Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Humans ; Macular Degeneration ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged

Objective To explore the application of allergen detection in children with recurrent asthma and its clinical signifi‐cance .Methods The clinical data of 524 cases of children with recurrent asthma in this hospital ,from February 2013 to February 2015 ,were retrospectively analysed .According to age ,these children with recurrent asthma were divided into three groups:250 ca‐ses were enrolled into infants group(0- <1 years old) ,150 cases enrolled into cheepers group(1- <3 years old) ,124 cases were enrolled in children group (≥3 years old) .Children in the three groups were treated with allergen detection ,and positive rates and distribution of allergens were compared among three groups .Results The total positive rate of allergen detection was 39 .69%(208/524) .The positive rate of allergen detection was the highest in children group(66 .13% ) ,and the lowest in infants group (24 .00% ) ,and there were statistically significant differences in the positive rates among the three groups(P<0 .05) .The top 3 common allergens were milk ,household dust mite and cat dander .The positive rates of household dust mite and house dust were the highest in children group ,but lowest in infants group ,there were statistically significant differences in the positive rate among the three groups(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Allergen detection is particularly important for children with recurrent asthma ,which not only could quickly find the etiology of asthma and identify children who are susceptible to asthma ,but also provide references for early intervention in childhood asthma .

Objective To investigate the effects of simvastatin (SV) on the proliferation,differentiation and apoptosis of human promyelocytic leukemia cell line NB4.Methods NB4 cells were incubated with SV at different concentration with or without all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA),and NB4 cells without any treatment were taken as normal control.Cells of different groups were collected at 24 h,48 h and 72 h after incubation for further detection.Morphological changes by Wright stain were performed.MTT method was used to assay the growth inhibition rate and flow cytometry was used to detect the surface CD11b expression levels,the early stage apoptosis ratio and cell necrosis ratio.Results Treated with 15 μ mol/L SV,10 μ mol/L SV and 5 μ mol/L SV respectively,with the NB4 cells growth,the cell inhibition rates gradually increased (F =7.15,P =0.000),as well as CD11b expression levels (F =3.41,P =0.014) and AnnexinVexpression levels (F =43.38,P =0.000).Furthermore the NB4 cells treated with 15 μ mol/L SV exhibited the most significant changes with cell inhibition rate of 0.96±0.02,CD11b expression level increased to (62.41±6.37) ％ and AnnexinV expression level increased to (87.38±2.94) ％ after 72 h incubation.Combination of 15 μmol/L SV with 0.5 μmol/L ATRA displayed obvious interaction for increasing CD11b expression levels (F =4.093,P =0.025),while no significant interaction for cell inhibition rates and Annexin V expression levels were observed.After 72 h incubation,the CD11b expression levels (89.46±9.13) ％ in NB4 cells treated with 15 μ mol/L SV in combination with 0.5 μ mol/L ATRA were significantly higher than those treated with ATRA (71.27±7.27) ％ and SV (62.41±6.37) ％ (t =2.71,P =0.054; t =4.37,P =0.017)' solely.Conclusion Simvastatin in vitro inhibits NB4 cell proliferation,promotes cell apoptosis,and synergistically induces cell differentiation with ATRA dose-dependently in vitro,which indicates that SV may have the effect of synergistic anti-promyelocytic potency with ATRA.

Objective To investigate the effect of simvastatin (SV) in combination with cytosine arabinoside (ARA-C) on the proliferation and apoptosis of K562 cells. Methods Human K562 cells were incubated with SV and cytosine arabinoside alone or in combination and K562 cells without any treatment were taken as normal control. Cells in different groups were collected at 24, 48 and 72 h after incubation for further detections. Morphological changes by Wright stain were performed. MTT method was used to assay the growth inhibition rate and cytoflowmetry was used to detect the early stage apoptosis ratio and cell necrosis ratio. Results Compared with Ara-C group and SV group, cells in the group treated with SV combined with Ara-C showed obvious karyopyknosis,apoptosis bodies formation and significant cell growth inhibition, which were positively correlated with culture time. Combination of 15 μmol/L SV and Ara-C showed the most significant cell growth inhibition with a inhibition rate of (72±1) % at 72 h of culture, as was significantly higher than that of 15 μmol/L SV group (45±2) % and 20 μmol/L Ara-C group (44±0) % (P ＜0.01),furthermore, combination of 15 μmol/L simvastatin and Ara-C showed synergistic inhibition with Q value of 1.24 and 1.19 at 24 h and 48 h in each. The apoptosis rates at early stage (AnnexinV) detected by flow cytometry in 20 μmol/L, 15 μmol/L and 10 μmol/L SV treated K562 cells were significantly higher than that in normal K562 cells (P ＜0.01), as were positively correlated with culture time and SV dose (P ＜0.05). There were no significant difference of early apoptosis rate between the 20 μmol/L SV and 15 μmol/L SV groups (P ＞0.05), yet the very two were both higher than that of 10 μmol/L SV group (P ＜0.05). There were no statistic differences of late apoptosis rate (PI) amongdifferent treated groups (P ＞0.05). Conclusion SV inhibited K562 cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis in vitro, and combination of SV and Ara-C exhibited obvious synergistic inhibition and apoptosis, which may increase the sensitivity of K562 cell to chemotherapy. SV at 15 μmol/L may be the best concentration for K562 cells in vitro.

Butanol is not only an important chemical feedstock but also expected to become a new generation biofuel. Thus, biological butanol production using renewable feedstocks has attracted renewed attention due to the worries of global oil supply and its impact on social and economic development. However, compared with petrochemical-derived butanol, biological butanol production is still not economically competition, because of its major drawbacks: high cost of the feedstocks, low butanol concentration in the fermentation broth and the co-production of low-value byproducts acetone and ethanol. Recently, Shanghai cooperative bio-butanol group (SCBG) developed a simple-to-complex technical route to improve bio-butanol production with a focus on: increasing butanol ratio in the solvent through metabolic engineering of Clostridia spp.; introducing and optimizing the butanol synthetic pathway in the species with high butanol tolerance; overcoming the glucose repression effect to utilize low-cost non-grain based feedstocks. SCBG believes that, through extensive domestic and international industry-university-research cooperation, a sustainable and economically viable process for biological butanol production can be established in the near future.
Biofuels ; Butanols ; metabolism ; Clostridium ; genetics ; metabolism ; Clostridium beijerinckii ; genetics ; metabolism ; Fermentation ; Genetic Engineering ; methods ; Industrial Microbiology ; methods ; trends

Objective To establish a HPLC method for determination of 18β-isomer in magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate. Methods The determination was performed by Agilent Extend-C18 column ( 4. 6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm ) . Mobile phase consisted of 0. 1 mol·L-1 potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer solution ( adjusted to pH 7. 0 with potassium hydroxide )-acetonitrile (80︰20) at the flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1. The column temperature was 30 ℃, and the detection wavelength was set at 250 nm. Results The resolution of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate and 18β-isomer was greater than 2.0. The linear range of them was 0.41-2.46μg·mL-1( r=0.9998) , the detection limit was 0.21 ng, and the average recovery were 100.2%,99.1%, 110.2%,RSD were 0.9%,0.1%,0.2%(n=3). Conclusion The method is simple and accurate, and can be used for determination of 18β-isomer in magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate.

Rapid and accurate identification and effective non-drug intervention are the worldwide challenges in the field of depression. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals contain rich quantitative markers of depression, but whole-brain EEG signals acquisition process is too complicated to be applied on a large-scale population. Based on the wearable frontal lobe EEG monitoring device developed by the authors' laboratory, this study discussed the application of wearable EEG signal in depression recognition and intervention. The technical principle of wearable EEG signals monitoring device and the commonly used wearable EEG devices were introduced. Key technologies for wearable EEG signals-based depression recognition and the existing technical limitations were reviewed and discussed. Finally, a closed-loop brain-computer music interface system for personalized depression intervention was proposed, and the technical challenges were further discussed. This review paper may contribute to the transformation of relevant theories and technologies from basic research to application, and further advance the process of depression screening and personalized intervention.
Humans ; Algorithms ; Depression/therapy* ; Music ; Music Therapy ; Electroencephalography ; Wearable Electronic Devices