目的探究血清摄食抑制因子(Nesfatin-1)、类胰岛素生长因子结合蛋白3(IGFBP-3)、成纤维细胞生长因子21(FGF-21)联合检测对特发性矮小症(ISS)的诊断价值。方法本研究选取2022年6月至2023年6月期间在本院诊治的85例ISS患儿记为ISS组,另选7...目的探究血清摄食抑制因子(Nesfatin-1)、类胰岛素生长因子结合蛋白3(IGFBP-3)、成纤维细胞生长因子21(FGF-21)联合检测对特发性矮小症(ISS)的诊断价值。方法本研究选取2022年6月至2023年6月期间在本院诊治的85例ISS患儿记为ISS组,另选74例在本院体检的儿童记为对照组,记录两组儿童一般资料并进行比较分析。酶联免疫吸附实验(ELISA)检测受试者血清Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21;使用原子吸收光谱仪测定受试者血清营养元素钙(Ca)、镁(Mg)、铜(Cu)、铁(Fe)、锌(Zn)的水平。X线骨密度仪检查受试者骨龄(BA)。Pearson相关性分析ISS患儿血清Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平的相关性;多因素Logistic回归分析影响儿童发生ISS的影响因素;受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线分析Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平对ISS的诊断价值;通过Z检验比较曲线下面积(AUC)的差异。结果与对照组相比,ISS组BA、身高、体重、BMI以及IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平较低,Nesfatin-1水平、性发育状态I级人数较高(P<0.05);ISS组患儿Nesfatin-1与IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平呈负相关(r_(Nesfatin-1 vs IGFBP-3)=-0.469,r_(Nesfatin-1 vs FGF-21)=-0.483),IGFBP-3与FGF-21水平呈正相关(r_(IGFBP-3 vs FGF-21)=0.456)(P<0.05);BA、性发育状态、IGFBP-3、FGF-21是儿童发生ISS的独立保护因素,而Nesfatin-1是儿童发生ISS的独立危险因素(P<0.05);Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21单独诊断ISS的AUC分别为0.831、0.836、0.823,3者联合诊断ISS的AUC为0.928,优于单独及两两联合诊断(P<0.05)。结论ISS患儿血清中Nesfatin-1水平较高,IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平较低,3者是儿童发生ISS的影响因素,联合诊断ISS具有较高价值。展开更多
BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors with high mortality-to-incidence ratios. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 3(NFE2 L3), also known as NRF3, is a member of the cap ‘n&#...BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors with high mortality-to-incidence ratios. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 3(NFE2 L3), also known as NRF3, is a member of the cap ‘n' collar basic-region leucine zipper family of transcription factors. NFE2 L3 is involved in the regulation of various biological processes, whereas its role in HCC has not been elucidated.AIM To explore the expression and biological function of NFE2 L3 in HCC.METHODS We analyzed the expression of NFE2 L3 in HCC tissues and its correlation with clinicopathological parameters based on The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA) data portal. Short hairpin RNA(shRNA) interference technology was utilized to knock down NFE2 L3 in vitro. Cell apoptosis, clone formation, proliferation, migration,and invasion assays were used to identify the biological effects of NFE2 L3 in BEL-7404 and SMMC-7721 cells. The expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT) markers was examined by Western blot analysis.RESULTS TCGA analysis showed that NFE2 L3 expression was significantly positively correlated with tumor grade, T stage, and pathologic stage. The qPCR and Western blot results showed that both the mRNA and protein levels of NFE2 L3 were significantly decreased after shRNA-mediated knockdown in BEL-7404 and SMMC-7721 cells. The shRNA-mediated knockdown of NFE2 L3 could induce apoptosis and inhibit the clone formation and cell proliferation of SMMC-7721 and BEL-7404 cells. NFE2 L3 knockdown also significantly suppressed the migration, invasion, and EMT of the two cell lines.CONCLUSION Our study showed that shRNA-mediated knockdown of NFE2 L3 exhibited tumor-suppressing effects in HCC cells.展开更多
The micromechanical behaviour of Al2O3 short fibre reinforced Al-5.5Zn matrix composite has been in-situ studied by using TEM. The results show that in the composite the nucleation and propagation of cracks take place...The micromechanical behaviour of Al2O3 short fibre reinforced Al-5.5Zn matrix composite has been in-situ studied by using TEM. The results show that in the composite the nucleation and propagation of cracks take place mainly in the matrix, as well as in the region near the fibre/matrix interface. It has been also observed that the microcracks can close during unloading.So the fracture property can be characterized by crack open displacement (COD). The cracking characteristic may result from the large strength difference between the matrix and fibre.展开更多
Arabic texts suffer from missing short vowels. Arabic Speech Recognition is not as good as English speech recognition due to the short vowels not being recognized. And the Arabic language is unlike the English languag...Arabic texts suffer from missing short vowels. Arabic Speech Recognition is not as good as English speech recognition due to the short vowels not being recognized. And the Arabic language is unlike the English language in characteristics such as the number of vowels. English has more than 24 vowels that are close to each other in pronunciation. The Arabic language only has three short vowels that are far from each other in utter and measurement, by elongating those short vowels, long vowels arose. Researchers said that the vowels could be recognized using formants. The formants’ measurements of Arabic vowels are far from each other too, so it is possible to recognize them so that Arabic Speech recognition can give more accurate results. The paper applies this idea to the corpus Phonemes of Arabic. It uses the Euclidian distance method to measure the distances between formant values to recognize Arabic from words with a CV3 structure, the Linear Predictive Coding method and MATLAB to develop the programs that will extract the formants and calculate the means of the short vowels by using the corpus to identify the short vowels within words in the corpus. The results showed that if highly qualified readers were chosen to read the Arabic text, then higher rates of recognition of the short vowels involved in words will be achieved. This paper revealed that some of the characteristics of a language can be utilized for vowel recognition or to enhance the existing methods for speech recognition.展开更多
文摘目的探究血清摄食抑制因子(Nesfatin-1)、类胰岛素生长因子结合蛋白3(IGFBP-3)、成纤维细胞生长因子21(FGF-21)联合检测对特发性矮小症(ISS)的诊断价值。方法本研究选取2022年6月至2023年6月期间在本院诊治的85例ISS患儿记为ISS组,另选74例在本院体检的儿童记为对照组,记录两组儿童一般资料并进行比较分析。酶联免疫吸附实验(ELISA)检测受试者血清Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21;使用原子吸收光谱仪测定受试者血清营养元素钙(Ca)、镁(Mg)、铜(Cu)、铁(Fe)、锌(Zn)的水平。X线骨密度仪检查受试者骨龄(BA)。Pearson相关性分析ISS患儿血清Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平的相关性;多因素Logistic回归分析影响儿童发生ISS的影响因素;受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线分析Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平对ISS的诊断价值;通过Z检验比较曲线下面积(AUC)的差异。结果与对照组相比,ISS组BA、身高、体重、BMI以及IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平较低,Nesfatin-1水平、性发育状态I级人数较高(P<0.05);ISS组患儿Nesfatin-1与IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平呈负相关(r_(Nesfatin-1 vs IGFBP-3)=-0.469,r_(Nesfatin-1 vs FGF-21)=-0.483),IGFBP-3与FGF-21水平呈正相关(r_(IGFBP-3 vs FGF-21)=0.456)(P<0.05);BA、性发育状态、IGFBP-3、FGF-21是儿童发生ISS的独立保护因素,而Nesfatin-1是儿童发生ISS的独立危险因素(P<0.05);Nesfatin-1、IGFBP-3、FGF-21单独诊断ISS的AUC分别为0.831、0.836、0.823,3者联合诊断ISS的AUC为0.928,优于单独及两两联合诊断(P<0.05)。结论ISS患儿血清中Nesfatin-1水平较高,IGFBP-3、FGF-21水平较低,3者是儿童发生ISS的影响因素,联合诊断ISS具有较高价值。
基金the Changzhou High-Level Medical Talents Training Project,No.2016ZCLJ002
文摘BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors with high mortality-to-incidence ratios. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 3(NFE2 L3), also known as NRF3, is a member of the cap ‘n' collar basic-region leucine zipper family of transcription factors. NFE2 L3 is involved in the regulation of various biological processes, whereas its role in HCC has not been elucidated.AIM To explore the expression and biological function of NFE2 L3 in HCC.METHODS We analyzed the expression of NFE2 L3 in HCC tissues and its correlation with clinicopathological parameters based on The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA) data portal. Short hairpin RNA(shRNA) interference technology was utilized to knock down NFE2 L3 in vitro. Cell apoptosis, clone formation, proliferation, migration,and invasion assays were used to identify the biological effects of NFE2 L3 in BEL-7404 and SMMC-7721 cells. The expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT) markers was examined by Western blot analysis.RESULTS TCGA analysis showed that NFE2 L3 expression was significantly positively correlated with tumor grade, T stage, and pathologic stage. The qPCR and Western blot results showed that both the mRNA and protein levels of NFE2 L3 were significantly decreased after shRNA-mediated knockdown in BEL-7404 and SMMC-7721 cells. The shRNA-mediated knockdown of NFE2 L3 could induce apoptosis and inhibit the clone formation and cell proliferation of SMMC-7721 and BEL-7404 cells. NFE2 L3 knockdown also significantly suppressed the migration, invasion, and EMT of the two cell lines.CONCLUSION Our study showed that shRNA-mediated knockdown of NFE2 L3 exhibited tumor-suppressing effects in HCC cells.
文摘The micromechanical behaviour of Al2O3 short fibre reinforced Al-5.5Zn matrix composite has been in-situ studied by using TEM. The results show that in the composite the nucleation and propagation of cracks take place mainly in the matrix, as well as in the region near the fibre/matrix interface. It has been also observed that the microcracks can close during unloading.So the fracture property can be characterized by crack open displacement (COD). The cracking characteristic may result from the large strength difference between the matrix and fibre.
文摘Arabic texts suffer from missing short vowels. Arabic Speech Recognition is not as good as English speech recognition due to the short vowels not being recognized. And the Arabic language is unlike the English language in characteristics such as the number of vowels. English has more than 24 vowels that are close to each other in pronunciation. The Arabic language only has three short vowels that are far from each other in utter and measurement, by elongating those short vowels, long vowels arose. Researchers said that the vowels could be recognized using formants. The formants’ measurements of Arabic vowels are far from each other too, so it is possible to recognize them so that Arabic Speech recognition can give more accurate results. The paper applies this idea to the corpus Phonemes of Arabic. It uses the Euclidian distance method to measure the distances between formant values to recognize Arabic from words with a CV3 structure, the Linear Predictive Coding method and MATLAB to develop the programs that will extract the formants and calculate the means of the short vowels by using the corpus to identify the short vowels within words in the corpus. The results showed that if highly qualified readers were chosen to read the Arabic text, then higher rates of recognition of the short vowels involved in words will be achieved. This paper revealed that some of the characteristics of a language can be utilized for vowel recognition or to enhance the existing methods for speech recognition.
