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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the curative effect of Shugan granule in the treatment of post-stroke depression (PSD) and effect on brain devived neurotrophic factor(BDNF) and inflammatory factors. METHODS: Eighty Patients with PSD were randomly divided into control group and study group, 80 cases in each group. Besides routine treatment, control group received citalopram hydrobromide 20 mg•d-1. Study group received Shugan granule 1 bags•time-1, twice a day based on control group.8 weeks for a course of treatment. HAMD scores, BI index, BDNF and inflammatory factors levels were compared. RESULTS: The total effective rate in study group was significantly higher than that in control group[71 cases,88.75% vs 61 cases, 76.25%, χ2=4.329, P0.05]. CONCLUSION: On the basis of conventional western medicine treatment, Shugan granules can improve the degree of depression and reduce the level of inflammatory factors in patients with PSD.
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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate effects of herbal compound Yi Tang Kang on the spleen deficiency metabolic syndrome.@*METHODS@#Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: the normal control group and the MS spleen deficiency syndrome group. The control group rats were fed with standard diet and water, while MS spleen deficiency syndrome group with high fat diet and low dose intraperitoneal injection of streptozocin, which swam to the endurance limit. After 12 weeks, the MS spleen deficiency syndrome group was randomly divided into two groups, with 13 rats in each group. Rats in model group were fed with high fat diet and continuouly administered with daily saline, and rats in intervention group with high fat diet were trated with traditional Chinese medicines Yi Tang Kang by gavage, 2 mL/200 g at the same time every day. 10 weeks later, the expression of serum proteomics was investigated through abdominal aortic puncture and separation of serum, using isotope labeling technique, high performance liquid chromatography and four bar-Orbitrap mass spectrometer.@*RESULTS@#After treatment with traditional Chinese medicine yitangkang, in the model group, important carboxylesterase and retinal guanylate cyclase 2 precursor were upregulated. As for intervention group, these indesxes were raised, but immunoglobulin IgG, carnitine acetyltransferase, tubulin beta -5, and Gan Lu sugar binding protein C were down-regulated. At the same time, some new biological active substances, such as protein tyrosine kinase, beta glucosidase were also found.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Traditional Chinese medicines Yi Tang Kang could regulate glucose and lipid metabolism in rats with spleen deficiency syndrome.
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Objective: To investigate effects of herbal compound Yi Tang Kang on the spleen deficiency metabolic syndrome. Methods: Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: the normal control group and the MS spleen deficiency syndrome group. The control group rats were fed with standard diet and water, while MS spleen deficiency syndrome group with high fat diet and low dose intraperitoneal injection of streptozocin, which swam to the endurance limit. After 12 weeks, the MS spleen deficiency syndrome group was randomly divided into two groups, with 13 rats in each group. Rats in model group were fed with high fat diet and continuouly administered with daily saline, and rats in intervention group with high fat diet were trated with traditional Chinese medicines Yi Tang Kang by gavage, 2 mL/200 g at the same time every day. 10 weeks later, the expression of serum proteomics was investigated through abdominal aortic puncture and separation of serum, using isotope labeling technique, high performance liquid chromatography and four bar-Orbitrap mass spectrometer. Results: After treatment with traditional Chinese medicine yitangkang, in the model group, important carboxylesterase and retinal guanylate cyclase 2 precursor were upregulated. As for intervention group, these indesxes were raised, but immunoglobulin IgG, carnitine acetyltransferase, tubulin beta -5, and Gan Lu sugar binding protein C were down-regulated. At the same time, some new biological active substances, such as protein tyrosine kinase, beta glucosidase were also found. Conclusions: Traditional Chinese medicines Yi Tang Kang could regulate glucose and lipid metabolism in rats with spleen deficiency syndrome.
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This study was aimed to evaluate an effective and stable method for obtaining mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) from the rabbit bone marrow and to investigate the biological characteristics of MSC and EPC. Mononuclear cells were obtained from rabbit bone marrow using density gradient method, and were differentially adhered to the cell culture plate enclosed with fibronectin. Then, MSC and EPC were amplified with EGB-2MV medium. Trypan blue method was used to test the passage survival rate. Growth curve, MTT and DNA cycle were used to evaluate the proliferation ability of MSC and EPC. MSC were identified with induced differentiation into the osteoblasts and adipocytes, and their immune phenotype was detected by flow cytometry (FCM). EPC were characterized by the special digestion of Dil-ac-LDL, FITC-UEA-I, and the conjunction with CD133, VEGFR2/KDR and CD34, their purity was also calculated. The results indicated that the colony was obviously formed when the mononuclear cells were cultured for 24 hours and, 80% of the cells became long spindle and integrated at d 8. Cells, which were adhered for twice, were cultured with EGM-2MV medium, began to extend at d 3, and became strip-shaped and integrated for about 80% at d 8. Passage survival rates were more than 90% for both cells, and after passage 2 the growth curve was like "S". Optical density was changed obviously when the cells were cultured for 3 - 5 d, but there were no significant difference of cell cycles between MSC and EPC, which G0-G1 was (93.32 ± 1.65)% and (93.05 ± 1.95)% respectively. Positive rates were (99.7 ± 1.12)%, (99.1 ± 2.33)%, (4.8 ± 0.38)%, (6.8 ± 0.49)% and (0.4 ± 0.08)% for CD90, CD44, CD14, CD45 and CD79a respectively. MSC were identified by induced differentiation into osteoblasts and adipocytes. Positive rates of the EPC, which were adhered for twice and passaged 2, were (82.1 ± 3.4)% for fluorescent staining of Dil-ac-LDL and FITC-UEA-I, and (74.2 ± 3.2)%, (64.7 ± 4.3)% and (43.5 ± 1.5)% for CD133, VEGFR2/KDR and CD34 respectively. It is concluded that high-purity MSC can be obtained with density gradient and differential adhesion method, and high-proliferation EPC can be cultured with EGM-2MV medium in cell plates enclosed with fibronectin, so they may become the optimal seed cells for tissue engineering study.