Correlation between cognitive impairment and diabetic nephropathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus / 中南大学学报(医学版)

OBJECTIVE@#To explore the correlation between diabetic nephropathy (DN) and cognitive impairment through examining the cognitive function and the metabolism of the cerebrum in Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at different stages of renal function.
@*METHODS@#Eighty six patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were enrolled for this study. According to the urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER), the patients were divided into a T2DM without DN group (DM group, n=33), an early DN group (DN-III group, n=26) and a clinical stage group (DN-IV group, n=27). Thirty healthy adults were selected as a control group (NC group). Biochemical indexes and UAER were measured, and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was detected by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The cognitive function was measured by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA, Beijing version) and mini-mental state examination (MMSE). The peak areas of N-acetylasparte (NAA), creatine (Cr), choline-containing compounds (Cho) were detected by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS).
@*RESULTS@#1) There was no statistical difference in MMSE scores between the DM group and the control group. The scores of MoCA in the DN-III group or in the DN-IV group were significant less than that in the NC group (F=3.66, P<0.05); 2) There was significant difference in left N-acetylaspartate (LNAA), left choline (LCho) among the diabetes groups. Compared with the DM group, the level of LNAA was decreased significantly (t=3.826, P<0.05) while the LCho was increased significantly (t=4.373, P<0.05) in the DN groups, with statistic difference between the 2 groups (t=3.693, P<0.05); 3) The MoCA scores of T2DM patients were negatively correlated with UAER (r=-0.285, P<0.05), while positively correlated with GFR (r=0.379, P<0.05); 4) Logistic regression analysis indicated that UAER and GFR were the major risky factors for diabetic cognitive impairment.
@*CONCLUSION@#Diabetic cognitive impairment is closely correlated with the nephropathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes. With the decline in glomerular filtration function, the cognitive disorder tends to be aggravated. The hippocampal brain metabolism may have some changes in left side of Cho/Cr in patients with diabetic nephropathy.

Study on the correlation between TM and prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To detect the relationship between tumor markers (TM) and prognosis of NSCLC.Methods The level of TM of 178 NSCLC cases,which all accord with the standard of advanced NSCLC come from Guang'an Men Hospital of China Academy of TCM from 2006 October to 2009 March.Was divided into 5 groups:group 1 (0～3 months)、group 2 (4～6 months)、group 3 (7～9 months)、group 4 ( 10～ 12 months)、group 5 ( ＞ 12 months) according to time to progression (TTP).Studied the correlation between TM,TTP and one year survival retrospectively.Results The serum level of Ca125 in TTP 1～5 group was:(227.9± 73.3)U/ml,(83.4± 127.6)U/ml,(74.8 ± 174.5)U/ml,(53.15 ± 26.3)U/ml,(24.69± 8.78)U/ml respectively which indicated that the higher the serum level of Ca125 was,the more quickly the progress of disease would be(P=0.02); The serum level of Cyfra211 [(9.8±9.4)ng/ml,(10± 6.9) ng/ml,(41.55±9.3) ng/ml,(11.98 ± 9.9) ng/ml,(4.1 ± 0.5) ng/ml) ],CEA [ (88.4± 227) ng/ml,(75.8 ± 272) ng/ml,(57.4 ±153)ng/ml,(35.4±52.5)ng/ml,(17.1± 15.4)ng/ml] and Ca153 [(42.6±52.3)ng/ml,(47.6±147.0) ng/ml,(57.4± 153)ng/ml,(19.4± 12.7)ng/ml,(33.7± 14.6)ng/ml] was associated with prognosis,the higher level they were the lower possibility of one-year survival would be (P=0.041 ).Conclusion Ca 125、Cyfra211、CEA and Ca153 had certain value for prognostic judgment and it was of great significance that measuring rational serum tumor markers on judging prognosis of NSCLC.

Effects of oxymatrine injection combined with low-dose paclitaxel on mRNA and protein expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor and CXC chemokine receptor 4 in human gastric carcinoma SGC-7901 cells / 中西医结合学报

To investigate the effects of oxymatrine injection (OI) combined with low-dose paclitaxel on expressions of mRNAs and proteins of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) in human gastric carcinoma SGC-7901 cells.

Mechanisms of magnolol against 6-OHDA-induced PC12 cell trauma / 中成药

AIM:To investigate the possible mechanism of magnolol on the damage of PC12 cell induced by the addition of 6-OHDA placed in an incubator for 24 h with rat's pheochromocytoma cell of adrenal medulla in the absence and presence of magnolol. METHODS:Cell viability was measured by MTT method. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and aspartate-specific cysteine proteases-3 (Caspase-3) concentration(s) were assayed by fluorescence spectrophotometer. RESULTS:Cell activity declined sharply by the addition of 6-OHDA at concentration of 100 ?mol/L,the pre-treatment of magnolol(0.1~10 ?mol/L)could significantly increase the PC12 cell activity and prevent the increased ROS and caspase-3. CONCLUSION:Magnolol may protect the cell trauma induced by 6-OHDA,and the mechanism is related to inhibiting the 6-OHDA-induced elevation in intracellular ROS levels and reducing the caspase-3 activity.