Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Endoscopy ; Esophageal and Gastric Varices ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Ligation ; Male

ObjectiveTo explore the factorial structure of Chinese revision of connor-davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC) in Chinese college students.MethodsA total of 1534 college students were recruited for this study.After item analysis,half of the sample was used for exploratory factor analysis and the other for confirmatory factor analysis.ResultsThe Chinese revision of CD-RISC contained 19 items.Exploratory factor analysis showed that three factors were better:adaptability,tenacity and autonomy.And the results of confirmatory factor analysis ( x2/df =3.83,RMSEA =0.06,GFI =0.92,AGFI =0.90,CFI =0.92,NFI =0.89) indicated that this model provided a reasonable good fit for Chinese college students.ConclusionThis study indicate that the three-factor model of CD-RISC is adaptable to Chinese college students.

The nanoparticle-based electrochemical technology for early detection of cancer is an imjportant research topic in the area of biomedicine.This article introduces the concept of tumor marker and principle of electrochemical detection of the tumor marker.The applications of nanoparticles in electrochemical early detection of cancer are reviewed in detail.Finally,the prospected application of research is discussed.

Blood stasis is the main pathological factor in the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma is the representative medicine for activating blood and dissipating stasis. The effective components of panax notoginseng saponins, the active part of Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma, are ginsenoside Rg1, ginsenoside Rb1, ginsenoside Rd, and notoginsennoside R1, having good intervention effects on cardiovascular diseases, which have become the research hotspots in recent years. This article reviewed the research progress in Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma and its major saponins in the field of cardiovascular diseases, and provided ideas for clinical prevention and treatment and research and development of medicine.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone.Vitamin D receptor(VDR),a type of nuclear receptor,recognized by Vitamin D has many biological functions and the pathway of 1,25 (OH)2D3/VDR plays an important role in human such as regulating calcium phosphate metabolism,glucose metabolism,lipid metabolism and water metabolism.Water channel protein aquaporin(AQP) is a kind of smaller hydrophobic trans-membrahe proteins,expressed in cell membrane of renal tubules,endocrine glands and red blood cells.Aquaporin plays a key role in the regulation of water balance and metabolism.Vitamin D has a positive effect in diabetic nephropathy via inhibiting renin-angiotensin system,while aquaporin is a new biological marker of chronic kidney disease and kidney injury.Latest studies have showed that the expression of aquaporin can be regulated by vitamin D.Therefore,Vitamin D and aquaoprin play an important role in chronic kidney disease and kidney injury.

Materials Testing ; instrumentation ; Plastics ; chemistry ; Stress, Mechanical ; Temperature ; Water

Objective To evaluate the clinical application value of dual color fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) in detecting urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder.MethodsThe probes of chromosome 3,7,17centromeres and chromosome 9p21 region (p16) were labeled by random primer method.FISH was performed on interphase nuclei of 80 urine specimens of cancer of the urinary bladder and 20 cases of healthy persons served as normal controls.Threshold value was established.The pathological diagnosis was the golden standard.Chromosome aberration was counted.The correlations between chromosome aberration and pathologic grading and staging and their sensibility of diagnosis for urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder were analyzed. Results The rate of numerical aberration of chromosome 3,7,17,9p21 was 47.5％(38/80),60.7％ (49/80),51.3％ (41/80) and 58.8％ (47/80) respectively.The positive rate of the combined use of 3,7,17 and 9p21 chromosome probes for detecting urothelial carcinoma of urinary bladder was 76.3％ (61/80).The aberrations had no correlation to tumor stage.The aberration of chromosome 3,7 and 17 were correlated to pathologic grade significantly (P ＜ 0.05).ConclusionThe progression of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder is related to the aberrations of chromosome.FISH is believed to be a very important method in diagnosis of urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder,which may have important clinical significance for the postoperative recurrence detection and prognosis.

The objective of this study was to screen out the effective shRNA which can inhibit the gene expression of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), to construct the recombinant plasmid and to determine its sequence so as to provide the new approach for searching gene therapy of TNF-alpha related diseases. The primary macrophages were added into 15% DMEM, then cells were adjusted as 2 x 10(7) cells/L and were inoculated in 6-well plate with 3 ml/well, and were cultured at 37 degrees C in a fully humidified atmosphere with 5% CO(2). Cells were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the concentration of TNF-alpha in the supernatant at different time points was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The 5 synthesized DNA sequences which can be transcripted into shRNA were transfected into cells with lipofectamine 2000, then the cells were stimulated with LPS for 24 hours. The concentration of TNF-alpha in the supernatant and the expression of TNF-alpha mRNA were determined by ELISA and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) respectively. The most effective shRNA was inserted into plasmid, and the recombinant plasmid was identified by sequence analysis. The results showed that the concentration of TNF-alpha in the supernatant reached peak after the stimulation with LPS for 24 hours. In the RNA interference group, the shRNA 1 was the most effective one, which could inhibit the expression of TNF-alpha by 59.46% and the expression of TNF-alpha mRNA by 61.2%. The recombinant plasmid was cloned and the sequence of interest was obtained. In conclusion, the most effective shRNA targeting TNF-alpha was successfully screened out and the recombinant plasmid was constructed. The recombinant plasmid may be helpful to search new gene therapy for TNF-alpha related disease.
Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Gene Expression ; Genetic Therapy ; Genetic Vectors ; Macrophages ; cytology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Plasmids ; RNA Interference ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; RNA, Small Interfering ; genetics ; Recombination, Genetic ; Transfection ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; genetics

Objective To investigate the proliferation and invasion of human pancreatic cancer cells after Stat1 gene silenced or enhanced and to explore the possible mechanisms.Methods BxPC-3 cells were divided to three groups: Stat1 group transfected with specific Stat1 plasmid, Si Stat1 group transfected with specific Stat1 small interfering RNA (siRNA), and control group.Western blot was used to detect the expression of Stat1, VEGF, MMP-2 and MMP-9 in BxPC-3 cells.MTT method was used to detect the proliferation of BxPC-3 cells.Transwell was used to detect the invasion of BxPC-3 cells.Results The proliferation and invasion were significantly enhanced in pancreatic cancer cells after Stat1 gene silenced, and the expression of VEGF, MMP-2 and MMP-9 was increased.The proliferation and invasion were significantly decreased in pancreatic cancer cells after Stat1 gene enhanced.Conclusions Stat1 inhibits the proliferation and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells.VEGF,MMP-2 and MMP-9 possibly play a role in this process.

The effects of microRNA-34a (miR-34a)-regulated Notch1 gene on the proliferation and apoptosis of the human glioma cell line U87 were investigated in this study. The U87 cells were divided into miR-34a mimics, negative control, mock transfection and blank control groups in terms of different treatments. In miR-34a mimics group, human U87 glioma cells were transfected with miR-34a mimics by using lipofectamine 2000. The cells transfected with nonsense microRNA were set up as negative control group. Those treated with lipofectamine 2000 only were designated to the mock tranfection group. In the blank control group, the cells were cultured routinely and no treatment was given. The expression of miR-34a and Notch1 was detected by using real-time RT-PCR. Western blotting was employed to monitor the change in Notch1 protein. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were measured by CCK-8 and flow cytometry. The results showed that the proliferative ability of U87 cells was significantly reduced and the apoptotic cells increased in miR-34a mimics group relative to control groups. The expression of miR-34a was significantly up-regulated in mimics group as compared with control groups (P<0.05). Furthermore, Notch1 protein levels were significantly decreased in miR-34a mimics group when compared with control groups (P<0.05), but the mRNA expression of Notch1 showed no significant difference among these groups. It was concluded that miR-34a may suppress the proliferation and induce apoptosis of U87 cells by decreasing the expression of target gene Notch1, suggesting that miR-34a may become a promising gene therapeutic target for brain glioma.