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Objective To investigate the expression of serum miR-140-3p in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its correlation with interleukin-4 ( IL-4),interleukin-8 (IL-8) and interleu-kin-17A (IL-17A),and provide evidence for the diagnosis and treatment of ASD. Methods Totally 172 ca-ses of ASD children admitted to Anning Hospital of Hainan Province from January 2015 to June 2018 were selected as case group,80 cases of healthy subjects as control group. ASD children were divided into mild-moderate group (n=116) and severe group (n=56) by ASD Behavior Rating Scale and Child Autism Rating Scale. Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immu-nosorbent assay ( ELISA) were used to detect the changes of serum levels of miR-140-3p,IL-4,IL-8 and IL-17A in each group. ROC curve was used to analyze the diagnostic value of miR-140-3p,IL-4,IL-8 and IL-17A for ASD. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between serum miR-140-3p and IL-4,IL-8 and IL-17A in children with ASD. Results The serum levels of miR-140-3p ( 0. 86 ± 0. 17 vs 0. 15±0. 03),IL-4(48. 65±13. 82)pg/ml vs (31. 42±7. 50)pg/ml),IL-8((7. 14±2. 05) pg/ml vs (2. 30± 0. 74)pg/ml) and IL-17A((112. 35±51. 64)pg/ml vs (58. 20±26. 40)pg/ml) in the case group were sig-nificantly higher than those in the control group ( P<0. 05). Serum levels of miR-140-3p( 1. 08 ± 0. 24 vs 0. 71±0. 12),IL-4((53. 28±16. 30)pg/ml vs (43. 70±13. 52)pg/ml),IL-8((9. 42±2. 85)pg/ml vs (5. 63 ±1. 48)pg/ml) and IL-17A((138. 40±65. 72)pg/ml vs (96. 74±40. 83) pg/ml) in severe group were sig-nificantly higher than those in mild-moderate group(P<0. 05). The AUC (95%CI) of serum miR-140-3p for ASD diagnosis was 0. 827 (0. 773-0. 886),which were significantly higher than that of IL-4 (0. 719 (0. 651-0. 764)pg/ml),IL-8 (0. 683 (0. 625-0. 743)pg/ml) and IL-17A(0. 745 (0. 683-0. 817)pg/ml). The best cut-off value was 0. 75,and the sensitivity and specificity were 84. 8% and 78. 2%,respectively. The best cut-off value of serum miR-140-3p for diagnosing ASD was 0. 75, and its sensitivity and specificity were 84. 8% and 78. 2%,respectively. The correlation analysis showed that serum miR-140-3p was positively cor-related with IL-4,IL-8 and IL-17A in children with ASD (r=0. 681,r=0. 624,r=0. 775,all P<0. 01). Con-clusion Serum levels of miR-140-3p was significantly higher in ASD children, correlated with levels of IL-4,IL-8 and IL-17A,and miR-140-3p was a potential biomarkers for ASD diagnosis.
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OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Yupingfeng powder combined with second- generation antihistamines versus second-generation antihistamines for chronic urticaria(CU)systematically,and to provide evidence-based reference for clinical treatment for CU. METHODS:Retrieved from PubMed,Embase,The Cochrane Library,CJFD,VIP and CBM,RCT about therapeutic efficacy(total response rate,cure rate,recurrence rate)and safety(the incidence of ADR)of Yupingfeng combined with second-generation antihistamines(trial group)versus second-generation antihistamines(control group) in the treatment of CU were collected. The data extraction was performed for included clinical studies,and Meta-analysis was performed by using Rev Man 5.3 statistical software after quality evaluation with Cochrane Handbook 5.1.0 evaluation criteria. RESULTS:A total of 34 RCTs were enrolled,involved 3 405 patients in total. Results of Meta-analysis showed that the total response rate [OR=4.02,95%CI(3.03,5.34),P<0.001],cure rate [OR=2.25,95%CI(1.95,2.60),P<0.001] and recurrence rate [OR=0.33,95%CI(0.26,0.42),P<0.001] of trial group were significantly better than those of control group,with statistical significance. There was no statistical significance in the incidence of ADR between 2 groups [OR=0.98,95%CI(0.71,1.37),P=0.92]. CONCLUSIONS:For CU therapy,Yupingfeng powder combined with second-generation antihistamines is better than second-generation antihistamines alone in improving total response rate and cure rate,reducing recurrence rate,both have similar safety.
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The effects of prescriptions of fragrant traditional Chinese medicine covered in ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine published in the past dynasties on disease control and treatment were retrieved from the Full-text Database of Ancient Books on Traditional Chinese Medicine developed by Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. A fragrant medicinal subject system with unique characteristics was established by analyzing the characteristics of prescribed fragrant traditional Chi-nese medicine and the prescribing rules of fragrant traditional Chinese medicine according to theirprinciples-methods-formulae-medicinal, clarifying the related factors influencing diseases and the related mechanisms of prescriptions, which can not only promote the theoretical and practical development of external treatment with prescriptions of fragrant traditional Chinese medicine but also provide the reliable philological basis for external diseases and pharmacology of traditional Chinese medical formulae.
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The serial knowledge of cognate thoughts, culture, systems, language, engraving and edition of classic ancient books was organized based on their subject-guided reading activities, which plays a rather effective role in promoting the readers to read them. The selection of subject-guided reading activity contents, forms of subject-guided reading activity design, implementation of subject-guided reading activity were analyzed with the ancient e-dition of《Handbook of prescriptions for emergency》as an example. A knowledge chain-based subject-guided reading model of classic ancient books was proposed for promoting the reading of ancient books on traditional Chinese medi-cine and the reading of Chinese national culture in related academic libraries.
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Objective:The effects of IL-13 ( Interleukin-13 ) on SDF-1 ( Stromal cell derived factor 1 ) and EGF ( Epidermal growth factor) expression in fibroblasts co-cultured with breast cancer cells were investigated to explore the mechanism for IL-13 in the development of breast cancer.Methods:The co-culture of human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 with the human skin fibroblast line CCC-ESF-1 ( ESF) was used in vitro and in tumor-burdened nude mice.The effects of IL-13 on SDF-1 and EGF expression in the co-cultured fibroblasts in vitro were analyzed using reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction ( RT-qPCR ) , flow cytometry and Western blot assay.The proliferation of the co-cultured human breast cancer cells in vitro was detected by Cell counting kit-8(CCK-8).The effects of IL-13 on SDF-1 and EGF expression in the fibroblasts of tumor tissue of tumor-burdened nude mice were analyzed using immunofluorescence and laser confocal microscope, and the tumor volumes were examined.Results: IL-13 could up-regulate SDF-1 and EGF expression in the fibroblasts co-cultured with breast cancer cells in vitro,and promoted the proliferation of the co-cultured breast cancer cells.In tumor-burdened nude mice,IL-13 enhanced SDF-1 and EGF expression of fibroblasts in tumor tissue, and accelerated tumor growth.Conclusion:IL-13 up-regulates SDF-1 and EGF expression of fibroblasts co-cultured with breast cancer cells.The molecular mechanism of promoting effect of IL-13 on breast cancer relates to SDF-1 and EGF of fibroblasts in breast cancer stroma.
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How to grasp the characteristics of ancient books, how to accurately select the topics and how to plan the projects were analyzed in order to popularize the ancient books and improve their utilization with the popularization and utilization of ancient books in Library of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine as an example. Suggestions were put forward for the popularization and utilization of ancient books, namely strengthening the publicity to the protection of ancient books, gaining for the support of governments, schools and social organizations, building the platform for sharing ancient books, and improving the professional level of staff providing ancient books service.
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The popularization of reading ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine has been in abasinstate due to their contents , their readers and the reading competence of their readers .The role of media guidance in popu-larization of reading ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine was thus elaborated with the exhibition of ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine in Library of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine as an exam-ple, which may provide certain reference for changing the ideas of libraries and popularizing the reading of charac-teristic documents .
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After the background, main contents and paper writers of the medical journal Yi Chao founded in Nanjing during the late period of Republic of China were analyzed with stress laid on its characteristics of nursing experiences and surgical treatment procedures for diseases, its historical values in studying the debate on traditional Chinese and Western medicine and the history of public health and medical cause during the period of Republic of China were elaborated.
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Anti-adhesive materials were the hot spot in recent clinical study because opinions were vary from different experts . This paper aims to introduce the classification of anti-adhesive materials according to the different properties and expound the mecha-nism and application limitation of anti-adhesive .The pitfalls in current barrier materials research and future research directions are summarized and analyzed .
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BACKGROUND:Ligustrazine can effectively prevent and treat peritoneal adhesion and adhesive ileus after surgical treatment. OBJECTIVE:To prepare Ligustrazine nanoparticle spray which is prepared to achieve sustained release and improve clinical efficacy and to explore its optimal dose for preventing experimental peritoneal adhesions in rats. METHODS:Eighty rats were randomly divided into five groups:model group, sodium hyaluronate group, high-, medium-and low-dose Ligustrazine nanoparticle groups, with 16 rats in each group. After peritoneal adhesion model was established with rasp method, model group was immediately subject to abdomen-closing, while sodium hyaluronate group and Ligustrazine nanoparticle groups received sodium hyaluronate smearing and Ligustrazine nanoparticle spray (2.5, 5, 10 mg/kg), respectively. Al rats were kil ed at 1 and 2 weeks after modeling, to observe adhesions. The adhesion score was recorded. The adhesive tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin for pathological changes. The level of transformation growth factor-β1 in peritoneal fluid of rats was detected with ELISA assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Ligustrazine Nanoparticle spray had a sustained release effect, and prolonged the duration of action of drugs, thus achieving a better anti-adhesion effect post-surgery. The medium-and high-dose Ligustrazine nanoparticle sprays exhibited better anti-adhesion effects, and improved the rise of transformation growth factor-β1 level in the peritoneal fluid. As the drug concentration is low, the intraperitoneal administration in a spray manner is preferred. Because the total dose is limited, we define the optimal effective dose as 5 mg/kg.
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A study program was worked out by analyzing the papers on Chinese drug prescriptions. A database of Chinese drug prescriptions was developed by automatic abstraction of data from the papers on Chinese drug pre-scriptions using the regular expression form in order to provide a new visual angle for studying the information in Chinese drug prescriptions.
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Objective To investigate the effects of IL-13 on fibrosis in hepatic stellate cells and its molecular mechanism .Methods The effects of IL-13 on the proliferation of hepatic stellate cell line LX-2 were measured by MTT assay .The transcription level of collagen typeⅠ( COLⅠ) in LX-2 cells was detec-ted by RT-PCR.The secretion of COLⅠin LX-2 cells was measured by ELISA assay and hydroxyproline as-say.Western blot assay was used to analyze the effects of IL-13 on the phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription(STAT6).Results Compared with control group, IL-13 (10 ng/ml, 20 ng/ml and 50 ng/ml ) significantly stimulated the proliferation of LX-2 cells in a dose-dependent manner ( P0.05).The expression of phosphorylated STAT6 protein in LX-2 cells was significantly enhanced upon the stimulation with 50 ng/ml of IL-13 ( P<0.05 ) for60 min or 120 min.C onclusion IL-13 promoted the proliferation of human hepatic stellate cells and up-regulated the expression of COLⅠat mRNA and protein levels .IL-13 might promote the fibrosis in human hepatic stellate cells through activating STAT 6 phosphorylation .
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Extracellular matrix (ECM)is not only one of current hot-points in medical cell biology,but also one tricky part for undergraduates to learn. This article compared chapters of ECM in medical cell biology courses and spotlighted that ECM chapter was often neglected in some domes-tic universities. Then it analyzed the possible causes,such as variable arrangement of ECM section in current textbooks. Lastly,the article recommended several suggestions,including giving a timely re-vision of the old ECM knowledge,designing an appropriate strategy for teaching,enumerating certain representative diseases to improve the ECM education. It appealed our teachers to pay more attention to how to make the module of ECM master well in near future.
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With the development of stem cells and regenerative medicine (treatment of various diseases using stem cells) research, the induction of differentiation of human stem cell technology has also made significant progress. The development of chemical biology offers a variety of small biological molecules for stem cell biology. This review focuses on how small molecule compounds (natural and synthetic) induce differentiation of stem cells.
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Objective:To analyse ZHOU Zhong-ying’effective combination drugs in preventing and treating the systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE).Methods:Association rules based on Chi-squared analysis and influence degree was used.Results:73 Rules of TCM couples were selected in the high frequency drugs distribution,and the drugs were mainly those for heat clearing,antidote medicines and blood act stasis remove medicines,which was in accordance with the main pathological mechanism factor for SLE given by Professor Zhou.Conclusion:The new method could find out many significant TCM couples in the study of the compatibility of TCM.
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Aim To investigate the effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitor A77-1726 on IL-13 induced STAT6 phosphorylation and c-fos expression in Dami cell and to provide novel experimental basis to the clinical application of A77-1726 and the study of IL-13 pathway.Methods Total RNA was extracted from Dami cells incubated with or without IL-13 and A77-1726 respectively for various time points.RT-PCR and agar gel electrophoresis were used to examine the expression of c-fos mRNA.The expression of STAT6 and c-fos proteins was detected by Western blot.A densitometric rel-ative quantitation of PCR and Western blot products was quantitated using Image Quant software.Results STAT6 was phosphorylated by treatment of 100 ?g?L-1 IL-13 in Dami cells.Phosphorylation of STAT6 induced by IL-13 was inhibited by treatment of 50?mol?L-1 A77-1726.The expression of c-fos mRNA was significantly induced by IL-13 treatment in Dami cells(P
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Objective: To clone mouse rod opsin promoter (ROP) and establish transgenic mice harboring mouse rod opsin promoter and enhanced green fluorescent protein(mROP-EGFP) fusion gene. Methods: Mouse ROP was cloned from C57BL/6 mouse genomic DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Expression vector of mROP-EGFP fusion gene were constructed by recombination DNA technique. It was identified by restriction endonucleases digestion and confirmed by DNA sequencing. After Not I restriction endonuclease digestion, the coding elements were microinjected into male pronuclei of mice zygotes to generate transgenic mice. The pups were evaluated by PCR at genomic DNA level and mated with normal mouse. Expression of GFP in retina of transgenic mice was detected by fluorescent microscope. Results: 2. 1 kb mouse rod opsin promoter fragment was amplified from mice genome DNA. Expression vector pmROP-EGFP was constructed successfully. Following microinjection of coding sequence of pmROP-EGFP, 3 pups were verified to integrate the mROP-EGFP fusion gene in their genomic DNA by PCR assay, named C57-TgN (mROP-EGFP )SMMU21, C57-TgN (mROP-EGFP)SM-MU26 and C57-TgN(mROP-EGFP) SMMU27. They could express GFP in retina. Conclusion: 2. 1 kb mouse rod opsin promoter is cloned and expression vector pmROP-EGFP is constructed. mROP-EGFP fusion gene transgenic mice are established, which harboring mROP-EGFP gene and expressing GFP in their retina. This is valuable for studying the development of brain and retina, pathogenesis of retina disorder and retina transplanting.
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AIM:In order to study the effect of the extracellular domain of cadherin 5 on the growth of a human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB435.METHODS:Cadherin extracellular domain repeats 1 to 4(CED1-4)was cloned by using RT-PCR technique,and inserted into the plasmid vector pMSCV.pMSCV-CED1-4 was propagated in XL-blue strain of Escherichia coli,extracted and purified.CED1-4 was cut by restriction endonuclease,examined by using agar gel electrophoresis,and finally sequenced.CED1-4 gene was transferred into MDA-MB435 cell line.The expression of CED1-4 gene in MDA-MB435 cell was analyzed by methods of RT-PCR and Western blotting.The effect of CED1-4 on the growth of MDA-MB435 cell was observed by the methods of proliferation experiments in vitro and the experiments in nude mice in vivo.RESULTS:The recombinant vector pMSCV-CED1-4 was successfully constructed.CED1-4 band appeared between the 1 636 bp and 1 018 bp in agar gel electrophoresis.The sequence result showed that CED1-4 had 1 452 bp and codes 484 amino acids.PCR and Western blotting identified that CED1-4 mRNA and protein were expressed in the transfected MDA-MB435 cells.Cell proliferation experiments showed that the proliferation rate of MDA-MB435 cells was lower in the experimental group than that in the experimental control group and the blank control group.The mean volume and weight of tumors in nude mice were lower in the experimental group than those in the experimental control group and the blank control group.CONCLUSION:The growth of a human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB435 is inhibited in vitro and in vivo by cadherin 5 extracellular domain CED1-4.
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AIM: To investigate the effects of recombinant human interleukin-13 (rhIL-13) on the expression of proto-oncogene c-mpl in Dami cells, a human megakaryobiastic leukemia cell line. METHODS: The expression of c-mpl mRNA in Dami cells was investigated with RT-PCR. The expression of membrane-bound protein c-mpl on Dami cells was investigated with ligand combination experiment. RESULTS: In RT-PCR experiment, we found the quantitis of expression of c-mpl mRNA in 25 ?g/L rhIL-13 group increased by 24.8%. In ligand combination experiment, we found quantitis of expression of membrane-bound protein c-mpl in 100 ?g/L rhIL-13 group increased by 28.5% ( P
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AIM: The distribution of endothelin-1(ET-1) in uterine tube and its source were investigated in order to find out relation between endothelin-1 and function of uterine tube.METHODS: The distribution of endothelin-1 and the expression of ET-1 mRNA in the rabbits uterine tubes were studied using SABC immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization histochemistry with digoxigenin-labelled rat ET-1 cRNA probe. RESULTS: ET-1 granules with red color were seen in the uterine tube epithelial cells and they were located mainly above the cell nucleus and under the cell surface membrane. Less ET-1 granules were seen in the myometrium of uterine tube. ET-1 mRNA positive hybridization signals with deep blue were distributed in the uterine tube epithelial cells. These signals were strong and dense. They were distributed mainly above the nucleus and near the cell surface membrane. ET-1 mRNA positive hybridization signal was not seen in the myometrium of uterine tube.CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that epithelial cells of rabbit's uterine tube epithelial cells secrete ET-1.