Research progress on clinical applications and mechanisms of Guizhi Fuling Prescription in treating cerebrovascular diseases / 中草药

Cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) with high morbidity, disability, mortality, and recurrence rate have become the focus in the medical research. Modern researches have indicated that Guizhi Fuling Prescription (GFP) possesses anti-inflammatory, immune-modulation and anti-oxidative effects and so on. Investigations showed that GFP had been used in the researches of ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular diseases, mainly used in the clinical research of ischemic cerebrovascular, in which the research of treating acute cerebral infarction gets the best clinical effect of all. In order to provide theoretical reference for intensive research of GFP in treatment of CVD, this article reviewed the research progress in clinical application and mechanisms of GFP in treatment of CVD.

Efeitos imunomoduladores e atividade anti-Candida de lactobacilos com propriedades probióticas em macrófagos e em modelo invertebrado de Galleria mellonella / Immunomodulatory effects and anti-Candida activity of lactobacilli with probiotic properties in macrophages and invertebrate model Galleria mellonella

Muitos produtos probióticos são compostos pela associação de lactobacilos no intuito de potencializar seu efeito benéfico. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a imunomodulação e atividade anti-Candida causada por diferentes combinações de suspensões probióticas em macrófagos e em Galleria mellonella. Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LR), L. acidophilus (LA), e L. paracasei (LP) foram suspendidos para obtenção das suspensões LR, LA, LP, LR+LA, LR+LP, LA+LP e LR+LA+LP. Foram utilizadas suspensões de Candida albicans (CA) ATCC 18804, C. krusei (CK) ATCC 6258 e C. glabrata (CG) ATCC 9030. Macrófagos de camundongo (RAW 264.7) foram ativados por cada suspensão de lactobacilos e desafiados por cada uma das cepas fúngicas. Foram investigadas taxa de fagocitose, produção de citocinas e óxido nítrico e a viabilidade celular. A melhor suspensão probiótica para cada cepa fúngica seria usada nos testes in vivo, com G. mellonella, no entanto, devido à baixa virulência das espécies não-albicans, os testes in vivo prosseguiram com CA e LR. Duas cepas clínicas de CA foram acrescentadas: 21 e 60. Suspensões de LR foram injetadas na hemolinfa das larvas 24 h antes do desafio com as cepas fúngicas. Foram determinadas curva de sobrevivência, contagem de UFC/mL das cepas de C. albicans e de hemócitos. Os resultados foram analisados estatisticamente de acordo com a distribuição normal (ANOVA e Tukey ou Kruskal-Wallis e Dunn) e a curva de sobrevivência pelo teste de Log-rank (Mantel-Cox), p<0,05. As melhores suspensões para CA, CK e CG foram LR (com melhores resultados no perfil de citocinas), LP e LA (com melhores resultados sobre a fagocitose), respectivamente. Em G. mellonella, a suspensão de LR proporcionou aumento da percentagem de sobrevivência e do número de hemócitos e diminuição da contagem de UFC/mL em todos os grupos com diferenças estatisticamente significantes. Sendo assim, pode-se concluir que as suspensões de lactobacilos possuem potencial imunomodulador cepa dependente mas sua mistura não favorece essa qualidade. Além disso, possuem atividade anti-Candida, demonstrada pela diminuição na contagem de Candida(AU)

Many probiotic products are composed by association of lactobacilli in order to potentiate their beneficial effect. Therefore, the objective of this study was evaluating the immunomodulation and anti-Candida activity caused by different combinations of probiotic suspensions in macrophages and in Galleria mellonella. Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LR), L. acidophilus (LA) and L. paracasei (LP) were suspended to obtain the suspensions LR, LA, LP, LR + LA, LR + LP, LA + LP and LR + LA + LP. Suspensions of Candida albicans (CA) ATCC 18804, C. krusei (CK) ATCC 6258 and C. glabrata (CG) ATCC 9030 were used. Mouse macrophages (RAW 264.7) were activated by each suspension of lactobacilli and then challenged by each fungal strain. Phagocytosis, cytokine and nitric oxide production and cell viability were investigated. The best lacobacilli suspension for each fungal strain would be used in the in vivo assays with G. mellonella, however, because of low virulence of the non-albicans species, in vivo tests were performed with CA and LR. Two clinical strains of CA were added: 21 and 60. LR suspensions were injected into the haemolymph of the larvae 24 h before challenging with fungal strains. Survival curve, CA strains CFU/mL counting and hemocytes were determined. The results were statistically analyzed according to their normal distribution (ANOVA and Tukey or Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn) and the survival curve by Log-rank test (MantelCox), p <0.05. The best suspensions for CA, CK and CG were LR (which obtained the best results in the cytokine profile), LP and LA (which obtained the best results on phagocytosis), respectively. In G. mellonella, LR suspension increased percentage survival and hemocyte counting and decreased CFU/mL counting in all groups, with statistically significant differences in the results. Thus, it can be concluded that the suspensions of lactobacilli have immunomodulatory potential strain-dependent but their association does not favor this quality. Besides, they showed anti-Candida activity, demonstrated by the decrease of Candida counting (AU)

Redução da inflamação das vias aéreas e da produção de anticorpos IgEatravés do uso de células dendríticas tolerogênicas pulsadas com extrato solúvel de Blomia tropicalis / Reduction in airway inflammation and the production of IgE antibodies through the use of tolerogenic dendritic cells pulsed with soluble extracts of Blomia tropicalis

As alergias afetam cerca de 20 a 30% da população mundial e sua prevalência, bem como a gravidade dos sintomas, tem aumentado nas últimas décadas. As terapias existentes para as desordens do trato respiratório ocorrem por períodos prolongados, apresentam efeitos colaterais, muitas vezes não são efetivas para pacientes graves e dependem do afastamento do alérgeno. Uma alternativa para esses pacientes seria a indução de tolerância imunológica, através da terapia celular com células dendríticas pulsadas com o alérgeno. O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar o efeito de células dendríticas mielóides sensibilizadas in vitro com extrato de B. tropicalis em modelo murino de alergia respiratória. Em modelos experimentais de alergia respiratória, células T auxiliares (Th2)...

Allergies affect about 20-30% of world population and its prevalence and severity of symptoms has increased in recent decades. Existing therapies to respiratory tract disorders are extense, with side effects, not effective for severe patients and depending on the allergen removal. An alternative for these patients is the induction of immune tolerance by cell therapy with dendritic cells pulsed with the allergen. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of myeloid dendritic cells sensitized in vitro with B. tropicalis extract in a murine model of respiratory allergy. In experimental models of respiratory allergy, T helper cells (Th2)...

The experimental study of glucocorticoids and BCG vaccine’s treatment for secretory otitis media / 重庆医科大学学报

Objective:To study the the mechanismof effect of glucocorticoids and BCGvaccine in the treatment of secretory otitis media. Methods:24 BALB/C mice were divided into 4 groups of 6,The OVA、BCG and GCS groups were immunized with OVA/alum and challenged with OVA.BCG group was injected with BCG 0.02 mg intraperitoneal injection 3 days before being challenged,GCS group was given the oral inhalation prednisone 1 mg for 3 days before being stimulated.And the other two groups have non-intervention,2 days later the mice were killed all,We analysed the pathology observation of the middle ear mucosa,the expression of cytokines such as IL-4、IL-5、 IFN-?and IL-12 by immunohistochemistry.Results:BCG Group,GCS group of middle ear mucosa inflammatory response than the OVA group was significantly reduced,and the GCS group,compared with BCG Group,also significantly reduce the inflammatory.Th1-type cytokines IL-12,IFN-?was significantly increased than the OVA group,(P