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Parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease (PNALD) is a liver dysfunction caused by various risk factors presented in patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Omega-6 rich Intralipid® and omega-3 rich Omegaven® are two intravenous lipid emulsions used in TPN. TPN could affect the hepatic expression of genes in anti-oxidative stress, but it's unknown whether TPN affects genes in drug metabolism. In this study, either Intralipid®- or Omegaven®-based TPN was administered to mice and the expression of a cohort of genes involved in anti-oxidative stress or drug metabolism was analyzed, glutathione (GSH) levels were measured, and protein levels for two key drug metabolism genes were determined. Overall, the expression of most genes was downregulated by Intralipid®-based TPN ( and ). Omegaven® showed similar results as Intralipid® except for preserving the expression of and and increasing . Total GSH levels were decreased by Intralipid®, but increased by Omegaven®. CYP3A11 protein levels were increased by Omegaven®. In conclusion, TPN reduced the expression of many genes involved in anti-oxidative stress and drug metabolism in mice. However, Omegaven® preserved expression of , suggesting another beneficial effect of Omegaven® in protecting liver functions.
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@#Objective To explore the influence of reproduction history on depression during pregnancy． Methods Data on 3 792 pregnant women from the Chinese pregnant women cohort study with complete information on reproduction history and depression were used in the present study． The Edinburgh postnatal depression scale was used to assess depression status among pregnant women． A chi-square test was used for univariate analysis，and a Log－binomial regression was used for multivariate analysis． The adjusted relative risks ( ＲＲs) with 95% confidence intervals ( 95% CIs) were calculated，and were presented in a forest plot． Ｒesults The results of Log－binomial regression showed that a history of delivery could increase the risk of depression during the second trimester ( ＲＲ: 1. 04，95% CI: 1. 01 － 1. 08，P= 0. 042) and the third trimester ( ＲＲ: 1. 05，95% CI: 1. 01－1. 10，P= 0. 020) ． There was a 6% increase of risk on depression in women with a history of cesarean delivery compared with women without that during the third trimester ( ＲＲ: 1. 06，95% CI: 1. 01－1. 11，P = 0. 041) ． Conclusions There is asignificant influence of reproduction history on gestational depression． Maternal and child health personnel should focus on these pregnant women，and conduct targeted health education and mental nursing． In addition，medical personnel should also pay attention to the emotional changes of these women and provide them with several adjustment strategies．
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@#Objective To explore the associations between cesarean section with different types and intensity of physical activity in the second trimester pregnant women． Methods Six hundred and seventy－two participants from the Chinese pregnant women cohort study ( CPWCS) were analyzed． The pregnancy physical activity questionnaire ( PPAQ) was used to collect the status of physical activities in pregnant women． The participants were followed up and the data of delivery way was collected． Logistic regression model was conducted to analyze the associations． Ｒesults A total of 273 pregnant women ( 40. 63%) were delivered by cesarean section． After adjusting age，pre-pregnancy BMI and history of childbirth，results of Logistic regression model showed that pregnant women with higher levels of exercise had a lower risk of cesarean section than those who did not participate in exercise ( OＲ= 0. 564，95% CI: 0. 338－0. 941) . In terms of physical activity intensity，pregnant women who participated in the higher level of moderate to vigorous physical activity had a lower risk of cesarean section than those who partici- pated in the lower level ( OＲ= 0．642，95% CI: 0．437－0．972) ． Conclusions Exercise and moderate to vigorous physical activity are protective factors for cesarean section． Health education should be further strengthened to encourage pregnant women to carry out appropriate physical activity during pregnancy．
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Objective:To understand the current status of global brain science research in the past decade, and to provide suggestions and reflections for promoting brain science research in China.Methods:The brain science research literature in WOS data was retrieved, and the publication year, institution, funding agency, citation frequency, and high cited literature data were exported and analyzed. Citespace was used to conduct co-citation analysis of brain science literature collected from WOS database, and visual analysis of subject categories and keywords was conducted.Results:A total of 6 067 articles were included. In recent years, the published literature and citation frequency have continued to increase. The United States has an absolute dominant position in this field. The literature is mainly distributed in neuroscience and other disciplines, and the research hotspots and trends are characterized by multidisciplinary intersections.Conclusion:We should have a clear understanding of the current state of brain science research, increase investment, make up shortcomings, and strengthen applied research and personnel training.
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Objective To explore the association between unhealthy diets and depression in early pregnancy. Methods 7 976 women in early pregnancy were recruited and analyzed in this study from the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study (CPWCS) from July 25th, 2017 to July 24th, 2018. Differences of baseline characteristics between the two groups were conducted by a chi-square test. The qualitative food frequency questionnaire and the edinburgh postnatal depression scale were used to assess depression status and food intake frequency during the first trimester respectively. Log-binomial regression was used to analyze the relationship between unhealthy diets and depression in early pregnancy. Prevalence ratio (PR) and its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were calculated. Results Eating regularly (PR=0.45, 95% CI:0.38-0.54，P<0.001) and eating breakfast frequently (PR=0.80, 95% CI:0.72-0.90, P<0.001) were related to the low incidence of depression while frequent consumption of fried food (PR=1.25, 95% CI:1.03-1.53, P=0.027), Western-style fast food (PR=1.36, 95% CI:1.06-1.74, P=0.015) and puffed food (PR=1.37, 95% CI:1.11-1.70, P=0.003) as well as drinking sugar-sweetened beverage (PR=1.37, 95% CI:1.17-1.61, P<0.001),wine (PR=1.60, 95% CI:1.26-2.01, P<0.001) and liqueur (PR=1.26, 95% CI:1.00-1.59, P=0.047) were linked with the high incidence of depression. Conclusions There might be an association between unhealthy diets and depression in early pregnancy. Pregnant women should take the initiative to better understand what are healthy diets and reduce the frequency of unhealthy diets consumption to decrease the incidence of depression during pregnancy.
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Objective To give specific strategies for discipline construction in the "first class"universities and colleges, through the analysis of the SCI service of 20 independent medical universities in China during 2013 to 2017. Methods Based on WoS and ESI database, this paper searches and analyzes the related data of SCI papers published by the above colleges and universities, including the quantity of output, the citation of all articles, the fund support and other bibliometrics indexes, and explores the status and problems of these SCI papers. Results All colleges and universities in this study have entered the ESI database, and the ranking of ESI is basically the same as the global ranking of US News and ARWU;the Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology&Toxicology of some colleges and universities has been in or near the global 1 per thousand of ESI, and the proportion of the quoted volume and the total volume of the document is still lower than the average level in China;the H index is directly proportional to the papers, and there is still a gap with the first-class universities in China. Most papers are funded by national fund projects, but a large number of SCI articles are not highly influential. Conclusion The results show that the global ranking of independent medical universities in China has developed rapidly in the past five years. Although there is still a gap with the international first-class universities and disciplines, but there is great potential . The level of Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology has reached the international first-class level. The gap between the development level of biology and biochemistry, neuroscience and behavior, and the international medical level of these field is narrowing.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of CD8CD28/CD8CD28T lymphocyte balance in predicting the gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GH) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-nine IBD patients, including 30 with ulcerous colitis (UC) and 19 with Crohn's disease (CD), were enrolled to test peripheral blood CD8CD28and CD8CD28T cells using flow cytometry. All the patients were followed up for one year. The receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to test the efficiency of CD8CD28/CD8CD28T lymphocyte balance to predict GH. The differences in lasting time of remission (LTR) under different factors were compared using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, and the correlation between CD8T lymphocytes and the factors were analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The utilization rates of immunosuppressant, steroids, and biological agent (BA) were significantly higher in CD patients than in UC patients (P=0.003, 0.043 and 0.002, respectively). The frequencies of CD8CD28T cells were obviously higher in UC patients than those in CD patients (t=3.022, P=0.004). CD8CD28T cells, CD8CD28T cells, and especially CD8CD28/CD8CD28ratio (area under curve of 0.977, P=0.000; cut-off value of 1.14 [13.95%/12.24%] with a sensitivity of 93.3% and a specificity of 91.2%) showed good efficiencies in predicting GH (P<0.01). The mean and median of LTR of IBD patients who did not receive BA or surgical treatment were significantly longer (Χ=9.730, P=0.002; Χ=15.981, P=0.000). CD8CD28/CD8CD28ratio was significantly related to both BA (P=0.009) and surgery (P=0.038).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Both decreased CD8CD28T cells and elevated CD8CD28T cells are closely correlated with GH, and their ratio can predict the occurrence of GH with a high sensitivity and specificity and is correlated with BA and surgery at the cut-off value of 1.14.</p>
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The number, scale, compiling institutes, subject distribution, languages, and application of medical controlled vocabularies covered in Taxonomy warehouse were investigated, the developments of the main medical controlled vocabularies such as LMLS, MeSH and ICD were described, which showed the following tendencies of foreign medical controlled vocabularies,such as ontological transformation,intelligent update and application,coopera-tive compilation,dynamic integration and disintegration, distribution as linked data.