Objective To investigate the changes of molecular markers in cultured skin stem cells exposed to UVB in vitro. Methods Skin stem cells were isolated and cultured according to their adherasion ability,and identified by immunohistochemistry using anti-K15 and anti-β-integrin antibodies. Then, a part of the skin stem cells were irradiated with UVB at 10 mJ/cm2 for 2 times. After 24-hour additional culture, the expressions of CD34, beta-catenin and p53 were detected with immunohistochemistry. Results Skin stem cells showed a high density in culture free of irradiation, which were round or polygon with a clear shape, well-distributed cytoplasm, high N/C ratio; mitotic cells could be seen. In unirradiated skin stem cells, beta-catenin was expressed predominantly in cell membrane and cytoplasm, with a positive expression rate of 64.74% and 8.4%in membrane and cytoplasm respectively; p53 was expressed mainly in cell cytoplasm and nuclei, with a positive expression rate of 6.9% in cell nuclei. After exposure to UVB, skin stem cells decreased in cell density and N/C ratios with a deformed and anomalous shape, vacuoles were present in cytoplasm, and some cells experienced karyopyknosis or apoptosis. Additionally, in irradiated cells, beta-catenin was expressed predominantly in cytoplasm with a positive expression rate of 64.74% and 0 in cytoplasm and nuclei, respectively; p53 was expressed mainly in nuclei with a positive expression rate of 100%. CD34 was detected in neither unirradiated nor irradiated skin stem cells. Conclusion UVB can promote beta-eatenin to accumulate in cytoplasm as well as beta-catenin and p53 to migrate from cytoplasm to nuclei.

Objective To explore the changes in β-catenin expression and their significance in ultraviolet ray (UV)-induced development of skin tumor in mice.Methods The back of 60 mice was irradiated for various durations to establish tumor models.Ten mice receiving no irradiation served as the control.Fifteen mice were sacrificed respectively on week 2,4,6 and 8 after the beginning of irradiation and skin tissue specimens were resected from the back of these mice.Hematoxylin and eosin staining was conducted to observe the histopathological changes of skin,and immunohistochemistry and real time fluorescence PCR were carried out to detect the expression of β-catenin.Results Along with the UV irradiation,the exposed skin experienced a series of histological changes.The β-catenin expression was located in cell membrane in unirradiated mice and those irradiated for 2 weeks.There was an attenuation in the expression of β-catenin in cell membrane but an increment in the ectopic expression of β-catenin in 7,9 and 9 of the 15 mice receiving 4-,6- and 8-week irradiation respectively.Compared with the control mice,a significant increase was observed in the ectopic expression rate of β-catenin in mice receiving 4,6 and 8 weeks of irradiation (all P ＜ 0.045).The relative expression level of β-catenin mRNA was 4.893,7.857,10.452,12.481 and 14.702 in unirradiated mice,mice receiving 2,4,6 and 8 weeks of irradiation,respectively,with statistical differences between the 5 groups (all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions There is an ectopic nuclear expression of β-catenin in cells of UV-irradiated mouse skin,which may be involved in the initiation and progression of skin tumors.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the application of antibiotics and its trend for reference to clinical utilization.METHODS The data about antibiotics used from 2005 to 2007 were collected and analyzed.RESULTS The consumption of antibiotics was fallen year by year.The rate of utilization was 67%.The rate of drug combination was 45% and the rate of antibiotic resistance test was 20%.CONCLUSIONS There are still a lot of problems in antibiotics usage of our hospital.It is necessary to strengthen the guidance and supervision.

Objective To analyze the dietary habits, energy intake and expenditure, anthropometrics, and body composition of the outpatients visiting the weight loss clinic of Beijing Hospital.Methods We pro-spectively enrolled 89 consecutive patients with body mass index ( BMI) ≥24 kg/m2 from November 2014 to August 2015 in the weight loss clinic of Beijing Hospital.There were 35 male and 54 female, with the mean age of (45.8 ±16.4) years.We divided them into two groups:the diabetes group (n=35) and the non-diabetes group (n=54), and compared the dietary habits, energy intake and expenditure, anthropometrics and body composition between the two groups.Results Regardless of diabetes, the overweight and obese patients all ate fast, mostly finishing a meal in about 10 minutes.They preferred Chinese food and meat, and disliked hot food.The frequency of dinning out in the non-diabetes group (3-5 times per week) was higher than that in the diabetes group (1-2 times per week) .Compared with the diabetes group, the non-diabetes group had higher fat-to-energy ratio [(34.9 ±7.6)%vs.(30.8 ±5.9)%], but lower carbohydrate intake [(232.2 ±59.7) g vs.(283.6 ±89.5) g], carbohydrate-to-energy ratio [ (47.9 ±8.3)%vs.(53.4 ±7.1)%], and the ratio of resting metabolic rate to body weight [ (66.9 ±9.6) kJ/(d? kg) vs.(71.1 ±7.9) kJ/(d? kg)] (all P<0.05).There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in total energy intake, pro-tein intake, high quality protein intake, fat intake, protein-to-energy ratio, and resting metabolic rate (all P>0.05).Anthropometrics showed that the mean BMI of the patients was (32.8 ±4.4) kg/m2, with the maxi-mum being 53.5 kg/m2.The hip circumference [ (117.15 ±9.9) cm vs.(111.1 ±8.2) cm], upper arm circumference [ (36.4 ±3.8) cm vs.(34.0 ±3.3) cm], and triceps skinfold thickness [ (36.1 ±8.9) mm vs.(31.6 ±8.8) mm] were larger in the non-diabetes group than in the diabetes group (all P<0.05), but the mean age was lower in the non-diabetes group [ (41.7 ±16.9) years vs.(52.9 ±13.1) years) (P=0.01).There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in body weight, BMI, waist circumference, neck circumference, and bilateral hand grip strength (all P>0.05).According to body compo-sition analysis, the body weight [ (94.8 ±18.3) kg vs.(86.9 ±17.2) kg], body fat mass [ (39.7 ± 11.3) kg vs.(33.5 ±8.9) kg], body fat percentage [ (41.7 ±6.5)%vs.(38.5 ±6.7)%], and visceral fat area [ (145.3 ±24.8) cm2 vs.(130.7 ±27.5) cm2 ] were larger in the non-diabetes group than in the di-abetes group ( all P<0.05) .There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in BMI and skeletal muscle mass (both P>0.05).Conclusion Compared with diabetes patients, overweight and obese non-diabetes patients may be younger, having worse dietary habits, and having larger body fat mass, body fat percentage, and visceral fat area.

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Purpose To study the effect of overexpressing either wild type or a familial Alzheimer disease mutant presenilin 1 (mPS1) on tau phosphorylation in neuroblastoma NG-108 cells. Methods Three different plasmids transfected NG-108 cells respectively. Immunostaining and confocal microscopic technique were used to study the distribution of presenilin 1 and phosphorylated tau. Immunoblot test was applied to investigate the change of tau phosphorylation. Results Immunostaining showed that in brain of sporadic Alzheimer disease, PS1 mainly distributed in neuron and partially colocalized with the phosphorylated tau. Immunoblot tests showed that the cells transected either wild type PS1 or mPS1 contained more phorphorylated tau than the control cells. However, MTT test showed no significant difference between mock transfected cells and the wPS1 or mPS1 transfected cells. In addition, after transfection of the constructed PS1-EGFP vector, overexpressed EGFP-PS1 was located at cell surface membrane and subcellular organelles at earlier time at 12 hr, then EGFP-PS1 diffused in cytosol. Immunocytochemical observations demonstrated that some of the PS1-EGFP transfected cells contained more phosphorylated tau protein, which formed aggresome with PS-1-EGFP. When treated with phosphotase inhibitor okadaic acid, in the PS1-EGFP transfected cells accumulated more phosphorylated tau than the un-transfected cells. Conclusions Wild type PS1 is possibly involved in tauopathy in sporadic Alzheimer's disease.

Objective To realize rapid and non-destructive drug classification and improve the accuracy of drug classification.Methods A model for drug classification based on the combination of principal components analysis and artificial neural network (PCA-ANN) method was introduced.The software for drugs classification was then developed with the utility of MATLAB language.The near infra-red spectrum (NIRS) detection technique was executed on five kinds of drugs (a total of 120 batch samples) and the detection data was collected within the range of 1 350-1 800 nm of excitation wavelength and 0.5 nm of wavelength interval.Results The network training mean square error (MSE) was 5.91e-03,and the prediction error (β) was 2.469％ when the number of the interfering drugs number was less than 5.Conclusions The classification of drugs by NIRS combined with PCA-ANN is feasible and the classification accuracy can be increased.

OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of piperazine ferulate combined with glutathione in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. METHODS:80 patients with diabetic nephropathy in our hospital were divided into observation group and control group according to random number table,with 40 cases in each group. Both groups was given general treatment as blood glucose,blood lipid and blood pressure control. Control group was additionally given Reduced glutathione tablets 400 mg, tid,on the basis of general treatment. Observation group was additionally given Piperazine ferulate tablets 100 mg,tid,on the ba-sis of control group. Both groups were treated for 12 weeks. The fasting plasma glucose(FPG),2 h postprandial plasma glucose(2 hPG),blood pressure,blood lipid,serum creatinine (Scr),blood urea nitrogen (BUN),24 h urinary total protein and albumin, urine β2 microglobulin(β2-MG)and N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase(NAG)of 2 groups were detected before and after treatment. The occurrence of ADR was observed. RESULTS:Before treatment,there was no statistical significance in FPG,2 hPG,blood pres-sure,blood lipid,Scr,BUN,24 h urinary total protein and albumin,urine β2-MG and NAG between 2 groups(P>0.05). After treatment,above indexes of 2 groups were improved significantly,and the observation group was better than the control group, with statistical significance(P<0.05). No obvious ADR was found in 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS:In the treatment of diabetic ne-phropathy,piperazine ferulate combined with glutathione can improve blood glucose,blood pressure,blood lipid levels and renal function with good safety.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of an acne-clearing device in treating acne vulgaris.Methods A bicenter,randomized,single-blinded,placebo-controlled,parallel-group study was conducted.Seventy-three patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris were enrolled for the trial.Two similar,clinically matched inflammatory papules were selected from each patient,and divided into a test group and a control group to be treated with an acne-clearing device with an output temperature of 46-50 ℃ and a control device without heat source respectively,for three sessions with the interval varying from 1 to 12 hours between the first two sessions and from 18 to 48 hours between the last two sessions.Every treatment lasted three minutes.Lesional color and size were recorded before and on day 1,5 and 14 after the first treatment.Side effects were also recorded for the evaluation of safety.Results Clinical improvement was observed in 66 (90.4％),73 (100.0％) and 72 (98.6％) patients,and marked improvement in 27 (37.0％),64 (87.7％) and 72 (98.6％) patients on day 1,5 and 14 after the first treatment,respectively.Significant differences existed between the control and test group in improvement rate on day 1 and 5,and in marked improvement rate on all the three time points (all P ＜ 0.01).The average time taken for erythematous swelling to begin to subside and time for lesions to completely heal were 19.51 hours and 7.15 days respectively in the test group,significantly shorter than those in the control group by 82.41 hours and 5.07 days respectively.Conclusions The acne-clearing device proves to be effective and safe for the treatment of mild to moderate acne vulgaris,which can rapidly relieve the inflammation in acne,shorten the time required for erythematous swelling to subside and for lesions to completely heal.

BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that thymosinβ4 can improve the anti-apoptotic ability of a variety of cells, but the reports describing the changes in the anti-apoptotic ability of bone mesenchymal stem cells modified with thymosinβ4 gene in the hypoxic environment are rare.
OBJECTIVE:To observe the change in the apoptotic rate of bone mesenchymal stem cells modified with thymosinβ4 gene in the hypoxic environment, and to explore whether thymosinβ4 affects the apoptosis of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells via regulating the expression of Bax and Bcl-2.
METHODS:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were transfected with the recombinant lentiviral vector over-expressing the thymosinβ4 gene, and then we observed the expression of thymosinβ4 using western blot assay. cells were divided into three groups:thymosinβ4 transfection group, control virus group, and untreated group. Al three groups were placed in a hypoxic environment. The apoptotic rate of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells was evaluated by the flow cytometry assay. The expression of Bax and Bcl-2 protein was detected by western blot.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Thymosinβ4 gene was expressed successful y in the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells showed by the western blot. The apoptotic rate of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in the hypoxic environment was lower in the thymosinβ4 transfection group than the control virus group and untreated group;while there was no difference between the latter two groups. Western blot results showed that the expression of Bcl-2 protein was higher in the thymosinβ4 transfection group than the control virus group and untreated group, and the expression of Bax protein was lower in the thymosinβ4 transfection group than the control virus group and untreated group. No difference in the expression of Bax and Bcl-2 was found between the control virus group and untreated group. These findings indicate that thymosinβ4 overexpression can improve the anti-apoptotic ability of bone mesenchymal stem cells modified in the hypoxic environment, and its possible mechanism is through regulating the expression of Bax and Bcl-2 protein.