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Angiosteosis is associated with increased vascular stiffness and leads to clinical manifestations such as high blood pressure and heart failure,which increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.Angiosteosis is considered to be ectopic deposits of calcium phosphate crystallization in the form of hydroxyapatite in cardiovascular tissue.However,the mechanism of angiosteosis is not yet clear.The pathophysiologic process of angiosteosis is similar to normal bone mineralization.Matrix vesicles (MV) play an important role in bone mineralization.Researches confirmed the existence of MV in the calcified arteries under the microscope.Angiosteosis is widely found in clinical diseases,so the studies of the mechanism of angiosteosis and the role of MV in angiosteosis are of great significance.
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Syndrome, a very important concept in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is the essence and characteristics of TCM theory. Progress of related studies on syndrome will drive the development of TCM. Therefore, clinical and basic researches on syndrome have focused on the hotspot of TCM. In recent 60 years, many scholars have discussed the concept, essence and the establishment of standardization of syndrome from different angles and layers. Although many results have been obtained, there is still a certain one sidedness and dispute. Therefore, looking for a new theoretical tool to reveal the scientific connotation of TCM syndrome is imperative. TCM syndrome and biological entropy belong to two different subject concepts, but can also reveal the physiological and pathological state in the changes of life body growth. This article discussed isomorphism of TCM syndrome and biological entropy from the concept, theoretical background and characteristics, with a purpose to provide certain guiding significance to study and promote standardized researches on TCM syndrome.
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Objective To explore the related factors of anxiety and gloomy mentality people aged 60-80 years and investigate the effectiue methods to intervention.Methods A follow-up study was proportional and carried out in Xicheng district of Beijing.Multi-phase,stratified,unequal cluster sampling was adopted to investigate old people in 2011 with WHO-QOL,Memorial University of Newfoundl and Scale of Happiness,Social Support Rating Scale,Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and Self-rating Depression Scale.2342 old people were randomly divided into control group and trial group.The trial group received health education,community social support,lightening the psychological stress in face to face,psychology guiding and group discussion.The control group received general observation only.Results Among 2342 old people,126 (5.3％) obtained anxiety and 201(8.6％) had gloomy mentality.The anxiety in the elderly was significantly related to age,marriment,culture,job,family type,family relationship,housing,income,medical insurance,retirement type,reading,keeping pets,character,training,feeling adjusting,life quality,subjective well-being,social support,depression (all P ＜ 0.05).The depression in the elderly was significantly related to gender,marriment,culture,job,family type,family relationship,housing,income,medical insurance,retirement type,reading,watching plays,character,feeling adjusting,drinking,training,life quality,subjective well-being,social support,anxiety (all P＜0.05).Scores of two groups had no significant difference before intervention.The change in scores of anxiety and depression in the trial group was obviously lower than in control group (P＜0.05).Conclusions The anxiety and gloomy mentality are common in old people aged 60-80 years in Xicheng District,which independently associated with related factors such as life quality,subjective well-being,social support and so on.After 6 months of treatment,the scores of anxiety and depression in the trial group is obviously lower than in control group.
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Objective Carbonic anhydrase 1 (CA1) not only enhances the hydration reaction but also promotes the formation of CaCO3,which is an essential step for new bone formation in vitro.However,there is no direct evidence to demonstrate the involvement of CA1 in bio-mineralization in cells and tissues.This study is aimed to evaluate the important role of CA1 in bio-mineralization and ossification in cultured cells.Methods Calcification in Saos-2 cells was induced using osteogenic medium (OM) and the calcification was determined by Alizarin Red-S staining.The expressions of ossification protein marker Runt-related transcription factor-2 (Runx2),osterix (OSX),alkaline phosphatase (ALP),osteocalcin (OCN) and bone sialoprotein (BSP) were detected in the process of bone formation by real-time PCR.The expression of CA 1 in the calcified cells were measured using real-time PCR and Western blotting.We also detected calcification in Saos-2 cells in the presence of acetazolamide,an anti-carbonic anhydrase drug to CA1,to determine the role of CA1 in biomineralization in culture cells.T test analysis was used to compare the two groups,M-ANOVA of repeated measurs was conducted for different time point.Results Following the stimulation of OM,Saos-2 cells produced a great amount of calcium-rich deposits [0.68±0.03 vs 2.76±0.13,P＜0.01].Increased transcriptions of ossification protein markers were also detected in these stimulated Saos-2 cells,indicating that the OM launched the process of bone formation in the cells.CA1 had a significantly increased expression during this process [0.25±0.03 vs 0.94±0.06,P＜0.01].Following treatment with acetazolamide,the expression of CA1 evidently declined [1.09±0.05 vs 0.55±0.07,P＜0.05],and the mineralized nodule formation was declined [2.76±0.13 vs 2.19±0.07,P＜0.01].Conclusion These findings indicate that CA1 participates in the biomineralization and ossification,and may play an important roles in bone formation.
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We screened differential expression bone-related microRNAs (miRNAs) in serum of patients with osteogenesis imperfect (OI). First, we selected the reference gene (s) fit for quantitative detection of serum miRNAs by using geNorm and several other programmes. Then real-time fluorescent quntitative PCR was used to detect the expression level of bone-related miRNAs gained by means of miRanda, Targetscan and Pictar softwares caculation and reading literature. Then, the results were analyzed with the matched t test. All 6 candidate reference genes had a stable expression level in serum of healthy controls and patients with different characters, and the optimal number of reference genes is 4 (miR-16, let-7a, snRNAU6, miR-92a) after Pairwise Variations analysis (V4/5 = 0.133 < 0.15). For validating the universality of expression stability, we detected the relative expression value of miR-16, let-7a, snRNAU6 and miR-92a in another 8 healthy controls and 16 patients with OI and the result revealed that the expression of 4 genes remained stable (M < 1.5). After measuring serum levels of more than 100 bone-related miRNAs in patients with real-time qPCR, 11 miRNAs showed differential expression, and bioinformatic analysis suggested these altered expressional mioRNAs had possibilities to participate in the process of OI. So the experiment indicated that there existed many differential expression bone-related miRNAs in serum of patients with OI, and these miRNAs had potentials to be promising biomarkers for serologic tests and diagnosis of OI.
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Child , Female , Humans , Male , Biomarkers , Blood , Case-Control Studies , Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression Regulation , MicroRNAs , Blood , Genetics , Osteogenesis Imperfecta , Blood , GeneticsABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the G2 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induced by HIV-1 Vpr gene on Hela,Lovo and HepG2 cancer cells.Methods Recombinant vector pcDNA4-Vpr was constructed by DNA recombination technology and was then transfected into Hela,Lovo and HepG2 cells.Meanwhile,pcDNA4-EGFP plasmid group,FUGENE group and blank group were also set up as control.Ratio of cytostasis was evaluated by MTS assay 24 h,48 h and 72 h later,cell cycle arrest examined by flow cytometry and apoptosis detected by staining with ANNEXIN V and PI double dyes.Results Compared to the control group,the value of inhibition ratio,G2 arrest and apoptosis of Hela,Lovo and HepG2 cells increased obviously 24 h,48 h and 72 h after the transfection ( P ＜ 0.05 ).72 h after the transfection,the inhibition ratio of Hela,Lovo and HepG2 was 29.67％,27.35％ and 31.67％ respectively.Percentage of G2 phase cells was 24.9％,18.8％and 32.1％ respectively.Apoptosis percentage of Hela,Lovo and HepG2 ceils was 15.46％,7.7％ and 41.5％ correspondingly.Conclusion HIV-1 Vpr gene can induce cell cycle G2 arrest and apoptosis of Hela,Lovo and HepG2 cell lines in vitro.
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Objective To investigate whether genotypes of CYP3A5,MDR1 and cyclooxygenase-2 are associated with the sensitivity of vinorelbine-platinum to NSCLC.Methods The genotypes of CYP3A5(*3),MDR1 (2677G>T at exon 21 and 3435C>T at exon 26 and their haplotypes),cyclooxygenase-2 (-1 195G>A) were determined by RFLP-PCR and chemotherapy responses were analyzed in 69 non-small-celllung cancer (NSCLC) Chinese Han patients.They received a combination chemotherapy of vinorelbine-cispla-tin.Chi-square test was used to investigate the potential association of genotype with chemotherapy response.OR and 95% C1 were calculated.Results The 3435 CC genotype was associated with a significantly betterchemotherapy response compared with the combined 3435 CT and 1Tr genotypes(P=0.033).The 2677 GG genotype was also associated with a significantly better chemotherapy response compared with the combined 2677 GT and IT genotype(P=0.012).Moreover.patients with the 2677 G-3435 C haplotype seemed to have a better response to chemotherapy compared with those with the other haplotypes(P=0.063).CYP3A5*3 was not likely to correlate with sensitivity of vinorelbine-platinum to NSCLC.Cyclooxygenase-2-1195G>A was likely to have better response to vinorelbine but not statistically significant(P=0.067).Conclusion Polymor-Dhisms of MDR1 3435 C>T and MDR1 2677 G>A/T can be used for predicting treatment response to vinorel-bine-cisplatin chemotherapy in NSCLC patients.
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We selected 12 antigens corresponding to commonly used autoantibodies in clinical practice to prepare antigen microarray. We chose NBT/BCIP color reaction as the end detection strategy to develop a new autoantibody protein chip detection system. Using this system, we optimized the best spotting solution, spotting concentration of the 12 antigens and the dilution of serum. We prepared a protein chip that could detect 12 autoantibodies simultaneously using the optimized antigen concentration. We established a new method to determine the cutoff of each autoantibodies by evaluation of 678 positive and 120 negative serum of clinical sample. We also evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of our new detection system. The optimal spotting solution was 0.1% TBST, the dilution of serum was 1:4 and the best spotting concentration of the 12 antigens were ANA 520 microg/mL, Ro-60/SSa 465 microg/mL, La/SSb 530 microg/mL, Jo-1 530 microg/mL, Scl-70 525 microg/mL, Sm 520 microg/mL, Ro-52/SSa 615 microg/mL, RF 340 microg/mL, CCP 465 microg/mL, ulRNP 410 microg/mL, CENP-B 490 microg/mL and dsDNA 580 microg/mL respectively. It had higher coincidence rate compared to current clinical used methods. We have developed a 12 antigens protein chip for the detection of autoantibodies based on the NBT/BCIP color reaction system. This system was fast, convenient, efficient, and cost-effective.
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Humans , Autoantibodies , Blood , Allergy and Immunology , Autoimmune Diseases , Blood , Allergy and Immunology , Protein Array Analysis , Methods , Sensitivity and SpecificityABSTRACT
The secondary structures of fusion protein pp150/MDBP, including alpha-helix, beta-sheet, turn regions, were analyzed by Garnier-Robson's and Chou-Fasman's methods; the antigenic epitopes of B cells were analysed by using hydrophilicity plot. The results showed that the fusion protein pp150/MDBP might have less alpha-helix, but be rich in beta-sheet and turn regions. The epitopes recognized by B cells may be at 7-56 amino acid residues or adjacent to 137-192 amino acid residues.
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Humans , Amino Acid Sequence , Binding Sites , Cytomegalovirus , Chemistry , Epitopes , Molecular Sequence Data , Phosphoproteins , Chemistry , Allergy and Immunology , Protein Structure, Secondary , Viral Fusion Proteins , Chemistry , Allergy and Immunology , Viral Matrix Proteins , Chemistry , Allergy and ImmunologyABSTRACT
It is reported by current investigations,that BNP can suppress heart hypertrophy but it can also depress compensatory hypertrophic response.BNP is an useful marker in the early diagnosis,prognosis,therapy guiding of heart failure and coronary heart disease,but comorbid conditions should be considered in the diagnosis of heart failure.The polymorphism in the 5'-flanking region of the NPPB gene is found to be related with essential hypertension.On the basis of some investigation,it is supposed that the instillation of BNP at the early stage of hypertension will contribute to therapy of hypertension.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To measure the immunogenicity of a synthetic peptide of glucosyltransferase (GTF) for designing synthetic peptide-based vaccine of dental caries.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A fusion 27-mer peptide, containing the conserved regions within catalytic and glucan-binding domains of GTF, was synthesized. Serum antibodies to the synthetic peptide were determined by ELISA method. Inhibitions of both GTF activity and S. mutans adherence were detected for the functions of antisera.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The sequence of fusion peptide vaccine was ANDVDNSNPVVQAEQLYFRANGVQVKG. The spleen weights of immunized mice were heavier than the control ones. Specific antibodies were effectually elicited. The immune sera not only inhibited GTF enzymatic activity but also inhibited the vitro adherence of S. mutans.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The peptide vaccine which involves antibody-mediated inhibition of the catalytic and the glucan-binding activities of GTF may be valuable for controlling the dental caries.</p>
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Animals , Male , Mice , Rats , Amino Acid Sequence , Antibodies , Blood , Bacterial Adhesion , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Glucosyltransferases , Genetics , Allergy and Immunology , Immune Sera , Pharmacology , Immunization , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Molecular Sequence Data , Oligopeptides , Allergy and Immunology , Streptococcus mutans , Physiology , Vaccines, Subunit , Allergy and ImmunologyABSTRACT
Objective To optimize several key factors in preparing protein microarray,and establish microarrays to detect autoantibodies.Methods Four factors,including incubation time of the microarray after spotting,the blocking reagent,the length of blocking time,the length of time conjugating with the second-an- tibody,were selected to carry out orthogonal optimization,then we determined the optimal spotting concentra- tion of antigen and the best dilution of serum with the optimized conditions obtained from the above.On the basis of the optimized conditions,we prepared microarray to detect six autoantibodies simultaneously,which were compared with IIF and ELISA.Results The best conditions we determined from the experiment were: incubating the spot microarray for 120 min,PBST containing 1% BSA and 2.5% saccharose as the blocking reagent and blocking for 30 min,reacting with the second-antibody for 30 min,the appropriate spotting con- centrations of six antigens differed from 100?g/ml to 300?g/ml and the best serum dilution was 1:2.Com- pared with IIF for ANA detection,the sensitivity of the microarray was 88.6%,the specificity was 83.3%,and compared with ELISA in detecting the other five autoantibodies,the sensitivity of the microarray was between 80.0% and 88.2%,and the specificity was between 90.2% and 98.6%.Conclusion The optimization condi- tions we obtained are suitable for preparing protein microarray,and the detection sensitivity and specificity of autoantibodies by microarray are consistent with the conventional methods in general.The microarray for de- tecting autoantibodies is applicable in the clinical diagnosis of autoimmune disease.
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The respective sense and antisense oligodeoxynucleotides and their phosphorothiods, targeting at the bcr/abl, were the hallmark gene of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia( CML) and c-myb correlates with CML. K562 cells, derived initially from a patient of CML blast crisis, were incubated with bcr/abl antisense oligodeoxynucleotides asODN or c-myb asODN or with both asODN in combinalion. All kinds of asODN could not only significantly inhibit K562 cells survival with the highest inhibitory rate of 64.7%?3.2%, but also dramatically inhibit DNA synthesis and the highest inhibitory rate was 85. 8 %?4.1%, decrease bcr/abl mRNA level almost completely and induce apoptosis significantly. The inhibition effect of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides phosphorothiodes s-asODN was stronger than that of unmodified asODN. The inhibition of the combination of bcr/abl and c-myb asODN was stronger than that of anyone alnoe. All the inhibitions exhibited in sequence-and time-dependent manner. We concluded that bcr/abl in pathogenesis of CML not only increased CML cells proliferation rate, but also decreased CML cells apoptosis rate. c-myb may participate in CML mainly by regulating bcr/abl. Trie results indicated that the modified asODN and multiple asODN targeting several oncogenes may advance to antisense gene therapy.