1.Application of cognitive estimation tests in clinical patients
Yaqiong LIU ; Jie ZHANG ; Jing LENG ; Jiwei SI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2016;25(9):860-864
Cognitive estimation is a process in which correct answers can be reasonably estimated by relevant information,instead of be obtained in a direct manner.The cause of cognitive estimation disorder is relevant to executive function and frontal lobe damage.The assessment of cognitive estimation disorder is mainly based on texts such as CET,BCET and TKS,and clinical symptoms are also taken into consideration in this assessment.Future studies include several aspects.Firstly,more efforts should focus on improving diagnostic standard and assessment tools and expanding the related studies.Secondly,it is necessary to focus on the specific brain areas of clinical patients with cognitive estimation disorder,and to strengthen the clinical rehabilitation of cognitive functions.
2.The effect of melatonin on cardio fibrosis in juvenile rats with pressure overload and deregulation of HDACs.
Yao WU ; Feifei SI ; Li LUO ; Fengchuan JING ; Kunfeng JIANG ; Jiwei ZHOU ; Qijian YI
The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2018;22(6):607-616
The effect of melatonin on juveniles with cardio fibrosis is poorly understood. We investigated whether HDACs participate in the anti-fibrotic processes regulated by melatonin during hypertrophic remodeling. Abdominal aortic constriction (AAC) was employed in juvenile rats resulting in pressure overload-induced ventricular hypertrophy and melatonin was subsequently decreased via continuous light exposure for 5 weeks after surgery. AAC rats displayed an increased cross-sectional area of myocardial fibers and significantly elevated collagen deposition compared to sham-operated rats, as measured by HE and Masson Trichrome staining. Continuous light exposure following surgery exacerbated the increase in the cross-sectional area of myocardial fibers. The expression of HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3, HDAC4 and HDAC6 genes were all significantly enhanced in AAC rats with light exposure relative to the other rats. Moreover, the protein level of TNF-α was also upregulated in the AAC light exposure groups when compared with the sham. However, Smad4 protein expression was unchanged in the juveniles' hearts. In contrast, beginning 5 weeks after the operation, the AAC rats were treated with melatonin (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneal injection every evening) or vehicle 4 weeks, and sham rats were given vehicle. The changes in the histological measures of cardio fibrosis and the gene expressions of HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3, HDAC4 and HDAC6 were attenuated by melatonin administration. The results reveal that melatonin plays a role in the development of cardio fibrosis and the expression of HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3, HDAC4 and HDAC6 in cardiomyocytes.
Animals
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Collagen
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Constriction
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Fibrosis*
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Gene Expression
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Heart
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Histone Deacetylases
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Hypertrophy
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Injections, Intraperitoneal
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Melatonin*
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Myocytes, Cardiac
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Rats*
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Smad4 Protein