Publications by authors named "Ri-Yang Lin"
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Tongue coating diagnosis is a useful tool to examine the changes of a human body in Chinese Medicine. Tongue coating varies in thickness in kidney disease. However, little information exists regarding the association between clinical characters and tongue coating thickness in CKD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Effects of mesangial cell on proliferation and function of osteoblast in vitro].
Zhongguo Gu Shang
April 2012
Objective: To explore the effects and mechanism of mesangial cell (MC) on proliferation and function of osteoblast in vitro from growth factors.
Methods: Osteoblast cultured in vitro were divided into normal blood serum group and MC group and cultured supernatant fluid by 10% serum culture medium and 20% MC culture medium. MTF was used to checked the proliferation of osteoblast at the end of 24, 48, 72, 120 h; Expression of BGP and OPN were tested 72 h and 144 h after culture; Expression of IGF-alpha and TGF-beta were tested 144 h after culture.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to investigate how glycosides from Tripterygium wilfordii (GTW) affect genes related to testicular reproduction in male mice and the potential benefits of kidney-tonifying Chinese herbs.
- - Mice were treated with GTW to induce reproductive dysfunction, then various groups received different combinations of saline, GTW, and Chinese herbs (Cistanche and Rehmannia) for three weeks to assess changes in gene expression.
- - Results showed that GTW reduced the expression of certain reproductive genes and increased apoptosis-related genes; however, the Chinese herbs improved reproductive functions, especially when used together.