Survival Analysis of Patients with Thoracic Duct Ligation during Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy.

Objective: To determinate the effect of thoracic duct ligation during thoracoscopic esophagectomy on esophageal cancer patients survival.

Study Design: A descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Tai'an City Central Hospital, Tai'an, Shandong, China, from June, 2016 to June, 2021.

Ligation of thoracic duct during thoracoscopic esophagectomy can lead to decrease of T lymphocyte.

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy has been one of the most preferable surgical treatments for early esophageal cancer. Some scholars suggested that the thoracic duct should be routinely ligated to reduce the incidence of postoperative chylothorax, while another group raised an objection. As a classic indicator of immune function, T lymphocyte subsets can be applied to assess the effects of prophylactic thoracic duct ligation during thoracoscopic esophagectomy.

Effect of Ligation of the Thoracic Duct During Oesophagectomy on the Absorption of D-xylose.

Objective: To assess if prophylactic thoracic duct ligation during oesophagectomy influences the absorptive function of oesophageal cancer patients.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tai'an City Central Hospital, Tai'an, from August 2014 to December 2015.

Antitumor Activity of Total Flavonoids from Daphne genkwa in Colorectal Cancer.

Daphne genkwa Sieb.et Zucc. is a well-known medicinal plant.

Novel Application of Natural Anisole Compounds as Enhancers for Transdermal Delivery of Ligustrazine.

To improve the transdermal delivery of ligustrazine, Foeniculum vulgare food origin anisole compounds were employed as promoters. Transdermal fluxes of ligustrazine were determined by Franz-type diffusion cells. Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectra were used to detect the biophysical changes of the stratum corneum and to explore the mechanism of permeation enhancement.

Antitumor and immunomodulatory activity of genkwanin on colorectal cancer in the APC(Min/+) mice.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignant tumor with high morbidity and mortality. To evaluate the antitumor effect of genkwanin on colorectal cancer enhanced by western high-fat diet, we investigated the activity of genkwanin on HT-29 and SW-480 human colorectal cancer lines in vitro and on the APC(Min/+) mice in vivo. In a cell culture system, six different inflammatory cytokines obviously stimulated two cancer cells growth in a concentration-dependent manner, while genkwanin significantly inhibited HT-29 and SW-480 human colorectal cancer cells proliferation and inflammatory cytokine IL-8 secretion.

Alkaloids from Mahonia bealei posses anti-H⁺/K⁺-ATPase and anti-gastrin effects on pyloric ligation-induced gastric ulcer in rats.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the underlying mechanism(s) of the total alkaloids (TA) from Mahonia bealei in treating pyloric ligation-induced gastric ulcers in rats. Animals were sacrificed after 19 h of the ligation. Gastric acid, peptic activities, mucin levels, H(+)/K(+)-ATPase activities and the gastrin level were analyzed.