Objective To investigate the effect of Buyang Huanwu Decoction on blood-brain barrier of focal cerebral ischemia rats, and explore the mechanism of the decoction. Methods The model of focal cerebral ischemia was made by thread embolism method. SD rats were divided randomly into sham-operated group, model group and Buyang Huanwu Decoction group. Buyang Huanwu Decoction group was given Buyang Huanwu Decoction by gavage, the sham-operated group and model group were given normal saline of the same quantity 24 h after modeling. The nervous function deficit scores was evaluated, brain tissues and serum were taken from the rats after treating for seven days, infarct volume was detected by TTC staining, and pathological changes of microvessel were observed microscopically in HE stained sections. And the protein level of MMP-9, MMP-2, VEGF in brain tissue and the serum levels of vWF in serum of every groups were measured by ELISA. Results Compared with model group, Buyang Huanwu Decoction significantly improved the neurological behavior performance, decreased the cerebral infarct volume, alleviated the pathological changes and decreased the protein level of MMP-9, MMP-2, VEGF, vWF. Conclusion Buyang Huanwu Decoction has the protective effect on blood-brain barrier in the model rats of focal cerebral ischemia. The mechanism may be related with restrainning the expression of MMP-9, MMP-2, VEGF, vWF.

Objective To evaluate the effect of the pulmonary stretch reflex on the lung injury in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Method ARDS models of rabbits were induced by intratracheal infusion hydrochloric acid and ventilated with neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) with a tidal volume ( VT) of 6 mL/kg and the electrical activity of diaphragm ( Eadi)-determined PEEP level. The rabbits were randomly ( random number) divided into two groups: ( 1 ) sham operation (Sham) group ( n = 5 ),(2) bilateral vagotom (VAG) group( n = 5 ). Gas exchange and pulmonary mechanics were determined at baseline, after lung injury and ventilation 1, 2, 3 h respectively. Indices about pulmonary permeability,pathological changes and inflammatory response were also measured. Results Compared with Sham group,the PaO2/FiO2in VAG group decreased significantly at ventilation 2 h, 3 h (P ＜0.05). There was no significant difference on PaCO2 between Sham and VAG group (P ＞ 0.05 ), and VAG group had the higher VT,peak pressure ( Ppeak), mean pressure (Pm) compared with Sham group at the time point of ventilation 1 h, 2 h, 3 h (P＜0.05). Compared with Sham group, the dead space fraction (VD/VT) and the respiratory system elastance (Ers) in VAG group increased (P ＜ 0.05 ) and the static pulmonary compliance (Cst)decreased markedly (P ＜ 0.05 ) after 3 h ventilation. The wet/dry weight (W/D), lung injury score, tumor necrosis factor-α ( TNF-α), interleukin-8 ( IL-8 ), myeloperoxidase ( M PO ) and malondialdehyde ( M DA )in VAG group elevated significantly when compared with Sham group ( P ＜ 0.05 ). Conclusions The lung injury in ARDS was aggravated after bilateral vagotomy, which demonstrated that the pulmonary stretch reflex may have the lung protective effect.

Objective To determine the complete nucleotide sequence of a genotype D hepatitis B virus (HBV) strain from a Uighur patient with chronic hepatitis B in Xinjiang.Methods The complete nucleotide sequence of a HBV strain obtained from a Uighur patient with chronic hepatitis B was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cloned for sequencing.The bioinformatics analysis was done using BioEdit and National Center for Biotechnology Information Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (NCBI-BLAST).Results The complete nucleotide sequence of Xinjiang HBV strain was 3174 bp.The nucleotide homology was 92%-98% between the Xinjiang strain and the published genotype D HBV strains and 91% compared to the published genotype D/C combination HBV strains from China (AY862865).There was a 9 bp deletion from nucleotide 1760 to nucleotide 1768 (ATTAAAGGT).This Xinjiang HBV strain belonged to ayw2 subtype and D genotype without any recombination with other genotypes.In the term of evolutionary relation,the complete nucleotide sequence of this Xinjiang HBV strain was closest to those of two Turkey HBV strains (AY796032 and AY721605) among 34 genotype D strains published in GenBank.Conclusions The complete nucleotide sequence of a genotype D HBV strain from a Uighur chronic hepatitis B patient in Xinjiang is determined.The sequence shows some unique characteristics.

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Objective To investigate the anti-oxidant effect of pirfenidone (PD) at different dosage on acute lung injury (ALI) induced by paraquat (PQ) poisoning in mice. Methods 144 ICR mice were randomly divided into four groups: control group (n = 24), PQ poisoned group (n = 24), high and low doses PD treatment groups (n = 48). ALI induced by PQ poisoning model was reproduced by intraperitoneal injection of 25 mg/kg 20% PQ solution in mice, and the mice in control group was given equal volume of normal saline. Intragastric administration with 30 mg/kg and 70 mg/kg PD suspension [PD was dissolved in 0.4% sodium carboxymethyl cellulose sodium (CMC) solution] after PQ poisoning immediately for 3 days in high and low doses PD treatment groups respectively, while the same volume of 0.4% CMC solution was administrated in control group and PQ poisoned group. Then mice in each group were respectively sacrificed at 2, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after PD exposure to harvest the lung tissue, nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) was determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malonaldehyde (MDA) were determined by colorimetry, and pulmonary pathological changes were observed with microscope after hematoxylin-ensin (HE) staining. Results Compared with the control group, NF-κB from 2 hours in PQ poisoned group was significantly increased (pg/mg: 106.65±5.96 vs. 79.04±2.40, P < 0.05), and lasted to 72 hours (pg/mg: 110.47±5.91 vs. 82.70±2.79, P < 0.05); the activity of SOD was significantly enhanced in early stage (2-6 hours; U/mg: 39.34±1.17 vs. 34.72±1.54 at 2 hours, 37.37±0.90 vs. 33.75±0.93 at 6 hours, both P < 0.05) followed by a gradual decrease; the content of MDA within 24 hours was significantly increased (nmol/mg: 1.67±0.22 vs. 1.03±0.09 at 2 hours, 1.56±0.17 vs. 1.14±0.16 at 24 hours, both P < 0.05) followed by a gradual decrease. Compared with the PQ poisoned group, both high and low dose PD treatment could significantly inhibit NF-κB from 24 hours to 72 hours, and significantly inhibit MDA within 24 hours; high dose PD treatment could increase SOD activity at 6 hours, which showed a tendency of decreasing followed by increasing in low dose PD treatment group. Compared with high dose PD treatment group, the inhibition of MDA in low dose PD treatment group was more significant (nmol/mg: 0.90±0.08 vs. 1.29±0.18 at 2 hours, 1.03±0.32 vs. 1.84±0.43 at 6 hours, 1.08±0.09 vs. 1.33±0.16 at 24 hours, all P < 0.05), and SOD activity was significantly decreased at 6 hours (U/mg: 35.24±2.08 vs. 38.46±0.87, P < 0.05), and it was increased at 72 hours (U/mg: 39.81±1.30 vs. 34.58±3.15, but P > 0.05), but no significant difference in NF-κB activity at all time points was found. Under light microscope, a wide range of red blood cells and serous effusion, alveolar septum fracture and pulmonary interstitial inflammatory cell infiltration were shown by pathologic examination in PQ poisoned group. The pathologic changes in high and low doses PD treatment groups were obviously less than those of PQ poisoned group, and no significant difference was found between the two doses groups. Conclusions The early therapeutic effect of PD may relate to the inhibition of NF-κB and reactive oxygen species, then reduce the inflammation of PQ poisoning. The treatment effectiveness of low dose PD seems better than high dose PD.

Objectives To develop Z-scores reference ranges for kidney in normal fetuses from the measurements of gestational age (GA),biparietal diameter (BPD) or femur length (FL) using two-dimension ultrasound.Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study of 403 singleton normal fetuses was performed.The gestation age range was from 18 to 40 weeks.Fetal biologic parameters included GA and BPD and FL based on menstrual age.Left kidney length and left kidney width of normal fetus were measured.Normal Z-score ranges were developed for leftkidney length or left kidney width using GA,BPD and FL as independent variables.Results Linear regression model was the best description of the data in each case and correlation between left kidney length or left kidney width and independent variables were excellent (r=0.8761,0.8818,0.8797,0.8604,0.8723,0.8643).All P values were less than 0.01.The equations were as follows,Y=0.094 22 + 0.1088X,Y=0.132 57 + 0.4349X,Y=0.6664 + 0.491 05X,Y=0.060 58X-0.051 98,Y=0.262 19X-0.197 55,Y=0.294 02X + 0.136 19.Heteroscedasticity of standard deviation (s) with increasing independent variables also could be modeled with a simple linear (r=0.925,0.934,0.915,0.908,0.914,0.922),All P values were less than 0.01.The equations were as follows,Y=0.025 + 0.005 58X,Y=0.097 09 + 0.010 45X,Y=0.046 17 + 0.025 65X,Y=0.001 13 + 0.002 24X,Y=0.003 67 + 0.011 55X,Y=0.005 07 + 0.015 89X.Then we got Z-scores based on the equation,Z-score=(actual measurement data of left kidney length or left kidney width-predictive data of left kidney length or left kidney width) predictive s.Conclusions Normal reference ranges and Z-scores for fetal left kidney length and left kidney width had been provided.These normative data may be useful tools for assessment of fetal kidney length and kidney width,especially had potential applications in malformations of fetal kidney.

Objective To observe the near-term impact of the second natural delivery on the structure of a female pelvic floor by ultrasonography. Methods Selected fifty second-natural-delivery women and fifty first-natural-delivery women from Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province between October, 2016 and October, 2017 undertook pelvic ultrasonnography (42 days postpartum). Pelvic ultrasonography was used to determine all mothers' bladder neck descent, bladder posterior angle, bladder neck tilt angle, bladder neck rotation angle, and the area of pelvic diaphragm hiatus when performing the Valsalva maneuver. Besides, pelvic ultrasonography was used to determine the extent of mothers' internal-urethral-of-orifice funneling, perineal hyperactivity, uterine prolapse and rectal bulge. The paired t test was applied between groups to compare the bladder neck descent, bladder posterior angle, bladder neck tilt angle, bladder neck rotation angle and the area of pelvic diaphragm hiatus of the second-natural-delivery mothers with those of the first-natural- delivery mothers. The χ2test was also applied to examine the degree of mothers' uterine prolapse, rectal bulge and internal-urethral-of-orifice funneling, as well as their perineal hyperactivity rate. Results The bladder neck descent, bladder posterior angle, bladder neck tilt angle, bladder neck rotation angle and the area of pelvic diaphragm hiatus of the second-natural-delivery mothers were all wider than those of the first-natural-delivery mothers [(29.37±5.32) mm vs (22.63±6.35) mm, (148.8±14.97)° vs (141.2±15.20)°, (73.69±16.03)° vs (69.8±15.25)°, (44.41±19.27)° vs (40.0±17.52)°, (21.47±5.19) cm2vs (19.15±4.10) cm2], and differences were statistically significant (t=5.761, P ＜0.001; t=2.519, P=0.001; t=2.476, P=0.001;t=3.123, P=0.001; t=2.481, P＜0.001). The degree of the second-natural-delivery mothers'uterine prolapse and internal-urethral-of-orifice funneling as well as their perineal hyperactivity rate were all higher than those of the first-natural-delivery mothers [46.0% (23/50) vs 20.0% (10/50), 12.0% (6/50) vs 6.0% (3/50), 20.0% (10/50) vs 6.0% (3/50)], and differences were statistically significant ( χ2=7.644, P=0.006; χ2=3.342, P=0.043; χ2=4.332, P=0.037). The differences in the incidence rate of rectal bulge between the two groups were of no statistical significance [4.0% (2/50) vs 2.0% (1/50), χ2=1.197, P=1.000]. Conclusions The pelvic ultrasonogram showed that the near-term impacts of the second natural-delivery on women's pelvic floor were more obvious than those of the first natural delivery. What's more, pelvic floor ultrasound has been proved to be a reliable basis for the diagnosis and screening of dysfunctional diseases of pelvic floor.

Objective To evaluate the predictive performance of neuro-mechanical coupling (NMC) and neuro-ventilatory coupling (NVC) in the weaning outcome in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods Sixteen patients were enrolled when the criteria for their first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) was met. A 30-minute SBT was attempted, with the measurement of electrical activity of the diaphragm (Edi) , NMC, NVC, NVC ×NMC, index of rapid shallow breathing (f/Vt) , airway occlusion pressure (P0.1) and f/Vt ×P0.1 at 0, 5 and 30 min. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was calculated to evaluate the predictive performance of each index. Results Successful weaning(S group) was observed in 6 patients while weaning failure(F group) in 10 patients. (1)The predictive capacity of Edi: at 30 min of SBT, Edi showed higher values in the F group (P ＜ 0. 05), the area under the ROC curves(AUC) was 0. 817(P ＜0. 05). (2) The predictive capacity of NVC and NMC:at 5, 30 min of SBT, NVC and NMC showed higher values in the S group (P ＜0. 05); at 30 min of SBT NVC presented the largest AUC than any other time of SBT (0. 822, P ＜ 0. 05), while the AUC of NMC was 0. 800 (P ＞ 0. 05). (3) The predictive capacity of NVC × NMC: at 30 min of SBT, the AUC of NVC × NMC was larger than NVC (0. 864, P ＜ 0. 05) , showing greater sensitivity (100. 0%) and specificity (83. 3%) .(4) The predictive capacity of f/Vt and P0.1: f/Vt and f/Vt × P0.1 presented poor predictive performance in the failed patients. Conclusions Edi, NVC and NVC × NMC were good predictor for the weaning outcome in patients with COPD.

This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic potential of inhibiting protein arginine methyltransferase 5(PRMT5)in cisplatin-induced hearing loss.The effects of PRMT5 inhibition on cisplatin-induced auditory injury were determined using immunohistochemistry,apoptosis assays,and auditory brainstem response.The mechanism of PRMT5 inhibition on hair cell survival was assessed using RNA-seq and Cleavage Under Targets and Tagment-quantitative polymerase chain reaction(CUT&Tag-qPCR)analyses in the HEI-OC1 cell line.Pharmacological inhibition of PRMT5 significantly alleviated cisplatin-induced damage to hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons in the cochlea and decreased apoptosis by protecting mitochondrial function and preventing the accumulation of reactive oxygen species.CUT&Tag-qPCR analysis demonstrated that inhibition of PRMT5 in HEI-OC1 cells reduced the accumulation of H4R3me2s/H3R8me2s marks at the promoter region of the Pik3ca gene,thus activating the expression of Pik3ca.These findings suggest that PRMT5 inhibitors have strong potential as agents against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity and can lay the foundation for further research on treatment strategies of hearing loss.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of clinical nursing pathway(CNP) on clinical nursing of patients with pneumoconiosis. METHODS: A total of 120 patients with pneumoconiosis were selected as the subjects by the judgment sampling method. The patients were divided into control group and observation group by random number table method, with 60 cases in each group. The patients in the control group were given routine treatment and nursing after admission, while the patients in the observation group were treated similarly to that of the control group plus CNP. The treatment of patients in both groups were carried out until they were discharged from hospital. General Self-Efficacy Scale, Medical Coping Style Questionnaire and Quality of Life Scale were used to measure the self-efficacy, coping style and of quality of life of these two groups before and after the implementation of CNP. RESULTS: Before the implementation of CNP, there was no significant difference in the scores of self-efficacy, three dimensions of coping style and four dimensions quality of life between the two groups(P>0.05). After the implementation of CNP, the scores of self-efficacy, face dimension and quality of life in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(P<0.01). The scores of surrender and avoidance dimensions decreased(P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The implementation of CNP can improve the self-efficacy, coping style and quality of life of pneumoconiosis patients.