Dexamethasone for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting after mastectomy.

Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complication after mastectomy. Although many researches have been studied the prophylactic effect of antiemetics, none of the results are effective. To overcome this problem, dexamethasone was used to relieve the occurrence of PONV.

Interference of miR-943-3p with secreted frizzled-related proteins4 (SFRP4) in an asthma mouse model.

The aim of this study is to investigate the potential roles of miR-943-3p and its target gene secreted frizzled-related proteins4 (SFRP4) in allergic asthma and elucidate its underlying mechanism, which may prompt a new clue about developing novel treatments of this disease. An allergic asthma mouse model was generated by challenging with ovalbumin (OVA); lung pathological features of mice were viewed using H&E staining; thickness of subepithelial fibrosis and smooth muscle was measured using Masson's trichrome staining. Inflammatory cells from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were counted based on Diff-Quik staining and morphometric analysis.

Germacrone reverses Adriamycin resistance through cell apoptosis in multidrug-resistant breast cancer cells.

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle to the chemotherapeutic treatment of breast cancer. Germacrone, the main component of Rhizoma Curcuma, has been shown to possess antitumor, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of germacrone on MCF-7/Adriamycin (ADR) multidrug-resistant human breast cancer cells.

Clinical progress in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis with integrative Chinese and Western medicine.

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), one of the crucial acute abdominal diseases, has high mortality for its quick initiation, severe condition, long duration, and frequent complication with multiple organ failure. In this paper, the clinical progress in the treatment of SAP with integrative Chinese and Western medicine is inspected and summarized.

[Mechanism of salvianolate in preventing postoperative intestinal adhesion in rats].

Objective: To observe the effects of salvianolate on rats with postoperative intestinal adhesion and to explore the prevention mechanism.

Methods: Forty SD male rats with intestinal adhesion were randomly divided into four groups: untreated group, low-dose salvianolate-treated group (12 mg/kg), medium-dose salvianolate-treated group (24 mg/kg) and high-dose salvianolate-treated group (48 mg/kg), with another ten SD male rats as normal control. Intraperitoneal injection of glucose was administered to the rats in the normal control group and the untreated group, and intraperitoneal injection of salvianolate was administered to the rats in the low-, medium- and high-dose salvianolate-treated groups.