Objective To investigate and analyze the relative factors in elderly men with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)complicated with osteoporosis(OP),thus to provide guidance for prevention of OP complicated with T2DM in elderly men.Methods Dual X -ray absorptiometry determination of bone mineral density (BMD)of 67 cases of elderly men with diabetes,men were divided into OP group (n =32),NOP group (n =35).Then,we compared differences in body mass index(BMI),diabetes duration,fasting plasma glucose (FPG),glycosylated hemo-globin(HbA1c),patients'age,fasting insulin(FINS),insulin sensitivity index(ISI),quantitative of urinary albumin (ALb),quantitative of urinary protein in 24 hours and alkaliphosphatase level(ALP),low density lipoprotein choles-terin(LDL -C),triglyceride(TG),and made correlation analysis.Results Compared with those in NOP group,pa-tients in OP group had older age,longer disease course,smaller baric index,lower BMD,higher ALP,lower FINS,low-er ISI,higher HbA1c,higher quantitative of urinary protein in 24 hours and urinary albumin,higher LDL -C,which were significantly different (P <0.05);BMD of elderly men with T2DM was negatively correlated to patients'age, disease course,HbA1c,quantitative of urinary protein in 24 hours,ALb,ALP and LDL -C,but positively correlated to BMI,FINS and ISI.Conclusion Many factors,such as elderly,low body weight,long duration of the disease,high level of blood sugar,insulin dysfunction,low insulin sensitivity,high level of blood suger,insulin dysfunction,low insulin sensitivity,high serum alkalinephosphatase,high LDL -C and diabetic nephropathy,contribute to osteoporosis in elderly men with T2DM.

Berberine (BBR) is a type of alkaloids isolated from Coptidis Rhizoma and Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex and has been used to treat bacterial gastroenteritis, diarrhea and other digestive diseases for more than 1 000 years. According to recent studies, berberine has been found to have multiple pharmacological activities, including lowering blood glucose and lipid, anti-inflammation, antioxidation, relieving type 2 diabetic nephropathy (DN), diabetic cardiovascular disease, diabetic peripheral neuropathy ( DPN) and other complications. In this article, the authors summarized the literature reports about the effects of BBR in lowering blood glucose and preventing and treating the above type 2 diabetes and its complications, in order to provide reference to further studies and promotion of BBR's application.
Animals ; Berberine ; administration & dosage ; Blood Glucose ; metabolism ; Diabetes Complications ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Humans

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Parathyroid Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Ultrasonography

Animals ; Biogenic Monoamines ; metabolism ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Female ; Lipid Peroxidation ; drug effects ; Male ; Mice ; Paraquat ; toxicity

Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Kidney Neoplasms ; blood ; pathology ; Male ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; blood ; physiology ; Wilms Tumor ; blood ; pathology

Aim To investigate the effect of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, NS-398, on cell apoptosis in leukemia cell line K562 cells and its underlying mechanism. Methods Apoptotic cell percentage was examined by flow cytometry(FCM). The protein expression of Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 was detected by Western blot, and the activity of Caspase-3 was checked by FCM. Results NS-398 induced the cell apoptosis in K562 cells in a dose-dependent manner. After NS-398 treatment, the expression of Bcl-2 protein was downregulated, whereas the expression of Caspase-3 protein was upregulated. Moreover,the activity of Caspase-3 was increased in a dose-dependent way after NS-398 treatment. Conclusion Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor,NS-398,significantly induced apoptosis in K562 cells. The underlying mechanism might be related to the downregulation of Bcl-2 and the activation of Caspase-3.

Objective To study the connection between vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and pool prognosis in nephroblastoma.Methods Serum VEGF was measured with immuneohistochemical(ELISA) methods in 35 children of nephroblastoma at preope-ration,1 week,2 weeks after surgery respectively. Simple visiting happened after surgery 4,8,16,32 weeks.The countrol group was 35 healthy children. Result Before surgery,the median VEGF in the children was (89.47?22.45) ?g/L.After surgery 1 week,2 weeks,levels in the children fell significantly to (2.75?0.31) ?g/L,(1.52?0.18) ?g/L.There was a significant difference compared with preoperation ( t =4.125 P

Objective To construct high expression system for obtaining human ?-defensin 2 (h?D2) in human lung cancer cell line A549. Methods A recombinant retrovirus expression vector pLNCX2-CEA (signal peptide)-h?D2 (mature peptide) was constructed, and then the retrovirus vector was transfected into PT67 cells by DOTAP. After screening and amplification of single clones by G418, the virus was used to infect A549 cells. A549 cells were also screened by G418, and the cell clones resistant to G418 were obtained. Expression of h?D2 was detected by Western blot analysis. Results A recombinant retrovirus expression vector pLNCX2-CEA-h?D2 was constructed successfully. h?D2 with high level of expression was obtained in A549 cells transfected with the expression vector. Conclusion Human lung cancer cell line A549 can be used for high expression of h?D2 with gene engineering technology.

Through summarization on published literatures on allergic rat model in recent 20 years, domestic current research status and trend were analyzed. Some insights were provided on how to build a standard process for modeling and post-modeling evaluation. “Allergic rhinitis,” “rat model of allergic rhinitis”, or “animal experiment” was used as search terms. Related published articles were searched in the CNKI database from August, 1993 to October, 2013. Documents and data, including modeling method, drug dose, modeling cycle, model assessment described in the articles were extracted, summarized and quantitative analyzed. The results showed that 208 valid articles were included in this study. SD rat was used as animal model. Ovalbumin plus aluminum hydroxide were used as adjuvant sensitizing agents. Intraperitoneal injection plus nasal stimulation were the most commonly used modeling method. Behavioral evaluation scale score was used as the main evaluation index. It was concluded that currently there were many methods for allergic rhinitis animal modeling domestically. The post-modeling evaluation was relatively single. It was urgent and necessary to establish the standard process for modeling and post-modeling evaluation for allergic rhinitis animal model.