Objective:To analyze the significance of high-frequency ultrasound in differentiating benign and malignant breast micronodules.Methods:Eighty-five patients with breast micronodules admitted for diagnosis between Octob...Objective:To analyze the significance of high-frequency ultrasound in differentiating benign and malignant breast micronodules.Methods:Eighty-five patients with breast micronodules admitted for diagnosis between October 2022 and October 2024 were selected for high-frequency ultrasound diagnosis.The diagnostic efficacy of high-frequency ultrasound was evaluated by comparing it with the results of surgical pathology.Results:High-frequency ultrasound detected 50 benign nodules,primarily breast fibroadenomas,and 35 malignant nodules,mainly breast ductal carcinoma in situ.Based on surgical pathology results,the diagnostic accuracy of high-frequency ultrasound was 96.47%,specificity was 97.96%,and sensitivity was 94.44%.In high-frequency ultrasound diagnosis,the proportion of grade III and IV blood flow in malignant nodules was higher than that in benign nodules,while the proportion of regular shape and clear margins was lower.The proportion of microcalcifications and posterior echo attenuation was higher in malignant nodules,and the resistance index(RI)and peak blood flow velocity were lower than those in benign nodules(P<0.05).Conclusion:High-frequency ultrasound can effectively differentiate benign and malignant breast micronodules,determine specific nodule types,and exhibits high diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity.Additionally,benign and malignant nodules can be differentiated based on the grading of blood flow signals,sonographic features,and blood flow velocity,providing reasonable guidance for subsequent treatment plans.展开更多
An improved target tracking information differentiating system using the neural network to substitute for fuzzy rules is presented for the infrared-radar dual-mode guidance system. Since the neural network training ba...An improved target tracking information differentiating system using the neural network to substitute for fuzzy rules is presented for the infrared-radar dual-mode guidance system. Since the neural network training based on the expert knowledge database is conducted off-line, the benefits for developing real-time tracking capabilities can be obtained. The network outputs the confidence degree denoted by the weight value of target information in the data fusion center according to two input variables of the measurement noise covariance and the tracking filter covariance. Simulation results show that the improved system can differentiate the target tracking information from the seeker fast and accurately.展开更多
The rice( Oryza L. ) variety, Lijiangxintuanheigu(LTH), is a universally susceptible variety. A set of near-isogenic lines (NILs) of rice which has single resistance gene for each line was developed by use of LTH as r...The rice( Oryza L. ) variety, Lijiangxintuanheigu(LTH), is a universally susceptible variety. A set of near-isogenic lines (NILs) of rice which has single resistance gene for each line was developed by use of LTH as recurrent parent and Kusabue,Tsuyuake, K1, PiNo. 4, K60 and BL1, which are from Kiyosawa's differential varieties(KDV), as donor parents. Differentiating ability of these NILs to Philippine isolates was compared with that of their donor parents, KDV and IRRI' s NILs. The results of comparative studies were as follows: (1) Differentiating ability of Chinese NILs to Philippine isolates was much stronger than that of their donor parents and that of KDV. (2) Chinese NILs had similar ability to differentiate races to IRRI's NILs or higher differentiating ability than them. But IRRI's NILs almost had no differentiating ability to isolates from japonica rice-growing regions. They can not be used to differentiate races of isolates from japonica ricegrowing regions. Whereas, Chinese NILs can be used to differentiate races of isolates from both japonica ricegrowing regions and indica rice-growing regions. It was concluded that the set of Chinese NILs can be used as international differentials.展开更多
BACKGROUND： Dendritic cell is the most major antigen presenting cell of organism. It is proved in recent studies that human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells induced and cultured in vitro by recombinant human gr...BACKGROUND： Dendritic cell is the most major antigen presenting cell of organism. It is proved in recent studies that human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells induced and cultured in vitro by recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor （rhG-MCSF） and recombinant human interleukin-4 （rhlL-4） can generate a great many dendritic cells and promote the lethal effect of T cells on human neuroblastoma, but it is unclear that whether the lethal effect is associated with the most proper concentration of dendritic cells. OBJEETIVE： To investigate the lethal effect of human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells induced in vitro by cytokines differentiating into dendritic cells on human neuroblastoma, and its best concentration range. DESIGN ： Open experiment SEI-FING： Department of Pediatrics, the Medical School Hospital of Qingdao University MATERIALS ： The study was carried out in the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory （Laboratory for the Department of Pediatrics of the Medical School Hospital of Qingdao University） during September 2005 to May 2006. Human umbilical cord blood samples were taken from the healthy newborn infants of full-term normal delivery during October to November 2005 in the Medical School Hospital of Qingdao University, and were voluntarily donated by the puerperas. Main instruments： type 3111 CO2 incubator （Forma Scientific, USA）, type 550 ELISA Reader （Bio-Rad, USA）. Main reagents： neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH （Shanghai Institute of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences）, RPMI-1640 culture fluid and fetal bovine serum （Hyclone）, rhlL-4 （Promega, USA）, rhG-MCSF （Harbin Pharmaceutic Group Bioengineering Co.Ltd）, rat anti-human CDla monoclonal antibody and FITC-labeled rabbit anti-rat IgG （Xiehe Stem cell Gene Engineering Co.Ltd）. METHODS： ① Human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells obtained with attachment methods differentiated into human umbilical cord blood dendritic cells, presenting typical morphology of dendritic cells after in vitro induction by rhG-MCSF and rhlL-4. ② Different concentrations of dendritic cells[ dendritic cells： neuroblastoma cells=20：1,50：1,100：1 （2×10^8 L^-1,5×10^8 L^-1,1×10^9 L^-1）], 1×10^9 L^-1 T cells and 1×10^7 L^-1 neuroblastoma cells were added in the experimental group. 1 ×10^9 L^-1 T cells and 1 ×10^7 L^-1 neuroblastoma cells were added in the control group. ③ Main surface marker CDla molecules of dendritic cells were detected with indirect immunofluorescence, and the percent rate of dendritic cells was counted with ultraviolet light and expressed as the expression rate of CD1a^＋ cells. ④Single effector cells and target cells were respectively set in the experimental group and control group to obtain the lethal effect. The lethal effect of dendritic cells on neuroblastoma cells was indirectly evaluated by detecting cellular survival with MTT assay. The lethal effect（%）= （1-A experimentat well-A effector cell /A target cell well）×100%.⑤The expenmental data were presented as Mean ±SD, and paired t test was used. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： ① Morphological characters of dendritic cells in the process of induction and differentiation. ②CD1a^＋ cellular expression rate. ③Lethal effect of dendntic cells on neuroblastoma cells. RESULTS： ①Morphological characters of dendritic cells in the process of induction and differentiation： On the 15^th day after human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells were induced by rhG-MCSF and rhlL-4, typical morphology of dendritic cells could be seen under an inverted microscope. ②Expression rate of CD1a^＋ cells was （43.12±5.83）%. ③Lethal effect of dendritic cells on neuroblastoma cells： Lethal effect of dendritic cells stimulated T cells in each experimental group （ dendritic cells： neuroblastoma cells=100：1,50：1, 20：1 respectively） on neuroblastoma cells was significantly higher than that in control group[（31.00 ±4.41 ）%, （30.92±5.27）%,（33.57±5.35）%,（26.23±5.20）%, t=3.51,2.98,4.24, P〈 0.01 ）; But the lethal effect of dendntic cells on neuroblastoma was significantly lower when their ratio was 100：1 and 50：1 in comparison with 20：1 （t=2.01,2.36, P 〈 0.05）, and no significant difference in lethal effect existed between the ratio at 100：1 and 50：1 （t=0.06,P 〉 0.05）. CONCLUSION： Dendritic cells differentiated from human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells after in vitro induction of cytokines can promote the lethal effect of T cells on neuroblastoma cells. The lethal effect is associated with the concentration of dendritic cells within some range.展开更多
Totally three articles regarding autophagy and apoptosis during differentiation of adult adipose-derived stromal cells into neurons and neuron-like cells were published in Neural Regeneration Research. We hope that ou...Totally three articles regarding autophagy and apoptosis during differentiation of adult adipose-derived stromal cells into neurons and neuron-like cells were published in Neural Regeneration Research. We hope that our readers find these papers useful to their research.展开更多
BACKGROUND Tumor deposits(TDs)are not equivalent to lymph node(LN)metastasis(LNM)but have become independent adverse prognostic factors in patients with rectal cancer(RC).Although preoperatively differentiating TDs an...BACKGROUND Tumor deposits(TDs)are not equivalent to lymph node(LN)metastasis(LNM)but have become independent adverse prognostic factors in patients with rectal cancer(RC).Although preoperatively differentiating TDs and LNMs is helpful in designing individualized treatment strategies and achieving improved prognoses,it is a challenging task.AIM To establish a computed tomography(CT)-based radiomics model for preoperatively differentiating TDs from LNM in patients with RC.METHODS This study retrospectively enrolled 219 patients with RC[TDs+LNM-(n=89);LNM+TDs-(n=115);TDs+LNM+(n=15)]from a single center between September 2016 and September 2021.Single-positive patients(i.e.,TDs+LNM-and LNM+TDs-)were classified into the training(n=163)and validation(n=41)sets.We extracted numerous features from the enhanced CT(region 1:The main tumor;region 2:The largest peritumoral nodule).After deleting redundant features,three feature selection methods and three machine learning methods were used to select the best-performing classifier as the radiomics model(Rad-score).After validating Rad-score,its performance was further evaluated in the field of diagnosing double-positive patients(i.e.,TDs+LNM+)by outlining all peritumoral nodules with diameter(short-axis)>3 mm.RESULTS Rad-score 1(radiomics signature of the main tumor)had an area under the curve(AUC)of 0.768 on the training dataset and 0.700 on the validation dataset.Rad-score 2(radiomics signature of the largest peritumoral nodule)had a higher AUC(training set:0.940;validation set:0.918)than Radscore 1.Clinical factors,including age,gender,location of RC,tumor markers,and radiological features of the largest peritumoral nodule,were excluded by logistic regression.Thus,the combined model was comprised of Rad-scores of 1 and 2.Considering that the combined model had similar AUCs with Rad-score 2(P=0.134 in the training set and 0.594 in the validation set),Rad-score 2 was used as the final model.For the diagnosis of double-positive patients in the mixed group[TDs+LNM+(n=15);single-positive(n=15)],Rad-score 2 demonstrated moderate performance(sensitivity,73.3%;specificity,66.6%;and accuracy,70.0%).CONCLUSION Radiomics analysis based on the largest peritumoral nodule can be helpful in preoperatively differentiating between TDs and LNM.展开更多
Objective The microglias is the representative of immune cells in the brain. It plays dual roles of both repairing and damaging in injured nervous system, and works as an inevitable component of the circumstance of in...Objective The microglias is the representative of immune cells in the brain. It plays dual roles of both repairing and damaging in injured nervous system, and works as an inevitable component of the circumstance of injured neurons. This study was aiming at the effects of the microglias on the biological activities of mesenchymal stem cells （MSCs） in the circumstance of injured neurons. Methods MSCs were obtained by primary culture. We adopted PC12 cells （PC12） and BV2 cells （BV2） to substitute for neurons and microglias, respectively. PC12 were injured by aged Aβ1-40 and the supernatant of the injured PC12 was used to set up the circumstance of injured neurons. Transwells were used for co-culture of BV2 and MSCs, which allowed the independent detection of cells after co-culture. Immunofluorescence was used to identify MSCs and neuron-differentiating cells with CD44 and neuron specific enolase （NSE） staining, respectively. MTT assay was adopted to measure the proliferation. Results In the circumstance of both BV2 presence and injured PC 12 supernatant incubation, either the proliferation or the differentiation of MSCs reached the highest, which seemed to be contradictory, but we gave our explanations. With the BV2 co-culture, the proliferation of MSCs tend to be higher, but the neuron-differentiating MSCs were similar to those incubated without BV2 co-culture either in normal or injured in PC12 supernatant. With the incubation of injured PC12 supernatant, the neuron-differentiating cells were significantly higher than that of control （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion In the circumstance of injured neurons, microlgias tend to promote the MSCs proliferation. Although not helpful in neuron-differentiating, microglias did not exert any negative effect either.展开更多
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms(IPMN) can be difficult to distinguish from other cystic lesions of the pancreas.To understand better and discuss the current knowledge on this topic,the literature and the inst...Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms(IPMN) can be difficult to distinguish from other cystic lesions of the pancreas.To understand better and discuss the current knowledge on this topic,the literature and the institutional experience at a large pancreatic disease center have been reviewed.A combination of preoperative demographic,historical,radiographic,laboratory data,as well as postoperative pathologic analyses can often distinguish IPMN from other lesions in the differential diagnosis.展开更多
Apoptosis is an integral part of the spermatogenic process, necessary to maintain a proper ratio of Sertoli to germ cell numbers and provide an adequate microenvironment to germ cells. Apoptosis may also represent a p...Apoptosis is an integral part of the spermatogenic process, necessary to maintain a proper ratio of Sertoli to germ cell numbers and provide an adequate microenvironment to germ cells. Apoptosis may also represent a protective mechanism mediating the elimination of abnormal germ cells. Extensive apoptosis occurs between the first and second postnatal weeks, at the point when gonocytes, precursors of spermatogonial stem cells, should have migrated toward the basement membrane of the tubules and differentiated into spermatogonia. The mechanisms regulating this process are not well-understood. Gonocytes undergo phases of proliferation, migration, and differentiation which occur in a timely and closely regulated manner. Gonocytes failing to migrate and differentiate properly undergo apoptosis. Inadequate gonocyte differentiation has been suggested to lead to testicular germ cell tumor （TGCT） formation. Here, we examined the expression levels of apoptosis-related genes during gonocyte differentiation by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, identifying 48 pro- and anti-apoptotic genes increased by at least two-fold in rat gonocytes induced to differentiate by retinoic acid, when compared to untreated gonocytes. Further analysis of the most highly expressed genes identified the pro-apoptotic genes Gadd45a and Cycs as upregulated in differentiating gonocytes and in spermatogonia compared with gonocytes. These genes were also significantly downregulated in seminomas, the most common type of TGCT, compared with normal human testicular tissues. These results indicate that apoptosis-related genes are actively regulated during gonocyte differentiation. Moreover, the down-regulation of pro-apoptotic genes in seminomas suggests that they could represent new therapeutic targets in the treatment of TGCTs.展开更多
<strong>Objectives:</strong> To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the quantitative iodine parameters, including Iodine Concentration (IC), Normalized Iodine Concentration (NIC), and λ<sub>HU<...<strong>Objectives:</strong> To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the quantitative iodine parameters, including Iodine Concentration (IC), Normalized Iodine Concentration (NIC), and λ<sub>HU</sub>, in distinguishing malignant and benign thyroid nodules. <strong>Methods:</strong> Relevant studies were searched from Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure database and other complementary sources from inception to May 20, 2020. Study selection, data extraction, quality assessment, and data analyses were performed following the Cochrane standards and the PRISMA-DTA guideline. <strong>Results: </strong>Eight studies were included (595 patients with 737 thyroid nodules). The pooled sensitivity, specificity and summary diagnostic odds ratio of IC were 79% (95% CI: 69% - 86%), 76% (95% CI: 65% - 84%) and 11 (95% CI: 5 - 27) respectively;those of NIC were 78% (95% CI: 70% - 85%), 80% (95% CI: 74% - 85%) and 15 (95% CI: 9 - 24) respectively;those of λ<sub>HU</sub> were 80% (95% CI: 71% - 87%), 77% (95% CI: 70% - 83%) and 14 (95% CI: 8 - 24) respectively. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>DECT can be a potential evaluation tool for thyroid nodules. The NIC may be the most sensitive iodine parameter and could be comparable between different DECT machines in thyroid nodule assessment.展开更多
AIM:This study was designed to evaluate the clinical application of serum total sialic acid (TSA) in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA).METHODS: Serum TSA was determined by periodateresorcinol microassay in 69 ...AIM:This study was designed to evaluate the clinical application of serum total sialic acid (TSA) in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA).METHODS: Serum TSA was determined by periodateresorcinol microassay in 69 patients with CCA, 59 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 37 patients with cirrhosis, 61 patients with chronic hepatitis and 50 healthy blood donors.RESULTS: The mean serum TSA concentration in CCA (2.41±0.70 mmol/L) was significantly higher than those of HCC, cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis and healthy blood donors (1.41±0.37 mmol/L, 1.13±0.31 mmol/L, 1.16±0.26 mmol/L, and 1.10±0.14 mmol/L, respectively; P＜0.001). Based on ROC curve analysis, a cut-off point of 1.75 mmol/L discriminated between CCA and HCC with a sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of 82.6%, 83.1%, and 82.8%,respectively.CONCLUSION: Based on our results, serum TSA would be a useful marker for the differential diagnosis of CCA from HCC.展开更多
Cinnamomum camphora （L.） Presl is an evergreen broad-leaved tree of the Lauraceae family, widely distributed in the sub-tropical areas in the south of China and used as a virescent tree in urban gardens and streets ...Cinnamomum camphora （L.） Presl is an evergreen broad-leaved tree of the Lauraceae family, widely distributed in the sub-tropical areas in the south of China and used as a virescent tree in urban gardens and streets in Shanghai for its beautiful shape and intensive stress-resistance. However, yellowing of C camphora in recent years casts doubt about its significance. We believe the green-leaved and yellow-leaved C camphora might be two different ecotypes, and tentatively refer to the green-leaved C camphora as C camphora f. viridis f. nov （CCV） and the yellow-leaved as C camphora f.flavus f. nov （CCF）. We studied their differences and arrived at the following conclusions： 1） compared with CCF, the area of lamina of CCV is significantly larger and the amount of chlorophyll （Chl） significantly higher; 2） the lamina and palisade tissues of CCV are significantly thicker than those of CCF, but its cuticle is significantly thinner; 3） the shape of the stomata of CCV is different from that of the CCF; the stomatal density and stomatal index of CCV are significantly lower than those of CCF. These results show that C camphora might evolve adaptive dif- ferentiation in some aspects which can be used in virescence in urban streets and gardens.展开更多
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells （MSCs） from rats were transfected with Rn-siRNA-caveolin-1 and differentiated into neuron-like cells using fasudil hydrochloride. Membrane ultrastructural changes in MSCs were obse...Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells （MSCs） from rats were transfected with Rn-siRNA-caveolin-1 and differentiated into neuron-like cells using fasudil hydrochloride. Membrane ultrastructural changes in MSCs were observed under atomic force microscopy. Caveolin-l-transfected rat MSCs exhibited weak nuclear refraction, dense caveolae and long finger-like cellular processes prior to fasudil hydrochloride treatment. MSCs differentiating into neuron-like cells exhibited weak nuclear refraction and large cellular processes without caveolae. We hypothesize that caveolin-1 plays an important role in the regulation of bone marrow MSC differentiating into neuron-like cells.展开更多
Syndrome differentiation-based treatment is one of the key characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).The process of syndrome differentiation is difficult and challenging due to its complexity,diversity and ...Syndrome differentiation-based treatment is one of the key characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).The process of syndrome differentiation is difficult and challenging due to its complexity,diversity and vagueness.Analyzing syndrome principles from historical records of TCM using data mining(DM)technology has been of high interest in recent years.Nevertheless,in most relevant studies,existing DM algorithms have been simply developed for TCM mining,while the combination of TCM theories or its characteristics with DM algorithms has rarely been reported.This paper presents a novel Symptom-Syndrome Topic Model(SSTM),which is a supervised probabilistic topic model with three-tier Bayesian structure.In the SSTM,syndromes are considered as observed topic labels to distinguish certain symptoms from possible symptoms according to their different positions.The generation of our model is in full compliance with the syndrome differentiation theory of TCM.Experimental results show that the SSTM is more effective than other models for syndrome differentiating.展开更多
The transverse section of compression wood tracheids has a circular shape and intercellular spaces. The cause has not been determined yet;however, we hypothesized that peeling of the cell wall adhesion would cause cel...The transverse section of compression wood tracheids has a circular shape and intercellular spaces. The cause has not been determined yet;however, we hypothesized that peeling of the cell wall adhesion would cause cellular intervals, resulting in circularity of the transverse section of tracheids. Homogalacturonan, a type of pectin, functions in cell wall adhesion. Further, pectin methylesterase (PME) is involved in functionalization of homogalacturonan. We quantitated PME gene expression levels in differentiating xylem cells using different degrees of compression wood samples and examined the correlation with circularity of the transverse section of tracheids in each sample. We found that lower gene expression level of the sample corresponded with increasing circularity of the transverse section of tracheids. It is considered that the transverse section of compression wood tracheids becomes circular by suppression of PME gene expression during differentiation. Further, we observed the normal wood specific pectin methylesterase (CoPME) localization in differentiating xylem tracheids by immunolabeling. Labels localized at the entire perimeter of the compound middle lamella in normal wood, whereas sparse labeling was found in compression wood. It suggests that cell walls adhere at sites of CoPME function in differentiating xylem tracheids, but there is inadequate adhesion between cell walls where CoPME does not function. At the end of the expansion zone, the volume of the cell decreases due to a decrease in the turgor pressure of the tracheid. Further, due to moisture shrinkage of the tracheid, the adhesion begins to peel off in places of inadequate adhesion between cell walls, resulting in cell gaps and, thereby, generating a circular cell shape of cell wall formation in compression wood.展开更多
Objective:To explore the general differentiation and treatment of insomnia by Professor Gao Ying through drug clustering and group correspondence analysis,and provide reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Met...Objective:To explore the general differentiation and treatment of insomnia by Professor Gao Ying through drug clustering and group correspondence analysis,and provide reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods:Collect retrospective case data from outpatient system,use SPSS20.0 software to perform frequency and cluster analysis on high-frequency symptoms and drug data,and perform corresponding analysis on the clustered drug syndrome groups.Results:A total of 349 consultations in 204 patients were included.Cluster analysis of 35 symptoms and 40 flavors with a frequency of more than 10%resulted in a corresponding relationship between 7 symptom groups,6 drug groups and 5 drug syndrome groups.The medicine symptom group has a high degree of matching;the doctors distinguish and tre at insomnia with calming,clearing heat,nourishing yin,liver,spleen,qi and phlegm as the core treatment,with consistent decoction,two to pill,lily ground Huang Tang,Lily Zhimu Decoction,Wendan Decoction,Sini San,Xiao Chai Hu Tang,Xiaoyao San,etc.are commonly used prescriptions;the physician's experience is to add or subtract Danshen and Zao Ren drink,which has a wide range of applicability to various insomnia syndrome.Conclusion:Based on the cluster analysis of drug symptoms and group correspondence analysis,it can reveal the pathogenesis,treatment and class information hidden in the data of drug symptoms,which can reflect the general law of physicians'syndrome differentiation and treatment of insomnia.This method has a reference for the exploration of TCM clinical experience significance;The results of this study can provide feedback to guide the clinical diagnosis and treatment of insomnia.展开更多
Previous study demonstrated mesenchymal stem cells were sensitive to mechanical stimulus, and mechanical stimulus played great role in differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.
BACKGROUND： Alpha-actinin （ a -actinin） plays a key role in neuronal growth cone migration during directional differentiation from neural stem cells （NSCs） to neurons. OBJECTIVE： To detect in situ microdistribut...BACKGROUND： Alpha-actinin （ a -actinin） plays a key role in neuronal growth cone migration during directional differentiation from neural stem cells （NSCs） to neurons. OBJECTIVE： To detect in situ microdistribution and quantitative expression of a -actinin during directional differentiation of NSCs to neurons in the temporal lobe cerebral cortex of neonatal rats. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING： Between January 2006 and December 2008, culture and directional differentiation of NSCs were performed at Department of Histology and Embryology, Preclinical Medical College, China Medical University. Immune electron microscopy was performed at Department of Histology and Embryology and Department of Electron Micrology, Preclinical Medical College, China Medical University. Spectrum analysis was performed at Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Mental Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. MATERIALS： Basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, brain-derived nerve growth factor, type-1 insulin like growth factor, and a -actinin antibody were provided by Gibco BRL, USA; rabbit-anti-rat nestin monoclonal antibody, rabbit-anti-rat neuron specific enolase polyclonal antibody, and EDAX-9100 energy dispersive X-ray analysis were provided by PHILIPS Company, Netherlands. METHODS： NSCs, following primary and passage culture, were differentiated with serum culture medium （DMEM/F12 ＋ 10% fetal bovine serum ＋ 2 ng/mL brain-derived nerve growth factor ＋ 2 ng/mL type-1 insulin like growth factor）. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： Expression of a -actinin in neuron-like cells was quantitatively and qualitatively detected with immunocytochemistry using energy dispersive X-ray analysis. RESULTS： Immunocytochemistry, combined with electron microscopy, indicated that positive α -actinin expression was like a spheroid particle with high electron density. In addition, the expression was gradually concentrated from the nuclear edge to the cytoplasm and expanded into developing neurites, during differentiation of neural stem cells to neurons. Conversely, energy dispersive X-ray analysis indicated that the more mature the neural differentiation was, and the greater the expression of α -actinin. CONCLUSION： The gradual increase of α -actinin expression is related to growth, development, and maturity of differentiated neuron-like cells, in neonatal rat frontal lobe cortex, at different differentiating time points of NSCs to neurons.展开更多
Objective：To investigate the feasibility of bone marrow stromal cells （BMSCs） differenti ating into cardiomyocyte like cells in heterogeneous cardiomyocytes microenvironment in vitro. Methods： Mouse GFP-BMSCs were...Objective：To investigate the feasibility of bone marrow stromal cells （BMSCs） differenti ating into cardiomyocyte like cells in heterogeneous cardiomyocytes microenvironment in vitro. Methods： Mouse GFP-BMSCs were isolated by centrifugation through a Ficoll step gradient and purified by plating culture and depletion of the non-adherent cells. Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes （CMs） were isolated by enzymatic dissociation from hearts of 1-to 2-day old Sprague-Dawley （SD） rats and differentially plated to remove fibroblasts. Mouse GFP-BMSCs were cocuhured with neonatal rat CMs through direct and indirect contact, respectively. Cardiomyogenic differentiation of BMSCs was evaluated by immunostaining with an- ti-a-actin monoclonal antibody and observing synchronous contraction with adjacent CMs by phase contrast microphotography. Results： On day 7 of cocuhure, GFP-BMSCs （CMs ： BMSCs：4 ： 1）attached to nonfluorescent contracting cells （rat-derived CMs） showed myotube-like formation and started to contract synchronously with adjacent cardiomyocytes. About 10% of the fluorescent GFP-BMSCs were cardiomyocyte-like cells as determined by cell morphology and positive actin staining. Conclusion;Direct cell to-cell interaction with CMs is crucial for cardiomyogenic differentiation of BMSCs in heterogeneous CMs microenvironment in vitro. This provides a novel inducing pathway for directional differentiation of cardiovascular tissue engineering seed cells.展开更多
BACKGROUND Computed tomography(CT)technology has been gradually used in the differen-tiation of small mesenchymal tumors of the stomach and intestines from smooth muscle tumours.AIM To explore the value of enhanced CT...BACKGROUND Computed tomography(CT)technology has been gradually used in the differen-tiation of small mesenchymal tumors of the stomach and intestines from smooth muscle tumours.AIM To explore the value of enhanced CT in the differentiation of small mesenchymal tumors of the stomach and intestines from smooth muscle tumours.METHODS Clinical data of patients with gastric mesenchymal or gastric smooth muscle tu-mours who were treated in our hospital from May 2018 to April 2023 were retrospectively analysed.Patients were divided into the gastric mesenchymal tumor group and the gastric smooth muscle tumor group respectively(n=50 cases per group).Clinical data of 50 healthy volunteers who received physical examinations in our hospital during the same period were selected and included in the control group.Serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA),alpha-fetoprotein(AFP),carbohydrate antigen 19-9(CA19-9),CA-125 and cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 were compared among the three groups.The value of CEA and CA19-9 in the identification of gastric mesenchymal tumours was analysed using the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve.The Kappa statistic was used to analyse the consistency of the combined CEA and CA19-9 test in identi-fying gastric mesenchymal tumours.RESULTS CEA levels varied among the three groups in the following order:The gastric mesenchymal tumour group>the control group>the gastric smooth muscle tumour group.CA19-9 levels varied among the three groups in the following order:The gastric mesenchymal group>the gastric smooth muscle group>the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).ROC analysis showed that the area under the curve of CEA and CA19-9 was 0.879 and 0.782,respectively.CONCLUSION Enhanced CT has shown value in differentiating small mesenchymal tumors of the stomach and intestines from smooth muscle tumors.展开更多
文摘Objective:To analyze the significance of high-frequency ultrasound in differentiating benign and malignant breast micronodules.Methods:Eighty-five patients with breast micronodules admitted for diagnosis between October 2022 and October 2024 were selected for high-frequency ultrasound diagnosis.The diagnostic efficacy of high-frequency ultrasound was evaluated by comparing it with the results of surgical pathology.Results:High-frequency ultrasound detected 50 benign nodules,primarily breast fibroadenomas,and 35 malignant nodules,mainly breast ductal carcinoma in situ.Based on surgical pathology results,the diagnostic accuracy of high-frequency ultrasound was 96.47%,specificity was 97.96%,and sensitivity was 94.44%.In high-frequency ultrasound diagnosis,the proportion of grade III and IV blood flow in malignant nodules was higher than that in benign nodules,while the proportion of regular shape and clear margins was lower.The proportion of microcalcifications and posterior echo attenuation was higher in malignant nodules,and the resistance index(RI)and peak blood flow velocity were lower than those in benign nodules(P<0.05).Conclusion:High-frequency ultrasound can effectively differentiate benign and malignant breast micronodules,determine specific nodule types,and exhibits high diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity.Additionally,benign and malignant nodules can be differentiated based on the grading of blood flow signals,sonographic features,and blood flow velocity,providing reasonable guidance for subsequent treatment plans.
文摘An improved target tracking information differentiating system using the neural network to substitute for fuzzy rules is presented for the infrared-radar dual-mode guidance system. Since the neural network training based on the expert knowledge database is conducted off-line, the benefits for developing real-time tracking capabilities can be obtained. The network outputs the confidence degree denoted by the weight value of target information in the data fusion center according to two input variables of the measurement noise covariance and the tracking filter covariance. Simulation results show that the improved system can differentiate the target tracking information from the seeker fast and accurately.
文摘The rice( Oryza L. ) variety, Lijiangxintuanheigu(LTH), is a universally susceptible variety. A set of near-isogenic lines (NILs) of rice which has single resistance gene for each line was developed by use of LTH as recurrent parent and Kusabue,Tsuyuake, K1, PiNo. 4, K60 and BL1, which are from Kiyosawa's differential varieties(KDV), as donor parents. Differentiating ability of these NILs to Philippine isolates was compared with that of their donor parents, KDV and IRRI' s NILs. The results of comparative studies were as follows: (1) Differentiating ability of Chinese NILs to Philippine isolates was much stronger than that of their donor parents and that of KDV. (2) Chinese NILs had similar ability to differentiate races to IRRI's NILs or higher differentiating ability than them. But IRRI's NILs almost had no differentiating ability to isolates from japonica rice-growing regions. They can not be used to differentiate races of isolates from japonica ricegrowing regions. Whereas, Chinese NILs can be used to differentiate races of isolates from both japonica ricegrowing regions and indica rice-growing regions. It was concluded that the set of Chinese NILs can be used as international differentials.
文摘BACKGROUND： Dendritic cell is the most major antigen presenting cell of organism. It is proved in recent studies that human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells induced and cultured in vitro by recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor （rhG-MCSF） and recombinant human interleukin-4 （rhlL-4） can generate a great many dendritic cells and promote the lethal effect of T cells on human neuroblastoma, but it is unclear that whether the lethal effect is associated with the most proper concentration of dendritic cells. OBJEETIVE： To investigate the lethal effect of human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells induced in vitro by cytokines differentiating into dendritic cells on human neuroblastoma, and its best concentration range. DESIGN ： Open experiment SEI-FING： Department of Pediatrics, the Medical School Hospital of Qingdao University MATERIALS ： The study was carried out in the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory （Laboratory for the Department of Pediatrics of the Medical School Hospital of Qingdao University） during September 2005 to May 2006. Human umbilical cord blood samples were taken from the healthy newborn infants of full-term normal delivery during October to November 2005 in the Medical School Hospital of Qingdao University, and were voluntarily donated by the puerperas. Main instruments： type 3111 CO2 incubator （Forma Scientific, USA）, type 550 ELISA Reader （Bio-Rad, USA）. Main reagents： neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH （Shanghai Institute of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences）, RPMI-1640 culture fluid and fetal bovine serum （Hyclone）, rhlL-4 （Promega, USA）, rhG-MCSF （Harbin Pharmaceutic Group Bioengineering Co.Ltd）, rat anti-human CDla monoclonal antibody and FITC-labeled rabbit anti-rat IgG （Xiehe Stem cell Gene Engineering Co.Ltd）. METHODS： ① Human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells obtained with attachment methods differentiated into human umbilical cord blood dendritic cells, presenting typical morphology of dendritic cells after in vitro induction by rhG-MCSF and rhlL-4. ② Different concentrations of dendritic cells[ dendritic cells： neuroblastoma cells=20：1,50：1,100：1 （2×10^8 L^-1,5×10^8 L^-1,1×10^9 L^-1）], 1×10^9 L^-1 T cells and 1×10^7 L^-1 neuroblastoma cells were added in the experimental group. 1 ×10^9 L^-1 T cells and 1 ×10^7 L^-1 neuroblastoma cells were added in the control group. ③ Main surface marker CDla molecules of dendritic cells were detected with indirect immunofluorescence, and the percent rate of dendritic cells was counted with ultraviolet light and expressed as the expression rate of CD1a^＋ cells. ④Single effector cells and target cells were respectively set in the experimental group and control group to obtain the lethal effect. The lethal effect of dendritic cells on neuroblastoma cells was indirectly evaluated by detecting cellular survival with MTT assay. The lethal effect（%）= （1-A experimentat well-A effector cell /A target cell well）×100%.⑤The expenmental data were presented as Mean ±SD, and paired t test was used. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： ① Morphological characters of dendritic cells in the process of induction and differentiation. ②CD1a^＋ cellular expression rate. ③Lethal effect of dendntic cells on neuroblastoma cells. RESULTS： ①Morphological characters of dendritic cells in the process of induction and differentiation： On the 15^th day after human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells were induced by rhG-MCSF and rhlL-4, typical morphology of dendritic cells could be seen under an inverted microscope. ②Expression rate of CD1a^＋ cells was （43.12±5.83）%. ③Lethal effect of dendritic cells on neuroblastoma cells： Lethal effect of dendritic cells stimulated T cells in each experimental group （ dendritic cells： neuroblastoma cells=100：1,50：1, 20：1 respectively） on neuroblastoma cells was significantly higher than that in control group[（31.00 ±4.41 ）%, （30.92±5.27）%,（33.57±5.35）%,（26.23±5.20）%, t=3.51,2.98,4.24, P〈 0.01 ）; But the lethal effect of dendntic cells on neuroblastoma was significantly lower when their ratio was 100：1 and 50：1 in comparison with 20：1 （t=2.01,2.36, P 〈 0.05）, and no significant difference in lethal effect existed between the ratio at 100：1 and 50：1 （t=0.06,P 〉 0.05）. CONCLUSION： Dendritic cells differentiated from human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells after in vitro induction of cytokines can promote the lethal effect of T cells on neuroblastoma cells. The lethal effect is associated with the concentration of dendritic cells within some range.
文摘Totally three articles regarding autophagy and apoptosis during differentiation of adult adipose-derived stromal cells into neurons and neuron-like cells were published in Neural Regeneration Research. We hope that our readers find these papers useful to their research.
文摘BACKGROUND Tumor deposits(TDs)are not equivalent to lymph node(LN)metastasis(LNM)but have become independent adverse prognostic factors in patients with rectal cancer(RC).Although preoperatively differentiating TDs and LNMs is helpful in designing individualized treatment strategies and achieving improved prognoses,it is a challenging task.AIM To establish a computed tomography(CT)-based radiomics model for preoperatively differentiating TDs from LNM in patients with RC.METHODS This study retrospectively enrolled 219 patients with RC[TDs+LNM-(n=89);LNM+TDs-(n=115);TDs+LNM+(n=15)]from a single center between September 2016 and September 2021.Single-positive patients(i.e.,TDs+LNM-and LNM+TDs-)were classified into the training(n=163)and validation(n=41)sets.We extracted numerous features from the enhanced CT(region 1:The main tumor;region 2:The largest peritumoral nodule).After deleting redundant features,three feature selection methods and three machine learning methods were used to select the best-performing classifier as the radiomics model(Rad-score).After validating Rad-score,its performance was further evaluated in the field of diagnosing double-positive patients(i.e.,TDs+LNM+)by outlining all peritumoral nodules with diameter(short-axis)>3 mm.RESULTS Rad-score 1(radiomics signature of the main tumor)had an area under the curve(AUC)of 0.768 on the training dataset and 0.700 on the validation dataset.Rad-score 2(radiomics signature of the largest peritumoral nodule)had a higher AUC(training set:0.940;validation set:0.918)than Radscore 1.Clinical factors,including age,gender,location of RC,tumor markers,and radiological features of the largest peritumoral nodule,were excluded by logistic regression.Thus,the combined model was comprised of Rad-scores of 1 and 2.Considering that the combined model had similar AUCs with Rad-score 2(P=0.134 in the training set and 0.594 in the validation set),Rad-score 2 was used as the final model.For the diagnosis of double-positive patients in the mixed group[TDs+LNM+(n=15);single-positive(n=15)],Rad-score 2 demonstrated moderate performance(sensitivity,73.3%;specificity,66.6%;and accuracy,70.0%).CONCLUSION Radiomics analysis based on the largest peritumoral nodule can be helpful in preoperatively differentiating between TDs and LNM.
文摘Objective The microglias is the representative of immune cells in the brain. It plays dual roles of both repairing and damaging in injured nervous system, and works as an inevitable component of the circumstance of injured neurons. This study was aiming at the effects of the microglias on the biological activities of mesenchymal stem cells （MSCs） in the circumstance of injured neurons. Methods MSCs were obtained by primary culture. We adopted PC12 cells （PC12） and BV2 cells （BV2） to substitute for neurons and microglias, respectively. PC12 were injured by aged Aβ1-40 and the supernatant of the injured PC12 was used to set up the circumstance of injured neurons. Transwells were used for co-culture of BV2 and MSCs, which allowed the independent detection of cells after co-culture. Immunofluorescence was used to identify MSCs and neuron-differentiating cells with CD44 and neuron specific enolase （NSE） staining, respectively. MTT assay was adopted to measure the proliferation. Results In the circumstance of both BV2 presence and injured PC 12 supernatant incubation, either the proliferation or the differentiation of MSCs reached the highest, which seemed to be contradictory, but we gave our explanations. With the BV2 co-culture, the proliferation of MSCs tend to be higher, but the neuron-differentiating MSCs were similar to those incubated without BV2 co-culture either in normal or injured in PC12 supernatant. With the incubation of injured PC12 supernatant, the neuron-differentiating cells were significantly higher than that of control （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion In the circumstance of injured neurons, microlgias tend to promote the MSCs proliferation. Although not helpful in neuron-differentiating, microglias did not exert any negative effect either.
文摘Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms(IPMN) can be difficult to distinguish from other cystic lesions of the pancreas.To understand better and discuss the current knowledge on this topic,the literature and the institutional experience at a large pancreatic disease center have been reviewed.A combination of preoperative demographic,historical,radiographic,laboratory data,as well as postoperative pathologic analyses can often distinguish IPMN from other lesions in the differential diagnosis.
文摘Apoptosis is an integral part of the spermatogenic process, necessary to maintain a proper ratio of Sertoli to germ cell numbers and provide an adequate microenvironment to germ cells. Apoptosis may also represent a protective mechanism mediating the elimination of abnormal germ cells. Extensive apoptosis occurs between the first and second postnatal weeks, at the point when gonocytes, precursors of spermatogonial stem cells, should have migrated toward the basement membrane of the tubules and differentiated into spermatogonia. The mechanisms regulating this process are not well-understood. Gonocytes undergo phases of proliferation, migration, and differentiation which occur in a timely and closely regulated manner. Gonocytes failing to migrate and differentiate properly undergo apoptosis. Inadequate gonocyte differentiation has been suggested to lead to testicular germ cell tumor （TGCT） formation. Here, we examined the expression levels of apoptosis-related genes during gonocyte differentiation by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, identifying 48 pro- and anti-apoptotic genes increased by at least two-fold in rat gonocytes induced to differentiate by retinoic acid, when compared to untreated gonocytes. Further analysis of the most highly expressed genes identified the pro-apoptotic genes Gadd45a and Cycs as upregulated in differentiating gonocytes and in spermatogonia compared with gonocytes. These genes were also significantly downregulated in seminomas, the most common type of TGCT, compared with normal human testicular tissues. These results indicate that apoptosis-related genes are actively regulated during gonocyte differentiation. Moreover, the down-regulation of pro-apoptotic genes in seminomas suggests that they could represent new therapeutic targets in the treatment of TGCTs.
文摘<strong>Objectives:</strong> To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the quantitative iodine parameters, including Iodine Concentration (IC), Normalized Iodine Concentration (NIC), and λ<sub>HU</sub>, in distinguishing malignant and benign thyroid nodules. <strong>Methods:</strong> Relevant studies were searched from Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure database and other complementary sources from inception to May 20, 2020. Study selection, data extraction, quality assessment, and data analyses were performed following the Cochrane standards and the PRISMA-DTA guideline. <strong>Results: </strong>Eight studies were included (595 patients with 737 thyroid nodules). The pooled sensitivity, specificity and summary diagnostic odds ratio of IC were 79% (95% CI: 69% - 86%), 76% (95% CI: 65% - 84%) and 11 (95% CI: 5 - 27) respectively;those of NIC were 78% (95% CI: 70% - 85%), 80% (95% CI: 74% - 85%) and 15 (95% CI: 9 - 24) respectively;those of λ<sub>HU</sub> were 80% (95% CI: 71% - 87%), 77% (95% CI: 70% - 83%) and 14 (95% CI: 8 - 24) respectively. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>DECT can be a potential evaluation tool for thyroid nodules. The NIC may be the most sensitive iodine parameter and could be comparable between different DECT machines in thyroid nodule assessment.
基金the National Research Council,Bangkokthe Center of Excellent Found,Center of Excellence Viral Hepatitis Research Unit,Faculty of Medicine,Chulalongkom University+2 种基金the Thailand Research FundSenior Research Scholar(YP)Junior Research Scholar(PK)
文摘AIM:This study was designed to evaluate the clinical application of serum total sialic acid (TSA) in the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA).METHODS: Serum TSA was determined by periodateresorcinol microassay in 69 patients with CCA, 59 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 37 patients with cirrhosis, 61 patients with chronic hepatitis and 50 healthy blood donors.RESULTS: The mean serum TSA concentration in CCA (2.41±0.70 mmol/L) was significantly higher than those of HCC, cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis and healthy blood donors (1.41±0.37 mmol/L, 1.13±0.31 mmol/L, 1.16±0.26 mmol/L, and 1.10±0.14 mmol/L, respectively; P＜0.001). Based on ROC curve analysis, a cut-off point of 1.75 mmol/L discriminated between CCA and HCC with a sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of 82.6%, 83.1%, and 82.8%,respectively.CONCLUSION: Based on our results, serum TSA would be a useful marker for the differential diagnosis of CCA from HCC.
基金the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 30670315)the Global Environmental Research Fund of the Ministry of Environment of Japan
文摘Cinnamomum camphora （L.） Presl is an evergreen broad-leaved tree of the Lauraceae family, widely distributed in the sub-tropical areas in the south of China and used as a virescent tree in urban gardens and streets in Shanghai for its beautiful shape and intensive stress-resistance. However, yellowing of C camphora in recent years casts doubt about its significance. We believe the green-leaved and yellow-leaved C camphora might be two different ecotypes, and tentatively refer to the green-leaved C camphora as C camphora f. viridis f. nov （CCV） and the yellow-leaved as C camphora f.flavus f. nov （CCF）. We studied their differences and arrived at the following conclusions： 1） compared with CCF, the area of lamina of CCV is significantly larger and the amount of chlorophyll （Chl） significantly higher; 2） the lamina and palisade tissues of CCV are significantly thicker than those of CCF, but its cuticle is significantly thinner; 3） the shape of the stomata of CCV is different from that of the CCF; the stomatal density and stomatal index of CCV are significantly lower than those of CCF. These results show that C camphora might evolve adaptive dif- ferentiation in some aspects which can be used in virescence in urban streets and gardens.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30770758the Natural Science Research Program of Henan Provincial Department of Education, No. 2008A320032
文摘Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells （MSCs） from rats were transfected with Rn-siRNA-caveolin-1 and differentiated into neuron-like cells using fasudil hydrochloride. Membrane ultrastructural changes in MSCs were observed under atomic force microscopy. Caveolin-l-transfected rat MSCs exhibited weak nuclear refraction, dense caveolae and long finger-like cellular processes prior to fasudil hydrochloride treatment. MSCs differentiating into neuron-like cells exhibited weak nuclear refraction and large cellular processes without caveolae. We hypothesize that caveolin-1 plays an important role in the regulation of bone marrow MSC differentiating into neuron-like cells.
文摘Syndrome differentiation-based treatment is one of the key characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).The process of syndrome differentiation is difficult and challenging due to its complexity,diversity and vagueness.Analyzing syndrome principles from historical records of TCM using data mining(DM)technology has been of high interest in recent years.Nevertheless,in most relevant studies,existing DM algorithms have been simply developed for TCM mining,while the combination of TCM theories or its characteristics with DM algorithms has rarely been reported.This paper presents a novel Symptom-Syndrome Topic Model(SSTM),which is a supervised probabilistic topic model with three-tier Bayesian structure.In the SSTM,syndromes are considered as observed topic labels to distinguish certain symptoms from possible symptoms according to their different positions.The generation of our model is in full compliance with the syndrome differentiation theory of TCM.Experimental results show that the SSTM is more effective than other models for syndrome differentiating.
文摘The transverse section of compression wood tracheids has a circular shape and intercellular spaces. The cause has not been determined yet;however, we hypothesized that peeling of the cell wall adhesion would cause cellular intervals, resulting in circularity of the transverse section of tracheids. Homogalacturonan, a type of pectin, functions in cell wall adhesion. Further, pectin methylesterase (PME) is involved in functionalization of homogalacturonan. We quantitated PME gene expression levels in differentiating xylem cells using different degrees of compression wood samples and examined the correlation with circularity of the transverse section of tracheids in each sample. We found that lower gene expression level of the sample corresponded with increasing circularity of the transverse section of tracheids. It is considered that the transverse section of compression wood tracheids becomes circular by suppression of PME gene expression during differentiation. Further, we observed the normal wood specific pectin methylesterase (CoPME) localization in differentiating xylem tracheids by immunolabeling. Labels localized at the entire perimeter of the compound middle lamella in normal wood, whereas sparse labeling was found in compression wood. It suggests that cell walls adhere at sites of CoPME function in differentiating xylem tracheids, but there is inadequate adhesion between cell walls where CoPME does not function. At the end of the expansion zone, the volume of the cell decreases due to a decrease in the turgor pressure of the tracheid. Further, due to moisture shrinkage of the tracheid, the adhesion begins to peel off in places of inadequate adhesion between cell walls, resulting in cell gaps and, thereby, generating a circular cell shape of cell wall formation in compression wood.
基金Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance and Innovation"Hundreds of Millions"Talent Project(QiHuang Project)-Qihuang Scholars(National Education and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine[2018]No.12)。
文摘Objective:To explore the general differentiation and treatment of insomnia by Professor Gao Ying through drug clustering and group correspondence analysis,and provide reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods:Collect retrospective case data from outpatient system,use SPSS20.0 software to perform frequency and cluster analysis on high-frequency symptoms and drug data,and perform corresponding analysis on the clustered drug syndrome groups.Results:A total of 349 consultations in 204 patients were included.Cluster analysis of 35 symptoms and 40 flavors with a frequency of more than 10%resulted in a corresponding relationship between 7 symptom groups,6 drug groups and 5 drug syndrome groups.The medicine symptom group has a high degree of matching;the doctors distinguish and tre at insomnia with calming,clearing heat,nourishing yin,liver,spleen,qi and phlegm as the core treatment,with consistent decoction,two to pill,lily ground Huang Tang,Lily Zhimu Decoction,Wendan Decoction,Sini San,Xiao Chai Hu Tang,Xiaoyao San,etc.are commonly used prescriptions;the physician's experience is to add or subtract Danshen and Zao Ren drink,which has a wide range of applicability to various insomnia syndrome.Conclusion:Based on the cluster analysis of drug symptoms and group correspondence analysis,it can reveal the pathogenesis,treatment and class information hidden in the data of drug symptoms,which can reflect the general law of physicians'syndrome differentiation and treatment of insomnia.This method has a reference for the exploration of TCM clinical experience significance;The results of this study can provide feedback to guide the clinical diagnosis and treatment of insomnia.
文摘Previous study demonstrated mesenchymal stem cells were sensitive to mechanical stimulus, and mechanical stimulus played great role in differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells.
基金Supported by:the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.39970383the Project for Science and Technology from Educational Committee of Liaoning Province,No.202013132Technological Program for Colleges and Universities of Liaoning Educational Committee,No.[2008]84
文摘BACKGROUND： Alpha-actinin （ a -actinin） plays a key role in neuronal growth cone migration during directional differentiation from neural stem cells （NSCs） to neurons. OBJECTIVE： To detect in situ microdistribution and quantitative expression of a -actinin during directional differentiation of NSCs to neurons in the temporal lobe cerebral cortex of neonatal rats. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING： Between January 2006 and December 2008, culture and directional differentiation of NSCs were performed at Department of Histology and Embryology, Preclinical Medical College, China Medical University. Immune electron microscopy was performed at Department of Histology and Embryology and Department of Electron Micrology, Preclinical Medical College, China Medical University. Spectrum analysis was performed at Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Mental Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. MATERIALS： Basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, brain-derived nerve growth factor, type-1 insulin like growth factor, and a -actinin antibody were provided by Gibco BRL, USA; rabbit-anti-rat nestin monoclonal antibody, rabbit-anti-rat neuron specific enolase polyclonal antibody, and EDAX-9100 energy dispersive X-ray analysis were provided by PHILIPS Company, Netherlands. METHODS： NSCs, following primary and passage culture, were differentiated with serum culture medium （DMEM/F12 ＋ 10% fetal bovine serum ＋ 2 ng/mL brain-derived nerve growth factor ＋ 2 ng/mL type-1 insulin like growth factor）. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： Expression of a -actinin in neuron-like cells was quantitatively and qualitatively detected with immunocytochemistry using energy dispersive X-ray analysis. RESULTS： Immunocytochemistry, combined with electron microscopy, indicated that positive α -actinin expression was like a spheroid particle with high electron density. In addition, the expression was gradually concentrated from the nuclear edge to the cytoplasm and expanded into developing neurites, during differentiation of neural stem cells to neurons. Conversely, energy dispersive X-ray analysis indicated that the more mature the neural differentiation was, and the greater the expression of α -actinin. CONCLUSION： The gradual increase of α -actinin expression is related to growth, development, and maturity of differentiated neuron-like cells, in neonatal rat frontal lobe cortex, at different differentiating time points of NSCs to neurons.
文摘Objective：To investigate the feasibility of bone marrow stromal cells （BMSCs） differenti ating into cardiomyocyte like cells in heterogeneous cardiomyocytes microenvironment in vitro. Methods： Mouse GFP-BMSCs were isolated by centrifugation through a Ficoll step gradient and purified by plating culture and depletion of the non-adherent cells. Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes （CMs） were isolated by enzymatic dissociation from hearts of 1-to 2-day old Sprague-Dawley （SD） rats and differentially plated to remove fibroblasts. Mouse GFP-BMSCs were cocuhured with neonatal rat CMs through direct and indirect contact, respectively. Cardiomyogenic differentiation of BMSCs was evaluated by immunostaining with an- ti-a-actin monoclonal antibody and observing synchronous contraction with adjacent CMs by phase contrast microphotography. Results： On day 7 of cocuhure, GFP-BMSCs （CMs ： BMSCs：4 ： 1）attached to nonfluorescent contracting cells （rat-derived CMs） showed myotube-like formation and started to contract synchronously with adjacent cardiomyocytes. About 10% of the fluorescent GFP-BMSCs were cardiomyocyte-like cells as determined by cell morphology and positive actin staining. Conclusion;Direct cell to-cell interaction with CMs is crucial for cardiomyogenic differentiation of BMSCs in heterogeneous CMs microenvironment in vitro. This provides a novel inducing pathway for directional differentiation of cardiovascular tissue engineering seed cells.
文摘BACKGROUND Computed tomography(CT)technology has been gradually used in the differen-tiation of small mesenchymal tumors of the stomach and intestines from smooth muscle tumours.AIM To explore the value of enhanced CT in the differentiation of small mesenchymal tumors of the stomach and intestines from smooth muscle tumours.METHODS Clinical data of patients with gastric mesenchymal or gastric smooth muscle tu-mours who were treated in our hospital from May 2018 to April 2023 were retrospectively analysed.Patients were divided into the gastric mesenchymal tumor group and the gastric smooth muscle tumor group respectively(n=50 cases per group).Clinical data of 50 healthy volunteers who received physical examinations in our hospital during the same period were selected and included in the control group.Serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA),alpha-fetoprotein(AFP),carbohydrate antigen 19-9(CA19-9),CA-125 and cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 were compared among the three groups.The value of CEA and CA19-9 in the identification of gastric mesenchymal tumours was analysed using the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve.The Kappa statistic was used to analyse the consistency of the combined CEA and CA19-9 test in identi-fying gastric mesenchymal tumours.RESULTS CEA levels varied among the three groups in the following order:The gastric mesenchymal tumour group>the control group>the gastric smooth muscle tumour group.CA19-9 levels varied among the three groups in the following order:The gastric mesenchymal group>the gastric smooth muscle group>the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).ROC analysis showed that the area under the curve of CEA and CA19-9 was 0.879 and 0.782,respectively.CONCLUSION Enhanced CT has shown value in differentiating small mesenchymal tumors of the stomach and intestines from smooth muscle tumors.
