ObjectiveTo explore the characteristics of phonological encoding of Chinese disyllabic compound words in patients with mild cognition impairment(MCI). Methods10 patients with MCI and 10 normal controls who matched with the age, gender, level of education and handedness performed homophone judgment task. In this task, a picture with a disyllabic compound name was presented, after 100 ms of the presentation there would be a Chinese character below the picture. Subjects were asked to judge whether one of the morpheme in the picture name was homophonic to the character. The reaction time and error ratio were analyzed statistically. ResultsIn the normal controls, the reaction time for the second constituents was shorter than that for the first constituents, while there were no difference between the first and second constituents reaction time in MCI patients. The error ratio of the first and second constituents showed no difference in normal controls, but MCI patients made more error rate for the first constituents. ConclusionAs the heathy elderly,the MCI patients have same pattern in phonological coding of Chinese disyllabic compound words, but much slower in activation speed, indicating the impairment of semantic memory and phonological activation in patients with MCI.

OBJECTIVETo study the clinical features of children with acute pancreatitis complicated by systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).

METHODSClinical data of 71 children with acute pancreatitis from May 2005 to June 2007 were retrospectively studied. According to complications with or without SIRS, the patients were classified into two groups: SIRS (n=30) and non-SIRS (n=41). The SIRS group was subdivided into three groups based on the item number consistent with SIRS diagnostic criteria: S1 (2 items), S2 (3 items) and S3 (4 items).

RESULTSMore patients had severe abdominal pain (n: 12 vs 3) and fever (n: 25 vs 15) in the SIRS group than in the non-SIRS group (p<0.01). The serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (49.61+/-8.09 mg/L) in the SIRS group were significantly higher than those in the non-SIRS group (7.98+/-2.82 mg/L) (p<0.01). The serum calcium level (1.93 mol/L) in the SIRS group was statistically lower than that in the non-SIRS group (2.81 mol/L)(p<0.01). Among the SIRS group, the S3 group showed the highest CRP level (120.40+/-10.04 mg/L), followed by the S2 group (75.78+/-9.50 mg/L) and S1 group (28.51+/-8.51 mg/L) (p<0.01). The highest sensitivity (50%) and negative predictive value (96.8%) for the diagnosis of severe acute pancreatitis was obtained for a CRP cut-off at 110 mg/L. The imaging changes were more severe in the SIRS group than in the non-SIRS group.

CONCLUSIONSSevere abdominal pain and fever were common clinical symptoms in children with acute pancreatitis complicated by SIRS. Serum CRP and calcium levels as well as imaging changes are important markers for the severity evaluation of acute pancreatitis. The patients with serum CRP level above 110 mg/L or with more than three items consistent with SIRS diagnostic criteria are at high risk for the development of severe acute pancreatitis.

Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; C-Reactive Protein ; analysis ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pancreatitis ; blood ; complications ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome ; blood ; etiology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

To obtain ginsenoside Rg1 molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) separating materials with high selectivity, enrichment and adsorption performance through directional separation of ginsenoside Rg1 and analogues. In this study, MIPs were respectively prepared by precipitation polymerization and surface imprinted polymerization. Their adsorption performances were compared. The results showed that ginsenoside Rg1 MIPs prepared by the above two methods had a high adsorption performance to template molecules, with the maximum apparent adsorbing capacity of up to 27.74, 46. 80 mg x g(-1), respectively. Moreover, MIPs prepared by surface imprinted polymerization showed higher adsorption capacity than that by precipitation polymerization. The experimental results indicated that as for ginsenoside Rg1 with higher polarity, MIPs prepared by surface imprinted polymerization showed higher selectivity and adsorption performance, which provides provide important reference for preparing imprinted polymers with good adsorption performance with active molecules with strong polarity.
Adsorption ; Chemical Fractionation ; methods ; Chemical Precipitation ; Ginsenosides ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Molecular Imprinting ; Polymerization ; Polymers ; chemical synthesis

Objective To select the largest non-toxic leaching solution concentration through the experimental observation of the cytotoxicity of the ostrich acellular corneal stromal leaching solution to the Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts cells(CHL) for the further chromosome distortion experiment.Methods The leaching solution made from the ostrich acellular corneal stromal material was diluted with concentrate of 1 ∶ 2,1 ∶ 4 and the original concentration were used to culture with the CHL cells,the negative and positive control were also set up at the same time,to evaluate the impact on cell growth after 24 hour by MTT colorimetric method.Results The leaching solution diluted with 1∶4 was non-toxic,and could promote the growth of the cells.Conclusion Combined with the results of classification and cell morphological features,this cytotoxicity test can be used to screen the best benchmark non-toxic concentrations for the chromosome aberration test of the CHL cells.

OBJECTIVE:To screen the agonist active ingredients of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) in flavonoids from Artemisia ordosica,and provide reference for finding antidiabetic agents in A.ordosica.METHODS:Using known PPAR-γagonist rosiglitazone as positive control,molecular docking technology was conducted for docking one by one for 18 flavonoids and PPAR-7 targets obtained from A.ordosica.It was compared with binding affinities and binding modes of compounds and PPAR-7 targets,and the possible PPAR-γ agonist ingredients in A.ordosica were screened.RESULTS:5 flavonoids showed good docking affinities,in which,compound 3 (5,3',4'-trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone) showed the highest (-8.3 kcal/mol).Docking mode analysis showed that the phenol oxygen on ring A and ring B of the flavonoids with LBD active site of PPAR-γ formed one (Tyr327) or two hydrogen bonding (Tyr327,Arg288),which played an important role in the binding of flavonoids and PPAR-γ and the stability of PPAR-γ conformation.CONCLUSIONS:Results of virtual screening in molecular docking technology indicate that flavonoids (mostly containing multiple free phenolic hydroxyl groups) in can easily form good docking mode and high affinity with PPAR-γ,showing potential antidiabetic activity.The study can provide reference for further research of chemical ingredients for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of superficial temporal artery(STA)pressure-guided selective cerebral perfusion(SCP)during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest(DHCA)in patients undergoing aortic arch surgery.Methods Ninety-six patients of both sexes,aged 35-64 yr,with body mass index of 19-23kg/m2,of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅲ or Ⅳ,undergoing aortic arch surgery,were divided into STA pressure group(group A)and clinical experience group(group B)using a random number table,with 48 patients in each group.In group A,STA catheterization was performed after tracheal intubation,and arterial pressure was monitored.SCP flow was adjusted to maintain the target value of STA pressure between 30 and 40mmHg during DHCA in group A.SCP flow rate was set at 5-10ml·kg-1·min-1 according to clinical experience in group B.The volume of fluid perfused during SCP,emergence time,extubation time and duration of intensive care unit stay were recorded.Neurological function was evaluated during length of hospitalization after surgery,and the development of permanent and transient neurological dysfunction and mortality in hospital were recorded.Results Compared with group B,the volume of fluid perfused during SCP was significantly decreased,the emergence time,extubation time and duration of intensive care unit stay were shortened,the incidence of permanent and transient neurological dysfunction(2% and 4%,respectively)was decreased(P < 0.05),and no significant change was found in the mortality rate in hospital in group A(P>0.05).Conclusion Maintaining STA pressure at 30-40mmHg is a reliable method for guiding SCP during DHCA in patients undergoing aortic arch surgery.

The fermentative H2-producing strain Clostridium sp. H-61 was isolated from anaerobic sludge,was used as an original strain which was induced by NTG and UV for increasing and the hydrogen production ability. One of the highest efficient H2-producing mutants was named as HCM-23 with its stable hydrogen production ability. which was measured in the batch culture experiments. With the condition of 10 g/L glucose,its cumulative hydrogen yield and hydrogen production rate was 3024 mL/L and 33.19 mmol H2/g DW?h,69.89% and 68.14% higher than that of the original strain,respectively. The terminal liquid product compositions showed that the mutant HCM-23 fermentation was ethanol type,while the original strain H-61 fermentation was butyric acid type. Varieties of parameters of hydrogen production fermentation studied,including time,carbon source,nitrogen source,glucose concentration,glucose utilization,initial pH and incubation temperature had been studied,indicated the optimum condition of hydrogen production for the mutantHCM-23 as initial pH 6.5,temperature 36 ℃,and the favorite substrate was sucrose. The hydrogen production characters of the mutant and the original strain were different,such as,the growth lag phase and the utilization of inorganic nitrogen source,etc. This work shows a good application potential of NTG-UV combined mutation in the biohydrogen production. And the hydrogen production mechanism and metabolic pathway should be explored furthermore.

This study aims at trying to establish a novel method of sterility test for injections based on biothermodynamics, in order to overcome the deficiencies of routine sterility tests such as long detecting cycle, low sensitivity and prone to misjudgments. A biothermodynamics method was adopted to rapidly detect the microorganism contamination of injections by monitoring the heat metabolism during the growth of microbe. The growth rate equal to or greater than zero and the heat power difference of P(i) and P(0) with three folds higher than the noise of baseline were chosen as indexes to study the heat change rule of microbe. In this way, the effectiveness of the new method to detect strains required by conventional sterility test or in injection samples was also investigated. Results showed that the Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria and fungi demanded by sterility testing methodology could be detected by biothermodynamics method within 10 hours, with the sensitivity lower than 100 CFU x mL(-1). Meanwhile, this method was successfully applied to the sterility test of Compound Yinchen injection (FFYC), Shuanghuanglian powder injection (SHL) and Compound Triamcinolone injection (TAND) which were sterilized with different degrees. Therefore, the biothermodynamics method, with advantages of fast detection and high sensitivity, could be a complementary solution for conventional sterility tests.
Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Drug Contamination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; chemistry ; Fungi ; isolation & purification ; Gram-Negative Bacteria ; isolation & purification ; Gram-Positive Bacteria ; isolation & purification ; Hot Temperature ; Injections ; Microbiological Techniques ; methods ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Sterilization ; Triamcinolone ; administration & dosage ; chemistry

In vitro neuraminidase inhibition assays and ultrafiltration liquid chromatography with diodearray detector coupled to time of flight mass spectrometer (UPLC-DAD-TOF-MS) were combined to screen bioactive compounds inhibiting neuraminidase from Isatidis Radix. By comparing the compounds from Isatidis Radix before and after ultrafiltration, we found that arginine, goitrin and adenosinea can bind with neuraminidase, and the binding degree of the three compounds were (36.23 +/- 1.12)%, (32.54 +/- 1.02)% and (9.38 +/- 0.47)%, respectively. The IC50 of arginine and goitrin were (1.16 +/- 0.02), (1.20 +/- 0.02) g x L(-1), respectively. While the IC50 of adenosinea was higher than 500 g x L(-1). The results showed that arginine and goitrin might be the main compounds with antiviral activity of Isatidis Radix. This study may provide a useful method for the screening of bioactive compounds and quality control of Isatidis Radix.
Antiviral Agents ; analysis ; pharmacology ; Arginine ; analysis ; pharmacology ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; analysis ; pharmacology ; Isatis ; chemistry ; Mass Spectrometry ; Neuraminidase ; antagonists & inhibitors ; metabolism ; Orthomyxoviridae ; drug effects ; enzymology ; Oxazolidinones ; analysis ; pharmacology ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Ultrafiltration ; Viral Proteins ; antagonists & inhibitors ; metabolism

The study is to report the establishment of a method of screening the antitumor compounds based on the dynamic bio-response profile of cells to make up for the shortages of conventional end-point tests such as tedious operation and low sensitivity. Based on the principle of electric impedance of cells, the real-time cell electronic sensing (RT-CES) system was used to monitor the effect of epirubicin (EPI), cisplatinum (DDP) and carboplatin (CBP) on the growth of HepG2 cells, with the cell index (CI), half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) and detachment curve as evaluation indexes. Meanwhile, cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and microscopy were applied for verification. The results showed that CI curve could sensitively real-time profile the inhibitory effect of model drugs on HepG2 cells. The IC50 of EPI, DDP and CBP were 0.53 +/- 0.04, 9.79 +/- 0.26 and 597.00 +/- 3.79 microg x mL(-1), respectively. What's more, the significant differences of detachment curves of the three drugs indicated that their functional mechanisms might be different, this is consistent with the literature. The RT-CES system with non-invasive, label-free and real-time characteristics could be used to monitor the bio-response profile of the three drugs to HepG2 cells, allowing to qualitatively and quantitatively distinguish the antitumor activities of the three drugs, and could be a complementary method for the present screening of antitumor compounds.
Antineoplastic Agents ; pharmacology ; Biosensing Techniques ; methods ; Cell Count ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cisplatin ; pharmacology ; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor ; Electric Impedance ; Humans