The analysis of essential oil in seeds ofDeseurainia sophia provided an experimental basis for further research on essential oil activity test at the first time. Essential oil was extracted by steam distillation method. Analysis and identification were made by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technology in combination with retention indices. A total of 33 components in seeds ofD. sophia were detected by GC-MS and 28 compounds were identified by MS in combination with Kovats retention index. The compounds with high contents were as follows: 3-methylene-nonane (68.14%), 1,3-diazine (29.32%), 2-n-butylacrolein (0.58%), methyl nipecotate (0.43%), 4-oxo-butanenitrile (0.31%), 8-chloro-neoisol-ongifolene (0.25%) and so on. It was concluded that 28 volatile components were identified by GC-MS combined with retention indices. The total detected components were 99.91%. This method was able to improve the accuracy of qualitative detection results.

Background Proline hydroxylase 2 (PHD2) is a degrading enzyme of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α(HIF-1α) and can regulate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and erythropoietin that promote hypoxia-induced blood vessel generation.Baicalein is an inhibitor of PHD2.Understanding the inhibitory effects of baicalein on overexpression of PHD2 in hypoxia-induced retinal glial cells is helpful for elucidating the pathogenesis of the ocular nevascular diseases.Objective This study aimed to observe the expression change of PHD2 in hypoxia-induced retinal glial cells and explore the inhibition of baicalein on PHD2.Methods The study protocol was approved by Experimental Animal Ethic Committee.Retinal glial cells were isolated from SPF neonatal SD rats (within 48 hours) and primarily cultured in DEME by explant cell culture.Cultured cells were identified by immunofluorescence staining of glial fibrillary acidic protein.The cells were divided into normal control group,CoCl2 group and CoCl2 +baicalein group.The cells in the normal control group were cultured in the conventional medium,and 200 μmol/L CoCl2 was added in the medium to establish the hypoxia cell models in the CoCl2 group,and 200 μmol/L CoCl2 and 50 μmol/L baicalein were added in the medium in the CoCl2 + baicalein group.The proliferation (absorbancy) of the cells was detected by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8).The expression of PHD2 and VEGF in the cells was detected and located using immunofluorescence staining.The expressions of PHD2 mRNA and VEGF mRNA and their proteins in the cells were assayed by real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot,respectively.Resnlts The proliferation (absorbancy) of the cells was significantly different among the groups (F=132.05,P=0.00),and the absorbancy was considerably increased in the CoCl2 group compared with normal control group and CoCl2 + baicalein group,with significant differences between the groups (both at P＜ 0.01).Immunofluorescence staining showed that the PHD2 and VEGF were weakly expressed in the cells of the normal control group,and the expression intensity was high in the CoCl2 group.The expression intensities of PHD2 and VEGF in the cells were weakened in the CoCl2 +baicalein group compared with those of the CoCl2 group.The relative expression levels of PHD2 mRNA were 0.366±0.034,0.894 ± 0.015 and 0.445 ± 0.017 and those of PHD2 protein were 131.27 ± 2.61,140.12 ± 4.29,133.14±2.11;those of VEGF mRNA were 1.346 ± 0.008,3.465 ± 0.048 and 2.264 ± 0.073 and those of VEGF protein were 532.25 ± 19.92,601.13 ± 10.21,537.34 ± 5.96 in the normal control group,CoCl2 group and CoCl2 + baicalein group,showing significant differences among the three groups (PHD2:F =905.89,43.18,both at P＜0.01.VEGF:F=27.13,185.79,both at P ＜ 0.01),and the relative expression levels of PHD2 and VEGF mRNA and protein in the CoCl2 group were higher than those in the normal control group and CoCl2 +baicalein group (all at P＜ 0.01).Conclusions Hypoxia stimulates the proliferation of retinal glial cells and increase the expression of PHD2 and VEGF.Baicalein can effectively inhibit the overexpression of PHD2 and VEGF in retinal glial cells and proliferation of retinal glial cells induced by hypoxia.PHD2 is a potential provention and treatment target of hypoxiainduced retinal neovascularization.

Suffering is prevalent in the palliative care population and is an important factor affecting the quality of life of palliative care patients and their family caregivers. In this paper, we review the assessment content, measurement methods, current application status and advantages and disadvantages of suffering assessment tools for palliative care patients, analyze the problems of current suffering assessment tools for palliative care patients and make suggestions, aiming to provide reference for palliative suffering treatment in China.

Objective:To study the role of ethanol extract of Euonymus alatus stems (EAT) and ethanol extract of Euonymus alatus wings (EAW) in anti-hepatic fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride in mice, and to explore its preliminary mechanism. Methods:Sixty C57BL/6 mice were selected and randomly divided into healthy control group, carbon tetrachloride model (CTM) group, EAW low dose (EAW-L) group, EAW high dose (EAW-H) group, EAT low dose (EAT-L) group and EAT high dose (EAT-H) group, with 10 mice in each group. Three days before modeling, the mice of EAT-L, EAT-H, EAW-L and EAW-H group were gavaged with EAT or EAW at 2.0 or 8.0 g/kg, respectively, and the mice of healthy control group and CTM group were gavaged with equal volume of pure water, once a day till the 30th day after modeling (total 33 times). Five percent carbon tetrachloride olive oil solution was intraperitoneally injected at 8 mL/kg to establish liver fibrosis model in CTM, EAT-L, EAT-H, EAW-L and EAW-H groups. The mice in the healthy control group were intraperitoneally injected with equal volume of 0.9% sodium chloride solution, twice per week for 30 days, and a total of 9 times of injection. The liver index, serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin (TBil) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were detected. Hematoxylin-eosin and Masson staining were used to observe the pathological changes of mouse liver tissue and calculate the collagen volume fraction. The liver inflammatory response and fibrosis degree were evaluated by histological activity index (HAI) and Ishak system score. The level of α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA)in liver tissue was both detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. The expression of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 at protein and mRNA level was detected by Western blotting and fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Analysis of variance, Tukey test and Dunn test were used for statistical analysis.Results:The hepatic indexes of EAW-L, EAW-H and EAT-H groups were lower than that of CTM group(0.06±0.01, 0.05±0.01 and 0.05±0.01 vs. 0.07±0.01), and the differences were statistically significant ( q=5.12, 7.70, 7.11; all P<0.01). The serum ALT and AST levels of EAW-L, EAW-H, EAT-L and EAT-H groups were lower than those of CTM group((601.76±141.38), (283.35±42.32), (734.74±116.06) and (391.60±34.33) U/L vs.(982.45±96.04) U/L, (509.49±152.29), (345.41±67.39), (282.30±65.72) and(243.23±45.20) U/L vs.(766.01±114.49) U/L), and the differences were statistically significant ( qALT =9.88, 20.81, 7.65, 17.58, qAST =5.11, 12.52, 14.92, 15.56; all P<0.001). The serum TBil levels of EAW-H and EAT-H groups were lower than that of CTM group((6.81±0.49) and (7.08±1.78) μmol/L vs.(12.68±3.28) μmol/L), and the differences were statistically significant( q=6.31, 6.01; both P<0.01). The serum IL-6 levels of EAW-L, EAW-H, EAT-L and EAT-H groups were lower than that of CTM group((29.26±5.42), (24.28±4.75), (9.05±1.74) and (8.01±1.24) ng/L vs.(53.21±10.05) ng/L); the serum IL-6 level of EAT-L group was lower than that of EAW-L group; the serum IL-6 level of EAT-H group was lower than that of EAW-H group, and the differences were statistically significant( q=12.20, 14.73, 22.48, 22.11, 10.28, 7.96; all P <0.001). The collagen volume fractions of EAW-L, EAW-H, EAT-L and EAT-H groups were lower than that of CTM group (6.15±1.09, 2.91±0.76, 7.07±1.37 and 5.31±0.80 vs. 12.36±1.96); the collagen volume fraction of EAW-H group was lower than that of EAW-L, EAT-L and EAT-H groups, and the differences were statistically significant( q=11.68, 17.78, 9.94, 13.25; 6.10, 7.84, 4.53; all P <0.05). The HAI and Ishak system scores of EAW-H and EAT-H groups were lower than those of CTM group (6.0 (5.5, 7.5) and 7.0 (6.0, 7.5) vs. 13.0 (12.0, 13.0), 1.0 (1.0, 2.0) and 2.0 (1.0, 2.0) vs. 4.0 (3.0, 4.0)), and the differences were statistically significant( ZHAI=3.38, 3.23, Zlshak=3.22, 3.03; all P<0.05). The result of immunohistochemical analysis showed that the expression levels of α-SMA in the mice liver tissues of EAW-L, EAW-H, EAT-L, EAT-H and CTM groups were 4.76±0.36, 2.75±0.29, 3.72±0.34, 5.20±0.79 and 5.98±0.52, respectively. The result of Western blotting showed that the expression levels of α-SMA in the mice liver tissues of CTM, EAW-L, EAW-H, EAT-L and EAT-H groups were 0.96±0.11, 0.67±0.07, 0.22±0.01, 0.78±0.08 and 0.68±0.07, respectively. Two detection methods both showed that the expression levels of α-SMA of EAW-L, EAW-H and EAT-H groups were lower than that of CTM group; the expression level of α-SMA of EAW-H group was lower than that of EAW-L, EAT-L and EAT-H group, and the differences were statistically significant( qimmunohistochemical =6.06, 15.95, 11.18, 9.92, 12.10 and 4.79, qWestern blotting=7.29, 18.34, 6.84, 11.05, 13.97 and 11.49, all P<0.05). The expression levels of MMP2 and ERK1/2 at protein and mRNA levels in the mice liver tissues of EAW-L, EAW-H, EAT-L, EAT-H and CTM groups were 0.18±0.04, 0.16±0.04, 0.28±0.02, 0.21±0.02 and 0.84±0.02, 0.80±0.02, 0.57±0.08, 0.83±0.03, 0.69±0.02 and 0.91±0.04, 18.74±1.90, 10.73±1.24, 24.99±1.84, 7.19±0.48 and 24.68±1.18, 29.44±4.47, 11.96±0.53, 24.75±4.04, 5.30±0.36 and 35.76±0.85, respectively. The expression levels of MMP2 at protein level in EAW-L, EAW-H, EAT-L and EAT-H groups were lower than that in CTM group; the expression levels of ERK1/2 at protein level in EAW-H and EAT-H groups were lower than that in CTM group; the expression level of ERK1/2 at protein level in EAW-H group was lower than that in EAT-H group; the expression levels of MMP2 and ERK1/2 at mRNA level in EAW-H and EAT-H group were lower than those in CTM group; the expression levels of MMP2 and ERK1/2 at mRNA level in EAW-H group were lower than those in EAW-L group; the expression levels of MMP2 and ERK1/2 at mRNA level in EAT-H group were lower than those in EAT-L and EAW-H groups, and the differences were statistically significant( q=22.15, 22.96, 18.87, 21.31; 13.42, 8.53; 4.90; 18.57, 23.29, 16.49, 21.11; 10.66, 12.12; 23.70, 15.38, 13.48, 16.73; all P<0.05). Conclusions:Both EAT and EAW can alleviate carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury and liver fibrosis in mice, which may be related with inhibiting the expression of ERK1/2 and IL-6 and then affecting the Ras/ERK-MMP2 signaling pathway.

Course paper grading often involves subjective factors. Teachers may introduce biases into the grading due to their preferences for certain topics, resulting in inaccurate grading results that fail to reflect the true abilities of students. Taking the grading results of the "Clinical Pharmacology" course as an example, this article investigates the analytical method for detecting topic bias in the course paper grading. A comparative analysis was performed on the differences in the scores between different topics graded by the same teacher and between the same topic graded by different teachers by calculating the vertical bias factor and the horizontal bias factor, and a scientific and feasible analytical method was established. This method can help teachers quickly discover biases in their course paper grading, thereby making the grading more objective and accurate.

Objective:To investigate the prognostic value of using preoperative serum albumin-related biomarkers in gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) patients after resection.Methods:The clinical data of patients who underwent curative-intent resection for GBC at the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University from January 2011 to December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Of 427 patients who were included in this study, there were 131 males and 296 females, aged (61.75±10.69) years old, range 30 to 87 years old. The 427 patients were divided into the training set ( n=300) and the testing set ( n=127). The training set was used to develop the nomogram model, and the testing set was used to evaluate its predictive ability. The X-Tile software was used to determine the best cut-off values for prognostic nutritional index (PNI), platelet to albumin ratio (PAR), fibrinogen to albumin ratio (FAR), and albumin to γ-glutamyl transpeptidase ratio (AGR). Based on the independent risk factors screened by the Cox proportional hazards regression model, the nomogram survival prediction model was developed by the rms installation package of the R software. The predictive ability of the nomogram was assessed by C-index and calibration curve. Results:The best cut-off values of PNI, PAR, FAR, and AGR were determined to be 44.0, 6.25×10 9/g, 0.08, and 2.03 g/U, respectively. FAR was better than PNI, PAR and AGR in predicting prognosis of patients after radical resection of GBC. Multivariate analysis showed that FAR>0.08 ( HR=2.124, 95% CI: 1.424-3.168), CEA>5.0 ng/ml ( HR=1.577, 95% CI: 1.047-2.375), CA-125>35.0 U/ml ( HR=1.454, 95% CI: 1.031-2.179), N1-2 stage ( HR=2.074, 95% CI: 1.420-3.029), major vascular invasion ( HR=3.292, 95% CI: 1.640-6.608), perineural infiltration ( HR=1.781, 95% CI: 1.045-3.034) and poor tumor differentiation ( HR=6.100, 95% CI: 2.753-13.515) were independent risk factors affecting prognosis of GBC after radical resection ( P<0.05). The C-index of the nomogram model was 0.790 (95% CI: 0.779-0.801) and 0.771 (95% CI: 0.754-0.788) in the training set and the testing set, respectively. Conclusion:Preoperative FAR had a good predictive ability for overall survival in patients with gallbladder carcinoma after radical resection, and it could be used for prognostic evaluation.

Objective:To investigate the correlation between collateral circulation and infarct pattern and outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients with anterior circulation intracranial atherosclerosis.Methods:Acute ischemic stroke patients with anterior circulation intracranial atherosclerotic severe stenosis or occlusion admitted to the Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College from September 2018 to March 2020 were included prospectively. According to diffusion-weighted imaging, the infarct patterns were divided into perforator pattern, territorial pattern, watershed pattern, and mixed pattern. At 90 d after onset, the modified Rankin Scale was used to evaluate the outcome. 0-2 was defined as good outcome, and >2 was defined as poor outcome. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the independent influencing factors of clinical outcome. Results:A total of 89 patients were enrolled, 50 (56.2%) had good collateral circulation and 39 (43.8%) had poor collateral circulation. The distribution patterns of infarct: 22 patients (24.7%) were perforator pattern, 26 (29.2%) were territorial pattern, 17 (19.1%) were watershed pattern, and 24 (30.0%) were mixed pattern. The proportion of patients with good collateral circulation was 81.8%, 65.4%, 29.4% and 41.7%, respectively in the perforator pattern group, territorial pattern group, watershed pattern group, and mixed pattern group. Good collateral circulation was more common in the perforator pattern group, and poor collateral circulation was more common in the watershed pattern group. At 90 d after onset, 53 patients (59.6%) had a good outcome and 36 (40.4%) had a poor outcome. The baseline homocysteine level in the good outcome group was significantly lower than that in the poor outcome group (17.91±4.62 μmol/L vs. 20.35±4.67 μmol/L; t=2.436, P=0.017), and the proportion of patients with good collateral circulation was significantly higher than that of patients with poor outcome (73.6% vs. 30.6%; χ2=16.124, P<0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that higher homocysteine level was an independent risk factor for poor outcome (odds ratio 1.174, 95% confidence interval 1.061-1.298; P=0.002) and good collateral circulation was an independent protective factor for good outcome (odds ratio 0.095, 95% confidence interval 0.038-0.239; P<0.001). Conclusions:Good collateral circulation was more common in patients with perforator pattern, and poor collateral circulation was more common in patients with watershed pattern. Good collateral circulation was independently associated with the good clinical outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients with anterior circulation intracranial atherosclerosis.

Objective:To investigate the predictive value of dynamic platelet and hemagglutination-related parameters in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP).Methods:The patients admitted to the Department of Emergency Surgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2020 to December 2020 were analyzed. According to the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, patients with AP were retrospectively enrolled. According to the Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis (Shenyang, 2019), the patients were divided into two groups: severe acute pancreatitis (SAP group) and non-severe acute pancreatitis (non-SAP group) [including mild acute pancreatitis (MAP) and moderate severe acute pancreatitis (MSAP)]. A normal distribution of the maximum and mean aggregation rates of dynamic platelets (arachiidonic acid), plateletcrit (PCT) and bedside index for severity in acute pancreatitis (BISAP) scores and other measurement data were tested by t test, while measurement data of prothrombin time (PT), fibrinogen (FIB) and D-dimer that did not conform to normal distribution were tested by Mann-Whitney U test. χ 2 test was used for the counting data such as sex, age and etiology of patients in the two groups. The prognostic value of statistically significant indicators for non-SAP group and SAP group was further analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results:A total of 146 patients with AP were enrolled, including 50 patients in SAP group and 96 in non-SAP group. The maximum and average aggregation rates of dynamic platelet (aracidonic acid) in the SAP group were (71.76±17.62) % and (67.91±18.10) %, PT (12.02±1.33) s, FIB (4.76±2.08) g/L, D-dimer (3.75±6.04) μg/L, PCT (0.23±0.08) %, and BISAP scores (1.42±1.18), which were all significantly higher than those in the non-SAP group [the maximum and average aggregation rates of dynamic platelet (arachiidonic acid) (46.65±20.11) % and (42.50±20.71) %, PT (11.50±1.51) s and FIB (3.91±1.48) g/L, D-dimer (1.00±1.37) μg/L, PCT (0.19±0.06) %, BISAP scores (0.45±0.66)] (all P<0.05). According to area under the ROC curve, the maximum and average aggregation rates of dynamic platelets (arachiidonic acid) in serum of patients with SAP were 0.83 and 0.82, respectively, and the sensitivities were 0.56 and 0.68, respectively. The specificity was 0.99 and 0.81, respectively, which was better than PT, FIB, D-dimer, PCT and BISAP scores in predicting the severity of AP. Conclusions:The maximum and average aggregation rates of dynamic platelets (arachidonic acid), PT, FIB, D-dimer, PCT and BISAP scores can be used as predictors of the severity of acute pancreatitis. The maximum and average aggregation rates of dynamic platelets (arachiidonic acid) were the best in predicting the severity of AP.

Objective:To explore the application effect of BOPPPS teaching model and "Internet + WeChat" platform in the teaching of Clinical Pharmacology.Methods:Undergraduate students from two consecutive batches of clinical medicine in Wuhan University were selected as the control group and the experimental group. The control group adopted the traditional teaching method, and the experimental group adopted the BOPPPS teaching model combined with the "Internet + WeChat" platform. SPSS 12.0 was used for t test. Results:The scores of the final test in the experimental group and the control group were (86.34±7.36) and (80.77±9.21), respectively, with statistical significance ( P<0.05). For the questions of clinical case analysis, with a total score of 20 points, the scores of the experimental group students (13.31±2.25) were significantly higher than those of the control group (10.58±3.04), with significant difference ( P<0.001). Conclusion:The application of BOPPPS model and "Internet + WeChat" platform in the undergraduate teaching of Clinical Pharmacology could improve students' examination performance, and especially the ability of solving clinical problems comprehensively.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of nitric oxide on epidermal hyperplasia in mice with impaired barrier function.Methods:Fifteen SKH1 hairless mice were divided into 4 groups by using a random number table: normal control group (3 mice) , S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine (SNAP) group (4 mice) , barrier-impaired group (4 mice) , SNAP-treated barrier-impaired group (4 mice) . Fifteen C57BL/6J mice were randomly and equally divided into 3 groups: normal control group, barrier-impaired group and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) -treated barrier-impaired group. Mice in the two normal control groups were both topically treated with propylene glycol-ethanol mixtures on the back; those in the SNAP group were topically treated with SNAP solution alone; those in the two barrier-impaired groups were both treated with repeated tape peeling followed by topical application of propylene glycol-ethanol mixtures on the back twice a day; those in the SNAP-or SNP-treated barrier-impaired group were treated with repeated tape peeling followed by topical application of 10-mmol/L SNAP or SNP solution on the back twice a day. After 4 consecutive days of treatment, all the mice were sacrificed on day 5, and skin tissues were resected from the back of mice followed by preparation of paraffin sections. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining was performed to measure the epidermal thickness, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) staining was conducted to detect proliferating cells in the epidermis. Two-way analysis of variance and one-way analysis of variance were used for comparisons among groups, and least significant difference- t test was used for multiple comparisons. Results:No significant difference in the epidermal thickness or number of PCNA-positive cells was observed between the SNAP group and normal control group ( t=0.33, 1.25, P=0.748, 0.246, respectively) . Compared with the corresponding normal control groups, the barrier-impaired groups showed significantly increased epidermal thickness and number of PCNA-positive cells (all P < 0.01) . Compared with the corresponding barrier-impaired groups, SNAP-treated barrier-impaired group and SNP-treated barrier-impaired group both showed significantly increased epidermal thickness (SKH1: 127.5 ± 12.0 μm vs. 50.4 ± 5.4 μm; C57BL/6J: 78.1 ± 7.6 μm vs. 45.9 ± 3.7 μm; both P < 0.001) and number of PCNA-positive cells (SKH1: 120.0 ± 5.0 cells/mm vs. 87.3 ± 3.8 cells/mm; C57BL/6J: 285.0 ± 15.0 cells/mm vs. 232.0 ± 19.3 cells/mm; both P < 0.01) . Conclusion:Topical nitric oxide donors did not affect normal epidermis, but could aggravate epidermal hyperplasia in barrier-impaired skin, suggesting that skin condition affects the effect of topical nitric oxide donors on epidermal hyperplasia.