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Objective:To evaluate the role of spinal cord mitochondrial autophagy in alleviation of diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP) by curcumin in mice.Methods:SPF healthy male C57BL/6 mice, aged 2 months, weighing 20-25 g, in which DNP model was established by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ) 130 mg/kg, were used in this study.A total of 36 mice with successfully established DNP model were divided into 3 groups ( n=12 each) using the random number table method: DNP group, DNP + curcumin group (DPR group), and DNP + curcumin + cyclosporine A group (DRC group). Another 12 C57BL/6 mice were selected and served as normal control group (NC group), and the equal volume of normal saline was intraperitoneally injected.In group DPR, curcumin 200 mg/kg was administered by intragastric gavage, once a day, for 7 consecutive days.In group DRC, the mitochondrial autophagy inhibitor cyclosporine A 10 mg/kg was intrathecally injected once a day for 7 consecutive days before each administration of curcumin.The equal volume of normal saline was administered by intragastric gavage at the same time point, once a day, for 7 consecutive days in group NC and group DNP.The mechanical paw withdrawal threshold (MWT) was measured before intragastric gavage and at 1, 3, 5 and 7 days after intragastric gavage.After the last behavioral testing, the L 4-6 spinal cord tissues were removed for determination of the mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS content (by JC-1 and DCFH-DA combined with flow cytometry), expression of microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3), Beclin1 and P62 (by Western blot), and mitochondrial autophagosomes (by transmission electron microscopy) and for microscopic examination of the co-expression of LC3-Ⅱwith mitochondrial translocase outer membrane protein 20 (TOM20) (using immunofluorescence double-labeling technique). Results:Compared with group NC, the MWT and mitochondrial membrane potential were significantly decreased, the ROS content and LC3-Ⅱ/Ⅰ ratio were increased, the expression of Beclin1 was up-regulated, the expression of P62 was down-regulated ( P<0.05), the number of mitophagosomes developed was increased, and the co-expression of LC3-Ⅱwith TOM20 was increased in group DNP.Compared with group DNP, the MWT and mitochondrial membrane potential were significantly increased, the ROS content was decreased, and LC3-Ⅱ/Ⅰ ratio was increased, the expression of Beclin1 was up-regulated, the expression of P62 was down-regulated ( P<0.05), the number of mitophagosomes developed was increased, and the co-expression of LC3-Ⅱwith TOM20 was increased in group DPR.Compared with group DPR, the MWT and mitochondrial membrane potential were significantly decreased, the ROS content was increased, LC3-Ⅱ/Ⅰ ratio was decreased, the expression of Beclin1 was down-regulated, the expression of P62 was up-regulated ( P<0.05), the number of mitophagosomes developed was decreased, and the co-expression of LC3-Ⅱ with TOM20 was decreased in group DRC. Conclusions:The mechanism by which curcumin reduces DNP may be related to the up-regulation of mitochondrial autophagy in the spinal cord and improvement in mitochondrial function in mice.
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Objective To explore the application and effect of enterprise WeChat in improving hospital staff satisfaction. Methods Medical staff from Beijing Tongren Hospital were randomly recruited, and divided into an observation group and a control group according to whether they keep track of WeChat enterprise account prior to the first survey. In December 2016, a satisfaction survey was conducted, followed by the increased frequency and content of WeChat service, as well as 7 newly introduced service applications. The second survey was made in December 2017. Propensity score matching was applied to the respondents of the two questionnaires, to eliminate such differences as gender, age, and education between the two surveys. Chi-square test was used to analyze the difference of satisfaction between the observation group and the control group before and after improving the WeChat service. Results Compared with the control group, the observation group has made significant improvement in 8 items, including "efforts made by the hospital to improve the practice environment of medical staff","current work intensity and pressure","complaint handling", "performance bonus distribution", "administrative and logistical staff's clinical front-line service", " continue to work in our hospital", " consciously safeguard the reputation of the hospital","overall satisfaction with the hospital". There was no significant difference between the 11 items, and none of them decrease (P<0. 05). Conclusions Enterprise WeChat can improve staff satisfaction in 6 dimensions:working environment, workload, welfare and pay, service guarantee, identification and honor, and overall evaluation.
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Objective To investigate the effect and clinical efficacy of pranoprofen eye drops on lysozyme, EGF and LF levels in type 2 diabetic patients with dry eye syndrome.Methods70 Type 2 diabetes patients with dry eye from department of ophthalmology, Yuyao People's Hospital of Zhejiang Province from September 2013 to May 2015.They were selected and randomly divided into the treatment group and the control group with 35 cases in each group.The control group were treated by artificial tears eye drops 0.1mL/time, 6 times/day treatment.The treatment group were treated on the base of the control group with pranoprofen eye drops 0.15mL/eye drops, 4 times/day treatment.2 groups were 14 days for 1 courses of treatment, a total of 2 courses of treatment.The tear break-up time, basal lacrimal secretion, corneal fluorescein staining positive rate and clinical efficacy were compared between two groups before and after treatment.ResultsWith the total effective rate in the treatment group,was higher than the control group(P<0.05).Compared with before treatment, the tear break-up time prolonged, basal lacrimal secretion, tear lysozyme, EGF and LF levels were higher(P<0.05), the positive reaction rate of corneal fluorescence staining was lower(P<0.05).Compared with the control group after treatment, the tear break-up time prolonged, basal lacrimal secretion, tear lysozyme, EGF and LF levels were higher(P<0.05), the positive reaction rate of corneal fluorescence staining was lower(P<0.05).ConclusionThe clinical efficacy of pranoprofen eye drops in type 2 diabetic patients with dry eye syndromeis good.It is speculated that the mechanism and tear break-up time prolonged, basal lacrimal secretion increase and lysozyme, epidermal growth factor(EGF)and the level of LF increased.
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Objective To investigate clinical effect of breviscapine combined with nerve growth factor in treatment of ischemic optic neuropathy . Methods 80 patients with ischemic optic neuropathy from March 2014 to March 2016 in our hospital were selected and divided into the control group and observation group, 40 cases in each group.The control group was treated with nerve growth factor, hip injection 30ug, one times a day, while the observation group was treated with breviscapine combined with nerve growth factor, 80 mg breviscapine added to 500 mL glucose intravenous infusion, one times a day.Then the changes of visual acuity, visual field loss difference (LV), the average damage of vision (MD), the average vision light sensitivity ( MS ) , adverse reactions, curative effect were compared between two groups.Results After treatment, the total effective rate in the observation group was significantly higher than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), the visual acuity of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), LV, MD was significantly lower than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), MS was significantly higher than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).There was no difference in adverse reactions between the two groups.Conclusion Breviscapine combined with nerve growth factor in the treatment of ischemic optic neuropathy can improve nerve function of patients , improve the therapeutic effect.
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Objective:To observe the effect of hemp seed oil on the blood lipid and its hepatoprotective efficacy in hyperlipidemic rats. Methods:High fat diet was used to make the hyperlipidemia model in SD rats,and the rats were randomly divided into 6 groups:the normal control group,high fat model group,high dose group(1. 5 g·kg-1 ),medium dose group(1. 0 g·kg-1 ),low dose group (0. 5 g·kg-1 )and Xuezhikang group(0. 5 g·kg-1 ). After 35-day treatment,serum TC,TG,HDL-C,LDL-C,SOD,MDA,ALT, AST and liver SOD were detected. Results:Compared with the model group,hemp seed oil at different dosages could significantly de-crease the contents of serum TC,TG,ALT and the atherogenic index(AI)( P<0. 05 or P<0. 01),and significantly increase the SOD activity in serum and liver(P<0. 01). The contents of serum MDA and AST in the medium and high dose groups were signifi-cantly decreased(P<0. 01),and the content of LDL-C in serum and the content of MDA in liver in the high dose group were signifi-cantly reduced(P<0. 01). Conclusion:Hemp seed oil shows promising blood lipid reducing ability and liver protective effect in hy-perlipidemic rats,and the mechanism may be related with liver lipid metabolism improvement and antioxidant function enhancement.
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Objective To investigate the phacoemulsification combined with trabeculectomy in glaucoma complicated with cataract treatment clinical curative effect.Methods 72 cases of glaucoma patients with cataract were randomly divided into the combined group and control group with 36 cases in each group,the combined group using phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy in the treatment,while the control group was treated with trabeculecto-my,combined group and control differences in visual acuity,intraocular pressure,anterior chamber depth and postoper-ative complications of patients were compared.Results After treatment,the two groups of intraocular pressure ( list the concrete data ) , anterior chamber depth ( list the concrete data ) were ( list the concrete data ) significantly improved (t=2.98,3.06,15.21,5.17,all P<0.05).In addition,the intraocular pressure after the operation of the combination group (10.65 ±1.58) mmHg,anterior chamber depth (2.41 ±0.81) mm compared with the control group after obvious difference (t=4.98,3.22,all P<0.05).In 1 weeks after operation,1 months and 3 months com-bined group's vision is significantly superior to the control group (t=2.87,3.38,4.01,all P<0.05).The incidence of complications of operation united group ( 11.11%) was significantly lower than the control group ( 25.00%) (χ2 =3.98,P<0.05).Conclusion Compared with the traditional method,phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy for glaucoma and cataract treatment has obvious curative effect,low incidence of adverse reactions,postoperative IOP control satisfaction,faster visual recovery characteristics,deserves generalization and application.