11.96) IOD] and reached the summit on the 72 h [(3 340.66 ±68.72)] compared with the control group[(666.55 ± 15.77)IOD].A few of TUNEL positive cells began to increase with time dependence.A lot of TUNEL positive cells could be found in NEC model group on the 24 h [(15.04 ± 0.24) ％],and the apoptotic index reached the peak on the 72 h [(35.65 ±0.61) ％] compared with the control group[(4.73 ±0.04) ％,P ＜0.01]-There was a significantly positive correlation between the cell apoptosis and the ratio change of Bax in NEC model group (r =0.94,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion There is a significantly positive correlation between the cell apoptosis and the ratio change of Bax in enterocytes of neonatal rats with NEC.The cell apoptosis in enterocytes of neonatal rats with NEC maybe be induced by Bax.

OBJECTIVETo perform a meta-analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) as a diagnostic tool for small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis.

METHODSA computer-based retrieval system was first used to identify reports on the diagnostic efficacy of CEUS for small HCC in patients with cirrhosis that were published between 1995 and April 2012 in the following literature databases: Medline, PubMed, Foreign Medical Journal Service (FMJS), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), VIP Journal Integration Platform (VJIP), Wanfang Chinese Periodical Database, and Chinese Biomedicine Database (CBM). Two investigators, working independently, then selected cases from the relevant based upon specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. The extracted data was subjected to quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies (QUADAS). The MetaDisc version 1.4 software was used to conduct meta-analyses.

RESULTSSix studies, involving 380 lesions detected by various contrast mediums, were selected for analysis. Diagnosis of small HCC in patients with cirrhosis by CEUS based on Sonovue and Levovist had pooled sensitivities of 0.73 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.67-0.79) and 0.76 (95% CI: 0.60-0.89), pooled specificities of 0.89 (95% CI: 0.81-0.94) and 0.79 (95% CI: 0.61-0.91), pooled positive likelihood ratios of 6.53 (95% CI: 2.74-15.52) and 3.60 (95% CI: 1.89-6.85), pooled negative likelihood ratios of 0.26 (95% CI: 0.13-0.54) and 0.21 (95% CI: 0.02-2.63), and pooled diagnostic odds ratios of 27.50 (95% CI: 7.99-94.72) and 25.74 (95% CI: 5.30-125.04), respectively. The area under the curve of the summary receiving operating characteristic (SROC) of CEUS based on Sonovue was 0.9252 and the Q* index was 0.8595.

CONCLUSIONCEUS is a valuable diagnostic tool for small HCC in cirrhotic patients.

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Contrast Media ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Liver Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Ultrasonography

Objective To compare the predicting values for Prognosis among Global Risk Classification (GRS),Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score,the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in patients who received stenting because of unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) lesion.Methods Totally 105 successive elderly patients with ULMCA lesion who received stenting were divided into 2 groups:with and without main adverse cardiac events (MACE).The clinical and angiographic characteristics were analyzed and then compared among GRC,SYNTAX score and EuroSCORE.Results As compared with none MACE group,MACE group had higher EuroSCORE score (2.0±2.3 vs.6.5±2.9,t=8.18,P=0.002),and more trivessel disease and left main bifurcation lesion (x2 =8.96,6.96,P =0.011,P =0.008).High risk GRC showed more MACE than medium or low risk GRC [55.9％ (19/34) vs.20.5％(9/44),7.4％ (2/27),x2 =19.77,P=0.001].AUC(95％CI )of GRC,SYNTAX score and EuroSCORE were [0.821 (0.730-0.912),0.586(0.462-0.709) and 0.631 (0506-0.757)],respectively.Compared with SYNTAX score and EuroSCORE,GRC was superior in the MACE predicting value (Z=3.29,2.63,P＜0.01 or P＜0.05).