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Objective To investigate the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on human pulmonary vascular endothelial cells (HPVECs) cytoskeleton and perform biological analysis of the microRNA (miRNA) spectrum. Methods The morphology of HPVECs was observed by microscope, the cytoskeleton by FITC-phalloidin staining, and the expression of VE-cadherin was detected by immunofluorescence cytochemical staining; the tube formation assay was conducted to examine the angiogenesis, along with cell migration test to detect the migration, and JC-1 mitochondrial membrane potential to detect the apoptosis. Illumina small-RNA sequencing was used to identify differentially expressed miRNAs in NC and LPS group. The target genes of differentially expressed miRNAs were predicted by miRanda and TargetScan, and the functional and pathway enrichment analysis was performed on Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). Further biological analysis of related miRNAs was carried out. Results After the LPS got induced, the cells became round and the integrity of cytoskeleton was destroyed. The decreased expression of VE-cadherin was also observed, along with the decreased ability of angiogenesis and migration, and increased apoptosis. Sequencing results showed a total of 229 differential miRNAs, of which 84 miRNA were up-regulated and 145 miRNA were down-regulated. The target gene prediction and functional enrichment analysis of these differential miRNA showed that they were mainly concentrated in pathways related to cell connection and cytoskeleton regulation, cell adhesion process and inflammation. Conclusion In vitro model of lung injury, multiple miRNAs are involved in the process of HPVECs cytoskeleton remodeling, the reduction of barrier function, angiogenesis, migration and apoptosis.
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Humans , Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology , Endothelial Cells/metabolism , MicroRNAs/metabolism , Lung/metabolism , Cytoskeleton , Gene Expression ProfilingABSTRACT
Objective To assess the application of Stroop color-word test ( SCWT) for screening of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) in patients with liver cirrhosis.Methods Sixty patients aged 18-65 years with liver cirrhosis and 60 age, education level-matched healthy subjects were examined with SCWT.The SCWT indexes were compared between two groups .MHE was identified when patients had abnormal number connection test-A (NCT-A) and/or digit symbol test (DST).Results Time consuming and errors of card 2, 3, 4 and Stroop interference effects ( SIE) reflecting word-interference and color-interference in SCWT were increased significantly in liver cirrhotic patients [(17.28 ±0.69)sec,(12.96 ± 1.10)sec, (30.30 ±1.40)sec, (5.00 ±0.90)sec, (13.74 ±1.22)sec, (0.36 ±0.10) times, (0.50 ± 0.11) times, (0.50 ±0.11) times, (5.00 ±0.90) times,(1.98 ±0.23) times, respectively] compared to those in healthy subjects [(10.18 ±0.57) sec,(7.68 ±0.39)sec,(15.68 ±0.33)sec,(1.94 ±0.37) sec, (6.56 ±0.70)sec, (0.02 ±0.02) times,(0.10 ±0.04)times,(0.10 ±0.04)times,(0.04 ±0.02) times,(0.20 ±0.08) times, respectively; t =12.95, 6.98, 8.19, 7.02, 11.91, 10.09, 8.97,8.15, 17.94,11.37,all P=0.00];while there were no significant differences in time consuming and errors of card 1 between liver cirrhotic patients [ ( 7.10 ±0.40 ) sec and ( 0.04 ±0.03 ) times ] and healthy subjects [(6.72 ±0.36)sec and (0.02 ±0.02) times; t=1.89, 1.91, both P=0.06].The sensitivity of word SIE, color SIE and word SIE +color SIE of SCWT for primary screening of MHE was 0.83(50/60), 0.88 (53/60) and 0.98(59/60) respectively, whereas the specificity was 0.87(52/60), 0.80(48/60) and 0.83(50/60) respectively.ConclusionThe SCWT may serve as a convenient , effective and reliable tool for primary screening MHE.
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Objective To explore the clinical effect of the application of modified Chaihuguizhi dried ginger soup in the treatment of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency migraine.Methods 102 cases of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency migraine patients treated in our hospital from June 2014 to February 2016 were selected and randomly divided into two groups.The control group were given conventional western medicine; the observation group were given modified Chaihuguizhi dried ginger soup.The clinical curative effect, accompanied symptoms before and after the treatment, duration, degree of pain, the symptom scores of episode, and plasma specific viscosity, whole blood viscosity, hematocrit of red blood cell (HCT), serum 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT) level, medication safety during the treatment of the groups were recorded and compared.Results The total effective rate of the observation group (92.16%) was significantly higher than the control group (76.47%) (P<0.05); accompanied symptoms, duration, degree of pain and the number of attacks of the two groups after the treatment, compared with those before the treatment, improved significantly( P<0.01), and the decrease degree of the observation group was more significant(P<0.01);compared with those before the treatment, the plasma specific viscosity, blood viscosity, HCT and 5-HT levels improved significantly in the two groups after the treatment(P<0.01), and the observation group was better(P<0.01).Conclusion The application of Chaihuguizhi dried ginger soup in the treatment of migraine of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency is more conducive to ease the clinical symptoms, with more remarkable curative effect, safely and reliably, which has high clinical reference value.