青花椒根皮中1个新的香豆素类化合物

目的对青花椒Zanthoxylum schinifolium根皮中抗炎活性成分进行跟踪分离研究。方法采用硅胶、Sephadex LH-20、MCI以及半制备HPLC等色谱方法进行分离纯化,根据理化性质和现代谱学技术鉴定化合物的结构,以脂多糖(LPS)诱导的RAW264.7细胞炎症模型进行抗炎活性评价。结果从青花椒根皮的醋酸乙酯部位中共分离得到4个香豆素类化合物,分别鉴定为青花椒素A(1)、7-甲氧基香豆素(2)、异东莨菪内酯(3)和秦皮乙素(4)。在LPS诱导RAW264.7细胞产生一氧化氮(NO)的模型中,化合物1～4均对NO的产生具有抑制作用,半数抑制浓度(IC50)值分别为(0.21±0.03)、(0.92±0.16)、(0.15±0.02)和(0.26±0.04)μmol/L。结论化合物1为新化合物,是1个罕见的香豆素类化合物,命名为青花椒素A。化合物3为首次从该属植物中分离得到,所有化合物均具有较强的抗NO生成活性。     

淫羊藿有效成分抗氧化作用研究

实验结果发现巫山淫羊藿多糖多相脂质体(ESPS)能明显提高老龄动物红细胞及肝组织中SOD的活性,提高老龄小鼠红细胞GSH-Px的活性;能明显降低老龄动物血清及肝组织中LPO的含量,降低老龄小鼠心肌脂褐质的含量。     

E-Cad、G-17、HER-2与胃癌术后复发风险的相关性

目的探讨血清上皮型钙黏蛋白(E-Cad)、胃泌素-17(G-17)水平和肿瘤组织中人类表皮生长因子受体2(HER-2)表达与胃癌患者术后复发风险的相关性。方法选取行胃癌根治术治疗的胃癌患者92例,检测术前血清E-Cad、G-17水平和肿瘤组织HER-2的表达。对所有患者随访5年,以胃癌复发或随访满5年为随访终点。以胃良性病变患者92例作为对照组。收集所有胃癌患者的临床资料(性别、年龄、临床分期、分化程度、复发情况等)。采用受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线评估各项指标判断胃癌复发的效能。采用Cox回归分析评估影响胃癌患者复发的危险因素。采用Kaplan-Meier生存曲线评估胃癌患者的5年复发情况。结果胃癌组血清G-17水平和肿瘤组织HER-2阳性率均显著高于对照组(P=0.000),血清E-Cad水平显著低于对照组(P=0.000)。血清E-Cad、G-17水平及肿瘤组织HER-2阳性率与胃癌的TNM分期、分化情况及是否复发有关(P<0.05),与性别无关(P>0.05)。ROC曲线分析结果显示,E-Cad、G-17、HER-2单项检测与联合检测判断胃癌复发的曲线下面积(AUC...     

基于深度学习的超声影像诊断对终末期慢性肾病的价值

目的 探讨基于深度学习的卷积神经网络模型DenseNet121对终末期肾病的诊断价值.方法 回顾性选择2019年1月1日至9月30日期间中日友好医院诊断为终末期肾病的489张肾超声影像和对照组450张健康肾超声影像.采用深度卷积神经网络模型DenseNet121进行网络的训练和验证,把是否为终末期肾病作为参考标准.然后...     

Functional Fiber Reduces Mice Obesity by Regulating Intestinal Microbiota

Obesity may cause metabolic syndrome and has become a global public health problem, and dietary fibers (DF) could alleviate obesity and metabolic syndrome by regulating intestinal microbiota. We developed a functional fiber (FF) with a synthetic mixture of polysaccharides, high viscosity, water-binding capacity, swelling capacity, and fermentability. This study aimed to investigate the effect of FF on obesity and to determine its prevention of obesity by modulating the gut microbiota. Physiological, histological, and biochemical parameters, and gut microbiota composition were investigated in the following six groups: control group (Con), high-fat diet group (HFD), low-fat diet group (LFD, conversion of HFD to LFD), high-fat +8% FF group (8% FF), high-fat +12% FF group (12% FF), and high-fat +12% FF + antibiotic group (12% FF + AB). The results demonstrated that 12% FF could promote a reduction in body weight and epididymal adipocyte area, augment insulin sensitivity, and stimulate heat production from brown adipose tissue (BAT) (p < 0.05). Compared with the HFD, 12% FF could also significantly improve the intestinal morphological integrity, attenuate systemic inflammation, promote intestinal microbiota homeostasis, and stabilize the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) (p < 0.05). Consistent with the results of 12% FF, the LFD could significantly reduce the body weight and epididymal adipocyte area relative to the HFD (p < 0.05), but the LFD and HFD showed no significant difference (p > 0.05) in the level of inflammation and SCFAs. Meanwhile, 12% FF supplementation showed an increase (p < 0.05) in the abundance of the Bifidobacterium, Lactococcus, and Coprococcus genus in the intestine, which had a negative correlation with obesity and insulin resistance. Additionally, the treatment with antibiotics (12% FF + AB) could inhibit the effect of FF in the HFD. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) function prediction revealed that 12% FF could significantly inhibit the cyanogenic amino acid metabolic pathway and decrease the serum succinate concentration relative to the HFD group. The overall results indicate that 12% FF has the potential to reduce obesity through the beneficial regulation of the gut microbiota and metabolites.     

The role of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in pan-cancer

BackgroundToll-like receptors (TLRs) are important components of the innate and adaptive immune systems, and abnormal TLR expression has been linked to a variety of cancers. However, there was a lack of clarity on the association of TLR stimulation with the carcinogenesis of cancer. The study''s goal was to analyse the clinical importance of TLRs expression at the mRNA level in pan-cancer datasets, as well as the link between TLR expression and carcinogenesis, progression, and clinical prognosis.MethodsThe expression profile of TLRs derived from UCSC pan-cancer data was analysed in multiple dimensions, including clinical analysis, immunological subtype analysis, tumour microenvironment (TME) analysis, tumour stem cell correlation analysis, and drug sensitivity analysis. Additionally, we analyse protein-protein interactions, functional enrichment, and chromatin accessibility, as well as TLR expression in single-cell sequencing data.ResultsOur multi-omics analysis results imply that TLRs may operate as a biological marker for carcinogenesis and progression, a potential target for anti-tumour therapy, and a prognostic biomarker, laying the theoretical groundwork for future translational medicine research.ConclusionTLRs are involved in the formation of malignancies and can be explored in further detail as potential prognostic indicators.

Key Messages

• Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key factors in the process of the innate and adaptive immune response, and their aberrant expression of TLRs have been widely reported in various cancer. However, the association between TLRs stimulation and tumorigenesis of cancer has not been well clarified.
• In this study, in the pan-cancer data, integrated TLR family gene expression analysis, clinical correlation analysis, immune subtype correlation analysis, tumour microenvironment correlation analysis, tumour stem cell correlation analysis, and drug sensitivity correlation analysis were performed.
• TLRs play an important role in the development of tumours and can be studied in depth as potential prognostic markers.

     

先天性巨结肠中miR-939靶向调控SOX4表达抑制肠神经嵴前体细胞功能表型的实验研究

目的 检测MicroRNA-939(miR-939)和性别决定区相关HMG族盒蛋白4(Sry-related HMG box 4,SOX4)在先天性巨结肠(Hirschsprung's disease,HSCR)中的表达水平,评估miR-939在SOX4调控肠神经嵴前体细胞(enteric neural crest c...