Objective To observe the role and effect of allitridi to cerebral vasospasm following expe rimental subarachnoid hemorrhage.Methods The models of Japanese rabbits with symptomatic cerebral vasospasm were established by blood injection of twice cisternal magna.Via one side subclavian artery,allitridi was continuously infused by a mini pump.Results After continuous intra arterial infusion allitridi 2 d,the diameter of basilar artery in the treatment group increased more obviously than that before treatment ( P 0.05).There was marked ischemic pathological change in the structure of basilar artery and brain in the control group,however there was no obvious change in the treatment group.Conclusion Allitridi can improve acute cerebral vasospasm;and the continuous intra arterial infusion allitridi has preventive effects in delayed cerebral vasospasm.

Objective To compare the effects of platelet rich fibrin(PRF)and concentrated growth factors(CGF)using Schwann cells as a pe?ripheral nerve model. Methods A total of 10 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 55 were randomly selected,and 10 mL venous blood was collected un?der aseptic conditions to prepare PRF and CGF. The cells were randomly divided into three groups,control group,PRF group and CGF group. The cell morphology was observed by inverted phase contrast microscope. The cell proliferation was analyzed by MTT assay. The secretion of nerve growth factor in supernatant was detected by enzyme?linked immunosorbent assay. Cell cycle was detected by flow cytometry. Results There was no significant difference of the morphology of cells in each group as observed under inverted phase contrast microscope. MTT results showed that the absorbance values of PRF group and CGF group were significantly higher than those of the control group(P<0.05). The secretion of nerve growth factor in the supernatant were significantly increased(P<0.05). The number of cells in S+G2M phase was significantly increased(P<0.01),but there was no significant difference between PRF group and CGF group. Conclusion Both PRF and CGF can promote proliferation of Schwann cells and increased the amount of nerve growth factor secretion ,but there is no significant difference between PRF and CGF in terms of improving cell proliferation and promoting nerve growth factor secretion.

Basophils have been neglected for a long time as an immune cell.Recently, it gained respect because of its important role in helper T lymphocytes(Th)2 immune response.Basophils are involved in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma through a variety of possible mechanisms.Basophils can act as initiators initiate and establish Th2 immune response by interacting with dendritic cells; basophils can act as immune regulators, regulate immune cell functions such as type 2 innate lymphoid cells by secreting cytokines such as interleukin 4 to consolidate allergic inflammation; basophils can also act as immune effectors participate in allergic airway inflammation through IgE-depended and non IgE-depended activation.In addition, clinical research is focused on the usage of basophil activation status as possible biomarker in predicting the outcome of allergic disease therapy, which is of great clinic value in individualized management of asthma.

INTRODUCTION: Observational studies have revealed an association between waist circumference (WC) and atrial fibrillation (AF). However, it is difficult to infer a causal relationship from observational studies because the observed associations could be confounded by unknown risk factors. Therefore, the causal role of WC in AF is unclear. This study was designed to investigate the causal association between WC and AF using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. METHODS: In our two-sample MR analysis, the genetic variation used as an instrumental variable for MR was acquired from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of WC (42 single nucleotide polymorphisms with a genetic significance of P <5 × 10 -8 ). The data of WC (from the Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits consortium, containing 232,101 participants) and the data of AF (from the European Bioinformatics Institute database, containing 55,114 AF cases and 482,295 controls) were used to assess the causal role of WC on AF. Three different approaches (inverse variance weighted [IVW], MR-Egger, and weighted median regression) were used to ensure that our results more reliable. RESULTS: All three MR analyses provided evidence of a positive causal association between high WC and AF. High WC was suggested to increase the risk of AF based on the IVW method (odds ratio [OR] = 1.43, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.30-1.58, P = 2.51 × 10 -13 ). The results of MR-Egger and weighted median regression exhibited similar trends (MR-Egger OR = 1.40 [95% CI, 1.08-1.81], P = 1.61 × 10 -2 ; weighted median OR = 1.39 [95% CI, 1.21-1.61], P = 1.62 × 10 -6 ). MR-Egger intercepts and funnel plots showed no directional pleiotropic effects between high WC and AF. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that greater WC is associated with an increased risk of AF. Taking measures to reduce WC may help prevent the occurrence of AF.
Humans ; Atrial Fibrillation/genetics* ; Genome-Wide Association Study ; Waist Circumference/genetics* ; Computational Biology ; Databases, Factual