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【Objective】 To study the expression levels of suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1) and its clinical significance in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related liver diseases. 【Methods】 For this study we enrolled 25 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), hepatitis B cirrhosis, or HBV-associated chronic acute liver failure (HBV-ACLF), and 25 healthy controls. The expression levels of SOCS1 mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were determined using the RT-PCR method. The levels of SOCS1 and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the plasma of patients with chronic liver diseases and healthy controls were measured using the ELISA method. The relative expression levels of SOCS1, SOCS1 mRNA, and other laboratory test indicators such as HBV-DNA, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), prothrombin activity (PTA) and total bilirubin (TBil) were compared among the groups. Additionally, the correlation between the expression levels of SOCS1 mRNA and the aforementioned laboratory indicators was assessed. 【Results】 The expression levels of SOCS1 mRNA and serum SOCS1 were highest in the HBV-ACLF group, followed by the cirrhosis group, and lowest in the healthy control group, with statistically significant differences (F=109.65, P<0.001). The relative expression of SOCS1 mRNA was positively correlated with TBil (r=0.89, P<0.001), ALT (r=0.89, P<0.001), AST (r=0.84, P<0.001) and IL-6 (r=0.93, P<0.001), but negatively correlated with PTA (r=-0.89, P<0.001) and was not significantly correlated with HBV-DNA (P=0.28). 【Conclusion】 The expression levels of SOCS1 in patients with HBV-related chronic liver diseases can reflect the severity of the disease and show a significant correlation with indicators used to assess the severity of liver diseases.
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The pre-hospitalization service is an important initiative for medical institutions to implement the national reform of the medical security system. In 2018, Zhejiang province proposed the " most run once reform", requiring the establishment of an admission preparation center to carry out pre-hospitalization services. In June 2021, a certain maternal and child health hospital conducted a process reengineering for the pre admission process of the admission preparation center by applying the combined process analysis and failure mode and effects analysis, high-risk points of the hospitalization process were screened, the job value and job functions of each sector were sorted out, and the sector for improvement sector was evaluated, to launch an independent information system, establish a one click automatic import of pre hospital medical orders function, and remove on-site billing physicians from various specialties for improvement measures. The steps of the process had been optimized, inlcuding issuing pre hospital medical orders, waiting for pre-hospitalization, pre-hospitalization, and so on. The completeness rate of pre hospital medical orders, average waiting days before hospitalization, and patient satisfaction scores of pre hospitalization centers had changed from 91%, 2.99 days, and 93.46 points before process reengineering to 92%, 2.44 days, and 95.80 points after reengineering, respectively. This practice had achieved dual improvements in pre admission service quality and efficiency, so as to provide a reference for China′s medical institutions to carry out safe and efficient pre admission services.
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From January 2013 to December 2017, 8 patients with deep burns of upper limbs were admitted to our hospital, including 6 males and 2 females, aged 23-48 years. The wound area of full-thickness burns to burns with tendon and bone injury was 4.5 cm×2.0 cm-20.0 cm×10.5 cm. After debridement, thin abdominal flaps with subdermal vascular network in the size of 5.0 cm×2.5 cm-22.0 cm×12.0 cm were applied to cover the wounds, and the donor sites were sutured directly by relaxation. The disposable suction tubes with holes cut on side walls were used as drainage tubes. The part of drainage tubes with holes were wrapped with nano-silver antimicrobial dressings and then placed at the lowest position of pedicle and donor site of abdominal flap and the space between the injured limb and the abdominal wall. The loose nano-silver antibacterial dressing was used to fill the webs of fingers and the gap between the injured limb and the abdominal wall. The transparent film dressing was used to close the surgical area and then connected with a low negative voltage electric suction device to continuously suck at a negative pressure of -15 to -10 kPa. The self-made vacuum sealing drainage device was replaced at intervals of 4 to 5 days until pedicle breakage was performed 2 to 3 weeks after operation. The pedicled abdominal flaps of 8 patients had no torsion or avulsion, no pedicle blood supply disorder, and no infection or skin erosion in the operation area, and all the flaps survived after pedicle breakage.
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Objective To explore the clinical effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with tumor cell subtraction in the treatment of advanced epithelial ovarian cancer,as well as the effects on serum epididymal secretory protein 4 ( Human Epididymis protein 4,HE4) ,and glucose polypeptide antigen 125 ( cancer antigen 125,CA125 ) . Methods From January 2010 to January 2014, patients with advanced ovarian cancer from Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University were selected. According to the difference of clinical treatment plan,128 patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer were divided into the observation group ( 68 cases ) and the control group ( 60 cases ) . The patients in the observation group were given neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with tumor cytoreductivesurgery, and the control group was treated with tumor cytoreductivesurgery and conventional chemotherapy. The clinical efficacy, operation time, blood loss volume, ascites volume, complication, hospitalization time, HE4and CA125 were compared between the two groups. Also 1 year,3 year survival rate,HE4 and CA125 levels of the two groups were analyzed. Results The number of satisfactory tumor reduction cases in observation group was significantly higher than that in control group( 73. 53％( 50/68) ,51. 67％( 31/60) ,χ2=6. 56,P<0. 05) . The short-term effect of observation group was significantly better than that in control group( Z=5. 79,P<0. 05) . The operation time,blood loss volume,ascites volume,complication and hospitalization time of observation group were significantly lower than those in control group (operation time:(119. 6±39. 1) min vs. (177. 3±45. 6) min,t=7. 71,P<0. 05;blood loss:(378. 9 ±88.4) ml vs. (616.3±110.8) ml,t=13.47,P<0.05;ascites volume:(678.5±205.1) ml vs. (1372.4 ±405. 8) ml,t=12. 42, P<0. 05;complication: 13. 2％( 9/68) vs. 31. 7％( 19/60),χ2 = 6. 34, P<0. 05;hospitalization time:(10. 4±3. 2)d vs. (15. 3±3. 1)d,t=8. 77,P<0. 05). There was no significant difference in HE4 and CA125 between the two groups before treatment ( P>0. 05) . After chemotherapy,the level of HE4 and CA125 decreased significantly in the two groups after chemotherapy,and the observation group was significantly lower than the control group (HE4: (98. 3±28. 9) pmol/L vs. (153. 2±44. 1) pmol/L,t=8. 42,P<0. 05;CA125:(35. 3±14. 8) vs. (48. 3±14. 2) ) kU/L,t=5. 05,P<0. 05). The myelosuppression and digestive tract reaction in the observation group were more serious than those in control group (χ2=4. 09,4. 87,P<0. 05) . There was no significant difference in the 1 year survival rate between the two groups ( 86. 76％ vs. 81. 67％,χ2=0. 63, P>0. 05 ) . After 1 years of follow-up, the levels of HE4 and CAl25 in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (HE4:(112. 2±33. 7) pmol/L vs. (189. 4±39. 6) pmol/L,t=10. 95,P<0. 05;CA125:(51. 2±14. 2) kU/L vs. (59. 7±18. 6) kU/L,t=2. 69,P<0. 05). 3 year survival rate in observation group was significantly higher than that in control group ( 55. 88％ vs. 38. 33％,χ2 =3. 94, P<0. 05). The levels of HE4 and CAl25 were significantly lower than those in control group(HE4:(166. 5±45. 5) pmol/L vs. (245. 7±51. 8) pmol/L,t=6. 25,P<0. 05;CA125:(77. 4±18. 5) kU/L vs. (94. 4±16. 7) kU/L,t=3. 61,P<0. 05) . Conclusion Neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with cytoreductive surgery can effectively improve the clinical efficiency and improve the prognosis of patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.
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Objective To explore the value of liver and spleen stiffness in diagnosing esophageal and gastric varices (EGV) and predicting high risk of EGV bleeding in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related liver cirrhosis.Methods Totally 71 patients with HBV-related liver cirrhosis who had undergone endoscopy were prospectively recruited.Then acoustic radiation force imaging (ARFI) was performed.The severity of EGV was graded and ROCs were drawn on the liver shear wave velocity (LSWV) and spleen shear wave velocity (SSWV) to detect the value of liver and spleen stiffness in diagnosing EGV and predicting the high risk of EGV bleeding.Results There were significant differences of LSWV and SSWV between patients with EGV and without EGV (all P＜0.001).Taking endoscopy results as golden standards,the areas under ROC curve of LSWV and SSWV were 0.877 and 0.910 (both P＜0.001) in diagnosing esophageal varices,and the optimal cut-off values were 2.01 m/s and 2.84 m/s (sensitivity 93.5％ and 76.1％,specificity 76.0％ and 92.0％),respectively.Areas under ROC curve of LSWV and SSWV in predicting the high risk of EGV bleeding were 0.882 and 0.914 (both P＜0.001),and the optimal cut-off values were 2.27 m/s and 2.94 m/s (sensitivity 77.1％ and 85.7％,specificity 83.3％ and 91.7％),respectively.Conclusion Liver and spleen stiffness are useful in diagnosing EGV and predicting the high risk of EGV bleeding in patients with HBV-related liver cirrhosis.
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Objective:To investigate the effects of 125I radioactive particle implantation in the treatment of maxillofacial malignancy. Methods:43 patients with maxillofacial malignancy were treated with 125I radioactive particle implantation.The procedure was carried out according to the treatment planning system(TPS),with the particles spaced uniformly at 1 cm intervals and with the activity of 0.7 m Ciby 41 particles per case on a verage.All patients were followed up for 6-60 months.Results:The whole treatment procedurewas successful,and no particle displaced.The follow-up rate was 93.02% and treatment effective rate(CR+PR) was 90.70%.Norecur-rence was foundinall target areas.The mortality due to tumor was 9.30%and total survival rate was 74.43%.The cumulative survival rate of the patients in 0.5,1,2,3 and 5 years was 93.0%,85.7%,79.3,69.8% and 56.9% respectively.Survival periodon aver-age was 36.06-50.04 months,with the median of 43.05 months.The longest tumor-free survival period was 60 months.Radiation in-jury rate was 20.93% and only level 1 radiation injury was observedinall the cases.Facial nerve dys function was found in 2 cases and recovered after treatment.Conclusion:Treatment of maxillofacial malignancy by implantation of 125I particles is convenient and mini-mally invasive.The treatment canincrease survival rate of the patients and guaran tee the oropharynxes' function.
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An QuEChERS-UPLC-MS/MS method was developed for the simultaneous determination of eight hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers( OH-PBDEs) in soil samples. After being mixed with 10 mL of water, the sample was extracted with acidified acetonitrile, cleaned up by C18 and primary secondary amine ( PSA ) . The separation of eight OH-PBDEs was performed on a C18 column using gradient elution of acetonitrile and water as mobile phase within 9 min. The OH-PBDEs were analyzed under the multiple-reaction monitoring ( MRM ) mode with negative electrospay ionization. Under the optimal conditions, the calibration curves were linear well in the range of 2-200 μg/L with correlation coefficients ranging from 0. 9936 to 0. 9990, and the limits of detection of eight OH-PBDEs were in the range of 0. 23-1. 21 ng/g. At the spiked levels of 5. 0 and 50 ng/g, the average spiked recoveries for eight OH-PBDEs were between 73. 2% and 117. 7%, with the relative standard derivations ( RSDs) from 5. 6% to 19. 7%. The developed method is simple and sensitive, and suitable for the rapid analysis of large quantities of samples.
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Objective The expression and impaired function of ion channels might be one of the pathophysiological mecha -nisms responsible for diarrhea in inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD) .Proper animal model is the key to explore detailed pathophysiolog-ical process.The purpose of this study was to build a rat model of acute colitis induced by dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) in C57BL/6 mice and evaluate diarrhea-associated clinical , histological , pathological parameters and expressions of ion channel protein . Methods C57BL/6J mice of model group were treated with 4%DSS solution for 7 days to induce acute colitis.Mice body weight, stool moisture, stool consistency and the degree of hematochezia were recorded .The histopathological changes of mice colon specimens were observed visually and microcosmically, and the ion channel SLC26A3 protein was detected by Western Blot . Results All experimental mice survived.In the experiment, compared with control group , bloody diarrhea and weight lose occurred in model group , along with increased stool moisture ([73.30 ±8.31]% after experiment vs [44.32 ±6.42]% before experiment, P=0.004), and rapidly in-creased disease activity index (DAI) of acute colitis ([3.50 ±0.87] after experiment vs [1.0 ±0.00] before experiment, P=0.000).At the end of this experiment , compared with control group , the model group resulted in higher colonic damage score and pathological inflammation score (P=0.00, P=0.002), significantly shortened co-lon (P=0.00) and decreased expression of SLC26A3. Conclusion The intestinal mucosal injury and phenotypic features of 4%DSS-induced acute colitis are very similar to those of human ulcerative colitis .Impaired expression of intestinal ion transporter SLC26 A3 coexists with diarrhea in model group mice , and this model can support the research on mechanism of functional changes of ion channels in inflammatory diarrhea .
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Diarrhea is a common clinical feature of ulcerative colitis resulting from unbalanced intestinal fluid and salt absorption and secretion. The Cl(-)/HCO3(-) exchanger SLC26A3 is strongly expressed in the mid-distal colon and plays an essential role in colonic Cl(-) absorption and HCO3(-) secretion. Slc26a3 expression is up-regulated by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) in vitro. Our study was designed to investigate the effects of LPA on SLC26A3 expression and the diarrheal phenotype in a mouse colitis model.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Colitis was induced in C57BL/6 mice by adding 4% of dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) to the drinking water. The mice were assigned to LPA treatment DSS group, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) treatment DSS group, DSS only group and untreated mice with a completely randomized design. Diarrhea severity was evaluated by measuring mice weight, disease activity index (DAI), stool water content and macroscopic evaluation of colonic damage. The effect of LPA treatment on Slc26a3 mRNA level and protein expression in the different groups of mice was investigated by quantitative PCR and Western blotting.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All mice treated with DSS lost weight, but the onset and severity of weight loss was attenuated in the LPA treatment DSS group. The increases in stool water content and the macroscopic inflammation score in LPA treatment DSS group were significantly lower compared to DSS control group or PBS treatment DSS group ((18.89±8.67)% vs. (28.97±6.95)% or (29.48±6.71)%, P = 0.049, P = 0.041, respectively and 2.67±0.81 vs. 4.5±0.83 or 4.5±0.54, P = 0.020, P = 0.006, respectively), as well as the increase in DAI (P = 0.004, P = 0.008, respectively). LPA enema resulted in higher Slc26a3 mRNA and protein expression levels compared to PBS-treated and untreated DSS colitis mice.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>LPA increases Slc26a3 expression in the inflamed intestine and reduces diarrhea severity in DSS-induced colitis, suggesting LPA might be a therapeutic strategy in the treatment of colitis associated diarrhea.</p>
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Animals , Female , Mice , Antiporters , Genetics , Metabolism , Colitis , Drug Therapy , Colon , Allergy and Immunology , Metabolism , Dextran Sulfate , Pharmacology , Dextrans , Pharmacology , Diarrhea , Drug Therapy , Metabolism , Immunoblotting , Intestines , Metabolism , Lysophospholipids , Therapeutic Uses , Mice, Inbred C57BLABSTRACT
Objectives To study pregnant outcomes of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET),and analyze the differences of pregnant outcomes in patients with various phenotypes of PCOS.Methods From Jan.2005 to Feb.2010,631 PCOS patients (PCOS group)and 1423 patients with tubal infertility (control group) who underwent IVF-ET with matched age and body mass index were selected in Center for Reproductive Medicine of the Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University.Retrospective study was carried out,and pregnancy outcomes were compared between two groups.Results The rates of abortion and preterm birth in PCOS group were significantly higher than those in control group [22.7％ ( 143/631 ) vs.18.69％ (266/1423) and 11.2％ (38/339) vs.6.4％ (51/794) respectively,all P ＜0.05 ].The rates of gestational diabetes mellitus were 1.5％ (5/339) in PCOS and 0.6％ (5/794) in control group,respectively; the rates of pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome were 4.7％ (16/339) in PCOS and 3.0％ (24/794) in control group; gestational days were(272 ± 13) days in PCOS and(273 ± l0)days in control group; the rates of neonatal deformity were 0.6％ (2/339) in PCOS and O.8％ (6/794) in control group; weight of newborn infants in the two groups was(3.5 ±0.5 ) kg; and there was no significant difference between two groups in the above index ( all P ＞ O.05 ).Ovulatory PCOS patients had similar abortion rate [ 18.6％ (19/102) ] and preterm birth rate [ 8.2％ (4/49) ] when compared with those of control group (P ＞ 0.05 ).Conversely,oligo-ovulatory PCOS patients showed higher abortion rate [ 23.4％ ( 124/529 ) ] and preterm birth rate [ 11.7％ (34/290) ] than those of control group ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions PCOS patients after IVF-ET have an increased abortion rate and preterm birth rate.However,ovulatory PCOS did not present various pregnancy complications.Non-polycystic ovary PCOS patients have worse pregnancy outcome.Ovarian dysfunction might be related to obstetric complications.
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have confirmed that embryonic stem cells call be induced to differentiate into insulin-producing cells, but the induction process takes a long time. Most of the processes take about one month.OBJECTIVE: Activin A, all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and nicotinamide were applied in vitro in combination to observe whether mouse embryonic stem cells could be induct to differentiate into insulin-producing cell in a relatively short time.DESIGN: Cell observation experiment.SETTING: Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.MATERIALS: This study was performed at Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases from October 2004 to February 2006. Two mice of clean grade and of 12.5-14.5 days of gestational age were provided by Shanghai SLAC Laboratory Animal Co., Ltd (Permission No. 2004A034). The protocol was performed in accordance with ethical guidelines for the use and care of animals. Mouse embryonic stem cell lines were supplied by Dr Changxian Zhang (CNRS UMR5641, France). Activin A was the product of the R & D Corporation. ATRA and nicotinamide were supplied by the Sigma Corporation, USA. BFGF was supplied by Gibco Corporaion. METHODS: Head and viscera were removed from embryos of the pregnant mouse. The remaining tissues were cut into pieces and digested with trypsin. Cell suspension was centrifuged and inoculated at 3×108L-1. The cells could be used as mouse feeder layer after 2-3 times of passage. The mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) were inoculated onto the feeder layer in knockout Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) supplemented with leukemia inhibitory factors (LIF). ESCs were passaged at 1:3-1:6 after 2-3 days of culture. Culture medium with serum was added into the culture dishes to terminate the digestion. Cell fluid was centrifuged and supernatant was discarded. The sediments were prepared into suspension and inoculated at 2.5×104 with LIF-free culture medium. After 24-48 hours, embryonic bodies (EBs) were collected and replated in 1% Matrigel-coated dishes. When began to adhere to the dishes, EBs were cultured in 10% FBS/DMEM supplemented with 100μg/L activin A for 24 hours. Then EBs were switched to 10% FBS/DMEM for 6-8 hours as an interval. After this interval. EBs differentiated were cultured in 10% FBS/DMEM with 10<-6mol/L RA for another 24 hours followed by culture in 10% FBS/DMEM supplemented with 10μg/L bFGFs for 3-5 days. Finally, EBs differentiated were cultured in DMEM/F12 supplemented with N2 supplement, B27 supplement, 1μg/L laminin, 10μg/L bFGFs, and 10mmol/L nicotinamide for 3-5 days. Dithizone (DTZ) staining, inununofluorescent staining and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were applied to detect insulin expression in the differentiated cells.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Induction of ESCs, DTZ staining and immunofluorescent staining as wel as RT-PCR detection.RESULTS: Mouse ESCs growing on a feeder layer formed many colonies with clear boundary and dense structure. However, there was no obvious outer limit between these ESCs. EBs began to adhere to the dishes, which were coated with matrigel, on the 2nd day. After activin A and ATRA interval induction, EBs spread, and most of the living cells were epithelial cell-like when cultured in 10% FBS/DMEM supplemented with 10μg/L bFGFs. After culturing in DMEM/F12 supplemented with N2, B27, nicotinamide, bFGFs and laminin, the cells formed small clusters. The insulin-producing cells were stained dark red with DTZ, and the cells stained with primary antibody to insulin were insulin-positive. After 2 weeks of induction of activin A, ATRA, bFGFs and nicotinamide, the insulin-producing cells expressed insulin 2, Pdxl, Nkx6.1, Nkx2.2, PP, IAPP, Glut2, Somastatin, Hnf3β and Neuro D mRNA but did not express insulin 1 mRNA.CONCLUSION: Mouse ESCs call be induced to differentiate into insulin-producing cells by activin A, ATRA, bFGFs and nicotinamide in vitro. Induction time call be shortened to 2 weeks.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To prepare purified and concentrated coltivirus high titer antigen in order to further detect antibodies against coltivirus in serum sample of patients.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The coltivirus in C6/36 cells was cultured and harvested at different time, and the titer was titrated. The virus was purified and concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG), and stored at -20 degrees and 4 degrees, with and without glycerol, respectively, then the titer of coltivirus antigen was tested by indirect ELISA. By using the antigen, coltivirus antibodies in serum samples from both suspected Japanese encephalitis (JE) and viral encephalitis (VE) patients were detected.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The highest titer of coltivirus was found at 3-4 weeks of culturing. The antigen titer could be maintained at least for 6 months, especially antigen with glycerol either at 4 degrees or at -30 degrees even for two years. Totally 1141 serum samples from patients diagnosed clinically as JE and VE were tested. The results showed that 130 samples were coltivirus IgM antibody positive and the average positive rate was 11.4% (130/1141). Among 41 samples of paired-serum from patients in Guangzhou Children's Hospital, 9 samples were positive, the positive rate was 22.0% (9/41) in which 5 samples were diagnosed clinically as VE.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Stable and purified coltivirus antigen was obtained in order to test coltivirus antibodies as well as development of kits. Coltivirus probably can cause summer-autumn encephalitis in China.</p>
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Humans , Antibodies, Viral , Blood , Antigens, Viral , Cell Line , Coltivirus , Allergy and Immunology , Cryopreservation , Methods , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Reoviridae Infections , BloodABSTRACT
Hexavalent chromium[Cr(VI)] is a well-know environmental toxicant which can cause many types of DNA damage. However Cr(VI) does not react directly with DNA itself, it penetrates the cell membrane through the nonspecific phosphate/sulphate anion channel and undergoes a reductive metabolism to a series of lower oxidation state including quinquevalent chromium[Cr(V)], quadrivalent chromium[Cr(IV)] and trivalent chromium[Cr(III)]. Cr(III) can form variety of Cr-DNA adducts; moreover oxidative Cr(V) and free radicals generated during the reduction cause DNA oxidative damage. The process of how Cr(VI) induce DNA damage after entered the cells and types of DNA lesions were briefly reviewed in the present article.
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Extensive use of tributyltin (TBT) has caused serious environmental pollution, which is harmful to human and other organisms. As a cytotoxic chemical, an important mode for TBT effects on the cells is to induce apoptosis. The present paper mainly reviewed the mechanism by which TBT induces apoptosis at low concentration.