Objective To investigate the effect of minocycline on the cognition and expressions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), apoptosis related factor Bcl-2 and Bax in hippocampus of rats with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Methods The rat model was established by microinjection of Aβ25-35 into lateral ventricle. Thirty healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:control group, model group and minocycline treatment group. Normal saline 1 mL/(kg·d) was intraperitoneally injected in control group and model group. The minocycline treatment group was intraperitoneally injected with minocycline 50 mg/(kg · d) for 14 days. Morris water maze was used to detect the behaviors of animals. The expressions of BDNF, Bcl-2 and Bax in hippocampus were measured by Western blotting and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The apoptosis of neurons was detected by TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL). Results Minocycline greatly improved the behaviors of AD rats, up-regulated the expressions of BDNF and Bcl-2, and down-regulated the expression of Bax in hippocampus, and reduced cell apoptosis. Conclusion Minocycline plays a protective role in neural function by promoting the growth of neurons and inhibiting the neuronal apoptosis.

Objective To investigate the effects of sustained inflation (SI) combined with small tidal volume ventilation on lung recruitment and hemodynamics in patients with acute lung injury (ALI). Methods Patients with severe trauma followed by ALI were selected for this study. Patients underwent small tidal volume ventilation (baseline) for 1 h and then SI with 20 cm H 2O?30 s(SI 1), 30 cm H 2O?30 s(SI 2), 40 cm H 2O?30 s(SI 3) and 50 cm H 2O?30 s(SI 4) for 1 h, respectively. Parameters of pulmonary mechanics and hemodynamics were measured at 1 h after baseline, SI and returning baseline, respectively. Results Compared with those of the baseline, no changes of parameters were found after SI 1 and SI 2, but EELV and Cst increased significantly after SI 3 and SI 4. Paw, PAP and PVRI decreased significantly after SI 3 and SI 4. After SI interruption, all the physiological variables returned to baseline. SI had no significant effect on HR, AP and CI. Conclusion Treatment with SI combined with small tidal volume ventilation in patients with ALI can provide lung recruitment and improve lung compliance, but it has no significant side effect on hemodynamics.

This article analyzes and summaries the problems and difficulties existing in the first-aid medicine's clinical teaching.Combined with his own teaching experience,the author has made some exploration on the teaching time,the way of teaching and inspection form,which has got a good teaching effect.It provids the reference and development for the clinical teaching of first-aid medicine.

Objective To investigate the dynamic change of pro‐and anti‐inflammatory eytokines of sepsis patients and its signif‐icance in clinical condition .Methods Forty‐three sepsis patients from 2010 to 2011 were divided into the survival group and the death group .Morning serum samples were collected on the first ,third ,firth and seventh day morning ;ELISA method was used to quantify the serum level of TNF‐α,IL‐1 ,IL‐4 and IL‐10 .The severity of patient′s condition was assessed according to the APACHEⅡsystem .Results In the early stage ,TNF‐α and IL‐1 in of both group increased and reached the peak on the third day ;then there was a gradual decline .Test in the same time point showed that the indexes of death group were all higher than that of survival group (P<0 .05) .IL‐4 of the two groups reached its peak on the fifth day and then declined ,and in the same time point ,indexes of death group were much more higher than that of survival group (P<0 .05) .IL‐10 of the survival group reached its peak on the fifth day and then declined;in the death group ,IL‐10 level kept increasing and maintained high ,there was no significant difference among the serum levels of the third ,fifth and seventh day(P>0 .05) .The APACHE Ⅱ of the survival group declined significantly while in death group it kept increasing and stay high .Conclusion Pro‐inflammatory eytokines(TNF‐α,IL‐1) ascended earlier than anti‐in‐flammatory eytokines(IL‐4 ,IL‐10) ,and the serum level of IL‐10 keep high level prompt the poor prognosis .

Objective To understand non stomatology undergraduates'strategies for learning stomatology and to study the reform on this course.Methods The learning strategies of 560 undergraduates majoring in clinical medicine from grade 2007 were investigated s and ten related factors like learning attitudes were investigated by learning strategies scale.Correlation analysis and linear regression analysis were applied to deal with research data.Results Most undergraduates were lack of strategies in learning stomatology.Related coefficient between 10 factors and academic scores ranged from 0.197 to 0.401,existing positive correlation(P＜0.05).Determination coefficients(R2)of attitude,motivation,time management and learning auxiliary means were 0.146,0.167,0.223and 0.122 respectively,which can be used to predict the scores of examination.Condusions Non stomatology undergraduates'strategies for learning stomatology is a vital factor influencing their academic scores.It's necessary for teachers to improve their teaching methods considering students'professional characteristics and learning strategies.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is closely associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). T2DM can increase the risk of HCC in many ways, which suggests that several signaling pathways or susceptibility genes might be involved in the development of these two diseases. This article discusses the role of T2DM in the development of HCC and the association between T2DM and HCC at genetic and molecular levels and finds that nuclear receptor co-activator 5, transcription factor 7-like 2, glycogen synthase kinase 3β, and Toll-like receptor 4 are involved in the pathogenesis of T2DM and HCC, which is the key that links the two diseases at genetic and molecular levels.

Current cell-type annotation tools for single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)data mainly utilize well-annotated source data to help identify cell types in target data.However,on account of privacy preservation,their requirements for raw source data may not always be satisfied.In this case,achieving feature alignment between source and target data explicitly is impossible.Additionally,these methods are barely able to discover the presence of novel cell types.A subjective threshold is often selected by users to detect novel cells.We propose a universal annotation frame-work for scRNA-seq data called scEMAIL,which automatically detects novel cell types without accessing source data during adaptation.For new cell-type identification,a novel cell-type percep-tion module is designed with three steps.First,an expert ensemble system measures uncertainty of each cell from three complementary aspects.Second,based on this measurement,bimodality tests are applied to detect the presence of new cell types.Third,once assured of their presence,an adap-tive threshold via manifold mixup partitions target cells into"known"and"unknown"groups.Model adaptation is then conducted to alleviate the batch effect.We gather multi-order neighbor-hood messages globally and impose local affinity regularizations on"known"cells.These con-straints mitigate wrong classifications of the source model via reliable self-supervised information of neighbors.scEMAIL is accurate and robust under various scenarios in both simulation and real data.It is also flexible to be applied to challenging single-cell ATAC-seq data without loss of supe-riority.The source code of scEMAIL can be accessed at https://github.com/aster-ww/scEMAIL and https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/biocode/tools/BT007335/releases/vl.0.

The common bile duct duodenal fistula (CDF) is a special type of biliary fistula.It has a low incidence and clinical manifestations.It is difficult to diagnose and is often misdiagnosed.However,the lack of diagnostic tools and clinical guidelines make it difficult for young physicians to correctly recognize this rare condition before surgery.Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the most effective method for diagnosing CDF.For those who suspect CDF,ERCP should be used for definitive diagnosis.Surgical treatment is the main treatment for CDF.This article reviews the causes,clinical manifestations,diagnosis and treatment of CDF.

Objective:To investigate whether the nutrition support team (NST) benefits esophageal carcinoma (EC) patients who are concurrently undergoing chemoradiotherapy. Methods: Between June 2012 and December 2013, 40 EC patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy were divided into the NST group and routine treatment (RT) group, with 20 patients in each group. At the end of chemoradiotherapy, the nutritional status, incidence of complications, and completion rates of radiotherapy were evaluated. The length of hospital stay (LOS) and cost were also compared between the two groups. Results:The nutrition and blood parameter values of the NST group were better (P<0.05) than those of the RT group. The incidence of complications was lower in the NST group (P<0.05) than that in the RT group. In addition, all patients in the NST group achieved the treatment plan, whereas five of the patients in the RT group interrupted or delayed the plan (P<0.05). The average LOS decreased by 3.8 d (P<0.05), and the hospitalization costs were reduced to 6300 RMB person-times (P>0.05) for the patients of the NST group. Conclusion: NST could maintain the nutritional status and improve the treatment compliance and tolerance of EC patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy, thereby shortening the LOS time and reducing the costs.

Leucine-rich repeats containing 4 ( LRRC4 , also named netrin-G ligand 2 [NGL-2]) is a member of the NetrinGs ligands (NGLs) family. As a gene with relatively high and specific expression in brain, it is a member of the leucine-rich repeat superfamily and has been proven to be a suppressor gene for gliomas, thus being involved in gliomagenesis. LRRC4 is the core of microRNA-dependent multi-phase regulatory loops that inhibit the proliferation and invasion of glioblastoma (GB) cells, including LRRC4/NGL2-activator protein 2 (AP2)-microRNA (miR) 182-LRRC4 and LRRC4-miR185-DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1)-LRRC4/specific protein 1 (SP1)-DNMT1-LRRC4. In this review, we demonstrated LRRC4 as a new member of the partitioning-defective protein (PAR) polarity complex that promotes axon differentiation, mediates the formation and plasticity of synapses, and assists information input to the hippocampus and storage of memory. As an important synapse regulator, aberrant expression of LRRC4 has been detected in autism, spinal injury and GBs. LRRC4 is a candidate susceptibility gene for autism and a neuro-protective factor in spinal nerve damage. In GBs, LRRC4 is a novel inhibitor of autophagy, and an inhibitor of protein-protein interactions involving in temozolomide resistance, tumor immune microenvironment, and formation of circular RNA.
Humans ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Glioblastoma/metabolism* ; Leucine ; Leucine-Rich Repeat Proteins/genetics* ; MicroRNAs ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics* ; Tumor Microenvironment