1.Lipid hepatoprotective effect of silibinin on fat-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver rat model
Huawu GAO ; Ming CHEN ; Zijiang LONG ; Zhenni WU ; Manyan HU ; Lina TIAN
Drug Evaluation Research 2017;40(6):773-777
Objective To investigate the lipid hepatoprotective effect of silibinin on high fat diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) rat model and provide a theoretical basis for the treatment of silibinin on NAFL.Methods The NAFL rat model was established by administration of high fat emulsion and high fat diet.Rats in control group was treated with saline and normal diet.The model rats were randomly divided into model group,simvastatin (positive drug,1.8 mg/kg) group,Silibinin groups with low,middle and high doses (18.9,37.8 and 75.6 mg/kg).From the fifth week,NAFLrats were treated with different drugsonce a day for eight weeks.All rats were anaesthetized after final administration,Livertissues were weighed for the calculation of hepatic coefficient The hepatic morphology was observed through HE staining.Serum was obtained from abdominal aortic blood for detection of triglyceride separation (TG),total cholesterol (TC),high density lipoprotein (HDL),low-density lipoprotein (LDL),aspartate aminotransferase (AST),and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels.Results After eight-week treatment,compared with model group,middle and high doses of silibinin could significantly improve the hepatic steatosis.The levels of hepatic coefficient,serum TC,TG,AST and ALT in rats treated with individual dose of Silibinin were significantly decreased (P < 0.05,0.01).Particularly,high dose of silibinin significantly reduced LDL level whereas elevated HDL level in serum (P < 0.01).Conclusion Silibinin has a therapeutic effect on nonalcoholic fatty liver rats,and possible mechanism is related to lipid-lowering and hepatic protection.
2.The latent categories of child neglect and its moderating effect on personality and self-efficacy among middle school students
Zhenni GAO ; Yifan ZHAO ; Shichang YANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2023;32(11):1025-1031
Objective:To explore the latent categories of child neglect and its influencing factors, and to investigate the relationship among different categories, personality trait and self-efficacy, as well as the moderating effect of different categories.Methods:A total of 558 middle school students in Xinmi were investigated by the child neglect scale, the Eysenck personality questionnaire, and the general self-efficacy scale. Mplus 7.0, SPSS 26.0 and PROCESS v3.5 softwares were used for latent profile analysis, binary Logistic regression analysis, independent samples t-test and moderating effect test. Results:(1)Children were divided into "high-risk group" (21.3%(109/551)) , "low-risk group" (78.7%(402/551)). (2)The occurrence ratio of the high-risk group increased by 33.4% every one year in age( B=0.288, OR=1.334, P<0.05). Middle school students who live with their grandparents were more likely to be in the high-risk group( B=0.822, OR=2.275, P≤0.05). (3)The scores of extraversion, lie and self-efficacy in high-risk group((51.803±9.877), (46.860±6.552), (23.321±5.448)) were significantly lower than those in low-risk group((54.341±10.521), (48.981±6.548), (24.933±4.961)) ( t=2.262, 2.998, 2.945, all P<0.05), and the scores of neuroticism and psychoticism((58.316±1.880), (56.536±10.663)) were significantly higher than those in low-risk group((48.731±12.371), (49.850±9.562)) ( t=-7.235, -6.314, both P<0.001). (4)The latent categories of child neglect played a moderating role between psychoticism and self-efficacy ( B=-0.111, P<0.05). For the low-risk group, psychoticism had no significant predictive effect on self-efficacy( B=-0.032, P=0.223), for the high-risk group, self-efficacy showed a significant downward trend with the increase of psychoticism( B=-0.143, P=0.002). Conclusion:Child neglect can be divided into two potential categories, which have a moderating effect on the relationship between psychoticism and self-efficacy of high school students.