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Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-strategies（CSAN） is to utilize the self-assembly property of Chinese medicine components， so that the Chinese medicine components can self-assemble to form structurally stable nano-preparations through non-covalent interactions. The formation of Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-preparations is often a synergistic result of a variety of non-covalent interactions， and many Chinese medicine monomers are susceptible to self-assembly due to their structural characteristics， and the phenomenon of self-assembly of Chinese medicine is also common in the decoction of single or compound Chinese medicine， which has attracted the attention of researchers. It is found that CSAN can improve the solubility and bioavailability of active components in Chinese medicine， which is of positive significance for the development and application of insoluble components of Chinese medicine. The self-assembly phenomenon of Chinese medicine decoction is closely related to the therapeutic efficacy， and the study of self-assembly phenomenon of Chinese medicine will bring a new perspective for the explanation of the mechanism of Chinese medicine decoction. At the same time， traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） has unique advantages in the field of anti-tumor. The application of CSAN in the field of oncology can not only exert the anti-tumor effect of the active components of Chinese medicine directly， but also act as a natural nano-carrier to carry chemotherapy drugs for combination chemotherapy， improve the targeting of drugs， enhance the anti-tumor efficacy， and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy， which has excellent anti-tumor potential. The preparation method of Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-preparations is simple， low cost， and has better safety than traditional nano-preparations， which is conducive to the promotion of the clinical transformation of nano-preparations， and also helps to provide new strategies and perspectives for promoting the modernization of TCM. Therefore， based on a large number of researches in this field in recent years， this paper reviewed the formation mechanism， different assembly forms， formation conditions and stability of Chinese medicine self-assembly nano-preparations by searching databases such as China national knowledge infrastructure（CNKI）， PubMed， WanFang data and VIP， and summarized the application of CSAN in different tumor therapies， providing a reference for further research on CSAN.
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Objective:To investigate the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with oral paroxetine in the treatment of older adult patients with severe depression and its effects on the scores of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD), the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Activities of Daily Living (ADL).Methods:A total of 192 older adult patients with severe depression who received treatment in Shaoxing 7 th People's Hospital from January 2018 to December 2019 were included in this study. They were randomly assigned to receive either oral paroxetine (control group, n = 96) or rTMS + oral paroxetine (observation group, n = 96). All patients received 1 month of treatment. Clinical efficacy was compared between the two groups. HAMD, MMSE, and ADL scores pre- and post-treatment and the incidence of adverse events during the treatment were compared between the two groups. Results:Total response rate was significantly higher in the observation group than in the control group [96.88% (93/96) vs. 89.58% (86/96), χ2 = 4.04, P < 0.05]. HAMD scores post-treatment were significantly lower in the observation group than in the control group [(6.43 ± 2.33) points vs. (11.32 ± 2.02) points, t = 15.53, P < 0.05]. MMSE and ADL scores post-treatment in the observation group were (29.13 ± 3.01) points and (71.52 ± 5.32) points, respectively, which were significantly higher than those in the control group [(24.65 ± 2.79) points, (69.65 ± 5.17) points, t = 10.69, 2.47, P < 0.05]. There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse events between the two groups ( P > 0.05). Conclusion:The combined therapy of rTMS and oral paroxetine is highly effective on severe depression in older adult patients. It can improve cognitive function and the activities of life living.
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Objective:to investigate the therapeutic effect of low molecular weight heparin combined with average volumeassuredpressuresupport (AVAPS) on patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) complicated with type Ⅱ respiratory failure.Methods:A total of 82 patients with AECOPD combined with type Ⅱ respiratory failure in the Second People′s Hospital of Xindu District of Chengdu from February 2018 to April 2020 were selected as the research objects, and they were randomly divided into two groups with 41 cases in each group. The control group was given AVAPS mode, and the observation group was given low molecular weight heparin combined with AVAPS mode. The arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO 2), arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO 2), and forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV 1), maximum peak expiratory flow rate (PEF), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, tumor necrosis factor-(TNF-α), 16 kDa Clara cell protein (CC16), surfactant protein D(SP-D), adiponectin (APN), superoxide dismutase (SOD), D-dimer, fibrinogen before and after treatment were compared between the two groups and the incidence of adverse reactions were observed. Results:After treatment, the levels of FEV 1, FVC, PEF, PaO 2 in the observation group were higher than those in the control group: (1.78 ± 0.29) L vs. (1.47 ± 0.25) L, (2.47 ± 0.29) L vs.(2.20 ± 0.25) L, (5.14 ± 0.37) ml/s vs. (4.69 ± 0.35) ml/s, (88.37 ± 10.52) mmHg (1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa) vs. (80.16 ± 9.87) mmHg; and the level of PaCO 2 was lower than that in the control group: (65.07 ± 6.71) mmHg vs. (70.84 ± 6.50) mmHg; and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). After treatment, the levels of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α in the observation group were lower than those in the control group: (0.47 ± 0.09) ng/L vs. (0.58 ± 0.10) ng/L, (64.37 ± 7.25) ng/L vs. (88.24 ± 8.34) ng/L, (45.37 ± 4.63) ng/L vs. (66.31 ± 4.92) ng/L; and the levels of SOD and APN were higher than those in the control group: (92.37 ± 10.85) U/mg vs. (76.13 ± 9.84) U/mg, (13.94 ± 0.76) mg/L vs. (11.58 ± 1.21) mg/L; and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). After treatment, the level of CC16 in the observation group was higher than that in the control group: (114.78 ± 12.15) μg/L vs. (107.41 ± 11.06) μg/L; while the levels of SP-D, D-dimer and FIB were lower than those in the control group: (93.24 ± 9.85) μg/L vs. (103.25 ± 10.78) μg/L, (0.58 ± 0.07) mg/L vs. (0.79 ± 0.11) mg/L, (1.98 ± 0.29) g/L vs. (2.56 ± 0.34) g/L; and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups ( P>0.05). Conclusions:Low-molecular-weight heparin combined with AVAPS mode in the treatment of AECOPD complicated with type Ⅱ respiratory failure can significantly improve the lung inflammation and coagulation function in patients, adjust blood gas analysis and CC16, SP-D levels, and promote the recovery of patients′ lung function.
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BACKGROUND: Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension is a key link in the progression from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to cor pulmonale. Its severity is closely related to disease development and prognosis. Current treatments cannot prevent or reverse disease progression. Maxing Xiongting Mixture has significant effect on hypoxic pulmonary hypertension with the syndrome of intermingled phlegm and blood stasis. OBJECTIVE: To study how the Maxing Xiongting Mixture regulates relevant factors of lung reshaping and vascular remodeling of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension rats with the syndrome of intermingled phlegm and blood stasis. METHODS: Seventy Sprague-Dawley rats, 5 weeks old, were randomly divided into normal group (n=10) and model group (n=60), where acute cor pulmonale model was prepared by injecting 50 mg/kg monocrotaline solution (1%) intraperitoneally, followed by forced smoking and swimming 6 days a week lasting for 4 weeks. Except for 10 rats in the normal group, there were 46 model rats in the model group. According to the normal distribution of body mass, 40 rats were selected and randomly divided into 4 groups: model group, high-dose Maxing Xiongting Mixture group (MH), low-dose Maxing Xiongting Mixture group (ML) and fasudil group, with 10 rats in each group. Rats in MH and ML groups were respectively given Maxing Xiongting Mixture at 20 g/(kg·d) and 5 g/(kg·d), respectively and those in the fasudil group were given fasudil at a dose of 10 mg/(kg·d). Other groups were given equal amount of saline. Administration was given intraperitoneally and intragastrically, once a day for 14 days in total. RT-PCR was used to test the expression of factors related to lung reshaping and vascular remodeling, including RhoA, stromelysin 1 and tumor necrosis factor-α mRNAs. An approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (approval No. 2017-03). RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the model group, the expressions of RhoA, stromelysin 1, and tumor necrosis factor-α mRNAs were significantly lowered in the MH group (all P 0.05). To conclude, Maxing Xiongting Mixture, which is similar to fasudil, intervenes lung reshaping and vascular remodeling of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension rats with the syndrome of intermingled phlegm and blood stasis by inhibiting the expressions of RhoA, stromelysin 1, and tumor necrosis factor-α mRNAs.
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Objective:To observe the clinical effect of escitalopram in the treatment of treatment-resistant depression (TRD).Methods:A total of 90 patients with TRD who admitted to the Seventh People's Hospital of Shaoxing from January 2017 to January 2019 were divided into group A and group B by the random number table method, with 45 cases in each group.All subjects were given conventional treatment.On this basis, group A was treated with citalopram, and group B was treated with escitalopram.The clinical effect and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results:The scores of Hamilton depression scale (HAMD) and clinical global impression (CGI) of group B after medication[(8.27±1.44)points and (2.82±0.74)points] were significantly lower than those of group A[(15.14±2.35)points and (4.87±1.33)points]( t=16.721, 9.035, all P<0.05). The total effective rate in group B after treatment (91.11%) was higher than that in group A (71.11%) (χ 2=5.874, P<0.05). The incidence of adverse reactions in group B (8.88%) was lower than that in group A (24.44%) (χ 2=3.920, P<0.05). Conclusion:Escitalopram is significantly effective in the treatment of TRD.It can effectively relieve the symptoms and reduce the incidence of adverse reactions.
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OBJECTIVE： To prepare insoluble anti-tumor drug-loading polymer micelles， and to increase inhibitive effect of insoluble anti-tumor drug. METHODS： Chitosan （CSO） and stearic acid （SA） were used to prepare blank micelles （CSO-SA）， then modified with mPEG and folic acid （FA） to prepare PEG-CSO-SA and FA-PEG-CSO-SA. Characteristic functional groups of CSO-SA， PEG-CSO-SA and FA-PEG-CSO-SA were detected by infrared spectroscopy. The morphology of micelles was observed by transmission electron microscopy. The particle size and Zeta potential of micelles were measured by laser particle size analyzer. Osthole （OST） was used as the model drug and drug-loading micelles （FA-PEG-CSO-SA/OST） were prepared by dialysis. MTT assay was used to detect the inhibitory rate of FA-PEG-CSO-SA， OST solution and FA-PEG-CSO-SA/OST to human liver cancer cell HepG2. Half inhibitory concentration （IC50） was calculated. RESULTS： FA-PEG-CSO-SA was successfully prepared. CSO-SA， PEG-CSO-SA， FA-PEG-CSO-SA were oval in shape； particle sizes were （96.01±5.99）， （112.93±1.06）， （216.01±4.76） nm （n＝3） and Zeta potentials were （39.30±1.75）， （38.03±2.91）， （15.17±2.10） mV （n＝3）， respectively. Encapsulation efficiency and drug-loading amount of OST in FA-PEG-CSO-SA were （84.47±2.07）％ and （16.01±0.90）％ （n＝3）， respectively. The inhibition rates of FA-PEG-CSO-SA to HepG2 cells were＜20％. IC50 of OST solution and FA-PEG-CSO-SA/OST to HepG2 cells were （62.08±5.21）， （27.49±0.50） μg/mL （n＝3）， respectively. CONCLUSIONS： Prepared FA-PEG-CSO-SA can significantly increase inhibitive effect of insoluble drug OST to HepG2 cells， and it is expected to become a new anti-tumor drug carrier.
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Objective To explore the value of 3D-ASL parameters for predicting glioma grade before operation and the relationship between the expression of Ki-67 and microvessel density(MVD).Methods 3DASL images of 50 patients with pathologically proven gliomas (high grade:n=20,1ow grade:n 30) were analyzed retrospectively.The mean maximum relative cerebral blood flow was obtained by the hot spot method.The Ki-67 labeling index and MVD of surgical specimen were measured.The results were analyzed statistically.Results The mean rCBF,Ki-67 and MVD of low grade gliomas (n=30) were 1.69±1.27,3.73％±3.01％,25.43±13.03,while the high grade gliomas (n=20) were 3.18± 1.46,49.25％ ±20.15％,58.69±20.39 respectively.The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P＜0.01),which was positively correlated with the grade(r=0.620,0.871,0.698,P＜0.01).rCBF was positively correlated with Ki-67 and MVD (r =0.535,0.723,P ＜0.01).Ki 67 labeling index was positively correlated with MVD (r=0.629,P＜0.01).Conclusion The rCBF value is useful for predicting glioma grade before operation and related to tumor MVD and cell proliferation.The biologic behavior of glioma can be predicted to a certain extent.
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Objective To investigate the pathological changes of spinal cord tissues after spinal cord injury and their significance for clinical diagnosis and treatment of complete spinal cord injury.Methods Patients with complete spinal cord injury were selected.Mter rigorous ethical review and patient informed consent,damaged section of the spinal cord and necrotic tissue were removed and transplanted with the function biological material with autologous stem cell.The specimen of injured spinal cord collected during the operation were divided into three phases according to injury time:3 cases of acute phase (≤ 3 days),3 cases of subacute phase (4-14 days),and 1 case of chronic phase (＞ 14 days).The pathological changes of injured spinal cord tissue were observed through HE staining,and the expression of hypoxia inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α),tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α),microtubule-associated protein(MAP2) were detected by immunofluorescence.Results (1) HE staining showed that the acute injury mainly manifested as diffuse hyperemia and liquefaction,subacute injury infiltration of inflammatory cells and spinal cord liquefaction,and chronic injury mainly scar repair.(2)The fluorescence intensity (24.67 ±0.51) of HIF-1o in chronic injury was higher than acute (3.17 ± 0.40) and subacute injury (4.62 ± 0.48) (P ＜ 0.05),and the fluorescence intensity of subacute injury was higher than that of acute injury (P ＜ 0.05).(3) The fluorescence intensity (17.60 ± 1.17) of TNF-α in subacute injury was higher than that of acute injury (5.35 ± 0.33) and chronic injury (1.81 ± 0.17) (P ＜0.05);(4) The fluorescence intensity of MAP2 was 9.46 ±0.41 in acute injury,higher than 3.25 ± 0.42 in subacute injury and 1.16 ± 0.08 in chronic injury (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions There are hypoxia,inflammation,neuronal apoptosis and repair in the spinal cord tissues after complete spinal cord injury,such as hyperemia,liquefaction,necrosis and gradual scar repair.The severity of inflammation and hypoxia significantly differs among different injury phases.The inflarmnatory cytokines are mainly active in the microenvironment during subacute injury.Hypoxia is mainly involved in the pathological changes of chronic injury.This can provide a new theoretical basis for the clinical treatment of complete spinal cord injury and the timing of surgical treatment.
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Objective To explore the diagnostic value of prothrombin time(PT),activated partial thromboplastin time(APTT),fibrinogen(FIB),D-Dimer(DD),antithrombin Ⅲ(ATⅢ),platelet(PLT)in activity and severity assessment of ulcerative colitis(UC),and to analyze whether they could evaluate the degree of activity UC in children.Methods The data of UC patients in the Department of Gastroenterology,Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2012 to September 2016 were analyzed,25 cases of remission and 36 cases of active UC patients were selected as the study subjects.Thirty healthy children were selected as healthy control group,combined with the coagulation function indicators for analysis.Results Receiver operating characteristic area under the curve(AUC)of PT,APTT,FIB,DD,ATⅢ and PLT in UC patients was 0.659,0.840,0.744,0.776,0.599 and 0.792,the activity of UC patients was 0.849,0.889,0.836,0.912,0.964 and 0.966,respectively.The results of PT,APTT,FIB,DD and PLT in children with active UC were significantly higher than those in the healthy control group,and ATⅢ was significantly lower than that in the healthy control group.Compared with the healthy controls,the levels in remission UC patients were not significantly different(P>0.05).The 3 subgroups of activity UC had no significant differences among PT and APTT(F=0.652,1.755,all P>0.05),However,there were significant differences among FIB,DD,ATⅢ and PLT(F=66.495,32.817,88.284,22.892,all P<0.05).FIB,DD and PLT were moderately positively correlated with severity of activity UC patients(r=0.857,0.648,0.654,all P<0.05),and ATⅢ had moderately negative correlation(r=-0.789,P<0.05).Progressive regression analysis showed that the severity of UC was associated with FIB,DD and ATⅢ(R2=0.830,F=39.962,P<0.05).Conclusion FIB,DD and ATⅢ can be used as index for the activity and evaluation of UC.
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In order to improve the reliability of cardiac pacemaker contact-less power supply technology, this paper proposes a novel application of wireless feedback voltage stabilizing technology to adjust heart disease patients with inner power supply filter circuit output voltage and current control method, to keep the output voltage stability, and to ensure that the super capacitor and cardiac pacemaker to get a stable power supply. To implement the real-time accurate voltage control with considering the primary and secondary side inductance coupling coefficient changes, the change of the external power supply voltage and load, it is necessary to test thee real-time and accurate output voltage and current value after rectifying filtering. Therefore, based on the chaotic control theory, we adopted method of phase diagram on the basis of the quick observation after rectifying filtering, so that the method of voltage and current could improve the detection time of the circuit. The phase diagram of proposed control method can be divided into 8 segments, and we got 7 zero-extreme points. When these zero-extreme points are detected, according to extreme points of the zero instantaneous values, the corresponding average values of voltage and current were obtained. Simulation and experimental results showed that using the above method can shorten the response time to less than switch devices 1/2 switching cycles, thus validating the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed detection algorithm.
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Background The simplex congenital blepharoptosis is the common blepharon motor dysfunction disease.Some researches have shown that congenital blepharoptosis is related to the hypoplasia of levator.Objective This study was to investigate the thickness and pathological features of levator palpebrae superioris aponeurosis in congenital blepharoptosis patients.Methods A prospective cohort study was carried out in Anyang Eye Hospital from March 2012 to April 2014.Eighty-five eyes of 56 patients with congenital blepharoptosis were divided into mild (15 eyes), moderate (25 eyes) and severe blepharoptosis (19 eyes) groups, and the fellow eyes of monocular blepharoptosis was used as fellow eye group (26 eyes).Twenty-six eyes of 13 normal subjects were recruited for the normal control group.The thickness of levator aponeurosis was measured by ultrasound biomicroscope (UBM) , and the shifting range of levator aponeurosis was detected by using measuring scale.Levator aponeurosis specimens were collected during the levator palpebrae superioris shortening surgery for the pathological examination.The study was approved by the medical ethics committee of Anyang Eye Hospital, and the patients or their guardian signed the informed consent.Results The thickness of levator aponeurosis was (0.331±0.018), (0.373±0.026), (0.539± 0.023) , (0.557 ± 0.024) and (0.547 ± 0.028) mm in the severe blepharoptosis group, moderate blepharoptosis group,mild blepharoptosis group, normal control group and fellow eye group, respectively, showing a significant difference among them (F =1.681, P =0.043).The thickness values of levator aponeurosis were considerably lower in the severe blepharoptosis group and moderate blepharoptosis group than those in the mild blepharoptosis group,fellow eye group and normal control group (all at P＜0.05) , and the thickness value of levator aponeurosis was significantly reduced in the severe blepharoptosis group compared with the moderate blepharoptosis group (P＜0.05).Pathological examination showed arranging disorder of muscle fibers,hyaline-like degeneration, connective tissue hyperplasia and interruption of endomysium.The number of eyes with severe hyaline-like degeneration and connective tissue hyperplasia was significantly increased in the severe blepharoptosis group than that in the moderate blepharoptosis group or the mild blepharoptosis group, as well as in the moderate blepharoptosis group than that in the mild blepharoptosis group(all at P＜0.01).The adipose cells in muscle in the mild blepharoptosis group, moderate blepharoptosis group and severe blepharoptosis group were (12.35±4.62), (17.58±7.46) and (26.19±10.81)/field,and adipose cells in the severe blepharoptosis group were significantly more than those in the mild and moderate blepharoptosis groups (t =5.60, P =0.00;t =2.71, P =0.01).A significant increase in the adipose cells also was seen in the moderate blepharoptosis group compared with the mild blepharoptosis group (t =2.44, P =0.02).Conclusions UBM can offer accurate thickness data of levator aponeurosis.The combination of thickness data and shifting range measurement of levator aponeurosis is helpful for the evaluation of muscle strength.The development of levator aponeurosis appears to be abnormal in congenital blepharoptosis patients.The histopathological change parallels to the severity of the disease.
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Anti tumor angiogenesis offers new opportunity for tumor treatment;Chinese medicine is an effective angiogenesis inhibitor with advantages of cheapness and innocuity.With its anti tumor and angiogenesis research being further continuously,Chinese herbal medicine is hopeful to be ideal and general preventive and treatment remedy for tumor.
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Objective To study the MRI features of toxoplasmosis encephalopathy.Methods There were totally 20 cases in the group,all patients accepted the examinations of MRI and immunisation sylum(EIISA) with Gd-DTPA enhanced MRI in 17 cases and repeted MRI in 15 cases.5 cases undengone stero-orientation biopsy under CT guided.Results Most of the focus situated at the juncture of gray and white matter of cerebral hemisphere (8 cases) and around the lateral ventricle (6 cases).The lesion was multiple .The lesions had different degrees of contrast enhancement after enhanced scans (17 cases),among them,the patchy enhancement was most commonly seen (9 cases),secondarily was circular or semicircular enhancemeut (7 cases).The immunological serum examination in all the cases were positive IgM or IgG.The treatment for anti-toxoplasma was in effect for all the cases.Conclusion MRI is of significant value in definiting the involved location,extent,time course of toxoplasmosis encephalopathy,and also evaluating the effect of therapy.