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：EnhancingSchwanncellproliferationmaybebeneficialforperipheralnerverepairandnerveregeneration.AtraditionalherbalformulacomposedofFuling(poriacocos),Baizhu(Atractylodesmacrocephala),andDanggui(Angelicasinensis)(FBD)improvesneuronalsurvivalandgrowth,andFBDmaypromotethesecretionofbrain-derivedneurotrophicfactor.However,themechanismunderlyingSchwanncellproliferationremainsunclear.WetestedwhetherFBDenhancedtheproliferationofhumanSchwanncells.FBD(20μg/mL)increasedSchwanncellviabilityandsurvival,andincreasedthenumberofcellsatG2/MandSphases.FBDalsoincreasednervegrowthfactorandbrain-derivedneurotrophicfactorexpressioninSchwanncells,withmaximumefficacyat20μg/mL.