B3GNT3 acts as a carcinogenic factor in endometrial cancer via facilitating cell growth, invasion and migration through regulating RhoA/RAC1 pathway-associated markers.

Background: Aberrant expression of beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-3 (B3GNT3) has been frequently clarified in various cancers, however, its role in endometrial cancer (EC) has not been assessed in detail.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the biological role of B3GNT3 in EC and simply explored the detailed mechanism.

Methods: The EC RNA-Seq dataset from TCGA database was applied to evaluate the expression of B3GNT3 and assess its role on prognostic value.

[Population structure and quantitative dynamics of in degraded typical steppe].

is one of most common poisonous plant species in degraded grasslands of China. could dominate the community in some severely degraded grasslands, which is a serious threat to the sustainable development of animal husbandry in natural grasslands. In this study, population was divided into 10 age classes according to the number of branches.

Association of T66A polymorphism in CASQ2 with PR interval in a Chinese population.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between arrhythmia-associated or electrocardiogram (ECG)-associated common variants and PR interval, QRS duration, QT, and heart rate in a Chinese cohort.

Methods: We studied the association between 26 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and digital ECG data from 379 unrelated Han Chinese individuals collected in an epidemiological survey in Beijing. All subjects were 45 years of age or older and were free of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

White coat hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine blood pressure characteristics and long-term progress in patients with white coat hypertension (WCH) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and sleep test results over a period of 26 months were analyzed from WCH patients with OSA (n = 28), WCH patients (n = 23), and healthy control subjects (n = 27).

Results: At the end of observation, WCH patients with OSA presented significantly increased daytime and nighttime BP and lower diurnal difference of SBP (all Ps < 0.

Efficacy of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea with and without continuous positive airway pressure treatment: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

Aims: An association between obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and atrial fibrillation (AF) has been established. However, studies on the role of OSA in AF recurrence after catheter ablation have yielded conflicting results, and the effect of OSA treatment by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the success rate of AF catheter ablation is indeterminate. The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the rate of AF recurrence after catheter ablation in patients with AF with or without OSA and to evaluate the relationship between CPAP therapy and AF recurrence.

103 W in-band dual-end-pumped Ho:YAG laser.

An efficient 2 μm in-band pumped Ho:YAG laser was demonstrated. The resonator involves two Ho:YAG crystals, each of which was dual-end-pumped by two orthogonally polarized diode-pumped Tm:YLF lasers. The maximum continuous wave output power of 103 W was achieved, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 67.

Does Traditional Chinese Medicine pattern affect acupoint specific effect? Analysis of data from a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial for primary dysmenorrhea.

Objectives: This study assessed the importance of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) pattern on an acupoint-specific effect.

Design: This was a TCM pattern subdivision analysis of the first intervention data from a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial (ISRCTN24863192) (the main trial).

Settings: The main trial recruited participants from six hospitals in three provinces in China.

[An automatic 3D-locating couch for radiation therapy].

An intensity modulated method by scanning for the focusing therapy machine is introduced in this paper. At first, the 3-D model of the focus is delaminated through the treatment planning system, and the dose distributing of each lay is calculated by an inverse design method. Then, the exposure time of the focus at each position is determined and converted to a scanning parameter, such as position, speed and so on.

[The roles of microtubule in internodal cell elongation (Nitellopsis obtusa)].

The relationship between cell elongation and microtubules (MTs) was investigated in characean internodal cells (Nitellops obtusa). First, we examined the immunofluorescent localization of MTs in different living stages under confocal laser scanning microscope. In young, rapidly elongating cells, MTs were predominantly transverse to the long axis of the cell.