31 cases of atherosclerosis (AS) were treated with Jiang Zhi Tong Mai Fang ([symbol: see text], formula of JZTMF), and its effect was compared with 30 cases treated with lovastatin in the control group. Clinically, th...31 cases of atherosclerosis (AS) were treated with Jiang Zhi Tong Mai Fang ([symbol: see text], formula of JZTMF), and its effect was compared with 30 cases treated with lovastatin in the control group. Clinically, the JZTMF formula showed an effect of regulating blood lipids, and therefore it was antiatherosclerotic. The mechanism is, probably, restoration of the function of endothelial cells (EC) by increasing the synthesis of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and decreasing the release of endothelin (ET) as evidenced in the experimental study.展开更多
AIM:rAAV mediated endostatin gene therapy has been examined as a new method for treating cancer.However, a sustained and high protein delivery is required to achieve the desired therapeutic effects.We evaluated the im...AIM:rAAV mediated endostatin gene therapy has been examined as a new method for treating cancer.However, a sustained and high protein delivery is required to achieve the desired therapeutic effects.We evaluated the impact of topoisomerase inhibitors in rAAV delivered endostatin gene therapy in a liver tumor model. METHODS:rAAV containing endostatin expression cassettes were transduced into hepatoma cell lines.To test whether the topoisomerase inhibitor pretreatment increased the expression of endostatin,Western blotting and ELISA were performed.The biologic activity of endostatin was confirmed by endothelial cell proliferation and tube formation assays. The anti-tumor effects of the rAAV-endostatin vector combined with a topoisomerase inhibitor,etoposide,were evaluated in a mouse liver tumor model. RESULTS:Topoisomerase inhibitors,including camptothecin and etoposide,were found to increase the endostatin exPression level in vitro.The over-expressed endostatin, as a result of pretreatment with a topoisomerase inhibitor, was also biologically active.In animal experiments,the combined therapy of topoisomerase inhibitor,etoposide with the rAAV-endostatin vector had the best tumor- suppressive effect and tumor foci were barely observed in livers of the treated mice.Pretreatment with an etoposide increased the level of endostatin in the liver and serum of rAAV-endostatin treated mice.Finally,the mice treated With rAAV-endostatin in combination with etoposide showed the longest survival among the experimental models. CONCLUSION:rAAV delivered endostatin gene therapy in combination with a topoisomerase inhibitor pretreatment is an effective modality for anticancer gene therapy.展开更多
背景:临床上血管支架的使用涉及高昂的医疗费用,但同时也可能在减少患者心血管事件、改善生活质量等方面带来长期的效益,而经济学评估可以帮助决策者更好地理解治疗方法的成本与效益之间的平衡。目的:分析卫生经济学相关文献,探讨血管...背景:临床上血管支架的使用涉及高昂的医疗费用,但同时也可能在减少患者心血管事件、改善生活质量等方面带来长期的效益,而经济学评估可以帮助决策者更好地理解治疗方法的成本与效益之间的平衡。目的:分析卫生经济学相关文献,探讨血管支架效果与问题在医疗质量管理研究中的热点。方法:检索Web of Science核心集数据库关于血管支架的卫生经济学评价文献,采用VOSviewer_1.6.19软件对年度发文量、机构、国家和关键词等进行可视化分析,最后从卫生经济学和医疗质量管理角度分析血管支架效果与问题的研究热点。结果与结论:①最终纳入英文文献120篇,近10年此领域研究发文最高的年份是2019年,发文10篇,发文量最多的机构是美国哈佛大学(发文20篇),发文量最多的国家是美国(发文58篇)。②关键词聚类分析显示,裸金属支架和药物洗脱支架在冠脉疾病中的成本效果分析、血管成形术支架干预的成本效益分析、经皮冠状动脉介入治疗中应用冠脉支架的效果,这3个聚类研究方向为血管支架研究领域的卫生经济学评估的研究热点。③进一步总结医疗管理质量背景下血管支架治疗效果的研究热点为:血管支架的长期效果、安全性、药物释放机制研究、个体化治疗、再狭窄问题和支架镶嵌技术。④高被引文献分析结果显示,药物洗脱支架释放药物以减少血管再狭窄的风险,与裸金属支架相比再狭窄率较低,但通常成本较高;生物降解支架是结合裸金属支架和药物洗脱支架的优点,即避免长期的支架存在和减少再狭窄的风险,但它们的成本可能会更高,而且短期内可能会有一些并发症,目前应用并不广泛。⑤在进行血管支架成本效果比较时,除了直接的支架成本外,还需要考虑的因素包括支架再干预的风险和成本、并发症的风险和成本、药物治疗的持续时间和成本、患者的生活质量。因此,虽然药物洗脱支架和生物降解支架的初始成本可能高于裸金属支架,但它们可能在长期内带来更好的临床结果,从而产生更有利的成本效果。⑥未来的研究方向应注重个性化的血管支架治疗决策的制定、观察支架治疗的长期效果、支架对患者生活质量的影响、制定卫生政策、医疗资源合理分配及长期随访机制的建立。展开更多
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the direct effects of the Flt3 ligand (FL) on hematopoiesis, such as the stimulation of the formation of hematopoietic colonies and the proliferation of dendritic cells, as well as the indire...OBJECTIVE: To investigate the direct effects of the Flt3 ligand (FL) on hematopoiesis, such as the stimulation of the formation of hematopoietic colonies and the proliferation of dendritic cells, as well as the indirect stimulation of hematopoiesis, especially via the proliferation of endothelial cells. METHODS: Mononuclear cells from human cord blood were plated in methylcellulose medium containing different cytokines to induce hematopoietic colony formation. Dendritic cells (DCs) were induced from the mononuclear cells with a cytokine cocktail with or without recombinant human soluble FL (rhFL; 100 ng/ml). The Flt3 receptors on the surface of a human microvascular endothelial cell line (ECV) were analyzed by flow cytometry. The proliferation of ECV stimulated by rhFL was measured with the microculture tetrazolium assay. The levels of FL, IL-6, IL-8, G-CSF and GM-CSF in the supernatant of ECV cultures were measured by enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: rhFL stimulates colony formation from cord blood when used as a sole stimulant. FL in combination with other cytokines increased colony formation significantly. The number of DCs was approximately 2.5 times higher when rhFL was used. rhFL stimulates the proliferation of ECV on which Flt3 receptors are expressed. Furthermore, ECV secretes FL, IL-6, IL-8, G-CSF and GM-CSF, which were augmented by tumor necrosis factor-alpha and rhFL. CONCLUSIONS: rhFL enhances hematopoietic colony formation and DC proliferation from human cord blood cells. FL not only stimulates the proliferation of ECV, but is also secreted by ECV. FL may exert direct and indirect effects on hematopoiesis.展开更多
目的:比较研究槲皮素与芦丁对离体大鼠胸主动脉环的作用及其可能的途径。方法:采用累积加药法,检测槲皮素和芦丁对去氧肾上腺素(pheny lephrine,PE)预收缩的胸主动脉环张力的影响。结果:槲皮素对离体大鼠内皮完整和去内皮的胸主动脉环...目的:比较研究槲皮素与芦丁对离体大鼠胸主动脉环的作用及其可能的途径。方法:采用累积加药法,检测槲皮素和芦丁对去氧肾上腺素(pheny lephrine,PE)预收缩的胸主动脉环张力的影响。结果:槲皮素对离体大鼠内皮完整和去内皮的胸主动脉环均有浓度依赖性的舒张作用,而芦丁对PE预收缩血管的舒张作用是内皮依赖性的。槲皮素和芦丁对内皮完整的胸主动脉环的最大舒张反应分别为(77.20±6.11)%和(44.28±7.48)%,但两者对内皮完整的胸主动脉环最大舒张的半数有效浓度无明显差异。用一氧化氮合酶抑制剂L-NAM E(0.1 mm o l/L)预处理后,可阻断芦丁诱导的舒张血管作用,但不能阻断槲皮素引起的舒张血管作用;用鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂亚甲蓝(10μm o l/L)预处理后,两者的血管舒张作用均被阻断。用环氧合酶抑制剂吲哚美辛(10μm o l/L)预处理后可减弱槲皮素诱导的舒张血管作用,但不能阻断芦丁引起的舒张血管作用。结论:槲皮素的舒血管作用强于芦丁,槲皮素可能是通过鸟苷酸环化酶和环氧合酶途径产生非内皮依赖性的血管舒张作用,而芦丁可能是通过NO-鸟苷酸环化酶途径产生内皮依赖性的血管舒张作用。展开更多
文摘31 cases of atherosclerosis (AS) were treated with Jiang Zhi Tong Mai Fang ([symbol: see text], formula of JZTMF), and its effect was compared with 30 cases treated with lovastatin in the control group. Clinically, the JZTMF formula showed an effect of regulating blood lipids, and therefore it was antiatherosclerotic. The mechanism is, probably, restoration of the function of endothelial cells (EC) by increasing the synthesis of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and decreasing the release of endothelin (ET) as evidenced in the experimental study.
基金Supported by a faculty research grant of Yonsei University College of Medicine for 2002,No.2002-06
文摘AIM:rAAV mediated endostatin gene therapy has been examined as a new method for treating cancer.However, a sustained and high protein delivery is required to achieve the desired therapeutic effects.We evaluated the impact of topoisomerase inhibitors in rAAV delivered endostatin gene therapy in a liver tumor model. METHODS:rAAV containing endostatin expression cassettes were transduced into hepatoma cell lines.To test whether the topoisomerase inhibitor pretreatment increased the expression of endostatin,Western blotting and ELISA were performed.The biologic activity of endostatin was confirmed by endothelial cell proliferation and tube formation assays. The anti-tumor effects of the rAAV-endostatin vector combined with a topoisomerase inhibitor,etoposide,were evaluated in a mouse liver tumor model. RESULTS:Topoisomerase inhibitors,including camptothecin and etoposide,were found to increase the endostatin exPression level in vitro.The over-expressed endostatin, as a result of pretreatment with a topoisomerase inhibitor, was also biologically active.In animal experiments,the combined therapy of topoisomerase inhibitor,etoposide with the rAAV-endostatin vector had the best tumor- suppressive effect and tumor foci were barely observed in livers of the treated mice.Pretreatment with an etoposide increased the level of endostatin in the liver and serum of rAAV-endostatin treated mice.Finally,the mice treated With rAAV-endostatin in combination with etoposide showed the longest survival among the experimental models. CONCLUSION:rAAV delivered endostatin gene therapy in combination with a topoisomerase inhibitor pretreatment is an effective modality for anticancer gene therapy.
文摘背景:临床上血管支架的使用涉及高昂的医疗费用,但同时也可能在减少患者心血管事件、改善生活质量等方面带来长期的效益,而经济学评估可以帮助决策者更好地理解治疗方法的成本与效益之间的平衡。目的:分析卫生经济学相关文献,探讨血管支架效果与问题在医疗质量管理研究中的热点。方法:检索Web of Science核心集数据库关于血管支架的卫生经济学评价文献,采用VOSviewer_1.6.19软件对年度发文量、机构、国家和关键词等进行可视化分析,最后从卫生经济学和医疗质量管理角度分析血管支架效果与问题的研究热点。结果与结论:①最终纳入英文文献120篇,近10年此领域研究发文最高的年份是2019年,发文10篇,发文量最多的机构是美国哈佛大学(发文20篇),发文量最多的国家是美国(发文58篇)。②关键词聚类分析显示,裸金属支架和药物洗脱支架在冠脉疾病中的成本效果分析、血管成形术支架干预的成本效益分析、经皮冠状动脉介入治疗中应用冠脉支架的效果,这3个聚类研究方向为血管支架研究领域的卫生经济学评估的研究热点。③进一步总结医疗管理质量背景下血管支架治疗效果的研究热点为:血管支架的长期效果、安全性、药物释放机制研究、个体化治疗、再狭窄问题和支架镶嵌技术。④高被引文献分析结果显示,药物洗脱支架释放药物以减少血管再狭窄的风险,与裸金属支架相比再狭窄率较低,但通常成本较高;生物降解支架是结合裸金属支架和药物洗脱支架的优点,即避免长期的支架存在和减少再狭窄的风险,但它们的成本可能会更高,而且短期内可能会有一些并发症,目前应用并不广泛。⑤在进行血管支架成本效果比较时,除了直接的支架成本外,还需要考虑的因素包括支架再干预的风险和成本、并发症的风险和成本、药物治疗的持续时间和成本、患者的生活质量。因此,虽然药物洗脱支架和生物降解支架的初始成本可能高于裸金属支架,但它们可能在长期内带来更好的临床结果,从而产生更有利的成本效果。⑥未来的研究方向应注重个性化的血管支架治疗决策的制定、观察支架治疗的长期效果、支架对患者生活质量的影响、制定卫生政策、医疗资源合理分配及长期随访机制的建立。
基金agrantfromtheIAEAFoundationfortheProtectionofAcuteIrradiationInjury (No CPR/9/0 2 5 )
文摘OBJECTIVE: To investigate the direct effects of the Flt3 ligand (FL) on hematopoiesis, such as the stimulation of the formation of hematopoietic colonies and the proliferation of dendritic cells, as well as the indirect stimulation of hematopoiesis, especially via the proliferation of endothelial cells. METHODS: Mononuclear cells from human cord blood were plated in methylcellulose medium containing different cytokines to induce hematopoietic colony formation. Dendritic cells (DCs) were induced from the mononuclear cells with a cytokine cocktail with or without recombinant human soluble FL (rhFL; 100 ng/ml). The Flt3 receptors on the surface of a human microvascular endothelial cell line (ECV) were analyzed by flow cytometry. The proliferation of ECV stimulated by rhFL was measured with the microculture tetrazolium assay. The levels of FL, IL-6, IL-8, G-CSF and GM-CSF in the supernatant of ECV cultures were measured by enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: rhFL stimulates colony formation from cord blood when used as a sole stimulant. FL in combination with other cytokines increased colony formation significantly. The number of DCs was approximately 2.5 times higher when rhFL was used. rhFL stimulates the proliferation of ECV on which Flt3 receptors are expressed. Furthermore, ECV secretes FL, IL-6, IL-8, G-CSF and GM-CSF, which were augmented by tumor necrosis factor-alpha and rhFL. CONCLUSIONS: rhFL enhances hematopoietic colony formation and DC proliferation from human cord blood cells. FL not only stimulates the proliferation of ECV, but is also secreted by ECV. FL may exert direct and indirect effects on hematopoiesis.
文摘目的:比较研究槲皮素与芦丁对离体大鼠胸主动脉环的作用及其可能的途径。方法:采用累积加药法,检测槲皮素和芦丁对去氧肾上腺素(pheny lephrine,PE)预收缩的胸主动脉环张力的影响。结果:槲皮素对离体大鼠内皮完整和去内皮的胸主动脉环均有浓度依赖性的舒张作用,而芦丁对PE预收缩血管的舒张作用是内皮依赖性的。槲皮素和芦丁对内皮完整的胸主动脉环的最大舒张反应分别为(77.20±6.11)%和(44.28±7.48)%,但两者对内皮完整的胸主动脉环最大舒张的半数有效浓度无明显差异。用一氧化氮合酶抑制剂L-NAM E(0.1 mm o l/L)预处理后,可阻断芦丁诱导的舒张血管作用,但不能阻断槲皮素引起的舒张血管作用;用鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂亚甲蓝(10μm o l/L)预处理后,两者的血管舒张作用均被阻断。用环氧合酶抑制剂吲哚美辛(10μm o l/L)预处理后可减弱槲皮素诱导的舒张血管作用,但不能阻断芦丁引起的舒张血管作用。结论:槲皮素的舒血管作用强于芦丁,槲皮素可能是通过鸟苷酸环化酶和环氧合酶途径产生非内皮依赖性的血管舒张作用,而芦丁可能是通过NO-鸟苷酸环化酶途径产生内皮依赖性的血管舒张作用。
