Background and purpose:Anticancer mechanism of epigallocatechin-3-gallate(EGCG)remains unclear.This study investigated the role of reactive oxygen species(ROS)in epigallocatechin-3-gallate(EGCG)-induced apoptosis in human gastric cancer MGC803 cells.Methods:The inhibition of MGC803 cells growth was measured by MTT assay.Apoptosis of MGC803 cells was studied by using the AO/EB fluorescence stain.Flow cytometry was used to detect the intracellular ROS level and the rate of apoptosis.Results:EGCG could induce apoptosis of MGC803 cells and increased in the intracellular ROS level.However,after treatment with N-acetyl-L-cystein and an athiol-containing antioxidant,the inhibitory effect of EGCG on MGC803 cells was significantly weakened.The apoptotic rate of the cells and the activity of the intracellular ROS level also decreased dramatically.Conclusion:EGCG can induce apoptosis of MGC803 cells.In turn,the ROS inhibitor can significantly inhibit the apoptosis induced by EGCG in MGC803 cells.These results suggest that the cellular generation of ROS plays a role in initiating EGCG-mediated apoptosis of MGC803 cells.

Objective To evaluate risk factors for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB)infec-tion,so as to provide reference for making preventive and control measures of MDRAB infection.Methods Clinical data of patients with Acinetobacter baumannii (A.baumannii )infection in a hospital between April 2011 and Sep-tember 2012 were surveyed,distribution and specimen sources of A.baumannii and MDRAB were analyzed,and risk factors of MDRAB were assessed.Results Of 236 isolates of A.baumannii,74 (31.36%)were MDRAB .The isolation rate of MDRAB in intensive care unit and neurosurgery department was up to 60.00%(27/45)and 58.06%(18/31)respectively;MDRAB were mainly isolated from wound (45.45%),respiratory tract (34.27%),and urinary tract (17.65%).Univariate analysis revealed that difference in length of hospital stay,use of serum albumin,fiberbronchoscopy, coma days,tracheotomy,use of ventilator,incisional drainage,urinary catheterization,use of carbapenems,and antimicro-bial days in different groups were statistically different (P <0.05).Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that tracheotomy(OR95%CI :1.152-7.187),use of ventilator(OR95%CI :1.263 -7.664)were independent risk factors for MDRAB infection.Conclusion Tracheotomy and use of ventilator play an important role in the producing and sprea-ding of MDRAB ,management on drug-resistant bacteria is important in reducing MDRAB infection.

Objective To investigate the drug resistance situation and clinical distribution of multi‐drug resistance Acinetobacter baumannii(MDRAB) ,in order to provide references for clinical treatment and prevention of MDRAB infection .Methods The de‐partments ,types of specimens ,time of infection ,gender and age of patients with Acinetobacter baumannii(AB)infection from Janu‐ary to December 2014 were retrospectively analysed ,and drug resistance rates of MDRAB were analysed as well .Results A total of 123 strains of MDRAB were isolated ,which accounted for 44 .73% of all strains of AB .The antibacterial resistance rates were over 90% for MDRAB against 12 out of 15 common antibacterial agents ,while the antibacterial resistance rate for MDRAB against mi‐nocycline was relatively low(19 .23% ) .Distribution of AB and MDRAB infection concentrated to certain departments ,which shown that intensive care unit(ICU) ,departments of respiratory medicine and neurosurgery were the major departments of infection .The strains of AB and MDRAB isolated from sputum specimens accounted for 84 .00% and 93 .50% respectively .There was no signifi‐cant differences of MDRAB infection among 12 Months in 2014 .There was no statistically significant differences in constituent ratio of MDRAB infection and non‐MDRAB infection between patients in different gender and between patients in different age groups . Conclusion MDRAB strains are seriously resistant to commonly used antibacterial agents ,while minocycline could still be a signifi‐cant antibacterial agent for clinical treatment of MDRAB infection .Strengthening infection management in ICU and departments of respiratory medicine and neurosurgery ,and infection management of respiratory tract and wound could have significance for reduc‐ing the risk of MDRAB infection .

Objective To use peer education to guide community diabetic patients to adopt diet therapy using food exchange method in order to explore effective method for diet therapy of diabetes mellitus. Meth-ods 91 diabetic patients were selected using simple sampling method and randomly divided into the peer ed-ucation(45 cases) and the common education group(46 cases), the two groups adopted food exchange method for diet therapy for 1 year. The blood glucose, blood lipid, glycosylated hemoglobin and body weight index were compared between the two groups using t test. Results The blood glucose, blood lipid, glycosylated hemoglobin and body weight index all decreased in the two groups after intervention, but the the decreased de-gree in the peer education group was more obvious. The fasting blood glucose, 2 hour postprandial blood glu-cose, glycosylated hemoglobin, triglyceride, low-donordensity lipid protein and body weight index in the peer education were lower thanthose of the common education group, but HDL-C was higher. Conclusions Peer education is more effective in health education of food exchange method.

Objective To investigate the association of interleukin-6 (IL-6) with depression using meta analysis. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted to examine depression and interleukin-6 in Chinese patients us-ing“depression”and“interleukin-6”in Databases including PubMed, CBM, VIP, CNKI and WanFang Data. A me-ta-analysis was performed to analyze correlation between depression and interleukin-6 using RevMan 5.2.8 software. Results A total of 9 studies were recruited, involving 432 depression patients and 277 healthy controls. The results of meta-analysis showed that concentration of IL-6 was higher in depression patients than in healthy controls(SMD=1.48, 95%CI:0.78~2.18,P<0.05). Subgroup analysis in the first-episode subgroup and the non first-episode subgroup showed that concentration of interleukin-6 was higher in depression patients than that in controls [the first-episode subgroup (SMD=1.94,95%CI:0.07~3.81,P<0.05), the non first-episode subgroup (SMD=1.26,95%CI:0.60~1.93,P<0.05)]. Conclusion There is a good correlation between depression and the serum IL-6 concentration. Due to the small number of studies and heterogeneity in different studies, the present meta-analysis has not yet confirmed the quantitative correla-tion between IL-6 and depression.

[Summary] To explore the mRNA expression of insulin-like growth factor-Ⅰ (IGF-Ⅰ),extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK),and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) in greater omental adipose tissue of patients with metabolic syndrome and colorectal cancer.The mRNA expression of IGF-Ⅰ,ERK,and GLUT4 in greater omental adipose tissue of the subjects was measured by RT-PCR.(1) The mRNA expression level of IGF-Ⅰ and ERK in the metabolic syndrome group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P＜0.01),while in colorectal cancer subgroup the expression was significantly higher than that in the non-colorectal cancer subgroup (P＜ 0.01).The expression of GLUT4 was obviously lowered (P＜0.01).(2) The expression of ERK was positively correlated with that of IGF-Ⅰ (r =0.608,P＜0.01).The fasting insulin was positively correlated with the expression of ERK and IGF-Ⅰ(r =0.538,0.439,P ＜ 0.01),and negatively with that of GLUT4 (r =-0.457,P ＜ 0.01).There may be relationship between ERK plus IGF-Ⅰ and metabolic syndrome complicated with colorectal cancer.The lowered GLUT4 expression may be related to insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome.

Objective To explore the relationship between gene mutation and different syndromes of TCM in the early stage of diabetic nephropathy(DN).Methods Sixty-three patients with diabetic nephropathy in the early stage were observed.The methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase(MTHFR)C676T polymorphism was determined by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP)assay.The levels of homocysteine(Hcy),acidum folicum,fasting glucose,postprandial glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1C),urinary albumin excretion rate(UAER),and blood lipid were measured respectively,and the TCM syndromes were recorded.Results Of the 63 patients,19 were genotype CC,17 were genotype TT,and 27 were genotype CT.The genotypic frequency of TT was 27.00%,that of CT was 42.85%,and that of CC was 30.15%.The T allele frequency was 48.41% and C allele frequency 51.59%.The MTHFR C676T mutation was related with plasma Hcy level(P

Objective To establish the background information of physiological parameters for germ?free ( GF ) Taihu piglets. Methods In this study we selected 25 days old GF Taihu piglets and 4 conventional ( CV) littermates, the male and female ratio was 1∶3, to measure the normal clinical values of hematology and serum biochemistry, immunoglobu?lin concentration and main organ coefficients. The analysis of relative growths of main organ weight to body weight was con?ducted in the Taihu GF and CV pigs by allometric scaling model. Results (1) Twelve hematological parameters and 8 blood biochemical parameters in the GF piglets were significantly lower than those in CV pigs (P<0?05). (2) The aver?age body weight, IgM concentration of GF pigs and CV pigs had significant difference ( P <0?05 ) , and no mesenteric lymph nodes were found in the GF pigs. (3) The gut weight had the largest allometric association with body weight in the GF pigs, while spleen weight has the largest allometric association with body weight in the CV pigs. Both the weight of heart and stomach in CV and GF pigs had a negative allometric association with body weight (allometric coefficient b<1), respectively. Conclusions Different microbe control grades affect the body weight, hematology and serum biochemistry, expression of immunoglobulin and development of main organs in laboratory pigs.

Objective To analyze the genotype of Japaneso encephalitis virus (JEV) strains isola-ted in 2004 from mosquitoes collected in Bazhong city, Sichuan province of China, and the characters of amino acid in the PrM and E gene. Methods The isolated virus strains from mosquitoes were identified by biological, serological and molecular biology. PrM and E segments of the isolated JEV were amplified by RT-PCR, the PCR products were purified and sequenced. Multiple alignment, phylogenetic and amino acid (AA) analysis were carried out by Clustal X (1.8) , MEGA4 and GENEDOC (3.2) . Results The total of 4688 mosquitoes were collected including Armigeres and Culex. Six isolates were identified be-longing to genotype 1 JEV. The comparison between new genotype 1 JEV strains and live attenuated vaccine strain SA14-14-2 in PrM and E gene showed that total 3 sites amino acid differences in PrM gene and 14 sites in E gene, respectively. Three sites (PrM2, 64 and 65 ) in PrM protein and four sites (E129, 222,327 and 366) in E protein were only belonging to genotype 1 JEV. Conclusion The new isolated JEV strains in Sichuan province belong to genotype 1. It suggests that the vaccine strain SA14-14-2 currently used for preventing Japanese encephalitis is able to protect people against JEV, although in the segments of it had some amino acid differences between vaccine strain and the epidemic genotype 1 JEV strains in PrM and E gene.

Objective: To analyze molecular feature of rabies virus (RABV) epidemic strains in Sichuan province during 2011 to 2017, and explore differences at nucleotide, amino acid and protein modification between these street strains and vaccine strains. Methods: Nucleoprotein(N) and glycoprotein(G) genes were amplified by RT-PCR using specific primers for 23 antigen-positive canine brain specimens collected from 2011 to 2017. The evolutionary relationship and immune antigenicity of N and G genes was analyzed. Bioinformatics software was used to analyze and organize data. Results: We obtained the N and G genes sequences of 23 RABV strains by sequencing. Genetic evolution relationship analysis showed that all the 23 RABV strains belonged to rabies virus species and could be divided into three branches, which had apparent geographically specific characteristics but some Sichuan strains co-circulated with the epidemic strains in the eastern and northern regions of China.The N genes of Sichuan strains had nucleotide and amino acid homology of 97.4% to 100% and 99.6%-100%. The nucleotide and amino acid homology between Sichuan strains and reference strains were 72.1%-99.8% and 81.6%-100%, respectively. There were some differences in antigenic sites, cell epitopes and signal peptide sequences between vaccine strain and Sichuan strains but no significant change was found in antigenicity, organizational preference and virulence. Conclusions The 23 strains of RABV of Sichuan belonged to rabies virus species and had no obvious differences. There were few differences between Sichuan strain and vaccine strain in amino acid sequences of G, but the virulence did not change.