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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To use a rat model of nonalcoholic liver disease (NAFLD) to observe effects of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-a (PPAR-a) agonist fenofibrate on hepatic steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver and to investigate the underlying mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty-six Sprague-Dawley rats were given adaptive feeding for 1 week and then randomly allocated into the following three groups: unmodeled control (group C,n =18), untreated NAFLD model (group M, n =24), and fenofibrate-treated NAFLD model (group F, n =24).Group C rats were given a normal diet, while group M and group F rats were given a high-fat diet. After model establishment, the group F rats were treated with fenofibrate (10 mg/kg/d, intraperitoneal) and the group C and group M rats were given sham-treatment with cosolvent (5 mL/kg/d, intraperitoneal). At the end of treatment weeks 4, 6 and 8, one-third of rats in each group were euthanized.Liver tissues were assessed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining to determine level of steatosis and inflammaion activity, and by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling to measure changes in hepatocyte apoptosis index. Changes in expression levels of the PPAR-a receptor and apoptosis factors (bcl-2, bax and caspase-3) were assessed by reverse transcription-PCR and immunohistochemistry.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The NAFLD modeled rats showed appropriate induction of hepatic steatosis, hepatic inflammation, and hepatocyte apoptosis. Compared to the group M rats, the group F rats showed lower expression of PPAR-and bcl-2 and higher expression of bax and caspase-3 at both the mRNA and protein level.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Fenofibrate can ameliorate hepatic steatosis in an experimental rat model of NAFLD, and the mechanism may be associated with inhibition of hepatocyte apoptosis.</p>
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Animals , Rats , Apoptosis , Caspase 3 , Metabolism , Diet, High-Fat , Fenofibrate , Pharmacology , Hepatocytes , Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease , Pathology , Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors , Metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 , Metabolism , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , bcl-2-Associated X Protein , MetabolismABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the onset mechanism of cervical vertigo from the proprioceptive sensation and provide clinical basis for its treatment.Methods:Among the 121 cases that conformed to the diagnostic criteria of cervical vertigo,70 cases who presented with negative neck-rotation test and cervical vertigo without obvious vascular factors by transcranial Doppler(TCD)were assigned to the observation group,while 51 cases who presented with positive neck-rotation test and cervical vertigo due to spasm of vertebral basal artery or insufficient blood supply by TCD were assigned to the control group.The cases in the two groups were treated once every day,5 days make up one treatment course and the resuIts were statistically analyrzed after one treatment course.Results:The skull triaxial spatial offset of the cases in the two groups were significantly reduced after the treatment (P<＜0.01).However, there was no statistically significant difference between the skull triaxial spatial offset between the two groups (p＞0.05).It is not conclusive that the therapeutic effect in the two groups was significantly different after one treatment course.Conclusion:Tuina manipulation therapy can improve the skull spatial ofrset repositioning ability of the Patients.
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Purpose: To study the influence of the manual manipulations on the reversal ability of the skull space in the patients with vertigo due to proprioceptive disturbance of the neck. Methods: By motor surveyor of skull three-dimensional space, the changes in the reversal ability of the skull space before and after the treatments with manual manipulations were observed in 72 cases of the patients with vertigo due to proprioceptive disturbance of the neck. Besides, 51 cases of vertigo due to insufficient blood supply of the cervical artery and 138 normal adults were selected as the control group. Results:After the treatments with manual manipulations, the deviation degree of the skull space in the three motor axes were all obviously decreased in the proprioceptive group, more obviously in the flexing and extending direction. The deviation degree of the skull space was also decreased in the ischemic group in the flexing and extending direction. Conclusion: Manual manipulations have the instant function to improve the proprioceptive function of the neck, and the factor of the proprioceptive disturbance also exists in the clinical onset of vertigo in pattern of insufficient blood supply of the cervical artery.