Endophytic bacterial community structure and diversity of the medicinal plant Mirabilis himalaica from different locations.

Endophytic bacteria play important roles in medicinal plant growth, abiotic stress, and metabolism. Mirabilis himalaica (Edgew.) Heimerl is known for its medicinal value as Tibetan traditional plant; however, little is known about the endophytic bacteria associated with this plant in different geographic conditions and vegetal tissues.

Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of Asparagus meioclados Levl. and Asparagus munitus Wang et S. C. Chen plastomes and utility of plastomes mutational hotspots.

Tiandong is a vital traditional Chinese herbal medicine. It is derived from the tuber root of the Asparagus cochinchinensis according to the Pharmacopoeia of the people's republic of China (2020 Edition). On account of the similar morphology, Asparagus meioclados and Asparagus munitus were used as Tian-Dong in southwest China.

The seed oil of ameliorates Aβ25-35-induced Alzheimer's disease in rats.

, a plant of the Paeoniaceae family, has abundant genetic diversity in different populations, and the seed oil can be used in a diverse number of activities. However, its neuroprotective effect is not clear. We investigated the memory-improving effects and associated mechanisms of seed oil (PLSO) on amyloid beta (Aβ)25-35-induced Alzheimer's disease (AD) in rats.

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of L.

is a traditional natural plant pharmaceutical with antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antidiarrheal effects and mainly distributed in China and Southeast Asian countries. The complete chloroplast sequence of has been determined in this study. The cpDNA was 158,981 bp in length, containing a pair of inverted repeats of 30,872 bp each separated by a large and small single-copy region of 84,347 and 12,890 bp, respectively.

Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis of Two Plants.

and are important herbs from and have great medicinal value. We used the Illumina sequencing technology to sequence the complete chloroplast genome of and and then conducted de novo assembly. The two chloroplast genomes have a typical quadripartite structure, with the gene's lengths of 82,221 bp and 81,450 bp, large single-copy region's (LSC) lengths of 82,221 bp and 81,450 bp, and small single-copy region's (SSC) lengths of 17,363 bp and 17,066 bp, inverted repeat region's (IR) lengths of 51,370 bp and 51,352 bp, respectively.

Retracted: Clinical Importance of Somatostatin Receptor 2 (SSTR2) and Somatostatin Receptor 5 (SSTR5) Expression in Thyrotropin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma (TSHoma).

In the article entitled, "Clinical Importance of Somatostatin Receptor 2 (SSTR2) and Somatostatin Receptor 5 (SSTR5) Expression in Thyrotropin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma (TSHoma)", which was published in Medical Science Monitor 2017-04-23, Med Sci Monit 2017; 23: 1947-1955, the text has been directly copied from a previously published article entitled, "Immunohistochemical expression of somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5 in thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas: a consecutive case series of pituitary adenomas" by Hong-Juan Fang, Yang-Fang Li, Yu Fu, Li-Yong Zhong, and Ya-Zhuo Zhan in Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2017;10(1): 479-488 (www.ijcep.com /ISSN: 1936-2625/IJCEP0042895).

Multi-slice spiral CT evaluation of breast cancer chemotherapy and correlation between CT results and breast cancerspecific gene 1.

Purpose: To investigate multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT) imaging with breast cancer chemotherapy and the correlation between MSCT and breast cancer-specific gene 1 (BCSG1).

Methods: 86 patients with breast cancer were enrolled from January 2016 to May 2017. All of them were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and underwent MSCT scan before and after treatment to evaluate the efficacy of chemotherapy.

Clusterin (apolipoprotein J) facilitates NF-κB and Bax degradation and prevents I/R injury in heart transplantation.

Background And Aim: Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is an unavoidable event occurring during heart transplantation and is a key factor in graft failure and long-term survival rate of recipients. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of new therapies to prevent I/R injury. Clusterin is a hetero-dimeric glycoprotein with an antiapoptotic function.

Evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomy using 256-slice computed tomography.

Background/aim: This study aimed to evaluate pulmonary vein (PV) anatomy using 256-slice computed tomography (CT), which may be necessary for electrophysiologists to know before radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) therapy.Materials and methods: A total of 102 patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation underwent 256-slice cardiac CT angiography prior to catheter ablation. PV morphology, ostial diameter, ostial orientation, and distance from ostium to first bifurcation were evaluated using three-dimensional volume-rendering and multiplanar-reformatting technology.

Propofol induces apoptosis of breast cancer cells by downregulation of miR-24 signal pathway.

Background And Objective: Propofol, an intravenous anesthetic agent, has been found to inhibit growth of breast cancer cells. However, the mechanisms underlying the antitumor are not known. A recent report has found that propofol could significantly downregulate miR-24 expression in the human malignant cancers.

[Analysis of varieties and standards of Primulaceae medicinal plants used in Tibetan medicine].

In this paper, the varieties and origin of Primulaceae plants that used in Tibetan medicine were analyzed. The results showed that there were 3 genera and 44 species (including the varieties) of Primulaceae plants were recorded in the relevant literatures. Among them, 17 varieties were recorded in Tibetan names, 24 varieties were recorded in Chinese names and 1 variety was used in both of them.

Clinical significance of serum 14-3-3 beta in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Objective: The 14-3-3 family of conserved regulatory proteins comprises the isoforms beta (β), gamma (γ), zeta (ζ), sigma (ε), tau (η), and delta (σ), which are overexpressed and associated with a high risk of metastasis and poor survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the present study, we investigated whether serum 14-3-3 isoforms are related to HCC progression and patient survival.

Methods: Serum samples from 63 HCC patients who underwent surgical reSection 104 HCC patients who received non-surgical anti-HCC treatments, 50 patients with liver cirrhosis alone, 45 patients with chronic hepatitis alone, and 50 healthy subjects were collected between January 2006 and December 2010.

A pilot study of pre-operative motor dysfunction from gliomas in the region of corticospinal tract: Evaluation with diffusion tensor imaging.

Background And Purpose: Brain tumors in the corticospinal tract (CST) region are more likely to cause motor dysfunction. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of gliomas located in the CST region on motor function with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) preoperatively.

Materials And Methods: Forty-five patients with histopathologically confirmed gliomas were included in this pilot study, in all cases (low-grade n = 13, high-grade n = 32) CST but not the motor cortex were involved by the tumor.

Clinical Importance of Somatostatin Receptor 2 (SSTR2) and Somatostatin Receptor 5 (SSTR5) Expression in Thyrotropin-Producing Pituitary Adenoma (TSHoma).

BACKGROUND Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) are a rare cause of hyperthyroidism. Somatostatin analogs have proved to be effective for inhibiting pituitary hormones secretion, working via interactions with somatostatin receptors (SSTRs). Moreover, antiproliferative activity of somatostatin analog is now demonstrated in several studies.