To study the efficacy and safety of allisartan isoproxil tablet combined with indapamide tablet in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension and coronary heart disease.

Patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension and coronary heart disease were divided into treatment group and control group using the cohort method. The control group was given oral indapamide tablets 2.5 mg once a day based on the conventional treatment regimen. The treatment group was given allisartan isoproxil tablets 240 mg once a day in addition to the control group’s regimen for a total of 12 weeks. The clinical efficacy, 24-hour blood pressure variability, cardiac function, vascular endothelial function and safety evaluation of the two groups were compared.

A total of 105 patients were enrolled, including 54 patients in treatment group and 51 patients in control group. After treatment, the total clinical effective rate of the treatment group was 90.74% (49 cases/54 cases), and that of control group was 72.55% (37 cases/51 cases), which was significantly higher in treatment group than in control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the daytime (d) systolic blood pressure variability (SBPV) levels in treatment group and control group were (11.32±2.13) and (12.48±2.26) mmHg, respectively; the nighttime (n) SBPV levels were (10.03±1.79) and (10.82±2.10) mmHg, respectively; the d diastolic blood pressure variability (DBPV) levels were (8.66±1.51) and (9.36±1.57) mmHg, respectively; the nDBPV levels were (8.05±1.32) and (8.68±1.62) mmHg, respectively; the 24 h SBPV levels were (10.85±2.20) and (11.96±2.05) mmHg, respectively; the 24 h DBPV levels were (9.67±1.93) and (10.66±1.92) mmHg, respectively; the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were (83.47±10.53) and (89.41±13.19) ng·L^-1, respectively; the endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels were (55.44±9.27) and (60.36±10.86) ng·L^-1, respectively; and the Apelin levels were (36.44±6.41) and (34.22±4.37) ng·mL^-1, respectively. The above metrics showed significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05，P<0.01). The adverse drug reactions in treatment group included diarrhea, fever, fatigue, palpitations, soreness in both knee joints, cough, insomnia, decreased appetite and orthostatic hypotension. The adverse drug reactions in control group included diarrhea, headache, decreased appetite, insomnia and orthostatic hypotension. The total incidence of adverse drug reactions in treatment group was 22.22% (12 cases /54 cases), and that in control group was 17.65% (9 cases /51 cases). There was no statistically significant difference (P>0.05).

The application of allisartan isoproxil combined with indapamide in treatment of patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension and coronary heart disease can achieve significant therapeutic effects, regulate 24-hour blood pressure variability, improve cardiac function, vascular endothelial function, and quality of life, also demonstrate good safety.

To investigate the effect of emodin (Emo) on chemotherapy resistance of human leukemia K562/adriamycin-resistant (K562/ADR) cells and its mechanism.

K562/ADR cells were assigned to control group and experimental -L, -M, -H groups. Experimental -L, -M, -H groups were incubated with Emo at concentrations of 5, 10, and 20 μmol·L^-1, respectively. Control group was treated with 0.1% dimethyl sulfoxide. Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay was used to detect the effect of Emo on chemotherapy resistance in K562/ADR cells. Fluorescence analysis was used to detect the intracellular accumulation of adriamycin. Flow cytometry was used to detect the cell cycle and apoptosis. Polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the mRNA expression level of P-glycoprotein (P-gp). In addition, Western blot was used to detect the protein expression level of P-gp and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway related proteins.

The half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC₅₀) of K562/ADR cells to adriamycin in experimental -M, -H groups and control group were (20.91±2.03), (11.79±0.89) and (38.00±2.61) μg·ml^-1; the intracellular adriamycin-associated mean fluorescence intensities (×10⁴) were (5.22±0.66), (7.47±0.77) and (2.69±0.69); the proportions of G₀/G₁ phase cells were (37.81±3.47)%, (28.05±2.86)% and (51.18±5.06)%; the proportions of S phase cells were (19.89±2.98)%, (15.24±2.21)% and (32.15±3.20)%; the proportions of G₂/M phase cells were (40.65±3.33)%, (55.75±4.55)% and (13.63±2.29)%; the cell apoptosis rates at 48 hours were (39.91±3.51)%, (46.26±4.06)% and (21.45±1.92)%; the relative expression levels of P-gp mRNA were 68.10±9.61, 31.01±8.90 and 100.00±12.22; the relative expression levels of P-gp protein were 77.01±8.31, 63.65±7.72 and 100.00±7.07; the relative expression levels of p65 (RelA/p65) in nucleus were 126.10±8.17, 157.58±11.87 and 100.00±8.55; the relative expression levels of phosphorylated-inhibitor of nuclear factor κB protein α (p-IκBα) in cytoplasm were 132.45±13.46, 150.97±9.47 and 100.00±7.35; the relative expression levels of IκBα in cytoplasm were 82.10±5.95, 73.20±6.39 and 100.00±5.84; the relative expression levels of phosphorylated-inhibitor of kappa B kinase α/β (p-IKKα/β) in cytoplasm were 126.23±6.63, 120.61±7.70 and 100.00±7.96, respectively. Compared the above indexes of the experimental -M and experimental -H groups with those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05, P<0.01, P<0.001).

Emo can inhibit adriamycin chemotherapy resistance in K562/ADR cells by activating the NF-κB pathway and subsequently down-regulating the expression of P-gp.

To evaluate the bioequivalence of the test preparation and the reference preparation in a single dose of vortioxetine hydrobromide tablets under fasting and fed conditions in healthy volunteers.

A randomized, open-ended, single-dose, two-cycle, double-cross bioequivalence trial design was adopted, and 28 subjects were enrolled in the fasting group and the fed group, respectively, and 1 tablet of the test preparation and the reference preparation were taken in the fasting or fed state each cycle. The concentration of vortioxetine in plasma was determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry （LC-MS/MS） method. The main pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by Phoenix WinNonlin 8.1, and the bioequivalence was evaluated.

The t_1/2 for the fasting single oral administration of the test preparation and the reference preparation were （61.74±23.90） and （58.22±18.61）h, the median T_max were （7.33±2.15） and （7.61±3.89） h, the C_max were （7.32±1.90） and （7.46±1.98） ng·mL^-1, and the AUC_{0-72 h} were （312.61±92.95） and （310.00±93.84） h·ng·mL^-1, respectively. The statistical results of the 90% confidence intervals of the main pharmacokinetic parameters C_max and AUC_{0-72 h} were 92.75%-103.71% and 97.47%-104.43%, respectively, all of which were within the range of 80.00%-125.00%, and the safety of the tested preparation and the reference preparation was good when taken orally on an empty stomach. The t_1/2 of single oral administration after prandial administration of the tested preparation and the reference preparation were （77.60±33.87） and （81.61±45.24） h, the median T_max were （8.06±3.02） and （7.77±2.45）h, the C_max were （7.54±2.08） and （7.76±2.00） ng·mL^-1, and the AUC_{0-72 h} were （319.75±87.71） and （326.03±86.64） h·ng ·mL^-1, respectively. The 90% confidence intervals of C_max, AUC_{0-72 h} were 89.00%-105.32% and 92.21%-102.72%, respectively, which were in the range of 80.00%-125.00%.

In the state of fasting and fed single oral administration, the two kinds of vortioxetine hydrobromide tablets have good bioequivalence.

To investigate the improving effect of ginseng (GS) on metoprolol（meto） induced bradycardia in mice with chronic heart failure（CHF）and its molecular mechanism.

The CHF model in C57BL/6J mouse was established through left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. Mice were randomly divided into 6 groups, including sham group（underwent the same surgical procedure without coronary artery ligation）, model group, control group（26 mg·kg^-1·d^-1 metoprolol）, experimental-low group（26 mg·kg^-1·d^-1 metoprolol + 1.3 g·kg^-1·d^-1 GS）, experimental-midium group（26 mg·kg^-1·d^-1 metoprolol + 2.6 g·kg^-1·d^-1 GS）and experimental-high group（26 mg·kg^-1·d^-1 metoprolol + 5.2 g·kg^-1·d^-1 GS）. Each group contained 9 mice. After continuous administration for 8 weeks, heart rate changes were monitored using non-invasive blood pressure monitors in small animals; transcriptome sequencing was employed to analyze differentially expressed genes in cardiac tissues with functional enrichment analysis; calcium ion concentration in myocardial tissue was measured using a calorimetric assay; Western blot analysis was used to detect relative expression levels of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2a（SERCA2a）, phosphorylated phospholamban（p-PLB）and sodium-calcium exchanger 1（NCX1）in myocardial tissue.

The heart rates of sham group, model group, control group and experimental-L, -M, -H groups were（528.61±60.86），（448.67±84.58）,（260.07±74.97）,（352.84±40.47）,（436.27±90.84）and（501.91±43.11）beats·min^-1, respectively. Control group was compared with model group, experimental-L, -M, -H groups were compared with control group, the differences showed statistical significance in heart rates（P<0.05，P<0.01）. Transcriptome gene ontology（GO）analysis revealed that differentially expressed genes were significantly enriched in pathways related to myocardial contraction and calcium ion transmembrane transport（all P<0.05）. The myocardial tissue calcium ion concentrations in sham group, model group, control group and experimental-L, -M, -H groups were（30.09±2.36）,（35.97±1.15）,（16.15±2.37）,（19.59±1.04）, （23.64±0.54）and（28.54±2.82）mmol·L^-1，respectively. Compared with control group, experimental-L, -M, -H groups all showed significantly increase（P<0.01, P<0.05）. The relative expression levels of SERCA2a in sham group, model group, control group and experimental-L, -M, -H groups were 1.00±0.14, 0.83±0.05, 1.23±0.12, 1.00±0.03, 0.98±0.05 and 0.90±0.11, respectively; the relative expression levels of p-PLB were 1.38±0.24, 1.05±0.19, 2.12±0.35, 1.08±0.24, 0.54±0.57,and 0.52±0.13; while the relative expression levels of NCX1 were 1.00±0.13, 1.08±0.20, 1.69±0.34, 1.06±0.35, 1.15±0.22 and 0.81±0.21. Compared with model group, the relative expression levels of all 3 proteins in control group showed significant increases. Except for SERCA2a in experimental -L group and NCX1 in experimental -M group, the relative expression levels of the above three proteins in the experimental group were significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.01, P<0.05).

Meto may induce bradycardia adverse drug reaction by increasing the p-PLB/PLB ratio and elevating the expression levels of SERCA2a and NCX1 proteins, which reduces intracellular free calcium ion concentration in cardiomyocytes. Ginseng could significantly down regulate the p-PLB/PLB ratio, increase the protein expression levels of SERCA2a and NCX1, and up regulate the concentration of intracellular free calcium ion, so as to improve Meto induced bradycardia, suggesting that it may antagonize the negative frequency effect of Meto by remodeling the calcium cycle homeostasis.

To investigate the protective effect and mechanism of astragaloside Ⅳ (AS-Ⅳ) on intestinal injury and secondary liver injury in rats with ulcerative colitis (UC) induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS).

Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal control group, UC model group and AS-Ⅳ experimental low, medium and high dose groups, with 10 rats in each group. The UC rat model was prepared by TNBS enema. AS-Ⅳ (25, 50, 100 mg·kg^-1) or sulfasalazine (SASP, 300 mg·kg^-1) was administered intragastrically for 6 consecutive days starting from the second day after modeling. The general condition, colonic histopathological score, and liver function of the rats were examined. The levels of inflammatory factors in serum, colon and liver tissues were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The expressions of tight junction proteins (ZO-1, Occludin) in colon and antioxidant enzymes in liver tissues were detected by Western blot.

In the normal group, model group, low, medium and high dose experimental groups, the serum TNF-α levels were (246.30±23.39), (308.70±61.39), (279.10±45.76), (240.80±16.61) and (233.60±30.14) pg·mL^-1, and the serum IL-1β levels were (23.93±14.82), (82.42±20.84), (69.46±22.23), (40.92±11.21) and (35.42±10.34) pg·mL^-1，respectively. The intestinal TNF-α levels were (101.60±11.18), (158.70±23.47), (146.40±17.90), (115.70±21.06) and (91.84±21.57) pg·mL^-1, and the intestinal IL-1β levels were (724.60±78.73), (1 043.00±106.32), (836.35±103.35), (774.60±133.68) and (694.50±40.84) pg·mL^-1，respectively. The relative expression levels of tight junction protein ZO-1 in colon tissue were 1.01±0.01, 0.48±0.01, 0.46±0.01, 0.61±0.09 and 1.15±0.10, and the relative expression levels of tight junction protein Occludin in colon tissue were 1.00±0.01, 0.64±0.11, 0.57±0.13, 0.73±0.10 and 1.02±0.13，respectively. The levels of TNF-α in liver tissues were (1 727.00±223.70), (2 008.00±220.40), (1 762.00±45.19), (1 723.00±49.45), and (1 680.00±103.10) pg·mg^-1, and the levels of IL-1β in liver tissues were (1 317.00±331.40), (2 158.00±730.90), (1 546.00±258.90), (1 806.00±523.40), and (1 121.00±84.62) pg·mg^-1. The MDA levels in liver tissues were (0.98±0.15), (1.51±0.29), (1.29±0.30), (1.15±0.12) and (1.06±0.21) nmol·mg^-1, the reduced glutathione (GSH) levels in liver tissues were (8.46±0.60), (5.84±0.49), (6.30±0.27), (7.48±0.50) and (8.07±0.60) μmol·gProt^-1, the glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) levels in liver tissues were (666.90±68.39), (481.00±19.16), (562.80±45.61), (620.20±12.13) and (658.80±18.11) U·mgProt^-1.The above indicators in the medium and high dose experimental groups were statistically significant compared with the model group (all P<0.05).

AS-IV can effectively improve intestinal and liver injury in rats with UC induced by TNBS. The mechanism may be related to repairing intestinal mucosal barrier, inhibiting inflammatory response and improving liver antioxidant function.

To evaluate the bioequivalence and safety of colchicine tablets under fasting and fed conditions in Chinese healthy participants.

A single-center, randomized, open, single-dose, two-formulation, two-period, two-sequence crossover design was adopted, enrolling 72 healthy participants, with 36 healthy participants in each group for fasting and fed conditions. Single oral dose 0.5 mg of test formulation (T) or the reference formulation (R) was taken across two periods，respectively. Plasma concentration of colchicine was determined using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated and the bioequivalence was evaluated using the non-compartmental model in Phoenix WinNonlin 8.2 software.

The main pharmacokinetic parameters of a single oral colchicine tablet under fasting condition for T and R were as follows: C_max were (2.70±0.88) and (2.54±0.87) ng·mL^-1，t_max were 0.98 (0.48, 2.00) and 0.98 (0.73, 2.48) h，t_1/2 were (29.54±5.46) and (29.67±4.86) h，AUC_0-t were (18.40±5.30) and (18.00±5.10) h·ng·mL^-1，AUC_0-∞ were (21.80±5.90) and (20.70±4.90) h·ng·mL^-1, respectively. The main pharmacokinetic parameters under fed condition for T and R were as follows: C_max were (2.49±0.84) and (2.58±1.00) ng·mL^-1，t_max were 1.48 (0.73, 3.98) and 1.48 (0.73, 4.00) h，t_1/2 were (31.79±4.69) and (30.65±4.91) h，AUC_0-t were (19.80±4.30) and (19.90±5.00) h·ng·mL^-1，AUC_0-∞ were (23.20±5.00) and (23.10±5.20) h·ng·mL^-1, respectively. The geometric mean ratios of C_max, AUC_0-t and AUC_0-∞ of the T and R formulations under fasting and fed conditions with a 90% confidence interval ranged from 80.00% to 125.00%.

Under both fasting and fed conditions, the colchicine tablet test formulation and reference formulation were bioequivalent in Chinese healthy subjects, and both were shown to be safe.

To explore the clinical efficacy of fusidic acid ointment in patients with acne vulgaris who underwent non-ablative fractional 1 565 nm laser treatment.

Patients with common acne who received non-peeling fractional 1 565 nm laser treatment were divided into treatment group and control group. Treatment group was treated with fusidic acid ointment, 3 times a day, while control group was not treated with additional treatment.The lesion severity, skin sebum secretion, skin stratum corneum water content, clinical efficacy, matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1), matrix metalloproteinase tissue inhibitor-1 (TIMP-1), MMP-1/TIMP-1 ratio, skin elasticity indicators (R2, R5, R7), facial acne comprehensive grading system (global acne grading system, GAGS) score and acne-specific quality of life questionnaire (Acne-QOL) score were compared between the two groups.

100 patients with acne vulgaris who received non exfoliative dot matrix 1 565 nm laser were enrolled, including 50 cases in treatment group and 50 cases in control group. After treatment, the total clinical effective rate of treatment group was 96.00% (48 cases/50 cases), and that of control group was 74.00% (37 cases/50 cases), the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). After 3 months treatment, the skin oil secretion of treatment group and control group were (53.79±7.23) and (69.21±10.67) μg·cm^-2, respectively; the moisture content of cuticle were (34.21±5.15)% and (29.68±3.92)%, respectively; MMP-1 were (1.02±0.28) and (1.24±0.43) μg·mL^-1, respectively; TIMP-1 were (1.62±0.24) and (1.43±0.20) μg·mL^-1, respectively; MMP-1/TIMP-1 were 0.63±0.10 and 0.87±0.15, respectively; the R2 were (53.77±8.75)% and (49.11±7.64)%, respectively; the R5 were (53.88±8.58)% and (49.67±7.69)%, respectively; the R7 were (32.55±6.05)% and (28.39±5.44)%, respectively; the GAGS scores were (13.78±2.69) and (17.83±3.35) points, respectively; the Acne-QOL scores were (105.56±5.58) and (90.21±6.32) points, respectively. After treatment, the above indexes in treatment group were significantly lower than those in control group (all P<0.05). The adverse drug reactions in treatment group and control group were dry, tingling, scaling and flushing. The total incidence of adverse drug reactions in treatment group was 10.00% (5 cases/50 cases) and in control group was 16.00% (8 cases/50 cases). There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse drug reactions between the two groups (P>0.05).

Fusidic acid ointment could significantly improve the dynamic balance of MMP-1/TIMP-1, skin elasticity and skin physiological indexes in patients with acne vulgaris receiving non-ablative fractional 1 565 nm laser, with good safety.