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ObjectiveTo explore the molecular mechanism of Shuyuwan regulating polarization of tumor-associated macrophages （TAMs） to inhibit the progression of colorectal cancer （CRC）. MethodThe nude mouse model of orthotopic transplantation of colon cancer was established. Male BALB/c-nu nude mice （n=28， 4 weeks old） were randomly assigned into 4 groups （n=7）： Model group （normal saline） and low-， medium-， and high-dose （1.725， 2.310， 2.895 g·kg-1·d-1， respectively） Shuyuwan groups. On day 9 after the tumor block was inoculated， the mice were administrated by gavage with corresponding agents at a dose of 15 mL·kg-1 once a day， 6 days a week， and no agent on the 7th day. After two consecutive weeks of intervention， the nude mice were sacrificed and the tumor samples were collected. A part of the colon tissue and the tumor tissue was used to prepare sections， and hematoxylin-eosin （HE） staining was performed for pathological observation. The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase （iNOS） and arginase-1 （Arg-1） in the tumor tissue was detected by immunohistochemistry （IHC）. The mRNA levels of interleukin-12 （IL-12）， epidermal growth factor （EGF）， and transforming growth factor-β1 （TGF-β1） in the tumor tissue were determined by Real-time polymerase chain reaction （PCR）. Western blot was employed to determine the protein levels of iNOS， IL-12， EGF， and TGF-β1 in the tumor tissue. ResultCompared with the model group， Shuyuwan inhibited the growth of colon cancer cells in nude mice and caused the tumor cell necrosis in different degrees. The high-dose Shuyuwan group had the strongest inhibitory effect on the growth of tumor cells， which basically lost the normal morphology. Furthermore， Shuyuwan up-regulated the expression of iNOS and IL-12 in M1-type macrophages （P<0.05） and down-regulated the expression of Arg-1， EGF， and TGF-β1 in M2-type macrophages （P<0.05）， which indicated the weakened polarization of macrophages toward M2 type and the enhanced polarization toward M1 type after treatment with Shuyuwan. ConclusionShuyuwan can inhibit the growth of orthotopically transplanted colon tumor by blocking the polarization of TAMs to M2 type and promoting the polarization of TAMs to M1 type.
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@#Objective To evaluate the effects of spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) on chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNSNP) by using World Health Organization Family International Classifications (WHO-FICs). Methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about the effects of SMT on CNSNP were searched from PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, EBSCO, CBM and CNKI from database establishment to December 31st, 2021. At least two researchers extracted the data. Cochrane bias risk assessment tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database Scale were used to evaluate the quality of the included articles. Revman 5.4 software and Stata 16.0 software were used for meta-analyses and publication bias analysis respectively. Results A total of 15 RCTs that represented 1 067 participants were evaluated. In terms of body functions, compared with the control group, SMT significantly reduced Visual Analog Score for pain (MD = -0.85, 95%CI -1.06 to -0.63, P < 0.00001) and Numerical Rating Scale (MD = -0.92, 95%CI -1.29 to -0.55, P < 0.001), increased pressure pain thresholds (SMD = 0.67, 95%CI 0.47 to 0.86, P < 0.001), cervical range of motion (ROM) of flexion/extension (SMD = 0.51, 95%CI 0.33 to 0.68, P < 0.001) and rotation (SMD = 0.20, 95%CI 0.01 to 0.38, P = 0.04), improved root mean square of cervical muscles electromygraphy (MD = 2.17, 95%CI 0.06 to 4.29, P = 0.04), but not significantly in cervical ROM of lateral flexion (SMD = 0.19, 95%CI -0.00 to 0.38, P = 0.06), cervical strength (SMD = -0.18, 95%CI -0.84 to 0.49, P = 0.60) and endurance (SMD = 0.18, 95%CI -0.39 to 0.75, P = 0.53). In term of activities and participation, SMT significantly improved cervical disability (MD = -0.96, 95%CI -1.55 to -0.38, P = 0.001), but not significantly in health status of patients with CNSNP (SMD = 0.08, 95%CI -0.03 to 0.20, P = 0.15). Conclusion SMT could improve pain intensity, pain sensitivity, cervical ROM and disability in patients with CNSNP, but its efficacy on muscle function, proprioception and health status is unclear.
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The incidence of lung cancer in China ranks first and second among men and women respectively .Meanwhile, lung cancer is also the leading cause of death in malignant tumors in China .Surgical treatment is of great significance in impro-ving the prognosis of patients with lung cancer, and the number of related clinical trials is increasing year by year.Through a retrospective review of clinical trials in the field of lung cancer and thoracic surgery on the Clinicaltrials .gov platform, this arti-cle finds that relevant clinical trials focus on treatment , perioperative management and basic research.Although the clinical tri-als in China started late, they have developed rapidly and the number of clinical trials ranked second.In addition, there are some shortcomings in the clinical trials of China in terms of trial design and research scope , and there is still a gap between Chinese and foreign trials.
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Objective To study the effect and persistence of disaster nurse training in emergency nurses and to provide reference for further disaster nurse training. Methods Sixty-four emergency nurses in the emergency department of Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital were selected as the research objects. Four emergency nursing specialists conducted training to investigate the core competence of disaster nursing six months after the training and after the end of the training. Results Before training and after the end of training. The core ability of disaster nursing training 6 months after the emergency nurses'scores were 133.33±8.95, 145.80 ±2.98, 136.33±10.90, the difference was statistically significant (F=9.076, P<0.05); disaster nursing core ability score, dimension disaster basic knowledge, nursing care, nursing care of vulnerable groups of disaster management and disaster nursing professional development in the 3 periods of the scores were statistically significant (F=3.579-12.421, P<0.05 or 0.01); gender, whether the emergency specialist nurses in the training before and afterthe end of the training, six months after training the three periods of the score was statistically significant (t=4.488-15.640, P<0.05 or 0.01). The scores of nurses with different working years before training and 6 months after training were statistically significant (F=7.565, 4.278, P<0.01 or 0.05). Conclusions Disaster-related knowledge and skills training can increase the emergency care nurse's disaster management core competencies, but require long-term repetitions to ensure the effectiveness of training.
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Ovine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) efficiency remains lower. Therefore, we optimized the program before oocyte enucleation on ovine SCNT. Four experiments were done including exposure duration of ovaries (3 h or 3 to 5 h), duration of oocytes maturation (18 h and 24 h), rate of donor adherent and enucleation time of maturate oocyte. The maturation rates of oocyte, fusion rates and cleavation rates of cloned embryos were used to assess the efficiency of different procedures. The maturation rates of ovaries with 3 h exposure was higher than that of 3 to 5 h (60.18% vs 52.50%) (P<0.05). Embryonic development competence had no significant difference (P>0.05). The maturation rates were significantly different between group18 h and 24 h (53.81% vs 89.06%, P<0.01). Embryonic development competence had no significant difference (P>0.05); fusion rates of donor adherent 30% group was higher than that of 10% group. Embryonic development competence had no significant difference (P>0.05). Different adherent donor characterizes the difference in plateau phase. The cleavation rates of 18 hpm group was higher than that of 16 hpm group. Embryonic development competence had no significant difference (P>0.05), the enucleation of 16 hpm group obtained one clone fetus, we got four clone fetus to repeat the 16 hpm group. Five microsatellite was analyzed by PAGE, the bands indicated that fingerprint of cloned fetus were completely the same as those of donor cells. Our data therefore suggests program optimization before enucleation assurance quality of material which be able to improve the quantity and quality of clone embryos, and optimized scheme can obtain clone sheep offspring.
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Objective TALE-TFs were adopted to provide a new way in detection of the expression result ofβ-ca-sein gene promoter-interesting gene expression cassettes in mouse fibroblasts.Methods TALE-TFs of eukaryotic expres-sion plasmid and expression cassette withβ-casein gene promoter and red fluorescent protein reporter gene were co-nucleo-fected into mouse fibroblasts by Amaxa nucleofector.Results and Conclusion β-casein gene promoter was activated by artificial TALE-TFs in the mouse fibroblasts.The way is a new expression verification system instead of mammary epithelial cells with fibroblasts.
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ObjectiveTo compare inhalational anesthesia with sevoflurane and intravenous anesthesia with propofol-sufentanil in patients undergoing gynecological outpatient surgery.MethodsOne hundred and forty ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients,aged 18-35 yr,weighing45-65 kg,undergoing outpatient painless abortion,were randomly divided into 2 groups ( n =70 each):intravenous anesthesia with propofol-sufentanil group (group Ⅰ ) and inhalational anesthesia with sevoflurane group (group Ⅱ ).In group Ⅰ,sufentanil 0.2 μg/kg was injected intravenously,and 1％ propofol was infused at 2-3 mg·kg-1 ·min-1,followed by a rate of 3-4 mg·kg-1 ·h-1 after loss of eyelash reflex.In group Ⅱ,8％ sevoflurane was inhaled and the oxygen flow rate was 6 L/min,and after loss of eyelash reflex,the oxygen flow rate was adjusted to 3 L/min,and the concentration of sevoflurane was adjusted to 2％-3％.The time of induction of anesthesia,emergence time,operation time,intraoperative hypoxemia,body movement and related adverse events were recorded.ResultsCompared with group Ⅰ,the time of induction of anesthesia was significantly prolonged,the incidence of agitation,nausea and vomiting was significantly increased,and the incidence of sexual hallucinations was significantly decreased ( P ＜ 0.05),while no significant change was found in the operation time,emergence time,and incidence of shivering,intraoperative hypoxemia and body movement in group Ⅱ ( P ＞ 0.05 ).ConclusionIntravenous anesthesia with propofol-sufentanil is more helpful in improving the quality of emergence from anesthesia and more suitable for gynecological outpatient surgery than inhalational anesthesia with sevoflurane.
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Objective To compare the effects of patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) and patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) on platelet activation in patients undergoing radical colon cancer operation.Methods Sixty-four ASA Ⅰ or Ⅱ patients,aged 43-65 yr,weighing 45-68 kg,undergoing radical operation for colon cancer,were randomly divided into 2 groups ( n =32 each):PCIA group and PCEA group.PCA pumps were connected at the end of operation.The PCIA solution c6ntained sufentanil 3 μg/kg,tropisetron 5 mg and vitamin B6 100 mg in 130 ml of normal saline.The PCIA pump was set up to deliver a 1.8 ml bolus dose with a 15-min lockout interval and background infusion at 2 ml/h.The PCEA solution contained sufentanil 0.5 μg/kg and 0.125％ ropivacaine in 300 ml of normal saline.The PCEA pump was set up to deliver a 2.5 ml bolus dose with a 20-min lockout interval and background infusion at 5 ml/h after a loading dose of 5 ml. VAS was maintained ≤ 3 after operation.Venous blood samples were taken before anesthesia,at 60 min after beginning of operation,and at the end of operation to determine the concentrations of plasma insulin and cortisol and blood glucose.Venous blood samples were taken at 30 min before operation,1 h after beginning of operation,and at 30 min and 4,12,24 and 48 h after operation (T0-6) to measure the concentration of serum platelet α-granzyme membrane protein-140 (GMP-140).The side effects were recorded after operation.Results Thirty and 29 patients completed the study in groups PCEA and PCIA respectively.There was no significant difference in the concentrations of plasma insulin and cortisol and blood glucose at each time point between the two groups ( P ＞ 0.05 ).The concentration of serum GMP-140 was significantly higher at T1-6 than the baseline value at T0 (P ＜ 0.05).The concentration of serum GMP-140 and incidence of nausea and vomiting were significantly lower at T3-6 in group PCEA than in group PCIA (P ＜ 0.05).One case happened pruritus in group PCIA,and respiratory depression and local anesthetic intoxication were not observed in the two groups.Conclusion PCEA has better inhibitory effect on the overactivation of platelet than PCIA,which may be helpful for preventing metastases of cancer ceils or postoperative thrombosis,and it is more suitable for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing radical colon cancer operation.