Air pollution exposure, chemical compositions, and risk of expiratory airflow limitation in youth in Northeast China.

Background: Expiratory airflow limitation (EAL) is closely associated with respiratory health in youth and adulthood. Owing to limited evidence, we aim to estimate the association between air pollutants, both individually and in combination, along with their chemical compositions, and the risk of EAL in youth based on data obtained from Northeast China Biobank.

Methods: Pulmonary function was evaluated using a medical-grade pulmonary function analyzer, with EAL defined as a forced expiratory flow in 1 s/ forced vital capacity ratio of < 0.

Effects of occupation on intracerebral hemorrhage-related deaths in Inner Mongolia.

This study assessed the relationship between occupation and Intracerebral Hemorrhage-related deaths and compared the differences in ICH-related deaths rates between the eastern and midwestern regions of Inner Mongolia. We used the case-control method. Cases included Intracerebral Hemorrhage-related deaths that occurred from 2009 to 2012 in Inner Mongolia while controls included non-circulatory system disease deaths that occurred during the same period.

Gender differences in irritable bowel syndrome among medical students at Inner Mongolia Medical University, China: a cross-sectional study.

There is little epidemiological research on Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in Inner Mongolia, China. Here we investigated the prevalence of IBS and factors associated with IBS in both males and females in Inner Mongolia Medical University by a cross-sectional study. We recruited Inner Mongolia Medical University students residing in campus and asked them to complete a self-administered questionnaire.

Magnesium sulfate induced toxicity in vitro in AGS gastric adenocarcinoma cells and in vivo in mouse gastric mucosa.

Magnesium sulfate is widely used as a food additive and as an orally administered medication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible cytotoxicity of magnesium sulfate on AGS human gastric adenocarcinoma cells and gastric mucosa in mice. A trypan blue exclusion assay was used to determine the reduction in viability of AGS cells exposed to magnesium sulfate, and then effects on cell proliferation were quantified.

The role of small molecular weight compounds to increase vacuolation induced by VacA toxin in vitro.

VacA is a vacuolation protein toxin secreted by Helicobacter pylori. Many compounds have been implicated in the regulation of VacA toxin activity. In this study, regulation of cell vacuolation induced by VacA was observed with the addition of glycine, glycine hydrochloride, xylitol, and taurine by neutral red dye uptake assay using gastric human epithelial cell cultures.