Objective To explore the effects of estrogen and angiotensin Ⅱ receptor 1 inhibitor（saralasin）on cell proliferation,cell cycle and apoptosis in endometrial carcinoma cell line HEC-1A.Methods Immunocytochemical assay was applied to detect the expression of AT1-R,PI3K,p-Akt and ERK protein in HEC-1A cell.The effects of estrogen and saralasin on cell proliferation,cell cycle distribution and apoptosis of HEC-1A cell were detected by MTT assay and fluorescence activated cell sorting technique.The expression of ERK and p-Akt protein in HEC-1A cell treated with estrogen and saralasin were analyzed by Western blot.Results The expression of AT1-R,PI3K,pAkt,and ERK protein was found in HEC-1A cell.Estrogen stimulated the proliferation of HEC-1A cell,decreased G0~G1 phase proportion and increased S phase proportion significantly,minimized the number of apoptotic cells,and up-regulated the expression of ERK protein.Saralasin obviously inhibited the proliferation and induced apoptosis of estrogen induced HEC-1A cell,increased G0~G1 phase proportion and decreased S phase proportion,and down-regulated the expression of ERK protein.Conclusion Estrogen could promote the proliferation of HEC-1A cell through AT1-R.AT1-R inhibitor saralasin could inhibit the proliferation and induce the apoptosis of estrogen induced HEC-1A cell.The down-regulation of ERK protein expression by interrupting the mitogen-activated protein kinase（MAPK）signaling pathway might be involved in the possible mechanism.Thus saralasin could be a valid approach to treat ER-negative endometrial carcinoma.

Agricultural Workers' Diseases ; Humans ; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Objective To assess the neuropsychological characteristics in active epileptic patients and investigate itsrisk factors. Methods Ninety adult epileptic patients included 60 active epileptic patients (two or more unprovoked seizures within 12 months) and 30 age-, sex-, education-, course of disease- and seizure type-matched seizure-free subjects (without epileptic seizure for at least 1 year) . The neuropsychological tests including trail making test,digit symbol test, verbal fluency test,digit span test and hamilton depression scale( HAMD) ,were used to detect mental and motor speed, attention, language, working memory and depression symptoms respectively. The neuropsychological tests were compared between active and seizure-free epileptic patients and identified the risk factors of neuropsychological deficits in active epileptic patients. Results Compared to seizure-free subjects, active epileptic patients had significantly worse scores in digit symbol test, verbal fluency test, digit span test ((47.45 ±18. 812) vs(56.40 ±13. 631), (25. 25 ±8. 163) vs(30.40 ±8. 414), (10. 39 ±2. 228) vs( 11. 80 ± 2.074) respectively) ; more time to accomplish the trail making test A and B((64. 35 ±31.710) vs( 45. 47 ± 16. 309) , ( 133. 18 ± 47. 331 ) vs ( 98. 00 ± 35. 003 ) respectively) ; and higher scores in depressive symptoms ((9.12 ±6.219)vs(3.77 ±3.997) ,all P<0.05). Within active epileptic group,significant predictors of neuropsychological deficits were identified in a stepwise linear regression analysis: advancing age was significantly negatively correlated with digit symbol test(β = -0. 468, P = 0. 000) , digit span test (β = -0. 439, P = 0. 000), trail making test A (β =0.365, P = 0.003) and B(β = 0.346, P=0.002) ; higher scores on depressive symptoms was significantly negatively correlated with digit symbol test (β = -0.244, P = 0.015) ; mental work,high-education level and monotherapy were positively correlated with some of the cognitive function subscales. Conclusion This study suggests that active epilepsy can have a direct adverse effect on cognition and depression symptoms. Multi-drug therapy, severity of depression symptoms, advancing age, low-education level and non-mental work are the predictors of neuropsychological impairment in active epilepsy. In addition, good seizure control even after 1 year can have a beneficial impact on cognitive and depression prognosis.

Objective To determine the gene polymorphism and serum concentration of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) in patients with psoriasis,and to analyze the relationship between MBL and psoriasis.Methods Totally,67 patients with psoriasis vulgaris and 69 healthy human controls were enrolled in this study.Venous blood samples were obtained from all the subjects.Genomic DNA was extracted,and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RELP) analysis was conducted to determine the polymorphism at codon 54 of the MBL gene.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was performed to measure the serum level of MBL.A chi-square goodness-of-fit test was carried out to evaluate Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,t test to compare the serum concentration of MBL,and chi-square test to compare the frequency of genotypes and alleles of MBL gene codon 54.Results The patients with psoriasis showed higher frequency of GGC/GAC heterozygote but lower frequency of GGC/GGC homozygote (x2 =10.36,P ＜ 0.05),together with increased frequency of GAC allele but decreased frequency of GGC allele (x2 =8.31,P ＜ 0.05),at codon 54 of the MBL gene compared with the healthy controls.The variant allele GAC at codon 54 of the MBL gene was markedly associated with psoriasis (OR =3.383,95％ CI 1.585-7.211,P ＜ 0.05).The serum concentration of MBL was (2.193 7 ± 0.816 3) mg/L in patients with psoriasis,significantly lower than that in the healthy controls ((3.269 5±1.205 8) mg/L,t=6.11,P＜ 0.05).Conclusion MBL might be associated with the pathogenesis of psoriasis to some degree.

Adult ; Antigens, CD20 ; metabolism ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Ki-1 Antigen ; metabolism ; Leukocyte Common Antigens ; metabolism ; Lymph Nodes ; metabolism ; pathology ; Lymphoma, B-Cell ; pathology ; Pseudolymphoma ; metabolism ; pathology

Objective To investigate the prevalence of adult epileptic patients with interictal depression symptoms(IDs) and identify early predictors of IDs. Methods Adult patients with epilepsy were recruited ( n =110,45 females and 65 males) ,age between 16 and 67 years ( median 24 years). The sociodemographic and clinical factors of patients were recorded. Hamilton Depression Scale ( HAMD ) were applied to evaluate interictal symptoms of depression ( at least 72 hours after the last epileptic seizure). According to HAMD score,the epileptic patients were divided into IDs ( ≥8 ) and non-IDs(＜8) groups. The sociodemographic and clinical factors were compared between the two groups to identify the prevalence and early predictors of IDs in adult epileptic patients.Results The prevalence of IDs in adult patients with epilepsy was 38.2% ,49.0% in active epilepsy and 12.1 %in seizure freedom. 30.0% ,5.5% ,and 2.7% were experiencing mild-to-moderate (HAMD score≥8),moderateto-severe ( ≥ 18 ) and severe ( ≥25 ) depression. 42 patients who met the HAMD score≥8 were classified as IDs group,and the remaining 68 patients were classified as non-IDs group. With multiple stepwise backward logistic regreasion, independent predictors of IDs were epileptic seizures ( OR = 8. 845, P = 0. 003 ); symptomatic or cryprogenic epilepsy ( OR = 3.132, P = 0. 045 ); prolonged duration of illness ( OR = 1. 106, P = 0.004 ) and employment status (OR =0. 154, P=0.001 ). There were no relationship between seizure frequency and severity of IDs ( Kruskal-Wallis test, x2 = 4.5, P = 0. 104). Conclusion IDs is a frequent psychiatric comorbidity in adult patients with epilepsy. The prevalence of IDs is higher in those with active epilepsy compared with those in seizure freedom and most of them are mild-to-moderate. Epileptic seizure, symptomatic or cryprogenic epilepsy, prolonged duration of illness and employment status are independent predictors of IDs, but seizure frequency has nothing to do with the IDs severity of patients.

Objective To investigate the value of differential diagnosis for subcortical ischemic vascular dementia(SIVD)and Alzheimer's disease(AD)with memory and executive screening(MES) scale. Methods Fifty SIVD and 50 AD patients treated in the outpatient and wards of the Department of Neurology,Fuxing Hospital,Capital Medical University from June 2012 to November 2013 were enrolled retrospectively. They were enrolled in either a SIVD group or an AD group. Fifty healthy subjects in Yuetan community of Fuxing hospital were selected as a control group at the same period. The age,sex and education level of the subjects in the 3 groups were matched. The Mini-Mental State Examination( MMSE) and MES were used to measure all subjects and were compared;receiver operating characteristic curves was used to analyze the radio of memory and executive part for SIVD and AD discrimination. Results (1)There was no significant difference in total MMSE score between the SIVD group and the AD group(20. 6 ± 5. 5 vs. 20. 6 ± 3. 3;P>0. 05).(2)There were significant differences in each MES indexes among the patients of the 3 groups(all P>0. 05). The 1,3,4 and 5 scores for the sentence memory in the SIVD group were significantly higher than those of the AD group. There were significant differences(all P<0. 01). The indicators of executive part:the continuous action,instruction and action contradictory stimulation,knock and un-knock with finger scores of the SIVD group were all lower than those of the AD group(5. 1 ± 3. 1 vs. 7. 3 ± 2. 1, 5. 2 ± 3. 0 vs. 7. 7 ± 1. 9,3. 5 ± 4. 4 vs. 6. 2 ± 4. 3;all P<0. 01). The MES-R of the SIVD group was higher than that of the AD group(1. 2 ± 0. 7 vs. 0. 5 ± 0. 2;P>0. 05).(3)When MES-R was≥0. 7,the sensitivity and specificity of differentiating SIVD were 76. 7% and 83. 3%,and the total score of MMSE for differentiating the sensitivity and specificity of SIVD were 40. 0% and 0. 7%. Conclusion The differences of MES reflecting sentence memory and executive part may better distinguish the patients with SIVD and AD.

Objective To analyze the language function impairment differences between the two steps from the form to sound processing and from the sound to meaning processing for pseudo-words reading in Alzheimer' s disease (AD).Methods The pseudo-words reading test consists two parts:pseudo-true words and pseudopseudo words.Each part had 10 words.All of the 20 words were presented randomly.Correct reading presents the processing of from form to sound,and correct judging presents the processing of from sound to meaning.Each correct respond get 1 score,otherwise get 0.Each part had a total score of 20.Results The pseudo-words reading test was performed to 41 mild AD participants with Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) average scores of (21.06 ±2.86),and 135 normal controls with MMSE average scores of (28.08± 1.52).The two groups were matched in age,gender and education.For all of the mild AD group and normal control group,there was no significant difference between reading score and judging score in either pseudo-true words or pseudo-pseudo words (P＞0.05).Comparing with mild AD group and normal control group,there was no significant difference in reading score in either pseudo-true words or pseudo-pseudo words (P＞0.05).For judging score,there was significant difference in pseudotrue words (P＜0.01) but not in pseudo-pseudo words (P＞0.05).Conclusion Understanding real syllable is impaired in patients with mild AD.

Objective To investigate the expression of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) in lesions of patients with psoriasis vulgaris,and to explore the relationship between MBL and psoriasis pathogenesis.Methods Immunohistochemistry and Western blot were performed to detect the expression of MBL in lesional and normalappearing perilesional skin of 30 patients with progressive psoriasis vulgaris,as well as in normal skin of 30 healthy human controls.Statistical analysis was carried out by t test using SPSS13.0 software.Results Immunohistochemistry showed that MBL was expressed in lesional psoriatic skin,but weakly expressed or absent in normalappearing perilesional skin and normal control skin,with the relative expression level of MBL in lesional skin significantly higher than that in perilesional skin and normal control skin (0.636 7 ± 0.515 1 vs.0.416 3 ± 0.160 1 and 0.381 6 ± 0.310 9,t =2.24,2.32,respectively,both P ＜ 0.05).Western blot revealed a positive expression of MBL protein in all the skin specimens,and the expression intensity of MBL protein in lesional psoriatic skin was significandy increased compared with perilesional psoriatic skin and normal control skin (0.273 1 ± 0.129 4 vs.0.186 3 ± 0.193 1 and 0.149 2 ± 0.268 7,t =2.05,2.28,respectively,both P＜ 0.05).No significant difference was shown in the expression of MBL protein between perilesional psoriatic skin and normal control skin by immunohistochemistry (t =1.51,P ＞ 0.05) or Western blot (t =0.61,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion There is a high expression of MBL protein in lesions of patients with psoriasis vulgaris,which may be somewhat associated with the pathogenesis of psoriasis.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Aged ; Diabetic Retinopathy ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Retinal Hemorrhage ; therapy