1.Current condition of development of Chinese ethnomedicine's higher education
Huixi YAN ; Zeng REN ; Dong LIU
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;39(6):485-489
To cultivate talent of higher education is the education's purpose and foundation of development. Studying ethnomedicine's higher education and sorting out the skeleton could help to enrich the theory of the development of traditional ethnomedicine and offer thought and reference for educational career.
2.Relationship between tumor metastasis suppressor gene KAI1 and the invasive and metastatic characteristics of osteosarcoma
Tingsheng PENG ; Jushi QIU ; Zhi LI ; Huizhen LIANG ; Yan WANG ; Huixi WU
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 1999;0(09):-
AIM:To study the expression of metastasis suppressor gene KAI1 mRNA in osteosarcoma tissue and osteosarcoma cell lines,and the relationship between it and the biological behavior of the tumor cells.METHODS:RT-PCR was used to detect KAI1 mRNA in 18 cases of resected fresh osteosarcoma samples and three cultured osteosarcoma cell lines.The proliferative rate,the adhesive and invasive abilities of the 3 cell lines were detected.The results were treated by analysis system of images and analyzed with t test.RESULTS:The relative amount of KAI1 mRNA in osteosarcomas with lung metastasis was 0.80?0.50,while that was 1.48?0.64 in osteosarcomas without lung metastasis,the former was significantly lower than the latter(P
3.The diagnostic value of KRAS gene mutation in appendiceal adenocarcinoma
Liping YAN ; Weibo MAO ; Fenfen HUA ; Huixi LI ; Shuyan CAO
Journal of Chinese Physician 2023;25(6):875-879,885
Objective:To analyze the mutation characteristics of Kirsten rat sarcoma virus oncogene homology (KRAS) gene in patients with appendiceal adenocarcinoma and its relationship with the activity of Ras Raf Mitogen activated protein kinase/extracellular regulated protein kinase (MAPK/ERK) signaling pathway.Methods:A total of 41 patients with appendiceal adenocarcinoma who were treated in the Lishui Central Hospital from January 2014 to January 2020 were selected as the observation group, and 50 patients with Appendicitis who were operated at the same time were randomly selected as the control group. Clinical and follow-up data were collected, and the mutation of the KRAS gene in the patient′s tissue was measured using the snapshot method. The expression of key proteins in the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway in cancer tissue was measured using Western blotting (WB) assay. We compared the clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with KRAS mutation and non KRAS mutation appendiceal adenocarcinoma.Results:The KRAS gene mutation rate in the observation group was higher than that in the control group (41.5% vs 10.0%), and the expression levels of p-ARAF/ARAF, p-MEK1/MEK1, and p-ERK1/ERK1 proteins were also higher than those in the control group. The differences between the groups were statistically significant (all P<0.05). The protein expression levels of p-ARAF/ARAF, p-MEK1/MEK1, p-ERK1/ERK1 in KRAS mutation patients in the observation group were significantly higher than those in non KRAS mutation patients. The proportion of stage IV, positive rates of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA)199 and CA125 in KRAS mutation patients were higher than those in non KRAS mutation patients, and the survival time and progression free survival time were shorter than those in non KRAS mutation patients, with statistical significance (all P<0.05). Conclusions:The mutation rate of KRAS in appendix adenocarcinoma is high, and the activation of MAPK/ERK signaling pathway caused by KRAS mutation may play a role in the pathogenesis of appendix adenocarcinoma, which has the value of in-depth research.
4.Form Properties of Moving Targets Bias Smooth Pursuit Target Selection in Monkeys.
Huixi DOU ; Huan WANG ; Sainan LIU ; Jun HUANG ; Zuxiang LIU ; Tiangang ZHOU ; Yan YANG
Neuroscience Bulletin 2023;39(8):1246-1262
During natural viewing, we often recognize multiple objects, detect their motion, and select one object as the target to track. It remains to be determined how such behavior is guided by the integration of visual form and motion perception. To address this, we studied how monkeys made a choice to track moving targets with different forms by smooth pursuit eye movements in a two-target task. We found that pursuit responses were biased toward the motion direction of a target with a hole. By computing the relative weighting, we found that the target with a hole exhibited a larger weight for vector computation. The global hole feature dominated other form properties. This dominance failed to account for changes in pursuit responses to a target with different forms moving singly. These findings suggest that the integration of visual form and motion perception can reshape the competition in sensorimotor networks to guide behavioral selection.
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Pursuit, Smooth
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Macaca mulatta
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Motion Perception/physiology*
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Photic Stimulation