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Objective:To explore gene expression and metabolic capacity changes of brown adipose tissue(BAT)during different gestation periods.Methods:A normal pregnancy model was established using C57BL/6J mice, while infertile mice of the same age were served as the control group. The morphological alteration of BAT during pregnancy as well as the gene expression of uncoupling protein 1(UCP1) and other fat browning and mitochondrial marker genes were detected. Moreover, BATs from early and late gestation were selected to screen differentially expressed genes in relation to pregnancy progressing by RNA sequencing(RNA-seq), and gene ontology(GO) and Kyoto gene and gene sequencing(KEGG)were performed.Results:With pregnancy progressing, the size of BAT lipid droplets was substantially enlarged, UCP1 protein expression was decreased( P<0.01), and the fat browning marker genes(Ucp1, Dio2, and Pgc1α)and the mitochondrial marker gene CytC were downregulated( P<0.001). Additionally, a total of 1 298 distinct genes were identified by RNA-seq, 906 of which were upregulated and 392 were downregulated at later stage of pregnancy. GO and KEGG analyses revealed that the differentially expressed genes were mainly enriched in bioregulatory functional pathways such as lipid metabolism, sex steroid hormones, and inflammatory factors. Conclusion:BAT in mice showed larger lipid droplets and reduced thermogenic and metabolic capacity during late gestation, and BAT gene expression was significantly different in different periods of gestation, so reduced metabolic capacity of BAT may contribute to metabolic abnormality during pregnancy.
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Objective To probe into the present family bed workloads at community health centers in Shanghai,for bettering the service mode.Methods 41 community health centers in 17 districts or counties in Shanghai were randomly sampled with questionnaires,to learn the profile of the family beds and analyze the workloads provided by the institutions from 2010 to 2012.Results For the 41 institutions surveyed,patients aged 60 or above accounted for 95.07％ of the total patients,of whom the seniors over age 80 accounted for 51.00％; 3-year family bed setup rate is 4.45‰,5.09‰ and 5.51‰ respectively;the family bed checkup interval is 6.26 days,6.08 days and 5.84 days respectively.The average monthly payment from medical insurance per person is 441.86 yuan in 2010,433.41 in 2011,and 401.26 in 2012.Diseases makeup:Cardiovascular diseases accounting for 51.16 ％of the total,stroke patients for 31.02 ％,chronic bronchitis for 4.81％,and cancer patients for 1.10％.Among those patients withdrawn from family beds,86.54％ were cured,steady plus improvements.Conclusion Further improvement of the family bed service for better elderly chronic care management; preferential policies to further enhance the family bed service capabilities; emphasis of internal management to continuously improve the social benefits.
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Objective To study the observation and nursing for exercise-induced fatigue by thread-burying in acupoint. Methods 41 athletes-in-training were treated by thread-burying in acu-point for 2 courses of treatment, choosing main acupointa such as Guan yuan, Shen yu, Pi yu, Ming men,Zu sanli, San yinjiao. Then the changes of athletes' training and hemoglobin were observed. Results After two courses of treatment, athletes' quality of sleep, mental condition in the morning, diet, desire to train, physical fitness, training quality and concentration improved siguificantly.Level of hemoglobin in-creased distinctly. Conclusions The treatment of thread-burying in acupoint could improve sport fa-tigue. Combination with Chinese and western integrative medicine, dialectical treatment, emotion and diet nurse, western integral appraisal procedure to observe and asepsis operation played a positive part in the recovery from sport fatigue.