The function of β-cells is closely correlated with the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Currently the bariatric surgery has been considered to be the most effective therapy for ameliorating the complications and improving the prognosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus,while the mechanism remains unknown.The improvement of β-cells function following bariatric surgery might play important roles in the remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus.In this article,the relationship between the changes of related factors after bariatric surgery and the function of pancreatic β-cells is reviewed.

Objective To observe liver function improvement of Grave's disease combined with liver damage after ~(131)I cure.Methods We observed patients of Graves disease combined with liver damage on diffevent times after ~(131)I cure(3,6,12,24 months after ~(131)I cure) and at the same time we monitored liver function.Results The liver function and clinical expression of the patients who had Graves disease combined with liver damage improved vemarkably after ~(131)I cure.Conclusion ~(131)I cure Graves patients combined with liver damage is safe and simple and has long-term effect.It's side effect is little and is apt to be accepted by patients.

Overlapping PCR technology was employed to splice IFN?and HSA genes in vitro. The spliced gene was inserted into Pichia pastoris secretory vector pPIC9K. The IFN?-HSA gene was designed for secretory expression under the control of promoter AOX1 and Mat a signal peptide in pPIC9K. The recombinant plasmid pPIC9K/IFN?-HSA was linearized by restriction enzyme SalI and transformed into Pichia pastoris KM71 by electroporation. The recombinant strains identified by G418 selection and confirmed by PCR analysis were induced by methanol to express fusion protein IFNp-HSA. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis of the fusion protein showed that the expressed fusion protein IFNp-HSA with an apparent 90kDa molecular weight had the antigenicity of HSA. The specific activity of culture supernatant was about 640IU/ml assayed by the standard amiviral activity test on WISH cells challenged with VSV virus.

Adult ; Brain Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Ganglioglioma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein ; metabolism ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase ; metabolism ; Synaptophysin ; metabolism

Sixteen compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of Euphorbia sikkimensis by means of various chromatographic techniques such as silica gel, Sephades LH-20 and RP-18, and their structures were elucidated as naringenin (1), kaempferol (2), quercetin (3), kaempferol-3-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (4), quercetin-3-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (5), quercetin-3-O-(2"-galloyl)-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (6), 5alpha, 8alpha-epidioxy-(22E, 24R)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3beta-ol (7), stigmast-5-ene-7-one-3beta-ol (8), 3beta-hydroxy4a, 14alpha-dimethyl-5alpha-ergosta-8, 24(28)-dien-7-one(9), beta-sitosterol (10) , 10-cucurbitadienol( 1) , scopoletin(12) , ethyl gallate(13), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), 3 betahydroxybenzeneethanol( 15) ,and 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-acetophenone (16) on the basis of spectroscopic data analysis. All the compounds are isolated from this plant for the first time, and compounds 1, 4-8, 15 are obtained from Euphorbia species for the first time.
Chromatography ; Euphorbia ; chemistry ; Organic Chemicals ; analysis ; isolation & purification

Humans ; Nanoparticles ; toxicity ; Skin ; drug effects ; Skin Absorption

Bacteremia ; etiology ; Catheterization ; adverse effects ; Child ; Coagulase ; metabolism ; Cross Infection ; etiology ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; drug effects ; Endocarditis, Bacterial ; etiology ; Humans ; Methicillin ; pharmacology ; Quinolones ; pharmacology ; Staphylococcal Infections ; complications ; drug therapy ; microbiology ; Staphylococcus ; classification ; drug effects ; pathogenicity ; Urinary Tract Infections ; etiology ; Vancomycin ; pharmacology

Adolescent ; Adult ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Meninges ; pathology ; Sarcoma ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Scalp ; pathology ; Skin Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Skull ; pathology

Cephalosporins are widely used antibiotics owing to their broad activity spectra and low toxicity. Many of these medically important compounds are made chemically from 7-aminodeacetoxycephalosporanic acid. At present, this intermediate is made by synthetic ring-expansion of the inexpensive penicillin G to form G-7-ADCA, followed by enzymatic removal of the side chain to obtain 7-ADCA. The chemical synthetic process is expensive, complicated and environmentally unfriendly. Environmentally compatible enzymatic process is favorable compared with chemical synthesis. In our previous research, metabolic engineered Escherichia coli strain (H7/PG15) was constructed and used as whole-cell biocatalyst for the production of G-7-ADC with penicillin G as substrate. The whole-cell biocatalysis was studied by single factor experiment, including the composition of substrates and the conversion conditions (OD600, pH, concentration of penicillin G, MOPS, glucose, time and FeSO4). After optimization, 15 mmol/L of G-7-ADCA was obtained. The process is convenient, efficient and economic. This work would facilitate the industrial manufacturing and further product research.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; biosynthesis ; Biocatalysis ; Cephalosporins ; biosynthesis ; Escherichia coli ; metabolism ; Metabolic Engineering

Objective To evaluate the effect of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) on intestinal injury in endotoxemic rats.Methods Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing 200-250 g, were equally and randonly divided into endotoxemia group (lipopolysaccharide [LPS] group) and GIK group.LPS 8 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally once a day for 3 times in total to establish the model of endotoxemia-caused intestinal injury.Starting from 2 h after the initial injection of LPS, normal saline was continuously infused at 4 ml · kg 1 · h-t in group LPS, and GIK 4 ml · kg 1 · h 1was infused intravenously in group GIK.Before establishment of the model, and at 3 and 5 days after establishment of the model, 10 rats in each group were sacrificed, and blood samples were collected from the abdominal aorta for determination of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) and diamine oxidase (DAO) concentrations in plasma by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.TNF-α/IL-10 ratio was calculated.A segment of ileum of 2 cm in length, 20 cm from the ileocecal junction, was removed for microscopic examination.The degree of damage to the intestinal mucous membrane was scored according to Chiu.Results Compared with the values before establishment of the model, the plasma TNF-α/IL-10 ratio, DAO concentration, and Chiu's scores were significantly increased at 3 days after establishment of the model in the two groups, the plasma TNF-α/IL-10 ratio, DAO concentration, and Chiu's scores were increased at 5 days after establishment of the model in group LPS, and the plasma DAO concentration, and Chiu's scores were increased at 5 days after establishment of the model in group GIK (P＜0.05).Compared with the values at 3 days after establishment of the model, the TNF-α/IL-10 ratio and plasma DAO concentration were significantly increased in group LPS, and the TNF-α/IL-10 ratio and plasma DAO concentration were decreased in group GIK at 5 days after establishment of the model in group GIK (P＜0.05).Compared with group LPS, the TNF-α/IL-10 ratio, plasma DAO concentration, and Chiu's scores were significantly decreased at 3 and 5 days after establishment of the model in group G1K (P＜0.05).Conclusion GIK can reduce intestinal injury in endotoxemic rats.