Objective To study the changes of endothelin-1(ET-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF?) in lung homogenate and plasm when acute respiratory failure(ARF) animal models are treated by bilateral femoral arteriovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(bAV-ECMO).Methods Ten ARF dog models were treated by the bAV-ECMO.Right atrium blood and lung tissues were collected at different time points,and ET-1 and TNF? were assayed by radioimmunological method.Results ET-1 content in plasm decreased at first,and at 1h it was elevated and at 2h reached the peak.ET-1 content in lung homogenate reached the peak at 2h and then started to decrease.The analysis of variance showed notable differences(P

Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase which belongs to the Tec kinase family and plays an important role in B cell receptor signaling.Nowadays,BTK has been a nove] target for treating some B cell malignancies.Recently,some studies have confirmed that BTK inhibitor,PCI-32765 (ibrutinib),can effectively treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia,mantle cell lymphoma and so on.This review will discuss the preclinical and clinical development of this BTK inhibitor in B cell malignancies.

Objective To investigate the risk factors of stroke-associated infection (SAI)and their correlation with immunodepression.Methods One hundred fourteen consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted with 24 hours after symptom onset were enrolled.They were divided into infection (n =45) and non-infection (n =69) groups according to whether they had infection or not within 7 days after admission.Automatic blood analyzer and flow cytometry were used to measure the peripheral blood lymphocyte count and T lymphocyte subsets on the day of admission.Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the related risk factors for SAI.Results There were statistical significances in vomiting,disturbance of consciousness,dysphagia,indwelling gastric tube,indwelling catheter on admission,and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 0-3 days after admission between the infection and non-infection groups.Further more,the numbers of peripheral blood lymphocytes,CD3 + and CD4 + T lymphocytes in the infection group were significantly lower than those in the non-infection group.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that dysphagia,the increased NIHSS score 3 days after admission,and the decreased numbers of CD4 + T lymphocytes were the independent risk factors for SAI.Conclusions The T lymphocyte immune function decreased in patients with SAI.It was the result of the combined action of various factors.Targeted prevention and treatment should be taken to reduce the occurrence of SAI.

Objective To investigate the role of HMGA2 expression and epithelial to mesenchymal cell transformation in the regulation of TGF -β1 in human gastric cancer cells .Methods Human gastric cancer cell SGC-7901 was treated by TGF-β1 at different time points(0,3,6,24,48,72 h).We observed the changes in cell morphology of SGC-7901 through the microscope;HMGA2 assay,E-cadherin,Vimentin protein expression wereperformedbyWesternblot;cellinvasioncapabilitywasanalyzedbytranswellchamberassay.Results (1) With the prolonged duration of action of TGF -β1,SGC-7901 changes in cell morphology ,cells gradually be-came longer and larger.(2)In the role of TGF-β1,gastric cancer cells SGC -7901 are varying degrees of HM-GA2 expression and E -cadherin、Vimentin.HMGA2 protein begun to express from 0h to 6hrs.and HMGA2 pro-tein became the strongest at 6hrs and decreased slightly from 24hrs.E-cad protein expression at 0h begun at 3hrs highest expression ,and the reduction started from 3hrs.Vimentin protein was the highest at 48hrs then gradu-ally decreased.Conclusion In the TGF-β1 induced the process of epithelial to mesenchymal cell transforma-tion in gastric cancer cells SGC -7901 ,HMGA2 protein play an important role .HMGA2 can be used as snail pro-moter,combined with Smads ,promotes the process of epithelial -mesenchymal transformation .HMGA2 may also be regulated by Wnt /β-Catenin signaling pathway on growth and apoptosis of tumor cells .

Tumor metastasis and invasion of cancer are the leading causes of death in patients .The processes of tumor metastasis and invasion involves a variety of factors in which epithelial -to-myofibroblast transition( EMT) plays an important role .Transcription factor Snail as EMT of tumor cell key regulator has played an important role .Through the study of Snail regulating EMT of tumor cell signaling pathways will help us under -stand the mechanisms of tumor invasion and metastasis better and provide a basis for finding effective targets .

Wearing transfemoral prosthesis is the only way to complete daily physical activity for amputees. Motion pattern recognition is important for the control of prosthesis, especially in the recognizing swing phase and stance phase. In this paper, it is reported that surface electromyography (sEMG) signal is used in swing and stance phase recognition. sEMG signal of related muscles was sampled by Infiniti of a Canadian company. The sEMG signal was then filtered by weighted filtering window and analyzed by height permitted window. The starting time of stance phase and swing phase is determined through analyzing special muscles. The sEMG signal of rectus femoris was used in stance phase recognition and sEMG signal of tibialis anterior is used in swing phase recognition. In a certain tolerating range, the double windows theory, including weighted filtering window and height permitted window, can reach a high accuracy rate. Through experiments, the real walking consciousness of the people was reflected by sEMG signal of related muscles. Using related muscles to recognize swing and stance phase is reachable. The theory used in this paper is useful for analyzing sEMG signal and actual prosthesis control.
Artificial Limbs ; Electromyography ; Humans ; Leg ; Muscle, Skeletal ; physiology ; Walking ; physiology

Objective To know the self-perceived burden (SPB) of young and middle-aged patients with first-attack of ischemic stroke and to analyze the influential factors of SPB as well as its relevance to the quality of life.Methods The patients' general information questionnaire,SPB Self-evaluation Scale,QOL-BREF were adopted to investigate young and middle-aged patients with first-attack of ischemic stroke.Results 100 patients were included,66 were male,34 were female.The Minimum age was 19.4 years old.The maximum age was 59 years old.The mean age was (50.80 ± 7.98) years old.The average SPB score was (24.21 ± 7.39) points,which was in the medium level.31 cases (31％) didn't have obvious SPB; 65 cases (65％) suffered mild-to-moderate SPB; 4 cases (4％) claimed they had severe SPB.There was negative correlation between the SPB and their quality of life.The multi-factor analysis showed that gender,the patients' understanding of disease,and caregivers' health situation were the influential factors of SPB.Conclusions Since self-perceived burden is common in young and middle-aged patients with ischemic stroke,clinical nurses should assess patients' self-perceived burden so as to provide targeted nursing intervention and health education,thereby to ease the burden on patients' self feeling,eventually to improve the level of their mental and physical health.

Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1), a key rate-limiting enzyme in tricarboxylic acid cycle,is found within the cytoplasm and peroxisomes.In recent years, IDH1 mutation is discovered in most gliomaand its large scale metabolites, 2-hydroxyglutarate, may be involved in tumor as potential carcinogens, and isshown to be closely related to better patients' survival as well.IDH1 mutation is anticipated to be a novel genet-ic biomarker which will guide the treatments of clinical glioma.

Objective To investigate the regulation of miR-1 and miR-133 a on L-type calcium channel β2 subunit ( Cavβ2 ) and α1C subunit during rat cardiomyocyte hypertrophy .Methods Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy was in-duced by isoproterenol (ISO, 10μmol/L).The targets of miR-1 and miR-133a were predicted by online database microCosm and Targetscan , respectively .The 3′untranslated region sequences of Cavβ2 andα1C were respectively cloned into reporter vector and then transiently transfected into HEK 293 cells.The luciferase activities of samples were measured for demonstrating the expression of luciferase reporter vector .The protein expression of Cavβ2 andα1C were evaluated by Western blot .The expression levels of Cavβ2 andα1C were inhibited by RNAi to determine theeffectsofCavβ2andα1Concardiomyocytehypertrophy.Results 1)Cavβ2wasoneofpotentialtargetsof miR-1,α1C was the one of potential targets of miR-133a.2) The luciferase activities of HEK293 cells with the plasmid containing widetype Cavβ2 3′UTR sequence or α1 C significantly decreased ( P <0.05 , P <0.01 ) . 3 ) Upregulation of the miR-1 and miR-133 a by miR-1 mimic and miR-133 a mimic transfection suppressed pro-tein expression of Cavβ2 and α1C, respectively(P<0.01, P<0.05).4)Downregulation of Cavβ2 andα1C by RNAi could markedly inhibit the increase of cell surface area ( P<0.01 ) , mRNA expression of ANP andβ-MHC (P<0.05).Conclusions Cavβ2 is the target gene of miR-1 and α1C is the target gene of miR-133a.miR-1 and miR-133a can negatively regulate the expression of L-type calcium channel Cavβ2 andα1C subunit, inhibi-ting cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.

Objective: To study the effects of smoking or diabetes on the level of aspartate aminotransferase in gingival cervical fluid (GCF-AST).Methods: Periodontal disease index(PDI) and GCF-AST were measured and compared in 105 smokers,86 patients with diabetes and 90 healthy controls.Results: The PDI values in smokers and diabetes patients were higher than that in controls (P