Stress-related diseases are closely related to an abnormal cortisol secretion.Recent research implied that hair cortisol concentration which retrospectively records long-term cortisol basal level might possess superiority in the diagnosis of stresS-related diseases.This paper reviewed recent progresses in application of hair cortisol concentration in stress-related diseases (metabolic syndrome,obesity,cardiovascular disease,depression,PTSD,etc.) which showed abnormal long-term cortisol secretion in a wide range of situationS.This review proposed that the future research needs to take into accounts exclusion and/or balance of the influence factors,a longitudinal design in combination with acute-stress and chronic-stress biomarkers,and to develop new bio-markers related to hair cortisol concentration for study of stress related diseases,and establishment of standard protocols and clinical standards.

Objective:To observe the effect of moxibusting on heat-sensitive points on pressure sores.Methods:In the treatment group moxibustion on heat-sensitive points was used,and the treatment lasted until the moxa sensation disappeared,one time a day.In the control group,infrared radiation was used for 40 minutes,without avoiding the heat sensitive acupoints,and overlaying the pressure sores with the Mupirocin ointment,covered with sterile gauze once a day.In two groups specific nursing intervention was strengthened diet and moxibustion nursing,and the data was analyzed after one course treatment,which included the cases cured within 7 days.Results:Compared with the 72.4% effective rate in the control group,the effective rate of treatment group was 100%(P

Objective To explore the effect of Electroacupuncture on anxiety mood and periaqueductal grey (PAG) β-endorphine expression in rats with morphine abstinence syndrome.Methods The model of heroin-addicted rat was firmly established by the subcutaneous injection of gradually-increased dosages of heroin. Rats were randomly divided into control group, herion-addict group, withdrawal group, electroacupuncture group.Anxiety mood of experimental rats were assessed by Elevated Plus Maze test. Expression of β-EP in PAG was detected by immunohistochemstry. The effect of electroacupuncture at bilateral zusanli and sanyinjiao on anxiety mood and expression of β-EP in PAG was observed in rats with herion abstinence symptom.Results The anxiety index in rats with herion abstinence symptom:the value of OT％,OE％and head-dips times was (12.5±4.3) ％, (17.1±6.7)％and (5.7±2.0) times respectively,lower than that in control group [ (26.8±8.7) ％,(32.4±6.0) ％ and (12.2±4.0) times respectively],there existed significant difference(The value of P was 0.003,0.018 and 0.003 respectively).Meanwhile,The expression of β-EP-positive neurons(206.1±23.1)was significantly higher than the control(186.2±15.3). There existed significant difference( P =0.041).Electroacupuncture could increase OT％,OE％,head-dips times[(26.5±8.7)％、(31.8±7.7)％ and (9.9±3.1) times respectively] in rats with herion abstinence symptom,which comparied with control group were not statistically distinctive(The value of P was 0.920,0.816 and 0.122 respectively).The expression of β-EP(185.3±11.4)in PAG increased, which comparied with control group(186.2±15.3)were not statistically distinctive( P =0.891).Conclusion Electroacupuncture could inhibit the abstinence syndrome effectively.And there is obvious promotion of β-EP expression in PAG. This is probably one of underlying mechanisms for electroacupuncture improving withdrawal symptoms.

Objective To investigate the effects of astragalus injection auxiliary on the levels of serum troponin I ( cTn I ) , creatine kinase isoenzyme(CK-MB), creatine kinase(CK), interleukin 4(IL-4), interleukin 6(IL-6) and interleukin 23(IL-23) in patients with infantile viral myocarditis.Methods 70 patients with infantile viral myocarditis who were treated in Zhejiang Quzhou Hospital were selected and randomly divided into control group andexperiment group,with35 cases in each group.Patients in control group were treated with 1, 6 -two-diphosphate fructose, a lot of vitamin C and polarized liquid conventional treatments, patients in experiment group were treated withastragalus injectionon the base of control group.After treatment with two weeks, the serum cTn I, CK-MB, CK,IL-4,IL-6 andIL-23 levels of two groups were compared, and the clinical total effective rate were observed.Results Compared with pre-treatment, the serum cTn I, CK-MB, CK, IL-6 and IL-23 levels of the two groups were decreased, the IL-4 level increased(P<0.05).ompared with the control group, the serum cTn I, CK-MB, CK, IL-6and IL-23 levels of experiment group were lower, theIL-4 levelwashigher ( P <0.05 ) . The clinical total effective rate of experiment group was higher than control group ( P <0.05 ) . Conclusion Astragalus injectioncombined with conventional therapy aremore effective in treatment with infantile viral myocarditis .

Objective To compare the efficacy of ultrasound-guided continuous fascia iliac compartment block (cFICB) and neurostimulator-guided continuous femoral nerve block (cFNB) for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.Methods Sixty-six ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients,aged 46-78 yr,weighing 45-88 kg,scheduled for unilateral total knee arthroplasty,were randomly divided into 2 groups (n =33 each):cFNB group (group Ⅰ) and cFICB group (group Ⅱ).At 30 min before surgery,the patients received FNB guided by neurostimulator in group Ⅰ and FICB guided by ultrasound in group Ⅱ.A bolus of 0.5％ ropivacaine 20 ml was injected and a catheter for continuous nerve block was inserted in both groups.At 0.5 h after surgery,the catheter was connected to a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump.PCA with 0.2％ ropivaeaine was used for postoperative analgesia (48 h).The PCA pump was set up to deliver a 5 ml bolus dose with a 30-min lockout interval and background infusion at 5 ml/h.VAS score was maintained ≤ 3.The distribution of sensory block was assessed at 10 min after the first administration,and at 0.5,4 and 24 h after surgery.The effective rate of sensory block was calculated.When VAS score ＞ 4,tramadol 50 mg was given intravenously or orally every 12 h as a rescue analgesic.When VAS score ＞ 5,pethidine 50 mg was injected intramuscularly as a rescue analgesic.The number of attempts was recorded during 0-4 h,4-12 h and 12-24 h after surgery.The consumption of tramadol and pethidine was also recorded during 0-24 h and 24-48 h after surgery.The sleep quality score during the nighttime was also recorded during 0-24 h and 24-48 h after surgery.Vascular puncture and parasthesia during nerve block were recorded.The toxic reaction,severe nausea and vomiting (lasting for more than 1 day) and nerve damage were recorded after surgery.Results Compared with group Ⅰ,the effective rate of sensory block in the medial aspect of the thigh was significantly decreased at 10 min after the first administration,and the effective rate of sensory block in the lateral aspect of the thigh was significantly increased at 0.5 h after surgery in group Ⅱ (P ＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the number of attempts,consumption of tramadol and pethidine,and sleep quality score during the nighttime during different time periods between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).No vascular puncture or parasthesia was found during nerve block in the two groups.No toxic reaction,severe nausea and vomiting or nerve damage was found after surge,y in the two groups.Conclusion Ultrasound-guided cFICB has the similar analgesic efficacy with neurostimulator-guided cFNB after operation,but it can provide a wider distribution of sensory blockade in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

The risk factors of diastolic heart failure include among others: hypertension,diabetes,myocardial ischemia and aging.The underlying mechanisms for this cardiac complication are incompletely understood.With the increase of aging of the population,the prevalence and mortality of diastolic heart failure is rising gradually.It seriously affects the life quality and life span of people.In order to more truly reveal the underlying mechanisms of diastolic heart failure and to develope novel therapeutic strategies,the experimental animal models are extremely important.The present review focuses on providing an overview of the characteristics of these models for the growing number of investigators who seek to understand the pathology of diastolic heart failure.

Many factors influence the elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) self-assembled into micron-sized particles. However, few efforts were made to investigate these factors. Using the ELPs [KV8F]n as the target, we studied systematically the factors with the dynamic light scattering. Our results show that the particle size increased and the uniform of particles decreased with the increase of the molecular weight. The analysis of size variation in self-assembled ELPs in response to changes in salt concentration indicated that the size increased with increasing the salt concentration, and the opposite response was observed when the concentration was above 0.4 mol/L. Under these conditions, the particles are micron-sized and larger than 1.1 μm. However, when the fusions containing the same ELPs and xylanase or 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase, the size of the self-assembled ELPs particles decreased dramatically, which was only about 1/10 of that of the free ELPs. We proposed that the solvent accessible charged area of the enzymes could interact with the ELPs, the sterical hindrance of the enzymes prevent the aggregation of the ELPs. This might be the most important parameter in altering the particle size sharply.
Elastin ; chemistry ; Molecular Weight ; Particle Size ; Peptides ; chemistry ; Salts ; chemistry

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of volume embolization ratio(VER) in evaluating the embolization efficacy of aneurysms.MethodsFifty-three patients who received intracranial aneurysm embolization surgery were all treated with detachable coils endovascular embolization,While fifty-seven intracranial aneurysms were treated.The VER was calculated and the relationships between the VER values and the size,the neck,embolization degree of intracranial aneurysm were analyzed.ResultsThe VER of small,medium,large,and giant aneurysms were (40.8 ± 26.5 )％,( 18.6 ± 16.1 )％,(2.3 ± 2.1 )％,(0.4 ±0.1 )％,respectively,which had statistical significance (F =7.091,P ＜ 0.01 ).The VER of wide-necked and narrow-necked aneurysms were (27.5 ± 23.1 )％,(29.4 ± 26.6)％,which had no statistical significance(P ＞0.05 ).The VER of complete embolization,neck residual and partial embolization were (41.8 ± 29.3 )％,(31.4 ± 21.2)％,( 12.3 ± 15.1 )％,respectively,which had statistical differences (F =7.970,P ＜ 0.01 ).ConclusionsThe VER is an objective index to evaluate the embolization degree of aneurysms.It has certain prediction significance for the efficacy judgement of embolization of aneurysms.

To solve the calibration transmission problem in near-infrared ( NIR) spectroscopy, a novel model transfer method, Simple Linear Regression Direct Standard-ization ( SLRDS ) , has been presented. To investigate the validity of the proposed method, a real corn sample NIR dataset was tested and the direct standardization ( DS ) method and piecewise direct standardization ( PDS ) method were involved as a comparison. Our results indicated that SLRDS can correct compressed NIR data differences among instruments and enable the user to share corn sample PLS calibration model among three instruments, at the same time it has higher prediction accuracy, fewer parameters and simpler model than DS and PDS.

Objective To investigate the angiogenesis,apoptosis and their mechanisms in septic mice with myocardial injury.Methods Forty male C57BL/6 mice aged 8 weeks were randomly ( random number) divided into two groups:the sepsis group and the control group.The mice of sepsis group were treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) ( 10 mg/kg Intraperitoneal injection) while the mice of control group were treated with saline solution instead (10 mg/kg Intraperitoneal injection).Cardiac function of mice (n =40) was evaluated with ultrasound 6 hours after LPS administration.Subsequently,the tissues of heart,lung and kidney of mice (n =6) were taken and treated with Haematoxylin -Eosin staining (H&E) in order to observe the pathological changes and verify the successfulness of modeling.Immunohistochemistry staining with PECAM - 1 and α - SMA was used to identify the angiogenesis in the heart ( n =3 ),while the TUNEL apoptosis assay was applied for detecting the myocardial cell apoptosis ( n =3 ).The mRNA was extracted from heart tissue (n =6) to observe the expression of HIF-1 ot which was proved to be an angiogenesis factor.All the results were analyzed by independent sample t - test.Results Compared to the control group,mice in the sepsis group showed increased in thickness of left ventricular diastolic anterior wall ( t =- 4.60,P ＜ 0.05 ) and thickness of left ventricular systolic anterior wall (t =-3.24,P ＜0.05 ) along with decrease in left ventricular end diastolic diameter ( t =3.57,P ＜ 0.01 ) and stroke volume ( t =5.51,P ＜ 0.01 ).Immunohistochemistry staining with alpha - SAM antibody revealed increase in cardiac angiogenesis in the sepsis group (t =- 11.00,P ＜ 0.01 ).TUNEL apoptosis assay demonstrated apoptosis of the cardiomyocytes [ sepsis group versus control group:( 191.31 ±5.41 ) vs ( 52.24 ±4.32) ] and RT - PCR showed an increase in the expression of HIF - 1 alpha in the mice of the sepsis group ( t =- 8.12,P ＜0.05) Conclusions There were apparent myocardial angiogenesis,apoptosis and cardiac dysfunction in septic animal models.HIF-1α might play a role in the angiogenesis pathway.