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Objective:To investigate the effect of lncRNA HOTAIR on the radiosensitivity of glioma cells and its underlying mechanism.Methods:The negative control plasmid, HOTAIR silencing plasmid, miR-NC over expressing plasmid, miR-17-5p over expressing plasmid were transfected into U87R cells, and assigned intothe silencing control, HOTAIR silencing, miR-NC over expressing and miR-17-5 pover expressing groups. Cells in the the above groups were irradiated at a dose of 4Gy, and recorded as silencing control+ 4Gy group, HOTAIRsilencing+ 4Gy group, miR-NC over expressing+ 4Gy group and miR-17-5p over expressing+ 4Gy group. The HOTAIR silencing plasmid, miR-NC suppressing plasmid and miR-17-5p suppressing plasmid were co-transfected into U87R cells and recorded as the HOTAIR silencing+ miR-NC suppressing group and HOTAIR silencing+ miR-17-5p suppressing group. All procedures were transfected by the liposome method. The expression of miR-17-5p and HOTAIR was detected by qRT-PCR. The radio sensitivity of glioma cells was evaluated by cell clone formation assay. The cell apoptosis was assessed by flow cytometry. The fluorescence activity was assessed by dual luciferase reporter assay.Results:HOTAIR was highly expressed in the radiation-resistant glioma cells. Silencing HOTAIR and over-expressing miR-17-5p could increase the radiosensitivity of U87R cells and promote radiation-induced apoptosis of U87R cells. HOTAIR could target and regulate the miR-17-5p expression. Suppressing miR-17-5p reversed the effect of silencing HOTAIR on U87R cell sensitization and promoting radiation-induced U87R cell apoptosis.Conclusions:Silencing lncRNA HOTAIR yields radiation sensitization and promotes radiation-induced apoptosis in glioma cells. The mechanism may be related to the regulation of miR-17-5p.
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Objective To explore the value of serum circulating immune complex C 1q(CIC-C1q),comple-ment C3and C4in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA).Methods From June 2014 to June 2016,60 cases of rheumatoid arthritis treated in Luoyang Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University were selected as the observation group.Meanwhile,60 cases who under went healthy physical examination were chosen as control group.The levels of CIC-C1q,C3and C4in serum of two groups were detected by C1q solid-phase ELISA and immunoturbidimetry respectively,and the differences were com-pared.Results The level of CIC-C1q in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group,the level of C4was lower than control group,and there was statistical significance in the differences (P<0.05).But there was no statistical difference between the two groups of the C3level(P>0.05).The level of CIC-C1q was ascending in control group,quiescent phase RA group and active phase RA group,the statisti-cal significance was existed(P<0.05).The level of C4was successively decrease in the three groups,and there was a statistically significant difference(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the level of C3the three groups(P> 0.05).Conclusion The detection of CIC-C1q and C4has a good application value in the treatment evaluation for patients with RA.
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Objective To investigate the incidence and etiological factors of hyponatremia following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and analyze the relationship between hyponatremia and the patient’s age, gender, type of injury, Glasgow coma scale (GCS), operation and computerized tomography (CT) scan of head. Methods Clinical data of 136 pa-tients with moderate or severe TBI in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively, including patient’s age, gender, type of injury, GCS, operation, brain edema and basal skull fracture. The relationship between clinical data and hyponatremia were analyzed statistically by Chi-square test and multivariate Logistic regression analysis. Results There were 56 pa-tients with hyponatremia in 136 patients (81 males) with moderate or severe TBI. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that hyponatremia secondary to TBI was not associated with patient’s age, gender, type of injury and operation or not. However, there was a high correlation between hyponatremia following TBI and clinical characteristics of TBI at ear-ly stage, such as GCS, brain edema and basal skull fracture. Conclusions Patients with TBI is more likely to develop hy-ponatremia when they have the following clinical factors, such as GCS≤8, brain edema or basal skull fracture. Preven-tive measures should be given to these patients in advance.