[Efficacy of medicinal penetration on acupoint as adjunctive therapy on histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis of heat-toxin syndrome: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of medicinal penetration on acupoint combined with medication for histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis (HNL) of heat-toxin syndrome, and to explore the methods of improving the clinical effect.

Methods: A total of 72 cases with HNL with heat-toxin syndrome were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 36 cases in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with oral administration of prednisone tablets for 40 days (first 5 days: 10 mg, three times a day; since then, reduced by 5 mg every 7 days).

Triptonide inhibits metastasis potential of thyroid cancer cells via astrocyte elevated gene-1.

Background: Triptonide (TN) was recently proved to have anti-tumor effects. The current study explored whether TN inhibited thyroid cancer and the possible underlying mechanism.

Methods: MDA-T68 and BCPAP cells were treated by TN.