Efficiency and Toxicity of Imatinib Mesylate Combined with Atorvastatin Calcium in the Treatment of Steroid-Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: A Single-Center, Prospective, Single-Arm, Open-Label Study.

Introduction: Steroid-refractory cGVHD (SR-cGVHD) presents new great challenges for treatment. We have reported that imatinib monotherapy was effective to SR-cGVHD, but the CR rate was not satisfactory and the benefit was not showed specific to some target organs, previously. Imatinib and statin drugs have been recognized to regulate T-cell function, statins also have been demonstrated endothelia protection, but whether this combination therapy was able to improve the efficacy remains unknown.

[Research progress in pharmacological effectsand mechanism of Fel Ursi against cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases].

Fel Ursi is a dried product obtained from the gallbladder of Ursidae animals, such as Selenarctos thibetanus or Ursus arctos, through gallbladder surgery for bile drainage. It is one of the rare animal medicinal materials in China and is known for its therapeutic effects, including clearing heat, removing toxins, extinguishing wind, relieving spasms, clearing the liver, and improving vision. Research has also found that Fel Ursi has pharmacological effects against cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and antioxidant stress properties.

[Clinical Efficiency of Rituximab Combined with Autologous Hematopoietic Blood Stem Cell Transplantation for Treatment of CD20 B non.Hodgkin Lymphoma].

Unlabelled: AbstractObjective: To investigate the effeciency of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto.HSCT) combined with rituximab(R) to treat CD20 B non.Hodgkin lymphoma(B.