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简介：BACKGROUND:ToevaluatethequalityoftheliteratureaddressingtraditionalChinesemedicinefortreatingParkinson'sdisease.DATASOURCE:Acomputer-basedonlinesearchofChinesepublicationsfromJanuary2001toJuly2008wasconductedinChineseBiologyMedicalDiscDatabaseandChinaNationalKnowledgeInfrastructure.SearchkeywordswereParkinson'sdisease,integratedtraditionalChineseandWesternmedicine,traditionalChinesemedicinetherapy,andChineseherbtherapy.DATASELECTION:Articlesdescribingrandomized,controlledtrialsandquasi-randomized,controlledtrialswereincluded.Literaturequalitywasassessedusingthecriteria-SystematicevaluationofclinicalliteraturerelatedtotreatmentofParkinson'sdiseasewithtraditionalChinesemedicine.Thisincludedmethodology,interventionsinthetreatment/controlgroup,evaluationcriterionofoutcomes,andfrequency.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:Evaluationcriterionofoutcomes(variousscoremethodsandevaluationscales),methodologicalquality,andfrequencydistributionwereallmeasured.RESULTS:Atotalof33articleswithrandomized,controlledtrialswereincluded.Ofthese,sixdescribedarandommethod,andtheremainingdidnotdescriberandomallocationmethodsorrandomsequencegenerationmethods.Noneofthestudiesestimatedsamplesize.Casedescriptionsofwithdrawalandlosstofollow-upwereunclear.BoththeUnifiedParkinson'sDiseaseRatingScaleandWebsterscalewereusedintheeligiblestudiesasevaluationcriteria.CONCLUSION:Therearenohigh-qualitystudiesthataddresstraditionalChinesemedicinetherapyandintegratedtraditionalChineseandWesternmedicinefortreatingParkinson'sdiseaseinChina.EligiblestudieswerenotperformedinaccordancewithConsolidatedStandardsofReportingTrialsstatementorStandardsforReportingInterventionsinControlledTrialsofAcupuncturecriteria,andtheliteraturequalitywaslow.ThepresentlyusedcriteriaforevaluatingtherapeuticeffectsdonotcompletelyassessoutcomesoftraditionalCh

简介：Theangiotensin-convertingenzymegeneisacandidategeneofstroke.Thepresentstudyinvolved62healthyvolunteersand148patientswithmiddlecerebralarterystenosisasconfirmedbybraincolorultrasoundfromaHanpopulationinNorthChina,anddeterminedtheperipheralbloodangiotensin-convertingenzymegenotypeusingPCR-restrictionfragmentlengthpolymorphismanalysis.TheresultsshowedthatthefrequenciesoftheDDgenotypeandDallelewereincreasedinpatientswithmiddlecerebralarterystenosis,butthedifferencewasnotstatisticallysignificantcomparedwithhealthycontrols.ThefindingsofthisstudyontherelationshipbetweenstrokegenesandmiddlecerebralarterystenosisindicatenosignificantcorrelationbetweenthefrequenciesoftheDDgenotypeandDalleleofangiotensin-convertingenzymeandmiddlecerebralarterystenosisinthisHanpopulationfromNorthChina.Inthefuture,studieswillbecarriedouttoinvestigatecorrelationsbetweenmultiplestrokecandidategenesynergyandmiddlecerebralarterystenosistoprovideafoundationforthedevelopmentofgenetherapy.

简介：BACKGROUND:Increasingevidencesuggestsoverlappedgeneticsusceptibilityacrosstraditionalclassificationsystemsthatdividedpsychoticdisordersintoschizophreniaoraffectivedisorder.OBJECTIVE:ThisstudyaimedtoexplorewhetherschizophreniaandaffectivedisordersharegeneticsusceptibilityinNOTCH4andGRIK2lociinapopulationofHanChinese.DESIGN:Repetitivemeasurements.SETTING:TheexperimentwascarriedoutatShanghaiMentalHealthCenterandHongkouMentalHealthCenterofShanghaibetweenJanuary2001andJune2004.PARTICIPANTS:Sixty-fivemixedpedigrees(sufferingfromvariousdiseases,incombinationwithschizophreniaandaffectivedisorder),composedof45completedtriosand20single-parentfamilies,wereselectedfromShanghaiMentalHealthCenterandHongkouMentalHealthCenterofShanghaibetweenJanuary2001andJune2004.ProbandsreceivedclinicaldiagnosisaccordingtoICD-10;anindependentclinicianusedidenticalcriteriatoreviewalldiagnoses.AllsubjectswereHanChineseinoriginandprovidedinformedconsent.Therewere65probandsand110parentsamongthesubjects.Theprobandscomprised30malesand35females:33withschizophrenia,32withaffectivedisorder,meanageof(30.9±9.8)years,meanageofonset(24.3±8.8)years,meanduration(6.6±7.0)years,andmeanageofparents(58.8±10.9)years.METHODS:DNAsamplesfromprobandsandtheirbiologicalparentswereextractedfromperipheralbloodaccordingtostandardmethods.Fourpolymorphisms,-1725T/Gand-25T/CinNOTCH4,rs6922753T/Candrs2227283G/AinGRIK2,wereamplifiedandgenotypedwithPCR-RFLPtechniques.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:AssociationbetweenNOTCH4,GRIK2polymorphism,andschizophreniawasanalyzedbytransmissiondisequilibriumtest(TDT).RESULTS:Sixty-fiveprobandsand110parentswereincludedintheresultanalysis,withnodropouts.Theresultsshowedthatthe-25T/CpolymorphismofNOTCH4associatedsignificantlywithaffectivedisorderand-1725G/-25Thaplotypewit

简介：BACKGROUND:Theexpressionofubiquitinandenergy-associatedproteincanprovokemigraines.Studieshavesuggestedthatexpressioniscloselylinkedto'hyperactivityofliver-yangtheory'inTraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM),aswellasthefunctionofperipherysympatheticnervemedulla.OBJECTIVE:Toobserveproteomicchangesinaratmigrainemodelwithregardtohyperactivityofliver-yangwhentreatedwithChineseherbstocalmtheliverandsuppresshyperactiveyangcompound.DESIGN,TIMEANDSETTING:Arandomizedcontrolledstudy.ThisstudywasperformedatthelaboratoryofInstituteofIntegratedTraditionalChineseandWesternMedicine,InstituteofHumanReproductionandStemCellEngineeringandKeyLaboratoryofCancerProteomicsofMinistryofHealth,XiangyaHospitalAffiliatedtoCentralSouthUniversitybetweenSeptember2006andJuly2007.MATERIALS:Thirty,male,healthy,Sprague-Dawleyrats,agedeightweeks,wereincludedinthefinalanalysis.Aconite,tocalmtheliverandsuppresshyperactiveyangcompound,wasprovidedbytheDispensaryofTraditionalChinesemedicine,XiangyaHospital,CentralSouthUniversity.Aphysiologicalelectronicstimulator,typeSDQ-1,wasprovidedbyBengbuPracticalInstituteofTechnology.Thelefttrigeminalganglionwaslocalizedandstimulatedfor10minutes,andtheratswereorallyadministeredanaconiteconcoctiontoestablisharatmigrainemodelwithhyperactivityofliver-yang.METHODS:Ratswererandomlydividedintoanormalcontrolgroup,modelgroup,andTCMtreatmentgroup,with10ratsineachgroup.TheTCMtreatmentgroupwasorallytreatedtocalmtheliverandsuppressthehyperactiveyangcompoundonceadayfor28days.Incontrast,themodelgroupandnormalgroupwereorallyadministeredthesameamountofdistilledwateronceadayfor28days.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:Thetotalproteinsfromadrenalglandsofthethreegroupswereseparatedbytwo-dimensionalgelelectrophoresis(2-DE),and2-DEimageswereanalyzedbyPDQuest7.0

简介：CurrentevidenceshowsthatapolipoproteinE(APOE),apolipoproteinCI(APOC1)andlowdensitylipoproteinreceptor-relatedprotein(LRP)variationsarerelatedtolate-onsetAlzheimer’sdisease.However,itremainsunclearifgeneticpolymorphismsinthesegenesareassociatedwithcognitivedeclineinlate-onsetAlzheimer’sdiseasepatients.Weperformeda30-monthlongitudinalcohortstudytoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenAlzheimer’sdiseaseandAPOE,APOC1,andLRP.Inthisstudy,78ChineseHanpatientswithlate-onsetAlzheimer’sdiseasewererecruitedformGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegioninChina.APOE,APOC1,andLRPgenotypingwasperformedusingpolymerasechainreaction-restrictionfragmentlengthpolymorphisms.TheMini-MentalStateExaminationandClinicalDementiaRatingScalewereusedtoassesspatients’cognitivefunction.Aftera30-monthfollow-upperiod,wefoundasignificantreductioninMini-MentalStateExaminationtotalscore,ahigherproportionofpatientsfulfillingcognitiveimpairmentprogressioncriteria,andahigherproportionofAPOC1H2carriersinAPOEε4carrierscomparedwithnon-carriers.Inaddition,theAPOEε4allelefrequencywassignificantlyhigherinthecognitiveimpairmentprogressiongroupcomparedwiththenon-cognitiveimpairmentprogressiongroup.Inconclusion,APOEε4playsanimportantroleinaugmentingcognitivedecline,andAPOC1H2mayactsynergisticallywithAPOEε4inincreasingtheriskofcognitivedeclineinChinesepatientswithlate-onsetAlzheimer’sdisease.

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