Evaluation on clinical effect of sIgA combined with Jiawei Yuping Feng pulvis in treatment of upper respiratory infection in children / 中国生化药物杂志

Objective To investigate clinical effect of sIgA combined with Jiawei Yuping Feng pulvis in treatment of upper respiratory infection ( URI) in children.Methods 160 children in hospital diagnosed with URI were randomly divided into treatment group and control group.With basic treatment, the control group were treated with Jiawei Yuping Feng pulvis, twice per day, 3 g each time, orally; treatment group on the basis of control group, secretory IgA via nasal drip, 0.3-0.5 mg/( kg? d) , dividing into 6-8 times.The treatment course was 7 days.The total efficiency, improvement of symptoms and adverse reactions were observed and compared.Results The total effective rate of treatment group (96.25%) was significantly higher than control group (85%)(χ2 =5.96, P<0.05).After 7 days of treatment, WBC and NEUT% of treatment group decreased significantly compared with control group ( P <0.05 ) .The fever, sore throat and runny nose, cough and expectoration symptom remission time of treatment group were significantly shorter than control group (P<0.05).Adverse reactions of both groups were lower.Conclusion It is effective to treat URI in children using sIgA combined with Jiawei Yuping Feng pulvis therapy, and it has few adverse reactions.

Establishing an organic model of SMC proliferation with cultured aorta of rats and exploring the underlying mechanism / 生物医学工程学杂志

To study the mechanism of proliferous vascular disease as well as its prevention and treatment, an organic model was established with cultured aortas of rats, and the mechanism there-in invloved was probed. Immunostaining histology showed that smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation was observed in the aorta segments of rats, after their endothelia being injured and cultured in vitro with 20% fetal bovine serum. After being cultured for 5 days, various degrees of proliferation of SMC on cultured artery segments were observed by HE staining, and conspicuous plaques were developed after being cultured for 13 days. The proliferous SMC was also observed by Brdu labeling. RT-PCR examination showed that the mRNA expression of hypertension-related gene-1 (Hrg-1) and smooth muscle 22 alpha (SM22a) in the aortas decreased with the prolongation of culture time, and completely disappeared after being cultured for 13 days . But when cultured in vitro for ten days, the ET-1 content of supernatant and the proliferous SMC labeled by Brdu increased obviously and the expressions of Hrg-1 and SM22a decreased after the endothelium was destroyed. Compared with the injured endothelium groups, the proliferous SMC of injured endothelium plus BQ123 groups decreased visibly. The same significant differences between serum groups and serum-free groups were also observed. These results suggest that the culturing of rat aorta segments in vitro can induce the proliferation of SMC and the transform of phenotype from contractile type to synthetic type. The ET-1 and serum are the main factors in the proliferation of SMC and in the transform of phenotype. This organic model could serve as a good experimental platform for the researches into the mechanism of proliferous vascular disease as well as its prevention and treatment.

Insulin sensitivity after pancreaticoduodenal transplantation with systemic and portal venous drainage in inbred rats / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To assess the metabolic consequences of pancreatic transplantation with portal venous drainage and systemic venous drainage in induced inbred rats with streptozocin.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Pancreaticoduodenal transplantation was performed on 8 rats with the donor portal veins anastomosed to the recipient superior mesenteric vein and on 10 rats with the donor portal veins anastomosed to the recipient cava inferior vein. We measured the recipients' weight, urine and plasma glucose concentration, plasma insulin concentration at the beginning, and before and after transplantation. We used the euglycemi-hyperinsulinemic glucose clamp test and glucose infusion required as an index of insulin sensitivity.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The plasma glucose and insulin concentration recovered to normal after transplantation in the portal venous drainage group. The plasma insulin levels increased in the systemic venous group after transplantation. There was a difference in the glucose infusion required between the two groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>These data imply that portal venous drainage of the transplanted pancreas is an important factor in the determination of peripheral insulin sensitivity.</p>

Inhibitory effects of Angelicae sinensis and sodium ferulate on acute inflammatory liver injury and expression of ICAM-1 and E-selectin in mice / 中国病理生理杂志

AIM: To explore the effects of Angelicae sinensis preparation and sodium ferulate on inflammatory liver injury induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and their molecule mechanism. METHODS: ICR mice were divided into five groups: Angelicae sinensis group, sodium ferulate group, dexamethasone group, inflammation control group and normal group. The model of inflammatory injury in mice was set up by tail vein injection with the bacillus calmette-guerin (BCG) and LPS respectively prior and posterior to administration of those tested drugs. The tested drugs (the preparations of Angelica sinensis, sodium ferulate and dexamethasone) and normal saline were given respectively to the corresponding group. The pathological observation of the liver tissues in mice was made for the intensity of inflammatory liver injuries. The immunohistochemical detection and comparison were performed for the expression of ICAM-1 and E-selectin proteins in the liver tissues in those mice. RESULTS: The intensities of liver inflammatory injuries in mice from drug-treated groups were obviously lighter than that from the inflammation control group (P

Inhibition of in vitro and in vivo granulomatous responses surrounding schistosome eggs by administration of Angelicae Sinensis / 中国病理生理杂志

AIM: To find out whether traditional Chinese medicine Angelicae Sinensis has direct suppressive effect on schistosome egg-induced granulomatous response. METHODS: The lung model of granuloma response was established by injecting living eggs of Schistosoma japonicum into the tail veins of eggs-sensitized mice then the preparation of Angelicae Sinensis were given intraperitoneally once a day for ten days. In vitro model of granulomatous reaction was set up by incubating dry schistosome eggs together with those splenocytes isolated from schistosome infected-mice or from the mice with pulmonary granuloma formation. Different doses of the preparation was, in the need of experiment, added to culture fluid. The sizes of granulomas formed surrounding single egg in lungs or the intensity of in vitro granulomatous responses were measured and observed. RESULTS: The average diameter of pulmonary granulomas in administered group was significantly smaller than that of the control ( P