Objective To explore the impacts of magnetic fields of different intensities on the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and malondialdchvde (MDA) levels in rat pancreatic islet cells under normal and hypoxic conditions.Methods Rat pancreatic islet cells were culured,and after 3 days were subjected to a magnetic field of either 44.8 mT,90.6 mT or 182.1 mT under either normal or hypoxic conditions.Control cells received no magnetic field exposure,SOD activity and MDA level were measured after 72 hr.Results The cultured cells grew linearly with optical density (OD) of 0.067 ± 0.021 after 2 days and 0.449 ± 0.113 afier 5 days.SOD activity was significantly lower in the three magnetic field intervention groups than in the control group.Under hypoxic culture conditions,in all the magnetic field intervention groups SOD activity increased at first and then deereased.Under normal culture conditions,MDA content was significantly higher in the 182.1 mT group than in the control group.In the other two groups it was significantly lower.Conclusion Magnetic field exposure can cause oxidative damage to pancreatic islet cells,at least rat cells in culture.Under hypoxic culture conditions a magnetic field can inhibit such damage.

Objective To evaluate the antidepressant action of melatonin in stress model of depres-sion and the effects of the melatonin on depressive-like behavior.Methods Forty male Wistar rats were ran-domly divided into four groups(n=10):controls group(CON),chronic unpredictable mild stress group (CUS),chronic unpredictable mild stress group + melatonin group(CUS+MT)and chronic unpredictable mild stress group +ketamine group(CUS+KET).The rats in CUS group,CUS+MT group and CUS+KET group were given different stress stimulation for 42 days to establish the chronic mild unpredictable stress ani-mal model.Sucrose preference experiments was used to detect the depression model and the level of depres-sion was tested by forced swim test.The influence of Short-term low doses of melatonin on the level of BDNF and GluR1 in the prefrontal cortex,was detected by immunohistochemistry(IHC)on 58 day after the start of the experiment.Results (1)The CUS showed depressant-like behavior,and the percent sucrose uptake scores and the cumulative immobility time of the CUS group were decreased significantly(P<0.05).(2)After injection melatonin 14 d,the cumulative immobility time of CUS+MT group((60.70±18.56)s)and CUS+KET group((56.43±20.46)s)were decreased significantly in comparison to the CUS group(146.34±34.10) s).It was observed a highly significant(P<0.05)decrease of and up-regulation of the BDNF cells in CUS+MT group((1 328.99±282.46)/mm2)and CUS+KET group((1 224.76±116.53)/mm2)in comparison to the CUS group,the number of BDNF cells in CUS+MT group was increased significantly in comparison to the CUS+KET group;(3)After administration drug 14 days,the number of GluR1 cells of CUS+KET((807.82± 153.25)/mm2)but not CUS+MT((632 ± 156.34)mm2)significantly increased compared with CUS ((807.82±193.25)/mm2).Conclusion The results indicate that the melatonin induce an antidepressant-like action like ketamine.The antidepressant effects of melatonin may be related with the level of BNDF.

OBJECTIVE： To provide reference for reducing the harm of expired drugs to public health， improving the technical level of drug recovery， and realizing the green recycling economy of drugs. METHODS： The literatures analysis and field investigation is conducted to analyze the development status and the main problems in the construction of the reverse supply chain of expired drugs. According to the technical characteristics of block chain， the feasibility of building the reverse supply chain of expired drugs is analyzed. In order to verify the feasibility of the application of block chain technology in the construction of the expired drug reverse supply chain， this paper attempts to build the expired drug reverse supply chain from the perspective of block chain， and uses the system dynamics method to build a simulation model for each participant in the drug reverse supply chain and its operationing efficiency. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS： The reverse supply chain of expired drugs constructed by the block chain technology could effectively solve the main problems of the reverse supply chain of expired drugs in China， such as many levels of participants， high logistics cost， low level of information. The simulation results showed when using block chain technology， the recovery efficiency and recovery quantity of each participant in the supply chain were significantly increased. The recovery efficiency of consumers and retailers increased from 20％ to 83％， and those of distributors and manufacturers increased from 40％ and 50％ to 83％， respectively. The recovery quantity of each participant also increased significantly with the increase of recovery efficiency. In the actual construction of the reverse supply chain of expired drugs， the enterprises involved in the drug supply chain should be taken as the leading role， and the multi-party participation of government agencies， industry platforms and consumers should be emphasized. Drug supply chain participating enterprises should use block chain technology to strengthen information communication between enterprises， establish an efficient information platform， and promote and guide consumers to actively participate in the construction of the reverse supply chain of expired drugs. The government should give full play to the guiding role of policy and strengthen the policy guarantee； the industry platform should learn from international advanced cases to form industry standards for the recovery process of expired drugs； consumers should fully understand the hazards of expired drugs and actively participate in the recovery of expired drugs.

Objective: To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of immunonutrition support in perioperative period of hepatectomy. Methods: Literatures were researched using CNKI，CBM，Wanfang database，VIP databases，PubMed (Medline)，Embase，Web of science，Science Direct，Cochrane Center from January 1996 to March 2018 with the key words including "肝切除术，免疫营养，hepatectomy，hepatic resection，immunonutrition，immunoenhanced nutrition" . The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on comparison of efficacy of immunonutrition support versus routine nutritional support in perioperative period of hepatectomy. Patients in the immunonutrition group received immunonutrition support in perioperative period of hepatectomy，and patients in the routine nutrition group received routine nutritional support in perioperative period of hepatectomy. Outcome measures：overall incidence of postoperative complications，incidence of postoperative infectious complications，incidence of postoperative liver failure，perioperative mortality，hospital stay，and hospitalization expenses. Literatures screening，data extraction and quality assessment of methodology were conducted by two researchers separately. Count data were represented as risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Measurement data were represented as mean difference (MD) or weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95%CI. Heterogeneity of the included studies was analyzed with I². Funnel plot was used to test potential publication bias if the number of studies included ≥ 10，and funnel plot was used to test potential publication bias for the outcome measures with the maximum number of studies if the number of studies included <10. Results: (1) Document retrival: 12 RCTs were enrolled in the Meta analysis, and the total sample size was 1 136 patients, including 568 patients in the immunonutrition group and in the routine nutrition group, respectively. (2) Results of Meta-analysis: the that immunonutrition group had lower overall incidence of postoperative complications, incidence of postoperative infectious complications, incidence of postoperative liver failure, and hospital stay (RR=0.57, 0.49, 0.30, MD=-3.28, 95%CI: 0.46-0.71, 0.37-0.65, 0.12-0.74, -4.45 to -2.11, P<0.05), and higher hospital expenses (MD=11.86, 95%CI: 10.96-12.77, P<0.05) compared with the routine nutrition group. There was no significant difference in the perioperative mortality between the two groups (RR=0.26, 95%CI: 0.07-1.05, P>0.05). The bilateral symmetry was presented in the funnel plot based on the 9 studies comparing incidence of postoperative infectious complications between the immunonutrition group and routine nutrition group, suggesting that publication bias had little influence on results of Meta-analysis. Conclusions Perioperative immunonutrition support for hepatectomy is safe and feasible. Compared with routine nutritional support, immunonutrition support can significantly reduce overall incidence of postoperative complications, incidence of postoperative infectious complications, incidence of postoperative liver failure, and shorten the hospital stay without increasing postoperative mortality.

OBJECTIVE： To invest igate the intraction between China ’s foreign economic trade and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry ，in order to provide the reference for China ’s foreign economic trade growth and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry development in the future. METHODS ：By collecting the data of China ’s foreign economic trade and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry during 1998-2018 issued by National Bureau of Statistics ，China Statistics Yearbook on High Technology Industry and China Statistics Yearbook on Scientific Technology ，referring to relevant literature method ，index system was established that includes the foreign economic trade system and the pharmaceutical manufacturing system. CRITIC method was adopted to assign the weight of data index and calculate comprehensive evaluation data. VAR model was used to analyze the interaction between China ’s foreign economic trade and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and put forward the suggestions. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS ：From the results of cointegration test ，foreign economic trade development played a strong role in promoting and driving pharmaceutical manufacturing industry development （correlation coefficient was 0.432 198）；from the results of Granger causality test ，the development of foreign economic trade was the Granger cause for pharmaceutical manufacturing industry development （confidence probability was lower than 0.001），but the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry development was not the Granger ’s reason for foreign economic trade （confidence probability was 0.358）. By the results of impulse response and variance decomposition ，it reflected an interrelationship between the two ，but the contribution of foreign economic trade to the development of pharmaceutical manufacturing is relatively small. It is suggested that China ’s pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises should grasp the market demand and trade opportunities in time ，and further expand the scale of business by providing high quality pharmaceutices products ；make full use of new trade mode and speed up the circulation of pharmaceutical products in economic and trade activities so as to further expand the domestic and foreign markets of pharmaceutical products ；the state should formulate and improve the preferential and supporting policies for pharmaceutical manufacturing industry as soon as possible to reduce the burden for pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises. In addition ，from the national level and the enterprise level ，we should appropriately increase the investment in scientific research of pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and increase industry cultiration，so as to promote the rapid development of pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and realize a virtuous circle of mutual promotion of foreign economic trade and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

Objective:To explore the consistency of MRI fast field echo resembling a CT using restricted echo-spacing (FRACTURE) and CT in the evaluation of knee and ankle bone changes.Methods:From November 2020 to November 2021, seventeen patients who underwent CT and MRI FRACTURE examinations of knee joint or ankle joint in the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University were retrospectively collected, including 14 patients with knee joint examinations and 3 patients with ankle joint examinations. According to the number of joint components, 80 components were included, including 14 for femur and patella, 17 for tibia and fibula, and 3 for talus, scaphoid, medial cuneiform, medial cuneiform, lateral cuneiform and calcaneus, respectively. The fracture, hyperosteogeny, and bone destruction of the joint bones were evaluated by two observers using CT and FRACTURE images, respectively. Kappa test was used to analyze the consistency of CT and FRACTURE images between observers in the evaluation of joint bone lesions.Results:The Kappa values (95%CI) of the consistency evaluation of fracture, hyperosteogeny, and bone destruction by CT and FRACTURE images were 0.925 (0.823-1.027), 0.905 (0.799-1.011) and 0.895(0.752-1.038) respectively for observer 1, and were 0.963 (0.892-1.034), 0.933 (0.843-1.023) and 0.886 (0.731-1.041) respectively for observer 2. The Kappa values (95%CI) of the consistency evaluation of fracture, hyperosteogeny, and bone destruction by observers 1 and 2 via CT images were 1.000 (1.000-1.000), 0.937(0.851-1.023) and 0.945 (0.839-1.051) respectively, and that by FRACTURE images were 0.962 (0.888-1.036), 0.966 (0.899-1.033) and 0.836 (0.656-1.016) respectively.Conclusion:For the evaluation of fracture, hyperosteogeny, and bone destruction of knee joint and ankle joint, MRI FRACTURE sequence is highly consistent with CT.

Objective:To explore the value of echo-planar imaging correction (EPIC) for improving image quality of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of cervical cord.Methods:A total of 33 subjects (20 males, 13 females) were scanned on a 3.0 T MR scanner from January to March 2022, and the sequences included T 1WI, DWI and DTI (with and without corrections). Two observers delineated the regions of interest (ROIs) on the fused images of DWI and DTI with T 1WI before and after correction, and measured the average diffusion coefficient (ADC), fractional anisotropy (FA), and offset distance of ROIs between images with and without corrections. The subjective scores of image quality were also evaluated. The ICC or Kappa was used to test the consistency of the quantitative measurement and subjective scores by the two observers. The average values by the two observers would be used for subsequent analysis. The independent pair t-test and Wilcoxon test were used for comparison of objective measurements and Mann-Whitney U test was used for subjective image assessments between images with and without corrections. Results:The measurement data and the subjective scores of the two observers were in good agreement (ICC 0.912-0.999, Kappa 0.778-0.816). The independent sample t-test showed the subjective scores were significantly different for the DWI and DTI images between before and after geometry and/or ADC corrections. The ADC values of C6, the offset distances measured by DWI before and after correction of C4, C5, and C6 and subjective scores were significantly different ( P<0.05); The FA values of C1 and C3, ADC values of C1 and C3, offset distance of C4, C5 and C6 measured by DTI before and after correction and subjective scores were statistically significant ( P<0.001). Conclusion:EPI geometry correction and ADC value correction can significantly reduce geometric distortion, increase image quality, and thus improve the diagnosis accuracy of essential diseases.

OBJECTIVES: Human periodontal ligament cells (hPDLCs) are important source of periodontal tissue reconstruction. Under chronic inflammation, the multi-directional differentiation potential and chemotaxis in hPDLCs are decreased. Therefore, inhibiting inflammatory microenvironment and improving the functional characteristics of stem cells can better promote periodontal tissue reconstruction. This study was to investigate the effect of astaxanthin (AST) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation in hPDLCs and the underlying mechanisms. METHODS: hPDLCs were isolated and cultured in vitro, and vimentin and keratin immunocytochemical staining were used to identify hPDLCs. CCK-8 assay was used to measure the effects of AST (1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 μmol/L) on proliferation of hPDLCs. Quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) and ELISA were used to measure the mRNA and protein expression of inflammatory factors (IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α) in the control (Con) group, the LPS group, and the LPS+AST (5, 10, 20, and 50 μmol/L) group. Western blotting was used to detect the protein expression of IKBα, phosphorylated IKBα (p-IKBα), and p65 in the Con group, the LPS group, the AST (20 μmol/L) group, and the LPS+AST (20 μmol/L) group. After 10 μmol/L PDTC treatment, the mRNA and protein expressions of IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α were detected by RT-qPCR and ELISA. RESULTS: Cell morphology and immunocytochemical staining showed that the cells were in line with the characteristics of hPDLCs. Treatment with AST could promote the proliferation of hPDLCs, which reached the peak at 20 μmol/L. The mRNA and protein expressions of IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α in the LPS group were higher than those in the Con group (all CONCLUSIONS AST promotes the proliferation of hPDLCs, which is related to suppression of LPS-induced the secretion of inflammatory factors via inhibiting the activation of NF-κB signaling pathway.
Cells, Cultured ; Humans ; Inflammation/chemically induced* ; Lipopolysaccharides ; NF-kappa B ; Periodontal Ligament ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics* ; Xanthophylls

Objective:To study the changes in the sphincter of Oddi pressure in rabbits after bilateral vagus nerve trunk severance and the therapeutic effect of Qingre Lidan Decoction, to provide a new way for the treatment of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.Methods:Twenty-four 1.5~2.0 kg New Zealand Large White rabbits of either gender were randomly selected and divided into the control group, the model group, and the treatment group. In the control group, only pyloroplasty was performed; in the model group and the treatment group, pyloroplasty plus bilateral vagus nerve trunk dissection at the level of the diaphragm were performed, and in the treatment group, one month of gavage treatment with Qingre Lidan Decoction was carried out 7 days after the operation. Multi-channel bio-signal acquisition system was used to record the pressure changes of the sphincter of Oddi in rabbits of each group; ELISA was used to detect the changes of inflammatory factors IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor TNF-α in the serum of rabbits.Results:The pressure of the sphincter of Oddi in the model group was significantly higher than those in the control group [low-pressure area: (51.95±0.35) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) vs (21.60±1.13) mmHg ( P<0.05) ; High pressure area: (60.75±0.49) mmHg vs (20.70±0.85) mmHg ( P<0.05)], the pressure of sphincter of Oddi in the treatment group of Qingre Lidan Decoction was lower than that of the model group [low-pressure area: (22.70±1.13) mmHg vs (51.95±0.35) mmHg ( P<0.05); high-pressure area: (32.15±0.49) mmHg vs (60.75±0.49) mmHg ( P<0.05)]. Serum IL-6 and TNF-αwere significantly elevated in the model group compared to the control group; IL-6 and TNF-α levels were decreased in the treatment group compared to the model group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Bilateral vagus nerve trunk severance leads to Oddi sphincter dysfunction, and treatment with Qingre Lidan Decoction could improve Oddi sphincter dysfunction.