The bound polyphenols of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) inner shell inhibit breast cancer by promoting lipid accumulation-induced autophagic death.

Foxtail millet is a traditional excellent crop with high nutritional value in the world, belong to cereals. The bran of foxtail millet is rich in polyphenol that has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumorigenic effects. Previously, we extracted bound polyphenols from the inner shell of foxtail millet bran (BPIS).

AQP4 Aggravates Cognitive Impairment in Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy through Inhibiting Na 1.6-Mediated Astrocyte Autophagy.

The pathology of sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is related to astrocyte-inflammation associated with aquaporin-4 (AQP4). The aim here is to investigate the effects of AQP4 associated with SAE and reveal its underlying mechanism causing cognitive impairment. The in vivo experimental results reveal that AQP4 in peripheral blood of patients with SAE is up-regulated, also the cortical and hippocampal tissue of cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) mouse brain has significant rise in AQP4.

Vasoconstrictor Agent Administration as a Risk Factor for Pressure Injury Development in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Pressure injury (PI) is a common critical presentation in intensive care units (ICU) and is an important clinical concern in critical care settings. Some developing data support the vasoconstrictor agent administration as a potential risk factor; however, synthesis of available evidence has not been completed. Comprehensive tactics were employed to search electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, and Ovid Embase for data on vasoconstrictor agent administration associated with PI in ICU patients.

The Association of Blood Urea Nitrogen to Creatinine Ratio and the Prognosis of Critically Ill Patients with Cerebral Infarction: A Cohort Study.

Background: To evaluate the association between blood urea nitrogen (BUN) to creatinine (Cr) (BUN/Cr) ratio and the in-hospital mortality of critically ill patients with cerebral infarction in intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: In this cohort study, the data of 3059 participants with cerebral infarction were collected from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC)-III and the MIMIC-IV database. After propensity score matching (PSM) on age and gender, 2085 people were involved in and divided into the alive group ( = 1390) and the dead group ( = 695) based on the results of follow-up.

LncRNA NEAT1 alleviates ischemic stroke via transcriptional inhibition of NLRP3 mediated by the miR‑10b‑5p/BCL6 axis.

Cerebral ischemic stroke (CIS) is a significant cause of disability and death. Inflammation usually occurs after CIS and accelerates cellular damage. NLRP3 plays a key role in the formation of CIS‑associated inflammasome.

Reducing Nav1.6 expression attenuates the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease by suppressing BACE1 transcription.

Aberrant increases in neuronal network excitability may contribute to cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the mechanisms underlying hyperexcitability of neurons are not fully understood. Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC or Nav), which are involved in the formation of excitable cell's action potential and can directly influence the excitability of neural networks, have been implicated in AD-related abnormal neuronal hyperactivity and higher incidence of spontaneous non-convulsive seizures.

Relationship Between the Structure and Immune Activity of Components From the Active Polysaccharides APS-II of Astragali Radix by Enzymolysis of Endo α-1,4-Glucanase.

Astragali Radix polysaccharides (APSs) have a wide range of biological activities. Our preliminary experiment showed that APS-Ⅱ (10 kDa) was the main immunologically active component of APSs. However, the characteristic structure related to activity of APS-Ⅱ needs further verification and clarification.

LncRNA NEAT1 ameliorate ischemic stroke via promoting Mfn2 expression through binding to Nova and activates Sirt3.

Background: Recent studies revealed that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have significant roles in regulating the pathogenesis of ischemia stroke, and oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R)-induced cell apoptosis. Aberrant expression of NEAT1 was found after the injury of ischemia-reperfusion, but the mechanism was not fully understood.

Methods: The expression of NEAT1 and Mfn2 were detected in BV-2 and N2a cell with or without OGD/R-induced by qRT-PCR.

Uncovering the mechanism of Astragali Radix against nephrotic syndrome by intergrating lipidomics and network pharmacology.

Background: Astragali Radix (AR), a common Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is commonly used for treating nephrotic syndrome (NS) in China. At present, the research on the efficacy of AR against NS is relative clearly, but there are fewer researches on the mechanism.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential beneficial effects of AR in an adriamycin-induced nephropathy rat model, as well as investigate the possible mechanisms of action and potential lipid biomarkers.

JP3, an antiangiogenic peptide, inhibits growth and metastasis of gastric cancer through TRIM25/SP1/MMP2 axis.

Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is the most prevalent gastrointestinal tumor with an unfavorable clinical prognosis. GC patients are largely threatened owing to metastasis and drug resistance. Tumor angiogenesis plays an important role in the development of gastric cancer and is a challenge in the treatment of gastric cancer.

Potential quality evaluation approach for the absolute growth years' wild and transplanted Astragali Radix based on anti-heart failure efficacy.

The quality of Astragali Radix (AR) was closely related to the growth period. However, the current commodity grades of AR were only divided by diameter but not directly related to the growth period, which leads to the contradiction between the grade standard and the quality evaluation index. Therefore, solving this problem will be the key for the quality evaluation of AR.

Reduction of NgR in perforant path decreases amyloid-β peptide production and ameliorates synaptic and cognitive deficits in APP/PS1 mice.

Background: Amyloid beta (Aβ) which is recognized as a main feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been proposed to "spread" through anatomically and functionally connected brain regions. The entorhinal cortex and perforant path are the earliest affected brain regions in AD. The perforant path is the most vulnerable circuit in the cortex with respect to both aging and AD.

[Research progress on identification of pharmacodynamic substance basis of traditional Chinese medicine based on target constituent knock-out/knock-in technology].

The effective material basis of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) is an indispensable part of studies on TCM, and each technology has its advantages and disadvantages. The target constituent knock-out/knock-in technology has attracted much attention since it was proposed because of its unique advantages of regarding the extract of the formula as a whole, which can better reflect the characteristics of multi-component and multi-target integration and regulation of TCM. This method investigated the contribution of target constituent to the overall efficacy of a TCM by analyzing the changes in efficacy of the remaining formula before and after knock-out/knock-in of the target constitution.

Mechanisms exploration of herbal pair of HuangQi-DanShen on cerebral ischemia based on metabonomics and network pharmacology.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The herbal pair of HuangQi-DanShen (HD) is frequently used for treating brain injury caused by cerebral ischemia (CI) in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

Aim Of The Study: The present work was designed to reveal the active mechanism of HD against CI.

Materials And Methods: In our work, an integrated approach combined H-NMR based metabonomics and network pharmacology was applied to decipher the protection of HD against MCAO (middle cerebral artery occlusion)-induced CI rats.

Exploration the active compounds of Astragali Radix in treatment of adriamycin nephropathy by network pharmacology combined with transcriptomic approach.

Purpose: This paper aimed to study the active compounds of Astragali Radix (AR) in the treatment of adriamycin nephropathy (AN) by a combination of network pharmacology and transcriptomics.

Methods: The chemical compounds of AR were screened out by text mining and database searching. Pharm Mapper was used to predict the targets of these chemical compounds.

Evaluation of Injury Degree of Adriamycin-Induced Nephropathy in Rats Based on Serum Metabolomics Combined with Proline Marker.

Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is one of the leading causes of end-stage renal failure. Unfortunately, reliable surrogate markers for early diagnosing and monitoring the entire progression of NS are as yet absent. A method using UPLC-Q exactive HR-MS was established for the serum metabolomic study of adriamycin-induced nephropathy in rats.

Determination of five neurotransmitters in the rat brain for the study of the hypnotic effects of Ziziphi Spinosae Semen aqueous extract on insomnia rat model by UPLC-MS/MS.

Ziziphi Spinosae Semen (ZSS) has been used for treatment of insomnia in China for centuries. To reveal the influence of insomnia on the levels of the neurotransmitters including serotonin (5-HT), glutamic acid (Glu), γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), noradrenaline (NE) and dopamine (DA), and to study the role of ZSS aqueous extract in the treatment of insomnia, an UPLC-ESI- MS/MS method was developed and validated for simultaneous determination of five neurotransmitters in the rat brain. The brain samples were pretreated by one-step direct protein precipitation with acetonitrile.

[Optimization of determination methods of astragaloside Ⅳ and analysis of contents of astragaloside Ⅳ in different origin and grade].

A rapid and accurate method for determination of astragaloside Ⅳ was established,which was further applied to determine the contents of astragaloside Ⅳ in 87 batches of different origin and different grade of Astragali Radix. The ROC curve was used to analyze the contents of astragaloside Ⅳ in different origin. Simultaneous contents of astragaloside Ⅳ in different grade were compared with chemometrics.

Metabolomics coupled with integrative pharmacology reveal the protective effect of FangjiHuangqi Decoction against adriamycin-induced rat nephropathy model.

With the development of the society, the number of people who got the nephrotic syndrome (NS) is going up roughly. Therefore, finding a better way to treat NS is becoming a major global public health issue. As we all know, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), especially Fangji Huangqi Decoction (FHD), has a long history and has good curative effects on NS.

LncRNA NEAT1 facilitates survival and angiogenesis in oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) via targeting miR-377 and upregulating SIRT1, VEGFA, and BCL-XL.

Objective: The present study was designed to investigate the mechanism by which lncRNA NEAT1 regulates survival and angiogenesis in oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs).

Methods: OGD-treated BMECs were used to mimic cerebral ischaemia in vitro. The expression of lncRNA NEAT1 and miR-377 and proteins including VEGFA, SIRT1, and BCL-XL were measured by real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) and western blot, respectively.

Metabolomics coupled with system pharmacology reveal the protective effect of total flavonoids of Astragali Radix against adriamycin-induced rat nephropathy model.

Astragali Radix (AR) has been used in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of various renal diseases for many years. In this study, a NMR based metabolomic approach coupled with biochemical assay and histopathological inspection had been employed to study the protective effect of total flavonoids (TFA) in AR against adriamycin-induced nephropathy using rats model. Multivariate analysis revealed that 11 of perturbed metabolites could be reversed by TFA, and the MetaboAnalyst analysis revealed that the anti-nephrotic syndrome effect of TFA was probably related with regulation of alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism, citrate cycle, pyruvate metabolism, cysteine and methionine metabolism and glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism.