Aged ; Amyloidosis ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Moxibustion ; methods ; Skin Diseases ; therapy

Adult ; Andrology ; China ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; drug therapy ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Phytotherapy ; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological ; drug therapy

Animals ; Apoptosis ; Cell Hypoxia ; Cell Proliferation ; Cells, Cultured ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular ; cytology ; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle ; cytology ; Oxygen ; metabolism ; Rats

Gastrectomy ; Humans ; MicroRNAs ; analysis ; Statistics as Topic ; Stomach Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism

Butyric acid can be used to produce cellulose butyrate fiber and ester derivatives,and to be applied in foodstuffs and perfume industries.Recent researches have found that butyric acid is a preferred carbon source for colonic epithelial cells,and can inhibit histone deacetylase,showing great anticancer potentials.With more and more functions of butyric acid being found and applied in bio-related fields,and with consumer's growing preference to bioproducts,biotechnological production of butyric acid will receive more competence than petroleum-based chemical synthesis.Low product concentration and poor selectivity are presently the main restricting factors.Workers have made considerable progress on more cheep carbon sources,optimization of fermentation process,simplifying downstream processing,and genetic engineering of producing strains.Any achievement on these aspects in the future can contribute to put fermentation of butyric acid into industry.

Geriatrics develops relatively late in medical education, but geriatric medical education is rapidly rising for aggravation of the aging of population.And geriatric medical education is desired of the properties medical sciences, and is also the need of the development itself. Therefore, geriatric medical education should be internationalized, to eventually form distinctive education.

AIMTo demonstrate the protective effect of nitric oxide (NO) on gastric mucosa and its relationship to the acid secretion of parietal cells under stress in rats.

METHODSWater immersion-restraint stress (WRS) model in SD rats was performed. The gastric mucosal ulcer index (UI), NO contents in gastric mucosa and H+, K(+) -ATPase activity of parietal cells were measured. The effects of N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester(L-NAME) and L-arginine (L-Arg) on the H+, K(+)-ATPase activity of parietal cells and stress-induced gastric mucosal lesion were observed.

RESULTSL-NAME pretreatment decreased NO contents in gastric mucosa, activated H+, K(+) -ATPase activity of parietal cells and aggravated gastric mucosal lesion, whereas L-Arg pretreatment increased NO contents, inhibited H+, K(+) -ATPase activity and significantly ameliorated stress-induced gastric mucosal lesion.

CONCLUSIONEndogenous nitric oxide plays an important role in protecting gastric mucosa from stress-induced lesion by inhibiting H+, K(+) -ATPase activity of parietal cells.

Animals ; Arginine ; metabolism ; Gastric Acid ; secretion ; Gastric Mucosa ; metabolism ; H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase ; metabolism ; Male ; Nitric Oxide ; metabolism ; Nitric Oxide Synthase ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; Parietal Cells, Gastric ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Stomach Ulcer ; metabolism ; pathology ; Stress, Physiological

Objective To analyze the sequence of microsatellite and the flanking sequence from four populations of Oncomelania hupensis. Methods We cloned 159 SSR-PCR amplification products of a commonly used primer, (CA)8RY, using O. hupensis genomie DNA as template, and sequenced 82 products Results The sequences obtained were novel O. hupensis genomic sequences but not repeat simple sequence. It was observed that 36 out of 82 clones contained microsatellites between priming sites.The flanking sequences of certain microsatellite were invariant. Both (GA/CT). and (TTAGGG/CCCAA)n were found in four populations of O. hupensis. However, (CAA)n were found only in O. hupensis from Fuqing,Fujian province and (TCTCTG), were found only in O. hupensis from Guichi,Anhui province and (GAA/TTC)n, (CAA/TTG)n, (CAT), were found only in O.hupensis from Puge,Sichuan province. Conclusion The results obtained by SSR-PCR should not be interpreted as the amplification of microsatellite loci, and analytical rules similar to those for Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA should be used. SSR-PCR could not make the most of the priority of microsatellite. It seems better to amplify the microsatellites with the primers designed on the basis of the flanking sequence.

Thermo-therapeutic has been proved to be an effective approach for cancer therapy.This paper introduces a kind of new equipment suitable for liver oncology based on this theory,which uses the RF field as the thermal energy and adopts sequential-delivering technology.Its principle and advantages are introduced in detail.

Objective To explore the mechanism by which the anti-human P185erbB2 scFv-Fc-IL-2(HFI)modulates tumor surface molecules and activates immune effector cells in vitro. MethodsMTT assay was used to test the proliferation and the LAK-like cytotoxicity. Flow cytometry assay was used to test the expression of ICAM-1, Fas and erbB2 receptors in tumor cells and the expression levels of CD molecules FasL and LFA-1 in human PBMC. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity(ADCC)mediated by HFI against SKOV3, MCF-7 and SGC-7901 tumor cells was explored hv LDH release assay. Results The expression levels of ICAM-1 and Fas on SKOV3 cell treated with HFI were upregulated, from 24.85％ and 0.53％ to 85.36％ and 59.19％ respectively, while the expression levels of erbB2 on SKOV3, MCF-7 and SGC-7901 tumor cells treated with HFI were downregulated, from 98.48％, 42.60％ and 36.66％ to 94.01％,30.95％ and 12.36％ respectively. HFI could significantly enhance the proliferation activity of human PBMC, and CD3+ CD8+ T cells and CD3- CD16+ CD56+ NK cells were elevated, from 24.37％ and 6.90％ to 38.80％ and 13.45％ respectively. The expression levels of CD25, LFA-1 and FasL were significantly enhanced from 3.99％, 86.52％ and 5.02％ to 12.96％, 99.06％ and 16.19％. The LAK-like cytotoxicity of human PBMC treated with HFI against SKOV3, MCF-7,SGC-7901 tumor cells was significantly improved:HFI was effective in mediating ADCC against SKOV3,MCF-7 and SGC-7901 tumor cells which expressed high,medium and low levels of erbB2,respectively,and HFI-induced ADCC was correlated with the degrees of erbB2 expression on the tumor cells. Conclusion The expression levels of ICAM-1 and Fas on SKOV3 cell treated with HFI are significantly upregulated. The expression levels of erbB2 on SKOV3, MCF-7 and SGC-7901 tumor cells treated with HFI are downregulated. HFI can significantly enhance the proliferation activity of human PBMC. The LAK-like eytotoxicity of human PBMC treated with HFI against tumor cells is significantly enhanced. HFI iS effective in mediating ADCC and the activity of HFI-induced ADCC is correlated with the degrees of erbB2 expression on the tumor cells.