Tripterygium wilfordii in Treatment of Kidney Diseases and Its Toxic and Side Effect： A Review / 中国实验方剂学杂志

In recent years， with the rapid development of traditional Chinese medicine industry in China， the efficacy of Chinese medicinals in treating disease and maintaining health has been increasingly recognized. Tripterygium wilfordii， a Chinese medicinal for expelling wind， dredging collaterals， removing dampness， and relieving pain， is commonly used for treating acute and chronic glomerulonephritis， rheumatoid arthritis， and other diseases. However， the frequent occurrence of adverse reactions has limited its wide application in clinical practice. The existing studies have gradually confirmed that T. wilfordii and its active ingredients exert the bidirectional effects on kidney function. This paper reviewed the related clinical applications and articles published in the past decades and summarized the material basis for its bidirectional effects and the specific action mechanisms in renal protection and renal damage. It was found that the main active ingredients in T. wilfordii were tripterygium glycosides and triptolide， which exerted the protective or toxic and side effects on kidney by regulating immunity， influencing mitogen-activated protein kinases （MAPK） pathway， and changing the expression and function of renal transporters. Besides， the roles of administration time， dosage， and body status in the exertion of protective or toxic and side effects by T. wilfordii were also discussed. The review aimed to provide new ideas for the research on the treatment of kidney diseases with T. wilfordii and its safety application.

Clinicopathological Analysis of Children's Systemic EBV-Positive T-Cell Lymphoma / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To explore the clinical and pathologic features as well as prognosis of systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma in children.@*METHODS@#The clinical data including clinical manifestation, pathologic changes and treatment in 16 patients with children's systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma were analyzed retrospectively, and follow-up of patients were carried out.@*RESULTS@#The 16 cases included 12 males and 4  females with median age of 3.3 years old. It was demonstrated that the clinical and pathological features of the children's systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma were as followed fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, lymphadenopathy, and hemophagocytosis in bone marrow or organ. Histologically, the structures of lymph node was normal, partially or completely destoryed. The paracortical zone was expanded with prominent infiltration of small to medium-sized atypical lymphocytes. The major immunophenotypic characteristics were as follows: (1) Almost all biopsies exhibited prominent T cell proliferation. (2) CD3 was expressed in 16 patients (100%, 16/16), CD4 in 5 patients (31.3%, 5/16)，CD5 in 13 patients (81.3%, 13/16)，CD7 was expressed in 11 patients (68.8%, 11/16)，CD8 in 15 patients (93.8%, 15/16)，CD4 and CD8 were expressed in 5 patients (31.3%, 5/16)，CD4 and CD8 double-negative in patients (6.3%, 1/16)，16 patients were CD56 negative (100%, 16/16). (3) TCR gene cloning rearrangement in 16 patients (93.8%, 15/16). (4) EBV-EBER was expressed in 16 patients (100%, 16/16). 11 out of 16 cases died, 1 cese failed to be followed up, 1 case relapsed，and 3 cases survived, reseptively. The media survival time was 4 months.@*CONCLUSION@#Systemic EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma predominantly occurred in childhood and early teen-age, and lacks specific clinic features, usually combined with hemophagocytic syndrome. The confirmed diagnosis requires comprehensive analysis of clinical manifestation, pathomorphology, immunohistochemical detection, EBV-EBER insite hybridization, and TCR gene test. The overall prognosis of the disease is poor and the fatality rate is high.

Intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab combined with laser for diabetic macular edema / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

·AIM:To investigate the therapeutic effect of intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab combined with laser for diabetic macular edema (DME). ·METHODS: Totally 60 cases (60 eyes) of DME patients treated in ophthalmology department of our hospital from June 2014 to June 2016 were selected and divided into the observation group and the control group. The control group were treated with laser therapy, and the observation group received intravitreal injection of ranibizumab on the basis of the treatment of the control group. Comparison between two groups on the best corrected visual acuity before operation and at 1wk,1,3, 6mo after operation was taken. The non - contact tonometer was used to measure intraocular pressure before and after treatment. The optical coherence tomography(OCT) was conducted to assess preoperative and postoperative central macular thickness (CMT).The postoperative complications of two groups were recorded subsequently. ·RESULTS: The two groups' postoperative visual acuity was significantly improved,data of the observation group at 1,3mo after operation was sharply higher than that of the control group, there was statistical significance (P<0.05), and data at 1wk, 6mo after operation had no evident difference (P>0.05). After 1wk of treatment, the two groups'intraocular pressure increased,with statistical significance (P<0.05);there was no significant difference between the two groups on intraocular pressure before treatment and at 1,3,6mo after treatment(P>0.05). The postoperative CMT of two groups significantly decreased, data of the observation group at 1, 3mo after treatment was evidently lower than that of the control group, there was statistical significance (P<0. 05), and data before treatment, at 1wk, 6mo after treatment showed no significant difference(P>0.05). In the observation group, 5 cases (5 eyes) recurred within 6mo,the recurrence rate was 17%. In the control group, 10 cases (10 eyes) relapsed,the recurrence rate was 33%,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). At postoperatively 2d, 2 cases(2 eyes) of the observation group and 3 cases (3 eyes) of the control group had high intraocular pressure, and then returned to normal by given the carteolol eye drops. ·CONCLUSION: Compared with laser therapy alone, intravitreal injection of ranibizumab combined with laser therapy has a significant and safe short-term treatment effective for DME patients with a fast visual acuity recovery.

Effect of Qishen Yiqi droplet on adenylate contents in myocardium of cor pulmonale rats / 中国中药杂志

Cor pulmonale rat models were induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of monocrotaline(MCT), and the sham group received a single intraperitioneal injection of normal saline. After the model rats received intragastric administration of Qishen Yiqi droplet(QS) for 6 weeks, the contents of adenylate(ATP, ADP and AMP) in right myocardial tissues were measured by HPLC, and then the metabolism changes in myocardium of cor pulmonale rats with QS were investigated. The results showed that ATP, ADP, and AMP were well separated, with a good linearity within a certain range of concentration; and the recovery rates were within the range of 90%-108%. As compared with model group, the level of ATP was significantly elevated in high-dose treatment group; ADP contents showed an increasing trend and AMP contents showed a decreasing trend, indicating that QS could significantly improve energy metabolism system in myocardium. By using the HPLC, a qualitative and quantitative analysis method was given for the determination of ATP, ADP and AMP contents in myocardium, providing a method for energy metabolism measurement in biological samples.

Effect of perinatal recurrent infection on the brain development in immature mice / 中国当代儿科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effects of perinatal recurrent infection on the brain development in immature mice.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Six pregnant C57BL6 mice were randomly assigned to three groups: intrauterine infection, perinatal recurrent infection and control. The intrauterine infection group was intraperitoneally injected with LPS (0.5 mg/kg) on the 18th day of pregnancy. The perinatal recurrent infection group was injected with LPS (0.5 mg/kg) on the 18th day of pregnancy and their offsprings were intraperitoneally injected with the same dose of LPS daily from postnatal day 3 to 12. The control group was administered with normal saline at the same time points as the recurrent infection group. The short-time neurobehaviors were assessed on postnatal day 13. The mice were then sacrificed to measure brain weights and neuropathological changes using cresyl violet staining. Western blot was used to evaluate the expression of TNF-α, Caspase-3 and myelin basic protein (MBP).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The brain weights of the recurrent infection group were significantly lower than the control and intrauterine infection groups (P<0.05) and the recurrent infection group displayed significant neuropathological changes. Perinatal recurrent infection resulted in increased expression levels of TNF-α and Caspase-3, and decreased expression level of MBP compared with the intrauterine infection and control groups (P<0.01). The neurobehavior test showed that the recurrent infection group used longer time in gait reflex, right reflex and geotaxis reflex compared with the control and intrauterine infection groups on postnatal day 13 (P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Perinatal recurrent infection may exacerbate inflammatory response and cell death in the immature brain, which may be one of the important factors for perinatal brain injury.</p>

Role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of childhood acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura / 中华血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the role of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) and its products cytotoxin-associated protein (Cag A), vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) in childhood acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (aITP), to evaluate the effect of Hp on their clinical outcome.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Subjects were enrolled according to case-control design, including 184 aITP children and 154 healthy controls. They were inquired for demographic characteristics, the risk factors regarding Hp infection and ITP through a uniformed questionnaire. Patients with Hp infection were diagnosed by combined detection of serum Hp antibodies and stool antigens. CagA and VacA proteins were tested by ELISA method. In addition, clinical data and follow-up data of aITP children were collected. Non-conditional logistic regression and t test were applied for statistical analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) The prevalence of Hp infection in aITP children and controls were 41.30% and 35.71%, respectively. No association between Hp infection and children aITP was found with OR of 1.170 (95%CI: 0.7163 - 1.673) after adjusting for confounding variables. (2) No statistical differences regarding initial platelet counts, megakaryocytes counts and the constituent ratio were found between the aITP children with and without Hp infection (P > 0.05). (3) No differences regarding initial platelet counts were found between aITP children with and without the expression of CagA (P > 0.05). The follow-up data showed that 32.88% of aITP children with Hp infection, as well as 29.70% of aITP children without Hp infection developed into cITP. No association between Hp infection and development to cITP was found with adjusted OR 1.171 (95%CI: 0.555 - 2.11 2).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The results didn't suggest that Hp is unlikely to play a role in the onset of childhood aITP, and in the development of aITP to cITP.</p>

Analysis of prognostic risk factors in childhood hemophagocytic syndrome / 中华血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To identify and explore the prognostic risk factors of the hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A retrospective study was conducted on 50 childhood patients with HPS who were admitted to our hospital between 2007 and 2011. All their medical records were reviewed and analyzed. For each patient, demographic, laboratory data and outcome information were collected. The patients were divided into deceased or survived groups based on the follow-up results. Comparative analysis of the data was done by using independent-samples test and logistic multiple and univariate regression.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among the 50 HPS patients, 30 were male and 20 female, age ranged from 3 months to 10 years. Reduction of serum albumin, cholinesterase and natural killer (NK) cells was found in the forty-six patients. The laboratory features showed an elevation of serum ferritin with hypofibrinogenemia and hypertriglyceridemia in most of the patients. Forty of patients had hemophagocyte in bone marrow at diagnosis of HPS. The positive serum EBV-IgM was found in thirty-five patients.During the observation period, 25 of 37 patients (67.6%) died, while 13 of whom died within a month after hospitalization. The deceased patients were more likely to have lower albumin, cholinesterase, NK cells level and more prolonged active partial thromboplastin time than the survived patients (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that duration of illness > 1 month, albumin level < 25 g/L, cholinesterase level < 2000 U/L, NK cell level 0-3% and positive EBV-IgM were related with the prognosis significantly (P < 0.05 for all comparisons).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>This study revealed that duration of illness > 1 month, decreases in albumin, NK cell and cholinesterase, and positive EBV-IgM were the risk factors related to mortality in children.</p>

Significance of Hypoxia Ischemia on Cerebral Cortex Injury and Neurofunctional Development in Immature Rats Brain / 实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To establish brain hypoxic-ischemic (HI) model using postnatal day 3(P3) SD rats and evaluate the apoptotic neuronal cells in cerebral cortex and neurofunctional development.Methods The P3 rats were randomly divided into HI group (n=35) and control group(n=18).HI was induced in P3 rats with right carotid artery ligation followed by 2.5 h hypoxia in 60 mL?L-1 oxygen at 37 ℃.The injury of neural cells in the cerebral cortex was evaluated by tumor necrosis factor receptor-1(TNF-R1),Caspase-3 immunostaining and Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) staining in 24 h and 7 d after HI,respectively.Furthermore,the neurofunctional development was evaluated by negative geotaxis reflex and eye opening time.The data were analyzed by SPSS 12.0 software.Results Caspase-3 and TNF-R1 positive cells were abundant in the ipsilateral cortex at 24 h after HI,compared with contralateral part and control group(P

Determination of ursolic acid of Liuwei Dihuangwan simulation samples by NIR / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Determine the content of ursolic acid of Liuwei Dihuangwan.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Using NIR with PLS, PCA-BPANN and WT-BPANN.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The predication recovery were 100.7%, 100.6%, 100.1%, and the RSD were 5.42%, 6.49%, 6.52% respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>NIR can be used in the determination of ursolic acid, which set up the foundation of on-line control of traditional Chinese medicine.</p>

Probe into characteristics of Taraxacum mongolicum ultramicro-power / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe and study the tissue characteristics of T. mongolicum ultramicro-power and dissolving-out characteristics of effective compositions.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>By microscopic observation and thin-layer chromatography.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Nearly all cell walls of T. mongolicum are broken and dissolving-out characteristics of effective compositions are remarkably improved, after it is ultramicro-porphyrized.</p>

Study on pharmacology of ultra-fine particles compound Rehmannia / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe pharmacological difference between ultra-fine particles of six ingredient Rehmannia pill and traditional six ingredient Rehmannia pill.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Pharmacokinetic index was measured by death rate, and pharmacology actions were compared by anti-fatigue, hypoglycemic, clearance rate of charcoal particle, hypoxia resistance and serum hemolysin concentration experiment.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Dose-effection was significant and pharmacology actions were more than traditional six ingredient Rehmannia pill in six ingredient Rehmannia pill.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Ultra-fine particles of six ingredient Rehmannia pill are better than traditional six ingredient Rehmannia pill in bioavailability and pharmacology actions, and the weight of pill is reduced while efficacy is enhenced by ultra-fine particles.</p>