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Objective To study the effect of Xiaoqinglong Decoction on the expression of TSLP in airway epithelial cells of asthmatic model mice.Methods Thirty healthy female BALB/C mice were divided into the blank control group,asthma model group and Xiaoqinglong Decoction group,10 cases in each group.The each group adopted corresponding intervention measures. Then the bronchial and lung tissues were taken.The expression level of bronchial TSLP was detected by immunofluorescence,and the expression level of TSLP mRNA and protein in lung tissue was detected by qRT-PCR and Western Blot.Results The mouse bronchial epithelial cell membrane TSLP staining was strongly positive in the asthma model group,which was weakly positive in the Xiaoqinglong Decoction group and negative in the blank control group.Compared with the asthma model group,mice lung tissue TSLP mRNA expression level in the Xiaoqinglong Decoction group and blank control group was decreased(P<0.05),the Xiaoqin-glong Decoction group was slightly higher than the blank control group,but the inter-group difference was not statistically signifi-cant(P>0.05).The expression level of lung tissue TSLP protein in the Xiaoqinglong Decoction group and blank control group was lower than that in the asthma model group(P<0.05),the Xiaoqinglong Decoction group was slightly higher than the blank control group,but the inter-group difference was not statistically significant(P>0.05).Conclusion Xiaoqinglong decoction has obvious inhibiting effect on the expression of TSLP in airway epithelial cells of asthmatic model mice.
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This study was aimed to investigate the clinical effect and safety of Qing-Fei Jie-Du (QFJD) decoction on treating lobar pneumonia in children.Ninety cases of children diagnosed with lobar pneumonia in hospital were selected by double-centre,random and control method.Cases were divided into the test group (60 cases) and the control group (30 cases.The ratio between the test group and the control group was 2∶1.It can fully demonstrate the effect of the test group without any influence on the statistical analysis).Children of the control group were given conventional medicine with placebo,while children of the test group were given conventional medicine with modified QFJD decoction.The treatment course was 2 weeks.The clinical symptoms including fever,cough,lung rale,lung image (X-ray or CT scan),laboratorial index and safety were compared between two groups.The results showed that the recovery rate of the test group was 81.7％;and the recovery rate of the control group was 66.7％.The difference between them was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The comparison of safety between two groups indicated that the treatment of the test group was safer than control group with statistical difference (P＜0.05).It was concluded that modified QFJD decoction had a significant clinical effect and was very safe in the treatment of children with lobar pneumonia.
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According to the yield of intracellular triterpene, the strain GL31 was screened out from 22 strains of Ganoderma collected from various regions. The optimal fermentation conditions were studied by single factor experiments and orthogonal test. The optimal parameters of carbon source, nitrogen source, initial pH, the medium volume in the flask and cell density were obtained. In addition, the metabolic curves of intracellular triterpene and biomass were determined. It was found that the yield of intracellular triterpenes was up to 3.51?10~(-2)g/100 mL medium at the 84th hour. In addition the stram was staticly fermented 144 hours flowing 84hours shaking-flask culture, the IT (intracellular triterpenes) content was increased by 48.6% and the yield of IT was increased by 65% compared with those of the mycelia cultured 84hours using shaking-flask method. This indicated that static fermentation method is helpful for improving the total IT content. The result also show that the highest yield of intracellular triterpenes of mycelia staticly fermented flowing 84hours shaking-flask culture is higher than that of mycelia using shaking flask culture method.