Newly detected atrial fibrillation is associated with cortex-involved ischemic stroke / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

Background@#Both cortical and cortical-subcortical (cortex-involved) lesions are typically associated with embolic stroke, of which atrial fibrillation (AF) is the common cause. The aim of this study was to find out the associations between cortex-involved stroke, vascular risk factors, and the subtypes (discovery time and duration) of AF.@*Methods@#This was an imaging study of the China Atrial Fibrillation Screening in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients (CRIST) trial. Between October 2013 and June 2015, 1511 acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients within 7 days after stroke onset at 20 Chinese hospitals were enrolled in this prospective, multicenter cohort, cross-sectional study. The final analysis of this sub-study included 243 patients with AF with required magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences. AF was diagnosed by 6-day Holter monitoring and classified by duration of 24 h. Two stroke specialists blinded to the clinical information reviewed MRI (diffusion-weighted MRI). The third stroke specialists, also blinded to the clinical information, assessed the conflicts. Adjusted large artery atherosclerosis as confounding factor, the associations between cortex-involved lesions, vascular risk factors, and the subtype of AF were evaluated by univariate and multivariate regression analyses.@*Results@#Of 243 acute ischemic stroke patients with AF, 190 were known AF and 53 were newly detected AF. There were 28 patients with AF persistent >24 h and 25 persistent ≤24 h in newly detected AF. Patients with newly detected AF were likely to have a fewer history of stroke or TIA (16.98% vs. 36.31%, P = 0.008) and lower fasting blood glucose (5.91 ± 1.83 mmol/L vs. 6.75 ± 3.83 mmol/L, P = 0.030) than patients with known AF. Among these 243 patients, 102 (41.98%) patients were with cortex-involved lesions. Cortex-involved lesions were significantly related to newly detected AF persistent >24 h (odds ratio [OR]: 4.517, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.490–13.696, P = 0.008), proteinuria (OR: 3.431, 95% CI: 1.530–7.692, P = 0.021), and glycosylated hemoglobin (OR: 0.632, 95% CI: 0.464–0.861, P = 0.004).@*Conclusions@#Compared to previously known AF, newly detected AF persistent >24 h was associated with cortex-involved ischemic stroke.@*Clinical trial registration@#NCT02156765, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT02156765

Newly detected atrial fibrillation is associated with cortex-involved ischemic stroke / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

BACKGROUND@#Both cortical and cortical-subcortical (cortex-involved) lesions are typically associated with embolic stroke, of which atrial fibrillation (AF) is the common cause. The aim of this study was to find out the associations between cortex-involved stroke, vascular risk factors, and the subtypes (discovery time and duration) of AF.@*METHODS@#This was an imaging study of the China Atrial Fibrillation Screening in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients (CRIST) trial. Between October 2013 and June 2015, 1511 acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients within 7 days after stroke onset at 20 Chinese hospitals were enrolled in this prospective, multicenter cohort, cross-sectional study. The final analysis of this sub-study included 243 patients with AF with required magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences. AF was diagnosed by 6-day Holter monitoring and classified by duration of 24 h. Two stroke specialists blinded to the clinical information reviewed MRI (diffusion-weighted MRI). The third stroke specialists, also blinded to the clinical information, assessed the conflicts. Adjusted large artery atherosclerosis as confounding factor, the associations between cortex-involved lesions, vascular risk factors, and the subtype of AF were evaluated by univariate and multivariate regression analyses.@*RESULTS@#Of 243 acute ischemic stroke patients with AF, 190 were known AF and 53 were newly detected AF. There were 28 patients with AF persistent >24 h and 25 persistent ≤24 h in newly detected AF. Patients with newly detected AF were likely to have a fewer history of stroke or TIA (16.98% vs. 36.31%, P = 0.008) and lower fasting blood glucose (5.91 ± 1.83 mmol/L vs. 6.75 ± 3.83 mmol/L, P = 0.030) than patients with known AF. Among these 243 patients, 102 (41.98%) patients were with cortex-involved lesions. Cortex-involved lesions were significantly related to newly detected AF persistent >24 h (odds ratio [OR]: 4.517, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.490-13.696, P = 0.008), proteinuria (OR: 3.431, 95% CI: 1.530-7.692, P = 0.021), and glycosylated hemoglobin (OR: 0.632, 95% CI: 0.464-0.861, P = 0.004).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Compared to previously known AF, newly detected AF persistent >24 h was associated with cortex-involved ischemic stroke.@*CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION@#NCT02156765, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT02156765.

The hepatic ChREBP expression and hyperinsulinemia in mice / 药学学报

To explore the effects of serum insulin on the expression of ChREBP, ACC and FAS in vivo, KKAy mice which were characterized with high levels of both serum insulin and glucose and DIO mice which were characterized with high serum insulin level alone were utilized, separately. The age-matched C57BL/6J mice fed with standard chow were used as normal control (Con). Expressions of hepatic ChREBP, ACC and FAS were detected by Western blotting. As the results, in KKAy mice, a positive correlation between the levels of serum insulin and glucose (r = 0.902, P < 0.000), as well as between the levels of serum insulin and TG (r = 0.732, P < 0.000), was observed. Meanwhile, the expressions of hepatic ChREBP, ACC and FAS increased significantly and accompanied with its hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia, separately. In DIO mice, correlation between the levels of serum insulin and TG (r = 0.722, P < 0.001) also showed positive, and the expressions of hepatic ChREBP, ACC and FAS increased significantly and also accompanied with its hyperinsulinemia. However, their blood glucose values were almost normal. These demonstrated that hyperinsulinemia may cause glycolipid metabolic disorders by up-regulating the expression of ChREBP in vivo.

Investigation of a compound, compatibility of Rhodiola crenulata, Cordyceps militaris, and Rheum palmatum, on metabolic syndrome treatment II - improving obesity / 中国中药杂志

To investigate the effect of compound FF16, compatibility of Rhodiola crenulata, Cordyceps militaris, and Rheum palmatum, on obesity, both the insulin resistant obese IRF mouse model induced by high fat diet and the spontaneous type 2 diabetes KKAy obese mouse model were used. The results showed that the body weights and the energy uptake were markedly reduced by compound FF16 in both IRF mice in dose-dependent manner and KKAy mice, respectively. Meanwhile, with the administration of FF16, the hypercholesterolemia and the hypertriglyceridemia were improved significantly in KKAy mice; and the levels of serum cholesterol and fatty index were decreased obviously, and the value of serum HDL-C was increased significantly in IRF mice, respectively. Moreover, the activity of a-glycosidase was inhibited by compound FF16 in vitro. In conclusion, FF16 could improve the obesity by inhibiting alpha-glycosidase activity.

Investigation of a compound, compatibility of Rhodiola crenulata, Cordyceps militaris, and Rheum palmatum on metabolic syndrome treatment III--controlling blood glucose / 中国中药杂志

Base on the improvement of compound FF16, compatibility of Rhodiola crenulata, Cordyceps militaris, and Rheum palmatum, on both insulin resistance and obesity, its effects on type 2 diabetes (T2DM ) was investigated here. The results showed that the levels of fasting and no-fasting blood glucose were controlled in the spontaneous type 2 diabetes KKAy mice; the impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)was improved by decreasing significantly the values of the glucose peaks and the area under the blood glucose-time curve (AUC ) after glucose-loading in glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in both high-fat-diet-induced pre-diabetes IRF mice and KKAy mice, respectively. The pancreatic histopathological analysis showed that the increased islet amount, the enlarged islet area, and the lipid accumulation in the pancreas were reversed by FF16 treatment in both IRF mice and KKAy mice. In the palmitate-induced RINm5f cell model, FF16 could effectively reduce the apoptosis and enhance the glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, respectively. In conclusion, FF16 could improve the T2DM by protecting the pancreatic beta-cells.

Induction of virus-neutralizing antibodies and T cell responses by dengue virus type 1 virus-like particles prepared from Pichia pastoris / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Dengue is currently a significant global health problem but no vaccines are available against the four dengue serotypes virus infections. The development of safe and effective vaccines has been hampered by the requirement of conferring complete protection against all four dengue serotypes and the lack of a convenient animal model. Virus-like particles (VLPs) have emerged as a promising subunit vaccine candidate. One strategy of vaccine development is to produce a tetravalent dengue subunit vaccine by mixing recombinant VLPs, corresponding to all four dengue virus serotypes. Towards this end, this study aimed to establish a Pichia pastoris (P. pastoris) expression system for production of dengue virus type 1 (DENV-1) VLPs and evaluate the humoral and cellular immune response of this particle in mice.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A recombinant yeast P. pastoris clone containing prM and E genes of DENV-1 was constructed and DENV-1 VLPs expressed by this clone were analyzed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, Western blotting, and transmission electron microscope. Groups of mice were immunized by these particles plus adjuvant formulations, then mice were tested by ELISA and neutralization assay for humoral immune response, and by lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production assays for a cellular immune response.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Our data demonstrated that recombinant DENV-1 VLPs consisting of prM and E protein were successfully expressed in the yeast P. pastoris. Sera of VLPs immunized mice were shown to contain a high-titer of antibodies and the neutralization assay suggested that those antibodies neutralized virus infection in vitro. Data from the T lymphocyte proliferation assay showed proliferation of T cell, and ELISA found elevated secretion levels of interferon IFN-γ and IL-4.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>P. pastoris-expressed DENV-1 VLPs can induce virus neutralizing antibodies and T cell responses in immunized mice. Using P. pastoris to produce VLPs offers a promising and economic strategy for dengue virus vaccine development.</p>

Analysis of peripheral blood T cell subsets in children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura / 中国实验血液学杂志

The pathogenesis of some autoimmune diseases has been considered to be related to abnormal differentiation of T cell subsets. This study was aimed at investigating the change of Th1-like and Th2-like cells balance in ITP children, and analyzing the role of T cell subsets disequilibrium in the pathogenesis of ITP. Peripheral blood T cells were collected from 30 ITP patients, the T-cells were isolated and purified. The ratios of Th/Tc, Th1/Th2 and Tc1/Tc2 in peripheral blood T cells were analyzed by immunofluorescence staining and bicolor flow cytometry (FCM) in vitro. The results showed that as compared with the ratios of Th1/Th2 (48.76% +/- 6.17%) and Tc1/Tc2 (18.90% +/- 4.12%) in healthy children, the ratios of Th1/Th2 (56.21% +/- 5.95%) and Tc1/Tc2 (23.09% +/- 3.31%) in ITP children increased obviously. FCM analysis revealed that average percentages of Th, Th1, Th2, Tc, Tc1 and Tc2 were 22.31% +/- 6.51%, 21.92% +/- 6.42%, 0.39% +/- 0.14%, 31.12% +/- 6.15%, 30.95% +/- 5.45% and 1.34% +/- 0.84% in ITP children versus 39.24% +/- 5.82%, 39.01% +/- 5.47%, 0.80% +/- 0.16%, 30.25% +/- 5.63%, 28.72% +/- 5.20% and 1.52% +/- 0.68% in healthy children. The average percentages of Th, Th1 and Th2 decreased obviously, while the average percentages of Tc, Tc1 and Tc2 did not change. It is concluded that the ratios of Th1/Th2 and Tc1/Tc2 in peripheral blood T cells increase obviously in ITP children and the cellular immunity in ITP children shifts to Th1 type immunity superiority, which suggest that the abnormal differentiation of T cell subsets may play an important role in the pathologic process of ITP.

Expression of Apoptotic Signal Proteins in Children with Idiopathic T hrombocytopenic Purpura and Its Clinical Significance / 实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To investigate the exprestion of apoptotic signal proteins(FADD,Fas,FasL and NF-?B) in peripheral blood T lymphocytes in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) children and its correlation with clinical outcome.Methods Collecting aseptic peripheral blood from ITP children (n=35) and healthy children (n=30), T lymphocytes were isolated and purified by the T cell Segregation Enrichment Column, Fas,FasL and T cell apoptosic ratio were detected by FCM. Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the level of NF-?B and FADD.Results The expression rates of Fas,FADD in ITP children decreased,but the expression rates of FasL,NF-?B increased.The differences between ITP children and heathy children had statistics significance(P