New progress in study of inflammatory reflex / 中国病理生理杂志

Proinflammatory cytokines induced by peripheral immune challenge can activate the inflammatory reflex, which results in negative-feedback control of inflammation .Some recent studies revealed that it is the splanchnic nerve , not the vagus nerve , to constitute the efferent arm of the inflammatory reflex .Further researches are needed to iden-tify the neural construction and regulatory mechanism of the inflammatory reflex , which might be harnessed for the treatment of inflammation and the development of anti-inflammatory drugs .

Role of p42/p44 MAPK signal transduction pathway in expression of VEGF induced by elevated glucose concentration in cultured hRPE cells / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

AIM: To study p42/p44 mitogen - activated protein kinases ( MAPK ) signal transduction pathway effect on vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF ) expression induced by elevated glucose concentration in cultured human retinal pigment epithelium ( hRPE) . METHODS:hRPE cells were cultured and divided into four groups:normal glucose group (NG) (5. 6mmol/L), high glucose group ( HG1:15mmol/L D-glucose, HG2:20mmol/L D - glucose, HG3:30mmol/L D - glucose ), PD98059 group: hRPE cells were treated by an efficient and selective inhibitor PD98059 (20μmol/L) of p42/p44MAPK signal transduction pathway and solvent dimethyl sulfoxide group ( DMSO group) . The expression of VEGF and pigment epithelium derived factor ( PEDF ) mRNA was detected by RT-PCR. VEGF protein expression in cultured hRPE supernatants was detected by enzyme-linked immumosorbent assay ( ELISA) . RUSULTS: VEGF mRNA and protein expression induced by elevated glucose concentration increased significantly. VEGF mRNA and protein expression were restrained in PD98059 group. Ratio of ( VEGF/β-actine)/( PEDF/β - actine ) in PD98059 group decreased significantly compare with that in high glucose group. CONCLUSION: p42/p44MAPK signal transduction pathway might play a part in VEGF expression induced by elevated glucose concentration in cultured hRPE cells.

Surgical treatment of Siewert II adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the outcomes after surgical treatment of esophagogastric junction carcinoma (EGJC).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and eighty-five patients with EGJC undergoing surgery from October 2000 to September 2006 at the Cancer Hospital of Shantou University were reviewed retrospectively. The clinical outcomes were compared between transthoracic and transabdominal approach.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 185 patients, 133 underwent operation via transthoracic approach and 52 via transabdominal approach. The postoperative complication rates were 10.5%(14/133) and 11.5%(6/52) and the 1-, 3-, 5-year overall survival rates were 83.9%, 44.5%, 32.9% and 86.0%, 38.0%, 30.0% in transthoracic and transabdominal groups respectively, and the difference were not statistically significant (both P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Surgical approach should be individualized for EGCJ.</p>

Molecular evolution and correlation of HN and P gene among the field Newcastle disease viruses / 病毒学报

The goal of this study is to research the genetic characteristics and relationship between HN and P genes of NDV. The nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence were analyzed for the Hemagglutinin-neuramindase (HN) and Phosphoprotein (P) gene of twelve field isolates of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) during 1997-2005 in China. The HN and P gene sequences of fifteen NDV reference strains from GenBank were also used in this study. The molecular evolution distance of nucleotides and amino acids were calculated by MEGA 4.0 software, and analysis of variance and correlations were analyzed by SPSS11.0 software among different length sequences of the HN gene or P gene. The nucleotide and amino acids correlation of HN and P gene were analyzed respectively. The correlation of evolution distance and isolation year were also calculated. The results indicated that there were difference and good correlation of nucleotide and amino acid among different length sequences of the HN gene or P gene. These results revealed that the HN and P gene of NDV have the different response to selective pressure to adopt to landscape and closely relationship on heredity mutations. Nucleotide variations of HN and P gene have relationship with isolation year of strains.

Isolation and structural elucidation of a bioactive saponin from tubers of Bolbostemma paniculatum / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the bioactive constituents from tubers of Bolbostemma paniculatum.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Compounds were isolated by extraction and partition as well as several-chromatographic techniques guided with Pyricularia oryzae bioassay method. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectral analysis and chemical evidence.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Bisdesmoside (I) was isolated as active compound causing morphological abnormality of Pyncularia oryzae mycelia and elucidated as 3-0-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl (1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-bayogenin-28-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl (1-->3)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1-->2)-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>I is a new natural product and exhibited significant cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines K-562 and BEL-7402, but no hemolytic activity to rabbit erythrocytes.</p>

Resource and pharmacognostical study on Aralia echinocaulis / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide fundamental information for its exploiting. Aralia echinocaulis by the resource and identification study on.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Resource survey and various identification were carried out.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The county level distribution and ecological environment of A. echinocaulis were initially observed. It mainly distributed in the mountainous areas of the Yangtze River basin and the south, and was usually used as folk drug. This study also displayed its morphological, microscopic and chemophysical identification features.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The morphological features of original plant and crude drug, and the anatomical and chemophysical characteristics of A. echinocaulis are of identification value, and the species are also of greater development and utilization potentiality, but the resource does not support the sustainable utilization. Therefore, artificial propagation is apparently crucial to its exploitation.</p>