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Objective To investigate the effects of alveolar macrophage phagocytosis on prognosis in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by abdominal infection. Methods ARDS patients caused by severe intra-abdominal infection admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) of Tianjin Fourth Central Hospital, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin First Central Hospital and Tianjin Fifth Central Hospital from June 2016 to March 2018 were enrolled. The gender, age, acute physiology and chronic health evaluationⅡ(APACHEⅡ) within 24 hours of admission, neutral red phagocytosis and alkaline phosphatase activity of macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, the length of ICU stay, total hospitalization time, hospitalization expenses, and prognosis were recorded. According to the prognosis, the patients were divided into death group and survival group, and the parameters were compared between the two groups. Pearson test was used to analyze the correlation between neutral red phagocytosis function of macrophages and alkaline phosphatase activity and other indicators. The prognosis was analyzed by binary Logistic regression combined with neutral red phagocytosis and alkaline phosphatase activity in patients, and the predictive value of both subjects on prognosis was analyzed by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results Twenty patients were enrolled in the study, with 8 in the death group and 12 in the survival group. Compared with the survival group, the death group was older (years old: 58.50±14.86 vs. 46.67±13.40), APACHEⅡ score was higher (21.50±3.93 vs. 13.58±4.12), neutral red phagocytosis ability and alkaline phosphatase activity of alveolar macrophages were significantly decreased (A value:0.265±0.050 vs. 0.338±0.016; μmol/L: 12.06±1.24 vs. 17.96±3.90), and the length of ICU stay was significantly longer (days: 22.00±14.59 vs. 11.50±3.17), hospitalization cost was significantly increased (10 thousand Yuan:24.17±11.02 vs. 13.44±3.53), the total hospitalization time was shorter (days: 25.25±15.01 vs. 35.67±8.58), and the difference was statistically significant (all P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in gender between the survival group and the death group [male (case): 8 vs. 6, P > 0.05]. The neutral red phagocytosis ability of alveolar macrophages in ARDS patients caused by abdominal infection was negatively correlated with age, APACHEⅡ score and the length of ICU stay (r value was -0.328, -0.572, -0.809, respectively, all P < 0.05); alkaline phosphatase activity was negatively correlated with age, APACHEⅡ score, the length of ICU stay and hospitalization expenses (r value was -0.334, -0.583,-0.470, -0.517, respectively, all P < 0.05). Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that neutral red phagocytosis [odds ratio (OR) = 0.596, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 0.212-0.997] and alkaline phosphatase activity (OR = 0.573, 95%CI = 0.339-0.968) were the influencing factors of prognosis (both P < 0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC of neutral red phagocytosis ability for prognosis of ARDS patients caused by abdominal infection was 0.948, and the sensitivity and specificity were 91.7% and 87.5% when the off-cut value was 0.317. The AUC of alkaline phosphatase for the prognosis of ARDS patients caused by abdominal infection was 0.813; when the cut-off value was 19.72 μmol/L, the sensitivity was 75.0%, and the specificity was 87.5%. Conclusion The alveolar macrophage phagocytosis dysfunction in ARDS patients caused by severe abdominal infection was not only related to the severity of the disease, but also increased the medical burden of patients, and significantly affected the mortality of such patients.
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension ( PAH) is a progressive lethal vascular disease, which is characterized by pulmo-nary vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling. Recent studies have indicated that the metabolic theory, centered on the loss of mito-chondrial function, plays a key role in the occurrence and development of PAH. This theory links mitochondrial-related changes of ap-optosis-resistance, glycolysis enhancement, mROS decrease and aberrant mitochondrial dynamics to multiple molecular abnormalities, which may provide new ideas for exploring more comprehensive and specific treatment strategies. This article reviews the progresses in mitochondrial abnormality in PAH.
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There have been many reports on berberine (BBR) effect of the inhibition on gut bacteria,but more from the protein level.In view of the preference of BBR for DNA binding,we here investigated the expression of BBR from the transcriptional expression level of the gene.The results showed that BBR had a higher affinity for UP element of Escherichia coli (E.coli) gene,and the transcription initiation region of this element contained TATA base sequence.The expression of genes sulA,recA and 16S which contain the genes of the UP element regulatory elements in the upstream of the promoter could be suppressed by BBR,and the expression of lpxC,secG and mutT which did not contain the genes of the UP element regulatory elements in the upstream of the promoter could not be inhibited by BBR.It is shown that the TATA sequence is the target of BBR.This result provides a new perspective for exploring the effect of BBR's inhibition of microbiota from gene transcription.
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Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans), has developed into an useful model for biomedical research, particularly in the targets of novel drugs and the related mechanism.C.elegans, combining with cost-effective cultivation, simple biological structure, make for high-throughput screenings in vivo model.In this review, we explore the feasibility of C.elegans in drug activity evaluation of complex systems.Because of the body independence of C.elegans, it provided good platform for the efficacy and mechanism of research on new drugs as well as Chinese herbal extract in vivo, showing a good prospect.
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This study was aimed to observe the effect ofpomegranate leaf tennis and Ananas coumosus leaf phenols on the growth of lactating mice through breast milk. Intragastric administration of different doses of drug was given to maternal mice. The general condition of newborn mice, body weight, tail length and organ coefficient of liver-related factors regulating the expression of lipid metabolism were observed. The results showed that both pomegranate leaf tennis and A. coumosus leaf phenols can obviously affect the growth and development of newborn mice through breast milk. And the effect of pomegranate leaf tennis was stronger than A. coumosus leaf phenols. Meanwhile, it obviously downregulated the expression of liver-related lipid metabolism enzymes in newborn mice. It was concluded that pomegranate leaf tennis and A. coumosus leaf phenols can affect the growth and development of newborn mice through breast milk. Its effect was related to the influence of lipid metabolism enzyme in the liver. Attention should be paid on taking this medication during lactation. Its clinical significance still required in-depth study.
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This study was aimed to observe effect of pomegranate leaf tannin and ellagic acid on primary rat adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism-related factor expression. Primary rat preadipocyte was in vitro cultured to observe the effect of pomegranate leaf tannin and ellagic acid on lipid fat cells as well as mRNA expression of its related factor. The results showed that pomegranate leaf tannin and ellagic acid had obvious inhibition effect on fat formation in fat cells. It had certain inhibition effect on activities of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and glucose-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH). It promoted fat decomposition and reduced intracellular lipid content. It upregulated PPARγ and fatty acid-binding protein (aP2). It downregulated obese (ob) gene level. It was concluded that pomegranate leaf tannin can inhibit fat generation of fat cells and promote fat metabolism. Ellagic acid was its main active ingredient, which had the same effect as pomegranate leaf tannin.
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This article was aimed to study the general reproductive toxicity in mice in order to give a better evalua-tion of the medicinal plant of pineapple leaves (A nanas comasus L). Adult male and female mice were orally admin-istered with pineapple leaves. And then, each of the male and female mice was put together in one cage for mating. The mating success females were fed continuously. The experimental observation was conducted in pregnancy, fetal development, as well as the offspring of mice. The results showed that in addition to a large dose of pineapple leaves (4 g·kg-1) of the parental male rats having a lower body weight, pineapple leaves did not significantly affect on other parameters. There were no significant effects on pregnant mice and their offspring of mice. It was concluded that the pineapple leaves did not influence the general reproductive function of mice apparently.