Objective To study the effect of sesamin on glucose metabolism in hyperlipidemia rats. Method The hyperlipidemia SD rats were established by high lipid diet. These rats were intervened by sesamin for 7 w,and then their serum lipids were determined. Fasting blood glucose (FBS),glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c),insulin,and the pathological changes of pancreas were observed. Results Sesamin could reduce serum TC,TG,LDL-C,apoB and insulin levels,appropriately increase HDL-C and apoA contents (P

To investigate the effects of Astragalus polysaccharide (APS) on proliferation of basal-like breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-468 cells and Akt phosphorylation in MDA-MB-468 cells.

BACKGROUND:Studies concerning bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) cultured by umbilical cord serum in vitro were hot topic to avoid the heterogenous serum rejection during BMSC culture and improve culture efficiency of BMSCs.OBJECTIVE:To compare biological feature of BMSCs by the umbilical cord serum and adult autoserum in vitro.DESIGN,TIME AND SETTING:The opening experiment was performed at the Laboratory of Cell Biology,Xiangya Second Hospital,Central South University,China from October 2006 to June 2008.MATERIALS:Sixteen bone marrow samples were provided by Xiangya Second Hospital,Central South University and Xiangtan Central Hospital of Hunan Province.METHODS:BMSCs were obtained from 16 fresh adult bone marrow by gradient centrifugation with Ficoll Paque,cultured with DMEM/F12 with 10% umbilical cord blood serum and 10% adult autoserum.The fourth passage was used in this study.The surface antigens of BMSCs were detected by flow cytometry.BMSCs could differentiate into ostenblasts and adipocytes under culture in conditioned medium for osteogeneais and adipogenesis and the differentiated BMSCs were identified by morphological observation,immunophenotype and immunochemical staining.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The following parameters were measured:morphological observation;cell cycle and cell count;identification of surface antigen;observation of osteoblasts and adipocytea induced from BMSCs by immunochemical staining.RESULTS:The quantity and velocity of BMSCs in umbilical curd blood serum was better than those in adult autoserum (P ＜ 0.05)Only few cells were proliferating in both medium,BMSCs in S phase in umbilical cord blood serum was more than those in adult autoserum (P ＜ 0.05).The positive rate of CD29,CD73 and CD105 on BMSCs in umbilical cord serum (above 90%) was higher than those in adult autoserum (P ＜ 0.05),and the positive rates of CD31,CD34 and CD45 were lower than 2%,and the positive rate of CD31 was lower than those in adult autoserum (P ＜ 0.05).The positive rate of BMSCs differentiated into osteoblasts and adipocytes in umbilical cord blood serum was also higher than these in adult autoserum (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION:Purity and differentiated potency of BMSCs in umbilical cord blood serum are better than those in the adult autoserum in vitro.The umbilical cord serum is more adapt to clinical application.

Computer science and technology has been used to promote the development of objectification of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is also required for international development of TCM. In this paper, on the basis of current situation of Chinese medicine tongue objective research, the analysis was made on involved computer-related technology, relevant standards, and the future trend was discussed.

Objective To develop an assay to determine Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to rifampin, isoniazid, ofloxacin and amikacin by pyrosequencing and evaluate the value of this method in clinical application. Methods Eighty-nine clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculosis patients were collected from Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital during 2008 to 2009. All strains were isolated from decontaminated sputum, cultured on Lowenstein-Jensen media and identified by traditional biochemical tests with standard methods. Ten Mycobacterium tuberculosis were selected from the strain bank of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital. The optimal conditions of detection of rpoB, katG, gyrA and rrs gene by pyroseuencing were determined, using the 10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains whose drug susceptibility of Bactec 960 and sequence of rpoB, katG, gyrA, rrs gene were known. Then the drug susceptibility of 89 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolate strains were detected by pyrosequencing using this conditions and the results were compared with that of the Bactec 960 methods. Results The pyrosequencing program of sequence analysis was suitable for the detection of the mutations of rpoB and gyrA genes, and the program of single nucleotide polymorphism was suitable for katG and rrs genes. Among the 89 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates,when using the drug susceptibility of Bactec 960 as the standard, the sensitivity of rifampin, isoniazid,ofloxacin and amikacin is 98.0%, 64. 1%, 79.5%, 78. 3% respectively, the specificity is 97.5%,100. 0%, 90. 0%, 100. 0% respectively, the accuracy is 97.8%, 77. 5%, 85.4%, 94. 4% respectively,tested by pyrosequencing. The results of the detection of resistance to rifampin, isoniazid, ofloxacin and amikacin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using pyrosequencing technique were almost the same with that of Bactec 960, and Kappa ≥0. 7 in each detection. Conclusion Pyrosequencing is thus a rapid, accurate and high throughput method for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to these four drugs.

An ultra performance convergence chromatographic ( UPC2 ) method was established for the attribution analysis of the main peaks as well as the quantitative determination of echinacoside andβ-ecdyserone in Bushen Jiannao Grains. The samples were extracted with ethanol and separated on Waters ACQUITY UPC2TM BEH column (100 mm × 3. 00 mm, 1. 7 μm), with a gradient supercritical CO2-0. 05%phosphoric acid-methanol solvent system at 40 ℃. The flow rate was 0. 8 mL/min, the detection wavelength was set at 248 nm and the injection volume was 1 μL. Results showed that all the main peaks in the fingerprint were clearly attributed. The peak named 12 wasβ-ecdyserone with the content of 380μg/g and the peak named 15 was echinacoside with the content of 9. 562 mg/g. The method was simple, eco-friendly, accurate and reliable compared with HPLC and UPLC.

Objective:To evaluate the prognostic value of amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram(aEEG) on predicting long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm infants.Methods:Literatures were searched in PubMed, the Cochrane library, Web of science, Wanfang database, CNKI and CBM database from inception to August, 2020.The studies which investigated the prognostic value of aEEG on neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm infants were included.Articles screening, data extraction and quality assessment were accomplished by two investigators independently, and statistical analyses were performed by Meta-disc1.4.Results:Six studies were included with 557 cases.The Meta-analysis revealed that the pooled sensitivity was 0.81 (95% CI 0.75-0.87), specificity was 0.68 (95% CI 0.63-0.73), positive likelihood ratio was 2.32(95% CI 1.52-3.52), negative likelihood ratio was 0.27(95% CI 0.19-0.37)and the area under the curve of summary receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.79(95% CI 0.75-0.82). Burst-suppression, continuous low voltage and flat trace were regard as a index of poor neurodevelopmental prognosis. Conclusion:aEEG is a valuable tool for predicting the outcome of long-term neurodevelopment in preterm infants.

The intestinal microecosystem is composed of natural microflora, intestinal epithelial cells, and intestinal mucosal immune system. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic stress-induced liver injury associated with insulin resistance and genetic susceptibility. In recent years, there has been increasing evidence showing the involvement of imbalanced intestinal microflora in the pathogenesis of NAFLD. Overgrowth of intestinal microflora, increased permeability of intestinal mucosa, intestinal endotoxemia, and production of inflammatory cytokines play important roles in the development of NAFLD. Further studies on the relationship between intestinal microflora imbalance and the pathogenesis of NAFLD may shed light on the treatment and prevention of NAFLD.

Objective To analyze the correlation between vitamin D levels and vascular endothelial function and plasma renin activity (PRA) in hypertensive patients.Methods 415 patients with essential hypertension admitted to our hospital from January 1 to December 2017 were selected as the experimental group.142 healthy subjects who received physical examination and met the included indicators were selected as the control group.The blood biochemical indexes and the 25 (OH) D contents in the blood of two groups were detected and analyzed.The experimental group was divided into vitamin D mild deficiency group (15-30 mmol/L),severe deficiency group [25 (OH) D ＜ 15 mmol/L] and normal group [25 (OH)D ＞ 30 mmol/L] according to vitamin D content.The endothelial function (RHI value) and renin were compared in the three groups,and multiple linear regression analysis was performed on endothelial function and orthotopic renin activity and related factors.Results The diastolic blood pressure,vitamin D content and blood lipid biochemical indexes of the experimental group and the control group were significantly different (P ＞ 0.05).The higher the vitamin D content,the lower the plasma renin activity PRA;the RHI value of the vitamin D severe deficiency group was lower than the vitamin D normal group [(1.4 ±0.15)mmol/L vs (1.6 ± 0.20) mmol/L] (P ＜ 0.05).Vitamin D was negatively correlated with 24 hours systolic blood pressure (24 h SSD),the standard deviation of 24 hours diastolic blood pressure (24 h DSD),the Standard deviation of daytime systolic blood pressure (dSSD),the Standard deviation of daytime diastolic blood pressure (dDSD),the Standard deviation of nighttime systolic blood pressure (nSSD),the Standard deviation of nighttime diastolic blood pressure (nDSD) (P ＜ 0.05),and positively correlated with the decrease of night systolic blood pressure and night diastolic blood pressure.Vitamin D and total cholesterol were independent influencing factors of endothelial function (P ＜ 0.01).Vitamin D and 24 h mean heart rate were independent influencing factors of orthostatic renin activity (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions The low vitamin D content in patients with essential hypertension affects endothelial function and plasma renin activity,which should be paid more attention in clinical practice.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are global high incidence and high mortality diseases, which seriously increase the socio-economic burden. Smoke exposure, genetic susceptibility and chronic inflammation are common susceptible factors. At present, abnormal inflammatory immune response plays an important role in the occurrence and development of the two diseases. In the process of immune response, tumor microenvironment (TME) is gradually produced, which is beneficial to angiogenesis and immunosuppression, and finally leads to immune escape of tumor cells, leading to tumor formation. In this paper, the present situation of COPD complicated with lung cancer and the relationship between abnormal immune response, especially Treg/Th17, and its occurrence and development are briefly reviewed.