Objective To investigate the protective effect of adiponectin on angiotesin Ⅱ (Ang Ⅱ)-mediated cardiomyocyte apoptosis,and explore the related mechanism. Methods Cardiomyocytes isolated from neonatal rats were cultured in vitro. The identity of cardiomyocytes was confirmed by morphological examination and staining with anti-sarcomeric ?-actin antibody,and most (more than 95%) of the cells were identified as neonatal rat ventricular myocytes. After being placed in a serum-free medium for 24 hours,the ventricular myocytes were randomly grouped and received the following treatments respectively:placebo,or Ang Ⅱ (1?mol/L),or Ang Ⅱ (1?mmol/L) plus adiponectin (30mg/L). The protein levels of Bcl-2 and Bax were detected by Western blotting. The apoptotic rate and the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the ventricular myocytes were determined by flow cytometry. The survival rate of ventricular myocytes was evaluated by trypan blue staining. Results As compared with placebo group,the apoptosis of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes was significantly promoted in 1?mol/L angiotesin Ⅱ group,the survival rate of cardiomyocytes was significantly reduced,with the protein expression of Bax and the ROS level increased,and the protein expression of Bcl-2 decreased (P

With the development and utilization of computer techniques, Internet is playing an important role in information dissemination. There are abundant biomedical resources on the Internet. Accessing biomedical information is more dependent on the Internet than ever. It is important to explore new methods to describe and manage information resources. We have analyzed biomedical databases, search engines, web sites, and the metadata adopted by biomedical databases. The results show that biomedical information resources are characterized by electronic format, networking, dynamia, and dispersion. Describing a resource with metadata allows it to be understood by both humans and machines in ways that promote interoperability. Metadata interoperability has to be the underlying principle for networked information management. It directly impinges on information sharing, interchange, and accessibility across the boundaries of systems, languages, and geographic locations. We can use metadata to describe biomedical information and to integrate resources. It will benefit the people to access, select, and utilize biomedical information resources.
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Objective: To study the influence of the dietary n 3 and n 6 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids with 20 or 22 carbon atoms (LCPFA) intake on the LCPFA status, growth and development. [WT5HZ]Methods: [WT5BZ]32 preterm infants were divided into three groups which were fed respectively: A, breast milk (n=11); B, a conventional formula lacking LCP (n=10); C, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA) enriched formula (n=11). The length, weight and head circumference of preterm infants were measured at 1 mo?7 d, 2 mo?7 d, 3 mo?7 d. LCPFA status of plasma and RBC were analyzed at birth and at the weight of (2.5?0.10) kg when group C was stopped being fed enriched formula. The experiment period was three months. [WT5HZ]Results: [WT5BZ]At 3 mo?7 d, head circumference of group B was significantly lower than that of group A and group C (P

Objective To investigate the distribution of the obstructive lesion of hepatic vein and inferior cava vein in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome in Henan Province of China.Methods A total of 231 cases with Budd-Chiari syndrome were diagnosed by combination of three imaging techniques which either included colour Dopple ultrasound,multislice CT and vasography or colour Dopple ultrasound,MR angiography and vasography.All the hepatic veins,accessory hepatic veins and inferior vena cavae were imaged and their obstructions were detected and analysed.Results Out of the 231 patients there were 5 cases(2.2%)with simple obstruction of inferior vena cava with normal hepatic branches.Thirty-three cases(14.3%)had simple hepatic vein obstruction with normal inferior vena cava.The remaining 193(83.5%)cases had vein obstruction both in hepatic vein and inferior vena cava.Conclusion The most frequent form of Budd-Chiari symdrome in Henan province of China is the complex obstruction of inferior vena cava and heptic vein,and simple obstruction of inferior vena cava occurs the least.

Objective To observe the value of dual-source CT energy spectral imaging in qualitative evaluation of metastatic lymph nodes in patients with gastric cancer.Methods Data of patients with pathologically diagnosed gastric cancer were collected,who underwent both dual-source CT abdomen plain scanning and energy spectrum double-phase enhanced scanning.The long diameter,short diameter,short length-diameter ratio,arterial phase and venous phase standardized iodine concentration of lymph nodes were measured and recorded.Energy spectrum attenuation curves were drawn,and the slopes were calculated.Parameters with statistical significant differences between metastatic and non-metastatic lymph nodes were used to plot ROC curves,and the thresholds for diagnosing metastatic lymph nodes of gastric cancer,and their diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were calculated.Results There were significant differences in short axis,short aspect ratio,normalized iodine concentration in arterial phase and venous phase between metastatic and non-metastatic lymph nodes in patients with gastric cancer (all P＜0.05),the area under the curve of ROC curve was 0.601 (P=0.006),0.881 (P＜0.001),0.865 (P＜0.001) and 0.834 (P＜0.001),respectively.When the short length to diameter ratio was 0.730,the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes of gastric cancer was 75.72％ and 93.64％.When standardized iodine concentration was 0.223 in arterial phase,the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes of gastric cancer was 69.81％ and 91.20％.When the standardized iodine concentration was 0.392 in the venous phase,the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes of gastric cancer was 78.33％ and 85.63％.Dual-phase energy spectrum curve of both gastric metastatic lymph nodes and non-lymph node decreased.Taken the arterial curve slope k=6.860 as the threshold,the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes was 83.24％ and 84.72％.When the threshold venous phase slope k was set at 6.660,the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes was 64.62％ and 97.70％,respectively.Combining arterial phase length-to-diameter ratio,arterial phase standardized iodine concentration and spectral curve slope,the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing metastatic lymph nodes was 97.34 ％ and 87.83 ％,which was 80.13 ％ and 90.31％ when combining venous phase short length-diameter ratio,venous phase standardized iodine concentration and spectral curve slope.Conclusion The short-length-to-diameter ratio,arterial-venous phase standardized iodine concentration and arterial-venous phase slope of lymph nodes are the main parameters for evaluating metastatic lymph nodes in patients with gastric cancer.Combination of the above three parameters can obviously improve the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes in patients with gastric cancer.

Objective To explore the clinical applicability of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI)in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy.Methods 22 children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy and age-matched 22 normal children were selected in this study,and were treated with routine brain MRI and DKI to test the white matter area of tractus corticospinalis on brainstem plane, anterior limb of internal capsule,posterior limb of inter capsule,genu of corpus callosum and the splenium of corpus callosum.The fractional alanisotropy(FA)value and mean kurtosis (MK)value of deep gray nuclei area in thalamus,lenticular nucleus and head of caudate nucleus were examined.Furthermore,gross motor function classification system (GMFCS)was performed for the children in research group.Two independent sample t test was applied in the comparison of groups.The correlation between DKI parameters and cerebral palsy gross motor function was analyzed by Spearman analysis.Results As for MK value,there were statistically significant differences in all different brain areas between the research group and the control group(P<0.05).And for FA value,there was statistically significant difference only in white matter area between the research group and the control group (P<0.05).However,there was no statistically significant difference in cerebral deep gray nuclei area (P>0.05).The GMFCS score was negatively correlated with the FA value,and was positively correlated with the MK value.Conclusion DKI can reflect the damaged situation of gray matter in children with cerebral palsy,and its parameter values can be used to monitor the children with cerebral palsy as evaluation indicators.

Objective To construct rat lysine-specific histone demethylase 1 (LSD1) overexpression plasmids and LSD 1 demethylation fragment disfunction plasmids,and to evaluate their expression levels in HEK293T cells.Methods LSD1 fragments were amplified by PCR,and LSD1 demethylation disfunction fragments were amplified by overlap PCR.Rat-specific LSD1 overexpression plasmids and LSD1 demethylation disfunction plasmids were constructed and verified by agarose gel electrophoresis and sequencing.HEK293T cells were infected using the validated recombinant plasmids and blank vectors,and the stably expressed cells were selected by puromycin.The expression of LSD1 in the stably expressed HEK293T was detected by Western Blot and real-time quantitative PCR.Results The results of agarose gel electrophoresis and sequencing showed that LSD1 overexpression plasmids and LSD1 demethylation disfunction plasmids were successfully constructed.The Western Blot and real-time quantitative PCR results showed that compared with the blank group,the relative expression of LSD1 and mRNA in the LSD1 overexpression group and the LSD1 demethylation disfunction group were up-regulated,and the differences were statistically significant(all P＜0.01).Conclusions The constructed LSD1 overexpression plasmids and LSD1 demethylationi disfunction plasmids can achieve overexpression of LSD1 gene in HEK293T cells.This paper lays a foundation for further study of the relationship between LSD 1 gene and related diseases and demethylation of LSD 1.

BACKGROUND:Digital three-dimensional reconstruction technology is gradually applied to orthopedic diseases with the advantages of visualization,accuracy and non-invasiveness,but there is less evidence-based support for its use in artificial hip hemiarthroplasty for intertrochanteric fractures of the femur in the elderly. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the application value and economic effects of digital three-dimensional reconstruction techniques in artificial hip hemiarthroplasty of intertrochanteric fractures of the femur in the elderly. METHODS:One hundred and thirty elderly patients with intertrochanteric femur fractures admitted to Zunyi First People's Hospital from January 2019 to December 2022 were selected and randomly divided into a control group(n=65)and an observation group(n=65).Artificial hip hemiarthroplasty was performed in both groups.The control group adopted the film template measurement method for manual preoperative planning while the observation group adopted a digital three-dimensional reconstruction technique.Preoperative planning and intraoperative actual application of prosthesis compliance rate,fibrinogen,D-dimer,bilateral femoral eccentric distance difference,bilateral lower limb length difference,Harris hip function score,visual analog scale score,excellent and good rate of hip function,complications,and hospitalization cost were observed in both groups. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)The proportion of acetabular side and femoral side prosthesis in grade 0(fully compliant)was higher in the observation group than that in the control group(P<0.05).(2)Fibrinogen and D-dimer levels in the observation group were lower than those in the control group 3 days after surgery(P<0.05).(3)The difference in bilateral femoral eccentric distance and the difference in bilateral lower limb length in the observation group were smaller than those in the control group immediately after surgery(P<0.05).The differences in Harris and visual analog scale scores were not significantly different between the two groups preoperatively,6 and 12 months postoperatively(P>0.05).There was no significant difference in excellent and good rate of hip function between the two groups 12 months postoperatively(P>0.05).(4)There was no significant difference in the complication rate between the two groups(P>0.05).The hospitalization cost of the observation group was higher than that of the control group(P<0.05).(5)It is indicated that digital three-dimensional reconstruction technology applied in artificial hip hemiarthroplasty of intertrochanteric femoral fracture in the elderly can not only accurately determine the prosthesis type before surgery,but also accurately reconstruct the bilateral lower limbs offline,but its hospitalization cost is high.