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Experimental teaching occupies an important position in the teaching of medical laboratory technology. At present, many experimental projects cannot be carried out due to the high cost and the long process of the experiment, the difficulty of morphology teaching and the biological safety of clinical specimens. Virtual simulation experiment platform can break through the limitations of conventional experimental teaching in time, space and safety by integrating course experiment, increasing the experiment test item, building morphological inspection data repository, the virtual operation platform for inspection instrument and equipment and the virtual experiment assessment operation platform, and play an important role in the experimental teaching. This paper reviews the current situation of experimental teaching of medical laboratory technology, the construction and application, the existing problems and countermeasures of virtual simulation experiment platform, and expects to provide reference for the construction and application of virtual simulation experiment platform for medical laboratory technology in the future.
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P2X7 receptor is an ion channel receptor with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as its ligand, which is widely expressed in various immune cells and tissues. Activated P2X7 receptor is involved in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. P2X7 receptor is abnormally expressed in colon cancer, and plays a duel role of cancer-promoting and cancer-suppressing in colon cancer progression. When P2X7 receptor is activated by extracellular ATP, it can effectively inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis of colon cancer cells through various mechanisms. In addition, P2X7 receptor can also promote the growth, invasion and metastasis of colon cancer. Understanding the activation of P2X7 receptor and its effect mechanism is of great significance for the treatment of colon cancer.
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Objective To investigate the effect of nucleus localization signal linked nucleic kinase substrate short peptide-conjugated chitosan (NNSCS)-mediated human miR-140 gene local transfection on the repair of articular cartilage defect in rabbits.Methods Eukaryotic expression plasmid GV268-miR-140 was constructed,and then negative controls GV268 and GV268-miR-140 were respectively combined with NNSCS to form NNSCS/GV268 and NNSCS/GV268-miR-140 complexes.Eighteen healthy male New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into transgenic group (Group A),negative control group (Group B),and sham operation group (Group C),with 6 rabbits per group.Both Groups A and B were prepared for the total cartilage damage model of femur trochlear,and Group C only exposed the articular surface of the femur trochlear.One week after operation,Group A was treated with NNS CS/GV268-miR-140 complex,Group B was given NNS CS/GV268 complex,and Group C was given equal amount of isotonic saline,twice a week for 7 weeks.The experimental animals were sacrificed at the end of the eighth week after operation.Real time fluorescence quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to detect the expression of miR-140,Sox9,Aggrecan and Hdac4 in the defect area.HE staining,safranine O/fast green staining,and Aggrecan immunohistochemical staining were used to evaluate cartilage repair in the defect area.Results RT-qPCR showed the expression of miR-140 in Group A (3.16 ± 0.37) was significantly higher than that in Group B (1 ± 0.24) and in Group C (1.24 ± 0.18) (P ＜ 0.05).The miR-140 expression in Group A obviously up-regulated the expression of SOx9 gene (4.38 ± 0.66) compared with Group B (1.04 ± 0.04) and Group C (1.19 ± 0.3),(P ＜ 0.05).The miR-140 expression in Group A obviously up-regulated the expression of Aggrecan gene (3.63 ± 0.58) (P ＜0.05) compared with Group B (1.21 ± 0.14) and Group C (1.34 ± 0.13).The miR-140 expression in Group A obviously down-regulated the expression of Hdac4 (0.37 ±0.06) compared with Group B (0.81 ± 0.06) (P ＜ 0.05).According to results of HE staining,safranine O/fast green and Aggrecan,cartilage repair was evident in Group A,while fibrous tissue proliferation and inflammatory cell infiltration were seen in the defect region in Group B,showing no cartilage repair.Conclusions NNS CS can carry exogenous genes into chondrocytes and the genes can abundantly express locally.High expression of miR-140 might significantly improve the repair of articular cartilage defect in vivoby up-regulating expressions of Aggrecan and Sox9 as well as down-regulating Hdac4 expression.
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Objective To analyze the efficacy and hemodynamic changes in patients with complex symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis after Solitaire AB stent implantation.Methods From June 2013 to June 2016,7 consecutive patients with complex symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis treated with Solitaire stents at the Department of Neurology,the Third People's Hospital of Hubei Province were enrolled retrospectively.The stenosis rate ≥70% was confirmed by digital subtraction angiography (DSA).Of the 7 patients,5 were male and 2 were female,with an average age of 70±8 years.The general data of the patients were documented,including clinical symptoms,modified Rankin scale(mRS)score,stenosis degree,vascular pathways LMA classification and Mori typing for stenosis,and postoperative residual stenosis or restenosis.The hemodynamic parameters at day 1,7,and 3 months before and after procedure were compared.Results All patients were successfully implanted with the Solitaire AB stents.(1) Of the 7 patients,the Mori type A of stenosis lesions was in 4 cases,B in 2 cases,and C in 1 case.The LMA typing of vascular approaches were Type Ⅲ in 3 cases,type Ⅱ in 4 cases.The preoperative stenosis rate was 80±7%,the residual stenosis rate was 24±13%,and there were no operation-related complications.No ischemic events occurred during the follow-up period.(2) Before stent implantation and at 1 d,7 d,and 3 months after procedure,the peak systolic velocity (PSV) were 297±41,144±34,145±27,and 143±40 cm/s,respectively,the end diastolic velocity (EDV) were 159±22,68±16,68±14,and 66±17 cm/s,respectively,and the pulse index (PI) were 0.67±0.06,0.80±0.08,0.80±0.07,and 0.82±0.06,respectively.PSV,EDV,and PI at 1 d,7 d,and 3 months were improved compared with before procedure (all P0.05).Conclusions Initial analysis showed that no procedure-related complications were observed in the treatment of vascular tortuosity and complex middle cerebral artery stenosis with the Solitaire stents.The short-term curative effect is exact;However,it still needs to be validated further.
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Objective To study the effects of TRβ△ on apoptosis and proliferation of liver cancer cell line RH-35 from rat in vitro. Methods RH-35 cells were transfected by empty vector pcDNA3. 1 and expression plasmid pcDNA3. 1-TRβ△, then exposure to 10 nmol/ L T3 . RH-35 cells apoptosis and proliferation were observed by flow cytometry and MTT colorimetric assay; Levels of catenin β-1(CTNNB1), senescence marker protein-30(SMP-30) and BCL2-antagonist/ killer ( BAK ) mRNA evaluation were detected by quantitative real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR). Results In the presence of T3 , overexpression of TRβ△ significantly inhibited the proliferation, increased the percentage of apoptotic, down-regulated CTNNB1and SMP-30 expression, up-regulated BAK expression in RH-35 cells( P < 0. 05). Conclusion TRβ△ could inhibit the proliferation of RH-35 cells and promote their apoptosis, which may be related to upregulation of BAK genes expression and downregulation of CTNNB1 and SMP-30 gene expression, and these effects could be regulated by T3 .
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Objective To study whether osteoblast is necessary for IGF-Ⅰ to promote bone resorption by osteoclast.Methods Mouse MC3T3 osteoblast cells and mature osteoclasts induced by RANKL were cultured in vitro.These osteoblasts and osteoclasts were subjected to treatment with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-Ⅰ),and the activation of IGF-Ⅰ receptor was verified by Western blotting.Thereafter,osteoclasts were cultured individually or co-cultured with osteoblast,in the absence or presence of rhIGF-Ⅰ.Osteoclast proliferation and apoptosis were observed by MTT colorimetric assay and flow cytometry.Cathepsin K gene expression was detected by real-time PCR; bone adsorption activity of osteoclast was determined by resorption pits formation on calf cortex slice with toluidine blue staining.Results Western blotting result confirmed that rhIGF-Ⅰ could effectively activate IGF-Ⅰ receptors either in osteoblast or osteoclast.In co-cultured group,in the presence of rhIGF-Ⅰ osteoclast showed inhibited apoptosis,enhanced proliferation and up-regulated cathepsin K expression (P ＜ 0.05).The functional experiment revealed that osteoclasts collected from IGF-Ⅰ treated co-cultured group resulted in more resorption pits formation (P ＜ 0.05); rhIGF-Ⅰ did not show any significant effect on the individually cultured osteoclasts.Conclusion Osteoblast is necessary for osteoclast induced bone resorption resulting from IGF-Ⅰ treatment.