ABSTRACT
Exosome is a kind of biological membrane structure at nanometer level. It is secreted by various cells and widely distributed in most body fluids. Biological active substances, including non-coding RNAs and proteins, have been identified in the exosomes. Exosome may be involved in cell-to-cell substance transporting and signaling. Non-coding RNAs have important function of regulating gene expression and also play key roles in the occurrence and development of many cancers. Research on exosome-derived non-coding RNA is a new hotspot at present. In this paper, we will review research progress on exosome and exosome-derived non-coding RNA in digestive system malignancy.
ABSTRACT
Authentications of Chinese herbal medicine have a critical effect in Chinese clinical medicine. DNA molecular marker, as an important component for true or false authentication, is more and more widely used in iden-tification of Chinese medicinal materials. At the same time, many new methods for authentication of Chinese medici-nal materials are continuously emerging. But the systematically comparative analysis of these new methods is lack. The present study taking Lonicera japonica as an example, systematically compared principles, characteristics, ex-periment methods, detection time and the application scope of express sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR), polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR), DNA barcoding and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), and put forward corresponding improve-ment opinions. This study can help to screen appropriate approach for rapid authentication of L. japonica and offer demonstrating to other Chinese herbal medicines.