Pathological angiogenesis of liver which includes liver sinusoidal capillarization due to lose of fenestraes of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells(LSECs) and formation of new vascular, is a crucial mechanism respons...Pathological angiogenesis of liver which includes liver sinusoidal capillarization due to lose of fenestraes of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells(LSECs) and formation of new vascular, is a crucial mechanism responsible for origination and development of liver fibrosis and closely involves in the development of cirrhosis and hepatic cancer. Anti-neovascularization medicine such as sorafenib can decrease portosystemic shunts, improve splanchnic hyperdynamic circulation, lower portal hypertension, while it can not be applied in clinic due to its serious toxic and side reactions. Chinese herbal formula can effectively inhibit pathological angiogenesis of liver, improve microcirculation of liver, and decrease the probability of gastrointestinal hemorrhage in cirrhotic patients. Different Chinese herbal formula are of different characteristics on inhibiting pathological angiogenesis in liver fibrosis, which partly explains synergistic effect of different compatibility of Chinese materia medica and opens up good vista for Chinese medicine against liver fibrosis through inhibiting angiogenesis.展开更多
Objective:To assess the methodological quality of clinical research on Chinese medicine(CM)applied by infra-arterial infusion in treating primary liver cancer(PLC).Methods:Cochrane Central Register of Controlled...Objective:To assess the methodological quality of clinical research on Chinese medicine(CM)applied by infra-arterial infusion in treating primary liver cancer(PLC).Methods:Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials(CENTRAL),PubMed,and three Chinese databases,including Chinese BioMedical Database(CBM),China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI)and China Academic Journal(VIP)were searched.Chinese articles were also searched manually in 16 journals.Two reviewers independently selected studies,the quality of literatures were assessed according to the Cochrane Collaboration method of quality assessment.Results:A total of 14 articles met the inclusion criteria for this review.Only three of these articles described the randomization method used.None of the studies was blinded.All of the articles didn't report the calculation of the sample size.Only six studies mentioned adverse reactions.All of the studies were of grade C according to the Cochrane Collaboration method.Six studies reported results of survival,and only two of these reported better efficacy in the treatment groups.Conclusions:The quality of studies concerned intra-arterial infusion of CM in treating with PLC was poor and the exact effect of these medicines still need evaluation.Well designed RCTs with large sample sizes,adequate follow-up data and reliable methods of assessment are needed to better appraise the real effect of CMs in the treatment of PLC patients.展开更多
文摘Pathological angiogenesis of liver which includes liver sinusoidal capillarization due to lose of fenestraes of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells(LSECs) and formation of new vascular, is a crucial mechanism responsible for origination and development of liver fibrosis and closely involves in the development of cirrhosis and hepatic cancer. Anti-neovascularization medicine such as sorafenib can decrease portosystemic shunts, improve splanchnic hyperdynamic circulation, lower portal hypertension, while it can not be applied in clinic due to its serious toxic and side reactions. Chinese herbal formula can effectively inhibit pathological angiogenesis of liver, improve microcirculation of liver, and decrease the probability of gastrointestinal hemorrhage in cirrhotic patients. Different Chinese herbal formula are of different characteristics on inhibiting pathological angiogenesis in liver fibrosis, which partly explains synergistic effect of different compatibility of Chinese materia medica and opens up good vista for Chinese medicine against liver fibrosis through inhibiting angiogenesis.
文摘Objective:To assess the methodological quality of clinical research on Chinese medicine(CM)applied by infra-arterial infusion in treating primary liver cancer(PLC).Methods:Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials(CENTRAL),PubMed,and three Chinese databases,including Chinese BioMedical Database(CBM),China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI)and China Academic Journal(VIP)were searched.Chinese articles were also searched manually in 16 journals.Two reviewers independently selected studies,the quality of literatures were assessed according to the Cochrane Collaboration method of quality assessment.Results:A total of 14 articles met the inclusion criteria for this review.Only three of these articles described the randomization method used.None of the studies was blinded.All of the articles didn't report the calculation of the sample size.Only six studies mentioned adverse reactions.All of the studies were of grade C according to the Cochrane Collaboration method.Six studies reported results of survival,and only two of these reported better efficacy in the treatment groups.Conclusions:The quality of studies concerned intra-arterial infusion of CM in treating with PLC was poor and the exact effect of these medicines still need evaluation.Well designed RCTs with large sample sizes,adequate follow-up data and reliable methods of assessment are needed to better appraise the real effect of CMs in the treatment of PLC patients.