Research Advances on Anti-Cancer Natural Products.

Malignant tumors seriously threaten people's health and life worldwide. Natural products, with definite pharmacological effects and known chemical structures, present dual advantages of Chinese herbs and chemotherapeutic drug. Some of them exhibit favorable anti-cancer activity.

Research Advances on Matrine.

Matrine is an alkaloid extracted from traditional Chinese herbs including , , root, etc. It has the dual advantages of traditional Chinese herbs and chemotherapy drugs. It exhibits distinct benefits in preventing and improving chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and tumors.

An ELISA Assay for Quantifying Monomeric C-Reactive Protein in Plasma.

Native C-reactive protein (nCRP) is a non-specific marker of inflammation being claimed as a bystander in several chronic disorders. Accumulating evidence indicates that nCRP dissociates to and acts primarily as the monomeric conformation (mCRP) at inflammatory loci. This suggests that mCRP may be a superior disease marker with improved specificity and clear causality to the underlying pathogenesis.

[Stat 3 signal transduction pathway correlates with proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells of rats].

Objective: To investigate the role of Stat3 (one of the signal transductant and activator) signal transduction pathway in proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs).

Methods: VSMC was transfected with Stat3 antisense oligonucleotide. ELISA analysis was performed on Stat3 expression in cultured rat thoracic VSMC.