狂犬病诊治进展

人类的狂犬病是一种中枢神经系统病毒感染性疾病,常由患狂犬病动物的唾液污染伤口而传染;一旦出现症状,病人基本上100%死亡,从狂犬病后康复的病例极为罕见,仅有3例报道。临床表现为特有的恐水怕风、咽肌痉挛、进行性瘫痪等。狂犬病在87个国家有流行,主要流行于东南亚、非洲及拉     

布洛芬对乙酰氨基酚退热疗效对比

长期以来,发热是儿科关注的问题,发热程度有助于判断病情,儿童多因与病情不成比例,轻微疾病即可出现发烧,父母常常不了解这一现象而引起不必要的恐慌,随意应用退热药即成为儿科普遍的现象[1].采用安全有效的退热药物值得临床探讨.     

Establishment of a mouse model of cancer cachexia with spleen deficiency syndrome and the effects of atractylenolide I

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial metabolic syndrome that affects～50%–80%of cancer patients,and no effective therapy for cancer cachexia is presently available.In traditional Chinese medicine,a large portion of patients with cancer cachexia was diagnosed as spleen deficiency syndrome and treated with tonifying TCMs that produce clinic benefits.In this study we established a new animal model of spleen deficiency and cancer cachexia in mice and evaluated the therapeutic effects of atractylenolide I,an active component of tonifying TCM BaiZhu,in the mouse model.Cancer cachexia was induced in male BALB/c mice by inoculation of mouse C26 colon adenocarcinoma cells,whereas spleen deficiency syndrome was induced by treating the mice with spleen deficiency-inducing factors,including limited feeding,fatigue,and purging.The mouse model was characterized by both cachexia and spleen deficiency characteristics,including significant body weight loss,cancer growth,muscle atrophy,fat lipolysis,spleen,and thymus atrophy as compared with healthy control mice,cancer cachexia mice,and spleen deficiency mice.Oral administration of atractylenolide I(20 mg·kg?1per day,for 30 days)significantly ameliorated the reduction in body weight and atrophy of muscle,fat,spleen,and thymus in mice with spleen deficiency and cachexia.The established model of spleen deficiency and cancer cachexia might be useful in the future for screening possible anticachexia TCMs and clarifying their mechanisms.     

精于颐养走过百年——许德珩的长寿要诀

许德珩一生精于摄生颐养,享年100岁.他的养生要诀主要有如下几条: 重视饮食条理 许老的饮食以清淡为主,定时定量,不饱食,不偏食,不挑食.早餐一般是一碗稀饭,一个小馒头,少许咸菜;午餐以蔬菜为主,加上少许牛肉(晚年不食猪肉),主食100克;晚餐则以素为主.一日三餐既不随意增减,更不暴饮暴食.饮酒微量,只喝一点果酒,不饮白酒等烈性酒.爱吃新鲜水果,不吃甜食.     

浅谈如何加强医疗器械的管理

医疗器械的应用在疾病的诊断、治疗及预防等各个环节都发挥着不可替代的作用,其质量的好坏直接关系到人民群众的身体健康和生命安危.2000年国务院颁布了第一部医疗器械监管法规-<医疗器械监督管理条例>,标志着我国医疗器械监管正式走上了法制化轨道,但是由于种种原因,目前我国在医疗器械的生产、经营以及使用等各个环节都存在着较为普遍和严重的问题,其监管已显得相对滞后,成为食品药品部门监管中的一个"软肋",以至于频频出现像钢板等植入性器械断裂现象和发生举国震惊的"眼球事件".本文就我县医疗器械的经营、使用现状和如何加强对医疗器械的监管作以下分析和探讨.     

黑米:滋肾补胃益气血

黑米因外皮乌黑而得名,又称补血糯米、贡米、黑珍珠,是一种具有诸多保健功效的珍贵稻米.黑米含有淀粉、蛋白质、脂肪、多种维生素,又含钙、磷、镁、铁、锌、钼、硒等多种矿物质和微量元素.黑米所含蛋白质不但比普通大米高37%,而且其中氨基酸的含量亦比白米高25.4%,人体所需的赖氨酸、精氨酸、氮氨酸、色氨酸等,黑米中也都具有,营养价值很高.     

捕捉蛛丝马迹,让恶性肿瘤早现身——常见恶性肿瘤发病的早期信号(二)

痣 痣可发生在皮肤的任何部位,如面部、手掌、脚底、腰部、前胸、后背和阴囊等处.痣如出现下述现象,可能是癌变信号:反复发生感染;突然有痒感,不由自主地用手搔抓,甚至抓破出血;表面潮湿或有结痂形成;原为棕色,逐渐颜色变深变黑;有出血倾向,稍微触碰即发生出血;周围有炎性红晕,触之有痛感;痣上原有毛发突然自行脱落;痣的中央部出现硬结或自发性出血、溃疡形成和周围出现散在的呈卫星状小黑痣.     

克隆病并穿孔1例

1病例介绍病人,女,35岁,因突发下腹部疼痛半小时就诊,病史诉说欠清,(家属补充,腹痛时间约4～5年),查体:脉搏96次/分,血压84/60 mmHg,表情淡漠、四肢湿冷。全腹压痛呈板状腹,叩诊移动浊音可疑,以脐下压痛明显,B超提示腹腔内有少许积液,右侧卵巢囊肿,约44 cm大小。实验室检查白细胞16×109/L,中性0.80。考虑腹腔脏器穿孔,在全麻下行剖腹探查,取下腹正中切口进腹,腹腔内有臭味溢出,吸出浑浊性液体约250 ml,有食物残渣,距回盲部约50 cm处,向上见约45 cm长的回肠充血水肿     

刺五加注射液致过敏反应2例报告

例1:患者男性,51岁,因患冠心病人院治疗.给予刺五加注射液60mL加5%葡萄糖250mL中静脉注射.输人约50mL时,患者面色潮红,瘙痒感,开始发现前臂有散在的米粒大小的红色小点,继而遍及颈、四肢部以及全身出现点状红色皮疹,甚痒.立即停药,给予扑尔敏、Vc、葡萄糖酸钙口服无效.改为肌注盐酸肾上腺素、静滴地塞米松,1天后上述症状逐渐减轻.     

小便带血,源于结石

市运动会就要开幕了,体校的学生都在紧张地"备战",准备在运动会上崭露头角.小董一直是学校的"尖子生",这段时间练得更加刻苦.可是,最近每次锻炼小董都会感到小腹疼痛难忍,而且小便常常带血,他又怕去医院会耽误比赛,一直不敢告诉老师和家人.后来,还是同宿舍的小张告诉了老师.老师得知这种情况后,马上带着小董到了医院.医生做了X线摄片检查,才知道小董是患了尿路结石.     

Deguelin regulates nuclear pore complex proteins Nup98 and Nup88 in U937 cells in vitro

AIM: To investigate the anticancer effects and the molecular mechanisms of deguelin on human U937 leukemia cells, and to explore the underlying mechanism regulating nucleoporin 98 (Nup98) and nucleoporin 88 (Nup88) in vitro. METHODS: The effects of deguelin on the growth of U937 cells were studied by MTT assay. The effect of deguelin on the cell cycle of U937 cells was studied by using a propidium iodide method. The localization of the nuclear pore complex proteins Nup98 and Nup88 was investigated by using immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy. The expression of Nup98 and Nup88 in U937 cells was investigated by using flow cytometry and Western blot. RESULTS: The proliferation of U937 cells was inhibited in the deguelin-treated group, with a 24-h IC(50) value of 21.61 nmol/L and a 36-h IC(50) value of 17.07 nmol/L. U937 cells treated with deguelin had reduced percentages of cells in the G(0)/G(1) phase, whereas cells accumulated in the S and G(2)/M phases. Nup88 and Nup98 were found on both the nuclear and cytoplasmic sides of the U937 cells by using immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy. The expression of Nup98 was upregulated and that of the Nup88 protein was downregulated in U937 cells treated with deguelin. CONCLUSION: Deguelin is able to inhibit the proliferation of U937 cells by regulating the cell cycle such that cells are arrested at the S and G(2)/M phases, so that the proportion of cells in the G(0)/G(1) phase decreases. The antitumor effects of deguelin are related to upregulating the expression of Nup98 and downregulating the expression of Nup88 protein in U937 cells.     

Regulating expressions of cyclin D1, pRb, and anti-cancer effects of deguelin on human Burkitt＇s lymphoma Daudi cells in vitro

Aim: To investigate anticancer effects and molecular mechanism of deguelin on human Burkitt‘ s lymphoma Daudi cells in vitro and compare the cytotoxicities of deguelin on Daudi ceils and human peripheral blood monocular ceils (PBMC). Methods: The effects of deguelin on the growth of Daudi cells were studied by 3-(4, 5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium (MTT) assay. Apoptos iswere dectected through Hoechst 33258 staining and Annexin V/PI double-labeled cytometry. The effect of deguelin on the cell cycle of Daudi cells were studied by a propidium iodide method. The expressions of cyclin D1 and pRb were checked by Western blot. Results: The proliferation of Daudi cells were decreased in deguelin-treated group with a 24-h IC50 value of 51.55 nmol/L. Deguelin induced Daudi cells apoptosis was in a time- and dose-dependent manner. G0/G1 phase increased and S phase decreased in Daudi cells treated with deguelin. With deguelin 0, 5, 10, 20, and 40 nmol/L treatment for 24 h, G0/G1 phase increased from 37.34% to 56.56%, whereas S phase decreased from 37.72% to 21.36%. PBMC was less sensitive to the cytotoxic effect of deguelin than Daudi cells. The expression of cyclin D1 and pRb protein were decreased sharply in Daudi cells treated with deguelin. Conclusion: Deguelin is able to inhibit the proliferation of Daudi cells by regulating the cell cycle that arrested cells at Go/G, phase and inducing the cell apoptosis. Moreover, deguelin selectively induced apoptosis of Daudi cells with low toxicity in PBMC. The antitumor effects of deguelin were related to downregulating the expression of cyclin D 1 and pRb protein.     

Bisacurone inhibits adhesion of inflammatory monocytes or cancer cells to endothelial cells through down-regulation of VCAM-1 expression

Bisacurone, one of the active compounds of the traditionally used indigenous herb Curcuma longa Linne (Zingiberaceae), has anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-metastatic activities. We studied how the level of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), one of the key molecules in the development of atherosclerosis as well as carcinogenesis and metastasis, might be affected by bisacurone in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-activated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Bisacurone dose-dependently inhibited TNF-alpha-mediated expression of VCAM-1. It showed significant suppressive effect on ROS generation in response to TNF-alpha stimulation and it blocked nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) p65 translocation into the nucleus and phosphorylation of inhibitory factor kappaBalpha (IkappaBalpha). It also inhibited phosphorylation of Akt and PKC, which are upstream in the regulation of VCAM-1 by TNF-alpha. Furthermore, bisacurone decreased U937 monocyte and human oral cancer cell (Hep-2, QLL-I, SCC-15) adhesion to HUVECs stimulated by TNF-alpha, suggesting that it may inhibit the binding of these cells by regulating the expression of critical adhesion molecules by TNF-alpha. Thus, bisacurone may be beneficial in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, such as atherosclerosis, where inflammatory monocytes are involved in their pathology, and, moreover, in the development of tumors.     

羟乙葛根素对大鼠脑缺血再灌注损伤后TNF-α表达及NF-κB活性的影响

观察羟乙葛根素对大鼠局灶性脑缺血再灌注损伤后TNF-α表达及NF-κB活性的影响。采用大鼠大脑中动脉内栓线阻断法(MCAO)建立大鼠脑缺血再灌注损伤模型，分别于缺血前30 min及再灌注即刻由尾静脉注射羟乙葛根素(10，20及40 mg·kg^-1)，缺血2 h再灌注24 h后取缺血侧脑组织，HE染色观察大鼠脑组织病理学变化并计数海马CA1区存活神经元数目，放射免疫分析测定脑组织匀浆中TNF-α含量，逆转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)测定脑组织中TNF-α mRNA表达情况，凝胶电泳迁移率实验(EMSA)观察NF-κB DNA结合活性改变，Western blotting检测观察IκBα蛋白表达情况。羟乙葛根素可明显改善大鼠海马CA1区损伤程度，升高锥体存活神经元数目，减少TNF-α蛋白及mRNA表达，抑制NF-κB DNA结合活性。羟乙葛根素可减轻大鼠脑缺血再灌注损伤后炎症反应，这可能是其发挥脑保护作用的机制之一。     

Prevention of etoposide-induced apoptosis by proteasome inhibitors in a human leukemic cell line but not in fresh acute leukemia blasts. A differential role of NF-kappab activation

Recent research indicates that the proteasome is one of the non-caspase proteases involved in apoptotic signaling pathways. Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation, one of the key factors in apoptosis, can be prevented through abrogation of IkappaBalpha degradation by proteasome inhibition. We have investigated the effects of the proteasome inhibitors carbobenzoxyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-leucinal (MG132) and N-acetyl-L-leucinyl-L-leucinyl-L-norleucinal (LLnL) on apoptosis and NF-kappaB activation induced by etoposide, using a human leukemia cell line (U937) and leukemia blasts freshly isolated from patients with acute leukemia. Pretreatment of U937 cells with MG132 or LLnL inhibited etoposide-induced morphological apoptosis and caspase-3 activation. Furthermore, MG132 or LLnL prevented NF-kappaB activation and IkappaBalpha degradation, but not IkappaBalpha phosphorylation at Ser32. Other inhibitors of NF-kappaB activation, including pyrrrolidine dithiocarbamate (an antioxidant) and the peptide SN50 (an inhibitor of translocation of activated NF-kappaB into the nucleus), also attenuated etoposide-induced apoptosis. In leukemia blasts, although proteasome inhibitors suppressed NF-kappaB activation induced by etoposide, they were unable to prevent morphological apoptosis. Moreover, proteasome inhibitors by themselves caused apoptosis in leukemia blasts at the concentrations employed in this study. These results suggest that the role that NF-kappaB plays in apoptosis induced by etoposide in a human leukemia cell line may be different from the role it plays in freshly isolated leukemia blasts.     

Abrogation of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B-mediated suppression of phagocytosis in U937 cells by Cordyceps sinensis mycelium via production of cytokines.

Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B (SPE B) is a virulent factor in group A streptococcal infection. We previously showed that SPE B reduced phagocytosis in human monocytic U937 cells. Here we show that the mycelium extract of Cordyceps sinensis (CS), a Chinese immunomodulatory herbal medicine, increased phagocytosis in U937 cells. Neither heat nor trypsin pretreatment prevented CS extract from causing this increase. Further studies indicated that SPE B-mediated suppression of U937 cell phagocytic activity was abrogated by CS extract. Factors in the conditioned medium from CS-extract-treated U937 cells were responsible for blocking the SPE B-mediated suppression of phagocytosis. Heating the conditioned medium eliminated the increase, which suggested that the U937-cell protein products augmented phagocytosis. Analyzing cytokine mRNA expression of U937 cells revealed increases in interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin (IL)-12 p35 and p40, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), but not in IL-1beta, IL-6, or IL-8. Treating U937 cells with anti-IFN-gamma, IL-12, and TNF-alpha antibodies also eliminated the conditioned medium-induced increase in phagocytosis. Taken together, SPE B inhibited phagocytosis, but CS mycelium extract abrogated this inhibition by causing cytokine production.     

Protection from experimental colitis by theaflavin-3,3'-digallate correlates with inhibition of IKK and NF-kappaB activation

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) involved in regulating the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and proinflammatory cytokine genes. As theaflavin-3,3'-digallate (TFDG), the most potent anti-oxidant polyphenol of black tea, down-regulates NF-kappaB activation, we investigated if TFDG is beneficial in colonic inflammation by suppressing iNOS and proinflammatory cytokines. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: The in vivo efficacy of TFDG was assessed in mice with trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis. Both mRNA and protein levels of proinflammatory cytokines and iNOS were analyzed in colon tissue treated with or without TFDG. NF-kappaB activation was determined by electrophoretic mobility shift assay and levels of NF-kappaB inhibitory protein (IkappaBalpha) were analyzed by Western blotting. KEY RESULTS: Oral administration of TFDG (5 mg kg(-1) daily i.g.) significantly improved TNBS-induced colitis associated with decreased mRNA and protein levels of TNF-alpha, IL-12, IFN-gamma and iNOS in colonic mucosa. DNA binding and Western blotting revealed increase in NF-kappaB activation and IkappaBalpha depletion in TNBS-treated mice from Day 2 through Day 8 with a maximum at Day 4, which resulted from increased phosphorylation of IkappaBalpha and higher activity of IkappaB kinase (IKK). Pretreatment with TFDG markedly inhibited TNBS-induced increases in nuclear localization of NF-kappaB, cytosolic IKK activity and preserved IkappaBalpha in colon tissue. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: TFDG exerts protective effects in experimental colitis and inhibits production of inflammatory mediators through a mechanism that, at least in part, involves inhibition of NF-kappaB activation.