Adult ; Aged ; Erythrocyte Indices ; Hemorheology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Silicosis ; blood

Objective To study the expression and significance of ?-catenin in keratosic dermatosis and non-melanocytic skin tumors. Methods ?-catenin expression was determined in 10 specimens of normal skin,10 cases of seborrheic keratosis(SK),26 cases of actinic keratosis(AK),17 cases of Bowen's disease(BD) and 35 cases of primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) by immunohistochemical EnVision two-step staining method. Results The expression of ?-catenin was significantly higher in SK,AK,BD and SCC than in normal skin(P0.05),but that was significantly lower in SK and AK than in BD(P0.05). Conclusion The cytoplasmic and/or nuclear expression of ?-catenin may play a role in the progression from normal skin to keratosic dermatosis and non-melanocytic skin tumors.

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Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Health Education ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Health Services Needs and Demand ; statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Health ; statistics & numerical data ; Rural Population ; statistics & numerical data ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Transients and Migrants ; statistics & numerical data ; Young Adult

AIMTo synthesize acylated prodrug of tacrine hydrochloride (THA) to improve the infiltration ability across the blood brain barrier (BBB).

METHODSA series of prodrugs were prepared by acylation of the 7-amino group of THA. The degradation of prodrugs was investigated under different conditions. Biodistribution studies of N-butyramide-THA (BTHA) in mice were carried out to evaluate the function of brain targeting.

RESULTSThe structures of prodrugs were confirmed by IR, 1HNMR and MS. All prodrugs were stable in different medium. Octanol-water partition coefficients indicated increased lipophlicity for various prodrugs compared to the THA. In vivo distribution studies showed that BTHA was mainly distributed in brain, blood and liver (the maximum concentrations were 17.5725, 13.1400 and 22.8279 mg.L-1, respectively), while the THA concentration were very low in lung and heart (the maximum concentrations were 4.9475 and 4.4925 mg.L-1, respectively). The BTHA concentration (2.4159 mg.L-1) was relatively high even 12 h after administration, showing that BTHA degraded more slowly in brain than in other tissues.

CONCLUSIONThe infiltration ability of THA across BBB was increased in the form of N-acylate-THA prodrug, indicating that this kind of prodrug is a promising brain-targeting delivery system.

Animals ; Blood-Brain Barrier ; Brain ; metabolism ; Cholinesterase Inhibitors ; pharmacokinetics ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Drug Stability ; Liver ; metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Molecular Structure ; Prodrugs ; chemical synthesis ; pharmacokinetics ; Tacrine ; analogs & derivatives ; blood ; chemical synthesis ; pharmacokinetics

Animals ; Cadmium Chloride ; toxicity ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Estradiol ; toxicity ; Female ; Organ Size ; drug effects ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Uterus ; drug effects ; pathology

Objective To investigate the protective effects of simvastatin on cobalt choride ( CoCl2 ) -induced hypoxia and reoxygenation injury on alveolar type Ⅱ cells and the underlying mechanisms.Methods CoCl2 was used to establish the hypoxia and reoxygenation injury model on AT Ⅱ cells.Blank,control and variant doses simvastatin-treated groups ( 5,10,20,30,50,100 μ mol/L) were designed in the present study.The proliferation of AT Ⅱ cells was evaluated by Cell Counting Kit-8 ( CCK-8 ) assay.The percentage of apoptotic cells was assessed by flow cytometry AV/PI double-staining.The protein levels of surfactant protein-C (SP-C) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in AT Ⅱ cells was determined by Western blot.Results As compared with the control group,pretreatment with low dose (5 - 20 μmol/L),but not high dose simvastatin (50 - 100 μmol/L) markedly reduced A549 cells apoptosis,and increased their proliferation and the protein levels of SPC and PCNAin vitro.The protective effect could be reversed in vitro by L-mevalonate,a simvastatin competitive inhibitor,which indicated that the inhibition of mevalorate pathway was involved in the simvastatin induced AT Ⅱ cells function restoration.Condusion Low doses simvastatin reversed CoCl2-induced hypoxia and reoxygenation injury of AT Ⅱ cells.The inhibition of mevalonate pathway contributed to simvastatin induced AT Ⅱ cells function restoration.

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Objective To study the influence of electro-acupuncture(EA)at Zusanli points(足三里穴) on the apoptosis of thymocytes in rats with abdominal infection and its mechanism.Methods A total of 40 Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats were randomly divided into four groups,including normal control group,model group,non-acupoint group and Zusanli group.The abdominal infection model of rat was made by cecal ligation and puncture(CLP).After abdominal cavity infection for 36 hours,the apoptosis of thymocytes was observed under electron microscope and light microscope,and the apoptosis ratio of thymocytes was determined by Annexin V-PI method with flow cytometry technique.The content of Bcl-2 protein of thymocytes and concentration of corticosterone in plasma were determined.Results Abdominal infection resulted from CLP could significantly increase the apoptosis of thymocytes and lead to the typical histopathological changes of apoptosis of thymocytes under electron microscope and light microscope.Apoptosis ratios of thyrnocytes in model group[(44.7?3.3)%],non-acupoint group[(42.7?3.0)%]and Zusanli group[(32.6?3.3)%] were significantly higher than the ratio in the control group[(21.2?2.3)%,all P0.05).Abdominal infection resulted from CLP also could reduce the content of Bcl-2 protein of thymocytes.The content of Bcl-2 protein of thymocytes in model group(71.2?5.6),non-acupoint group(73.5?5.9)and Zusanli group(82.4?6.8) were significantly lower than normal control group(95.3?6.3,all P