Effect of Huangqin Qingre Chubi Capsules containing serum on oxidative stress and protein expression of AMPK and FoxO3a in rheumatoid arthritis patients / 中国中药杂志

To study the effect of Huangqin Qingre Chubi Capsules containing serum on the protein expressions of AMPK and FoxO3 a in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA), in order to explore the mechanism of anti-oxidation. Peripheral anticoagulant was collected from patients and normal people. Monocytes(PBMC) were isolated through density gradient centrifugation, and the logarithmic phase cells were cultured. Drug containing serum was prepared through intragastric admini-stration to SD rats. The rats were divided into five groups, namely normal group, model group, AMPK blocker group(compound C 10 μmol·L~(-1)), medium-dose HQC+AMPK blocker group, and middle-dose HQC group. The cell inhibition rate was calculated by MTT method. The levels of IL-1β, IL-4, LPO, MDA, SOD and TAOC were detected by ELISA. The expressions of AMPK, p-AMPK, p-FoxO3 a and FoxO3 a were detected by Western blot. The HQC containing serum had an inhibitory effect on human monocytes in peripheral blood. The best concentration was observed in middle-dose HQC, and the best time was 24 hours. Middle-dose HQC group was better than model group, AMPK blocker group and middle-dose HQC + AMPK blocker group in terms of increase of SOD, p-AMPK, p-FoxO3 a and decrease of LPO. It was better than model group and AMPK blocker group in terms of increase of IL-4, TAOC, AMPK, FoxO3 a and decrease of IL-1β, MDA. The differences were statistically significant(P<0.05 or P<0.01). The HQC containing serum may increase the levels of TAOC and SOD, decrease the level of MDA and LPO, activate AMPK, directly phosphorylate FOXO3 a, enhance its transcriptional activity, and improve the state of oxidative stress in RA patients.

Study on characteristics and data mining of 464 cases of lung diseases in Xin'an Wang's medicine / 中国中药杂志

The purpose of this paper is to study the use rules of drugs for lung diseases in internal medicine department of Xin'an Wang's family, discuss the compatibility of common drugs for lung diseases, guide clinical application, and inherit Xin'an medicine. By retrospective study on lung diseases cases in Wang's internal medicine works, the lung diseases and use frequency of common drugs treated by Wang's medicine were counted, and the systematic clustering and association rule analysis of common drugs were conducted by using SPSS Statistic 20 and SPSS Modeler 18.0, respectively. The results showed that asthma, cold and cough were the main lung diseases treated by Wang's medicine, and the commonly used medicines included antitussive and antiasthmatic drugs, spleen-invigorating and dampness-removing drugs, and expectorants. The medicine taste was mainly bitter, pungent and sweet, with cold and warm properties in a balanced way, without severely cold or hot herbs, mainly attributing to the lung and stomach meridians. In clustering analysis, 10 drug combinations were obtained; association analysis showed that two, three, four association rules respectively had 11, 21, and 10 groups, and each drug group had 11, 16, and 5 items. Core combinations: Poria, Armeniacae Semen Amarum, Asteris Radix et Rhizome, Coicis Semen, Farfarae Flos, Dendrobii Caulis, Perilla Frutescens, Stemonae Radix, Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Cynanchi Stauntonii Rhizome et Radix, Meretricis Concha Cyclinae Concha, Belamcandae Rhizoma, and Pinelliae Rhizome. Xin'an Wang's medicine paid attention to the lung nature when treating lung diseases. Lung is a delicate organ, not resistant to coldness or heat, so severely cold or hot herbs shall not be used, and the clear and light drugs with functions of dispersing lung Qi, clearing phlegm evil, strengthening spleen, eliminating phlegm, and relieving cough and asthma are often used. Lung deficiency is a kind of deficiency of Qi and Yin, so both Qi and Yin shall be regulated. Deficiency of Yin would burn the lung and make the lung collaterals blocked. In this case, the lung collaterals shall be dredged for hemostasis. Long time of lung deficiency would hinder the distribution of body fluid, and lung shall be regulated to dissipate phlegm.

Evaluation of effect of Hibiscus paste external application combined with traditional Chinese medicine on inflammatory indices of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis based on random walk model / 中国免疫学杂志

Objective:To evaluate the effect of Hibiscus paste external application combined with traditional Chinese medicine on the inflammatory markers in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: The patient information was collected by the data processing system of hospitalized medical records in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of traditional Chinese medicine. The medical records of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the Department of Rheumatology from May 2012 to December 2016 were collected. Patients were divided into experimental group and control group according to whether Furong ointment was applied. The random walk model was used to evaluate the influence of Furong ointment combined with traditional Chinese medicine on inflammatory index,erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR) and high sensitivity C reactive protein ( Hs-CRP) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. Results: A total of 4 832 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were in accordance with the requirements of the study, including 2 579 in the experimental group and 2 253 in the control group. Baseline data analysis showed that there was no significant difference in general condition, frequency of oral Chinese medicine and core prescriptions between two groups ( P＞0. 05 ) . In the experimental group,the maximum ESR of inflammation index was 968,the walking rate was 3 756,the positive growth rate of walking was 0. 257 7,the ratio was 3. 88,the random fluctuation power law value was 0. 364 2±0. 124 6,the comprehensive evaluation index in-creased by 0. 479 9,and the comprehensive evaluation index was 2 017 times. In the control group,the maximum ESR of inflammation index was 398,the number of walking steps was 2 251,the positive growth rate of walking was 0. 176 8,the ratio was 5. 66,the random fluctuation power law value was 0. 173 5±0. 128 8,the comprehensive evaluation index increased by 0. 357,and the comprehensive evaluation index was 1 115 times. In the experimental group,the maximum Hs-CRP of inflammation index was 1 523,the walking rate was 5 149,the positive growth rate of walking was 0. 295 8,the ratio was 3. 38,the random fluctuation power law value was 0. 389 5± 0. 108 1,the comprehensive evaluation index increased by 0. 537 4,and the comprehensive evaluation index was 2 834 times. In the control group,the maximum Hs-CRP of inflammation index was 809,the number of walking steps was 3 463,the positive growth rate of walking was 0. 233 6,the ratio was 4. 28,the random fluctuation power law value was 0. 362 9±0. 073 8,the comprehensive evaluation index increased by 0. 448 2,and the comprehensive evaluation index was 1 805 times. Conclusion: Our hospital rheumatology on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis from the spleen, oral Chinese medicine prescription to Jianpihuashi drugs, Huoxue Tongluo drugs, Qufengchushi drugs,drug detoxification,two groups of patients with comprehensive evaluation index and acceptable interventions are long-range correlation,a better effect than that of inflammatory markers associated with traditional Chinese medicine in patients with Furong ointment the simple use of Chinese herbs.