The interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the anionic 1.2-dipalmitoyl-snglycero- 3-(phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)) (sodium salt) (DPPG) phospholipid at different subphase pH values was investigated a...The interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the anionic 1.2-dipalmitoyl-snglycero- 3-(phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)) (sodium salt) (DPPG) phospholipid at different subphase pH values was investigated at air-water interface through surface pressure measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM) observation. By analyzing surface pressure-mean molecular area (π-A) isotherms, the limiting molecular area in the closed packing state-the concentration of BSA (Alim-[BSA]) curves, the compressibility coefficient-surface pressure (CS-1-π) curves and the difference value of mean molecular area-the concentration of BSA (ΔA-[BSA]) curves, we obtained that the mean molecular area of DPPG monolayer became much larger when the concentration of BSA in the subphase increased at pH=3 and 5. But the isotherms had no significant change at different amount of BSA at pH=10. In addition, the amount of BSA molecules adsorbed onto the lipid monolayer reached a threshold value when [BSA]〉5×10-8 mol/L for all pHs. From the surface pressure-time (π-t) data, we obtained that desorption and adsorption processes occurred at pH=3, however, there was only desorption process occurring at pH=5 and 10. These results showed that the interaction mechanism between DPPG and BSA molecules was affected by the pH of subphase. BSA molecules were adsorbed onto the DPPG monolayers mainly through the hydrophobic interaction at pH=3 and 5, and the strength of hydrophobic interaction at pH=3 was stronger than the case of pH=5. At pH=10, a weaker hydrophobic interaction and a stronger electrostatic repulsion existed between DPPG and BSA molecules. AFM images revealed that the pH of subphase and [BSA] could affect the morphology features of the monolayers, which was consistent with these curves. The study provides an important experimental basis and theoretical support to understand the interaction between lipid and BSA at the air-water interface.展开更多
Objective To evaluate the associations between the serum anion gap (AG) with the severity and prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods We measured serum electrolytes in 18,115 CAD patients indicated by ...Objective To evaluate the associations between the serum anion gap (AG) with the severity and prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods We measured serum electrolytes in 18,115 CAD patients indicated by coronary angiography. The serum AG was calculated according to the equation: AG = Na^+ [(mmol/L) + K^+ (mmol/L)] - [Cl^- (mmol/L) + HCO3^- (mmol/L)]. Results A total of 4510 (24.9%) participants had their AG levels greater than 16 mmol/L. The serum AG was independently associated with measures of CAD severity, including more severe clinical types of CAD (P 〈 0.001) and worse cardiac function (P = 0.004). Patients in the 4th quartile of serum AG (≥ 15.92 mmol/L) had a 5.171-fold increased risk of 30 days all-cause death (P 〈 0.001). This association was robust, even after adjustment for age, sex, evaluated glomerular filtration rate [hazard ratio (HR): 4.861, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.150–10.993, P 〈 0.001], clinical diagnosis, severity of coronary artery stenosis, cardiac function grades, and other confounders (HR: 3.318, 95% CI: 1.76–2.27, P = 0.009). Conclusion In this large population-based study, our findings reveal a high percentage of increased serum AG in CAD. Higher AG is associated with more severe clinical types of CAD and worse cardiac function. Furthermore, the increased serum AG is an independent, significant, and strong predictor of all-cause mortality. These findings support a role for the serum AG in the risk-stratification of CAD.展开更多
The Voltammetric properties of Pure Prednisolone in a direct method in the aqueous solution were studied. The substance has revealed a clear and major two reduction peaks at potential -1.22 Volt and -1.45 Volt against...The Voltammetric properties of Pure Prednisolone in a direct method in the aqueous solution were studied. The substance has revealed a clear and major two reduction peaks at potential -1.22 Volt and -1.45 Volt against the reference electrode (Ag/AgCI/SatKC1). The calibration curve of the prednisolone in the Phosphate Buffer (pH = 7) has been studies. The relationship has been linear within the scope of concentration 0.398 × 10 6-3.846 ×10-6 mol. The correlation coefficients are 0.9981, 0.9958 for the first and second peaks. Another two calibration curves were also constructed in the presence of human serum and urine. Standard addition method was successful used to determine the drug in serum, urine as well as in the analysis of drug in the tablet. The molecular binding ofprednisolone with Albumin was also studied at different temperature. The Vant hoff equation is used to calculate the thermodynamic parameters, the results indicate that the (ion-ion) of binding suggested.展开更多
Phase separation rate is a critical character in determining the usefulness of a solvent extraction system in hydrometallurgy. A survey of the synergistic mixture containing dinonylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (HDNNS) an...Phase separation rate is a critical character in determining the usefulness of a solvent extraction system in hydrometallurgy. A survey of the synergistic mixture containing dinonylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (HDNNS) and 2-ethylhexly 4-pyridinecarboxylate ester (4PC) for the extraction of cobalt from acidic single metal sulfate solution was carried out to suggest how the physicochemical properties and the morphology of the reverse micelles in the loaded organic phase affect the phase separation. The results show that effective parameters affecting the phase separation are the viscosity and the excess water uptake of the loaded organic phase. It is obvious that the specific settling rate (SSR) decreases with the apparent increase of these two parameters. The measurement of small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) proves that the morphology of the reversed micelles in the loaded organic phase changes evidently with the change of the specific settling rate (SSR).展开更多
AIM: To investigate and compare frequencies of serum positive cagA in patients from two separate regions of Turkey who were grouped according to the presence of peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia.METHODS: One...AIM: To investigate and compare frequencies of serum positive cagA in patients from two separate regions of Turkey who were grouped according to the presence of peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia.METHODS: One hundred and eighty Helicobacter pyloripositive patients with peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia were included in the study. One hundred and fourteen patients had non-ulcer dyspepsia and 66 had peptic ulcer disease (32 with gastric ulcers and/or erosions and 34with duodenal ulcers). Each patient was tested for serum antibody to H. pylori cagA protein by enzyme immunoassay.RESULTS: The total frequency of serum positive cagA in the study group was 97.2 %. The rates in the patients with peptic ulcers and in those with non-ulcer dyspepsia were 100% and 95.6%, respectively. These results were similar to those reported in Asian studies, but higher than those that have been noted in other studies from Turkey and Western countries.CONCLUSION: The high rates of serum positive cagA in these patients with peptic ulcer disease and non-ulcer dyspepsia were similar to results reported in Asia. The fact that there was high seroum prevalence regardless of ulcer status suggests that factors other than cagA might be responsible for ulceration or other types of severe pathology in H. pylori-positive individuals.展开更多
The theoretical and practical analysis of reservoir thickness and oil-bearing information of thin reservoirs is performed by using seismic attributes and forward modelling. The results show that thin reservoir can be ...The theoretical and practical analysis of reservoir thickness and oil-bearing information of thin reservoirs is performed by using seismic attributes and forward modelling. The results show that thin reservoir can be recognized using seismic attributes technique when its thickness is less than 1/4 of wavelength. Through analyzing the influence of tuning effect, the relationship between thin layer thickness and tuning amplitude is well revealed. A precise structure interpretation is conducted using relative amplitude preserved high-resolution seismic data. By taking the geologic condition and well data into account, the distribution of oil and gas of HD4 oilfield is analyzed and predicted. based on seismic attributes. The result is helpful to promote the exploration and development in this oilfield.展开更多
Urothelial cancers usually recur distantly rather than loco-regionally. In patients with pT2 and pT3/pT4 tumors, local recurrence has been observed in 3-4% and 11-16%, respectively, whereas distant failure has occurre...Urothelial cancers usually recur distantly rather than loco-regionally. In patients with pT2 and pT3/pT4 tumors, local recurrence has been observed in 3-4% and 11-16%, respectively, whereas distant failure has occurred in 10-27% and 19-35%, respectively. Despite local therapy most patients with muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder die of systemic relapse, indicating a need for effective adjunctive systemic treatment. We determined whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy improved overall survival. This study evaluated the role of neoadjuvant combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine/cisplatin (GC) in improving the outcome of this group of patients. A total of 44 patients (84% Male, 16% Female) with newly diagnosed bladder cancer (T3-4, N0-2, M0) were subjected to initial 3 cycles of GC, then managed according to response. Patients were assessed clinically after each cycle and by Interim CT scan after 3 cycles of chemotherapy and those who achieved complete or partial response underwent radical cystectomy. We enrolled 63 patients, 19 of whom were found to be ineligible; thus, 44 were assigned to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery. Average size of the largest tumor was greater that 30mm in 77% patients. According to Computed Tomographic findings 70% patients belonged to Stage T4A. The overall response rate to GC was 50%, and incomplete response was achieved in 25% whereas 25% patients were lost to follow up. Twenty two patients who had complete response, underwent cystectomy and diversion. It was observed that those patients who underwent radical cystectomy with ureterosigmoidostomy had an increased serum creatinine in comparison to patients who had ileal conduit. The size of the effect is modest and combination chemotherapy can be administered safely without adverse outcomes resulting in delayed local therapy. Further efforts to identify the patients most likely to benefit from neoadjuvant therapy are necessary to optimize its use.展开更多
Frame rate is corresponding to the temporal resolution and the number of the pixels of the picture is corresponding to the spatial resolution. They are both very important for the researchers. The ideal image analysis...Frame rate is corresponding to the temporal resolution and the number of the pixels of the picture is corresponding to the spatial resolution. They are both very important for the researchers. The ideal image analysis and processing system should have high spatiotemporal characteristics, which is much expensive in practical use. A new method to enhance dynamic frame rate using multi-digital camera(DC) is proposed and the result shows that it could increase the frame rate effectively and decreases the cost in practical use.展开更多
Objective: To observe the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Qingfei powder on the radiotherapy-related pneumonia in patient with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and explore its underlying me...Objective: To observe the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Qingfei powder on the radiotherapy-related pneumonia in patient with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and explore its underlying mechanism. Methods: 120 NSCLC patients with the diagnosis of both radiotherapy-related pneumonia and deficiency of Qi and Yin were randomly divided into the treatment group and the model group. The patients in treatment group were given Qingfei power plus regular treatment and those in the model group were given the regular treatment. The period of observation is 30 days. Results: The combination of effective and markedly effective ratio in patients treated with Qingfei power was much higher than that in patients with regular treatment (70% vs 51.7%, P=0.04). Conclusion: Qingfei power could nourish Qi and Yin as well as clear away lung-heat and dispel phlegm, leading to the relief of clinical symptom in NSCLC patients with radiotherapy-related pneumonia. It demonstrates that the deficiency of both Qi and Yin maybe the main Zheng pattern of patients with radiotherapy-related pneumonia.展开更多
In consensus building process in medicine, it is said that it is crucial for its participants to understand why each stakeholder, patient, his/her family, physician, nurse, etc., in decision-making has his/her own opi...In consensus building process in medicine, it is said that it is crucial for its participants to understand why each stakeholder, patient, his/her family, physician, nurse, etc., in decision-making has his/her own opinion. In order to understand this condition more deeply, I develop the notion of "reason of opinion" to characterize the process as "prospective consensus building." This prospective consensus building should satisfy the requirements of having "history of reason" and "list of risks." The former requirement, history of reason, can be characterized by making clear when one started to form the reason of an opinion, how one formed the reason, what kind of relationship is supposed to be between the present opinion and its reason, and what kind of result is expected to come out after a decision making. The latter requirement, the list of risks, should display what kind of outcomes are supposed to come out in each alternative of the decision making. Prospective consensus building makes it possible, firstly, for the stakeholders to understand the patient's needs more deeply. For the patient, secondly, the each stakeholder would be able to become aware of his/her own sense of value and to confirm what he/she expects from the result of his/her decision-making. For all the stakeholders, thirdly, it would make it possible to decrease the amount of risks of misunderstanding and to share their expectations for their well-being. Finally, the stakeholders can reach a satisfactory consensus and find a way to the better solution.展开更多
The mixer-settler is a core device of solvent extraction for separating rare earth elements. There are some adverse effects like high rare earth accumulation and poor production efficiency during industrial production...The mixer-settler is a core device of solvent extraction for separating rare earth elements. There are some adverse effects like high rare earth accumulation and poor production efficiency during industrial production. Current researches usually focus on changing the structure of the mixer-settler without making a breakthrough towards gravity clarification. In this paper, in order to improve the efficiency of clarification, a mixer-settler with double stirring mode was designed and manufactured by adding a stirring device in the settler after reducing the volume of the settler. The innovation of this research involves adopting the ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer to investigate the quantity of aqueous phase entrainment at the settler outlet in order to measure the clarification degree. Experimental results show that the clarification effect with stirring is better than that without stirring. The clarification effect is ameliorated as the stirring speed increases. Generally, the clarification effect shows a best condition when the offset distance is 12.5 cm, making the phase entrainment reduced to less than 0.1%. When the clearance over the tank bottom is 7 cm and 10 cm, respectively, the quantity of aqueous phase entrainment is better than the case with a clearance of 4 cm. The results show that the stirring paddle close to the mixed phase zone can better promote the two-phase separation.展开更多
Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the correlation between the expression of sodium/iodide symporter, serum levels of β2-MG and prognosis of thyroid carcinoma patients. Methods: Ninty-five cases wit...Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the correlation between the expression of sodium/iodide symporter, serum levels of β2-MG and prognosis of thyroid carcinoma patients. Methods: Ninty-five cases with thyroid carcinoma, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with double-antibody sandwich to detect the serum β2-MG levels and immunehistochemistry to detect NIS expression of thyroid cancer tissue. Results: Thirty-seven cases showed positive expression of sodium/iodide symporter (38.9%) and 30 cases showed positive expression of β2-MG (31.57%). There were significant differences of NIS expression (X2 = 8.207, P = 0.017) and β2-MG expression (X2 = 10.121, P = 0.006) between different pathological types of thyroid carcinoma, but there was no correlation between the positive rate of the two research groups (r = -0.546, P = 0.633). The significant differences was observed in expression of sodium/iodide symporter (X2 = 9.272, P=0.002) and expression of β2-MG (X2 = 4.441, P = 0.035) between the group with neck lymph node metastasis and the group without neck lymph node metastasis and both positive rate was significantly negatively correlated (r = -1.000, P = 0.000). The significant differences was observed in expression of sodium/iodide symporter (X2 = 9.272, P = 0.002) and expression of β2-MG (X2 = 3.867, P = 0.043) between the group with distant organ metastasis and the group without distant organ metastasis (X2 = 11.985, P = 0.001) and both positive rate was significantly negatively correlated (r = -1.000, P = 0.000). Conclusion: There are significantly negatively correlated between neck lymph node metastasis, distant organ metastasis and expression of sodium/iodide symporter and expression of β2-MG. Thyroid cancer lymph node and distant organ metastasis, the tumor tissue NIS expression and serum levels of β2-MG is significantly negatively correlated. The detection of serum β2-MG provides clinical reference value for the effects on radionuclide therapy and prognosis assessment of thyroid carcinoma. Serum β2-MG levels is negatively correlated with prognosis in thyroid cancer patients.展开更多
Several receptors have been identified as implicated on viral entry into the hepatocyte; and, this interaction between the virus and potential receptors could modulate infection, spontaneous viral clearance, persisten...Several receptors have been identified as implicated on viral entry into the hepatocyte; and, this interaction between the virus and potential receptors could modulate infection, spontaneous viral clearance, persistence of the infection and the widespread of the virus as outbreak. Nevertheless, the playing role of each of them remains controversial. The NiemannPick type C1 like 1 gene (NPC1L1) receptor has been recently implicated on hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry into the cell and ezetimibe, an anti-cholesterol drug seems to block that, emerging the idea to control hepatitis C outbreak modulating lipid-related receptors. Hepatitis C infection seems to modulate lipid metabolism according to host genetic background. Indeed, it circulates like a lipoviroparticle. The main aim of this field of vision would be to discuss the role of hepatocyte receptors implicated on virus entry, especially NPC1L1 and the therapeutic options derived from the better knowledge about HCV-lipidsreceptors interaction.展开更多
On the basis of the reaction rules and its influencing factors of sulfur compounds in MIP naphtha, a correlation model for describing the correlation between mass fraction of sulfur in MIP naphtha, mass fraction of su...On the basis of the reaction rules and its influencing factors of sulfur compounds in MIP naphtha, a correlation model for describing the correlation between mass fraction of sulfur in MIP naphtha, mass fraction of sulfur in feedstock and volume fraction of olefin in naphtha was developed and the model's parameters were estimated. The residual error distribution and statistical study showed that the developed model was reasonable and reliable and able to predict the mass fraction of sulfur compounds in naphtha. The correlation model can provide theoretical guidance and operation base for adjusting process parameters to produce EURO IV gasoline by the MIP units. The model was validated by its application on the MIP unit of Qingdao Refining & Chemical Company. On this unit, the tail oil with low sulfur content obtained via hydrotreating gas oil was used as the feedstock and the olefin content of naphtha was reduced by promoting hydrogen transfer reaction through adjustment of process parameters. Thus, EURO IV clean gasoline was manufactured by this MIP unit.展开更多
Antioxidant peptides of flatfish skin protein hydrolyzed by four enzymes (Papain, Pepsin, Trypsin and Neutrase, respectively)were investigated. The Trypsin hydrotysate obtained by hydrolysis exhibited the highest 1,...Antioxidant peptides of flatfish skin protein hydrolyzed by four enzymes (Papain, Pepsin, Trypsin and Neutrase, respectively)were investigated. The Trypsin hydrotysate obtained by hydrolysis exhibited the highest 1,1- dipheny-l-2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH) radical scavenging activity (DRSA) compared with other hydrolysates. Re- sponse surface method ology (RSM), based on Box-Behnken design, was used to study the influence of hydrolysis conditions on the DRSA. The optimal hydrolysis conditions were as follows: pH 7.38, temperature 48.2~C and en- zyme/substrate (E/S)ratio 2 840 U/g. Under these conditions, the maximum DRSA was (22.85 + 0.57)%. The experimental values agreed with the value (23.09%) predicted by the model within a 95% confidence interval. By using gel filtration chromatography and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), anti- oxidant peptide (D2-P)was isolated from flatfish skin protein hydrolysates (FSPH)and could exhibit a (54.28 ± 1.37) % scavenging activity on DPPH radical at the concentration of 5 mg/mL. This is the first report of a scientific basis for the preparation of antioxidant peptides from flatfish skin. The results suggested that the antioxidant pep- tides can be exploited into functional foods or used as a novel source of nutraceuticals.展开更多
In this article, a new kind of solar fresh air system is designed in order to realize the improvement of thermal efficiency by the integrated application of the PCMs and heat pipe technology. Under the adequate sunshi...In this article, a new kind of solar fresh air system is designed in order to realize the improvement of thermal efficiency by the integrated application of the PCMs and heat pipe technology. Under the adequate sunshine condition, the fresh air is directly delivered into the indoor environment after being heated by the solar collector. When the sun radiation is reduced, the heated air temperature can not satisfy the need of supply of air temperature.The main heat source is changed to phase change heat storage equipment instead of solar energy. The system adopt heat pipe for a high-efficiency and isothermal heat transfer which recover the shortcomings of PCMs such as: low coefficient of thermal conductivity and poor thermal efficiency. This article establishes the physical model of phase change solar energy fresh air thermal storage system and creates the mathematical model of its unsteady heat transfer to simulate and analyse the operation process by using Fluent software. The results of the study show that, compared to normal fresh air system, the phase change solar energy fresh air thermal storage system has a significant improvement in energy saving and indoor comfort level and will play an important role in the energy sustainable development.展开更多
Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) of "Zusanli"(ST 36) and "Weishu"(BL 21)on the experimental gastric ulcer in Xu period of a day for analyzing the best opportu...Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) of "Zusanli"(ST 36) and "Weishu"(BL 21)on the experimental gastric ulcer in Xu period of a day for analyzing the best opportunity of acupuncture treatment of gastric ulcer. Methods:49 Wistar rats were randomly divided into ① control group, ② ST 36 Xu group, ③ BL 21 Xu group, ④ ST 36 Chen group, ⑤ BL 21 Chen group, ⑥ ST 36 IT group, and ⑦ BL 21 IT group, with 7 rats in each group. Rat gastric ulcer model was established using intra gastric administration of glacial acetic acid. Gastric mucosal thickness,mucosal muscular defect width,superficial mucosal mucus index (MI),intramucosal MI ,Total MI,plasma 6 keto PGF1α ,serum NO and gastric tissue CGRP concentrations were used as the indexes. The EA treatment was conducted once daily at Xu period (7-9 o’clock in the evening), Chen period (8-10 o’clock in the morning) and irregular time (IT) with 6 days being a therapeutic course, two courses altogether. Results:After EA treatment,①the regenerated mucosal thickness values of the aforementioned 6 EA groups, particularly ST 36 Xu group and BL 21 Xu group, were all apparently higher than that of control group (P<0.05-0.01), while the mucosal muscle layer defect width values of different EA groups, particularly ST 36 Xu group and BL 21 Xu group, were strikingly lower than that of control group (P<0.05-0.01); ②the 3 MI of the 6 EA groups, particularly those of ST 36 Xu group were all significantly higher than those of control group (P<0.05-0.01); ③plasma 6 keto PGF1α contents of the 6 EA groups, particularly those of ST 36 Xu and BL 21 Xu groups, were all significantly higher than that of control group (P<0.05-0.01); ④serum NO and gastric tissue CGRP concentrations of the 6 EA groups, particularly those of ST 36 Xu and BL 21 Xu groups and CGRP concentration of ST 36 Chen group, were all significantly higher than those of control group (P<0.05-0.01);and ⑤there were positive correlation between superficial MI or total MI and NO level (r=0.858, 0.987, P<0.05,and 0.01),and between the superficial mucus index and CGRP concentration (r=0.9051, t=4.68, P<0.01), suggesting that the increase of the secretion function of the regenerated mucosal mucus is related to acupuncture induced increase of release of both NO and CGRP.Conclusion:The therapeutic effect of EA of ST 36 and BL 21 in Xu period is better in the treatment of gastric ulcer,and that of EA of ST 36 is the best.展开更多
To explore the target of action of LHQW-XYS on the main components of COVID-19 olfactory impairment by using network pharmacological methods and try to reveal its mechanism of action in the treatment related to COVID-...To explore the target of action of LHQW-XYS on the main components of COVID-19 olfactory impairment by using network pharmacological methods and try to reveal its mechanism of action in the treatment related to COVID-19 induced olfactory impairment,we used the TCMSP platform to obtain potential active ingredients through oral utilization and drug-like properties screening;the Swiss TargetPrediction platform to predict the targets of the active ingredients and construct a drug-ingredient-target network,and then obtained the gene targets of COVID-19 olfactory injury through GeneCards,OMIM,and TTD platforms to intersect the drug targets and disease genes to obtain common targets.The drug targets and disease genes were intersected to obtain common targets.STRING and Cytoscape 3.8.2 software were used to construct the target-disease gene PPI network,screen the key targets and core gene clusters,and analyze the key targets by GO and KEGG enrichment analyses with the help of the Metascape platform,and then map the screened core active ingredients and their targets into the pathway to construct the core active ingredients-targets-pathway network.The core active ingredient-target-pathway network was constructed,and finally,molecular docking was carried out.The results showed that there were 4669 potential targets,5609 disease targets,and 17 drug-disease cross-targets for the active ingredients of LHQW-XYS.The GO and KEGG enrichment analyses indicated that the mechanism of LHQW-XYS in the treatment of olfactory impairment in COVID-19 may be due to the regulation of related signaling pathways,such as Serotonergic synapse and Regulation of lipolysis in adipocytes.Molecular docking showed that six active components(quercetin,luteolin,kaempferol,7-methoxy-2-methylisoflavone,wogonin,medicarpin)and two key genes(PTGS2,PPARG)had good binding properties.In the end,we conclude that LHQW-XYS may act on Serotonergic synapse and Regulation of lipolysis in adipocyte pathways to achieve anti-COVID-19 olfactory impairment-associated effects.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21402114), the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (2016JM2010 and 2014JM1013), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2017CSY004, GK201603026).
文摘The interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the anionic 1.2-dipalmitoyl-snglycero- 3-(phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)) (sodium salt) (DPPG) phospholipid at different subphase pH values was investigated at air-water interface through surface pressure measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM) observation. By analyzing surface pressure-mean molecular area (π-A) isotherms, the limiting molecular area in the closed packing state-the concentration of BSA (Alim-[BSA]) curves, the compressibility coefficient-surface pressure (CS-1-π) curves and the difference value of mean molecular area-the concentration of BSA (ΔA-[BSA]) curves, we obtained that the mean molecular area of DPPG monolayer became much larger when the concentration of BSA in the subphase increased at pH=3 and 5. But the isotherms had no significant change at different amount of BSA at pH=10. In addition, the amount of BSA molecules adsorbed onto the lipid monolayer reached a threshold value when [BSA]〉5×10-8 mol/L for all pHs. From the surface pressure-time (π-t) data, we obtained that desorption and adsorption processes occurred at pH=3, however, there was only desorption process occurring at pH=5 and 10. These results showed that the interaction mechanism between DPPG and BSA molecules was affected by the pH of subphase. BSA molecules were adsorbed onto the DPPG monolayers mainly through the hydrophobic interaction at pH=3 and 5, and the strength of hydrophobic interaction at pH=3 was stronger than the case of pH=5. At pH=10, a weaker hydrophobic interaction and a stronger electrostatic repulsion existed between DPPG and BSA molecules. AFM images revealed that the pH of subphase and [BSA] could affect the morphology features of the monolayers, which was consistent with these curves. The study provides an important experimental basis and theoretical support to understand the interaction between lipid and BSA at the air-water interface.
基金Acknowledgement This work was supported by the Beijing Nova Program (No. Z121107002512053), the Beijing Health System High Level Health Technology Talent Cultivation Plan (No. 2013-3-013), the Beijing Outstanding Talent Training Program (No. 2014000021223ZK32), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81100143) to S.W.Y., and the Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding Support (No. ZYLX201303) to Y.J.Z.
文摘Objective To evaluate the associations between the serum anion gap (AG) with the severity and prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods We measured serum electrolytes in 18,115 CAD patients indicated by coronary angiography. The serum AG was calculated according to the equation: AG = Na^+ [(mmol/L) + K^+ (mmol/L)] - [Cl^- (mmol/L) + HCO3^- (mmol/L)]. Results A total of 4510 (24.9%) participants had their AG levels greater than 16 mmol/L. The serum AG was independently associated with measures of CAD severity, including more severe clinical types of CAD (P 〈 0.001) and worse cardiac function (P = 0.004). Patients in the 4th quartile of serum AG (≥ 15.92 mmol/L) had a 5.171-fold increased risk of 30 days all-cause death (P 〈 0.001). This association was robust, even after adjustment for age, sex, evaluated glomerular filtration rate [hazard ratio (HR): 4.861, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.150–10.993, P 〈 0.001], clinical diagnosis, severity of coronary artery stenosis, cardiac function grades, and other confounders (HR: 3.318, 95% CI: 1.76–2.27, P = 0.009). Conclusion In this large population-based study, our findings reveal a high percentage of increased serum AG in CAD. Higher AG is associated with more severe clinical types of CAD and worse cardiac function. Furthermore, the increased serum AG is an independent, significant, and strong predictor of all-cause mortality. These findings support a role for the serum AG in the risk-stratification of CAD.
文摘The Voltammetric properties of Pure Prednisolone in a direct method in the aqueous solution were studied. The substance has revealed a clear and major two reduction peaks at potential -1.22 Volt and -1.45 Volt against the reference electrode (Ag/AgCI/SatKC1). The calibration curve of the prednisolone in the Phosphate Buffer (pH = 7) has been studies. The relationship has been linear within the scope of concentration 0.398 × 10 6-3.846 ×10-6 mol. The correlation coefficients are 0.9981, 0.9958 for the first and second peaks. Another two calibration curves were also constructed in the presence of human serum and urine. Standard addition method was successful used to determine the drug in serum, urine as well as in the analysis of drug in the tablet. The molecular binding ofprednisolone with Albumin was also studied at different temperature. The Vant hoff equation is used to calculate the thermodynamic parameters, the results indicate that the (ion-ion) of binding suggested.
基金Project(2014CB643401) supported by the National Basic Research Program of ChinaProject(51674294) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2016TP1007) supported by the Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan,China
文摘Phase separation rate is a critical character in determining the usefulness of a solvent extraction system in hydrometallurgy. A survey of the synergistic mixture containing dinonylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (HDNNS) and 2-ethylhexly 4-pyridinecarboxylate ester (4PC) for the extraction of cobalt from acidic single metal sulfate solution was carried out to suggest how the physicochemical properties and the morphology of the reverse micelles in the loaded organic phase affect the phase separation. The results show that effective parameters affecting the phase separation are the viscosity and the excess water uptake of the loaded organic phase. It is obvious that the specific settling rate (SSR) decreases with the apparent increase of these two parameters. The measurement of small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) proves that the morphology of the reversed micelles in the loaded organic phase changes evidently with the change of the specific settling rate (SSR).
文摘AIM: To investigate and compare frequencies of serum positive cagA in patients from two separate regions of Turkey who were grouped according to the presence of peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia.METHODS: One hundred and eighty Helicobacter pyloripositive patients with peptic ulcer disease or non-ulcer dyspepsia were included in the study. One hundred and fourteen patients had non-ulcer dyspepsia and 66 had peptic ulcer disease (32 with gastric ulcers and/or erosions and 34with duodenal ulcers). Each patient was tested for serum antibody to H. pylori cagA protein by enzyme immunoassay.RESULTS: The total frequency of serum positive cagA in the study group was 97.2 %. The rates in the patients with peptic ulcers and in those with non-ulcer dyspepsia were 100% and 95.6%, respectively. These results were similar to those reported in Asian studies, but higher than those that have been noted in other studies from Turkey and Western countries.CONCLUSION: The high rates of serum positive cagA in these patients with peptic ulcer disease and non-ulcer dyspepsia were similar to results reported in Asia. The fact that there was high seroum prevalence regardless of ulcer status suggests that factors other than cagA might be responsible for ulceration or other types of severe pathology in H. pylori-positive individuals.
文摘The theoretical and practical analysis of reservoir thickness and oil-bearing information of thin reservoirs is performed by using seismic attributes and forward modelling. The results show that thin reservoir can be recognized using seismic attributes technique when its thickness is less than 1/4 of wavelength. Through analyzing the influence of tuning effect, the relationship between thin layer thickness and tuning amplitude is well revealed. A precise structure interpretation is conducted using relative amplitude preserved high-resolution seismic data. By taking the geologic condition and well data into account, the distribution of oil and gas of HD4 oilfield is analyzed and predicted. based on seismic attributes. The result is helpful to promote the exploration and development in this oilfield.
文摘Urothelial cancers usually recur distantly rather than loco-regionally. In patients with pT2 and pT3/pT4 tumors, local recurrence has been observed in 3-4% and 11-16%, respectively, whereas distant failure has occurred in 10-27% and 19-35%, respectively. Despite local therapy most patients with muscle invasive transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder die of systemic relapse, indicating a need for effective adjunctive systemic treatment. We determined whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy improved overall survival. This study evaluated the role of neoadjuvant combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine/cisplatin (GC) in improving the outcome of this group of patients. A total of 44 patients (84% Male, 16% Female) with newly diagnosed bladder cancer (T3-4, N0-2, M0) were subjected to initial 3 cycles of GC, then managed according to response. Patients were assessed clinically after each cycle and by Interim CT scan after 3 cycles of chemotherapy and those who achieved complete or partial response underwent radical cystectomy. We enrolled 63 patients, 19 of whom were found to be ineligible; thus, 44 were assigned to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery. Average size of the largest tumor was greater that 30mm in 77% patients. According to Computed Tomographic findings 70% patients belonged to Stage T4A. The overall response rate to GC was 50%, and incomplete response was achieved in 25% whereas 25% patients were lost to follow up. Twenty two patients who had complete response, underwent cystectomy and diversion. It was observed that those patients who underwent radical cystectomy with ureterosigmoidostomy had an increased serum creatinine in comparison to patients who had ileal conduit. The size of the effect is modest and combination chemotherapy can be administered safely without adverse outcomes resulting in delayed local therapy. Further efforts to identify the patients most likely to benefit from neoadjuvant therapy are necessary to optimize its use.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(30227001)
文摘Frame rate is corresponding to the temporal resolution and the number of the pixels of the picture is corresponding to the spatial resolution. They are both very important for the researchers. The ideal image analysis and processing system should have high spatiotemporal characteristics, which is much expensive in practical use. A new method to enhance dynamic frame rate using multi-digital camera(DC) is proposed and the result shows that it could increase the frame rate effectively and decreases the cost in practical use.
文摘Objective: To observe the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Qingfei powder on the radiotherapy-related pneumonia in patient with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and explore its underlying mechanism. Methods: 120 NSCLC patients with the diagnosis of both radiotherapy-related pneumonia and deficiency of Qi and Yin were randomly divided into the treatment group and the model group. The patients in treatment group were given Qingfei power plus regular treatment and those in the model group were given the regular treatment. The period of observation is 30 days. Results: The combination of effective and markedly effective ratio in patients treated with Qingfei power was much higher than that in patients with regular treatment (70% vs 51.7%, P=0.04). Conclusion: Qingfei power could nourish Qi and Yin as well as clear away lung-heat and dispel phlegm, leading to the relief of clinical symptom in NSCLC patients with radiotherapy-related pneumonia. It demonstrates that the deficiency of both Qi and Yin maybe the main Zheng pattern of patients with radiotherapy-related pneumonia.
文摘In consensus building process in medicine, it is said that it is crucial for its participants to understand why each stakeholder, patient, his/her family, physician, nurse, etc., in decision-making has his/her own opinion. In order to understand this condition more deeply, I develop the notion of "reason of opinion" to characterize the process as "prospective consensus building." This prospective consensus building should satisfy the requirements of having "history of reason" and "list of risks." The former requirement, history of reason, can be characterized by making clear when one started to form the reason of an opinion, how one formed the reason, what kind of relationship is supposed to be between the present opinion and its reason, and what kind of result is expected to come out after a decision making. The latter requirement, the list of risks, should display what kind of outcomes are supposed to come out in each alternative of the decision making. Prospective consensus building makes it possible, firstly, for the stakeholders to understand the patient's needs more deeply. For the patient, secondly, the each stakeholder would be able to become aware of his/her own sense of value and to confirm what he/she expects from the result of his/her decision-making. For all the stakeholders, thirdly, it would make it possible to decrease the amount of risks of misunderstanding and to share their expectations for their well-being. Finally, the stakeholders can reach a satisfactory consensus and find a way to the better solution.
基金supported by Hi-Tech Research and Development Program(863)of China(2010AA03A405)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50974035,No.51004033)
文摘The mixer-settler is a core device of solvent extraction for separating rare earth elements. There are some adverse effects like high rare earth accumulation and poor production efficiency during industrial production. Current researches usually focus on changing the structure of the mixer-settler without making a breakthrough towards gravity clarification. In this paper, in order to improve the efficiency of clarification, a mixer-settler with double stirring mode was designed and manufactured by adding a stirring device in the settler after reducing the volume of the settler. The innovation of this research involves adopting the ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer to investigate the quantity of aqueous phase entrainment at the settler outlet in order to measure the clarification degree. Experimental results show that the clarification effect with stirring is better than that without stirring. The clarification effect is ameliorated as the stirring speed increases. Generally, the clarification effect shows a best condition when the offset distance is 12.5 cm, making the phase entrainment reduced to less than 0.1%. When the clearance over the tank bottom is 7 cm and 10 cm, respectively, the quantity of aqueous phase entrainment is better than the case with a clearance of 4 cm. The results show that the stirring paddle close to the mixed phase zone can better promote the two-phase separation.
文摘Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate the correlation between the expression of sodium/iodide symporter, serum levels of β2-MG and prognosis of thyroid carcinoma patients. Methods: Ninty-five cases with thyroid carcinoma, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with double-antibody sandwich to detect the serum β2-MG levels and immunehistochemistry to detect NIS expression of thyroid cancer tissue. Results: Thirty-seven cases showed positive expression of sodium/iodide symporter (38.9%) and 30 cases showed positive expression of β2-MG (31.57%). There were significant differences of NIS expression (X2 = 8.207, P = 0.017) and β2-MG expression (X2 = 10.121, P = 0.006) between different pathological types of thyroid carcinoma, but there was no correlation between the positive rate of the two research groups (r = -0.546, P = 0.633). The significant differences was observed in expression of sodium/iodide symporter (X2 = 9.272, P=0.002) and expression of β2-MG (X2 = 4.441, P = 0.035) between the group with neck lymph node metastasis and the group without neck lymph node metastasis and both positive rate was significantly negatively correlated (r = -1.000, P = 0.000). The significant differences was observed in expression of sodium/iodide symporter (X2 = 9.272, P = 0.002) and expression of β2-MG (X2 = 3.867, P = 0.043) between the group with distant organ metastasis and the group without distant organ metastasis (X2 = 11.985, P = 0.001) and both positive rate was significantly negatively correlated (r = -1.000, P = 0.000). Conclusion: There are significantly negatively correlated between neck lymph node metastasis, distant organ metastasis and expression of sodium/iodide symporter and expression of β2-MG. Thyroid cancer lymph node and distant organ metastasis, the tumor tissue NIS expression and serum levels of β2-MG is significantly negatively correlated. The detection of serum β2-MG provides clinical reference value for the effects on radionuclide therapy and prognosis assessment of thyroid carcinoma. Serum β2-MG levels is negatively correlated with prognosis in thyroid cancer patients.
文摘Several receptors have been identified as implicated on viral entry into the hepatocyte; and, this interaction between the virus and potential receptors could modulate infection, spontaneous viral clearance, persistence of the infection and the widespread of the virus as outbreak. Nevertheless, the playing role of each of them remains controversial. The NiemannPick type C1 like 1 gene (NPC1L1) receptor has been recently implicated on hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry into the cell and ezetimibe, an anti-cholesterol drug seems to block that, emerging the idea to control hepatitis C outbreak modulating lipid-related receptors. Hepatitis C infection seems to modulate lipid metabolism according to host genetic background. Indeed, it circulates like a lipoviroparticle. The main aim of this field of vision would be to discuss the role of hepatocyte receptors implicated on virus entry, especially NPC1L1 and the therapeutic options derived from the better knowledge about HCV-lipidsreceptors interaction.
文摘On the basis of the reaction rules and its influencing factors of sulfur compounds in MIP naphtha, a correlation model for describing the correlation between mass fraction of sulfur in MIP naphtha, mass fraction of sulfur in feedstock and volume fraction of olefin in naphtha was developed and the model's parameters were estimated. The residual error distribution and statistical study showed that the developed model was reasonable and reliable and able to predict the mass fraction of sulfur compounds in naphtha. The correlation model can provide theoretical guidance and operation base for adjusting process parameters to produce EURO IV gasoline by the MIP units. The model was validated by its application on the MIP unit of Qingdao Refining & Chemical Company. On this unit, the tail oil with low sulfur content obtained via hydrotreating gas oil was used as the feedstock and the olefin content of naphtha was reduced by promoting hydrogen transfer reaction through adjustment of process parameters. Thus, EURO IV clean gasoline was manufactured by this MIP unit.
基金Supported by the Key Technology R&D Program of Tianjin(No.14ZCZDNC00008)
文摘Antioxidant peptides of flatfish skin protein hydrolyzed by four enzymes (Papain, Pepsin, Trypsin and Neutrase, respectively)were investigated. The Trypsin hydrotysate obtained by hydrolysis exhibited the highest 1,1- dipheny-l-2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH) radical scavenging activity (DRSA) compared with other hydrolysates. Re- sponse surface method ology (RSM), based on Box-Behnken design, was used to study the influence of hydrolysis conditions on the DRSA. The optimal hydrolysis conditions were as follows: pH 7.38, temperature 48.2~C and en- zyme/substrate (E/S)ratio 2 840 U/g. Under these conditions, the maximum DRSA was (22.85 + 0.57)%. The experimental values agreed with the value (23.09%) predicted by the model within a 95% confidence interval. By using gel filtration chromatography and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), anti- oxidant peptide (D2-P)was isolated from flatfish skin protein hydrolysates (FSPH)and could exhibit a (54.28 ± 1.37) % scavenging activity on DPPH radical at the concentration of 5 mg/mL. This is the first report of a scientific basis for the preparation of antioxidant peptides from flatfish skin. The results suggested that the antioxidant pep- tides can be exploited into functional foods or used as a novel source of nutraceuticals.
文摘In this article, a new kind of solar fresh air system is designed in order to realize the improvement of thermal efficiency by the integrated application of the PCMs and heat pipe technology. Under the adequate sunshine condition, the fresh air is directly delivered into the indoor environment after being heated by the solar collector. When the sun radiation is reduced, the heated air temperature can not satisfy the need of supply of air temperature.The main heat source is changed to phase change heat storage equipment instead of solar energy. The system adopt heat pipe for a high-efficiency and isothermal heat transfer which recover the shortcomings of PCMs such as: low coefficient of thermal conductivity and poor thermal efficiency. This article establishes the physical model of phase change solar energy fresh air thermal storage system and creates the mathematical model of its unsteady heat transfer to simulate and analyse the operation process by using Fluent software. The results of the study show that, compared to normal fresh air system, the phase change solar energy fresh air thermal storage system has a significant improvement in energy saving and indoor comfort level and will play an important role in the energy sustainable development.
文摘Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) of "Zusanli"(ST 36) and "Weishu"(BL 21)on the experimental gastric ulcer in Xu period of a day for analyzing the best opportunity of acupuncture treatment of gastric ulcer. Methods:49 Wistar rats were randomly divided into ① control group, ② ST 36 Xu group, ③ BL 21 Xu group, ④ ST 36 Chen group, ⑤ BL 21 Chen group, ⑥ ST 36 IT group, and ⑦ BL 21 IT group, with 7 rats in each group. Rat gastric ulcer model was established using intra gastric administration of glacial acetic acid. Gastric mucosal thickness,mucosal muscular defect width,superficial mucosal mucus index (MI),intramucosal MI ,Total MI,plasma 6 keto PGF1α ,serum NO and gastric tissue CGRP concentrations were used as the indexes. The EA treatment was conducted once daily at Xu period (7-9 o’clock in the evening), Chen period (8-10 o’clock in the morning) and irregular time (IT) with 6 days being a therapeutic course, two courses altogether. Results:After EA treatment,①the regenerated mucosal thickness values of the aforementioned 6 EA groups, particularly ST 36 Xu group and BL 21 Xu group, were all apparently higher than that of control group (P<0.05-0.01), while the mucosal muscle layer defect width values of different EA groups, particularly ST 36 Xu group and BL 21 Xu group, were strikingly lower than that of control group (P<0.05-0.01); ②the 3 MI of the 6 EA groups, particularly those of ST 36 Xu group were all significantly higher than those of control group (P<0.05-0.01); ③plasma 6 keto PGF1α contents of the 6 EA groups, particularly those of ST 36 Xu and BL 21 Xu groups, were all significantly higher than that of control group (P<0.05-0.01); ④serum NO and gastric tissue CGRP concentrations of the 6 EA groups, particularly those of ST 36 Xu and BL 21 Xu groups and CGRP concentration of ST 36 Chen group, were all significantly higher than those of control group (P<0.05-0.01);and ⑤there were positive correlation between superficial MI or total MI and NO level (r=0.858, 0.987, P<0.05,and 0.01),and between the superficial mucus index and CGRP concentration (r=0.9051, t=4.68, P<0.01), suggesting that the increase of the secretion function of the regenerated mucosal mucus is related to acupuncture induced increase of release of both NO and CGRP.Conclusion:The therapeutic effect of EA of ST 36 and BL 21 in Xu period is better in the treatment of gastric ulcer,and that of EA of ST 36 is the best.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project(Grant No.82374195).
文摘To explore the target of action of LHQW-XYS on the main components of COVID-19 olfactory impairment by using network pharmacological methods and try to reveal its mechanism of action in the treatment related to COVID-19 induced olfactory impairment,we used the TCMSP platform to obtain potential active ingredients through oral utilization and drug-like properties screening;the Swiss TargetPrediction platform to predict the targets of the active ingredients and construct a drug-ingredient-target network,and then obtained the gene targets of COVID-19 olfactory injury through GeneCards,OMIM,and TTD platforms to intersect the drug targets and disease genes to obtain common targets.The drug targets and disease genes were intersected to obtain common targets.STRING and Cytoscape 3.8.2 software were used to construct the target-disease gene PPI network,screen the key targets and core gene clusters,and analyze the key targets by GO and KEGG enrichment analyses with the help of the Metascape platform,and then map the screened core active ingredients and their targets into the pathway to construct the core active ingredients-targets-pathway network.The core active ingredient-target-pathway network was constructed,and finally,molecular docking was carried out.The results showed that there were 4669 potential targets,5609 disease targets,and 17 drug-disease cross-targets for the active ingredients of LHQW-XYS.The GO and KEGG enrichment analyses indicated that the mechanism of LHQW-XYS in the treatment of olfactory impairment in COVID-19 may be due to the regulation of related signaling pathways,such as Serotonergic synapse and Regulation of lipolysis in adipocytes.Molecular docking showed that six active components(quercetin,luteolin,kaempferol,7-methoxy-2-methylisoflavone,wogonin,medicarpin)and two key genes(PTGS2,PPARG)had good binding properties.In the end,we conclude that LHQW-XYS may act on Serotonergic synapse and Regulation of lipolysis in adipocyte pathways to achieve anti-COVID-19 olfactory impairment-associated effects.