A retrospective study of traditional Chinese medicine as an adjunctive therapy for patients with chronic heart failure.

This study retrospectively evaluated the effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine Shenqilixin Formula (SQLXF) as an adjunctive intervention for treating patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).This retrospective study included 135 patients with CHF. They were allocated to a treatment group or a control group according to the different treatments they received.

Rare single-molecule magnets with six-coordinate Ln(III) ions exhibiting a trigonal antiprism configuration.

Four Ni-Ln-Ni heterometallic complexes, [Ni2LnL2]NO3·3H2O (H3L = tri(((3-methoxysalicylidene)amino)ethyl)amine, Ln = Gd for , Tb for and Dy for , respectively) and [Ni2DyL2]ClO4·MTBE·0.65H2O (, MTBE = methyl tert-butyl ether) have been synthesized by diffusion of methyl tert-butyl ether vapor into the reaction solution. The X-ray analyses demonstrated that the Gd(III) ion in exhibits rare seven-coordination, the Tb(III) and Dy(III) ions in display unusual six-coordination, and two Ni(II) ions and one Ln(III) ion are bridged by six phenolato atoms to form linear Ni-Ln-Ni heterotrinuclear complexes for .

[Progress of berberine for treatment of type 2 diabetes].

Berberine is the major component of Coptidis Rhizoma and it has been used as anti-infection, anti-inflammation drug for gastrointestinal diseases. In recent years, evidence showed that it could regulate glucose and lipid metabolism. Moreover, its activity had been tested by clinical trials and animal researches.

Impact of simulated microgravity on microvascular endothelial cell apoptosis.

Cardiovascular deconditioning is known to occur in astronauts exposed to microgravity. Endothelial dysfunction at microcirculatory sites might contribute to cardiovascular deconditioning induced by weightlessness. Recent studies have reported changes in the morphology and gene expression of endothelial cells exposed to conditions of simulated microgravity.