Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes to blindness worldwide in elderly population.Innate immune system elements, such as macrophages and cytokines, play an important role in AM D pathology and pathogenesis.In AMD,macrophages can be functionally polarized into M1 (classically activated) and M2 (alternatively activated), as well as regulatory cells, in response to systems biology approaches.Imbalances in the M1 and M2 populations together with activation of retinal microglia are observed and potentially contribute to tissue degeneration.In this review, the phenomenon of macrophage polarization in AMD study was summarized, and the relationship between macrophage polarization and dry AMD,wet AMD,AMD related risk factors were discussed.

Objective To study the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods Sixty SD rats were randomly divided into control group and experimental group. 3′-Me-DAB was administrated into rats to establish the experimental model of hepatocarcinoma. The expressions of PCNA of different phases were detected by immunohistochemistry and the liver pathologic changes were observed by optical microscope. Results The process of canceration was divided into three stages: inflammation, proliferative fibrosis and hepatic carcinoma. The expression of PCNA firstly presented in the oval cells that located in the portal area at the stage of inflammation, and a part of PCNA were hyper-expressed in the portal area. The expression rate of PCNA in the middle phase of inflammatory stage was higher than that of any other phases but declined later. Yet, when it came to the stage of hepatic carcinoma, the rate increased again. Conclusion Under the experimental circumstance when liver cancer is caused by the carcinogenic agent, PCNA may be firstly expressed in the oval cells, and the dynamic expression of PCNA may be an indicator for the early diagnosis of hepatocarcinogenesis.

Objective To explore the distribution and migration of oval cells in progressive hepatic injury.Methods Sixty SD rats were divided into the control group ( n =20) and experimental group ( n =40). After the establishment of hepatic carcinoma models, C kit was continuously detected by immunohistochemistry and the liver pathologic changes were regularly observed by optical microscopy. Results The hepatic surface was smooth with eumorphism in histology in the control group. The C kit positive cells were occasionally found. In the experimental group, the oval cells with C kit positive were initially discovered in the portal regions in the second week, and these cells proliferated along the bile duct epithelia. With the hepatic injury becoming more serious, the oval cells extended into the hepatic lobular regions from the portal regions. When hepatocellular carcinoma occurred,the majority were mixed carcinomas, and the oval cells were found inside and outside the carcinoma nodes. In this period, the most of C kit positive cells still located in the portal regions. Conclusion ①The oval cells are the most sensitive cells for the hepatic injury. ②The oval cells which migrate unruly participate in the formation of hepatic pseudolobules. ③The oval cells play an important role in hepatocarcinogenesis.

Objective To explore different approaches in administrating polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution in bowel preparation.Methods From January 2015 to June 2015, 218 patients eligible for this study were randomly divided into three groups (group A, 2 L PEG solutions 4 hours before colonoscopy; group B, 2 L PEG solutions 6 hours before colonoscopy; group C, 1 L PEG the night before and 1 L at least 4 hours before colonoscopy). The quality of bowel preparation was assessed on the basis of the Boston bowel preparation scale. A questionnaire was also completed to assess the subjective feelings of the preparation, including the overall satisfaction and discomfort with drug preparation, the feeling of abdominal distension, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and the character of stool.Results In terms of intestinal cleanliness, statistical difference was shown between groups. Significant difference was found between group A and group C. However, the PDR between these three groups showed no statistical difference. No signiifcant difference was found between the three groups considering the overall satisfaction and subjective feelings of preparation.Conclusions Without affecting the subjective feelings of patients, splitting dose of PEG solution improve the quality of bowel preparation and is worthy to be recommended.

By using decapitating, intravenous injection of saturated MgCl2 and legation of bilateral carotid arteries with vagi, the effects of 1-(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenylethyl- amino) propane hydrochloride(DDPH) on survival time in mice were studied. With the model of cerebral ischemia for 20 min and reperfusion for 10 min, effects of DDPH on the superoxide dismutases(SOD) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) content in brain tissue and pathological changes were studied. The results indicated that DDPH at dosages of 3,6,12,24 mg*kg-1 ip 30 min before ischemia prolonged the survival time significantly. Meanwhile, DDPH was found to increase the activity of SOD and reduce the content of MDA, as well as mitigate pathological damage of neuron after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion in mice. The results suggest that DDPH has protective effects on brain ischemia.

Vitamin D is an active derivative of fat-soluble steroid, which can promotes the absorption of Ca in the intestine and maintains the concentrations of serum Ca in blood as well as phosphate.Recent researches found that the lack of vitamin D would increase the risk of respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, tumors and other metabolic diseases in addition to affecting the development of bones.More stu-dies have shown that low vitamin D levels is related to respiratory diseases in children.In this review, the physiological characteristics of vitamin D and the relationship with respiratory diseases in children were discussed.

OBJECTIVE:To establish the method for simultaneous determination of liquiritin and glycyrrhizic acid in Fuzi lizhong pills (condensed pills).METHODS:HPLC method was adopted.The determination was performed on WondaSil C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitfile-0.05％ phosphate solution (gradient elution) at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min.The detection wavelength was set at 237 nm,and column temperature was 35 ℃.The sample size was 10 μL.RESULTS:The linear range ofliquiritin and glycyrrhizic acid were 9.68-96.8 μg/mL(r=0.999 1)and 14.08-140.8 μg/mL(r=0.999 2).The limits of quantitation were 0.2,0.3 μg/mL,and the limits of detection were 0.1,0.01 μg/mL.RSDs of precision,stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 2.0％.The average recoveries were 98.9％-101.2％ (RSD=0.62％,n=9),98.6％-101.5％ (RSD=1.06％,n=9).CONCLUSIONS:The method is simple and accurate,and can be used for simultaneous determination of liquiritin and glycyrrhizic acid in Fuzi lizhong pills (condensed pills).

Cystic echinococcosis (CE), a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus at the larval stage, predominantly develops in the liver and lungs of intermediate hosts and eventually results in organ malfunction or even death. The interaction between E. granulosus and human body is incompletely understood. Exosomes are nanosized particles ubiquitously present in human body fluids. Exosomes carry biomolecules that facilitate communication between cells. To the best of our knowledge, the role of exosomes in patients with CE is not reported. Here, we isolated exosomes from the sera of patients with CE (CE-exo) and healthy donors and subjected them to liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis. Proteomic analysis identified 49 proteins specifically expressed in CE-exo, including 4 proteins of parasitic origin. The most valuable parasitic proteins included tubulin alpha-1C chain and histone H4. And 8 proteins were differentially regulated in CE-exo (fold change>1.5), as analyzed with bioinformatic methods such as annotation and functional enrichment analyses. These findings may improve our understanding about the interaction between E. granulosus and human body, and may contribute to the diagnosis and prevention of CE.
Computational Biology ; Diagnosis ; Echinococcosis ; Echinococcus granulosus ; Echinococcus ; Exosomes ; Gene Ontology ; Histones ; Human Body ; Humans ; Liver ; Lung ; Mass Spectrometry ; Tissue Donors ; Tubulin ; Zoonoses