Korean red ginseng alleviate depressive disorder by improving astrocyte gap junction function.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Korean red ginseng (KRG), a processed product of Panax ginseng C. A. Mey, show significant anti-depressive effect in clinic.

Complete mitochondrial genome of a potential vector louse fly, (Diptera, Hippoboscidae).

Bequaert, 1942 (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) was first described in China almost 80 years ago. Species of were obligate blooding-feeding insects and commonly reported as vectors of wild animals of Cervinae. The complete mitochondrial genome of was assembled to 16,953 bp in length.

Human CD133-positive hematopoietic progenitor cells enhance the malignancy of breast cancer cells.

Background: Human CD133+ hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) are a specific subset of cells that can regulate tumor malignancy. However, the mechanism by which CD133+ HPCs affect the malignancy of human breast cancer has not been reported.

Methods: CD133+ HPCs were isolated and purified from human umbilical cord blood (UCB).

[Expression of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in the kidney of rats: the capacity of the kidney for synthesizing sex hormones].

Objective: To investigate the expression of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (17β-HSD1) in the kidney of rats and explore the capacity of the kidney for synthesizing sex hormones.

Methods: The expressions of 17-HSD1 and sex hormones were detected by Western blotting and radioimmunoassay in rat renal cells in primary cultured for 24 and 48 h in the presence or absence of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

Results: After cell culture for 24 h, the primary rat renal cells expressed a low level of 17β-HSD1 (0.

[Effects of bushen jiannao recipe on the content of acetylcholine and the hippocampal ERK1 and ERK2 protein expressions of vascular dementia rats].

Objective: To explore the effects of Bushen Jiannao Recipe (BJR) on the content of acetylcholine (Ach) and ERK1 and ERK2 protein expressions in the hippocampal CA1 region of vascular dementia (VD) rats, and to explore its possible mechanisms for treating VD.

Methods: Eighty-three rats were selected. The VD model was established by permanent bilateral occlusion of both common carotid arteries (2-VO).

[Effects of fetal renal cell suspension on free radicals in ovariectomized rats].

Objective: To observe the changes of free radicals in rats after ovariectomy and the intervention effect of fetal renal cell suspension (FRCS) on them.

Methods: Totally 48 Sprague-Dawley rats, eight in the normal control group were sham-operated and treated with saline; the other 40 were ovariectomized and randomly divided into four groups: the model control group (A) administered with normal saline, the positive control group (B) administered with nilestriol, the two testing groups (C and D) administered respectively with living and dead FRCS. The administration was beginning from 12 weeks after operation and lasted for four weeks.

[Study on treatment of early onset of severe pre-eclampsia by salviae injection and ligustrazine injection in combining with Western medicine].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Salviae injection and ligustrazine injection (S & L) in combining with Western medicine for treatment of early onset of severe pre-eclampsia (EOSP), and its impact on pregnancy.

Methods: An open prospective controlled study was conducted on 63 women suffering from EOSP during the 29th-32th week of pregnancy. They were assigned, according to the sequence of hospitalizing, to the treated group (32 cases) and the control group (31 cases).