Nowadays, for gait instability phenomenon, many researches have been carried out at home and abroad. However, the relationship between plantar pressure and gait parameters in the process of balance adjustment is still unclear. This study describes the human body adaptive balance reaction during slip events on slippery level walk by plantar pressure and gait analysis. Ten healthy male subjects walked on a level path wearing shoes with two contrastive contaminants (dry, oil). The study collected and analyzed the change rule of spatiotemporal parameters, plantar pressure parameters, vertical ground reaction force (VGRF), etc. The results showed that the human body adaptive balance reaction during slip events on slippery level walk mainly included lighter touch at the heel strikes, tighter grip at the toe offs, a lower velocity, a shorter stride length and longer support time. These changes are used to maintain or recover body balance. These results would be able to explore new ideas and provide reference value for slip injury prevention, walking rehabilitation training design, research and development of walking assistive equipments, etc.
Adaptation, Physiological ; Foot ; Gait ; Humans ; Male ; Postural Balance ; physiology ; Pressure ; Reference Values ; Walking

BACKGROUND: Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 is the main regulator of the fibrinolytic system in vivo. The increase of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 is closely related to thrombotic disease and it is also an independent risk factor for development of thrombotic disease.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of huangqi(Astragalus), danggui (Angelica) and ligustrazine as medicines activating blood and eliminating stasis on the expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 in HepG2 hepatocarcinoma cell strain.DESIGN: A randomized controlled study.SETTING: First Cadre Department of General Hospital of Chinese People' s Armed Police Force.MATERIALS: The experiment was completed in Academy of Military Medical Sciences of PLA from August to December 2004. HepG2 hepatocarcinoma cell strain was cultured. According to different drugs in culture medium, they were divided into six groups: control group, huangqi group,danggui group, huangqi + danggui group, compound danshen group and ligustrazine group.METHODS: Huangqi, danggui, huangqi + danggui, compound danshen and ligustrazine were added in HepG2 culture medium respectively. MTS assay was used to detect the effect of medicines activating blood and eliminating stasis on proliferation of HepG2 cells, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 was assayed by specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays(ELISA),plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 activity was measured by amidolytical assay. 0.5 μg/mL of transforming growth factor β1 cells was added in HepG2 culture medium to stimulated production of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1. Control group was treated under the same conditions but without Chinese herbs.RESULTS: The inhibitory rates of cellular proliferation in huangqi and danggui groups werc(6.51 ±2. 66)% and (4.42 ±2. 19)%, but those in huangqi + danggui, compound danshen and ligustrazine groups were (12. 06 ±4. 98)%, (16. 38 ±4.06)% and(32. 83 ±9.8)% respectively,t = 2. 447 - 3. 707, P ＜ 0.05. Compared with the control group, huangqi,danggui, compound danshen and ligustrazine significantly inhibited plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 expression(22.68 ± 2.20, 11.11 ± 1.23,19.66±1.53, 15.45±1.27, 16.90±0.33, 14.01±0.74, t=2.447-3.707, P ＜ 0.05) and activity(2.16±0.014, 2.01 ±0.006, 1.95±0.014, 1.79±0. 104, 1.53±0.045, 1.48±0.012, t =2.447-3. 707,P ＜ 0.05) in HepG2 cells. The evident inhibitory effects were observed in the group of huangqi + danggui, especially in compound danshen and ligustrazine.CONCLUSION: The plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 expression and activity were inhibited effectively by huangqi, danggui, compound danshen and ligustrazine.

Amniotic Fluid ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ; etiology ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Vitamin K Deficiency ; complications

The first metatarsophalangeal joint bending plays an important role in the foot movement. However, the existing researches mainly focused on the movement scope of the joint and the clinical treatments of related foot diseases. In order to investigate the effects of the first metatarsophalangeal joint bending on human walking gait stability, the present researchers recruited 6 healthy young men to perform the first metatarsophalangeal joint constraint (FMJC) and barefoot (BF) walking tests. Data of the temporal and spatial parameters, the joint angles of lower limbs, the ground reaction forces (GRF) and utilized coefficients of friction (UCOF) were collected and analyzed. The results showed that, since hip and knee could produce compensation motions, the FMJC had no significant effects on waking gait, but the slip and fall probability increased significantly.
Friction ; Gait ; Humans ; Male ; Metatarsophalangeal Joint ; physiology ; Walking

Objective To study the expressions of RhoC and MMP-2 proteins in epithelial ovarian cancer and their clinical significances in order to provid the basis for assessing the biological behaviour of epithelial ovarian cancer.Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expressions of RhoC and MMP-2 proteins in 10 cases of normal ovarian tissues,12 cases of epithelial benign ovarian tumor and 91 cases of epithelial ovarian cancer,and the relationship with the clinical features was analyzed.Results The RhoC and MMP-2 proteins positive expression rates in ovarian benign tumor and ovarian normal tissues were 0 respectively; the positive expression rates of RhoC and MMP-2 proteins in epithelial ovarian cancer were 37.3% and 68.1%.The expressions of RhoC and MMP-2 proteins in ovarian cancer were significantly higher than those in ovarian benign tumor and ovarian normal tissues.The positive expression rates of RhoC and MMP-2 in moderately and poorly differentiated cancer were significantly higher than those in well differentiated cancer(P

Objective:To detect the interleukin-22(IL-22) levels in peripheral blood of the asthma patients and analyze the relationship between the IL-22 levels and IgE,pulmonary function,fractional exhaled nitric oxide(FENO),and to investigate the role of IL-22 in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma. Methods:Seventy-eight patients with asthma were selected as experiment group.The asthma patients were divided into increased IgE group (n=46)and normal IgE group(n=32)according to the IgE levels.The asthma patients were also divided into acute attack stage and clinical control stage according to patients' clinical symptoms.In addition, twenty healthy controls were chosen as healthy control group.The plasma IL-22 levels, IgE,forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and FENO levels of the subjects in various groups were detected and compared between various groups.The correlations between the plasma IL-22 levels and IgE, FEV1,FENO were analyzed.Results:The plasma IL-22 level and FENO level of the patients in asthma group were higher than those in healthy control group(P<0.05).The IL-22 level and FENO level of the patients in clinical control stage were lower than those in acute attack stage,but they were still higher than those in healthy control group(P<0.05).The plasma IL-22 level of the patients in increased IgE group was higher than that in normal IgE group(P<0.05).There were significant negative correlations between the IL-22 levels and FEV1 in the asthma patients in acute attack group and clinical control group(r=-0.365 3,P<0.05;r=-0.267 2,P<0.05),but there was no significant correlation between the IL-22 levels and FENO(r=0.011 9,P>0.05;r=0.059 8,P>0.05).Conclusion:The increased expression of IL-22 in peripheral blood of the patients with asthma may participate in the pathogenesis of asthma,and may aggravate the deterioration of pulmonary function of the asthma patients.

Objective To investigate the effects of cyclopamine (CYP) on endometrial carcinoma (HEC-1A) cell survival and on induction of cell apoptosis .Methods HEC-1A cells were treated with various doses of CYP (0, 5,10, 20 and 40 μmol/L) for 24 h respectively .Then,the inverted microscope was used to observe cell morphology .Cell proliferation and apoptosis were tested by CCK-8 assay and AO/EB bi-labelling assay.The apoptosis rate of HEC-1A was analyzed using flow cytometric analysis , and the key gene expression of Bax and Bcl-2 was detected by quantitative PCR .Results The HEC-1A cells exhibited dramatic morphological changes after treatment with CYP and in a dose-dependent manner .CYP significantly inhibited HEC-1A cell proliferation using CCK8 assays(P<0.05), and induced cell death by AO/EB bi-labelling assay.Moreover,flow cytometry analysis showed that CYP treatment resulted in HEC-1A cell apoptosis, and that a higher concentration of CYP induced severer cell apoptosis (P<0.05).Meanwhile, CYP treated HEC-1A cells exhibited up-regulated expression of Bax and down-regulated expression of Bcl-2 according to Q-PCR.Conclusion Our findings indicatee that CYP can inhibit HEC-1A cell proliferation and induce cell apoptosis .

OBJECTIVE To study the molecular mechanism of cisplatin(DDP)by which HeLa cell growth and proliferation are inhibited. METHODS Cultured HeLa cells were treated with DDP 0.02-75 μmol · L-1 for 24 or 48 h. CCK-8 assay was used to determine the cell proliferation. The wound scratch assay was used to detect the cell migration and invasion. Flow cytometry was used to detect the cell cycle arresting. q-PCR was used to test the expression of metastasis suppressor gene 1 (MTSS1)mRNA. Western blot was used to determine protein levels of MTSS1,phosphorylated-extra?cellular signal-regulated kinase(p-ERK) and phosphorylated-serine-threonine kinase(p-AKT). RESULTS Following the treatment with DDP for 24 or 48 h,the proliferation of HeLa cells was inhibited significantly (P<0.05),the value of the half inhibitory concentration (IC50) of cells was 4.14 and 11.82 μmol · L-1. Migration and invasion activity of HeLa cells were reduced according to the wound scratch assay(P<0.05). Flow cytometry results showed that the cell cycle was arrested at S phase. q-PCR results showed that MTSS1 mRNA expression changed with DDP in a concentration-dependent manner (r24 h=-0.965,P<0.01;r48 h=-0.953,P<0.01). Western blot showed that the protein levels of MTSS1,p-ERK and p-AKT expression declined significantly with the increase in DDP concentrations(p-ERK:r24 h=-0.875,P<0.01;r48 h=-0.966,P<0.01. p-AKT:r24 h=-0.831,P<0.01;r48 h=-0.863,P<0.01. MTSS1:r24 h=-0.969,P<0.01;r48 h=-0.988,P<0.01). CONCLUSION DDP treatment inhibits HeLa growth and proliferation by interfering with the MTSS1 expression and disturbing the activation of ERK and AKT signaling pathways.

Objective To explore the technique of maximum entropy model for extracting Oncomelania hupensis snail habi?tats in Poyang Lake zone. Methods The information of snail habitats and related environment factors collected in Poyang Lake zone were integrated to set up the maximum entropy based species model and generate snail habitats distribution map. Two Land?sat 7 ETM+remote sensing images of both wet and drought seasons in Poyang Lake zone were obtained,where the two indices of modified normalized difference water index(MNDWI)and normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI)were applied to ex?tract snail habitats. The ROC curve,sensitivities and specificities were applied to assess their results. Furthermore,the impor?tance of the variables for snail habitats was analyzed by using Jackknife approach. Results The evaluation results showed that the area under receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC)of testing data by the remote sensing?based method was only 0.56, and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.23 and 0.89 respectively. Nevertheless,those indices above?mentioned of maximum en?tropy model were 0.876,0.89 and 0.74 respectively. The main concentration of snail habitats in Poyang Lake zone covered the northeast part of Yongxiu County,northwest of Yugan County,southwest of Poyang County and middle of Xinjian County,and the elevation was the most important environment variable affecting the distribution of snails,and the next was land surface tem?perature(LST). Conclusions The maximum entropy model is more reliable and accurate than the remote sensing?based meth?od for the sake of extracting snail habitats,which has certain guiding significance for the relevant departments to carry out mea?sures to prevent and control high?risk snail habitats.

Objective To evaluate the effect of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid(SAHA) or/and paclitaxel(PTX) on lethality and autophagy of human ovarian cancer OC3 cells,and to explore whether the combination of the two drugs has a synergistic function.Methods The morphology of OC3 cells was treated with SAHA and/or PTX, and then the morphology of treated OC3 cells was observed under an inverted microscope, cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay and autoph-agy was analyzed by AO/EB double staining assay.The synergistic effect of SAHA and/or PTX was analyzed by factorial design and gold formula method.Results After treatment with SAHA and/or PTX, the morphology of OC3 cells in the combination group ( SAHA+PTX) displayed significant morphological changes.OC3 cells became less adherent and refrac-tive than in other groups.Cell proliferation by MTT assay demonstrated that the growth inhibition rate of the combination groups was higher than in groups treated with SAHA or PTX respectively( P<0.05) .Furthermore, the synergistic effect af-ter treatment with a combination of SAHA with PTX was proved by the factorial design and gold formula method.The auto-phagy rate of the combined groups was significantly higher than in single treatment groups (P<0.05) by AO/EB double staining.Conclusion SAHA and PTX can inhibit the survival of OC3 cells and induce its autophagy.The two drugs have synergistic antitumor effects.