Involvement of Nuclear Factor Kappa B in High-Fat Diet-Related Pancreatic Fibrosis in Rats

BACKGROUND/AIMS: High-fat diets contribute to pancreatic fibrogenesis, but the pathogenesis remains unclear. This study investigated the role of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) in high-fat diet-induced pancreatic fibrosis in rats. METHODS: Male Wistar rats were fed a high-fat diet or standard normal chow for 20 weeks. Pancreatic fibrosis was determined by Sirius red staining. Immunohistochemical staining, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were used to identify NF-kappaB-associated genes or protein expressions. RESULTS: Inflammation, fat deposition, pancreatic stellate cell activation and fibrosis were observed in the pancreases of the high-fat diet group. NF-kappaB subunit p65 (NF-kappaB/p65) expression was localized to the nucleus, and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) was over-expressed. Pancreatic gene expression levels of NF-kappaB/p65, ICAM-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha were all elevated significantly in rats fed a high-fat diet compared with control rats. Western blotting also revealed significantly increased levels of ICAM-1 and nuclear NF-kappaB/p65 in rats fed high-fat diets comparison with control rats. CONCLUSIONS: NF-kappaB is involved in high-fat diet-related pancreatic fibrosis.

Advances in the application of human embryonic stem cells in disease treatment / 基础医学与临床

The application of human embryonic stem cell(hES cell) contributes a lot to the disease treatment,and shows a great potentiality especially in organ transplantation and tissue engineering.Although hES cell therapy has not reached clinical application,some newly achieved results are encouraging.This review mainly presents results recently published in applying hES cell for disease treatment.

Combinative Study for Treatment of Aplastic Anemia of Securinine Plus Anisodamini Dripping in Bone Marrow / 中国医师杂志

ObjectiveTo explore more effective and lower expensive approach for aplastic anemia(AA).Methods A prospective,randomized clinical trial was conducted to determine whether the outcome of AA patients treated with the combination of securinine plus anisodamini dripping in bone marrow(therapy group)was better than that with anisodamini alone dripping in vein(control group).Results The cure remission rate(83.3%) and the response rate(94.4%) of therapy group were significantly higher than that of control group(11%,55.6%, P

Preliminary study on establishment of chronic biliary pancreatitis model in rats / 中华消化杂志

Objective To explore the feasibility of establishing the model of chronic blliary(pancreatitis) by incompletely ligaturing common bile duct.Methods Fifty Wistar rats were randomly(divided) into three groups: control group,experimental control group and model group.The rats in model group were exposed the root of common bile duct to enter duodenum using the dissolubility bowel line to ligating a needle with common bile duct,then drew out the needle,closing the abdominal cavity.The rats in experiment control group were opened the abdominal cavity and dissociated common bile duct,then closing the abdominal cavity.Results Compared with control group,the serum bilirubin and(amylase) of blood in model group were increased in 3 days and 14 days respectively and fibrotic(proliferation) of pancreatic tissues were found in 30 days.In model group,23% of rats developed(pancreatic) pseudocyst.Conclusions Incompletely ligating the common bile duct of Wistar rats could(induce) chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic fibrosis in 30 days.Strictures of common biliary duct may play a key role in chronic biliary pancreatitis.