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Lagopsis supina has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Tibetan medicine and Mongolian medicine for centuries in China. In this paper, we compared the same and differences of L. supina used in TCM, Tibetan medicine and Mongolian medicine, including the medicinal theories, functions and indications, prescriptions, processing methods. Furthermore, we summarized the modern research and application of L. supina from literatures. This paper provided the foundation for the clinical applications, quality control, comprehensive utilization and further development of L. supina.
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Este trabajo presenta una metodología integradora de la auditoría de la información y el conocimiento (I+C) para organizaciones, conformada por siete etapas con un enfoque híbrido, dirigida a revisar la estrategia y la política de gestión de I+C, identificar, inventariar y mapear dichos recursos y sus flujos, así como valorar los procesos asociados a su gestión. Integra el diagnóstico y la evaluación de la gestión de I+C de manera conjunta; permite su planificación y su ejecución con un menor gasto de recursos y trae beneficios adicionales al equipo de auditores y su preparación previa a la ejecución de la auditoría, al disponer de una metodología y de un instrumento único y flexible, el cual puede adecuarse a las características específicas de cualquier organización.
The paper presents an integrating information and knowledge (I/K) auditing methodology for organizations. The methodology consists of seven stages with a hybrid approach, and is aimed at reviewing the I/K management strategy and policy, as well as identify, inventory and map such resources and their flows, and assess the processes related to their management. I/K management diagnosis and evaluation are jointly integrated, allowing their planning and conduct at a lower cost, bringing additional benefits to the auditing team and ensuring their training before conducting the audit, by providing a methodology and a unique, flexible tool which may be adjusted to the specific characteristics of any organization.
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This study will determine the ways in which the ancient learning (gu xue) scholarship of the Seongho School, and its interest in the materia medica (ben cao xue) were related during the late Joseon period. The Seongho School centered its studies mainly on classical Chinese texts of the Han (206 BC-AD 220) and pre-Han (?-221 BC) (xian-qin liang-han) periods rather than those of the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279). Gu xue scholarship emerged during the Ming dynasty era (1368-1644) as an alternative to the scholarly trends of the Song dynasty, which were dependent on Zhu Xi's (1130-1200) Neo-Confucianism and its interpretation of Han and pre-Han classical Chinese texts. This scholarly trend influenced Korean and Japanese literature, philosophy, and even medicine from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Focusing on Korean scholarship, we find a great deal of research regarding the influence of gu xue on Korean classical Chinese literature and Confucian philosophy in the late Joseon period; however, no study has examined how this style of scholarship influenced the field of medicine during the same period. This study will investigate how the intellectuals of the Seongho School, who did the most to develop gu xue among Joseon intellectuals, were influenced by this style of scholarship in their study of the materia medica. Jeong Yak-yong (1762-1836), the representative intellectual of the Seongho School, did not focus on complicated metaphysical medical theories, such as the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theory (yin yang wu xing shui) or the Five Movements and Six Atmospheres theory (wu yun liu qi shui). Instead, his interests lay in the exact diagnoses of diseases and meticulous herbal prescriptions which formed an essential part of the Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Disease (Shang han lun) written by Zhang Zhungjing (150-219) in the Han dynasty. The Treatise was compatible with the scholarly purpose of gu xue in that they both eschewed metaphysical explanations. The Seongho School's interest in the materia medica stemmed from a desire to improve the delivery and quality of medical practices in rural communities, where metaphysical theories of medicine did not prevail and the cost of medicine was prohibitive.
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Delivery of Health Care , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Korea , Materia Medica/history , Medicine, Chinese Traditional/history , Medicine, Korean Traditional/history , Physicians/history , Quality of Health CareABSTRACT
To investigate the effect of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) on IA and IK currents in cultured murine trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons, whole-cell patch clamp technique was used to record the IA and IKcurrents before and after 20 ng/mL IL-1β perfusion. Our results showed that 20 ng/mL IL-1β inhibited IA currents (18.3±10.7)% (n=6, P＜0.05). IL-1β at 20 ng/mL had no effect on G-V curve of IA but moved the H-infinity curve V0.5 from -36.6 ± 6.1 mV to-42.4 ±5.2 m V (n=5, P＜0.01). However, 20 ng/mL IL-1β had effect on neither the amplitude nor the G-V curve of IK. IL-1β was found to selectively inhibit IA current in TG neurons and the effect may contribute to hyperalgesia under various inflammatory conditions.
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The different effects of capsaicin on IA and IK currents in pain-conduct neurons of trigeminal ganglia (TG) were investigated. In cultured TG neurons of rats, whole-cell patch clamp techniques were used to record the IA and IK before and after capsaicin perfused. Results revealed that 1 μmol/L capsaicin could inhibit the amplitude of IA by 48.2% (n=10, P＜0.05), but had no inhibitory effect on IK (n=7, P＞0.05). Ten μmol/L capsaicin could significantly inhibit the amplitude of IA by 93.2% (n=8, P＜0.01), but only slightly inhibit the amplitude of IK by 13.2% (n=7,P＜0.05). Neither 1 μmol/L nor 10 μmol/L capsaicin had effects on the active curve of IA and IK.It was concluded that capsaicin could selectively inhibit the IA current, and this effect might involve in the analgesic mechanisms of capsaicin.
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To investigate the effects of WIN 55,212-2 on IK in cultured rat trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons, whole-cell patch clamp techniques were used to record the IK before and after WIN 55,212-2 perfusion at different concentrations. 30 μmol/L WIN 55,212-2 markedly (35.7 %±7.3%, P＜0. 01, n=8) inhibited IK currents, and the currents were partially recovered after washing.30μmol/L WIN 55,212-2 also induced a significant depolarizing shift in conductance-voltage parameters (control: V0.5 =10.43 ± 4.25 mV, k= 16.27±3.86; WIN 55,212-2: V0. 5 =24.71±3.91mV, k =16.69±2.75; n = 8, P＜0.01 for V0. 5). 0.01μmol/L WIN 55,212-2 slightly (27.0 %± 7.9 %, P＜0.05, n=7) increased IK currents, but had no significant change in conductance voltage parameters (control: V0.5 =10. 74±5. 27 mV, k=17. 33±2. 96; WIN 55,212-2: V0.5 =11.06±2.05 mV, k=19. 69±6. 60; n=7, P＞0.05 for V0.5 and k). These results suggested that WIN 55,212-2 has dual action, which might be through different receptors.
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BACKGROUND: Patients with the long QT syndrome, either congenital or acquired, have an increased development of serious ventricular arrhythmia, Torsade de Pointes. Thiopental (5 mg/kg) has been reported to prolong the QTc interval in patients undergoing surgery with normal repolarization. Recent studies have indicated that the clinical concentration of thiopental prolonged the action potential duration (APD), which was attributed to inhibition of the delayed rectifier (Ik) and/or the inward rectifier (Ik1) at various animal myocardial preparations. The rat ventricular cells were used to study the contribution of transient outward current (Ito) and Ik1 because they possess a variety of K+channel subtypes including Ito and Ik1 with little or no Ik, similar to those of human ventricular myocytes. The effect on Ca2+ current (ICa,L), which can alter the K+ conductance, was also observed. METHODS: With approval of the animal research committee in Yonsei University Medical College, isolated ventricular cells were obtained from enzymatically treated rat hearts. The ICa,L was elicited from a holding potential of -40 mV to + 60 mV under the modified Tyrode solution. Ik1 was obtained from a holding potential of -40 mV before their membrane potential was changed from -130 to + 50 mV. Ito was recorded during depolarizing steps from -80 mV followed by inactivation of Na+current by short pulses to -40 mV and then depolarized with 10 mV increments to test potentials up to + 60 mV. ICa,L was blocked by adding 0.5 mM CdCl2 during measurement of Ito. Normal action potential was measured using conventional microelectrode technique. RESULTS: At membrane potential of +60 mV, 50microM thiopental caused modest depression of Ito to 82 +/- 1% of control. From the dose-response curve from 1 to 1000microM, the IC50 of thiopental was 163microM. While 50microM thiopental caused modest depression of Ik1 of 87 +/- 2% of control at a test potential of -130 mV, no depression was observed from -110 mV to + 50 mV. ICa,L was significantly reduced to 57 +/- 5% of control. The APD90 was prolonged by 76% following application of 50microM thiopental. CONCLUSIONS: Prolongation of APD induced by thiopental was associated with reduction of Ito. Considering the high current density of Ito in rat ventricular myocytes, inhibition of Ito seems to play a major role in thiopental-induced APD prolongation.
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Animals , Humans , Rats , Action Potentials , Animal Experimentation , Arrhythmias, Cardiac , Cadmium Chloride , Depression , Heart , Inhibitory Concentration 50 , Long QT Syndrome , Membrane Potentials , Microelectrodes , Muscle Cells , Thiopental , Torsades de PointesABSTRACT
There are some evidences that K+ efflux evoked by muscarinic stimulation is not mainly mediated by large conductance K+ (BK) channels in salivary gland. In this experiment, we therefore characterised non BK channels in rat submandibular gland acinar cells and examined the possibility of agonist effect on this channel using a patch clamp technique. Two types of K+ channels were observed in these cells. BK channels were observed in 3 cells from total 6 cells and its average conductance was 152+/- 7 pS (n=3). The conductance of the another types of K+ channel was estimated as 71+/-7 pS (n=6). On the basis of the conductance of this channel, we defined this channel as intermediate conductance K+ (IK) channels, which were observed from all 6 cells we studied. When we increased Ca2+ concentration of the bath solution in inside-out mode, the IK channel activity was greatly increased, suggesting this channel is Ca2+ sensitive. We next examined the effect of carbachol (CCh) and isoproterenol on the activity of the IK channels. 10(-5) M isoproterenol significantly increased the open probability (Po) from 0.08+/-0.02 to 0.21+/-0.03 (n=4, P<0.05). Application of 10(-5) M CCh also increased Po from 0.048+/-0.03 to 0.55+/-0.33 (n=5, P<0.05) at the maximum channel activity. The degree of BK channel activation induced by the same concentration of CCh was lower than that of IK channels; Po value was 0.011+/-0.003 and 0.027+/-0.005 in control and during CCh stimulation (n=3), respectively. The result suggests that IK channels exist in salivary acinar cells and its channel activity is regulated by muscaricinic and beta- adrenergic agonist. We conclude that IK channels also play a putative role in secretion as well as the BK channels in rat submandibular gland acinar cells.
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Animals , Rats , Acinar Cells , Adrenergic Agonists , Baths , Carbachol , Isoproterenol , Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels , Salivary Glands , Submandibular GlandABSTRACT
To study the effect of chitosan on delayed outward potassium current(IK) in single ventricular myocytes of guinea pig and investigate its antiarrhythmic mechanism from ion channel view. Patch clamp technique with whole-cell configuration. Holding potential was -40mV,commanding potential was -60- + 70mV ,step pulse +10mV,stimulating frequency 1 Hz,duration 300 ms and stimulating interval 6s. The result showed that Chitosan inhibited IK in a dose -dependent manner. Conclusion :Chitosan can inhibite IK in single ventricular myocytes of guinea pig.