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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of smoking on the microRNAs (miRNAs) expression in pneumoconiosis patients.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Real-time qPCR was used to measure the expression levels of miR-21, miR-200c, miR-16, miR-204, miR-206, miR-155, let-7g, miR-30b, and miR-192 in 36 non-smoking patients with pneumoconiosis and 38 smoking patients with pneumoconiosis, and the differences in expression levels between the two groups were evaluated by two-independent samples t-test.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression of miR-192 in serum showed a significant difference between non-smoking and smoking pneumoconiosis patients (P < 0.05), and it decreased gradually in smoking patients with stage I and II pneumoconiosis. In the serum of all pneumoconiosis patients, the expression level of miR-16 was the highest, while the expression level of miR-204 was the lowest.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Pneumoconiosis patients have differential expression of miRNAs in serum, and smoking has an effect on the miRNAs expression in pneumoconiosis patients.</p>
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Humans , MicroRNAs , Pneumoconiosis , Metabolism , Polymerase Chain Reaction , SmokingABSTRACT
Objective To develop a simple test method to determine lead in the food by atomic absorption spectrometry. Methods Based on the system of HCl-K3Fe(CN)6-KBH4, lead in the food samples was oxidized into Pb4+ and formed PbH4 in the continuous flow injection hydride generator and then the PbH4 vapour was put into atomization, the atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine lead. Results The detection limit was 0.070 ?g /L, the linear range of standard curve was 0-16 ?g /L, the correlation coefficient (r) was 0.999 5, RSD was less than 1.92% for the standard solution, and less than 3% for food samples, average recovery rate was 97%. Conclusion This method is simple, low cost and applicable to the determination of trace lead in the food.
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Objective To investigate the effect of GM 1 on vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage.Methods Twenty-five wistar rats receiving intracisternal injection of 0.15 ml autologous nonheparinized blood or 0.15 ml saline two times were divided into five groups as follows: control group, cerebral vasospasm (CVS) group, Nimodipine group, GM 1 therapy group and GM 1 prevent group. The cortical regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured by hydrogenate clearance method at 0, 0.5, 1, 3 and 6h respectively. After perfusion and fixation, capillary vessels in temporal lobe cortex were labeled with anti-factor Ⅷ and observed by microvascular graphic analysis. Results (1) Compared with control group, rCBFs in CVS group, Nimodipine group and GM 1 therapy group were apparently decreased after second intracisternal blood injection (all P