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The main form of fetal long bone development is endochondral ossification. In recent years, studies have shown that the mother during pregnancy with bad environmental exposure to high levels of endogenous glucocorticoid (GC) and premature use of artificial synthetic GC can go through the placenta into the fetal body, cause fetal blood GC levels, leading to intrauterine retardation, and affect fetal cartilage ossification. This effect can extend beyond birth and even into old age, leading to susceptibility and heritability of osteoporosis in offsprings. This review summarizes the current status of glucocorticoid exposure during pregnancy, summarizes the short-term and long-term effects of intrauterine GC exposure on long bone development in offsprings, and explains the possible mechanism of intrauterine endocrine programming, which lays a theoretical foundation for the prevention and treatment of fetal bone diseases caused by GC exposure during pregnancy and the future research direction of developmental diseases.
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Aims: Global warming and biological invasion are major environmental issues faced in the world. In the study, Rorippa amphibia, a perennial invasive clone plant in northern China, was used as a material to study the germination characteristics of the seeds at different temperatures. Study Design: Germination test of R. amphibia seeds at different temperature was studied by means of laboratory culture. The germination percentage, germination index, germination potential, bud height and root length of the seeds were determined. Place and Duration of Study: Samples were collected from the west side of the swimming pool of Shenyang Agricultural University of Liaoning Province in August 2017. Experiments were done in the College of Biological Science and Technology, between October 2017 and June 2018. Methodology: The petri dish method was used in the experiment. Fifty seeds were randomly selected and soaked in distilled water for 12h. The seeds were placed in a petri dish covered with double filter paper, cultured at 10℃, 15℃, 20℃, 25℃, 30℃, 35℃ and 40℃ in light incubators for 12h darkness and 12h light (4000lux), with 3 repeats per processing. Seed germination was based on embryo root breakthrough seed coat ≥ 1 mm. During the experiment, the numbers of seed germination were recorded every day, and the filter paper was kept moist until there was no new seed germination for 2 consecutive days, which was regarded as the end of germination. The numbers of seed germination should be counted regularly every day, and the beginning and duration of germination should be recorded. The germination rate, daily germination rate, germinating potential, germinating index and vigor index of R. amphibia seeds at different temperature were calculated by measuring bud height and radicle length on the 10th day after germination. Results: The temperature range of seed germination of R. amphibia was wide, which could germinate at 15 - 40℃. Lower temperature delayed the peak period of seed germination at some extent and the germination rates of R. amphibia peak at 30 - 35℃, which were 44.67% and 50% respectively. At 35℃, germination potential and germination index were 25.33% and 29.46, reaching the maximum value. Conclusion: The reason for the wide temperature range of seed germination and the low germination rate might be the candidate method for clonal plant population establishment in temperate zone. The higher germination rate of high temperature condition suggested that clone invasive plants in temperate regions were more invasive during global warming.
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Aims: Invasion of alien species has become a global problem. Many invaders appear to thrive even with low levels of sequence-based genetic variation, and genetic patterns might congruent with the spatial arrangement of populations. Study Design: The genetic diversity of giant ragweed was investigated using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). There were 5 populations(100 samples), and the distance between the two populations was more than 20 kilometers along with the mainstream of Liaohe. Place and Duration of Study: Samples were collected from Liaohe Basin. Experiments were done in the College of Biological Science and Technology, between February 2016 and March 2017. Methodology: The distance between the two populations was more than 20 kilometers. We sampled five populations of Ambrosia trifida L. along Liaohe river in Liaoning province (north-east of China). Leaves for AFLP experiment were stored in discoloration silica gel. Genomic DNA was extracted following the CTAB protocol. Results: The genetic distances varied with the geographic distances. However, with the influence of many different situations, and many modes of transmission, the discrepancy of genetic distance was reflected. There was low genetic diversity during earlier period of invasion diversity. After a period of invasion, genetic diversity gradually increased. Panshanzha number of polymorphic bands and percentage of polymorphic bands was 98 and 64.47% respectively. Manduhu was 93 and 61.16%, Juliuhe was 100 and 65.79%, Shifosi was 98 and 64.47%, Shuanganqiao was 127 and 83.55%. Shuanganqiao possessed the highest polymorphism. Conclusion: The source of genetic variation of giant ragweed in Liaohe was gene flow of population. Shuanganqiao might be the spread center.
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Flipping the classroom is a new teaching mode in which the students learn some-thing through the network autonomous learning before class, in classroom students interact with teach-ers, internalized and absorb what they have learned, and then consolidate it after class. So it can resultin real-timeevaluation of learning effect by different means, different objects and form and can ef-fectively give secondary feed back comments, which has important significance for the improvement of teaching and learning effects at all levels. Article discusses how to effectively use formative assess-ment method to conduct effective monit oringand feed back to improve the flipped classroom activi-ties. It also explore show to strengthen and exercise their student's ability in the application process.
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ObjectiveTo explore the influence of cognitive behavioral intervention on hospitalized patients with schizophrenia.Methods100 hospitalized schizophrenia patients were randomly divided into experimental group and the control group.Routine treatment given to the patients in the control group and cognitive behavioral intervention was applied to the patients at the same time based on routine treatment in experimental group.The patients were assessed with the mini-mental state examination( MMSE),activities of daily living(ADL) and WHO battery of cognitive assessment instrument(WHO-BCAI) pre-and post-cognitive behavioral intervention.ResultsThe expenrentcl geoup and ntrol group before and after the intervention the average MMSE score was(21.8 ± 3.9),(24.4 ± 4.7 ),(21.5 ±3.4),(22.9 ±3.8) ;ADL score an average of(28.8 ±7.9),(25.1 ±4.5),(27.9 ±7.1),(25.2 ±4.8) (t =6.89,11.13,all P ＜ 0.05 ) ; cognitive function in the auditory vocabulary learning,language skills,visual identification,the connection test and cancellation tests were different ( P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0.01 ).ConclusionCognitive behavioral intervention had positive influence on cognitive function in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia.
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To automatically infer the patterns of vessel structure such as the distal ends, segments, bifurvessel structures, and crossing of two vessels in X-ray angiographic images, a novel method is presented based on Gabor filter and circle detector. The method can cope with varying vessel curvature and intensity feature occur along the longitudinal vessel direction. The present study can facilitate 2-D quantitative description of vessel tree and 3-D vessel reconstruction, and provide an elementary clue for the diagnostics. The proposed method has been successively applied to both synthetic images for validation purposes and the actual angiographic images, which yielded encouraging results.
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Humans , Algorithms , Angiography , Methods , Artifacts , Blood Vessels , Pathology , Image Enhancement , Methods , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Imaging, Three-Dimensional , Pattern Recognition, Automated , MethodsABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture for chronic prostatitis and investigate its mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-eight cases were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture group and a western medicine group, 24 cases in each group. The electroacupuncture group was treated by electroacupuncture and Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3). Ciliao (BL 32) and Huiyang (BL 35) were selected as main acupoints. The western medicine group was treated by oral administration of Sparfloxacin tablets and Prostat tablets. The scores of NIH-CPSI, changes in uroflow rate-urethral sphincter EMG and their therapeutic effects were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 87.5 % in the electroacupuncture group which, was better than 62. 5% in the western medicine group (P(<0. 05). There were significant differences in the scores of NIH-CPSI and Q(max), Q(ave), TL value before and after treatment in the electroacupuncture group (all P<0.05), and with a significant difference in the scores of NIH-CPSI and Q(max). Q(ave), TL value after treatment between the two groups (all P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Electroacupuncture based on syndrome differentiation has better therapeutic effect on chronic prostatitis than that of routine clinical medicine.</p>
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Adult , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Acupuncture Points , Chronic Disease , Therapeutics , Electroacupuncture , Electromyography , Prostatitis , Therapeutics , Treatment Outcome , Urethra , ChemistryABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the clinical efficacy of Penyanqing Capsule (PYQC) in treating pelvic inflammation of Qi-stagnation with blood stasis syndrome.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The randomized, single blinded, parallel positive drug controlled method was adopted, with 82 patients assigned into two groups by envelop method. The 42 patients in the treated group received PYQC 3 times a day, 4 capsules each time taken orally; the 40 patients in the control group were given orally Fuyankang tablets (FYKT) 3 times a day, 6 tablets each time. The therapeutic course for both groups was 2 months, and 2 courses of treatment were given successively to observe the comprehensive effect, changes of symptoms and signs before and after treatment. The effects of PYQC on hemorrheological character in part of the patients and on the pathogenetic chlamydia and mycoplasma were also observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate in the treated group was 83.3%, which was insignificantly different from that in the control group (77.5%, P > 0.05). However, PYQC could significantly lower the hemorrheologic indexes in patients and showed definite influence on the pathogenetic chlamydia and mycoplasma.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>PYQC has good therapeutic effect in treating chronic pelvic inflammation of Qi-stagnation with blood stasis syndrome, and showed definite effect on chlamydia and mycoplasma.</p>
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Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Blood Circulation , Chronic Disease , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Therapeutic Uses , Follow-Up Studies , Pelvic Inflammatory Disease , Drug Therapy , Qi , Single-Blind MethodABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effect of 2-methoxyestradiol (2ME2) and arsenic trioxide (As2O3) on the apoptosis related gene expression in multiple myeloma cell line CZ-1.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Total RNA was isolated from CZ-1 cells which had been treated with 2ME2 and As2O3 at an apoptosis-inducing concentration and reverse-transcribed into a cDNA probe labeled with Bio-16-dUTP, and then hybridized it with a microarray containing up to 96 key genes involved in apoptosis. The gene expression profile of the 2ME2 and As2O3 treated CZ-1 cells were analyzed with GEArray Analyzer software. The microarray results were confirmed by RT-PCR.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>As2O3 treatment caused the alteration in the expression of 52 genes (54.2% of total genes on microarray). Among them, 42 (80.8%) were upregulated and 10 (19.2%) were downregulated. The upregulated genes were mainly involved in caspases family, P53 and ATM pathway, death effector domain family, TNF receptor family and CIDE family. 2ME2 treatment resulted in the alteration of 42 genes (43.8% of the total genes on microarray). Of them, 32 (76.2%) were downregulated and 10 (23.8%) were upregulated. The downregulated genes mainly belonged to bcl-2 family, inhibitor of apoptosis protein family (IAP), TRAF family, TNF ligand family, and CARD family.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>2ME2 and As2O3 induce the CZ-1 cells apoptosis by different pathways. As2O3 mainly induces upregulation of proapoptotic genes, and 2ME2 downregulation of anti-apoptotic genes expression.</p>
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Humans , Apoptosis , Genetics , Arsenicals , Pharmacology , Cell Line, Tumor , Estradiol , Pharmacology , Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Multiple Myeloma , Genetics , Pathology , Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis , Oxides , Pharmacology , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Tubulin Modulators , PharmacologyABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate whether three biallelic polymorphisms at the position -592, -819 and -1082 in the promoter region of the IL-10 gene were associated with the incidence of autoimmune liver disease.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The IL-10 -592 and IL-10-1082 polymorphisms were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms analysis (PCR-RFLP), while polymerase chain reaction- sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) assay was used to detect IL-10 -819 polymorphisms.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among 54 Chinese patients with AIH or 77 Chinese patients with PBC versus healthy controls, the frequency of AA, GA genotypes at IL-10 gene promoter -1082 position was 87.0% or 83.1% versus 90.0%, 13.0% or 16.9% versus 10.0%, respectively (P > 0.05), the GG genotype in Chinese populations is absent; the frequency of CC, CT, TT genotypes at IL-10 gene promoter -819 position was 11.11% or 9.1% versus 8.1%, 44.4% or 53.3% versus 45.0%, 44.4% or 37.7% versus 46.9%, respectively (P > 0.05); the frequency of CC, CA, AA genotypes at IL-10 gene promoter -592 position was 4.9% or 14.3% versus 10.0%, 51.2% or 53.3% versus 51.9%, 43.9% or 32.5% versus 38.1%, respectively (P > 0.05). No alleles differed significantly in each groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There were no association between IL-10 gene polymorphisms and autoimmune liver disease</p>
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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Hepatitis, Autoimmune , Genetics , Allergy and Immunology , Interleukin-10 , Genetics , Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary , Genetics , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Methods , Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length , Promoter Regions, Genetic , GeneticsABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the association between Chinese patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and the polymorphisms of cytotoxic T lymphocyte -associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene promoter (-318) and exon 1 (+49).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The CTLA-4 promoter (-318 T/C) and exon 1 (+49A/G) polymorphisms were genotyped via restriction fragment length polymorphism methods in 62 Chinese AIH patients, 77 Chinese PBC patients and 160 healthy controls.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There was no difference in the distribution of CTLA-4 promoter -318 T/C polymorphisms between AIH patients and controls, but the C allele frequency was significantly increased in patients with AIH, compared to controls (P=0.02, OR=2.43). The distribution of CTLA-4 gene exon 1 49 A/G genotypes exhibited significant difference between PBC patients and controls (P=0.006), and the frequency of G allele showed a significant increase in PBC group as compared with controls (P=0.0046, OR=1.8). Although the genotype distribution of the CTLA-4 exon 1-promoter gene displayed no significant difference between AIH and PBC patients and controls, the occurrence of GG-CC was increased in the patients of the two groups (AIH: 32.3%, PBC: 37.7%; control: 22.5%).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The above findings suggest that the polymorphisms of CTLA-4 gene probably confer susceptibility to AIH and PBC in the Chinese population.</p>
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Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Antigens, CD , Genetics , Asian People , Genetics , CTLA-4 Antigen , China , Exons , Genetics , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genetics , Genotype , Hepatitis, Autoimmune , Ethnology , Genetics , Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary , Ethnology , Genetics , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Polymorphism, Genetic , Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length , Promoter Regions, Genetic , GeneticsABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine the relationship between polymorphisms in the genes encoding IL-1, IL-6, and IL-10 with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) in Chinese population.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Whole-blood samples were taken from 77 patients with PBC and 160 healthy controls. DNA was extracted and the polymorphisms at positions IL-1 +3953, IL-1RN intron 2, IL-6 -174, and IL-10 -1082, -819, and -592 were determined by using sequence-specific polymerase chain reaction (SSP) or polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The frequency of IL-1RN1,1 allele in PBC group was significantly higher than in control group (90.9% vs 79.4%, P=0.026), and the frequency of IL-1RN1,2 in PBC group was significantly lower than in control group (6.5% vs 18.8%, P=0.013). There was no significant difference in the frequence of IL-1RN*2 allele between PBC group and control group (P=0.06). Of the 77 patients with PBC, 4 patients were IL-6 -174GC, 73 were IL-6 174GG. All the 160 health controls are IL-6 -174GG (P=0.0036). The frequence of IL-6 -174C allele in PBC group was significantly higher than that in control group (P=0.0038). No significant differences of polymorphisms for IL-1 +3953 and IL-10 (-1082, -819 and -592) were found between PBC group and control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The polymorphisms of IL-1RN and IL-6 -174G/C appear to be associated with PBC, and the polymorphisms of IL-1 +3953 and IL-10 promoter gene are not associated with PBC in a Chinese population.</p>