Objective To establish a rat model of hyperlipidemia and analyze the effect of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on lipid metabolism and expression of visfatin gene. Method High fat diet was used to establish the hyperlipidemia rat model. Blood was taken at four weeks after high fat diet feeding to analyze the level of glucose (GLU), cholesterol (CHO) and triglyeride(TG). The rats were divided into experimental group and control group after the hyperlipidemia rat model was established successfully. The experimental group rats were treated with CLA(0.8 mL /0.1 kg)orally for four weeks. The food intake and body weight were recorded. The rats were sacrificed, and both body fat and serum lipid levels were measured. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR was used to measure the expression level of visfatin mRNA. Result The hyperlipidemic rat models were induced by high fat diet successfully. The body weight, food intake and body fat in the rats of CLA experiment group were significantly decreased compared with that of the control group (P< 0.05). The level of GLU, CHO, TG and LDL in the experimental group were significantly lower than that in the control group (P< 0.05), but the serum HDL-C was increased in the experimental group. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR demonstrated that the expression level of visfatin gene of the experimental group was lower than that in the control group. Conclusion CLA can reduce the expression of visfatin gene and improve the lipid metabolism in hyperlipidemic rats.

Objective:To solve the problems in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning, such as large labor cost and high dependence on the experience of physicists and great inconsistency in the quality of plan, and to discuss an unsupervised automatic treatment planning procedure of IMRT.Methods:The eclipse scripting application programming interface (ESAPI) within the Eclipse treatment planning system (TPS) 15.6 and optimization parameters tree search algorithm (OPTSA) were used to emulate and realize the whole planning process. Interacted with the TPS through ESAPI, relevant dosimetric parameters were input and output. The OPTSA evaluated the plan qualities based on dosimetric parameters of the targets and organs at risk (OARs) and iteratively adjusted the optimization objective parameters to achieve a progressively improving IMRT plan. In order to verify the effectiveness of the automatic planning, twenty historical rectum cancer cases were selected from the clinical database, and the dose distribution and specific dosimetric parameters were compared between the plans generated by the OPTSA and the manual plans under the same constraints.Results:All the auto plans have met clinical requirements. Furthermore, 90% and 10% of the auto plans were deemed as clinically improved and equally compared with the manual plans, respectively. The average CI for the PTV was 0.88 and 0.80 for the auto and manual plans respectively. Compared with the manual plans, the mean doses of all the OARs in the auto plans were reduced by 11% in average. The average elapsed time of automatic planning and manual planning was (28.15±3.61) and (36.7±4.6) min, respectively.Conclusions:The plans created by the proposed algorithm have been shown to be at least as good as the manual plans. In addition, this method can shorten the labor time in plan designing while ensuring the plan quality and consistency of the plan.

Objective:To establish the quality standard for Qinzhu Liangxue mixture. Methods:Seutellaria baiealensis, glyeyrrhizae and jobstears seed were identified by TLC. Baicalin and glycyrrhizic acid were determined by HPLC. Results:Seutellaria baiealensis,glyeyrrhizae and jobstears seed could be identified by TLC. The linear range of baicalin was 0. 030- 0. 971 mg·ml -1(r = 1. 000 0),and the average recovery was 97. 74%(RSD = 2. 76% ,n = 9). The linear range of glycyrrhizic acid was 0. 013- 0. 220 mg·ml -1(r = 1. 000 0),and the average recovery was 99. 02%(RSD = 1. 79% ,n = 9)Glycyrrhizic acid. Conclusion:The method is specific,simple and accurate. It can be used for the quality control of Qinzhu Liangxue mixture.

Objective To assess the evidence-based support of short-term efficacy of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obesity with metabolic syndrome by laparoscopy.Methods Electronic literature search was performed on PubMed,EMBASE,Cochrane Library,CNKI database for the efficacy of sleeve gostrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the treatment of obese patients with metabolic syndrome from Jan.2011 to Jun.2016.The inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected for quality evaluation,data extraction.Review Manager 5.3 software was used to conduct the statistical analysis.Results Thirteen articles were included in the Meta-analysis,including 5 randomized controlled trails,eight case-control studies with 18,850 cases,including 2,559 cases in the sleeve gastrectomy group and 16,291 cases in the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass group.The results of the Meta-analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the remission rate of type 2 diabetes rnellietus between sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass group (78.7％ vs 83.0％;RR =0.94,95％ CI:0.81 ～ 1.09,P ＞0.05),the reduction of body mass index was significantly higher in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass group than sleeve gastrectomy group from the short-term follow-up (MD =-2.03,95％ CI:-3.25 ～ 0.81,P ＜ 0.05).Both two surgeries can reduce the incidence of high blood lipids and hypertension,but there was no significant difference between them as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus remission.Conclusion Both sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are effective in treating obesity complicated with metabolic syndrome,and can reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus,hypertension and hyperlipidemia and reduce the body weight.Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is superior to sleeve gastrectomy in the treatment of obesity.

Objective To discuss the clinical features of behavioral and psychological symptoms of demen-tia(BPSD)and the relation between different sub-clinical syndromes and cognition. Methods One hundred and sixteen dementia patients were assessed with neuropsychiatric inventory and mini-mental state examination (MMSE)and made factor analysis according to DSM-IV-R. Results Twelve common behavioral and psychological symptoms could be further divided into five sub-syndromes,including disinhibition behavior,psychosis,agitation, emotion and apathy factors. MMSE total score and years of education entered regression equation of apathy factor (P<0.05). Conclusion BPSD can be divided into five factors and apathy factor are related with cognitive function.

Excess fat mass accumulation can lead to a wide range of metabolic and cardiovascular complications.It includes immune cell infiltration and altered secretion of anti-and proinflammatory mediators,which contribute to systemic,low-grade inflammation.Bariatric surgery may reverse the altered secretory profile observed in the adipose tissue of severe obesity patients.This article will review available literature documenting the impact of surgeryinduced weight loss on tissue expression or circulating levels of a broad spectrum of inflammatory mediators.

Objective To develop a novel skin microdialysis technology in vivo,and to determine the pharmacokinetic of ba-icalin after transdermal administration in rats. Methods An HPLC-MS/MS method used for the determination of baicalin in skin mi-crodialysis samples was established ,SD rats were pretreated with skin microdialysis operation under anesthesia , and then the baicalin gel was applied to the skin surface of probe in vivo.The baicalin concentration of skin microdialysates was determined , the time curve of baicalin concentration was drawn and the topical pharmacokinetics parameters of percutaneous absorption was calculated. Results Baicalin was optimized at the transitions m/z 447.3→271.2.The linearity correlation was good and the assay exhibited good precision and accuracy.The subcutaneous probe recovery of baicalin in vivo was(24.40 ±0.91)%and was stable over the 240 min study peri-od.Baicalin could be detected in the microdialysis samples after transdermal administration , and its concentration continued to rise in 8 h.AUC0-t in skin tissue was(50.04 ±34.17) mg· min· L-1. Conclusion The method of skin microdialysis in vivo could be used in the local pharmacokinetic research of baicalin.

Objective To investigate the effect of very-long-chain saturated fatty acids on Tau protein phosphorylation and membrane fluidity in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells,and to explore its role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease(AD).Methods Human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells in logarithmic growth phase were randomly divided into control group,C22∶0 group,and C24:0 group.Cells in the control group were routinely cultured,while cells in the C22:0 and C24:0 groups were treated with culture medium containing 10 μmol·L-1very-long-chain saturated fatty acids C22:0 and C24:0,respectively.After 24 hours of incubation,cells were collected.The expression levels of total Tau protein,phosphorylated Tau protein at serine 396 site(p-Tau-ser396),glycogen synthase kinase 3β(GSK-3β),and phosphorylated GSK-3 β protein at serine 9 site(p-GSK-3β-Ser9)in cells of each group were detected by using Western blot.The malondialdehyde(MDA)level in cells of each group was determined by using the thiobarbituric acid method.The fluorescence recovery rate and diffusion coefficient of cell membranes were measured by using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technique,and the fluidity of cell membranes was evaluated.Results The total Tau protein level in SH-SY5Y cells showed no statistically significant difference among the three groups(F=1.807,P＞0.05).However,there was a statistically significant difference in the level of p-Tau-ser396 in SH-SY5Y cells among the three groups(F=18.397,P＜0.05).Specifically,the level of p-Tau-ser396 in SH-SY5Y cells in the C22:0 and C24:0 groups was significantly higher than that in the control group(P＜0.05),and the level of p-Tau-ser396 in SH-SY5Y cells in the C24:0 group was significantly higher than that in the C22:0 group(P＜0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the GSK-3 β protein level in SH-SY5Y cells among the three groups(F=0.351,P＞0.05).However,there was a statistically significant difference in the level of p-GSK-3β-Ser9 in SH-SY5Y cells among the three groups(F=13.330,P＜0.05).Specifically,the level of p-GSK-3β-ser9 in SH-SY5Y cells in the C22:0 and C24:0 groups was significantly lower than that in the control group(P＜0.05),and there was no statistically significant difference in the level of p-GSK-3β-ser9 in SH-SY5Y cells between the C22:0 group and C24:0 group(P＞0.05).The MDA level in SH-SY5Y cells in the C24:0 group was significantly higher than that in the control group and C22:0 group(P＜0.05);there was no statistically significant difference in the MDA level in SH-SY5Y cells between the control group and C22:0 group(P＞0.05).The fluorescence recovery rate and diffusion coefficient of SH-SY5Y cells in the C22:0 and C24:0 groups showed a decreasing trend compared to the control group,but there was no statistically significant difference in the fluorescence recovery rate and diffusion coefficient of SH-SY5Y cells among the three groups(F=3.891,3.649,P＞0.05).Conclusion Very-long-chain saturated fatty acids C22:0 and C24:0 can promote hyperphosphorylation of Tau protein,induce cellular oxidative damage,and tend to reduce the fluidity cell membranes.Very-long-chain saturated fatty acids may be one of the factors that cause the onset of AD.

Objective:To investigate the living status and quality of life (QOL) in type1 Gaucher disease (GD1) patients who underwent long-term enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) and identify possible relevant factors affecting QOL.Methods:Clinical data and SF-36 questionnaires were recorded in 22 adult GD1 patients under regular ERT at Peking Union Medical Colleague Hospital (PUMCH) from January 1995 to June 2017.Results:13 males and 9 females were included in this study. The current median age, age at diagnosis and initial time of ERT were 41 (24-52) , 6 (1-38) and 26 (6-41) years respectively. Of these patients, 68.2% was living in less-developed regions, 86.4% were under college education, and 77.3% had personal annual income less than ￥30 000 RMB. Though after a median 16 (7-22) years of ERT, the QOL of GD1 patients was still significantly worse ( P<0.05) compared with normal Chinese population based on SF-36 questionnaires. History of splenectomy was a negative factor of QOL, mainly in physical health ( P<0.05) . Patients could get benefit from early start of ERT in both physical and mental health ( P<0.05) . Mental health was not affected by history of splenectomy and related bone diseases. Conclusion:Most adult GD1 patients at PUMCH reside in less-developed regions and have low levels of education and annual income. History of splenectomy and time to start ERT are two important factors affecting QOL. Chinese adult GD1 patients are associated with reduced QOL, even after long-term ERT.

Objective:To explore the changes of right ventricular myocardial perfusion in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) pig models with a quantitative analysis technique based on dynamic SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, and analyze the relationship between myocardial blood flow, hemodynamics and right ventricular function.Methods:Eleven Chinese miniature pigs (all males, 6-8 months old) weighing 25-30 kg were selected. The PAH models were established by ligating the main pulmonary artery and embolizing the right lower pulmonary artery. After the models were established, dynamic myocardial perfusion imaging with one-day resting/adenosine stress 99Tc m-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) SPECT was performed, and the quantitative parameters of left and right ventricles were obtained, including stress myocardial blood flow (SMBF), rest myocardial blood flow (RMBF) and myocardial flow reserve (MFR: the ratio of stress to rest myocardial blood flow). Right heart catheterization was performed to evaluate the mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP), and the right heart function index tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) was measured by transthoracic echocardiography. According to TAPSE, animals were divided into right heart function preserved group ( n=5, TAPSE≥17 mm) and right heart dysfunction group ( n=4, TAPSE<17 mm). Pearson correlation analysis and the independent-sample t test were used for data analysis. Results:Nine experimental pig models were established with increased mPAP of (38.1 ± 11.6 ) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa). Myocardial perfusion imaging showed clear radiotracer uptake in the right heart and myocardial hypertrophy. There was a significant positive correlation between right ventricular myocardial RMBF ((0.71±0.13) ml·min -1·g -1) and mPAP ( r=0.94, P< 0.001). The SMBF in the decreased right ventricular function group was significantly lower than that in the preserved right ventricular function group ((1.66±0.35) vs (2.24±0.30) ml·min -1·g -1;t=2.68, P=0.032). Conclusion:SPECT myocardial blood flow quantification can be used to evaluate the right ventricular myocardial blood flow in pig models of PAH.