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SUMMARY: The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanism of prenatal stress on the cognitive function of offspring, and clarify the change of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) expression in hippocampal neurons of offspring. 16 pregnant SD rats were randomly divided into control group and stress group, with eight rats in each group. The stress group received restrained stress from 15 to 21 days of pregnancy, while the control group did not receive any treatment. Anxiety-like behavior and spatial memory, learning and memory ability were detected in open field, elevated plus maze, novel object recognition test, and Barnes maze. Nissl staining was used to detect the function of hippocampal neurons. Western blot was used to detect the expression of HDAC2 protein in hippocampal neurons of adult offspring. Immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the expression of HDAC2 protein and hippocampal neurogenesis. The learning and memory ability of adult offspring was decreased. The prenatal stress damaged the function of hippocampal neurons , the expression of HDAC2 was down-regulated, and the number of neurons was reduced. Maternal prenatal stress can down- regulate the expression of HDAC2 in the hippocampus of offspring, inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and impairs the cognitive function.
El objetivo de este estudio fue investigar el mecanismo del estrés prenatal en la función cognitiva de la descendencia y aclarar el cambio de la expresión de la histona desacetilasa 2 (HDAC2) en las neuronas del hipocampo de la descendencia. 16 ratas SD preñadas se dividieron aleatoriamente en un grupo de control y un grupo de estrés, con ocho ratas en cada grupo. El grupo de estrés recibió estrés durante 15 a 21 días de pre, preñez, mientras que el grupo de control no recibió ningún tratamiento. El comportamiento similar a la ansiedad y la memoria espacial, el aprendizaje y la capacidad de memoria se detectaron en campo abierto, laberinto en cruz elevado, prueba de reconocimiento de objetos novedosos y laberinto de Barnes. La tinción de Nissl se utilizó para detectar la función de las neuronas del hipocampo. Se utilizó Western blot para detectar la expresión de la proteína HDAC2 en las neuronas del hipocampo de la descendencia adulta. La tinción de inmunofluorescencia se utilizó para detectar la expresión de la proteína HDAC2 y la neurogénesis del hipocampo. La capacidad de aprendizaje y memoria de la descendencia adulta se redujo. El estrés prenatal dañó la función de las neuronas del hipocampo, se reguló negativamente la expresión de HDAC2 y se redujo el número de neuronas. El estrés prenatal materno puede regular a la baja la expresión de HDAC2 en el hipocampo de la descendencia, inhibe la neurogénesis del hipocampo y deteriora la función cognitiva.
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Animals , Female , Pregnancy , Rats , Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects , Stress, Psychological , Histone Deacetylase 2/metabolism , Cognitive Dysfunction , Immunohistochemistry , Blotting, Western , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Neurogenesis , Epigenomics , Open Field Test , Elevated Plus Maze Test , Hippocampus , Learning , MemoryABSTRACT
A clinically reliable non-invasive test for endometriosis is expected to reduce the diagnostic delay. Although varieties of biomarkers have been investigated for decades, and cancer antigen-125, cancer antigen-199, interleukin-6, and urocortin were the most studied ones among hundreds of biomarkers, no clinically reliable biomarkers have been confirmed so far. Some emerging technologies including "omics" technologies, molecular imaging techniques, and microRNAs are promising in solving these challenges, but their utility to detect endometriosis has yet to be verified. New combinations of researched indicators or other non-invasive methods and further exploration of the emerging technologies may be new targets and future research hotspots for non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis. In conclusion, researches of biomarkers for the detection of endometriosis are still ongoing and may benefit from novel molecular biology, bioinformatics methods and a combination of more diverse monitoring methods. Though it will be a daunting task, the identification of a specific set of diagnostic biomarkers will undoubtedly improve the status of endometriosis.
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Acupuncture is effective in the treatment of functional dyspepsia, and its mechanism may be related to abnormal gastric motility, central nervous system dysfunction, brain intestinal peptide secretion disorder, plasma molecular metabolite content changes and abnormal gene expression. This article summarized the mechanism of acupuncture treatment for functional dyspepsia in recent years from the aspects of electrophysiology, imaging, molecular biology, metabolism and genomics, and provided basis for clinical treatment of functional dyspepsia.
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Objective To investigate the clinical effect of the treatment for hand trauma with free flap of radial artery superficial palmar branch.Methods Selected 100 cases of patients with hand trauma who were treated in our hospital from January 2013 to December 2015.All the patients were treated with free flap of radial artery superficial palmar branch.The postoperative necrosis rate,survival rate,and infection rate of flap of all the patients were observed.All the patients were followed up for 6 months,and the healing of fracture were evaluated by X-ray examination so as to evaluate the hand function recovery.Results After the treatment,there were 9 cases of flap local necrosis and 10 cases of local infection,and the necrosis rate and infection rate were 9% and 10% respectively.The infection was controlled effectively after the symptomatic treatment and the flaps all survived.The swelling degree of skin flap was slight and the appearance was good.After 6 months of follow-up, the 100 cases all get epithelization completely.The X-ray examination showed that the fracture healing is good,with 7 cases of hook nail deformity and 5 cases of slow nail regeneration.The hand function recovery was excellent in 73 cases (73%),good in 16 cases (16%),and medium in 10 cases (10%).Conclusion It is an effective treatment for hand trauma with free flap of radial artery superficial palmar branch,as it can receive high flap survival rate and good recovery of hand function.
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Objective:To analyze and investigate the clinical efficacy on repairing soft tissue defects of the thumb distal with dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap.Methods:Select 100 cases of patients with soft tissue defects of the thumb distal from January 2014 to December 2016,who were randomly divided into two groups,the control group and observation group.Take the abdominal skin flap to repair soft tissue defects of the thumb distal in the control group,with the thumb distal with dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap in the observation group.The survival condition,the indicators of feelings,the appearance of skin flap,as well as the DASH score of the hand fimction have been recorded and analyzed through follow-up patients,to observe the effects on repairing soft tissue defects in the two groups.Results:All transplanted tisssues were all survived in the observation group and control group.Compared with control group,the sense of touch,temperature sense,monofilament,two-point discrimination,scar contracture of the observation group were better(P＜0.05),the incidence of bloat was lower (P＜0.05).The DASH scores were 29.56± 2.14,38.13± 3.12 in the observation group and control group,which was significantly lower in the observation group than that of the control group(P＜0.05).Conclusion:The clinical efficacy of the dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap is better than that of abdominal skin flap on repairing soft tissue defects of the thumb distal.For no injury for major vascular nerves,little influence on donor area,being simple to operate,being better feelings of the finger pulp,appearance,dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap on repairing soft tissue defects of the thumb distal is an ideal choice.
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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy and anticoagulant effects and safety of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) on treatment of refractory nephrotic syndrome(NS).Methods 33 patients of primary NS complicated with hypercoagulability were randomly divided into two groups: the control and the treatment groups. The control group was treated with prednisolone(1mg/kg/d) plus oral cyclophosphamide (50mg bid) and methylprednisolone 0 5～1g(20mg/kg/time) in glucose 250ml(5%) intravenously by drip . While the treated group was administered, on the basis of the therapeutic scheme of the control group, with subcutaneous injection of LMWH (5000IU bid) for 4 weeks, the clinical symptom was observed in both groups before and after the treatment ,the 24h urine protein quantitative determination,renal function,anti thrombin III (AT-III) activity,fibrinogen(FIB),D-dimer(DD),plasma factor Xa( Fxa),plasma factor IIa(FIIa) were also tested, the side effects in two groups were observed at the same time. Results The 24h urine protein quantitative determination,blood urea nitrogen(BUN) and serum Cr were significantly decreased(P