Coronary Disease ; Humans ; Smoking

Thyroid hormones (TH) play an imp or tant role in the development and maturity of the mammalian brain. Maternal TH de ficiency, even subclinical hypothyroidism, leads to poor neurodevelopment of the fetus. Screening of pregnant women for hypothyroidism is recommended. Identific ation of the TH-responsive genes in the developing brain and investigation on t heir functions are helpful to provide insights into the molecular mechanisms by which TH influence brain development.

Objective To investigate the correlation between the glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) detection data and hemo‐rheological indicators in diabetes patients to provide reference basis for its treatment and prevention .Methods One hundred and forty‐two patients with typeⅡdiabetes mellitus(T2DM ) in the hospital were selected as the research subjects and divided into the A group(69 cases ,better control) and B group(73 cases ,poor control) according to the HbA1c detection results .Contemporaneous 70 healthy individuals undergoing physical examination were selected as the control (C group) .The detection results of HbA1c ,hemo‐rheology and biochemical indexes were performed the contrastive analysis .Results Except hematocrit and erythrocyte deformation index without statistical difference among 3 groups(P>0 .05) ,the other hemorheologic indicators had statistical differences among 3 groups(P<0 .05) .No matter the HbA1c level in T2DM patients ,the hemorheological indexes ,triglyceride and total cholesterol were higher than those in the healthy people ,When the HbA1c leve was poorly controlled ,the increase degresss of various indexes were more significant .Conclusion The abnormality of hemorheology indices exist in most of the patients with diabetes mellitus .It is recommended that clinic should monitor the HbA1c level for long term and strictly observe the change of hemorheology indexes to guide the clinical treatment for reaching the effects of early vascular protection and prevention of diabetic complications .

Appendicitis ; complications ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Intussusception ; complications

Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor(TSHR)is an important autoantigen whose cleavage and shedding can induce autoimmunity.The TSHR is the main functional receptor of the thyroid.The shedding of the ? subunit plays an important role in the forming of TSAb and balancing between TSAb and TBAb.Research on the cleavage and shedding of the TSHR extracellualar domain helps to gain a deep insight into the structure and function of TSHR,illuminate the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease and find out a new therapy.The structure of TSHR,the mechanism and the significance of its cleavage and shedding are reviewed in this article.

Antiviral Agents ; therapeutic use ; Hepatitis C, Chronic ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Treatment Failure

Myogenic potentials evoked by air conducted sound (ACS), bone conducted vibration (BCV) or galvanic pulses can be recorded with surface electrodes over contracted muscles. These myogenic potentials are of vestibular origin (utricle and saccule) and so these potentials are called vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs). Since the vestibular system has projections to many muscle systems, there are many such VEMPs. In this review, we discuss the generated origin, response pathway, waveform characteristics and clinical application of ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP).
Humans ; Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials

Objective:To explore the therapeutic effect of comprehensive rehabilitation nursing on patients with cere-bral infarction (CI)complicated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods:According to number table,a total of 118 CI + T2DM patients were randomly and equally divided into comprehensive nursing group and routine nursing group.Comprehensive nursing group received comprehensive nursing based on routine nursing.The evaluating inde-xes included fasting blood glucose (FBG)concentration,limb muscle strength recovery and score of activity of daily living of two groups before hospitalization and discharge.Results:Compared with routine treatment group before discharge,there was significant reduction [(7.9±4.2)mmol/L vs.(5.9±2.8)mmol/L]in FBG concentration in comprehensive nursing group;limb muscle strength recovery of comprehensive nursing group was significantly better than that of routine nursing group (≥ grade III,upper limb 83.1% vs.64.4%,lower limb 76.3% vs.55.9%);percentage of patients with activity of daily living score > 60 scores (33.9%)in comprehensive nursing group was significantly higher than that of routine nursing group (15.2%),P <0.05 all. Conclusion:Comprehensive rehabili-tation nursing could promote the rehabilitation of physical function in patients with cerebral infarction complicated type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aim To explore the role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate ( NADPH ) oxidase in high glucose-induced injury in H9c2 cardiac cells. Methods H9 c2 cardiac cells were exposed to differ-ent concentrations of high glucose(5. 5 mmol·L-1 ,11 mmol · L-1 ,22 mmol · L-1 ,33 mmol · L-1 ,44 mmol ·L-1 , 55 mmol · L-1 ) for 24 h and different time pints of high glucose(0 h,12 h,24 h,36 h,48 h,72 h) . Cell viability was measured by MTT colorimetry, the protein expression of Bcl-2 , Bax and NADPH oxi-dase submits such as p22 phox , p47 phox and p67 phox were determined by western blotting. Results H9c2 cardi-ac cells exposure to high glucose for 24 h showed on decrease in cell survival and the Bcl-2 expression while an increase in the Bax expression ( P<0. 05 ) . Moreo-ver, high glucose could markedly up-regulate the activ-ity of NADPH oxidase characterized by the enhanced expression of p22 phox , p47 phox and p67 phox ( P<0. 05 ) . Conclusion Activating NADPH oxidase may play an important role in high glucose-induced injury in H9 c2 cells.

ObjectiveTo observe the growth inhibition of somatostatin (SS) on human pancreas carcinoma cell strains HS766T and its mechanism.MethodsHS766T cells cultured in DMEM medium containing 10% FCS were treated with SS.Proliferation and viability of cell was measured by the Mosmann′s method (MTT). Intracellular adenosine monophosphate levels was detected by radioimmunoassay. Intracellular Ca 2+ level were measured using a F-2000 flurorescence spectrophotometer.ResultsSS inhibited the proliferation of HS766T in a concentration dependent manner (P