Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)is a kind of RNA molecule which is longer than 200 nucleotides and has no capacity of coding proteins.Accumulating evidences have indicated that several lncRNAs,such as HOTAIR,MALAT-1 ,H1 9 and BANCR may promote tumor metastasis by inducing epitheli-al-mesenchymal transition.

Objective To establish a HPLC method for the determination of Ferulic acid in callus of Ligusticum chuanxiong. Methods The separation was performed on ZORBAX 300SB-C18 (250 mm?4.6 mm, 5 ?m) column, using acetonitrile-1% triethylamine (15∶85) as mobile phase, detected at 320 nm. The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, the column temperature was 27 ℃. Results The linear range of Ferulic acid was 0.93～4.67 ?g/mL, r =0.999 8, the average recovery was 99.98% and RSD was 1.63%. Conclusion The method was rapid, simple, accurate and stability, and can be used for the quantitiative determination of Ferulic acid in Ligusticum chuanxiong callus.

Urothelial carcinoma associated antigen 1(UCA1)is a highly bladder cancer-specific long non-coding RNA(lncRNA),and it does not have the function of encoding protein. UCA1 differentially expre-sses in various fetal tissues,but its expression is turned off in most adult tissues. It reactivates during tumori-genesis. Researches indicate that UCA1 may regulate cell proliferation,apoptosis,metastasis and chemoresis-tance of tumors,such as bladder cancer,breast cancer and hepatocellular cancer.

Objective To observe the effect of resveratrol on cognitive impairment in rats after chronic cerebral hypoperfusion,and to explore the underlying antioxidant mechanism of resveratrol.Methods The chronic cerebral hypoperfusion model was induced by permanent occlusion of bilateral common carotid arteries (2VO) in rats.Healthy male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:sham-operated group,2VO group and 2VO+resveratrol group.Spatial learning and memory were assessed using the Morris water maze at 4 weeks after the occlusion.The levels of 4-Hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) and 8-Hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in the cortex and hippocampal CA1 areas were detected using immunohistochemistry staining,for reflecting the lipid peroxidation and oxidative DNA damage.Results The escape latencies from the third day to the fifth day were longer in 2VO group than in sham-operated group[(42.1+5.4)s vs.(25.1±3.3)s,(36.4±4.4)s vs.(12.4±3.3) s,(30.4±4.0)s vs.(8.1±3.4)s,q=10.91、14.54 and 14.07,all P ＜0.01],while the time spent in the object square was shorter in 2VO group than in sham-operated group[(12.9+2.5)s vs.(18.9+2.2)s,q=6.47,P＜0.01].Compared with 2VO group,the escape latencies in 2VO+resveratrol group from the third day to the fifth day were shorter[(29.5+4.0)s,(25.6±4.3)s and (19.8±4.2)s,q=7.71,6.22 and 6.37,all P＜0.01],while the time spent in the object square was longer[(16.5±1.8)s,q=3.83,P＜0.05].Compared with the shamoperated group,the mean integral optical density (IOD) of 4-HNE and 8-OHdG in the cortex and hippocampus CA1 area were increased in 2VO group (265.1 + 9.0 vs.168.2 + 6.0,37.8 + 5.0 vs.24.0+4.0,q=31.89 and 7.48,both P＜0.01).And in the 2VO+resveratrol group,the mean IOD of 4-HNE and 8-OHdG in the cortex and 8-OHdG in hippocampus CA1 area were lower than in 2VO group (195.1±7.0,26.0±4.3,q=23.03 and 6.49,both P＜0.01).Conclusions Resveratrol can improve the cognitive impairment in rats after chronic cerebral hypoperfusion,which may be related to preventing oxidative damage.

A homozygous A to G transition (AGT to GGT) in codon 16 of growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene was found in one patient with idiopathic short stature(ISS), resulting in an amino acid change(Ser16Gly). This may be a novel GHR gene mutation; and another novel Arg43Gln GHR gene polymorphism was found in Chinese people.

Objective To investigate the effect of matrix metalloproteinas-9 (MMP-9) and high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) combined with coronary heart disease(CHD). Methods Thirty-one patients with T2DM combined with CHD(T2DM combined with CHD group) ,50 patients with CHD (CHD group) and 30 healthy volunteers (control group) were studied. Serum MMP-9 was measured by ELISA, and serum hs-CRP was measured by scattering immunoturbidimetric assay. Results The level of MMP-9 in T2DM combined with CHD group (409.62 μg/L) was significantly higher than that in CHD group (263.40 μg/L) and control group [(196.15 ±44.89) μg/L] (P < 0.05).The level of hs-CRP in T2DM combined with CHD group (17.20 mg/L) was significantly higher than that in CHD group (4.57 mg/L) and control group [(1.52±0.78) mg/L] (P <0.01). MMP-9 wa significantly related with hs-CRP in T2DM combined with C HD group (r = 0.482,P < 0.01). Conclusion The serum M MP-9 and hs-CRP levels are closely associated with the occurrence and development of diabetes related coronary atherosclerosis.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of rosuvastatin and atorvastatin in the treatment of the patients with primary hyperlipidemia in China.Methods:The related literatures in CNKI,VIP,Wanfang medicine network,PubMed/MEDLINE,CBM and Chinese dissertations full text database were retrievaled by computer from the establishment time of database to December 31,2015. Two researchers according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria independently selected the studies and extracted the data and assessed the quality of the literatures.The Revman 5.0 software was used to perform Meta analysis of all effect indicators in various groups.Results:A total of 7 randomized controlled trial (RCT)were included,and there was no significant abnormality in bias evaluation. 8 weeks after treatment, the total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C)levels of the patients in 5 mg rosuvastain group and 10 mg atorvastatin group had no significant differences between before and after treatment (P >0.05);the HDL-C levels of the patients in 10 mg rosuvastatin group and 10 mg atorvastatin group had significant differences between before and after treatment (P < 0.05),but the TG,TC,and LDL-C levels had no significant differences (P >0.05);the TG,TC,LDL-C and HDL-C levels of the patients in 5 mg and 10 mg rosuvastatin groups had no significant differences between before and after treatment (P > 0.05).12 weeks after treatment,there were no significant differences in the TC and LDL-C levels between 10 mg rosuvastatin group and 10 mg atorvastatin group (P >0.05),but there were significant differences in the TG and HDL-C levels (P <0.01).The incidence of adverse reactions of the patients in three groups had no significant differences (P >0.05).Conclusion:5 mg rosuvastatin and 10 mg atorvastatin in the treatment of the patients with primary hypercholesterolemia have similar lipid-lowering effect;with the the increase of the treatment time and the dose,10 mg rosuvastatin can obviously reduce the TG level and increase the HDL-C level of the patients,and the incidence of adverse reactions of two kinds of doses of rosuvastatin has no obvious difference.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate and analyze the status of anxiety and depression among patients with four types of peripheral vertigo. METHOD: The clinical data of patients with one of the four types of peripheral vertigo, namely benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), vestibular migraine (VM), Menière's disease (MD), and vestibular neuritis (VN), were collected. Thorough otological and neuro-otological examinations were performed on these patients, and their status of anxiety and depression were assessed using self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS). RESULT: A total of 129 patients with one of the four types of peripheral vertigo(49 cases of BPPV, 37 cases of VM, 28 cases of MD and 15 cases of VN) were included in the study. The scores of SAS and SDS were higher in the patients with VM or MD than those with BPPV or VN (P < 0.05), and the incidence of anxiety (VM = 45.9% MD = 50.0%) and depression (VM = 27.0% MD = 28.6%) were higher in the patients with VM or MD than those with BPPV or VN (P < 0.05). Paired comparisons showed the differences between the incidences of BPPV and MV groups, BPPV and MD groups, and MD and VN groups were statistically significant (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Among patients with different types of peripheral vertigo, anxiety/depression is more common in patients with VM or MD. This may be due to the different mechanisms involved in different types of vertigo, as well as differences in the prevention and self-control of the patients against the vertigo.
Anxiety ; complications ; Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ; Depression ; complications ; Ear, Inner ; Humans ; Incidence ; Meniere Disease ; Migraine Disorders ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ; Vertigo ; classification ; complications ; Vestibular Neuronitis ; Vestibule, Labyrinth

Objective To summarize the causes of death and to analyze the risk factors in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU).Methods The relevant information of patients died in the SICU of Xijing Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University in past 15 years (from December 1999 to February 2015) was retrospectively analyzed.The gender,age, reason and date of hospitalization, date of transfer SICU, past medical history, whether or not admitted directly from emergency department, or transferred from other department, operated or not, date of death, the main cause of death, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ) score, the history of undergoing mechanical ventilation, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), or antifungal therapy, as well as the ratio of the patients with body temperature higher than 39 ℃, white blood cell (WBC) count higher than 10 × 109/L, platelet (PLT) count below 100 × 109/L, albumin (Alb) below 35 g/L of two periods, namely from December 1999 to July 2007 (the first period),and from August 2007 to February 2015 (the second period) were compared.The above parameters were compared with those of 201 survivors in SICU, and the risk factors leading to death were analyzed by logistic regression.Results From December 1999 to February 2015, 4 317 patients were taken care of in the SICU.Among them, the number of death was 186, and the mortality rate was 4.3％.In the first time period (from December 1999 to July 2007), the total number of patients was 1 356, and the number of death were 109 (the mortality rate was 8.0％).In the second period, i.e.from August 2007 to February 2015, the number of SICU patients was 2 961, and 77 died (the mortality rate was 2.6％).The difference of mortality rate between the two periods was statistically significant (x2 =66.707, P =0.001).The death rate of patients transferred directly from emergency department in tle first period was 79.8％ (87/109), and it was lower in the second period (51.9％, 40/77, x2 =16.181, P =0.001).The death rate of the patients with blood Alb below 35 g/L in the second period (59.7％, 46/77) was higher than that of the first period (41.3％, 45/109, x2 =6.151, P =0.017).The top three causes of death from December 1999 to February 2015 were sepsis (38.2％), trauma (16.7％), and operation for cancer (14.0％).In the first period, the top three causes of death were sepsis (35.8％), trauma (22.0％),and operation for cancer (13.8％).In the second period, the top three causes of death were sepsis (41.6％), damage of the central nervous system (16.9％), and operation for cancer (14.3％).Top three reasons for SICU admission were trauma (29.03％), abdominal pain (20.97％) and other reasons (18.82％).Top three departments from which the patients were transferred were the emergency department (19.35％), orthopedics department (17.20％), and hepatobiliary department (16.13％).Logistic regression analysis showed that age [odds ratio (OR) =2.025, 95％ confidence interval (95％CI) =1.500-2.734, P =0.000], mechanical ventilation (OR =3.514, 95％CI =1.701-7.259, P =0.001), CRRT (OR =5.604,95％CI =3.003-10.459, P =0.000), body temperature higher than 39 ℃ (OR =1.992, 95％CI =1.052-3.771, P =0.034) were the risk factors of death in SICU patients.Conclusion Sepsis and severe trauma are the leading causes of death in severe SICU patients, to whom with risk factors of death enough attention should be given.

Objective To explore the influence of hospital- based transitional care on the rehabilita-tion of patients with enterostomy, and provide evidence- based reference for specialist care of the enterostomy patients. Methods The randomized controlled trials on the hospital- based transitional care in enterostomy patients were collected by computer using China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, Chinese Science Technology Periodical Database, Wanfang Periodical Database, Foreign Medical Information Resources Database and PubMed from the building of the database till December 2014, and analyzed by RevMan 5.2 software. Results Sixteen articles were included in the study, involving 1 263 patients with enterostomy. The results of Meta- analysis revealed that the incidence of complications in transitional care patients was lower than that in conventional discharge guidance patients, odds ratio(95% confidence interval) was 0.31 (0.21-0.45), the difference was significant (Z=6.02, P<0.01), and the quality of life was raised (including the physical function, cognitive function, role function, emotional functions, social function and the total quality of life), weighted mean differences (95% confidence interval) were 13.81 (8.23-19.39), 22.00 (17.21-26.79), 15.22(11.71-18.73), 16.68(13.01-20.35), 22.60(16.58-28.62), 17.46(13.53-21.38),the differences were significant(P<0.01). Conclusions The transitional care model giving priority to hospital service resources can provide a higher level professional care for patients after enterostomy, and avoid or reduce the complications, promote the recovery earlier as well as constantly improve the quality of life.