The theory of "yang transforming qi and yin shaping up body" comes from Huangdi Neijing (Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor),which describes the basic form of human metabolism dominated by "yang transforming qi":the effect of " yang transforming qi" leads the energy metabolism of human body,while the effect of "yin shaping up body" leads the material metabolism. Metabolic syndrome is a clinical syndrome with metabolic disorders of protein,fat and carbohydrate. The theory of "yang transforming qi and yin shaping up body" has a strong guiding value for the pathogenesis analysis and clinical differentiation and treatment of metabolic syndrome. Yin and yang represent the two basic trends of the change and development of things,and the functions of "transforming qi" and "shaping up body" are the main manifestations of them in metabolism. From this perspective,this paper suggests that the key pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome should be "insufficiency of yang transforming qi and impairment of yin shaping up body" based on the mutual assistance of yin and yang. On this basis we take "coordinating yin-yang and promoting the reproduction of them" as the main directions of therapy,which provides a new idea for the treatment of metabolic syndrome.

Objective:To investigate clinical features, imaging characteristics, etiology, and potential mechanisms of medullary "comma-shaped" infarctions.Methods:Patients with common-shaped infarction treated at Weihai Central Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University from January 2020 to September 2023 were retrospectively collected, and their clinical manifestations, imaging findings, treatment, and outcome were analyzed and summarized.Results:A total of 9 patients with medullary common-shaped infarction were enrolled, including 3 males, aged 67.22±14.66 years (ranging from 39 to 83 years). Main clinical symptoms and signs included the decreased pain and temperature sensation on the contralateral limb (66.67%, 6/9), coughing or choking while drinking liquids/dysphagia (66.67%, 6/9), ipsilateral pharyngopalatine muscle paralysis (66.67%, 6/9), and dizziness (66.67%, 6/9). Seven patients (77.78%, 7/9) had severe stenosis or occlusion at the ipsilateral vertebral artery, one (11.11%, 1/9) had occlusion at the left middle cerebral artery, and one (11.11%, 1/9) did not have large vessel stenosis. At 90 days after onset, the follow-up showed that the modified Rankin Scale scores were all <2.Conclusions:Medullary comma-shaped infarctions are rare in clinical practice, its main manifestations include the decreased pain and temperature sensation on the contralateral limb, coughing or choking while drinking liquids/dysphagia, ipsilateral pharyngopalatine muscle paralysis, dizziness, etc. The pathogenesis is mainly hypoperfusion caused by vertebral artery stenosis.

Objective : To analyze the association between multiple loci of genes and the risk of early⁃onset pre⁃ eclampsia (EOPE) with pregnancy induced hypertension. Methods : Among 382 EOPE patients who had lived in Yanbian area for more than 10 years , 192 patients were randomly selected as case group. At the same time , 192 cases of natural delivery in the hospital were randomly selected as the control group. PCR⁃RFLP method was used to determine the specific genotype and allele distribution information , and non⁃conditional Logistic method was used to obtain odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) to confirm the risk of various genotypes. Results : There were two alleles of T and C at the GRB2 rs8082005 locus , TC , TT , and CC genotypes. There were two alleles of T and C at the RXRA rs3849222 locus , TC , TT , and CC genotypes. Through unconditional logistic regression analysis , in the GRB2 rs8082005 locus , compared with the TT genotype , the CC genotype was more susceptible to EOPE ( OR = 3. 155 , 95% CI = 1. 513 - 6. 579 , P = 0. 002) . In the explicit model , compared to patients with TT+ TC genotype , patients with CC genotype increased the risk of EOPE ( OR = 3. 000 , 95% CI = 1. 495 - 6. 022 , P = 0. 002) . In the RXRA rs3849222 locus , compared with the CC genotype , the TT genotype was more susceptible to EOPE ( OR = 2. 031 , 95% CI = 1. 077 - 3. 820 , P = 0. 028) . In the invisible model , compared to patients with CC + CT genotype , patients with TT genotype had an increased risk of EOPE ( OR = 2. 549 , 95% CI = 1. 421 - 4. 573 , P = 0. 002) . Conclusion There is a significant correlation between single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at the GRB2 rs8082005 and RXRA rs3849222 loci and the risk of EOPE in pregnant women with gestational hypertension in Yanbian area.

During the analysis of benziamidazole-class irreversible proton pump inhibitors,an unusual mass spectral response with the mass-to-charge ratio at[M+10]+intrigued us,as it couldn't be assigned to any literature known relevant structure,intermediate or adduct ion.Moreover,this mysterious mass pattern of[M+10]+has been gradually observed by series of marketed proton pump inhibitors,viz.omeprazole,pantoprazole,lansoprazole and rabeprazole.All the previous attempts to isolate the corresponding component were unsuccessful.The investigation of present work addresses this kind of signal to a pyridinium thiocyanate mass spectral intermediate(10),which is the common fragment ion of series of labile aggregates.The origin of such aggregates can be traced to the reactive intermediates formed by acid-promoted degradation.These reactive intermediates tend to react with each other and give raise series of complicated aggregates systematically in a water/acetonitrile solution by electrospray ioniza-tion.The structure of the corresponding pyridinium thiocyanate species of omeprazole(10a)has been eventually characterized with the help of synthetic specimen(10a').Our structural proposal as well as its origin was supported by in situ nuclear magnetic resonance,chemical derivatization and colorimetric experiments.

Aristolochic acids (AAs) have long been considered as a potent carcinogen due to its nephrotoxicity. Aristolochic acid I (AAI) reacts with DNA to form covalent aristolactam (AL)-DNA adducts, leading to subsequent A to T transversion mutation, commonly referred as AA mutational signature. Previous research inferred that AAs were widely implicated in liver cancer throughout Asia. In this study, we explored whether AAs exposure was the main cause of liver cancer in the context of HBV infection in mainland China. Totally 1256 liver cancer samples were randomly retrieved from 3 medical centers and a refined bioanalytical method was used to detect AAI-DNA adducts. 5.10% of these samples could be identified as AAI positive exposure. Whole genome sequencing suggested 8.41% of 107 liver cancer patients exhibited the dominant AA mutational signature, indicating a relatively low overall AAI exposure rate. In animal models, long-term administration of AAI barely increased liver tumorigenesis in adult mice, opposite from its tumor-inducing role when subjected to infant mice. Furthermore, AAI induced dose-dependent accumulation of AA-DNA adduct in target organs in adult mice, with the most detected in kidney instead of liver. Taken together, our data indicate that AA exposure was not the major threat of liver cancer in adulthood.

Objective:To evaluate the outcome of the patients receiving dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) delivered by first-responders who witnessed the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) before the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) arrived.Methods:We performed a search of the relevant literature exploring major scientific databases. We assessed the quality of the included cohort study according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0. Meta-analysis was performed on three outcome indicators (recovery of spontaneous circulation survival to hospital discharge and survival with favourable neurologic outcome) using the Revman5.3 software.Results:A total of 21 studies with 349 822 patients were selected for the meta-analysis, including 182 125 patients in the DA-CPR group and 167 697 in the CPR-only group. The meta-analysis showed no significant difference between the DA-CPR and CPR-only groups in ROSC [ RR=1.10, 95% confidence interval ( CI): 0.94-1.29, P=0.24], survival to hospital discharge ( RR=1.10, 95% CI: 0.90-1.34, P=0.34) and survival with favourable neurologic outcome ( RR=1.01, 95% CI: 0.79-1.28, P=0.97) of the patients in America, Japan and Korea. However, there was a significant difference between the DA-CPR and the CPR-only groups in ROSC ( RR=2.61, 95% CI:1.53-4.46, P=0.0005), survival to hospital discharge( RR=6.08, 95% CI: 1.84-20.04, P=0.003), and survival with favourable neurologic outcome( RR=9.76, 95% CI: 1.87-51.02, P=0.007) of the patients in China. Conclusions:The overall effect of DA-CPR is significantly different for each country. In detail, DA-CPR offers a survival advantage (Return of spontaneous circulation, survival to hospital discharge and survival with favourable neurologic outcome) over CPR alone in China but no advantage in developed countries.

Objective:To investigate the effect of P2X4R silencing on 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) induced Parkinson's disease (PD) cell model and its mechanism. Methods:(1) According to the 6-OHDA concentrations, the SH-SY5Y cells were divided into 0 μmol/L 6-OHDA group, 50 μmol/L 6-OHDA group, 100 μmol/L 6-OHDA group, and 150 μmol/L 6-OHDA group. CCK-8 was used to detect the cell survival rate, Western blotting was used to detect the P2X4R protein expression, and real time quantitative RT-PCR was used to detect the P2X4R mRNA expression. The optimal concentration of 6-OHDA was selected to induce PD cell model. (2) SH-SY5Y cells at logarithmic phase were transfected with P2X4R siRNA lentiviral plasmids of different sequences (P2X4R-siRNA540, P2X4R-siRNA792, and P2X4R-siRNA1401) and nonsense sequence normal control plasmid (NC-siRNA), respectively (P2X4R-siRNA540 group, P2X4R-siRNA792 group, P2X4R-siRNA1401 group, and NC-siRNA group); the P2X4R mRNA and protein expressions were detected by real time quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting, and the P2X4R siRNA sequence with the best silencing effect was screened to establish P2X4R silencing cell line. (3) The PD cells induced by the optimal concentration of 6-OHDA were transfected by P2X4R-siRNA enjoying the best silencing effect, NC-siRNA, and P2X4R antagonist CORM-2 (PD+P2X4R-siRNA group, PD+NC-siRNA group, and PD+CORM-2 group); CCK-8 and flow cytometry were used to detect the survival rate and apoptosis rate of cells in each group, and Western blotting was used to detect the protein expressions of connexin (PANX1), toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, Caspase-3 and cleaved Caspase-3. (4) The PANX1 or TLR-2 over-expression plasmids (pCMV3-PANX1 and pCMV3-TLR2), and negative control plasmid (pCMV3-NCV) were transfected into cells from the PD+P2X4R-siRNA group (PD+P2X4R-siRNA+pCMV3-PANX1 group, PD+P2X4R-siRNA+pCMV3-TLR2 group, and PD+P2X4R-siRNA+pCMV3-NCV group); CCK-8 and flow cytometry were used to detect the survival rate and apoptosis rate of cells in each group; Western blotting was used to detect the TLR-2, Caspase-3 and cleaved Caspase-3 protein expressions. Results:(1) As compared with that in the 0 μmol/L 6-OHDA group, the cell survival rate in 50, 100, and 150 μmol/L 6-OHDA groups was significantly decreased in a dose-dependent manner, and the P2X4R protein and mRNA expression levels were significantly increased in a dose-dependent manner ( P<0.05); among them, 100 mol/L 6-OHDA was the most suitable concentration to induce PD cell model. (2) As compared with those in the NC-siRNA group, the P2X4R mRNA and protein expressions in P2X4R-siRNA540 group, P2X4R-siRNA792 group, and P2X4R-siRNA1401 group were significantly decreased ( P<0.05); P2X4R mRNA and protein expressions were the lowest in the P2X4R-siRNA540 group. (3) As compared with PD+NC-siRNA group, the PD+P2X4R-siRNA group and PD+CORM-2 group had significantly increased survival rate, significantly decreased apoptosis rate, and statistically decreased Caspase-3, cleaved Caspase-3, PANX1 and TLR-2 protein expression levels ( P<0.05). (4) As compared with PD+P2X4R-siRNA+pCMV3-NCV group, the TLR2 protein expression in PD+P2X4R-siRNA+pCMV3-PANX1 group was significantly lower ( P<0.05); as compared with PD+P2X4R-siRNA+pCMV3-NCV group, PD+P2X4R-siRNA+pCMV3-TLR2 group had significantly increased cell survival rate, significantly decreased apoptosis rate, and significantly decreased Caspase-3 and cleaved Caspase-3 protein expressions ( P<0.05). Conclusion:P2X4R silencing can significantly improve the survival rate of PD cell model induced by 6-OHDA, reduce apoptosis and expressions of apoptosis related proteins (Caspase-3 and cleaved Caspase-3), and play a neuroprotective role, whose mechanism may be related to PANX1/TLR-2 signal pathway.

Objective To study the effects of dichloroacetate (DCA) on cell colony-forming,cell invasion and cell migration of the bladder cancer cells and to study the underlying mechanism.Methods The bldder cancer cells T24 were randomly divided into two groups:the observation group and the control group.Cells in the observation groups were treated with 5 mmol/L,10 mmol/L and 20 mmol/L dichloroacetate,and the control group was treated with the same amount of dimethyl sulfoxide.Colony formation assays were detected with Giemsa staining.Cell wound scratch assay and Transwell assay were applied to evaluate the ability of the T24 cell invasion and migration.Realtime PCR and Western blot were applied to detect the expression of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related marker,including E-cadherin,N-cadherin,vimentin,Snail and Slug.Results Compared with the control group,the colony formation assays of T24 cells constantly decreased along with the increased doses in the observation group(P ＜ 0.01).The cell wound scratch assay showed that the scratch width of the observation groups were significantly higher along with the increased doses and prolonged time than that in the control group (P ＜ 0.01).The transwell assay showed that the invasion ability of the observation groups were significantly discreased along with the increased doses than that in the the control group (P ＜ 0.01).The expression levels of E-cadherin mRNA and protein in combination the control group were higher than those in the the observation groups (P ＜ 0.05).However,the expression levels of N-cadherin,vimentin,Snail and Slug mRNAs and proteins in combination the control group were lower than those in the the observation groups (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Dichloroacetate can inhibit the colony-forming,invasion and migration of bladder cancer T24 cells,and its mechanism may inhibit the expression of epithelial mesenchymal transition in T24 cells by down-regulating the expression of nuclear transcription factor Snail and Slug.

OBJECTIVETo analyze two fetuses with multiple malformations revealed by ultrasonography using single nucleotide polymorphism array (SNP array), and to explore the strategy for the prenatal diagnosis of 1p36 deletion syndrome.

METHODSAmniocentesis was performed on the two pregnant women. Amnion fluid cells were cultured, and karyotypes of the fetuses were determined through G-banding analysis. Whole genome SNP array was used to detect genomic anomalies of the two fetuses. The karyotypes of their parents were determined through G-banding analysis of peripheral venous blood samples.

RESULTSG-banding analysis showed a 46,XY,add(1p36)? and a 46,XX,add(1p36)? karyotype for fetuses 1 and 2, respectively. SNP array analysis showed that the fetus 1 had arr[19]1p36.33p36.32 (752 566 - 3 393 462)×1 and 7q35q36.3 (144 480 549 - 159 119 486)×3, and fetus 2 had arr[19]1p36.33p36.23 (752 566 - 8 362 754)×1, 6p25.3p22.3 (204 909 - 20 182 185)×3. The mother of fetus 1 had a 46,XX,t(1;7)(p36;q35) karyotype, and the mother of fetus 2 had a 46,XX,t(1;6)(p36;p22) karyotype. The karyotypes of both fathers appeared to be normal.

CONCLUSIONSNP array has the advantages such as high sensitivity and high accuracy for prenatal diagnosis, and can provide more detailed information for genetic counseling of 1p36 deletion syndrome.

Adult ; Amniocentesis ; Chromosome Banding ; Chromosome Deletion ; Chromosome Disorders ; diagnosis ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 ; Female ; Humans ; Karyotyping ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Diagnosis

BACKGROUND:Apoptosis of islet cel s is closely related to the long-term hyperglycemia-and hyperlipemia-induced injuries. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of Shizidaiping formula on the apoptosis and insulin secretion in MIN6 cel s under the high glucose and lipid environment, and to explore the protective effect of Shizidaiping formula and the related apoptosis mechanism. METHODS:MIN6 cel s were divided into normal, model, melbine, low-, medium-and high-dose Shizidaiping formula groups. The cel activity was examined by cel counting kit-8, the insulin secretion was measured by ELISA, the rate of apoptosis was measured by Annexin V-FITC&PI and the expression levels of MEK1/2, ERK1/2 and p-ERK1/2 were examined by western blot assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Shizidaiping formula significantly improved MIN6 cel activity under high glucose and lipid condition (P<0.05), decreased early cel apoptosis, increased the level of insulin stimulated by low glucose in cel supernatant (P<0.05), and improved the expression levels of MEK1/2, ERK1/2 and p-ERK1/2 (P<0.05). These results suggest that Shizidaiping formula can protect islet cel s from hyperglycemia and hyperlipemia damage by improving the activity of MIN6 cel s, reducing the insulin secretion and inhibiting the apoptosis of pancreaticβcel s in MIN6 cel s.