Amygdala is an important locus of dysfunction implicated in major depressive disorder(MDD). Aberrant amygdala networks(AN) had been reported in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) study. The safety and efficacy of acupuncture treatment for MDD have been verified in previous clinical studies. This study is aimed to investigate whether acupuncture at GV20 could modulate the abnormal AN of patients with the first-episode, drug-naïve MDD by using rs-fMRI combined with functional connectivity (FC) method. Thirty MDD patient underwent 6-min rs-fMRI scans respectively before and after 20-min electro-acupuncture stimulate(EAS) at GV20. Twenty-nine healthy subjects underwent only a 6-min rs-fMRI scan. Based on the amygdala as the seed region, FC method was adopted to examine abnormal AN in patients by comparing with healthy subjects and to evaluate the influence of EAS on intrinsic connectivity within the AN in patients with MDD. Compared to healthy subjects, MDD patients had aberrant intrinsic AN which mainly showed increased FC between amygdala and hippocampus, precuneus, precentral gyrus and angular gyrus, as well as decreased FC between amygdala and orbital frontal cortex(OFC). Moreover, our results indicated that EAS at GV20 induced increased/decreased FC between amygdala and certain regions in MDD patients. In addition, the intrinsic amygdala FC within other certain brain regions in MDD patients were regulated by EAS at GV20. The abnormal AN of MDD patients could be modulated by EAS at GV20. Our findings may further provide the potential imaging evidence to support the modulatory mechanisms of acupuncture on MDD.
Refractory high entropy alloys have broad application prospects due to their excellent comprehensive properties in high temperature environments, and they have been widely implemented in many complex working conditions. According to the latest research reports, the preparation technology of bulk and coating refractory high entropy alloys are summarized, and the advantages and disadvantages of each preparation technology are analyzed. In addition, the properties of refractory high entropy alloys, such as mechanical properties, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, oxidation resistance, and radiation resistance are reviewed. The existing scientific problems of refractory high entropy alloys, at present, are put forward, which provide reference for the development and application of refractory high entropy alloys in the future, especially for plasma-facing materials in nuclear fusion reactors. 相似文献
Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is important in inflammation of several diabetic complications. However, the potential role of NLRP3 inflammasome in the inflammatory process of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) remains unclear. Although rosuvastatin (RSV) has an anti-inflammatory effect on some cardiovascular diseases, its influence on DCM is incompletely understood. We aimed to explore the effect on and underlying mechanism of RSV in DCM, and whether NLRP3 is a target for RSV.
Methods
Type 2 diabetes was induced in rat. The characteristics of type 2 DCM were evaluated by metabolic tests, echocardiography and histopathology. The expression of factors was determined by real-time RT-PCR and western blot. Eight-week RSV treatment and NLRP3 gene silencing were used to investigate the effect and underlying target of RSV in DCM.
Results
Compared with controls, diabetic rats showed severe metabolic disorder, cardiac dysfunction, fibrosis, disorganized ultrastructure, and excessive activation of thioredoxin interacting/inhibiting protein (TXNIP, p?<?0.05), NLRP3 inflammasome (NLRP3, p?<?0.01; apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain [ASC], p?<?0.05; caspase-1, p?<?0.01), interleukin-1β (p?<?0.01) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs, all p?<?0.01). Compared with diabetes alone, RSV ameliorated the overexpression of NLRP3 inflammasome (NLRP3, p?<?0.05; ASC, p?<?0.05; pro-caspase-1 p?<?0.05, caspase-1 p20, p?<?0.01) and MAPKs (all p?<?0.05), which paralleled the cardiac protection of RSV. Silencing NLRP3 ameliorated cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. The beneficial effects of RSV in vehicle-treated rats were all abrogated in NLRP3-silenced rats.
Conclusions
The beneficial effect of RSV on DCM depended on inhibited NLRP3 inflammasome, and correlated with suppression of the MAPKs. 相似文献
Ras association domain family 1 isoform A (RASSF1A), a member of Ras association domain family, plays an important role in tumorigenesis. The goal of our meta-analysis was to assess the diagnostic value of RASSF1A hypermethylation in colorectal cancer (CRC).
Methods
PubMed, Embase, CNKI and Wanfang databases were used to conduct literature selection. The association between RASSF1A methylation and CRC risk was evaluated by odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Summary receiver operating characteristics (SROC) test was used to estimate the diagnostic value of RASSF1A methylation for CRC.
Results
A total of 22 articles among 1736 CRC and 811 non-tumor samples were included in the current meta-analysis. Our results showed that RASSF1A hypermethylation was found more frequently in CRC than non-tumor samples (OR?=?6.02, 95% CI?=?4.57–7.93, P?<? 0.001). Our SROC test showed that RASSF1A hypermethylation had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.71 with a pooled sensitivity of 0.33 (95% CI?=?0.31–0.36), a pooled specificity of 0.86 (95% CI?=?0.84–0.89), a positive-likelihood ratio of 3.18 (95% CI?=?1.99–5.09), a negative-likelihood ratio of 0.71 (95% CI?=?0.63–0.80), and a diagnostic odds ratio of 5.53 (95% CI?=?3.40–9.00). Data mining study indicated that a trend of increased RASSF1A expression was found in the CRC cell line C2C12 after 5-AZA treatment.
Conclusions
Our study established that RASSF1A hypermethylation might have a potential value in the clinical diagnosis of CRC. 相似文献