Positive correlation between miR-570 and prognosis of colon cancer: inhibition of cell proliferation and invasion

Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Colon cancer is one of most common cancers. The progression of various cancers is driven by miRNA-570. The role of miRNA-570 in the progression of colon cancer...     

氨苯砜单一疗法治疗持久性隆起性红斑一例并文献复习

报道1例氨苯砜单一疗法治疗持久性隆起性红斑并对既往报道文献进行复习。患者，女，80岁。双手掌、臀部、双下肢及足底红褐色斑片半年。组织病理检查：表皮角化过度、角化不全，棘层轻度增厚，真皮浅中层血管壁纤维蛋白样变性，血管周围轻度嗜中性粒细胞，少许淋巴细胞浸润，局部胶原纤维嗜碱性变。诊断：持久性隆起性红斑。口服氨苯砜100 mg,日1次，3个月后随访，皮损明显好转。     

Differential biological effects in two pedigrees of clam Ruditapes philippinarum exposed to cadmium using iTRAQ-based proteomics

Due to the industrial discharges, cadmium (Cd) has been one of typical heavy metal pollutants in the Bohai Sea. Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum is frequently used for pollution biomonitoring and consists of several pedigrees, of which White and Zebra clams are the dominant pedigrees along the Bohai Sea coast. However, limited attention has been paid on the differential biological effects in different pedigrees of clam to heavy metals. In this work, the proteome profiling analysis was performed to reveal the differential proteomic responses in White and Zebra clams to Cd exposure (200 μg/L) for 48 h, followed by bioinformatical analysis. The proteomic investigations showed that Cd treatment induced more differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in White clam samples than in Zebra clam samples. Based on the DEPs, we found that some key biological processes consisting of immune response and metabolism were commonly induced in both two pedigrees of clam. Uniquely, some processes related to cellular signaling, proteolysis and energy production were enhanced in Cd-treated White clam samples. Comparatively, the depletion in some unique processes on proteolysis and energy production was elicited in Cd-treated Zebra clam samples, as well as disorder in gene expression. Moreover, Cd exposure caused increases in CAT and POD activities in White clam samples and decreases in SOD and CAT activities in Zebra clams samples, which were consistent with the proteomic responses. Overall, these findings confirmed the differential biological effects of White and Zebra clams to Cd treatment, suggesting that the pedigree of animal should be taken into consideration in ecotoxicology studies.     

Enhanced protection against Q fever in BALB/c mice elicited by immunization of chloroform-methanol residue of Coxiella burnetii via intratracheal inoculation

Human Q fever is recognized as a worldwide public health problem. It often occurs by inhalation of airborne aerosols contaminated with Coxiella burnetii, a gram-negative intracellular bacterium, mainly from domestic livestock. In this study, we analyzed the possibility to establish mucosal and systemic immunity against C. burnetii infection using a pulmonary delivery of chloroform-methanol residue of C. burnetii (CMR) vaccine. Mice were immunized by the intratracheal inoculation of CMR (IT-CMR) or the subcutaneous injection of CMR (SC-CMR), and the immunized mice were challenged with C. burnetii by the intratracheal route. The levels of IFN-γ, IL-12p70, IL-5, and IL-4 in the IT-CMR group in splenic T cells stimulated ex vivo were significantly higher than in the SC-CMR group. Significantly elevated sIgA to C. burnetii was detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of mice immunized by IT-CMR but not by SC-CMR, which might have contributed to the significant reduction in C. burnetii load and pathological lesions in the lungs of the mice after the challenge of C. burnetii. These results suggest that compared with SC-CMR in mice, IT-CMR was more efficient to elicit cellular and lung mucosal immune responses against aerosol infection of C. burnetii.     

基于网络药理学的黄芪抗心力衰竭作用机制

目的 基于网络药理学研究黄芪抗心力衰竭的作用机制。方法 采用活性成分筛选与靶点预测技术,结合生物信息学手段,预测黄芪抗心力衰竭的潜在作用靶点,并进行信号通路分析,从而探讨其治疗心力衰竭的分子机制。结果 在TCMSP数据中搜索筛选得到20个相应黄芪化学成分,同时利用靶点预测技术共筛选出相关靶点121个。同时在疾病基因数据库检索得到10 962个与心力衰竭发生、发展有关的已知靶点基因,利用string数据库和Cytoscape软件中的网络拓扑分析共筛选获取关键靶点8个。GO富集分析显示,黄芪可通过参与细胞能量代谢、血管内环境变化、神经活性配受体作用、激素活性等10个生物功能的PI3K/AKT、p38丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(p38MAPK)和MAPK/NF-κB等10条关键信号通路发挥抗心力衰竭的作用。结论 中药黄芪抗心力衰竭的作用具有多成分、多靶点、协同作用的特点。     

脱细胞基质面神经修复材料的制备

目的 制备具有天然神经组织结构的支架,构建组织工程化面神经用于修复面神经损伤。方法 取家兔面神经,改良化学萃取法制备脱细胞神经基质,HE染色形态学观察去细胞及脱髓鞘情况,荧光分光光度计测定支架内细胞经Quant-iT PicoGreen工作液染色后的DNA含量。MTT法检测细胞在支架上的相对生长率从而检测支架的细胞毒性。结果 支架移植体呈圆柱形,弹性与正常神经基本一致,组织观察显示细胞结构未见残余完整细胞及细胞碎片残留,未见神经髓鞘及轴突结构,细胞外基质形成纵向排列结构,结构之间可见空隙。兔脱细胞面神经基质支架内残留的DNA含量较正常兔面神经明显下降(P<0.01)。神经基质供体无细胞毒性。结论 改良化学萃取法可有效去除面神经细胞,天然结构保存完好,细胞毒性低,可作为组织工程化面神经的支架。