The additional value of high-resolution vessel wall imaging in screening suitable chronic internal carotid artery occlusion candidates for endovascular recanalization: comparison with digital subtraction angiography.

Background: High-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI) can provide information about exact occluded length, etiology, and the presence of intraluminal thrombus or residual cavity.

Purpose: To investigate the extra value of HR-VWI in screening patients with chronic internal carotid artery occlusion (CICAO) for recanalization suitability in comparison with digital subtraction angiography (DSA).

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent endovascular recanalization with no internal carotid artery signal on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and whose both preoperative DSA and HR-VWI data were available.

Silencing PRSS1 suppresses the growth and proliferation of gastric carcinoma cells via the ERK pathway.

Gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors and seriously threatens human life and health. In the present study, 243 differentially expressed proteins in GC were identified using laser capture microdissection (LCM) combined with isotopically labeled quantitative proteomics technology. The expression of serine protease 1 (PRSS1) protein was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and Western blot.

Carboxyl terminal activating region 3 of latent membrane protein 1 encoded by the Epstein‑Barr virus regulates cell proliferation and protein expression in NP69 cells.

In the present study, the mechanism by which carboxyl terminal activating region 3 (CTAR3) of latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), encoded by the Epstein‑Barr virus, regulated cell proliferation and protein expression was investigated in the nasopharyngeal epithelial cell line NP69. The deletion mutant LMP1 (LMP1Δ232‑351; amino acid residues including 232‑351 codons in CTAR3 deleted) was generated by polymerase chain reaction. An NP69‑LMP1Δ232‑351 cell line was established by retroviral infection.

Trends in stroke incidence among elderly low-income residents of rural China: a population-based study from 1992 to 2016.

In China, >70% of stroke deaths occur in people aged ≥65 years. However, trends in the stroke incidence among elderly people are unclear. We aimed to determine trends in the stroke incidence among elderly people in rural China.

Identification of differentially expressed proteins in the gastric mucosal atypical hyperplasia tissue microenvironment.

In the present study, the interaction of proteins in the microenvironment of gastric mucosal atypical hyperplasia was analyzed. The stromata of normal gastric mucosa (NGM) and gastric mucosal atypical hyperplasia (GMAH) tissues were purified with laser capture microdissection (LCM). The differentially expressed GMAH proteins of the NGM and GMAH tissues were identified by quantitative proteomic techniques with isotope labeling.

Reusable light-emitting-diode induced chemiluminescence aptasensor for highly sensitive and selective detection of riboflavin.

A novel reusable chemiluminescence aptasensor was developed based on aptamer recognition coupled with light-emitting-diode induced chemiluminescence (LED-CL) detection. The sensing approach was based on the design that the model analyte riboflavin (Rf) in sample solutions was captured by the immobilized aptamers and then eluted simply with alkaline luminol solution to catalyze the CL reaction between luminol and dissolved oxygen under high power LED irradiation. This design allowed a very simple (branch-free) flow way for the CL sensing system.

Regulation of dietary energy level and oil source on leptin and its long form receptor mRNA expression of the adipose tissues in growing pigs.

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary energy level and source of oil on leptin mRNA and long form leptin receptor (Ob-Rl) mRNA expression in dorsal, abdominal and visceral adipose tissues in young growing pigs. In experiment one, 15 barrows (initial body weight 15.0 kg) were used to examine the effects of dietary energy levels on leptin mRNA and Ob-Rl mRNA expression.