Objective To evaluate the value of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI)in distinguishing the solid solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN).Methods 42 patients with SPN (malignant in 25 and benign in 1 7)who were confirmed by operation,biopsy or follow up after treatment underwent routine chest T1 WI,T2 WI and DWI.The b values were chosen as 300,500,800 and 1 000 s/mm2 ,and the corresponding apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)values and the signal intensity (SI)were respectively measured.Results The ADC values and SI of benign and malignant SPNs were gradually reduced with increasing b value.The ADC value between benign and malignant SPNs was statistically significant with b value of 500 s/mm2 (P 500 =0.03 <0.05 ),meanwhile the SI was statistically significant with b values from 300 to 1000 s/mm2 (P 300 <0.001,P 500 =0.03 <0.05,P 800 =0.01 <0.05, P 1 000 =0.02<0.05).Conclusion Both SI and ADC value of DWI play important role in distinguishing benign and malignant SPNs, and the diagnostic efficiency of SI is superior to ADC value.

OBJECTIVETo observe the changes in Aβ40, Aβ42 and ADDLs in brains of 3 month-old APPswe/PS1dE9 double transgenic mice after six-month intervention with curcumin, in order to discuss the neuroprotective effect of curcumin.

METHODAPPswe/PS1dE9dtg mice were randomly divided into the model group, the Rosiglitazone group (10 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1)) and curcumin high (400 mg x kg9-1) x d(-1)), medium (200 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1)) and low (100 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1)) dosage groups, with C57/BL6J mice of the same age and the same background in the normal control group. After 6 months, the immunohistochemical staining (IHC) and the Western blot method were used to observe the changes in positive cell of Aβ40, Aβ42 and ADDLs in hippocampal CA1 area, their distribution and protein expressions.

RESULTBoth of the immunohistochemical staining and the Western blot method showed more positive cell of Aβ40, Aβ42 and ADDLs in hippocampal CA1 area and higher protein expressions in the model group than the normal group (P < 0.01). IHC showed a lower result in the Rosiglitazone group than the model group (P < 0.05), while Western blot showed a much lower result (P < 0.01). The number of Aβ40, Aβ42 and ADDLs positive cells and the protein expressions decreased in the curcumin high group, the medium group showed a significant decrease (P < 0.01), and the low dose group also showed reductions in the protein expressions of Aβ40 and Aβ42.

CONCLUSIONThe six-month intervention with curcumin can significantly reduce the expressions of hippocampal Aβ40, Aβ42 and ADDLs in brains of APPswe/PS1dE9 double transgenic mice. Whether curcumin can impact Aβ cascade reaction by down-regulating expressions of Aβ40, Aβ42 and ADDLs and show the neuroprotective effect needs further studies.

Alzheimer Disease ; drug therapy ; genetics ; metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Peptides ; genetics ; metabolism ; Animals ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Curcumin ; administration & dosage ; Disease Models, Animal ; Hippocampus ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Transgenic ; Neuroprotective Agents ; administration & dosage ; Plant Extracts ; administration & dosage

OBJECTIVETo quantify the interleukin (IL)-1beta mRNA and IL-6 mRNA expression induced by lipopolysaccharides ([PS) extracted from Porphyromonoas endodontalis (P. endodontalis) in osteoblasts, and to relate P. endodontalis LPS to the bone resorptive pathogenesis in the lesions of chronic apical periodontitis.

METHODSMG63 cells was pretreated with PD98059 or SB203580 for 1 h and then treated with P. endodontolis LPS for 6 h. The expression of IL-1beta mRNA and IL-6 mRNA were detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique.

RESULTSThe production of IL-1beta mRNA induced by P. endodontalis LPS decreased in osteoblasts pretreated with PD98059. Both of the production of IL-1beta mRNA and JL-6 mRNA induced by P. endodontalis LPS decreased in osteoblasts pretreated with SB203580.

CONCLUSIONThe synthesis of IL-1beta mRNA stimulated by Pendodontalis LPS in MG63 probably occur via extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction system. The synthesis of IL-6 mRNA stimulated by P.endodontalis LPS in MG63 probahly occur via p38MAPK signal transduction system.

Humans ; Imidazoles ; Interleukin-6 ; Lipopolysaccharides ; MAP Kinase Signaling System ; Osteoblasts ; Porphyromonas endodontalis ; Pyridines ; RNA, Messenger ; Signal Transduction ; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

Sixty healthy Sprague-Dawley male rats were used and divided randomly into control group (group C), cadmium loading group with medium dose (group M) and cadmium loading group with high dose (group H). Groups C, M and H were orally dosed daily with 0, 5 and 10 mg/kg of cadmium for over 6 weeks. Effects of cadmium loading on testis and endocrine function of reproduction in male rats were studied. The results showed that the zinc content decreased slightly in testis and plasma, and the cadmium concentration increased significantly in the testis of groups M and H; while the plasma levels of cadmium and zinc had no obvious difference as compared with those of group C; daily sperm production in the testis of group H decreased markedly during week 3 of cadmium loading, and was significantly lower in groups M and H as compared to that in group C during week 6; alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in group H and lactate dehydrogenase-X (LDH-X) in groups M and H were markedly lower compared to those of group C; plasma testosterone (T) level in both cadmium loading groups decreased and was low or significantly lower than that in group C; follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels had no apparent difference between the three groups. It is suggested that the gradual accumulation of cadmium in testis tissue induced by chronic cadmium loading results in changes in some enzyme activity, a decrease in sperm production, and defect of endocrine function activity in the testis.
Alkaline Phosphatase ; drug effects ; Animals ; Cadmium ; blood ; Cadmium Chloride ; administration & dosage ; toxicity ; Follicle Stimulating Hormone ; blood ; Isoenzymes ; drug effects ; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase ; drug effects ; Luteinizing Hormone ; blood ; Male ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Reproduction ; drug effects ; Spermatogenesis ; drug effects ; Testis ; enzymology ; pathology ; Testosterone ; blood

This research aimed to study the effect of distillage recycling on ethanol fermentation, the key glycolytic enzymes and cell composition of the self-flocculating yeast. With the self-flocculating yeast SPSC01 and medium composed of 220 g/L glucose, 8 g/L yeast extract and 6 g/L peptone, continuous ethanol fermentation was carried out at the dilution rate of 0.04 h(-1) with a 1.5 L tank bioreactor. Fermentation broth was collected every 3 days, and ethanol and other volatile byproducts were removed by distillation, but the stillage with high boiling byproducts was recycled to prepare the medium instead of fresh water. The system was run for 20 days, during which ethanol and biomass concentrations in the effluent decreased continuously, indicating the significant inhibition of the high boiling byproducts accumulated within the system. Thus, the activities of the key enzymes of the glycolytic pathway: hexokinase, 6-phosphofructose kinase, and pyruvate kinase were analyzed, and it was observed that all of them were inhibited. Furthermore, the biosynthesis of the stress response metabolites glycerol and trehalose was investigated, and it was found that glycerol production that can protect yeast cells against osmotic pressure stress was enhanced, but trehalose biosynthesis that can protect yeast cells against ethanol inhibition was not improved, correspondingly. And in the meantime, the biosynthesis of the major intracellular components proteins and hydrocarbons was adjusted, correspondingly.
Bioreactors ; microbiology ; Ethanol ; metabolism ; Fermentation ; Flocculation ; Glycerol ; metabolism ; Glycolysis ; Hexokinase ; metabolism ; Industrial Microbiology ; methods ; Phosphofructokinase-1 ; metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; enzymology ; genetics ; metabolism ; Schizosaccharomyces ; enzymology ; genetics ; metabolism ; Trehalose ; metabolism ; Triticum ; metabolism ; Zea mays ; metabolism

Objective To explore the construction and verification of the classification model for the five properties of traditional Chinese medicine:warm,cool,cold,hot,and neutral.Methods Urine samples of mice after taking Chinese medicine of different properties were selected as research objects,and Raman spectroscopy-related technology was used for detection.The obtained data set was classified into training set and test set,and the classification model was constructed using four machine learning methods:random forest,extreme gradient boosting,support vector machine,and logistic regression.The model performance was evaluated using precision,recall,F1 score,and accuracy.Results A total of 4 888 sets of spectra were collected in this study,of which 80%,totaling 3 910 sets of spectral data,were used to build the model,and the remaining 20%,totaling 978 sets of spectral data,were used to test model performance.The accuracy of the random forest model was 92%,the extreme gradient boosting model was 87%,the support vector machine model was 83%,and the logistic regression model was 75%.The Raman shifts with the highest classification weights were 872,1 012,1 108,1 190 and 1 668 cm-1.Conclusion Raman spectroscopy combined with machine learning algorithms can be used to classify the five medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine,among which the random forest model has the best effect.

Objective To construct an evaluation index system of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges based on a logical model,and to provide reference for scien-tific and systematic measurement of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges.Methods The first draft of the evaluation index system was drawn up by combing the re-search literature and laws and policies related to the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in domestic hospitals,and two rounds of Delphi expert consultation were carried out to determine the evalua-tion index system.Results The expert positive coefficient of both rounds was 100%,the authority coefficient was 0.875 and 0.874,and Kendall's W coefficient increased round by round.Finally,an evaluation system covering 4 first-level indicators,12 second-level indicators and 44 third-level indicators of scientific and technological achieve-ments transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities was determined.Conclusion The evaluation in-dex system of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universi-ties has certain reliability and scientificity,with obvious main characteristics,and has important guiding significance and practical value for promoting the optimization of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities and improving the transformation efficiency.

Objective To construct an evaluation index system of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges based on a logical model,and to provide reference for scien-tific and systematic measurement of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges.Methods The first draft of the evaluation index system was drawn up by combing the re-search literature and laws and policies related to the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in domestic hospitals,and two rounds of Delphi expert consultation were carried out to determine the evalua-tion index system.Results The expert positive coefficient of both rounds was 100%,the authority coefficient was 0.875 and 0.874,and Kendall's W coefficient increased round by round.Finally,an evaluation system covering 4 first-level indicators,12 second-level indicators and 44 third-level indicators of scientific and technological achieve-ments transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities was determined.Conclusion The evaluation in-dex system of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universi-ties has certain reliability and scientificity,with obvious main characteristics,and has important guiding significance and practical value for promoting the optimization of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities and improving the transformation efficiency.

Objective To construct an evaluation index system of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges based on a logical model,and to provide reference for scien-tific and systematic measurement of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges.Methods The first draft of the evaluation index system was drawn up by combing the re-search literature and laws and policies related to the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in domestic hospitals,and two rounds of Delphi expert consultation were carried out to determine the evalua-tion index system.Results The expert positive coefficient of both rounds was 100%,the authority coefficient was 0.875 and 0.874,and Kendall's W coefficient increased round by round.Finally,an evaluation system covering 4 first-level indicators,12 second-level indicators and 44 third-level indicators of scientific and technological achieve-ments transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities was determined.Conclusion The evaluation in-dex system of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universi-ties has certain reliability and scientificity,with obvious main characteristics,and has important guiding significance and practical value for promoting the optimization of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities and improving the transformation efficiency.

Objective To construct an evaluation index system of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges based on a logical model,and to provide reference for scien-tific and systematic measurement of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of universities and colleges.Methods The first draft of the evaluation index system was drawn up by combing the re-search literature and laws and policies related to the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements transfor-mation in domestic hospitals,and two rounds of Delphi expert consultation were carried out to determine the evalua-tion index system.Results The expert positive coefficient of both rounds was 100%,the authority coefficient was 0.875 and 0.874,and Kendall's W coefficient increased round by round.Finally,an evaluation system covering 4 first-level indicators,12 second-level indicators and 44 third-level indicators of scientific and technological achieve-ments transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities was determined.Conclusion The evaluation in-dex system of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universi-ties has certain reliability and scientificity,with obvious main characteristics,and has important guiding significance and practical value for promoting the optimization of scientific and technological achievements transformation in affiliated hospitals of colleges and universities and improving the transformation efficiency.