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AIM: To explore the protective effect of astragalus glycyrrhiza decoction (AGD) on arsenic trioxide (ATO)-induced QT interval prolongation and its mechanism based on metabonomics. METHODS: The model of ATO-induced QT interval prolongation in rats was established, and ECG, blood routine, and metabonomics were detected, and the key targets were collected combined with network pharmacology. The possible candidate genes and pathways for the protective effect of AGD were screened by GO and KEGG enrichment analysis and then verified by experiments in vitro. RESULTS: AGD could significantly alleviate the ATO-induced QT interval of SD rats. GO enrichment analysis was mainly related to inflammatory response, reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, inner cell vesicles, folds, inner cell vesicles, SMAD binding, R-SMAD binding, and signal receptor activator activity. KEGG analysis showed that it was mainly concentrated in the PI3K-Akt signal pathway, lipid and arteriosclerosis, FOXO signal pathway, TNF signal pathway, HIF-1, and other signal pathways. Through the H9c2 cell model in vitro, it was verified that AGD could reverse the expression of SIRT1 and FOXO1 proteins. CONCLUSION: AGD may improve the ATO-induced QT interval prolongation and reduce the cardiotoxicity of ATO by regulating the SIRT1 / FOXO1 signal pathway.
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Objective To evaluate the effects of ketamine combined with sufentanil on postoperative analgesia and depression in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty.Methods A total of 60 patients who underwent elective hip arthroplasty were selected and divided into the S group,the SK1 group and the SK2 group according to the patient-controlled intravenous analgesia regimen,with 20 cases in each group.Patients in the S group were received 2 μg/kg of sufentanil for postoperative analgesia,patients in the SK1 group were received 1 mg/kg of esketamine and 2 μg/kg of sufentanil for postoperative analgesia,and patients in the SK2 group were received 2 mg/kg of esketamine and 2 μg/kg of sufentanil for postoperative analgesia.At 1,4,24,and 48 hours after surgery,the analgesic effect of patients was evaluated using the numeric rating scale(NRS),and the sedation effect of patients was evaluated using the Ramsay sedation score.Depression of patients before and 48 hours after surgery was assessed by self-rating depression scale(SDS).The adverse reactions such as nausea and vomiting,dizziness and headache,respiratory depression,and mental symptoms within 48 hours after surgery of patients were recorded.Results The NRS scores 1,4,and 24 hours after surgery of patients in the SK1 group and the SK2 group were lower than those in the S group(P<0.05);there was no statistically significant difference in the NRS scores 48 hours after surgery of patients among the three groups(P>0.05);there was no statistically significant difference in the NRS scores at different postoperative points of patients between the SK1 and SK2 groups(P>0.05).The SDS scores 48 hours after surgery of patients in each group were lower than those before surgery(P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the Ramsay scores at different postoperative points of patients among the three groups(P>0.05).The incidence of adverse reactions 48 hours after surgery in the SK2 group was higher than those in the S group and the SK1 group(P<0.05).Conclusion Using 1 mg/kg of esketamine combined with 2 μg/kg of sufentanil after hip arthroplasty has a good analgesic effect without obvious increase of adverse reactions or significant effect on improving depression of patients.
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Objective To investigate the correlation between angiopoietin-2(Ang-2)and intestinal fatty acid binding protein(I-FABP)levels and the prognosis of acute myocardial infarction(AMI)with cardiac shock(CS).Methods A total of 198 patients with AMI admitted to Huzhou Central Hospital from July 2017 to July 2019 were selected as study objects,and were divided into CS group(n=93)and non-CS group(n=105)according to whether CS occurred during the hospital period,and 65 normal volunteers admitted for physical examination during the same period were included in control group.Patients in CS group were divided into survival group(n=50)and death group(n=43)according to their survival at 28 days.Serum Ang-2 and I-FABP levels of all subjects were detected,and Cox regression analysis was used to analyze the factors affecting the poor prognosis of AMI with CS.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to analyze the diagnostic value of Ang-2 and I-FABP in AMI with CS.Results Serum Ang-2 and I-FABP levels in CS group were significantly higher than those in non-CS group and control group(P<0.05),and serum Ang-2 and I-FABP levels in non-CS group were significantly higher than those in control group(P<0.05).Serum Ang-2,I-FABP levels and proportion of diabetes in death group were significantly higher than those in survival group(P<0.05).Cox regression analysis showed that diabetes,Ang-2 and I-FABP levels were independent factors affecting the prognosis of AMI with CS(P<0.05).ROC curve showed that the area under the curve of Ang-2 and I-FABP combined to predict the prognosis of AMI with CS was 0.819,sensitivity was 81.4%,specificity was 80.0%.Conclusion Serum Ang-2 and I-FABP levels were elevated in patients with AMI with CS,which were potential biological indicators to predict the prognosis of patients.
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Objective:To investigate the incidence and related risk factors of refeeding syndrome (RFS) in patients with severe stroke.Methods:Patients with severe stroke admitted to the Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University underwent nutritional treatment again after fasting between December 2017 and October 2022 were included retrospectively. The incidence of RFS in patients with severe stroke was summarized. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the independent risk factors for RFS. A restricted cubic spline model was used to explore the dose-response relationship between relevant indicators and RFS. Results:A total of 188 patients were included, including 108 males and 80 females, with a median age of 72 years (interquartile range, 63-77 years); 185 patients (98.4%) had ischemic stroke and 3 (1.6%) had cerebral hemorrhage; 59 (31.4%) received enteral nutrition, 36 (19.1%) received gastrointestinal decompression, 30 (16.0%) received mechanical ventilation; and 60 patients (31.9%) developed RFS. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that serum creatinine (odds ratio [ OR] 1.011, 95% confidence interval [ CI] 1.001-1.020; P=0.025), serum potassium ( OR 8.349, 95% CI 3.025-23.039; P<0.001), serum phosphorus ( OR 46.578, 95% CI 6.444-336.661; P<0.001) and diabetes ( OR 2.173, 95% CI 1.087-4.345; P=0.028) were the independent risk factors for the occurrence of RFS. The restricted cubic spline model analysis showed that there was a non-linear relationship between serum creatinine and RFS, and the increased risk of RFS showed an "S" shape with the increase of serum creatinine. When serum creatinine exceeded 70.68 μmoI/L, the risk of RFS continued to increase. There was no non-linear relationship between serum phosphorus and serum potassium and RFS. Conclusions:Serum creatinine, serum phosphorus, serum potassium and diabetes are the independent risk factors for RFS in patients with severe stroke. These risk factors should be utilized to identify the high-risk patients with RFS early and the targeted measures should be taken as soon as possible.
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Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of new oral anticoagulants(NOACs)rivaroxaban and dabigatran versus warfarin in the treatment of the patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation combined with diabetes mellitus.Methods A retrospective study was performed on 119 cases of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation combined with diabetes mellitus from outpatient and inpatient of the Ninth People's Hospital of Suzhou City from Jan 2019 to June 2021.According to the use of anticoagulants,patients were divided into rivaroxaban 10 mg group(Group A,n=25),rivaroxaban 15 mg group(Group B,n=30),dabigatran group(Group C,n=29),and warfarin group(Group D,n=35).All patients were treated continuously for at least 6 months.The incidence of embolism and bleeding events,the changes of coagulation indicator,blood glucose,liver and kidney function indexes were compared before and after treatment among the four groups.Results Thromboembolic events:1 cases(4.00%)of stoke or thromboembolic events occurred in Group A;2 cases(6.67%)occurred in Group B;2 cases(6.90%)occurred in Group C,and 5 cases(14.28%)occurred in Group D.Bleeding events:1 cases(4.00%)of bleeding events occurred in Group A;1 cases(3.33%)occurred in Group B;2 cases(6.90%)occurred in Group C,and 8 cases(22.85%)occurred in Group D.There was no statistically significant difference among the four groups of stoke or thromboembolic events(P>0.05).The incidence of bleeding events in Group A and B were both statistically lower than Group D(P<0.05),and the risk of bleeding events of Group C was similar to Group D(P>0.05)and there was also no statistically significant difference among Group A,B and C(P>0.05).The activated partial thromboplastin time(APTT)of all patients was significantly prolonged after treatment compared with before treatment(P<0.05),but none of them exceeded the upper limit of the normal value by 2 times.The APTT and international normalized ratio(INR)values of Group A and B,INR values of Group C were all statistically better than those of Group D(P<0.05)after the treatment.There were no statistically significant difference in the comparison of blood glucose,liver and kidney function index as well(P>0.05).Conclusion The new oral anticoagulants rivaroxaban and dabigatran showed similar effects in prevention of stroke or thromboembolic events,but better safety profiles with lower risks of bleeding events compared to warfarin in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation combined with diabetes mellitus.Dabigatran is comparable in efficacy and safety when compared with rivaroxaban and deserves to be promoted for clinical use.
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β-Thalassemia caused by abnormal coding of the β-globin gene is the most common hemoglobinopathy in many Asian countries. The in-depth study of the molecular basis and epigenetic mechanism of globin gene expression is the key to explore a new treatment for thalassemia. In this study, FAIRE (formaldehyde-assisted isolation of regulatory elements), 3C (chromosome conformation capture) and ChIP (Chromatin Immunoprecipitation) were used to investigate the three-dimensional interaction network of β-globin family gene loci and the molecular mechanism of functional regulation of gene expression during rapamycin-induced chromatin remodeling in CD4+ T cells. The results showed that the opening degree of globin gene chromatin, the interaction frequency between the gene promoter region and the regulatory element LCR (Locus control regions), and the enrichment efficiency of CTCF (CCCTC-binding factor) in the gene promoter region changed differently during the change of rapamycin treatment concentration from low to high, which led to the same change trend of the gene expression pattern. At the 10 nmol/ L concentration, chromatin accessibility and gene expression decreased (P < 0. 05). At 20 nmol/ L and 50 nmol/ L concentrations, chromatin accessibility increased and gene expression was up-regulated (P < 0. 05). In this study, the molecular mechanism of gene expression regulation of the β-globin family was expounded through this dynamic change process. Our work provides a theoretical and clinical practice basis for clinical precision treatment.
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OBJECTIVE@#To analyze the effect of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on patients with cardiac arrest with the vertical spatial pre-hospital emergency transport.@*METHODS@#A retrospective cohort study was conducted. The clinical data of 102 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) who were transferred to the emergency medicine department of Huzhou Central Hospital from the Huzhou Emergency Center from July 2019 to June 2021 were collected. Among them, the patients who performed artificial chest compression during the pre-hospital transfer from July 2019 to June 2020 served as the control group, and the patients who performed artificial-mechanical chest compression (implemented artificial chest compression first, and implemented mechanical chest compression immediately after the mechanical chest compression device was ready) during pre-hospital transfer from July 2020 to June 2021 served as the observation group. The clinical data of patients of the two groups were collected, including basic data (gender, age, etc.), pre-hospital emergency process evaluation indicators [chest compression fraction (CCF), total CPR pause time, pre-hospital transfer time, vertical spatial transfer time], and in-hospital advanced resuscitation effect evaluation indicators [initial end-expiratory partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PETCO2), rate of restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), time of ROSC].@*RESULTS@#Finally, a total of 84 patients were enrolled, including 46 patients in the control group and 38 in the observation group. There was no significant difference in gender, age, whether to accept bystander resuscitation or not, initial cardiac rhythm, time-consuming pre-hospital emergency response, floor location at the time of onset, estimated vertical height, and whether there was any vertical transfer elevator/escalator, etc. between the two groups. In the evaluation of the pre-hospital emergency process, the CCF during the pre-hospital emergency treatment of patients in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [69.05% (67.35%, 71.73%) vs. 61.88% (58.18%, 65.04%), P < 0.01], the total pause time of CPR was significantly shorter than that in the control group [s: 266 (214, 307) vs. 332 (257, 374), P < 0.05]. However, there was no significant difference in the pre-hospital transfer time and vertical spatial transfer time between the observation group and the control group [pre-hospital transfer time (minutes): 14.50 (12.00, 16.75) vs. 14.00 (11.00, 16.00), vertical spatial transfer time (s): 32.15±17.43 vs. 27.96±18.67, both P > 0.05]. It indicated that mechanical CPR could improve the CPR quality in the process of pre-hospital first aid, and did not affect the transfer of patients by pre-hospital emergency medical personnel. In the evaluation of the in-hospital advanced resuscitation effect, the initial PETCO2 of the patients in the observation group was significantly higher than that of the patients in the control group [mmHg (1 mmHg ≈ 0.133 kPa): 15.00 (13.25, 16.00) vs. 12.00 (11.00, 13.00), P < 0.01], the time of ROSC was significantly shorter than that in the control group (minutes: 11.00±3.25 vs. 16.64±2.54, P < 0.01), and the rate of ROSC was slightly higher than that in the control group (31.58% vs. 23.91%, P > 0.05). It indicated that continuous mechanical compression during pre-hospital transfer helped to ensure continuous high-quality CPR.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Mechanical chest compression can improve the quality of continuous CPR during the pre-hospital transfer of patients with OHCA, and improve the initial resuscitation outcome of patients.
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Humans , Cohort Studies , Carbon Dioxide , Retrospective Studies , Hospitals , Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest , Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationABSTRACT
To explore the biofilm inhibitory efficacy of perifosine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginos) and its mechanisms. Twenty-fourwell plate was used to form biofilms at the bottom and crystal violet staining was used to determine the biofilm inhibitory effects of perifosine against P. aeruginosa, the wells without perifosine was set as control group. Glass tubes combined with crystal violet staining was used to detect the gas-liqud interface related bioiflm inhibitory effects of perifosine, the wells without perifosine was set as control group. Time-growth curved was used to detect the effects of perifosine on the bacteial planktonic cells growth of P. aeruginosa, the wells without perifosine was set as control group. The interaction model between perifosine and PqsE was assessed by molecular docking assay. The inhibitory effects of perifosine on the catalytic activity of PqsE was determined by detection the production of thiols, the wells without perifosine was set as control group. Binding affinity between perifosine and PqsE was detected by plasma surface resonance. The biofims at the bottom of the microplates and air-liquid interface were effectively inhibited by perifosine at the concentration of 4-8 μg/ml. There was no influence of perifosine on the cells growth of P. aeruginosa. The resuts of molecular docking assay indicates that perifosine could interacted with PqsE with the docking score of -10.67 kcal/mol. Perifosine could inhibit the catalytic activity of PqsE in a dose-dependent manner. The binding affinity between perifosine and PqsE was comfirmed by plasma surface resonance with KD of 6.65×10-5mol/L. Perifosine could inhibited the biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa by interacting with PqsE.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Biofilms , Molecular Docking Simulation , Phosphorylcholine/analogs & derivatives , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/metabolism , Quorum SensingABSTRACT
The nervous system controls eccentric exercise in a special way. During eccentric exercise, excitability increases in cortex, and inhibition decreases, causing excitability decrease in spinal cords. In another hand, increased cortical excitability results in extra excitatory compensation for spinal inhibition. The excitability of the corticospinal pathway depends on the balance between excitability and inhibition of the spinal cord level finally, which usually decreases. Many factors, such as the intensity of contraction, can affect the balance of corticospinal excitability. There is a cross-over effect in eccentric exercise, which promotes corticospinal excitability in untrained limbs. However, the effects and mechanisms of muscle length, fatigue and training duration are still unclear, and current researches have focused in the healthy populations. More researches are needed to explore the effects of eccentric exercise on ill populations.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become the third-leading cause of death worldwide, which is a severe economic burden to the healthcare system. Chronic bronchitis is the most common condition that contributes to COPD, both locally and systemically. Neutrophilic inflammation predominates in the COPD airway wall and lumen. Logically, repression of neutrophilia is an essential fashion to COPD treatment. However, currently available anti-neutrophilic therapies provide little benefit in COPD patients and may have serious side effects. Thus, there is an urgent need to explore an effective and safe anti-neutrophilic approach that might delay progression of the disease. Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec)-9 is a member of the Siglec cell surface immunoglobulin family. It is noteworthy that Siglec-9 is highly expressed on human neutrophils and monocytes. Ligation of Siglec-9 by chemical compounds or synthetic ligands induced apoptosis and autophagic-like cell death in human neutrophils. Furthermore, administration of antibody to Siglec-E, mouse functional ortholog of Siglec-9, restrained recruitment and activation of neutrophils in mouse models of airway inflammation in vivo. Given the critical role that neutrophils play in chronic bronchitis and emphysema, targeting Siglec-9 could be beneficial for the treatment of COPD, asthma, fibrosis, and related chronic inflammatory lung diseases.
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Animals , Humans , Mice , Asthma , Lung , N-Acetylneuraminic Acid , Neutrophils , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/drug therapy , Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like LectinsABSTRACT
Objective:To regulate autophagy protein p62 of airway epithelial cells in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) rats with Qingjin Huatantang, in order to explore its effect on interleukin (IL) -1β and tumor necrosis, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), leukotriene B4 (LTB4), and leukotriene C4 (LTC4). Method:Airway epithelial cells and AECOPD airway epithelial cells were cultured. Sixty SPF male SD rats were randomly divided into 6 groups, namely high, medium and low-dose Qingjin Huatantang groups, western medicine group, model group and normal group. Except for the normal group, the remaining groups were included into the AECOPD model by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) tracheal instillation method + fumigation method. After modeling, the dosage of the high-dose traditional Chinese medicine group was 30 g·kg-1·d-1, that of the middle-dose group was 15 g·kg-1·d-1, that of the low-dose group was 7.5 g·kg-1·d-1, the positive control group was given luo erythromycin (0.017 5 g·kg-1·d-1), the model group and the blank control group were orally given normal saline with the volume of 20 mL·kg-1·d-1. Serum was extracted two weeks after administration, and the cells were intervened with drug-containing serum. The content of interleukin IL-1β, TNF-α, and LTB4 in cell supernatants were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). And LTC4 content, p62 mRNA and protein expressions in lung airway epithelial cells were detected by quantitative real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) and Western blot. Result:Compared with the normal group, ELISA results showed that IL-1β, TNF-α, LTB4, and LTC4 in the model group were significantly increased (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, IL-1β, TNF-α, LTB4, LTC4 in cell supernatants in each administration group were significantly reduced (P<0.01), mRNA and protein expressions in p62 showed that compared with the normal group, mRNA and protein expressions in p62 of model group significantly decreased (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the mRNA and protein expressions of p62 in each administration group significantly increased to different degrees (P<0.01). The expression of autophagy in Qingjin Huatantang high-dose group and western medicine group was comparable. Conclusion:Qingjin Huatantang can reduce the inflammatory response in airway epithelial cells, which may be related to the regulation of autophagy protein p62.
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Objective:To investigate the effect of multiple-modality exercise on symptom clusters and nutritional status of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with radiotherapy.Methods:A total of 92 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients who received radiotherapy in the Panzhihua Center hospital were randomly divided into research group and control group, each group contained 46 cases. The control group received routine nursing and the research group received 4-week multiple-modality exercise. The scores of M.D. Anderson symptom inventory-head & neck module (MDASI-H&N), patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) and other biochemical nutrition index were compared before and after intervention between two groups.Results:After intervention, the scores of fatigue, poor appetite, dry mouth, mouth/throat mucus, dysgeusia were 3.77±1.30, 3.48±1.22, 3.81±1.48, 4.24±0.83, 4.94±1.63 in the research group and 4.36±1.09, 4.52±1.25, 4.39±1.24, 4.24±0.83, 6.03±2.00 in the control group, respectively. Those scores were significantly decreased in the research group compared to the control group ( t value was 1.996-3.993, P<0.05). After 4 weeks of intervention, the PG-SGA total socres, body mass index, prealbumin, hemoglobin were 2.78±0.60, (22.08±2.61) kg/m 2, (199.60±27.16) mg/L, (105.59±17.62) g/L, those indexes were 4.14±1.08, (20.63±2.63) kg/m 2, (193.42±25.57) mg/L, (102.77±18.57) g/L, the total scores of PG-SGA were significantly decreased in the research group compared to the control group ( t value was 7.356, P<0.01). Conclusions:Multiple-modality exercise can alleviate symptom burden and promote nutritional status of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with radiotherapy.
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Objective: To screen the upstream regulatory transcription factors of farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPS) in the triterpenoid synthesis pathway in Ganoderma lucidum. Methods: In this study, the FPS promoter was cloned and connected to the pAbAi plasmid to construct bait vector pAbAi-FPS, which was transformed into Y1H yeast competent cells to construct bait yeast. The yeast one-hybrid cDNA library was constructed by using SMART technology, then the purified ds-cDNA and pGADT7-Rec were co-transformed into bait yeast strain to screen the upstream transcriptional regulatory factors of PFS. Results: The bait vector containing pAbAi-FPS was constructed and the bait strain was screened, the cDNA library was constructed and transformed to the bait strain. A total of 37 positive clones were screened and sequenced. The sequences of conserved domain were predicted and performed blast search against the whole-genome database to identify their function. As a result, a total of 18 upstream regulatory factors were screened out including three transcription factors, five ribosomal proteins, and 10 other transcription regulators. Conclusion: The results indicated that transcription factors GlSNF2, GlMHR, and GlZn2Cys6 were candidate genes for regulating the expression of FPS, and this study offered data for further study on the regulation mechanism of FPS expression.
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Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is a diabetes mellitus complication. Unfortunately, the mechanisms underlying PDN are still poorly understood. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-gated P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) plays a pivotal role in non-diabetic neuropathic pain, but little is known about its effects on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced peripheral neuropathy. Here, we explored whether spinal cord P2X7R was correlated with the generation of mechanical allodynia (MA) in STZ-induced type 1 diabetic neuropathy in mice. MA was assessed by measuring paw withdrawal thresholds and western blotting. Immunohistochemistry was applied to analyze the protein expression levels and localization of P2X7R. STZ-induced mice expressed increased P2X7R in the dorsal horn of the lumbar spinal cord during MA. Mice injected intrathecally with a selective antagonist of P2X7R and P2X7R knockout (KO) mice both presented attenuated progression of MA. Double-immunofluorescent labeling demonstrated that P2X7R-positive cells were mostly co-expressed with Iba1 (a microglia marker). Our results suggest that P2X7R plays an important role in the development of MA and could be used as a cellular target for treating PDN.
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Animals , Male , Mice , Acetamides/pharmacology , Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications , Diabetic Neuropathies/etiology , Hyperalgesia/etiology , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Quinolines/pharmacology , Receptors, Purinergic P2X7/physiology , Spinal Cord/physiology , Streptozocin/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy experience debilitating pain that significantly affects their quality of life (Abbott et al., 2011), by causing sleeping disorders, anxiety, and depression (Dermanovic Dobrota et al., 2014). The primary clinical manifestation of painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is mechanical hypersensitivity, also known as mechanical allodynia (MA) (Callaghan et al., 2012). MA's underlying mechanism remains poorly understood, and so far, based on symptomatic treatment, it has no effective therapy (Moore et al., 2014).
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Animals , Mice , CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1/physiology , Chemokine CX3CL1/physiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications , Diabetic Neuropathies/etiology , Hyperalgesia/etiology , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Spinal Cord/physiology , Streptozocin/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Objective To explore the effect of PDCA [plan (P), design (D), check (C), act (A)] cycle on primary cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for medical assistants in hospitals. Methods PDCA cycle was used to enhance continuous quality improvement (CQI) of team members to carry out brain storming to find out the root causes of the training difficulty, and directing to the 3 main root causes: lack of emergency rescue consciousness, without systematic training system and improper education procedure, it was proposed to arrange 3 great strategies: emergency rescue knowledge training, design of systematic training system and proper arrangement of training process. The changes of medical assistants' subjective willingness to perform the first aid, the accurate rates of answering questions on CPR location, frequency, depth, ratio of compression to breathing and awareness degree of CPR before and after training were observed. Results After training, the medical assistants' subjective willingness to perform the first aid was higher than that before training [91.7% (121/132) vs. 2.3% (3/132), P<0.05]. The accurate answer rates on questions concerning CPR basic knowledge, such as location, frequency, depth and compression-breathing ratio had been greatly improved after training compared with those before training [location: 65.2% (86/132) vs. 4.5% (6/132), frequency: 40.2% (53/132) vs. 0 (0/132), depth: 90.2% (119/132) vs. 0 (0/132), compression-breathing ratio: 84.8% (112/132) vs. 1.5% (2/132 ), all P<0.05]. After training, the percentage of medical assistants having very familiar awareness degree of CPR was significantly higher than that before training [65.2% (86/132) vs. 3.0% (4/132), P<0.05]. Conclusion Via CPR training PDCA cycle, not only the efficiency of CPR training management is greatly improved, but also the training effect of participants is significantly elevated.
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Objective: To explore the effect of Qingjin Huatan Tang (QJHTD) on the inflammatory response of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) rats by observing the autophagy regulating effect of QJHTD on COPD rats. Method: The 50 SPF grade male rats were randomly divided into 5 groups, with 10 rats in each group. In addition to the normal group, the remaining 40 male rats were randomly divided into 5 groups. After the establishment of the hematoxylin and eosin(HE) staining identification model, the drugs were given to the 5 groups by gavage for 2 weeks, high and low-dose QJHTD groups were give the drug at 30, 10 g·kg-1. Roxithromycin positive control group was given the drug at 0.017 5 g·kg-1. The model control group and the normal group were given the same volume of normal saline. At 1 h after the last gavage, the rats were put to death to extract the airway, and the expressions of autophagy microtuble-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3),Beclin-1 were detected by Real-time quantitative PCR (Real-time PCR) and Western blot. Changes of inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8(IL-8) were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Result: Real-time PCR analysis showed that compared with the normal group, Beclin-1 and LC3 mRNA expressions of autophagy factors in the model group were increased to varying degrees(PPPPPConclusion: QJHTD can alleviate the bronchial inflammation in COPD rats, and its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of autophagy in airway epithelium by QJHTD.
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OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of proteinsuccinic iron oral liquid on treatment of irondeficiency anemia in pregnant women by using polysaccharide iron complex as a control drug.METHODS:A total of 28724-28 weeks pregnant women that were diagnosed of IDA were randomly selected from six qualified Grade Ⅲ Ahospitals in Sichuan Province,Shaanxi Province,Guangdong Province,Shandong Province,and Jiangsu Province in2016. 144 cases were randomly Assigned in the control group and 143 cases in the test group. After 2 weeks and 4 weeksof treatment,various efficacy and safety indicators were detected and recorded.RESULTS:The improvement rate ofhemoglobin at 2 weeks and 4 weeks after treatment in the study group were 31.43% and 15.89%,respectively,which werehigher than 7.19% and 3.05% of the control group(P0.05). There was no significantdifference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups(P>0.05).CONCLUSION:Protein iron succinateoral solution has less adverse reactions,easy absorption,good taste,and has a good therapeutic effect on pregnant irondeficiency anemia.
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Objective To investigate the current status and influencing factors associated with the health literacy of the elderly. Methods 24 communities were randomly selected from Jinan City, and 1 201 elderly people were surveyed by the eHealth literacy scale. Univariate analysis was performed using the Chi-square test and multivariate analysis was performed using binary Logistic regression. Results The qualification rate of eHealth literacy among 1 201 older adults was 11.1%. Multivariate analysis showed that primary school education and below (OR=4.50, 95% CI:1.924-10.530, P=0.001), family pension (OR=3.08, 95% CI:1.326-7.165, P=0.009), poor self-rated health (OR=2.12, 95% CI:1.022-4.406, P=0.044), great self-rated life pressure (OR=4.09, 95% CI:1.686-9.938, P=0.002) were risk factors for eHealth literacy in the elderly; urban household registration (OR=0.52, 95% CI:0.337-0.815, P=0.004), the main person to taking care of grandchildren (OR=0.43, 95% CI:0.273-0.682, P<0.001 ), urban basic medical insurance or NCMS medical insurance (OR=0.22, 95% CI:0.047-0.998, P=0.05), commercial medical insurance (OR=0.10, 95% CI:0.019-0.552, P=0.008) and the parents being alive (OR=0.44, 95% CI:0.264-0.719, P=0.001) were protective factors for the elderly eHealth literacy . Conclusion The type of household registration, the level of education, the type of medical insurance, the way of caring for grandchildren, the way of providing for the elderly, the self-rated of health status, with the parents being alive, and the self-rated life pressure are the influencing factors of the eHealth literacy of the elderly.
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Lanosterol synthase( LS) is a key enzyme involving in the mevalonate pathway( MVA pathway) to produce lanosterol,which is a precursor of ganoderma triterpenoid. And the transcriptional regulation of LS gene directly affects the content of triterpenes in Ganoderma lucidum. In order to study the transcriptional regulation mechanism of LS gene,yeast one-hybrid technique was used to screen the transcription regulators which interact withthe promoter of LS. The bait vector was constructed by LS promoter,then the vector was transformed yeast cells to construct bait yeast strain. One-hybrid c DNA library was constructed via SMART technology. Then the c DNA and p GADT7-Rec vector were co-transformed into the bait yeast strain to screen the upstream regulatory factors of the promoter region of LS by homologous recombination. Total of 23 positive clones were screened. After sequencing,blast was performed against the whole-genome sequence of G. lucidum. As a result,8 regulatory factors were screened out including the transcription initiation TFIIB,the alpha/beta hydrolase super family,ALDH-SF superfamily,60 S ribosomal protein L21,ATP synthase β-subunit,microtubule associated protein Cript,prote asome subunit β-1,and transaldolase. Until now,the regulation effect of these 8 regulatory factors in G.lucidum has not been reported. This study provides candidate proteins for in-depth study on the expression regulation of LS.