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Mitochondrial DNA is the mitochondria's own genetic material located within the mitochondrial matrix and is involved in cellular metabolism and energy supply. Mitochondrial DNA damage exacerbates oxidative stress by increasing the release of reactive oxygen species, while mitochondrial DNA release also triggers apoptosis and activates immune inflammatory responses through damage-related molecular patterns. Mitochondrial autophagy regulates mitochondrial DNA damage and release through a negative feedback mechanism to maintain intracellular homeostasis. Recent studies have shown that the occurrence and development of chronic liver disease are closely related to mitochondrial DNA-mediated immune inflammatory responses and oxidative stress.
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Apoptosis , Autophagy , DNA, Mitochondrial/metabolism , Humans , Liver Diseases , Mitochondria , Oxidative Stress , Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolismABSTRACT
Objective@#To analyze the trend of adolescent health risk behaviors in Shanghai, and to provide reference for the comprehensive intervention of middle school students health risk behaviors.@*Methods@#Based on the health risk behavior questionnaire of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the questionnaire was adapted according to the actual monitoring needs. It was divided into junior high school version and senior high school version. From 2004 to 2019, using the method of multistage stratified cluster random sampling, 59 209 middle school students who completed the questionnaire in 6 surveys were selected for analysis. @*Results@#From 2004 to 2019, in the 7 days prior to the survey, 9.2%-50.6% of middle school students drank a glass of soda more than or equal to once a day and 54.2%-76.1% of middle school students reported eating dessert twice or more. Within 7 days, 48.3%-60.7% of middle school students had≥60 min of exercise per day for less than or equal to 3 days, and 16.1%- 35.2% of middle school students reported too much extracurricular activities, and the reporting rate increased year by year with the annual percent change ( APC ) of 5.15%( t =9.28, P <0.01). The reporting rate of long time online learning was 6.0%-13.6%, which showed an upward trend among high school students, with the APC of 5.35%( t =3.14, P <0.05). The reporting rate of middle school students pedestrian safety problems decreased from 69.1% in 2004 to 27.6% in 2019, with the APC of -6.28%( t =-8.18, P <0.01), but the reporting rate of cycling safety problems have increased in recent years. The reporting rate of intentional injury behaviors decreased by year such as fighting, bullying, etc. The reporting rate of initial smoking age ≤13 years old decreased, but attempted drinking behavior increased in junior middle school students, and the APC was 1.61%( t =3.48, P <0.05). A total of 1.6%-3.4% of middle school students had an Internet addiction behavior tendency. The detection rate of Internet addiction tendency was increasing in high school students and girls, and APC was 6.59% and 10.29% respectively( t =6.37, 8.62, P <0.01).@*Conclusion@#From 2004 to 2019, unintentional injury behavior, intentional injury behavior and substance addiction behavior of middle school students in Shanghai have improved. However, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are still high. In the follow up. It need to focus on adverse diet and lack of physical activity behavior and take comprehensive intervention measures to control them.
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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) was induced by high-sugar and high-fat diet in mice to investigate the intervention effect of total saponins from Panax japonicus(TSPJ) and explore its possible mechanism. Mice were fed with high-sugar and high-fat diet to establish NASH model, and intervened with different doses of TSPJ(15, 45 mg·kg~(-1)). The animals were fed for 26 weeks. The histomorphology and pathological changes of liver tissues were observed by HE staining. The transcriptional expression levels of miR-199 a-5 p, autophagy related gene 5(ATG5) and inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6(IL-6), interleukin-1β(IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α) in mouse liver were measured by quantitative Real-time polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR). Western blot was used to detect the expression of autophagy-related proteins ATG5, P62/SQSTM1(P62), and microtubule-associated protein light chain 3(LC3)-I/Ⅱ proteins in mouse liver. The expression of P62 protein was detected by immunofluorescence staining. In order to verify the targeting regulation relationship between miR-199 a-5 p and ATG5, miR mimic/inhibitor NC and miR-199 a-5 p mimic/inhibitor were transfected into Hepa 1-6 cells, and the expression of ATG5 mRNA and protein was detected. pMIR-reportor ATG5-3'UTR luciferase reporter gene plasmid was constructed and co-transfected with miR mimic/inhibitor NC and miR-199 a-5 p mimic/inhibitor into Hepa 1-6 cells to detect luciferase activity. In vivo, HE staining in the model group showed typical fatty degeneration and inflammatory infiltration, with increased expression of miR-199 a-5 p and decreased expression of ATG5 mRNA and protein. The expression of autophagy-associated protein P62 increased significantly, the ratio of LC3Ⅱ/Ⅰ decreased, and the transcriptional expression of inflammatory factors increased significantly. After the intervention by TSPJ, the pathological performance of liver tissue was significantly improved, the expression of miR-199 a-5 p decreased and the expression of ATG5 mRNA and protein increased, the expression of autophagy-associated protein P62 decreased significantly, the ratio of LC3Ⅱ/Ⅰ increased, and the transcriptional expression of inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α decreased significantly. In vitro, it was found that the expression of ATG5 mRNA and protein and luciferase activity decreased significantly in miR-199 a-5 p overexpression cells, while after inhibition of miR-199 a-5 p expression, the expression level of ATG5 mRNA and protein and luciferase activity increased. The results showed that TSPJ can improve NASH in mice fed with high-sugar and high-fat diet, and its mechanism may be related to the regulation of miR-199 a-5 p/ATG5 signal pathway, the regulation of autophagy activity and the improvement of inflammatory response of NASH.
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Animals , Autophagy , Autophagy-Related Protein 5 , Mice , MicroRNAs/genetics , Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/genetics , Panax , Saponins/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the expression of connexin-43 (Cx43) in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of femoral head and osteoblasts in rats and its regulation mechanism.Methods:The model of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of femoral head (SIONFH) of rat was established. Micro-CT and HE staining were used to observe the degree of bone trabecular destruction and the incidence of empty lacunae. The expression levels of Cx43 and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway related molecules and osteoblast-related proteins in model group and control group were detected by RT-PCT and Western blot. The osteoblast (OB) of rats was further isolated and cultured in vitro. Under treatment of dexamethasone (Dex), Cx43 expression in OB cells was detected by Western blot and immunofluorescence. Western blot was used to detect the effect of glucocorticoid (GC) on the expression of related molecules of PI3K/Akt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Akt activator (SC79) and PI3K inhibitor (LY294002) were used to study the molecular mechanism of Dex regulation on Cx43 expression in OB cells. The regulatory relationship between β-catenin and Cx43 was investigated by immunoprecipitation and small interfere RNA (siRNA) technology.Results:The model of SIONFH in rats was successfully established, which proved that Cx43 expression level in the SIONFH model group was significantly lower than that in the control group, and the expression level of Cx43 was positively correlated with the expression of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway related molecules and osteoblast-related proteins Runx2, ALP and Collagen I Type (COL). In addition, in vitro culture of isolated rat OB cells, the expression of Cx43, p-PI3K, P-Akt and β-catenin in OB cells decreased gradually as the Dex action time went on. Moreover, SC79 pretreatment could significantly reverse the inhibitory effect of GCs on Cx43 expression, while LY294002 could significantly enhance the inhibitory effect of GCs on Cx43. In addition, the immunoprecipitation results showed that β-catenin expression was closely related to Cx43 expression, and further studies showed that β-catenin-siRNA could significantly down-regulate the expression of Cx43.Conclusion:Under the action of GC, the expression level of Cx43 in bone tissue and OB cells decreased significantly, and the possible mechanism was that GCs inhibited the expression of Cx43 by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/β-catenin signaling pathway, which laid a new theoretical foundation for the further study of the role of Cx43 in the pathogenesis of steroid-induced femoral head necrosis.
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OBJECTIVE@#To explore the genetic basis for a juvenile with maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 12(MODY12).@*METHODS@#High-throughput sequencing was carried out to screen for the variants. Candidate variant was verified by Sanger sequencing. Pathogenity of the variant was predicted by searching the genetic databases and analysis by using bioinformatic software.@*RESULTS@#Genetic testing indicated that the patient and his mother have both carried a heterozygous c.3976G>A variant (p.Glu1326Lys) in exon 32 of the ABCC8 gene. Prediction of the protein structure suggested the variant to be deleterious. Based on the guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the variant was predicted to be uncertain significance.@*CONCLUSION@#Whether the c.3976G>A variant of the ABCC8 gene is the cause of the disease in this patient or not depends on the functional studies and more case data. Above finding has enriched the spectrum of ABCC8 gene variants.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics , Genetic Testing , Genomics , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Humans , MutationABSTRACT
The present study investigated the effects of chikusetsu saponin Ⅳa(CHS Ⅳa) on isoproterenol(ISO)-induced myocardial hypertrophy in rats and explored the underlying molecular mechanism. ISO was applied to establish a rat model of myocardial hypertrophy, and CHS Ⅳa(5 and 15 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1)) was used for intervention. The tail artery blood pressure was measured. Cardiac ultrasound examination was performed. The ratio of heart weight to body weight(HW/BW) was calculated. Morphological changes in the myocardial tissue were observed by HE staining. Collagen deposition in the myocardial tissue was observed by Masson staining. The mRNA expression of myocardial hypertrophy indicators(ANP and BNP), autophagy-related genes(Atg5, P62 and beclin1), and miR199 a-5 p was detected by qRT-PCR. Atg5 protein expression was detected by Western blot. The results showed that the model group exhibited increased tail artery blood pressure and HW/BW ratio, thickened left ventricular myocardium, enlarged myocardial cells, disordered myocardial fibers with widened interstitium, and a large amount of collagen aggregating around the extracellular matrix and blood vessels. ANP and BNP were largely expressed. Moreover, P62 expression was up-regulated, while beclin1 expression was down-regulated. After intervention by CHS Ⅳa at different doses, myocardial hypertrophy was ameliorated and autophagy activity in the myocardial tissue was enhanced. Meanwhile, miR199 a-5 p expression declined and Atg5 expression increased. As predicted by bioinformatics, Atg5 was a target gene of miR199 a-5 p. CHS Ⅳa was capable of preventing myocardial hypertrophy by regulating autophagy of myocardial cells through the miR-199 a-5 p/Atg5 signaling pathway.
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Animals , Cardiomegaly/genetics , Isoproterenol , Myocardium , Myocytes, Cardiac , Oleanolic Acid/analogs & derivatives , Rats , Saponins/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Objective:By analyzing the patent literature of medical research institutions in Sichuan Province, the current status of patent development in each institution were analyzed to identify existing problems, according to which countermeasures were put forward.Methods:Using IncoPat as the retrieval tool, the patent documents of Sichuan medical scientific research institutions were searched, data about the overall application trend, applicant, patent type, legal events were analyzed, and relevant countermeasures were proposed based on the current patent development situation.Results:At present, the overall development of patents in Sichuan medical scientific research institutions is good, however, there are still some problems and challenges, such as weak awareness of patent protection, low patent quality, insufficient transformation of patent achievements and so on.Conclusions:By analyzing the present situation of patent development of medical scientific research institutions in Sichuan Province, this study put forward some countermeasures, including strengthening publicity on intellectual property protection, improving the driving mechanism, reforming intellectual property management and achievement transformation mechanism, to provide reference for promoting the benign development of patents at medical scientific research institutions, as well as promote the development of medical science and technology innovation.
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Objective@#To explore the reasons that ICU nurses′ who refuse to donate their organs to provide references for improving the current situation of ICU nurses′ participation in organ donation.@*Methods@#Using objective sampling method, 16 ICU nurses selected from hospitals with organ transplantation qualifications in Chongqing were investigated by semi-structured interviews, the data were analyzed by Colaizzi 7-step method of phenomenology in qualitative research.@*Results@#The reasons that ICU nurses′ reluctance to donate their own organs were summarized into the following themes: the great ethical dilemma brought by organ donor acquisition, the negative impact brought by organ transplantation, ICU nurses lacking consensus about organ donation, and a series of problems in the management policy of organ donation.@*Conclusion@#The factors hindering the implementation of organ donation by ICU nurses are widely related to the ethical dilemma of organ donation, the side effects of organ transplantation, the insufficient popularity of organ donation, and the remaining weak links of organ donation. It is suggested that medical and health institutions can help ICU nurses face the ethical issue of organ donation correctly by introducing the silent ceremony and other relevant measures. It can also add the training content of the progress of organ transplantation, establish the organ donation education system in the hospital, and optimize the compensation policy of organ donation to promote ICU nurses′ awareness of organ donation, and to provide guarantee and support for their participation in organ donation.
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Objective:To construct an early comfort assessment and management plan for ICU patients with high flow nasal cannula, and to provide reference for clinical nursing practice and management.Methods:The domestic and foreign databases were retrieved, and the literatures on high flow nasal cannula were obtained and evaluated. The first draft of the early evaluation and management scheme of nasal high-flow humidification oxygen therapy was developed. Two rounds of expert consultation were conducted by Delphi method.Results:The early comfort assessment and management plan for ICU patients with high flow nasal cannula was formed, including 3 primary indicators, 12 secondary indicators, and 32 tertiary indicators. The authoritative coefficients of 2 rounds of expert consultation were 0.915 and 0.931, respectively. The coordination coefficients were 0.221, 0.130 and 0.278( χ 2 values were 8.000, 27.140, 163.824, P<0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions:The early comfort assessment and management plan of ICU patients with high flow nasal cannula are consistent with the advice of experts at all levels. The enthusiasm and authority of the experts is high, which provides a basis for the scientific management of ICU patients with nasal high-flow humidification oxygen therapy.
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Objective:To explore the reasons that ICU nurses′ who refuse to donate their organs to provide references for improving the current situation of ICU nurses′ participation in organ donation.Methods:Using objective sampling method, 16 ICU nurses selected from hospitals with organ transplantation qualifications in Chongqing were investigated by semi-structured interviews, the data were analyzed by Colaizzi 7-step method of phenomenology in qualitative research.Results:The reasons that ICU nurses′ reluctance to donate their own organs were summarized into the following themes: the great ethical dilemma brought by organ donor acquisition, the negative impact brought by organ transplantation, ICU nurses lacking consensus about organ donation, and a series of problems in the management policy of organ donation.Conclusion:The factors hindering the implementation of organ donation by ICU nurses are widely related to the ethical dilemma of organ donation, the side effects of organ transplantation, the insufficient popularity of organ donation, and the remaining weak links of organ donation. It is suggested that medical and health institutions can help ICU nurses face the ethical issue of organ donation correctly by introducing the silent ceremony and other relevant measures. It can also add the training content of the progress of organ transplantation, establish the organ donation education system in the hospital, and optimize the compensation policy of organ donation to promote ICU nurses′ awareness of organ donation, and to provide guarantee and support for their participation in organ donation.
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Increasing evidence suggests that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are of vital importance for various biological processes, and dysregulation of lncRNAs is frequently associated with various diseases such as psoriasis. LncRNAs modulate gene expression at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translational levels; however, the specific regulatory mechanisms of lncRNAs in psoriasis remain largely unexplored. This review provides an overview of recent studies investigating mechanisms and functions of lncRNAs in psoriasis, especially focusing on the role of lncRNAs in keratinocytes, T cells, and dendritic cells.
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Humans , Psoriasis/genetics , RNA, Long Noncoding/geneticsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To explore the genetic and clinical characteristics of near-tetraploidy/tetraploidy karyotype (NT/T) in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).@*METHODS@#Cytogenetic findings of 1576 inpatients with primary MDS were retrospective analyzed, among which 9 were diagnosed with NT/T. Clinical data including gender, age, morphology, genetic feature and prognosis were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#The prevalence of MDS patients with NT/T (NT/T-MDS) among all cases was 0.57%. Karyotyping analysis suggested that eight MDS patients had sole NT/T, while the remainder one had a complex karyotype. In addition to the typical morphology of MDS, NT/T-MDS had unique morphology including huge blast, double-nuclear cell and irregular nuclear membrane. One NT/T-MDS patient gave up therapy, and the remaining eight underwent the first course of treatment, albeit with poor prognosis. Only one patient had complete remission, one had partial remission, three had no remission; and three had converted to acute myeloid leukemia.@*CONCLUSION@#NT/T-MDS is rare and has unique morphology. Generally, NT/T-MDS patients have poor prognosis. However, NT/T cannot be simply classified as high-risk group, but with consideration whether they have affected particular chromosomal structures as well as other clinical data.
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Humans , Karyotype , Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/complications , Myelodysplastic Syndromes/pathology , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , TetraploidyABSTRACT
Hypothyroidism is a common adverse reaction in clinical multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and may be used as a predictor of efficacy of TKI drugs.Studies show that hypothyroidism is significantly associated with good prognosis in patients with renal cell carcinoma treated with multi-target TKI,which may be related to inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor pathway,potential off-target effects and inhibition of cell proliferation.Whereas in the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who received multi-target TKI therapy,hypothyroidism is an indicator of poor prognosis,which is related to the T3/TR pathway regulating liver cancer growth and invasion.The predictive function and mechanism of thyroid hormone levels in different tumor patients receiving multi-target TKI drugs are different,and further research is still needed.
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Chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for malignant tumors, aiming to kill tumor cells and improve patient survival. However, the new study have found that chemotherapy also promotes distant metastasis of tumors while treating tumor, and the article will give further new meaning to "chemotherapy side effects." On the other hand, tumor metastasis is the main cause of short-term survival of patients. Inhibition of tumor metastasis caused by chemotherapy is a hot topic that should be widely concerned. Modern research suggests that chemotherapeutic drugs promote tumor metastasis by inducing changes in the biological characteristics of tumors and causing a series of "host reactions". The article summarizes the mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced tumor metastasis in combination with the seed and soil theory related to tumor metastasis.
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Objective@#To investigate the effects of bone trauma therapy instrument combined with Guyuling capsule in the treatment of traumatic fractures and the effects on the levels of serum epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor-1 (TGF-β1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).@*Methods@#The clinical data of 168 patients with traumatic fractures admitted to our hospital from January 2015 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. According to different treatment methods, the patients were divided into the bone trauma treatment instrument group (54 cases), the bone Guyuling capsule group (52 cases) and the combined group (62 cases). All patients were treated with open internal fixation and routine anti-infection, detumescence, analgesic and other symptomatic treatment. The bone trauma therapeutic instrument group was given auxiliary treatment with bone trauma therapeutic instrument on the basis of conventional treatment, the bone healing capsule group was added with bone healing capsule treatment on the basis of conventional treatment, and the bone trauma therapeutic instrument and bone healing capsule combined treatment were given in the combined group at the same time. The clinical efficacy was compared and the serum levels of EGF, TGF-β1 and VEGF in the three groups were detected.@*Results@#The detumescence time (8.37 ± 2.84 d vs. 10.76 ± 4.17 d, 11.64 ± 3.98 d, F=12.329) and the healing time (11.73 ± 3.44 week vs. 14.23 ± 4.62 week, 14.76 ± 5.17 week, F=7.835) of the combined group were significantly shorter than those of the bone trauma therapy group and the Guyuling capsule group (P<0.01). After treatment, the serum EGF (0.60 ± 0.27 μg/L vs. 0.75 ± 0.35 μg/L, 0.72 ± 0.37 μg/L, F=3.406), TGF-β1 (9.28 ± 4.19 μg/L vs. 12.36 ± 4.21 μg/L, 12.86 ± 4.69 µg/L, F=11.568), VEGF (92.58 ± 26.01 pg/ml vs. 132.69 ± 28.01 pg/ml, 127.63 ± 29.85 pg/ml, F=36.053) were significantly lower than those in the bone trauma therapy group and the Guyuling capsule group (P<0.01). Three months after operation, the cure rate was 35.2% (19/54) and the total effective rate was 81.5% (44/54) in all three groups. The cure rate and total effective rate in the combined group were better than those in the bone trauma therapy group and the Guyuling capsule group (χ2=6.373, 4.669, P=0.041, 0.031).@*Conclusions@#The treatment of traumatic fractures with bone trauma therapy instrument combined with Guyuling capsule can promote the healing of fractures, reduce the stress response caused by fractures, and improve the clinical efficacy.
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Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography(UPLC) is a new liquid chromatography technology,which developed on the basis of high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC).It has the characteristics of super high efficiency,high separation degree and high sensitivity,and has been widely used in the analysis of components in traditional Chinese medicine,the studies on metabolomics,establishment of fingerprint chromatogram,determination of unknown compounds combined with mass spectrometry and other detectors,etc.In this paper,the authors reviewed the application of UPLC in the field of traditional Chinese medicine through a review of the literature in the past 5 years,and summed up its relative advantages and development prospects,in order to provide scientific guidance and basis for pharmaceutical workers to make better use of UPLC technology.
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Objective To investigate the effects of bone trauma therapy instrument combined with Guyuling capsule in the treatment of traumatic fractures and the effects on the levels of serum epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor-1 (TGF-β1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Methods The clinical data of 168 patients with traumatic fractures admitted to our hospital from January 2015 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. According to different treatment methods, the patients were divided into the bone trauma treatment instrument group (54 cases), the bone Guyuling capsule group (52 cases) and the combined group (62 cases). All patients were treated with open internal fixation and routine anti-infection, detumescence, analgesic and other symptomatic treatment. The bone trauma therapeutic instrument group was given auxiliary treatment with bone trauma therapeutic instrument on the basis of conventional treatment, the bone healing capsule group was added with bone healing capsule treatment on the basis of conventional treatment, and the bone trauma therapeutic instrument and bone healing capsule combined treatment were given in the combined group at the same time. The clinical efficacy was compared and the serum levels of EGF, TGF-β1 and VEGF in the three groups were detected. Results The detumescence time (8.37 ±2.84 d vs. 10.76 ±4.17 d, 11.64 ±3.98 d, F=12.329) and the healing time (11.73 ±3.44 week vs. 14.23 ± 4.62 week, 14.76 ± 5.17 week, F=7.835) of the combined group were significantly shorter than those of the bone trauma therapy group and the Guyuling capsule group ( P<0.01). After treatment, the serum EGF (0.60 ± 0.27 μg/L vs. 0.75 ± 0.35 μg/L, 0.72 ± 0.37 μg/L, F=3.406), TGF-β1 (9.28 ± 4.19 μg/L vs. 12.36 ± 4.21 μg/L, 12.86 ± 4.69 μg/L, F=11.568), VEGF (92.58 ± 26.01 pg/ml vs. 132.69 ± 28.01 pg/ml, 127.63 ± 29.85 pg/ml, F=36.053) were significantly lower than those in the bone trauma therapy group and the Guyuling capsule group (P<0.01). Three months after operation, the cure rate was 35.2% (19/54) and the total effective rate was 81.5% (44/54) in all three groups. The cure rate and total effective rate in the combined group were better than those in the bone trauma therapy group and the Guyuling capsule group ( χ 2=6.373, 4.669, P=0.041, 0.031). Conclusions The treatment of traumatic fractures with bone trauma therapy instrument combined with Guyuling capsule can promote the healing of fractures, reduce the stress response caused by fractures, and improve the clinical efficacy.
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Objective To explore the prevalence of subthreshold body dysmorphic disorder in an undergraduates sample and investigate the mediating role of self-esteem on big five personality and body image disturbance.Methods A sample of 1 166 undergraduates coming from four different colleges were recruited to complete questionnaire survey.Results The prevalence of subthreshold body dysmorphic disorder in undergraduates was 6.2%.Body image disturbance(35.2± 18.4) was negatively correlated with self-esteem ((29.0±4.3),r=-0.41,P<0.01),positively correlated with neuroticism ((32.9±8.1),r=0.52,P<0.01) while negatively correlated with extraversion (39.6 ± 6.8),openness (39.8 ± 6.4),agreeableness (41.7±4.7) and conscientiousness ((40.1±6.4),r=-0.18,-0.14,-0.14,-0.25;all P<0.01).The mediating role of self-esteem was 19.7%.Conclusion The prevalence of subthreshold body dysmorphic disorder in undergraduates is rather high.Big five personality can directly predict body image disturbance and indirectly predict body image disturbance through the mediating role of self-esteem.
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AIM To study the chemical constituents from the fruits of Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth.and their biological activities.METHODS The ethyl acetate fraction of 80% ethanol extract from E.rutaecarpa was isolated and purified by silica column and recrystallization,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.The antitumor and antifungal activities were determined by MTT and mycelium growth method,respectively.RESULTS Ten compounds were isolated and identified as rutaecarpine (1),evodiamine (2),1-methyl-2-undecyl-4 (1H)-quinolone (3),1-methyl-2-tridecyl-4 (1H)-quinolone (4),wuchuyuamide Ⅰ (5),wuchuyuamide Ⅲ (6),wuchuyuamide Ⅳ (7),β-sitosterol (8),β-daucosterol (9),dehydroevodiamine (10).Compounds 1,2,10 had certain inhibitory effects on MDA-MB-231,LoVo,A2780 and HeLa with the IC50values of 0.65-29.45 μmol/L.Compound 1 had a certain inhibitory effect on Botrytis cinerea,Glomerella cingulata and Rhizoctonia solani with the inhibitory rates of 18.12%-49.57%.CONCLUSION Compounds 3-7 are isolated from this plant for the first time,compounds 1,2,10 have strong biological activities.
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Objective To structure the music database of TCM emotion treatment based on the TCM emotion theory and subjective emotion experience, setting the music played by Chinese musical instruments as materials. Methods This study adopted qualitative analysis and recruited 71 subjects (including 274 valid descriptions for emotion elicited by music) to select the names of music and to divide emotional categories of music. Then, 37 subjects (3132 valid evaluation) were adopted to assess emotional categories, degrees of favorite and familiarity for each piece of music by using quantitative analysis. Finally, 3 domain experts were invited to select music, to analyze music emotion, and to construct initially the database for TCM emotion treatment. Results Totally 120 songs were selected and eight emotional categories were divided, which were feelings of calm, refreshing, pleasure, detached, releasing, encouraging, expressing and pouring out. There was a moderate correlation between degrees of favorite and familiarity (average value of correlation coefficients after Fisher Z transformation was 0.50). The scores of anxiety correlated negatively with the degrees of favorite in the type of pleasure (r=-0.41, P=0.017). Accordingly, the methods of selecting music and regulation for five kinds of abnormal emotions in TCM were proposed. Conclusion This study preliminary establishes the TCM emotion music treatment database, providing standardized music and operable methods of regulating abnormal emotion for clinical TCM treatment.