Therapeutic Effect of Medical Ozone on Lumbar Disc Herniation.

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effect of low, medium, and high concentrations of medical ozone on trauma-induced lumbar disc herniation. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 80 patients were included and were grouped into a control group, a low medical ozone (20 μg/ml) group, a medium medical ozone (40 μg/ml) group, and a high medical ozone (60 μg/ml) group. The CT scan and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to detect IL-6 level, SOD activity, IgM, and IgG levels upon admission and at 6 and 12 months after follow-up.

Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity in the .

The Chinese tree shrew () has long been proposed to serve as an animal model for studying human diseases. However, its overall genetic diversity and population structure remain largely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the genetic diversity of population microsatellite DNA in wild .

Anti-Tumor Effects of the Polysaccharide Isolated from Tarphochlamys Affinis in H22 Tumor-Bearing Mice.

Background: The previous studies have demonstrated that the polysaccharide isolated from Tarphochlamys affinis (PTA) exhibits anti-tumor effect on S180 tumor-bearing mice and protective effects against hepatic injury.

Methods: In this study, we investigated the anti-tumor activity and possible underlying mechanism of PTA on liver cancer using a murine H22 hepatocarcinoma model.

Results: PTA was capable of repressing transplanted H22 solid hepatic tumor cell growth in vivo.

Mycobacterium vaccae Nebulization Can Protect against Asthma in Balb/c Mice by Regulating Th9 Expression.

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease characterized by chronic airway inflammation. CD4(+) T-helper 9 (Th9) cells are closely linked to asthma, helping to regulate inflammation and immunity. Epidemiological studies showed that mycobacteria infections are negatively associated with asthma.

Protection from diclofenac-induced liver injury by Yulangsan polysaccharide in a mouse model.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Millettia pulchra Kurz var-laxior (Dunn) Z. Wei, a wild-growing plant of the family Fabaceae is known to possess multifarious medicinal properties. Yulangsan polysaccharide (YLSPS) is a chief ingredient of its root, which has been used in Chinese traditional medicine with a long history for remedy of acute or chronic hepatitis and jaundice.

The effects of 17-methoxyl-7-hydroxy-benzene-furanchalcone on the pressure overload-induced progression of cardiac hypertrophy to cardiac failure.

We investigated the effects of 17-methoxyl-7-hydroxy-benzene-furanchalcone (MHBFC), which was isolated from the roots of Millettia pulchra (Benth.) Kurz var. Laxior (Dunn) Z.

[Clinical observation on treatment of 75 mid-late stage cancer patients with yanshu Injection].

Objective: To study the effect of Yanshu Injection (YI) used in comprehensive treatment on mid-late stage cancer.

Methods: One hundred and fifty patients with malignant cancer were equally randomized into the comprehensive treatment group (group A) and the control group (group B), both groups were treated systematically according to the NCCN 2005 cancer practice guideline, but 20 ml of YI was given additionally to group A every day.

Results: After treatment, the level of plasma CD4 and CD4/CD8 ratio were significantly lower in group B than those in group A (P < 0.

[Effect of probucol and losartan on growth factors after balloon angioplasty in rabbits].

Objective: To investigate the effect of probucol and losartan on the prevention of restenosis after balloon angioplasty in hypercholesterolaemic rabbits, and to examine the expression of growth factors.

Methods: Forty male New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into high cholesterol diet group, probucol group, losartan group and combined drugs group. After one week of diet, all rabbits were injured on iliac arteries with balloon.

[Observation on the therapeutic effect of Lamivudin on chronic hepatitis B].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of Lamivudine on controlling hepatitis B virus DNA replication.

Methods: The liver disease patients were divided into two groups, the treated group (n=64) was given Lamivudine 100 mg once a day for one year and was additionally given liver protection drugs according to their liver function, while the control group (n=30) was given common liver protection drugs. The blood routine test, liver function and the viral markers were detected at defined times.

Adrenoceptor agonists inhibit calcium-dependent potentials in rat stellate ganglion neurons.

Aim: To study the effects of adrenoceptor agonists on the stellate ganglion neurons.

Methods: Intracellular recordings were made from neurons of the isolated rat stellate ganglia.

Results: Noradrenaline and clonidine (10-30 mumol.

[Diagnosis of endomyocardial fibrosis with endomyocardial biopsy].

Ten cases of endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) were diagnosed with angiocardiography in showing a huge right atrium' tricuspid regurgitation and obliteration of right ventricular apex. The diagnosis was confirmed in 9 of them pathologically after right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) in showing striking thickening of endocardium with presence of fibrosis. The remaining case was not confirmed with EMB.

Alpha and beta thalassaemia among Chinese children in Guangxi Province, P.R. China: molecular and haematological characterization.

We have studied nearly 100 patients with beta-thalassaemia major and 60 patients with Hb H disease who were attending the Haematology Clinic of Guangxi Medical College. Treatment of the patients was limited and only a few patients with beta-thalassaemia major received blood transfusion(s). As a result, the severe anaemia has led to early death at 3-4 years for beta zero-thalassaemia homozygotes, and 8-12 years for beta(+)-thalassaemia homozygotes.

Enhancement of platelet aggregation in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

The ADP-induced platelet aggregation in 157 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in South China was estimated. The difference between the maximum platelet aggregation rate (MAR) in the control group and the MAR of patients with stage III/IV was significant. That is, the MAR at stage III and stage IV was significantly enhanced, as compared to that in the control group and that at stage I or stage II.

Effects of high-energy shock waves on testes of Wistar rats.

The effects of high-energy shock wave (HESW) on testes are still unknown. We investigated Wistar rats at 3 months of age for morphologic and functional changes in the testes and in serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), progesterone (Prog), and testosterone (T). In an initial study, 12 rats received 1000 shocks at 19 kV directed at their testes using the JDPN-IV lithotripter.

[Analysis of 26,826 patients with tumors in the head and neck].

A series of 26,826 patients with tumors in the head and neck as confirmed by pathology from January 1970 to December 1989 are analyzed. It accounted for 39.5% of all the tumors biopsied in the same interval.

A report of two cases of chronic serious manganese poisoning treated with sodium para-aminosalicylic acid.

Two cases of chronic manganese poisoning were treated with sodium para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS-Na; 6 g/day in 500 ml of 10% glucose solution by intravenous drip). The results indicated that one had been clinically cured and that the other had obviously improved in clinical symptoms and signs. Thus PAS-Na appears to be an effective drug for treatment of serious chronic manganese poisoning.

The nondeletional types of Hb H disease in Guangxi.

Three primers were designed, one specific for alpha 1-globin DNA, a second for alpha 2-globin DNA, and a third that is common for both alpha 1- and alpha 2-globin DNA. These three primers can be applied for selective amplification of the two globin DNA fragments, which is useful for identification of nondeletional types of Hb H disease. Fifty-nine DNA samples of Hb H patients from Guangxi were studied by selective amplification, and 27 cases (45.

[Effects of four adrenergic drugs on electroacupuncture analgesia].

The role of central nor-epinephrine (NE) in electroacupuncture (EA) analgesia is a controversial question., it is probably due to the complication of adrenergic receptors. The present results show: (1) Clonidine 30 micrograms/2ml/kg ip had no significant effect on the pain threshold, but decreased the analgesic effect of EA.

[Hybridization experiments using Anopheles minimus from Guangxi and Yunnan].

Hybridization experiments were conducted by forced mating between Anopheles minimus from Guangxi (G) and Yunnan (Y). F1 hybrid females were all fertile with normally developed ovaries. (Y female x G male) F1 males were all sterile, with abnormally enlarged testes.

Disseminated penicilliosis marneffei in China. Report of three cases.

Three cases with disseminated Penicilliosis marneffei (PSM) are reported. They are all natives of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Among them, 2 died and 1 remains alive.

Micronuclei in mouse skin cells following in vivo exposure to benzo[a]pyrene, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, chrysene, pyrene and urethane.

Detection of micronuclei (MN) in skin cells from HRA/Skh hairless mice treated with chemical or physical agents may prove informative in qualitative and quantitative studies of skin carcinogenesis. MN induction and cell survival were estimated in cytokinesis-blocked keratinocytes, cultured for 4 days in vitro, after a single topical dose of various organic compounds. Treatment with 2.

Detection of the Hb Quong Sze mutation in a Chinese family by selective amplification of the alpha 2-globin gene and restriction map analysis with Msp I.

The polymerase chain reaction technique combined with restriction map analysis with Msp I and hybridization with synthetic oligonucleotide probes has been used to identify Hb Quong Sze [alpha 125(H8)Leu----Pro] in a Chinese family in Guangxi (Quong Sze), P. R. China.