Objective:To predict the mechanism of Panacis Quinquefolii Radix- Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (PQ-AT) in the treatment of diabetes encephalopathy (DE) using network pharmacology combined with molecular docking; To conduct experimental verification.Methods:The active components and targets of PQ and AT were screened by TCMSP database. The GeneCards and Disgenet were used to collect DE related target genes. String database and Cytoscape software were used to structure PPI network and perform visualization analysis. The common targets were imported into Metascape platform for GO annotation and KEGG enrichment analysis. Molecular docking was used to verify the binding ability of active components to core targets. Rats were randomly divided into a blank group, a model group, and a low-dose group of PQ-AT (1.08 g/kg), a high-dose group of PQ-AT (2.16 g/kg), and a metformin group (0.18 g/kg) using a random number table. To establish the rat model of diabetes encephalopathy, intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin was used in addition to the blank group. After a 12-week drug intervention, TNF-α and Cyclooxygenase-2 (PTGS2) protein expression in the cerebral cortex of rats was detected using Western blot.Results:A total of 26 active components in PQ-AT and 107 related targets of DE were obtained, mainly including TNF, JUN, and PTSG2, which were mainly concentrated in TNF signaling pathway, cancer and other signal pathways. Molecular docking showed that the main active components of PQ-AT had relatively stable binding activity with TNF-α and PTGS2. Western blot results shows that compared with the model group, the expressions of PTGS2 and TNF-α significantly decreased in each administration group ( P<0.05 or P<0.01). Conclusion:PQ-AT can act on TNF, CASP3, JUN, STAT3, PTGS2 and other core targets to regulate signal pathways such as TNF, and inhibit inflammatory reaction to achieve the effect of treating DE.

Objective Investigation of the expression and clinical significance of circular RNA hsa_circ_0003922 in endometrioid carcinoma(EEC).Methods Three EEC tissues and three normal endometrial tissues were selected for high-throughput molecular sequencing to identify specific circRNAs and related functional molecules.Additionally,36 EEC patients were selected as the experimental group,while 36 patients with benign uterine lesions served as the control group.The differentially expressed hsa_circ_0003922 was chosen as the research target,and its expression in EEC tissues and the control group was detected using real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR(RT-qPCR).The relationship between its expression level and clinical pathological features of EEC was analyzed.Furthermore,the miRNAs associated with hsa_circ_0003922 were predicted.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve analysis was employed to evaluate the diagnostic value of hsa_circ_0003922 for EEC.Results The results of high-throughput molecular sequencing showed that there were 293 differentially expressed circRNAs in EEC tissues compared to the control group,including 115 upregulated and 178 downregulated circRNAs.RT-qPCR further revealed that the expression of hsa_circ_0003922 was significantly decreased in EEC tissues compared to the control group(P<0.05).The expression level of hsa_circ_0003922 was significantly negatively correlated with FIGO staging and histological grading of EEC(P<0.05).The area under the ROC curve(AUC)for hsa_circ_0003922 in distinguishing EEC patients from the control group was 0.7724(P<0.05).Conclusion The expres-sion of hsa_circ_0003922 is associated with FIGO staging and histological grading of EEC,indicating its potential as a reference index for auxiliary diagnosis,prognosis evaluation,and as a potential molecular target for adjuvant therapy in EEC.

Type 1 diabetes is characterized by an absolute deficiency of insulin. Exogenous insulin replacement therapy is a crucial treatment approach for type 1 diabetes. However, the non-physiological insulin administration can lead to iatrogenic hyperinsulinemia, exacerbate peripheral insulin resistance, and subsequently increase the risk of various complications. Emerging insulin infusion technologies, lifestyle interventions, and medications such as metformin are increasingly being utilized in type 1 diabetes management to lower plasma insulin levels and improve patient outcomes.

Wound infection is becoming a considerable healthcare crisis due to the abuse of antibiotics and the substantial production of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Seawater immersion wounds usually become a mortal trouble because of the infection of Vibrio vulnificus. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, one kind of natural predatory bacteria, is recognized as a promising biological therapy against intractable bacteria. Here, we prepared a B. bacteriovorus-loaded polyvinyl alcohol/alginate hydrogel for the topical treatment of the seawater immersion wounds infected by V. vulnificus. The B. bacteriovorus-loaded hydrogel (BG) owned highly microporous structures with the mean pore size of 90 μm, improving the rapid release of B. bacteriovorus from BG when contacting the aqueous surroundings. BG showed high biosafety with no L929 cell toxicity or hemolysis. More importantly, BG exhibited excellent in vitro anti-V. vulnificus effect. The highly effective infected wound treatment effect of BG was evaluated on mouse models, revealing significant reduction of local V. vulnificus, accelerated wound contraction, and alleviated inflammation. Besides the high bacterial inhibition of BG, BG remarkably reduced inflammatory response, promoted collagen deposition, neovascularization and re-epithelization, contributing to wound healing. BG is a promising topical biological formulation against infected wounds.

Periodontitis is caused by overactive osteoclast activity that results in the loss of periodontal supporting tissue and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are essential for periodontal regeneration. However, the hypoxic periodontal microenvironment during periodontitis induces the apoptosis of MSCs. Apoptotic bodies (ABs) are the major product of apoptotic cells and have been attracting increased attention as potential mediators for periodontitis treatment, thus we investigated the effects of ABs derived from MSCs on periodontitis. MSCs were derived from bone marrows of mice and were cultured under hypoxic conditions for 72 h, after which ABs were isolated from the culture supernatant using a multi-filtration system. The results demonstrate that ABs derived from MSCs inhibited osteoclast differentiation and alveolar bone resorption. miRNA array analysis showed that miR-223-3p is highly enriched in those ABs and is critical for their therapeutic effects. Targetscan and luciferase activity results confirmed that Itgb1 is targeted by miR-223-3p, which interferes with the function of osteoclasts. Additionally, DC-STAMP is a key regulator that mediates membrane infusion. ABs and pre-osteoclasts expressed high levels of DC-STAMP on their membranes, which mediates the engulfment of ABs by pre-osteoclasts. ABs with knock-down of DC-STAMP failed to be engulfed by pre-osteoclasts. Collectively, MSC-derived ABs are targeted to be engulfed by pre-osteoclasts via DC-STAMP, which rescued alveolar bone loss by transferring miR-223-3p to osteoclasts, which in turn led to the attenuation of their differentiation and bone resorption. These results suggest that MSC-derived ABs are promising therapeutic agents for the treatment of periodontitis.
Humans ; Osteoclasts ; Alveolar Bone Loss/therapy* ; Cell Differentiation ; MicroRNAs ; Periodontitis/therapy* ; Extracellular Vesicles ; Apoptosis ; Mesenchymal Stem Cells

The intestinal tract is an essential digestive organ of the human body, which is known as the "second brain". The intestinal flora disorder is closely related to the occurrence of host diseases.It has been found that the dysbiosis of intestinal flora plays an important role in the development of neonatal diseases.Gut microflora metabolites are bioactive, and the key metabolites can regulate or affect the host′s metabolic changes through different metabolic pathways.The metabolites of the neonatal intestine participate in and affect the progression and outcome of the diseases, and determine their short- and long-term quality of life.This review summarizes the effects of gut flora metabolites on neonatal diseases.

Immunogenic cell death (ICD) plays a major role in cancer immunotherapy by stimulating specific T cell responses and restoring the antitumor immune system. However, effective type II ICD inducers without biotoxicity are still very limited. Herein, a tentative drug- or photosensitizer-free strategy was developed by employing enzymatic self-assembly of the peptide F-pY-T to induce mitochondrial oxidative stress in cancer cells. Upon dephosphorylation catalyzed by alkaline phosphatase overexpressed on cancer cells, the peptide F-pY-T self-assembled to form nanoparticles, which were subsequently internalized. These affected the morphology of mitochondria and induced serious reactive oxygen species production, causing the ICD characterized by the release of danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). DAMPs enhanced specific immune responses by promoting the maturation of DCs and the intratumoral infiltration of tumor-specific T cells to eradicate tumor cells. The dramatic immunotherapeutic capacity could be enhanced further by combination therapy of F-pY-T and anti-PD-L1 agents without visible biotoxicity in the main organs. Thus, our results revealed an alternative strategy to induce efficient ICD by physically promoting mitochondrial oxidative stress.

This paper reviewed the assessment tools, influencing factors and interventions of intimacy between breast cancer patients and their spouses at home and abroad so as to provide a reference for establishing the close conjugal relationship between breast cancer patients and their spouses.

Objective To understand the situation of knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) of sheep farmers and field veterinarians towards brucellosis prevention,and find out the potentially influential factors.Methods From March to September in 2017,1 067 sheep farmers and 401 field veterinarians were selected as participates,and questionnaire survey was carried out.Percentage rate was used to describe the situation of KAP.Nonparametric test was used to compare the KAP score difference.Results The overall awareness in sheep farmers and field veterinarians was 64.2％ and 80.1％,respectively.In addition,there were 17.3％ (185/1067) sheep farmers and 12.2％ (49/401) field veterinarians had never heard of brucellosis.The knowledge awareness in sheep farmers and field veterinarians was 62.6％ and 79.0％,respectively,75.8％ and 83.8％ of them had positive attitude to brucellosis prevention,54.1％ and 77.6％ of them had good practice habit.They hoped in the future,more information could be received through TVs,and then was internet or broadcasting.Sheep farmers who from first class region,age less than 45 years,education higher than junior high school,feeding time less than 5 years and sheep ever infected with brucellosis (U =4.85,3.08,3.29,2.20,6.62,P ＜ 0.05 or ＜ 0.01),had higher KAP scores than others.Field veterinarians,who had lower education,had lower KAP scores (U =4.29,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions The awareness of sheep farmers and field veterinarians still need to improve and strengthen.Some suggestions are put forward:improve intervention pattern,optimize content and method,pay attention to use new media.

Objective To study the antipyretic effect of Paracetamol Tablets,Compound Paracetamol and Amantadine Hydrochloride Tablets,Compound Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Tablets,and Chaiqin Qingning Capsules on the fever model induced by LPS and dry yeast in rats.Methods Fever was induced by ip injecting LPS (100 μg/kg) or sc injecting dry yeast (20％) in rats.We observed the changes of temperature of the rats after administration of Paracetamol Tablets,Compound Paracetamol and Amantadine Hydrochloride Tablets,Compound Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Tablets (the acetaminophen contents were 205.67,102.83,and 51.42 mg/kg)and Chaiqin Qingning Capsules (1110.60,555.30,and 277.65 mg/kg).Maximum temperature rise height (△T) and temperature response index (TRI) were calculated,and the curve of average rise in temperature was drawn.Results Each dose group of Paracetamol Tablets,Compound Paracetamol and Amantadine Hydrochloride Tablets,Compound Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Tablets,and Chaiqin Qingning Capsules had obvious antipyretic effect on the fever model induced by LPS and dry yeast in rats,and there was a certain dose-effect relationship.Conclusion Paracetamol Tablets,Compound Paracetamol and Amantadine Hydrochloride Tablets,Compound Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Tablets,and Chaiqin Qingning Capsules has certain antipyretic effect on LPS and dry yeast fever model in rats,and on the whole,the Western medicine acts rapid but continue for a short time,while the traditional Chinese medicine acts slow but continues for a long time.