Objective: To study the long-term (iv for 30 days) toxic effect of recombinant batroxobin (rBAT) on Macaca mulatta. Methods: Twenty-four Macaca mulatta (12 male and 12 female) were randomly divided into 4 groups according to their body weights (n=6): rBAT treatment groups (1.5, 5.0, 15.0 kU/kg of rBAT once daily for 30 consecutive days through iv injection) and acetate buffer treatment group (as control). Half of the animals in each group were sacrificed at the end of medication and the rest were sacrificed after another 15 days' recovery. The general symptoms, the hematological, chemical parameters, urinalysis values, ECG results, bone marrow findings, pathologic changes and the antibody detection were observed or performed in all groups. Results: On d15 and d30, the blood samples of each group were collected at 30 min and 24 h after iv injection. Compared with control group or with d0 data of each corresponding group, the fibrinogen (Fib) was significantly decreased 30 min after iv injection of rBAT, and the decrease was in a dose-dependent manner. Fib returned to the normal level 24 h after iv injection. Histopathological examination showed congestion and slight edema of liver and kidney cells in each group, probably due to latent infection of the animals. On d30, there was local inflammatory reaction in the injection sites of some animals in each group, but none was found on d45. Non-neutralizing antibodies to rBAT were continuously detected from d15 to d45. Conclusion: rBAT has pharma cological and toxicological effects on hematology system of Macaca mulatta. It can dose-dependently decrease Fib. The target organ of rBAT is the hematology system and the effect of rBAT is reversible. The safety dose of rBAT for Macaca mulatta is 1.5 kU/ kg. Attention should be given when rBAT is used clinically.

Humans ; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors ; therapeutic use ; Hypolipidemic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Pharmacogenetics

Brain Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Child ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Glioma ; pathology ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Meningioma ; diagnosis ; metabolism ; pathology ; Mucin-1 ; metabolism ; Occipital Lobe ; Vimentin ; metabolism

Objective: To compare the volatile compounds extracted from Rhodiola renulata respectively by HS-SPME and SD. Methods:The volatile constituents from Rhodiola crenulata were extracted respectively by HS-SPME and SD, and then the contents and the names were confirmed by GC-MS. Results:Totally 39 compounds were identified from Rhodiola crenulata by HS-SPME while 16 ones were identified by SD. Among them, 4 common compounds were detected. Conclusion: There are some differences between the two methods. Compared with SD, HS-SPME is obviously better because more volatile constituents can be extracted from the herb, furthermore, HS-SPME has notable advantages of higher retrieval matching and sensitivity.

Aged ; Air Pollutants, Occupational ; Eosinophil Cationic Protein ; blood ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin E ; blood ; Inhalation Exposure ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Silicosis ; blood

Objective:To explore the independent prognostic factors of primary osteosarcoma patients under 20 years old after radical surgery, so as to predict the prognosis and survival of patients.Methods:The clinicopathological data of 1 339 patients with primary osteosarcoma diagnosed and registered in the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, epidemiology and outcome database (SEER) from 1984 to 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Kaplan Meier method was used to calculate the survival rate of patients. Log rank test was used to evaluate the survival difference. Cox multivariate analysis was used to determine the independent prognostic factors of osteosarcoma after radical surgery factor.Results:The results of primary osteosarcoma patients undergoing radical surgery found that 34 cases (2.54%) aged 0-5 years old, 236 cases (17.63%) aged 6-10 years old, and 600 cases (44.81%) aged 11-15 years old and 469 cases (35.02%) aged 16-20 years old. The median survival time was 68 months. Among them, 757(56.53%) were male and 582(43.47%) were female. Among the 1 339 cases, 986 were white (73.64%), followed by black 230(17.18%), and 123 other races (9.18%). Multivariate analysis revealed that males ( HR=1.242; 95% CI:1.024-1.505), axial osteosarcoma ( HR=1.589; 95% CI:1.179-2.166), and regional invasion of osteosarcoma ( HR=1.470; 95% CI:1.156-1.870), distant metastasis ( HR=3.536; 95% CI:2.725-4.589) were independent risk factors for overall survival. Other types of osteosarcoma ( HR=0.471; 95% CI:0.285-0.779) were independent protective factors for overall survival. Conclusions:Based on the SEER database, this study identified independent prognostic factors for patients with primary osteosarcoma under the age of 20 who underwent radical surgery, which will help clinicians formulate individualized medical strategies and predict patients′ prognosis.

Objective To determine the allelic frequency distribution and genetic parameters of nine non-CODIS DNA index systems of the short tandemrepeat (STR ) loci (D2S1772, D6S1043, D7S3048, D8S1132, D11S2368, D12S391, D13S325, D18S1364, and GATA198B05). Methods A total of 353 blood samples were collected, extracted, amplified, and analyzed fromunrelated healthy individuals of Han na-tionality in Hunan Province, China. Results O ne hundred and fourteen alleles were observed in the pop-ulation with corresponding allelic frequencies ranged from0.001 0 to 0.323 0. For all the nine non-CODIS STR loci, the observed genotypic data showed no significant deviations fromthe Hardy-W einberg equi-librium. The Ho, He, PIC, D P, and PE of the studied non-CODIS STR loci ranged from0.108 0 to 0.195 0, 0.805 0 to 0.892 0, 0.770 0 to 0.860 0, 0.925 0 to 0.966 0 and 0.607 0 to 0.780 0, respectively. Conclusion N ine non-CODIS STR loci have high degrees of polymorphisms, which may be useful in in-dividual forensic identification and parentage testing in forensic practice.

Dust ; analysis ; Humans ; Magnoliopsida ; Pneumoconiosis ; epidemiology ; Prevalence

Advance on chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Stellera plants have been conducted. The chemical constituents include terpenes, coumarins, flavonoids, lignans, volatile oils, and other compounds. Pharmacological studies showed that diterpenoids and biflavones showed strong activities, such as antitumor, anti-HIV, and immune regulations. This review hopes to provide a scientific basis for further research and explorations of the medicinal values of the genus.
Animals ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Thymelaeaceae ; chemistry ; classification

BACKGROUND:Understanding the difference of miRNA-34s expression in normal tissue and tumor tissue wil contribute to screen out a miRNA with high sensitivity as the specific tumor molecular marker.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the differential expression of miRNA-34s (miR-34a/b/c) between normal skin and keloid tissue using real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR, and to evaluate the role and mechanisms of miRNA-34s in keloid formation and development.
METHODS:Ten cases of keloid tissue and two cases of normal skin tissue were col ected as specimens. Total RNAs were extracted from keloid and nomal skin tissue by Trizol method, and miRNA-34s were further isolated by Ambion’s miRNA Isolation Kit. Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR was applied to verify expression levels of microRNA-34s (miR-34a/b/c) in keloid tissue and normal skin tissue.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:miRNA-34s (miRNA-34a/b/c) expression was down-regulated in keloid tissue compared with normal skin tissue (P<0.01). The findings showed that miRNA-34s (miRNA-34a/b/c) are involved in keloid formation and development, and down-regulation of the family member may result in neoplastic growth of keloid.