Objective To explore the effect and mechanism of aerobic exercise on islet β-cells in type 2 diabetic rats.Methods Thirty healthy SPF 8-week old Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group (C, n=10), diabetic control groups (DMC) and diabetic exercise (DME) groups, 10 rats in each group, among which 7 successful rat models were used in the experiment.The diabetic rat model was established by high fat and sugar diet and i.p.injection of streptozotocin in a dose of 50 mg/kg.The rats of group DME were forced to perform 20 m/min running for 30 min, once a day, 6 days in a week, for 8 weeks.Other rats were allowed free movement.At the end of experiment, serum glucose and insulin were measured and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) was calculated, and pancreatic tissue samples were collected for histopathological examination.The morphology and structure of pancreatic islets were observed under a digital microscope, the perimeter and area of islets were analyzed by image analysis, and shape factor of islets was calculated.The insulin content, glucokinase and ultramicro-ATPase activity in the pancreatic homogenate were determined.Results In the DME group, the perimeter and area of islets were significantly higher than the DMC group (P< 0.05), but still lower than the control group.The shape factor was significantly increased, the cell hypertrophy, vacuolization and nuclear pyknosis were markedly alleviated than those in the DMC group, the insulin content, glucokinase and the trace total ATP activity in the DME group were significantly higher than those in the DMC group (P<0.05), and the SF and HOMA were significantly changed.Conclusions Aerobic exercise can reduce the blood glucose level, improve the morphology of islets and β-cells in the type 2 diabetic rats.It may be due to increase of the activity of glucose kinase and ATP-synthase, and increased insulin sensitivity in the pancreas.

Acalculia has been defined as an acquired disturbance in number processing and computational ability. Acalculia which caused by various diseases has a great effect on activity of daily living. This article presents a review of Standardized Tests of Acalculia(including EC301 calculation and number processing battery, Number Processing and Calculation battery and Johns Hopkins Dyscalculia Battery) and cognitive rehabilitation for acalculia. The main strategy for rehabilitation is to re-teach lost knowledge via extensive practice according to the evaluative results. Those are described in 5 domains: the understanding of numbers, number transcoding, arithmetical facts, complex calculation and mathematics applications.

Adult ; Chronic Periodontitis ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Dental Scaling ; Follow-Up Studies ; Furcation Defects ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Orthodontics, Corrective ; Periodontal Index ; Radiography, Panoramic ; Root Canal Therapy

Humans ; Liver Diseases ; drug therapy ; prevention & control ; Oleanolic Acid ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; Phytotherapy ; Saponins ; therapeutic use

Objective to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of ADSCs infusion in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(t2DM). Methods Autologous ADSCs were cultured and identified. totally 48 cases of type 2 diabetes patients were divided into two groups:24 cases in A group re-ceived ADSCs and conventional treatment,while the other 24 cases in B group received conventional treatment. With 15 months′follow-up,FPG,2h-PGh,HbA1c,FC-P,AUCC,insulin medication changes and security on post-treatment 3,6,12 and 15 months were calculated. Results the AD-SCs which cultured met the clinical application of standards. FPG,2h-PGh and HbA1c in both groups were significantly decreased,and the values in A group were more impressive than B. there were significant improvement in FC-P,AUCC and insulin of A group compared with B group. there was not treatment related adverse events. Conclusion the clinical data demonstrate that the treatment with ADSCs can improve metabolic control and beta cell function in patients with t2DM. Moreover,the safety of the treatment method was considerable.

BACKGROUND: Epidural resistance materials are an approach to prevent the epidural scar adhesion after laminectomy. A composite membrane of mechanical separation and fibroblast inhibition is promising to be widely studied.OBJECTIVE: To prepare the interferon (IFN)/poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and chitosan/PLGA composite membranes, and to observe their effects on preventing epidural scar adhesion after laminectomy in rabbits.METHODS: L2 laminectomy was performed in 120 rabbits, which were randomly and evenly divided into six groups. The control group received nothing on epidurals. In the autologous free fat group, the exposed dura was covered with subcutaneous fat. In the sodium hyaluronate group, 1 mL sodium hyaluronate was dripped onto the dura. In the PLGA, chitosan/PLGA, and IFN/PLGA groups, the exposed dura was covered with one of the three membranes at a sufficient size. The animals were sacrificed at 2, 4, 6, 8 weeks postoperatively. The scar formation and adhesion to the dura in L2 laminectomy sites were observed and scored by gross observation. At 4 weeks postoperatively, fibroblast ultrastructure was observed through the use of transmission electron microscope.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Widespread scars formed in the control group. The scars in the autologous free fat and PLGA groups were less compared with the control group, but there was no significant difference between these two groups. In the early stage, the scars in the sodium hyaluronate group were obviously less compared with the autologous free rat and PLGA groups, while in the later period, the difference between them was not significant, but the results from the sodium hyaluronate group were still better compared with the control group. The scars and slight adhesion to the dura were observed in the chitosan/PLGA and IFN/PLGA groups. The effect of preventing scar adhesion in these two groups was remarkably superior to that in the other groups, but there was no significant difference between these two composite membrane groups. At 4 weeks postoperatively, fibroblast morphology and function in the control, autologous free rat, and PLGA groups were better than those in the chitosan/PLGA and IFN/PLGA groups. Chitosan/PLGA and IFN/PLGA composite membranes are effective materials to prevent epidural scar adhesion after laminectomy.

Objective To investigate the thawing modes on stability of coagulation control products after frozen,looking for a new theoretical basis for cost control and the quality and safety of laboratory.Methods Using ACL TOP 700 automated co-agulation analyzer and supporting the same batch of reagents and quality control materials conduct of the study:after daily QC,recycled the remaining control materials immediately and dispensed into two EP tubes and frozen at-40℃,respectively thawed by room-temperature and 37℃water bath after 24 hours,and examined together with the date of quality control ma-terial,got 20 pairs of data for analysis the financial impact of two alternate ways on coagulation QC parameters.Results For the room-temperature thawing group,FIB high value increasedby an average 0.23 g/L (t=4.026 9,P<0.05);TT normal value average reduction of 0.46 s (t=-3.813 8,P<0.05),TT high value reduced by an average 0.41s (t=-3.972 8,P<0.05);D-Dimer low-value increased by an average of 14.75 ng/ml FEU (t=2.281 6,P<0.05),while APTT,PT normal and high value,FIB normal value,D-Dimer high value were no significant difference after thawing (P>0.05).For the 37℃water bath group,both normal and high value of APTT,PT,FIB,TT and D-Dimer were no significant difference after tha-wing (P>0.05).Conclusion The commercialization of coagulation control materials can be for the second QC,just follow the principle of rapid after melting and timely detection,other laboratories can be used as a reference.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of D-dimer age-adjusted threshold in elderly patients with Pulmonary thromboembolism(PTE).Methods Collected patients older than 50 years of suspected PTE,who visited Yan′an People′s Hospital and the Hospital Affiliated to Yan′an University from June 2015 to September 2016,using the revised Geneva criteria for clinical probability assessment firstly.The low-risk group was excluded from the study;the patients with moderate-to-high risk were performed D-dimer detection and CTPA.All patients determined both by D-dimer age-adjusted thresholds and traditional thresholds,comparing the diagnostic efficacy of the two methods subsequently.Results 163 patients were diagnosed with PTE by CTPA among the 549 subjects,the positive rate was 29.69％.The diagnostic sensitivity of plasma D-dimer was 83.44％,78.53％,the specificity was 17.88％,31.61％ respectively,the missed diagnosis rate was 16.56％,21.47％,respectively.The misdiagnosis rates were 82.12％ and 68.39％,respectively,and the Younden index was 0.013 2 and 0.101 4 respectively.All subjects were divided into four groups according to age:50-60 years,60-70 years,70-80 years,and equal or greater than 80 years age group.Compared with the traditional threshold,the misdiagnosis rates of the four groups of age-adjusted thresholds decreased by 4.00％,15.70％,21.36％ and 17.39％,respectively and the specificity was increased by 1.23,1.65,2.56 and 3.00 times,respectively.Conclusion The diagnostic accuracy of the age-corrected threshold is higher than the traditional threshold;combined with clinical practice,the optimal threshold is determined by the ROC curve,the clinician can serve as a reference.

Objective To analyze the reliability and validity of Revised EC301Calculation and Number Processing Battery in Chinese version (EC301-CR); To establish diagnostic criteria by EC301-CR for acalculia in order to provide an effective assessment tool clinically. Methods The items of EC301were adjusted. 103 patients with acquired brain injury and 37 normal controls were randomly selected. 24 normal controls randomly selected were retested 6 weeks latter. Results The Cronbach's coefficient, the split-half reliability and the retest reliability coefficients were 0.907, 0.744, and 0.965, respectively. The correlation coefficient within subscales was more than the correlation coefficient between subscales. 4 first-order factors were extracted which accounted for 69.359% of the accumulated variance, which were mental calculation, number transcoding, written calculation and approximation, and understanding of numbers. Control data (n=37) showed that the P10 of EC301-CR was 222.6. Conclusion The critical value of acalculia is 222.6 in EC301-CR test. Psychometric properties analysis shows that EC301-CR is a reliable and validated instrument for acalculia.

The AC impedance of human hepatoma SMMC-7721 cells were measured in our laboratory by Agilent 4294A impedance analyzer in the frequency range of 0.01-100 MHz. And then the effect of hematocrit on electrical impedance characteristics of hepatoma cells was observed by electrical impedance spectroscopy, Bode diagram, Nyquist diagram and Nichols diagram. The results showed that firstly, there is a frequency dependence, i.e., the increment of real part and the imaginary part of complex electrical impedance (δZ', δZ"), the increment of the amplitude modulus of complex electrical impedance (δ[Z *]) and phase angle (δθ) were all changed with the increasing frequency. Secondly, it showed cell volume fraction (CVF) dependence, i. e. , the increment of low-frequency limit (δZ'0, δ[Z*] 0), peak (δZ"(p), δθ(p)), area and radius (Nyquist diagram, Nichols diagram) were all increased along with the electric field frequency. Thirdly, there was the presence of two characteristic frequencies: the first characteristic frequency (f(c1)) and the second characteristic frequency (f(c2)), which were originated respectively in the polarization effects of two interfaces that the cell membrane and extracellular fluid, cell membrane and cytoplasm. A conclusion can be drawn that the electrical impedance spectroscopy is able to be used to observe the electrical characteristics of human hepatoma cells, and therefore this method can be used to investigate the electrophysiological mechanisms of liver cancer cells, and provide research tools and observation parameters, and it also has important theoretical value and potential applications for screening anticancer drugs.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Membrane ; Cytoplasm ; Electric Impedance ; Electrophysiological Phenomena ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; Membrane Potentials