[Research Progress in the Relationship Between Neurofilament Light Chain Protein and Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus].

Metabolic abnormality in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)can cause damage to the central nervous system,leading to cognitive decline.Neurofilament light chain protein(NFL),as a blood marker of neuroaxonal injuries,is significantly associated with the onset of cognitive impairment and affected by the renal function.It can participate in the development of cognitive impairment in T2DM through inflammation,blood-brain barrier breakdown,interaction between microglia and neurons,and Tau protein phosphorylation.We reviewed the mechanism of the occurrence and development of NFL-involved cognitive impairment and the correlation between NFL and renal function in T2DM,hoping to provide a basis for early diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment in T2DM patients.

[Research Progress in the Role of Tamoxifen in Nervous System and Cognitive Function].

Neurological diseases include a variety of neurodegenerative diseases and other brain damage diseases.The treatment schemes for neurological diseases are still in research.The existing clinical and basic studies have confirmed that traditional estrogen therapy has certain protective effect on the nervous system,while it increases the risk of breast or endometrial cancer.The emergence of the selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) can avoid the above mentioned problems.The available studies have confirmed the protective effect of tamoxifen as a SERM on the nervous system.This paper reviews the role and functioning mechanisms of tamoxifen in the nervous system and cognitive function,aiming to provide guidance for the future application of tamoxifen in the treatment of neurological diseases and the improvement of cognitive function.

Expression, Prognostic Value, and Functional Mechanism of Polarity-Related Genes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignant tumor with high mortality and poor prognoses around the world. Within-cell polarity is crucial to cell development and function maintenance, and some studies have found that it is closely related to cancer initiation, metastasis, and prognosis. The aim of our research was to find polarity-related biomarkers which improve the treatment and prognosis of HCC. For the knowledge-driven analysis, 189 polarity-related genes (PRGs) were retrieved and curated manually from the molecular signatures database and reviews. Meanwhile, in the data-driven part, genomic datasets and clinical records of HCC was obtained from the cancer genome atlas database. The potential candidates were considered in the respect to differential expression, mutation rate, and prognostic value. Sixty-one PRGs that passed the knowledge and data-driven screening were applied for function analysis and mechanism deduction. Elastic net model combing least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and ridge regression analysis refined the input into a 12-PRG risk model, and its pharmaceutical potency was evaluated. These findings demonstrated that the integration of multi-omics of PRGs can help us in untangling the liver cancer pathogenesis as well as illustrate the underlying mechanisms and therapeutic targets.

MicroRNA expression profiles related to early stage murine concanavalin A-induced hepatitis.

BACKGROUND: Fulminant hepatitis is a severe liver disease characterized by massive hepatocyte necrosis and clinical signs of liver failure. This study explores the expression profile of microRNAs, which are regulators of a number of pathophysiological processes, during the early stage of concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatitis. METHODS: Balb/c mice were given ConA injections to induce fulminant hepatitis. miRNA expression profiling in liver tissues was carried out by microarray analysis. The differentially expressed miRNAs were subjected to time sequence profile analysis, gene-miRNA regulatory network analysis, and gene ontology-miRNA regulatory network analysis. RESULTS: Eleven miRNAs among multiClass were found to be significantly differentially expressed between liver tissue in early stage fulminant hepatitis and normal control liver tissue. Mmu-miR-133a was the most differentially expressed with the strongest regulatory ability, regulating 47 mRNAs. Mmu-miR-10a was the most highly expressed in the microRNA-GO-Network and also exerted a strong regulatory ability. The expression profiles of miR-133a and miR-10a were verified by RT-PCR. CONCLUSIONS: These results show that, in the early stage, ConA-induced fulminant hepatitis induces a distinct miRNA expression profile. This differential miRNA expression profile may provide pathogenic clues and potential diagnostic and prognostic markers in acute and severe liver disease.

Using oligonucleotide suspension arrays for laboratory identification of bacteria responsible for bacteremia.

The aim of this study was to develop and validate an oligonucleotide suspension array for rapid identification of 15 bacterial species responsible for bacteremia, particularly prevalent in Chinese hospitals. The multiplexed array, based on the QIAGEN LiquiChip Workstation, included 15 oligonucleotide probes which were covalently bound to different bead sets. PCR amplicons of a variable region of the bacterial 23S rRNA genes were hybridized to the bead-bound probes. Thirty-eight strains belonging to 15 species were correctly identified on the basis of their corresponding species-specific hybridization profiles. The results show that the suspension array, in a single assay, can differentiate isolates over a wide range of strains and species, and suggest the potential utility of suspension array system to clinical laboratory diagnosis.

[Identification of closely related bacteria via phylogenetic methods].

OBJECTIVE: To differentiate closely related pathogenic bacteria via phylogenetic method on the basis of gyrB gene sequences. METHODS: GyrB sequences of 19 strains of E.coli, 13 Shigella spp. 2 Aeromonas caviae, 2 Aeromonas hydrophilia,1 Aeromonas veronii were determined and combined with sequences retrieved from public databases to construct phylogenetic trees. For each sequence tested, the identification deduced from the clustering relation of sequences was compared with the phenetic identification. RESULTS: All the tested sequences, except those of Shigella boydii and Shigella dysenteriae, were corresponded with the 5 closest sequences on the tree at the species level. While the BLAST queries returned some other bacteria organisms or undetermined entries. CONCLUSION: Phylogenetics displays good discriminative power in bacterial sequences differentiation.

[Classification and identification of vibrio cholerae and vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates based on gyrB gene phylogenetic analysis].

In order to validate the usefulness of gyrB genotype for the classification and identification of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates, the phylogenetic analysis of 13 V. cholerae, 8 V. parahaemolyticus, 2 Aeromonas hydrophila and 1 Plesiomonas shigelloides strains was carried out using the partial coding sequence of gyrB, a gene that encodes the B subunit of DNA gyrase (topoisomerase type II ) in bacteria. These strains were separately clustered at species level and typed by the DNA sequences of reference strains from GenBank. CtxA positive V. cholerae strains including 8 clincical isolates of 0139 and 2 clinical isolates of 01 formed one cluster. Four V. parahaemolyticus strains of 1 isolate from 2002 Zhejiang outbreak patient ( tdh positive), 2 clinical isoltates from 2004 and 1 strain from Japan were grouped with an environmental isolate ( trh positive) from 2001. GyrB genotype is applicable to species identification of V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, A. hydrophila and P. shigelloides isolates. The ctxA positive 0139 and 01 group of V. cholerae are closely related, as reflected by gyrB sequence divergence. Furthermore, the toxigenic V. parahaemolyticus strain isolated from environments may be the potential pathogen to the local prevalent and sporadic cases.

A microarray analysis of early activated pathways in concanavalin A-induced hepatitis.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the mechanisms of fulminant hepatitis (FH) in the early stages, and to determine the critical pathways in its initiation and progression. METHODS: Twelve BALB/c mice were divided into four groups: one group left as negative control and sacrificed immediately after injection of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), and another three groups with concanavalin A (Con A) administration sacrificed at 1, 3, and 6 h after injection. Affymetrix GeneChip(R) Mouse 430 2.0 Array was employed to evaluate the expression profile of each of the 12 samples. Further analysis was done on the microarray data to extract the genes that were differentially expressed. Enrichment analysis was carried out to determine relevant pathways within which regulated genes were significantly enriched. RESULTS: A total of 393, 8354 and 11 344 differentially expressed genes were found, respectively, at three time points. During 0-1 h and 1-3 h, most of the pathways enriched with regulated genes were related to immune response and inflammation, among which Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling appeared during both phases, while cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, apoptosis, T cell receptor signaling, and natural killer (NK) cell-mediated cytotoxicity pathways emerged during the second phase. Pathways found to be significant during 3-6 h were mostly related to metabolic processes. CONCLUSION: The TLR signaling pathway dominates the early responses of Con A-induced FH in mice. It stimulates the production of type I cytokines, therefore recruiting and activating T/NK cells. Activated T/NK cells exert their cytotoxicity on hepatocytes through inducing death receptor-intermediated apoptosis, resulting in liver injury.