Chinese medicinal resources are the cornerstone of the sustainable development of traditional Chinese medicine industry. However, due to the fecundity of species, over-exploitation, and limitations of artificial cultivation, some medicinal plants are depleted and even endangered. Tissue culture, a breakthrough technology in the breeding of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, is not limited by time and space, and can allow the production on an annual basis, which plays an important role in the protection of Chinese medicinal resources. The present study reviewed the applications of tissue culture of medicinal plants in the field of Chinese medicinal resources, including rapid propagation of medicinal plant seedlings, breeding of novel high-yield and high-quality cultivars, construction of a genetic transformation system, and production of secondary metabolites. Meanwhile, the current challenges and suggestions for the future development of this field were also proposed.
Sustainable Development ; Plants, Medicinal/genetics* ; Plant Breeding ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Technology

Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 epidemic in Huangpu District of Shanghai, and to provide scientific evidence for prevention and control of COVID-19. Methods Descriptive statistics were used to study the suspected and confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported from January 21 through March 10, 2020 in Huangpu District, Shanghai. Results A total of 120 suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported, of which 12 were diagnosed and 108 were excluded.The first confirmed case was reported on January 21, and the last case was on February 10; the majority (11/12) of the confirmed cases were reported from January 21 through February 1.The average duration of time from the symptom onset to the first medical visit was 2.6 days, whereas the average duration from the first medical visit to the hospital diagnosis was 2.2 days.There were 15 suspected cases with a confirmed history of residence or tourism in Wuhan, in which 6 were confirmed cases.Moreover, 5 suspected cases had a confirmed history of contact with other confirmed cases, in which 3 were confirmed cases.Thus, exposure in Wuhan and exposure to confirmed cases were the most significant risk factors at this stage of the epidemic. Conclusion The 12 cases identified in Huangpu District of Shanghai are all adults, half of whom had confirmed history of exposure in Wuhan.The first cluster of COVID-19 cases in Shanghai is documented in Huangpu District.Epidemiological investigation reveals that the confirmed cases might be infectious the day before the symptom onset.

A method was established for the determination of chlorpyrifos metabolites employing QuEChERS method and ultra performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole-linear ion trap mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTRAP). The urine samples were extracted by acetonitrile and then cleaned up with PSA and GCB. The samples were separated with the gradient elution of acetonitrile-0.2% ammonia water on ZORBAX Eclipse Plus C18column. The analytes were detected by tandem mass spectrometry under negative ion mode with electrospray ionization (ESI) source and MRM-IDA-EPI mode. Under the optimized conditions, the calibration curve was linear in range of 1.0-100.0 μg/L,and the limits of detection were 0.10-0.73 μg/L. The average recoveries were 80.3%-90.1%, and RSDs were all within 10%. The developed method was simple,sensitive,accurate,and repeatable,and could avoid false positive result of samples effectively. The established method was successfully applied to determine the exposure level of chlorpyrifos metabolites in real samples of human health risk analysis. The results showed that the maximum concentration of chlorpyrifos metabolites was 54.6 μg/L. This method provided technic support for simultaneous identification and quantification of chemicals in complex matrix.

AIM: To analyze the clinical effects of preoperative intravitreal Conbercept combined vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy ( PDR) patients.?METHODS:From June 2014 to May 2017, 57 patients (65 eyes) diagnosed with PDR. The patients were divided into two groups according to whether received preoperative intravitreal conbercept: intravitreal group ( 27 cases, 31 eyes), control group (30 cases, 34 eyes). Intravitreal group was treated with 0. 05mg ( 0. 05mL ) conbercept intravitreal injection 3d before vitrectomy, while control group was treated with vitrectomy alone. The overall surgical time, intraoperative bleeding, use of endodiathermy, iatrogenic retinal hole, and silicone oil, postoperative vitreous hemorrhage and the best corrected visual acuity were recorded and analyzed.?RESULTS: The average surgical time of intravitreal group was lower ( P < 0. 05 ), while intraoperative hemorrhage rate, rate of endodiathermy application, iatrogenic hiatal incidence, rate of silicone oil application, incidences of recurrent vitreous hemorrhage of intravitreal group were lower than those of control group ( all P<0. 05 ) . Intravitreal group got better postoperative best corrected visual acuity than control group (P<0. 05).?CONCLUSION: Intravitreal conbercept for proliferative diabetic retinopathy before 25G vitrectomy decreased surgical complications, reduced the surgical time and postoperative vitreous hemorrhage, and improved the potoperative best corrected visual acuity.

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effects of chitosan nano-particles loaded tetrandrine (Tet) on proliferation of cultured pterygium fibroblasts.Methods The deoxycholic acid-modified chitosan (DAMC) derivative was synthesized through amidation reaction,and their properties were investigated.The viability of human pterygium fibroblasts (HPF) was evaluated by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay after cells were interacted with Tet/DAMC nano-particles on day 1,3 and 5.Results The synthesized chitosan derivative and Tet formed drug-loaded nano-particles,and the agent-loading capacity was approximately 76％,and the sizes of agent-loaded nano-particles were 50-500 nm,with Zeta potential values being positive.The result of in vitro drug release experiment indicated that the nano-particles constantly released Tet in a controlled manner within 48 h.The viability of HPF in Tet group was (60.70 ± 2.30) ％,(50.22 ± 2.35) ％,(21.99 ± 2.07) ％ on day 1,3,5,respectively,but the corresponding data in Tet/DAMC group was (79.77 ±2.09)％,(63.24 ±2.83)％,(40.28 ± 1.19)％,respectively.The CCK-8 assay demonstrated that the Tet/DAMC nano-particles could inhibit HPF proliferation,and presented lower toxicity than Tet alone.Conclusion Chitosan nano-particles loaded tetrandrine exhibits a sustained agent-release behavior,which has obvious inhibitory effects on the proliferation of human pterygium fibroblasts,but its cytotoxicity is significantly lower than the original drug's,thereby possessing a great promise for improving the outcome of Tet for the prevention of pterygium recurrence.

Objective To compare the safety and efficacy of 23-Gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and PPV combined with scleral buckling-PPV (SB-PPV) in proliferative rhegmatogenous retinal detachments with inferior breaks.Methods Retrospectively nonrandomized clinical case study was conducted in 70 patients with proliferative rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with inferior breaks between January 2013 and December 2016,including 39 eyes receiving SB-PPV procedures as the SB-PPV group and 31 eyes undergoing PPV procedures as the PPV group.And anatomical success rate for one procedure,lens trauma rate,retinotomy rate,postoperative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) outcome and intraocular pressure (IOP) were recorded and analyzed.Results The anatomical success rate for one procedure was 92.3％ (36/ 39) in the SB-PPV group and 74.2％ (23/31) in the PPV group,and the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.035).The lens trauma rate was 2.6％ (1/39) in the SB-PPV group and 19.4％ (6/31) in PPV group,with the difference being statistically significant (P ＜0.05).The retinotomy rate was 5.1％ (2/39) in the SB-PPV group and 32.3％ (10/31) in the PPV group,and the difference approached statistically significance (P ＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the postoperative BCVA and IOP between the two groups (both P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion SB-PPV can increase the anatomical success rate for one procedure in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with inferior breaks,and reduce retinotomy rate and lens trauma rate.

OBJECTIVEThe study was to analyze the acute heart failure's risk factors and clinical characteristics for the patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) during the early stage (within 100 d) of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).

METHODSA total of 106 cases of CML received allo-HSCT were retrospectively studied in Nanfang Hospital from May 2003 to May 2013. On the basis of existence or absence of acute heart failure during early stage of allo-HSCT (100 d), the patients were divided into heart failure (15 cases) and control group (91 cases). Using Logistic univariate analysis, Fisher' exact test and Pearson X(2) test, the acute heart failure's risk factors and clinical characteristics of both groups were analyzed.

RESULTSThe median occurrence time of acute heart failure was 3 d (1 d before transplantation to 84 d after transplantation). Logistic univariate analysis indicated that the imatinib treatment history and time, and the prophylaxis regimens for GVHD with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) were all the poor prognostic factors for acute heart failure. Incidence of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (HVOD), bacterial infection and adverse prognostic events including death in the heart failure group patients were statistically higher than that in control group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONAcute heart failure mostly happened in the early stage after allo-HSCT, imatinib treatment and GVHD prophylaxis regimens with ATG are the poor prognostic factors for acute heart failure. The patients of heart failure group seem to have higher incidence of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (HVOD), bacterial infection and deaths.

Acute Disease ; Allografts ; Antilymphocyte Serum ; Benzamides ; Heart Failure ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease ; Humans ; Imatinib Mesylate ; Incidence ; Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive ; Piperazines ; Pyrimidines ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors

Objective According to results from the two-month consecutive surveillance program in Maanshan,six suspected cases of non-O1 non-O139 Vibrio (V.) cholerae infection,were found that called for identification of pathogens as well as molecular-epidemiological analysis to determine the aggregation of the epidemic situation.Methods Biochemical and serotype identification,hemolysis test,and drug sensitive test were used to detect the drug resistance spectrum.Real-time PCR and conventional PCR were used to detect the presence of V.cholerae specific genes,virulent genes and its related genes,including ompW,ctx,tcpA,toxR,hlyA,zot,ace,rstR and g ⅢCTX.Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to analyze the molecular type of strains.Results All the six isolates of non-O 1 non-O 139 V.cholerae were identified by biochemical and serologic tests,and appeared to be β hemolytic.Twelve out of the 14 kinds of drugs showed 100％ sensitive.All isolates were positive of ompW gene by real-time PCR,but negative for ctx,tcpA,zot,ace,rstR and gⅢ CTK.Five of the six isolates were positive for toxR and hlyA,except for strain 1001434446.All strains had different PFGE types,but two strains had similar types.All strains had a low similarity compared to the toxigenic V.cholerae.Conclusion Six cases ofnon-O1 and non-O139 nontoxigenic V.cholerae infection appeared in the same period.Along with epide(m)iological information,we noticed that these cases had a sporadic nature,but frequently appeared in the same area.We got the impression that public health measurements should be strengthened,with special attention paid to those diarrhea outbreaks caused by non-O 1 /non-O 139 strains since V.cholerae had appeared in low incidence.

OBJECTIVETo explore the relationship between physical and biological effects of alternating magnetic field and study the influence of the magnetic field on the reproductive function of murine testes.

METHODSThirty ICR mice were randomized into 5 groups: normal control, X-ray radiation, weak magnetic field (1000 Hz), 1 h strong magnetic field and 2 h strong magnetic field (2000 Hz). The mice were sacrificed at 7 days after the exposure for the analysis of testicular sperm motility, observation of histopathological changes in the testis by HE staining and evaluation of the changes by modified Johnsen grade criteria.

RESULTSThe rates of sperm motility were (42.37 +/- 10.24)% in the normal control group, (39.00 +/- 12.35)% in the X-ray radiation group, (36.00 +/- 17.28)% in the weak magnetic field group, (10.72 +/- 5.67)% in the 1 h strong magnetic field group and (4.44 +/- 2.87)% in the 2 h strong magnetic field group, respectively. Johnsen's scores decreased and the testis damage increased in a dose- and time-dependent manner.

CONCLUSIONMagnetic field, either strong or weak, may damage the testis function by inducing injury to seminiferous tubules and Leydig cells, thickening of the basal membrane, derangement, exfoliation, massive apoptosis and necrosis of spermatogenic cells in the lumen, situation of the epididymis, and consequently the absence of sperm.

Animals ; Electromagnetic Fields ; adverse effects ; Leydig Cells ; pathology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred ICR ; Sperm Motility ; Testis ; cytology ; pathology ; radiation effects

Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; therapeutic use ; Adult ; Embolism, Fat ; drug therapy ; etiology ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Fractures, Bone ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Treatment Outcome