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Patients with novel coronavirus infection still have many functional disorders during the recovery period. The timely intervention of rehabilitation treatment has important clinical significance in improving the patients’ functions and their ability of daily living. Based on the current evidence of evidence-based medicine and clinical practice, this paper summarizes the rehabilitation treatment and precautions of patients with simple novel coronavirus infection and different groups with previous dysfunction and novel coronavirus infection (such as neurological dysfunction, chronic pain, and bone and joint diseases) with a view to providing clinical reference for the rehabilitation treatment of patients with novel coronavirus infection during the recovery period.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>We examined alterations in the expression of tumorigenesis-related genes in the pituitary gland of rats exposed to electromagnetic pulses (EMP).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The global gene expression profiles of the pituitary gland in EMP-exposed and control groups were detected by cDNA microarray analysis. We then validated and further investigated the reduced expression of two tumorigenesis-related genes, Pten, and Jund, by assessing their mRNA and protein expression by quantitative real-time-PCR, western blotting, and immunohistochemistry in the pituitary gland of rats 6 months after exposure to EMP.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>EMP exposure induced genome-wide gene expression changes in the rat pituitary gland. There was decreased expression of the Pten and Jund mRNAs and proteins in EMP-exposed rats compared with in unexposed control animals.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>EMP exposure alters the expression of tumorigenesis-related genes in the pituitary gland. These tumorigenesis-related genes are potentially involved in the development of pituitary gland tumors in rats.</p>
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Animals , Female , Rats , Adenoma , Genetics , Metabolism , Pathology , Down-Regulation , Electromagnetic Phenomena , Gene Expression Profiling , Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis , PTEN Phosphohydrolase , Genetics , Metabolism , Pituitary Gland , Metabolism , Pituitary Neoplasms , Genetics , Metabolism , Pathology , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun , Genetics , Metabolism , Rats, Wistar , Real-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the altered expression of muscarinic receptor 2 (M_2 receptor) in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) of Parkinson's disease (PD) model rat by immunocytochemical technique and explore the role of M_2 receptor in etiopathogenesis and pathophysiological changes of PD. Methods Sixteen healthy SD rats were divided randomly into two groups. Rat monoclonal antibody against the M_2 receptor was used. Then we used positive cell counting and optical density as indicators to analyze the altered expression of M_2 receptor in PPN of PD model rats. Results The counting of M_2 receptor positive cells in the PPN was not obviously changed in normal rats and the unlesioned side of PD rats (P>0.05), whereas a significant decrease was observed when compared to that in normal rats and the lesioned side of PD rats, respectively (P<0.05). However, the positive intensity in the three groups did not differ significantly. Conclusion The results indicate that there was a degenerative death or receptor loss of M_2 receptor positive cells in the lesioned PPN of PD rats. The expression intensity of M_2 receptor positive cells without degenrative death or receptor loss was not affected. It was also found that the factor affecting the change of M_2 receptor positive cells in the PPN involved only one side.
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Objective:To explore the characteristics of the ultraweak luminescence of human hepatocarcinoma cells(HepG2). Methods: The intensity of the ultraweak luminescence of HepG2 cells and human hepatocytes(QZG)was examined by an IFFM-D chemiluminescence instrument.The intensity of the ultraweak luminescence of HepG2 cells and human hepatocytes(QZG)were affected by different concentration of Luminol and H_(2)O_(2). Results: In 10~(-4)mol/l Luminol and 0.3% H_(2)O_(2),the intensity of the ultraweak luminescence of HepG2 cells was significantly higher than that of QZG cells(P)0.05). Conclusion:The intensity of the ultraweak luminescence of HepG2 cells is higher than that of QZG cells.The intensity of the ultraweak luminescence is affected by cell number and the concentration of Luminol and H_(2)O_(2).The ultraweak luminescence reflect functional status of tumor cells.It can become an sensitive index of physiology and metabolism of tumor cells.
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0.05),respectively. Conclusion: The results indicate that the multidrug resistance of MEC-1/5Fu may be related to the higher expression of P-gp170 protein.