AIM: Cardiotonic Pill (CP), an oral herbal medicine that includes Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae), Panax notoginseny and Dyroblanops aromatica gaertn, has been clinically used for vascular diseases such as occlusive v...AIM: Cardiotonic Pill (CP), an oral herbal medicine that includes Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae), Panax notoginseny and Dyroblanops aromatica gaertn, has been clinically used for vascular diseases such as occlusive vasculitis, coronary diseases, atherosclerosis, and cerebral infarction. The main component, SaMae Miltiorrhizae, has been reported to prevent cerebral and intestinal reperfusion injury. However, little is known about the effect of CP on hepatic microcirculation.Thus, this study aimed to determine whether CP could affect hepatic microvascular dysfunction elicited by gut ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in rats fed ethanol chronically.METHODS: Male Wistar rats were pair-fed with a liquid diet containing ethanol or isocaloric control diet for 6 wk. After laparotomy, one lobe of the liver was examined through an inverted intravital microscope. The rats were exposed to 30 rain of gut ischemia followed by 60 rain of reperfusion.Rhodamine-6G-labeled leukocytes in the sinusoids were observed 90 rain after the onset of superior mesenteric artery ocdusion. Plasma tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and endotoxin levels were measured 1 h after the onset of reperfusion.Plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities were measured 6 h after the onset of reperfusion. In another set of experiments, CP (0.8 g/kg, intragastrically) was administered 1 and 24 h before the onset of ischemia.RESULTS: In control rats, gut I/R elicited increases in the number of stationary leukocytes, and plasma TNF-α and endotoxin levels and plasma ALT activities. These changes were mitigated by pretreatment with CP. In ethanol-fed rats,the gut I/R-induced increases in the number of stationary leukooltes, plasma endotoxin levels and ALT activities were enhanced. Pretreat^nent with CP attenuated the enhancement of gut I/R-induced responses by chronic ethanol consumption.CONCLUSION: These results suggest that CP prevents the gut I/R-induced hepatic microvascular dysfunction and hepatocellular injury. A reduction of inflammatory responses such as TNF-α production via reduction of blood endotoxin levels appears to be involved in the mechanisms. Chronic ethanol consumption enhances gut I/R-induced hepatic microvascular and hepatocellular injury. CP also attenuates an enhancement of gut I/R-induced responses by chronic ethanol consumption via the reduction of blood endotoxin levels.展开更多
AIM: Cardiovascular autonomic and peripheral sensory neuropathy is a known complication of chronic alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases. We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for peripheral sensory ...AIM: Cardiovascular autonomic and peripheral sensory neuropathy is a known complication of chronic alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases. We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for peripheral sensory nerve and autonomic dysfunction using sensitive methods in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). METHODS: Twenty-four AMA M2 positive female patients with clinical, biochemical and histological evidence of PBC and 20 age matched healthy female subjects were studied. Five standard cardiovascular reflex tests and 24-h heart rate variability (HRV) analysis were performed to define autonomic function. Peripheral sensory nerve function on median and peroneal nerves was characterized by current perception threshold (CPT), measured by a neuroselective diagnostic stimulator (Neurotron, Baltimore, MD). RESULTS: Fourteen of 24 patients (58%) had at least one abnormal cardiovascular reflex test and thirteen (54%) had peripheral sensory neuropathy. Lower heart rate response to deep breathing (P=0.001), standing (P=0.03) and Valsalva manoeuvre (P=0.01), and more profound decrease of blood pressure after standing (P=0.03) was found in PBC patients than in controls. As a novel finding we proved that both time domain and frequency domain parameters of 24-h HRV were significantly reduced in PBC patients compared to controls. Each patient had at least one abnormal parameter of HRV. Lower CPT values indicated hyperaesthesia as a characteristic feature at peroneal nerve testing at three frequencies (2000 Hz: P=0.005; 250 Hz: P=0.002; 5 Hz: P=0.004) in PBC compared to controls. Correlation of autonomic dysfunction with the severity and duration of the disease was observed. Lower total power of HRV correlated with lower CPT values at median nerve testing at 250 Hz (P = 0.0001) and at 5 Hz (P=0.002), as well as with those at peroneal nerve testing at 2000 Hz (P=0.01). CONCLUSION: Autonomic and sensory nerve dysfunctions are frequent in PBC. Twenty-four-hour HRV analysis is more sensitive than standard cardiovascular tests for detecting of both parasympathetic and sympathetic impairments. Our novel data suggest that hyperaesthesia is a characteristic feature of peripheral sensory neuropathy and might contribute to itching in PBC. Autonomic dysfunction is related to the duration and severity of PBC.展开更多
We read with interest the review paper by Tao et al. on thetopic of early severe acute pancreatifis (EASP, defined as severeacute pancreatitis according to the Altanta criteria, with organdysfunction within 72 h after...We read with interest the review paper by Tao et al. on thetopic of early severe acute pancreatifis (EASP, defined as severeacute pancreatitis according to the Altanta criteria, with organdysfunction within 72 h after the start of symptoms) in a recentissue of the World Journal of Gastroenterology. It addressesan important problem in patients with severe acute pancreatitis,namely early organ dysfunction and its effect on outcomes.展开更多
9903096 半面痉挛:内锐血管减压术/Magnan J∥Otolaryngol Head Surg.-1997,117(4).-308～314 一军大 9903097 在面瘫康复中应用肉毒杆菌的促进作用/Bikhazi N B∥Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.-1997,117(4).-303～307
《论法国变革之路——法令改变不了社会》(On ne change pas la societe pardeclet)是中国社会科学院《西欧译丛》的一种,1986年由上海译文出版社出版,程小林、沈雁南、王大东、杨祖功译。作者米歇尔·克罗齐埃(Michel Crozier)是...《论法国变革之路——法令改变不了社会》(On ne change pas la societe pardeclet)是中国社会科学院《西欧译丛》的一种,1986年由上海译文出版社出版,程小林、沈雁南、王大东、杨祖功译。作者米歇尔·克罗齐埃(Michel Crozier)是法国国家科学研究中心高级研究员。克罗齐埃长期从事对有关政府部门、企业等社会结构体系的研究,《论法国变革之路》就是作者对这些权力和组织的实际功能进行社会学调查的结果。作者从社会学角度,在充实的资料基础上,分析了当代法国社会的弊病,提出并探讨改革的途径。展开更多
文摘AIM: Cardiotonic Pill (CP), an oral herbal medicine that includes Danshen (Salviae Miltiorrhizae), Panax notoginseny and Dyroblanops aromatica gaertn, has been clinically used for vascular diseases such as occlusive vasculitis, coronary diseases, atherosclerosis, and cerebral infarction. The main component, SaMae Miltiorrhizae, has been reported to prevent cerebral and intestinal reperfusion injury. However, little is known about the effect of CP on hepatic microcirculation.Thus, this study aimed to determine whether CP could affect hepatic microvascular dysfunction elicited by gut ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in rats fed ethanol chronically.METHODS: Male Wistar rats were pair-fed with a liquid diet containing ethanol or isocaloric control diet for 6 wk. After laparotomy, one lobe of the liver was examined through an inverted intravital microscope. The rats were exposed to 30 rain of gut ischemia followed by 60 rain of reperfusion.Rhodamine-6G-labeled leukocytes in the sinusoids were observed 90 rain after the onset of superior mesenteric artery ocdusion. Plasma tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and endotoxin levels were measured 1 h after the onset of reperfusion.Plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities were measured 6 h after the onset of reperfusion. In another set of experiments, CP (0.8 g/kg, intragastrically) was administered 1 and 24 h before the onset of ischemia.RESULTS: In control rats, gut I/R elicited increases in the number of stationary leukocytes, and plasma TNF-α and endotoxin levels and plasma ALT activities. These changes were mitigated by pretreatment with CP. In ethanol-fed rats,the gut I/R-induced increases in the number of stationary leukooltes, plasma endotoxin levels and ALT activities were enhanced. Pretreat^nent with CP attenuated the enhancement of gut I/R-induced responses by chronic ethanol consumption.CONCLUSION: These results suggest that CP prevents the gut I/R-induced hepatic microvascular dysfunction and hepatocellular injury. A reduction of inflammatory responses such as TNF-α production via reduction of blood endotoxin levels appears to be involved in the mechanisms. Chronic ethanol consumption enhances gut I/R-induced hepatic microvascular and hepatocellular injury. CP also attenuates an enhancement of gut I/R-induced responses by chronic ethanol consumption via the reduction of blood endotoxin levels.
文摘AIM: Cardiovascular autonomic and peripheral sensory neuropathy is a known complication of chronic alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases. We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for peripheral sensory nerve and autonomic dysfunction using sensitive methods in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). METHODS: Twenty-four AMA M2 positive female patients with clinical, biochemical and histological evidence of PBC and 20 age matched healthy female subjects were studied. Five standard cardiovascular reflex tests and 24-h heart rate variability (HRV) analysis were performed to define autonomic function. Peripheral sensory nerve function on median and peroneal nerves was characterized by current perception threshold (CPT), measured by a neuroselective diagnostic stimulator (Neurotron, Baltimore, MD). RESULTS: Fourteen of 24 patients (58%) had at least one abnormal cardiovascular reflex test and thirteen (54%) had peripheral sensory neuropathy. Lower heart rate response to deep breathing (P=0.001), standing (P=0.03) and Valsalva manoeuvre (P=0.01), and more profound decrease of blood pressure after standing (P=0.03) was found in PBC patients than in controls. As a novel finding we proved that both time domain and frequency domain parameters of 24-h HRV were significantly reduced in PBC patients compared to controls. Each patient had at least one abnormal parameter of HRV. Lower CPT values indicated hyperaesthesia as a characteristic feature at peroneal nerve testing at three frequencies (2000 Hz: P=0.005; 250 Hz: P=0.002; 5 Hz: P=0.004) in PBC compared to controls. Correlation of autonomic dysfunction with the severity and duration of the disease was observed. Lower total power of HRV correlated with lower CPT values at median nerve testing at 250 Hz (P = 0.0001) and at 5 Hz (P=0.002), as well as with those at peroneal nerve testing at 2000 Hz (P=0.01). CONCLUSION: Autonomic and sensory nerve dysfunctions are frequent in PBC. Twenty-four-hour HRV analysis is more sensitive than standard cardiovascular tests for detecting of both parasympathetic and sympathetic impairments. Our novel data suggest that hyperaesthesia is a characteristic feature of peripheral sensory neuropathy and might contribute to itching in PBC. Autonomic dysfunction is related to the duration and severity of PBC.
文摘We read with interest the review paper by Tao et al. on thetopic of early severe acute pancreatifis (EASP, defined as severeacute pancreatitis according to the Altanta criteria, with organdysfunction within 72 h after the start of symptoms) in a recentissue of the World Journal of Gastroenterology. It addressesan important problem in patients with severe acute pancreatitis,namely early organ dysfunction and its effect on outcomes.
文摘9903096 半面痉挛:内锐血管减压术/Magnan J∥Otolaryngol Head Surg.-1997,117(4).-308～314 一军大 9903097 在面瘫康复中应用肉毒杆菌的促进作用/Bikhazi N B∥Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.-1997,117(4).-303～307
文摘《论法国变革之路——法令改变不了社会》(On ne change pas la societe pardeclet)是中国社会科学院《西欧译丛》的一种,1986年由上海译文出版社出版,程小林、沈雁南、王大东、杨祖功译。作者米歇尔·克罗齐埃(Michel Crozier)是法国国家科学研究中心高级研究员。克罗齐埃长期从事对有关政府部门、企业等社会结构体系的研究,《论法国变革之路》就是作者对这些权力和组织的实际功能进行社会学调查的结果。作者从社会学角度,在充实的资料基础上,分析了当代法国社会的弊病,提出并探讨改革的途径。
