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BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that cytokine inhibitor pirfenidone can inhibit biological activity of fibroblasts by regulating a variety of cytokines. It has made good progress in the research and application of anti-fibrosis of internal organs, but the effect and mechanism for hypertrophic scars and skin fibroblasts are unclear. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of pirfenidone on human hypertrophic scar fibroblasts. METHODS:Human hypertrophic scar fibroblasts were cultured using tissue culture method. Passages 3-6 cel s grew wel in the logarithmic growth phase were col ected. Cel s were divided into the control group (0 g/L pirfenidone), 0.15, 0.3 and 1 g/L pirfenidone groups according to different mass concentrations. Cel s were intervened for 12, 36 and 48 hours. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:MTT, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results demonstrated that compared with the control group, cel proliferation, transforming growth factorβ1 mRNA expression, types I and III col agen secretion were decreased in the 0.15, 0.3 and 1 g/L pirfenidone groups (P<0.05), and the decrease was most significant in the 1 g/L pirfenidone group (P<0.05). At 24, 48 and 72 hours after intervention, significant differences in inhibitory rate of cel proliferation and the secretion of types I and III col agen were detected among 0.15, 0.3 and 1 g/L pirfenidone groups (P<0.05). Results confirmed that pirfenidone apparently inhibited the secretion of col agen of hypertrophic scar fibroblasts cultured in vitro, transforming growth factorβ1 expression and cel proliferation and viability.
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Objective: To observe the effects of Lulutong injection on microcirculation disturbance after burns. Methods: Eighty-eight patients with mild burn were randomly divided into two groups. From the first day after burn, the treatment group received 500 mg Lulutong injection intravenously injected in 5% glucose, once a day for 14 days as a therapeutic course. The control group was treated with 5% glucose. No large amount of solution was infused because the burned patients were mild and no shock was found. Both groups were received anti-infection treatment using 0.6 g of clindamycin. The morphology of nail-fold microcirculation , the state around the nail-fold microcirculation, hemorrheological parameters, changes in coagulation function 3, 7 and 14 days after burn and the side effects of drugs were observed. Results: Compared to the control group, in the treatment group, the arterioles dilated more markedly, the blood flow of micro-vessels became faster, the flowing score of nail-fold microcirculation decreased obviously, the state around the nail-fold microcirculation changed significantly, the total score declined faster, but no obvious changes were found in erythrocyte aggregation index, the number of leukocyte adhesion and coagulation function . There were 2 cases with dizziness. Conclusion: Lulutong injection may improve the microcirculation in patients with burn, and has little side effect.