Objective:To investigate the differential gene expression profiles in coronary heart disease(CHD) patients of blood-stasis syndrome(BSS) by oligonucleotide microarray technique,and the clinical significance of target ...Objective:To investigate the differential gene expression profiles in coronary heart disease(CHD) patients of blood-stasis syndrome(BSS) by oligonucleotide microarray technique,and the clinical significance of target gene.Methods:Subjects were assigned to CHD patients with BSS(n=8),CHD patients without BSS (n=8),and BSS patients without CHD(n=8) based on coronary angiography and the diagnostic criteria of BSS. The sex- and age-matched healthy volunteers(n=8) were enrolled as the control group.Venous blood s...展开更多
Objective： To explore the tongue manifestations for the blood-stasis and toxin syndrome in the stable patients of coronary heart disease （CHD） according to the acute cardiovascular events （ACEs） in one-year follo...Objective： To explore the tongue manifestations for the blood-stasis and toxin syndrome in the stable patients of coronary heart disease （CHD） according to the acute cardiovascular events （ACEs） in one-year follow-up which based on the pathogenesis hypothesis of ＂blood-stasis and toxin causing catastrophe＂. Methods： Totally 254 stable CHD cases were enrolled after diagnosed by coronary angiography, their tongue appearances were recorded by the digital camera of uniform type, 29 cases with ACEs during one-year follow-up were assigned in ACEs group. The non-ACEs were matched in proportion of 2：1 according to the gender, age （± 2.5 years）, diabetes mellitus history and previous acute coronary syndrome hospitalization history in the non-ACEs group, and 54 cases were eligibly included. The differences of tongue appearance between the ACEs and non-ACEs group were compared. Results： Fifteen cases manifested with bluish tongue （including bluish-grounding or bluish purple tongue）, among which 11 cases （37.9%） in the ACEs group and four cases （7.4%） in the non-ACEs group, and there was significant difference （P〈0.002）. Twenty six cases showed yellow tongue coating in the non-ACEs group, which was significantly higher than that in the ACEs group （48.1 vs. 10.3%, P=0.001）. The tongue of sticky greasy coating was more frequently occurred in the non-ACEs group than that in the ACEs group （66.7% vs. 41.4%, P=0.026）. The proportion of purplish-red sublingual vessel was higher in the ACEs group than that in the non-ACEs group （41.4% vs. 20.4%, P=0.041）. Odd ratio （OR） analysis showed that the patients with bluish tongue, purplish-red sublingual vessel, dry-greasy or dirty greasy coating were more likely to experience ACEs during one- year follow-up （OR： 11.67, 95%CI： 3.34-40.81, P〈0.001; OR： 2.76, 95%CI： 1.02-7.44, P〈0.05; OR： 3.12, 95%, CI： 0.89-10.92, P=0.066）. Conclusions： The bluish tongue （including bluish-grounding or bluish purple tongue） 展开更多
Objective： To comparatively study the expressive conditions of platelet activation related factors （GPⅠb, GPⅡb-Ⅲa and GMP-140） in healthy subjects and patients with coronary heart disease （CHD） of blood-stasis...Objective： To comparatively study the expressive conditions of platelet activation related factors （GPⅠb, GPⅡb-Ⅲa and GMP-140） in healthy subjects and patients with coronary heart disease （CHD） of blood-stasis （BS） or non-blood-stasis （non-BS） syndrome, and to analyze the relationship between the activities of various glycoproteins and the polymorphism of genes. Methods： With case control design adopted, patients with the CHD （40 of BS, 37 of non-BS） and 39 healthy subjects for control, all fitting to the inclusion criteria, were selected in this study. The number of affected coronary branches was recorded by the contrast examination. The mean fluorescence intensity （MFI） of GPⅠb, GPⅡb-Ⅲa, and GMP-140 （CD42b, CD61, CD62p） in patients and healthy persons was measured with flow cytometry, the polymorphism of HPA-3 gene was detected by Taqman probe technique and that of HPA-2 gene was determined by gene sequencing. Results： MFI of CD61 and CD62p was higher in the CHD patients than in the healthy control, which was also higher in patients of BS syndrome than in patients of non-BS syndrome （P〈0.05）; MFI of CD42b was lower in the CHD patients than in the healthy control （P〈0.05）, but showing insignificant difference between BS and non-BS syndrome （P〉0.05）; at the same time, no significant difference of all the above-mentioned three MFI could be found in patients with various numbers of affected coronary branches, neither in patients with different genotypes at GPⅡb HPA-3 and GPⅠb HPA-2 polymorphism loci （P〉0.05）. Conclusion： （1） The activities of GP Ⅱ b-Ⅲa and GMP-140 were obviously increased in the genesis and developing process of CHD and CHD of BS syndrome, and so they could be taken as one of the objective indexes for microscopic diagnosis of BS syndrome. （2） The level of GPⅠb was lower in CHD patients than in healthy persons, but it was not a sensitive indicator for BS syndrome of CHD. （3） Levels of GP Ⅱb-Ⅲa, GPⅠb a展开更多
Pattern identification （PI）, also called Bian Zheng （辨证）, syndrome differentiation, pattem diagnosis, or pattem classification, is the basic principle and the key concept of Chinese medicine （CM）. The core of ...Pattern identification （PI）, also called Bian Zheng （辨证）, syndrome differentiation, pattem diagnosis, or pattem classification, is the basic principle and the key concept of Chinese medicine （CM）. The core of PI is CM syndrome, on which CM theory, therapeutic method, prescribing formula and the use of Chinese herbal medicine are basically based. PI, in fact, is another classification method anticipated to improve the clinical efficacy. How to make an exact PI seems to be very important for taking full advantage of PI in clinical practice. Therefore, the establishment of diagnostic criterion of pattern has been the prerequisite for the standardization of PI. In recent years, a lot of diagnostic criteria of different CM patterns have been formulated. Taking the diagnostic criteria for blood-stasis syndrome as a model, the methodologies and considerations in establishing a pattern diagnostic criterion were discussed in this paper, which might be of great reference value in future PI standardization research.展开更多
Objective： To investigate whether the serum levels of inflammation-related cytokines might be different between the healthy individuals and the psoriatic patients diagnosed of three varied Chinese medicine （CM） syn...Objective： To investigate whether the serum levels of inflammation-related cytokines might be different between the healthy individuals and the psoriatic patients diagnosed of three varied Chinese medicine （CM） syndromes [blood-stasis syndrome （BSS）, blood-dryness syndrome （BDS） and wind-heat syndrome （WHS）]. Methods： A total of 62 psoriatic patients were recruited and assigned to 3 groups according to their CM syndromes, including 27 patients of BSS, 21 of BDS and 14 of WHS. Another 20 sex- and age- matched healthy subjects were enrolled into the control group. Serum concentrations of multiple cytokines, including monocyte chemotactic protein-1 （MCP-1）, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α （MIP-1α）, soluble CD40 ligand （SCD40L）, tumor necrosis factor-α （TNF-α）, epidermal growth factor （EGF）, interleukin-8 （IL-8）, interleukin-17 （IL-17）, interferon γ inducible protein-10 （IP-10） and vascular endothelial growth factor （VEGF）, were measured by a multiplexed flow cytometric assay. Results： The circulating levels of MIP-1α, TNF-α, IL-8, and IP-10 were significantly increased in the psoriatic patients compared with the healthy controls （P〈0.01）. Male and female patients tended to have higher serum levels of MCP-1 and IP-10, respectively （P〈0.05）. Interestingly, compared with the control group, 6 out of the 9 cytokines （MCP-1, MIP-1α, TNF-α, EGF, IL-8 and IP-10） were substantially increased in the BSS group （P〈0.05 or P〈0.01）, whereas only MIP-1α and IL-8 levels were elevated in the BDS group （P〈0.05 or P〈0.01） concurrent with lowered concentrations of SCD40L and IL-17 （P〈0.05）. In the WHS group, MIP-1α was the only cytokine whose level was evidently increased （P〈0.01）, in contrast to IL-17 which was decreased as compared with the control （P〈0.05）. The psoriatic patients overall owned higher levels of MIP-1 a and IL-8 in the circulation which were comparable among the 3 groups of CM syndromes （P〈0.01展开更多
基金Supported by the Major Research Plan of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90409021)
文摘Objective:To investigate the differential gene expression profiles in coronary heart disease(CHD) patients of blood-stasis syndrome(BSS) by oligonucleotide microarray technique,and the clinical significance of target gene.Methods:Subjects were assigned to CHD patients with BSS(n=8),CHD patients without BSS (n=8),and BSS patients without CHD(n=8) based on coronary angiography and the diagnostic criteria of BSS. The sex- and age-matched healthy volunteers(n=8) were enrolled as the control group.Venous blood s...
基金Supported by National Major Project for Fundamental Research and Development(No.2006CB504803)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30973702)+1 种基金Beijing Project of Science and Technology Plan(No.D08050703020801)Major Discipline Project of China-Japan Friendship Hospital
文摘Objective： To explore the tongue manifestations for the blood-stasis and toxin syndrome in the stable patients of coronary heart disease （CHD） according to the acute cardiovascular events （ACEs） in one-year follow-up which based on the pathogenesis hypothesis of ＂blood-stasis and toxin causing catastrophe＂. Methods： Totally 254 stable CHD cases were enrolled after diagnosed by coronary angiography, their tongue appearances were recorded by the digital camera of uniform type, 29 cases with ACEs during one-year follow-up were assigned in ACEs group. The non-ACEs were matched in proportion of 2：1 according to the gender, age （± 2.5 years）, diabetes mellitus history and previous acute coronary syndrome hospitalization history in the non-ACEs group, and 54 cases were eligibly included. The differences of tongue appearance between the ACEs and non-ACEs group were compared. Results： Fifteen cases manifested with bluish tongue （including bluish-grounding or bluish purple tongue）, among which 11 cases （37.9%） in the ACEs group and four cases （7.4%） in the non-ACEs group, and there was significant difference （P〈0.002）. Twenty six cases showed yellow tongue coating in the non-ACEs group, which was significantly higher than that in the ACEs group （48.1 vs. 10.3%, P=0.001）. The tongue of sticky greasy coating was more frequently occurred in the non-ACEs group than that in the ACEs group （66.7% vs. 41.4%, P=0.026）. The proportion of purplish-red sublingual vessel was higher in the ACEs group than that in the non-ACEs group （41.4% vs. 20.4%, P=0.041）. Odd ratio （OR） analysis showed that the patients with bluish tongue, purplish-red sublingual vessel, dry-greasy or dirty greasy coating were more likely to experience ACEs during one- year follow-up （OR： 11.67, 95%CI： 3.34-40.81, P〈0.001; OR： 2.76, 95%CI： 1.02-7.44, P〈0.05; OR： 3.12, 95%, CI： 0.89-10.92, P=0.066）. Conclusions： The bluish tongue （including bluish-grounding or bluish purple tongue）
基金Supported by the Major Program Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90409021)
文摘Objective： To comparatively study the expressive conditions of platelet activation related factors （GPⅠb, GPⅡb-Ⅲa and GMP-140） in healthy subjects and patients with coronary heart disease （CHD） of blood-stasis （BS） or non-blood-stasis （non-BS） syndrome, and to analyze the relationship between the activities of various glycoproteins and the polymorphism of genes. Methods： With case control design adopted, patients with the CHD （40 of BS, 37 of non-BS） and 39 healthy subjects for control, all fitting to the inclusion criteria, were selected in this study. The number of affected coronary branches was recorded by the contrast examination. The mean fluorescence intensity （MFI） of GPⅠb, GPⅡb-Ⅲa, and GMP-140 （CD42b, CD61, CD62p） in patients and healthy persons was measured with flow cytometry, the polymorphism of HPA-3 gene was detected by Taqman probe technique and that of HPA-2 gene was determined by gene sequencing. Results： MFI of CD61 and CD62p was higher in the CHD patients than in the healthy control, which was also higher in patients of BS syndrome than in patients of non-BS syndrome （P〈0.05）; MFI of CD42b was lower in the CHD patients than in the healthy control （P〈0.05）, but showing insignificant difference between BS and non-BS syndrome （P〉0.05）; at the same time, no significant difference of all the above-mentioned three MFI could be found in patients with various numbers of affected coronary branches, neither in patients with different genotypes at GPⅡb HPA-3 and GPⅠb HPA-2 polymorphism loci （P〉0.05）. Conclusion： （1） The activities of GP Ⅱ b-Ⅲa and GMP-140 were obviously increased in the genesis and developing process of CHD and CHD of BS syndrome, and so they could be taken as one of the objective indexes for microscopic diagnosis of BS syndrome. （2） The level of GPⅠb was lower in CHD patients than in healthy persons, but it was not a sensitive indicator for BS syndrome of CHD. （3） Levels of GP Ⅱb-Ⅲa, GPⅠb a
基金Supported by the Twelve Five-year Plan of China(No.2013BA113B01)
文摘Pattern identification （PI）, also called Bian Zheng （辨证）, syndrome differentiation, pattem diagnosis, or pattem classification, is the basic principle and the key concept of Chinese medicine （CM）. The core of PI is CM syndrome, on which CM theory, therapeutic method, prescribing formula and the use of Chinese herbal medicine are basically based. PI, in fact, is another classification method anticipated to improve the clinical efficacy. How to make an exact PI seems to be very important for taking full advantage of PI in clinical practice. Therefore, the establishment of diagnostic criterion of pattern has been the prerequisite for the standardization of PI. In recent years, a lot of diagnostic criteria of different CM patterns have been formulated. Taking the diagnostic criteria for blood-stasis syndrome as a model, the methodologies and considerations in establishing a pattern diagnostic criterion were discussed in this paper, which might be of great reference value in future PI standardization research.
基金Supported by the Financial Industry Technology Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province,China(No.201105)
文摘Objective： To investigate whether the serum levels of inflammation-related cytokines might be different between the healthy individuals and the psoriatic patients diagnosed of three varied Chinese medicine （CM） syndromes [blood-stasis syndrome （BSS）, blood-dryness syndrome （BDS） and wind-heat syndrome （WHS）]. Methods： A total of 62 psoriatic patients were recruited and assigned to 3 groups according to their CM syndromes, including 27 patients of BSS, 21 of BDS and 14 of WHS. Another 20 sex- and age- matched healthy subjects were enrolled into the control group. Serum concentrations of multiple cytokines, including monocyte chemotactic protein-1 （MCP-1）, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α （MIP-1α）, soluble CD40 ligand （SCD40L）, tumor necrosis factor-α （TNF-α）, epidermal growth factor （EGF）, interleukin-8 （IL-8）, interleukin-17 （IL-17）, interferon γ inducible protein-10 （IP-10） and vascular endothelial growth factor （VEGF）, were measured by a multiplexed flow cytometric assay. Results： The circulating levels of MIP-1α, TNF-α, IL-8, and IP-10 were significantly increased in the psoriatic patients compared with the healthy controls （P〈0.01）. Male and female patients tended to have higher serum levels of MCP-1 and IP-10, respectively （P〈0.05）. Interestingly, compared with the control group, 6 out of the 9 cytokines （MCP-1, MIP-1α, TNF-α, EGF, IL-8 and IP-10） were substantially increased in the BSS group （P〈0.05 or P〈0.01）, whereas only MIP-1α and IL-8 levels were elevated in the BDS group （P〈0.05 or P〈0.01） concurrent with lowered concentrations of SCD40L and IL-17 （P〈0.05）. In the WHS group, MIP-1α was the only cytokine whose level was evidently increased （P〈0.01）, in contrast to IL-17 which was decreased as compared with the control （P〈0.05）. The psoriatic patients overall owned higher levels of MIP-1 a and IL-8 in the circulation which were comparable among the 3 groups of CM syndromes （P〈0.01
