Pregnancy ; Female ; Humans ; Ovary/pathology* ; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease/pathology* ; Trophoblastic Neoplasms/pathology* ; Uterine Neoplasms/pathology* ; Epithelioid Cells/pathology*

Alanine Transaminase ; Animals ; Carbon Tetrachloride ; Gastrointestinal Microbiome ; Liver/pathology* ; Liver Cirrhosis/pathology* ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Quinazolines

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/etiology* ; Humans ; Male ; Manufacturing Industry ; Noise, Occupational ; Occupational Exposure ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVE: To prepare monoclonal antibody against cotinine (COT) and to establish immunoassay for detecting COT in human urinary samples. METHODS: BALB/c mice were immunized with synthesized cotinine-bovine serum albumin (COT-BSA) to screen monoclonal antibody with technique of cell fusion. The monoclonal antibody was used for the indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ic-ELISA) and colloidal gold immunochromatographic strip assay for the detection of COT in human urine. RESULTS: The monoclonal antibody against COT was identified by ic-ELISA with a 50%inhibitive concentration (IC CONCLUSIONS The ic-ELISA and colloidal gold immunochromatographic strip assay using the prepared monoclonal antibody against COT have been proved to be reliable for the rapid detection of COT in human urines, which may be used for monitoring of environmental tobacco smoke.
Animals ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Cotinine/urine* ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Gold Colloid ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Urinalysis/methods*

OBJECTIVE： To design and synthesize N-aroyl substituted indoline-3-acetic acid derivatives and evaluate their in vitro hypoglycemic activity. METHODS： Using indoline derivative 2-[5-（benzyloxy）-1-（4-chlorobenzoyl）-2-methyl-1H-inclol-3-yl]acetic acid （GY3） as leading compound， 4-（benzyloxy）phenyl hydrazine hydrochloride and methyl 4-oxopentanoate as raw material， 8 kinds of N-aroyl （3-hydroxybenzoyl， 3-cyanobenzoyl， 4-nitrobenzoyl， 4-methylsulfonylbenzoyl， 4-acetamidobenzoyl， 3-acetylaminobenzoyl， isoniacyl and pyridine-2-formyl） substituted indoline-3-acetic acid derivatives were synthesized via 4 steps reactions： Fischer indole cyclization， reduction， amidation and hydrolyzation. The human hepatoma HepG2 cell lines were used to investigate the glucose consumption activity of the target compounds. RESULTS： Totally 8 various N-aroyl substituted indoline-3-acetic acids were synthesized and their structures were confirmed by mass spectrum（MS）， nuclear magnetic resonance 1H-NMR and 13C spectrum. Under the condition of 1.0 μmol/L， the percentage of glucose- promoting consumption of the synthesized compounds on HepG2 cells was 5.4％-9.1％. 2-[（2R， 3S）-5-benzyloxy-2-methyl-1-（4-methylsulfonyl benzoyl）-2，3-dihydro-indole-3-yl] acetic acid showed the best hypoglycemic activity. The percentage of glucose- promoting consumption was （9.1±1.81）％， which was close to that of positive control metformin [（10.58±1.68）％]， but less potent than that of leading compound GY3[（12.15±0.78）％]. CONCLUSIONS： Different electron-withdrawing substituents are introduced into N-aroyl aromatic rings of dihydroindole compounds， such as cyano， nitro， methyl sulfonyl； hypoglycemic activity decreases in varying degrees and is weaker than halogen substituents.

OBJECTIVE： To study the effects of 8-O-acetyl-shanzhiside methylester （8-OaS） on the expression of histone deacetylase 1-5 （HDAC1-5） in the spinal dorsal horn of chronic inflammatory pain model rats， and its relationship with Janus-activated kinase 2-signal transductions and activators of transcription 3 （JAK2-STAT3） signaling pathway. METHODS： SD rats were randomly divided into normal control group， sham operation group （normal saline）， complete Freund’s adjuvant （CFA） group （normal saline）， 8-OaS low-dose， medium-dose and high-dose groups （2， 20， 200 μg/kg）， with 6 rats in each group. Except for normal control group and sham operation group， chronic inflammatory pain model was induced by subcutaneous injection of CFA into the left hind toe of rats in other groups； after modeling， those groups were given relevant medicine intraperitoneally， once a day， for consecutive 7 d. Thermal radiation method was used to detect the latency of paw withdraw in rats on the 1st， 2nd， 3rd， 4th， 5th， 6th， 7th， 8th， 11th and 15th day of administration. Rats were grouped and given medicine according to the above method of the latter 5 groups. The protein expression of HDAC 1-5， phosphorylated JAK2 （pJAK2） and phosphorylated STAT3 （pSTAT3） in the spinal dorsal horn of lumbar enlargement segment in rats were detected by Western blot method after last medication. Rats were randomly divided into sham operation group （normal saline）， CFA group （normal saline）， 8-OaS group （20 μg/kg） and JAK2-STAT3 inhibtor AG490 group （8 mg/kg）， with 6 rats in each group； IP model was established by same method as above and then were given relevant medicine intraperitoneally， once a day， for consecutive 7 d. The expression of HDAC5 and glial fibrillary acidic protein （GFAP） in spinal dorsal horn of rats were detected by immunofluorescence histochemical staining. RESULTS： Compared with normal control group and sham operation group， the latency of paw withdraw was shortened significantly in other groups （P＜0.05）. Compared with CFA group， the latency of paw withdraw was prolonged significantly in 8-OaS low-dose， medium-dose and high-dose groups （P＜0.05）， in dose-dependent manner. Compared with sham operation group， the protein expression of HDAC 1-5， pJAK2 and pSTAT3 in spinal dorsal horn of rats were increased significantly in CFA group （P＜0.05）. Compared with CFA group， the protein expression of HDAC5， pJAK2 and pSTAT3 in spinal dorsal horn of rats were decreased significantly in 8-OaS low-dose， medium-dose and high-dose groups （P＜0.05）， but there was no statistical significance in the protein expression of HDAC 1-4 （P＞0.05）. HDAC5 was expressed on astrocytes in the spinal dorsal horn； compared with sham operation group， the expression of GFAP and HDAC 5 were increased significantly in spinal dorsal horn of rats in CFA group （P＜0.05）. Compared with CFA group， the expression of GFAP and HDAC5 in spinal dorsal horn of rats were decreased significantly in 8-OaS group and AG490 group （P＜0.05）. CONCLUSIONS： 8-OaS can effectively relieve CFA-induced chronic inflammatory pain， the mechanism of which may be associated with the down-regulation of HDAC5 expression and the phosphorylation levels of JAK2 and STAT3.

Objective: To explore the relationship between environmental factors as urinary cadmium and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in adults. Methods: Case-control study was adopted, including 166 cases and 427 controls. General characteristics of the subjects were collected by a structured questionnaire. FPG, biochemical indexes and urinary cadmium (UCd) were detected respectively, while UCd was corrected with creatinine. Unconditioned logistic regression model was applied to analyze the relationship between UCd and DM. Results: Levels of UCd appeared higher in cases with the following characteristics as: having primary school education (P=0.016), being female (P=0.013), being non-smokers (P=0.014) or non-alcoholic (P=0.025), and with BMI>25.00 kg/m(2) (P=0.040, P=0.025) than those appeared in the control group. Same results were shown in the 60-69 years (P=0.024) old group. Data from the unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that family history of DM (OR=3.19, 95%CI: 1.45-7.03), education status (OR=1.50,95%CI: 1.08-2.08) and UCd (OR=1.61, 95%CI: 1.08-2.41) were influencing factors on DM. Conclusion: A close association between UCd and DM was noticed. UCd appeared a risk factor on DM that called for setting up related prevention program to reduce the exposure of Cd and to control the risk on DM.
Adult ; Cadmium/urine* ; Case-Control Studies ; China/epidemiology* ; Creatinine ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology* ; Female ; Humans ; Risk Factors ; Socioeconomic Factors

The prevalence of child and adolescent growth and mental-behavior related diseases are increasing, and the pathogenesis are complex. Twins are excellent natural resources for complex chronic diseases research as they share the maternal intrauterine environment, born at the same time and share the same family environment in early years, which could benefit the adjust ment of confounding factors, such as age, genetic factors and early family environmental factors. Birth cohort with twin families involved could be more effective in exploring the genetic and environmental factors for complex chronic diseases at the very beginning of life. This paper summarizes the objective, content, progress, strengths and potential problems of Wuhan Twin Birth Cohort, with emphasis on the overall design and progress of the study.
Adolescent ; Asian People ; Birth Weight ; Child ; China ; Cohort Studies ; Diseases in Twins/genetics* ; Epidemiological Monitoring ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Twin Studies as Topic ; Twins

The process of globalization increases the risk of global transmission of infectious diseases, resulting in pressure for country's prevention and control of imported infectious disease. Based on the risk assessment of disease importation and local transmission, a strategy that conducting importation prevention and routine prevention and control before the importation of disease and taking emergency control measures after the importation of disease was developed. In addition, it is important to take part in global infectious disease response action, aid the countries with outbreak or epidemic to actively decrease the risk of disease importation.
Communicable Diseases ; Communicable Diseases, Imported/transmission* ; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control* ; Epidemics ; Global Health ; Humans ; Risk Assessment ; Travel

Objective: To investigate the distribution patterns of mosquitoes, midges and related arboviruses in Sichuan province. Methods: Blood-sucking insects were collected from houses and pens, using the ultraviolet lights. Mosquito samples were classified according to morphologic characteristics and then stored at liquid nitrogen. All samples were incubated with BHK-21 and C6/36 cells for virus isolation and then detected for their viral genes. Sequences of the virus were identified and analyzed by molecular biological software, such as BioEdit 7.0.5.3, MEGA 6.0. Results: In total, 17 019 mosquitoes from 3 genera and 4 species and 12 700 midges were collected from the southeast regions of Sichuan province in 2016 and 2017. Among them, 79.4% (13 519/17 019) belonged to Culex tritaeniorhynchus with 11.1% (1 897/17 019) as Armigeres subalbatus, 5.5% (930/17 019) were Anopheles sinensis and 4.0% (673/17 019) were Anopheles sinensis 3 virus strains that isolated from Culex tritaeniorhynchus were identified as typeⅠ Japanese encephalitis virus. Seven pools of mosquitoes isolated from Hejiang county were identified Japanese encephalitis virus gene positive through PCR amplification. With 4 pool midges were detected positive for Akabane virus through PCR gene amplification while midges samples didn't have virus isolates. Conclusions: Culex tritaeniorhynchus appeared the predominant species in the southeast regions of Sichuan. Japanese encephalitis virus transmitted by mosquitoes and Akabane virus by midges were prevalent in southeast Sichuan province.
Animals ; Arboviruses ; Culicidae ; Encephalitis Virus, Japanese/isolation & purification* ; Encephalitis, Japanese/diagnosis* ; Genes, Viral ; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques ; Phylogeny ; Polymerase Chain Reaction