ARPC5 is transcriptionally activated by KLF4, and promotes cell migration and invasion in prostate cancer via up-regulating ADAM17 : ARPC5 serves as an oncogene in prostate cancer.

Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in men worldwide. Actin-related protein 2/3 complex subunit 5 (ARPC5) has been validated as a critical regulator in several kinds of human tumors. However, whether ARPC5 is implicated in PCa progression remains largely unknown.

Differentiation of isolated human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells into neural stem cells.

Aim: To investigate whether umbilical cord human mesenchymal stem cell (UC-MSC) was able to differentiate into neural stem cell and neuron in vitro.

Methods: The umbilical cords were obtained from pregnant women with their written consent and the approval of the Clinic Ethnics Committee. UC-MSC were isolated by adherent culture in the medium contains 20% fetal bovine serum (FBS), then they were maintained in the medium contain 10% FBS and induced to neural cells in neural differentiation medium.

Visual function and vision-related quality of life after vitrectomy for idiopathic macular hole: a 12mo follow-up study.

Aim: To investigate the visual function and the relationship with vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) after macular hole repair surgery.

Methods: Prospective case series. Thirty-six consecutive eyes in 36 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling were included.

A comparative study on the transplantation of different concentrations of human umbilical mesenchymal cells into diabetic rats.

Aim: To observe the effects of intravitreal injections of different concentrations of human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells on retinopathy in rats with diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Healthy and adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly assigned to a normal control group (group A), a diabetic retinopathy (DR) blank control group (group B), a high-concentration transplantation group (group C), a low-concentration transplantation group (group D) and a placebo transplantation group (group E). The expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) protein in the retinal layers was detected by immunohistochemical staining at 2, 4, 6 and 8wk.

[Vertical distribution of water quality and its influence on underwater light field in Lake Chaohu].

There are few reports on the vertical distribution of water quality and its influence on underwater light field. In our study, we analyzed the vertical distribution of water quality based on the in situ data in Lake Chaohu, and studied their influence on diffuse attenuation coefficients of downwelling irradiance Kd via Hydrolight simulation. It was indicated that the suspended matter and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were relatively vertical-uniform in Lake Chaohu; excluding algae scums at the surface, the vertical profiles of chlorophyll-a conformed to Gaussian distribution; the complex Kd in vertical was affected by chlorophyll-a and inorganic suspended matter.

[Estimation of DOC concentrations using CDOM absorption coefficients: a case study in Taihu Lake].

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is the largest organic carbon stock in water ecosystems, which plays an important role in the carbon cycle in water. Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM), an important water color variation, is the colored fraction of DOC and its absorption controls the instruction of light under water. The available linkage between DOC concentration and CDOM absorptions enables the determination of DOC accumulations using remote sensing reflectance or radiance in lake waters.

[Aerosol optical thickness of the atmospheric aerosol over Taihu Lake and its features: results of in-site measurements].

Based on the data measured in situ by an automatic sun tracking photometer (CE-318), the aerosol optical thickness (AOT) and the corresponding Angström coefficient alpha of the atmospheric aerosol over Taihu Lake from November 2005 to October 2010 were collected. The results showed that high values of AOT over Taihu Lake were measured in summer (June to July) whereas low values were detected in autumn and winter (October to January). However, the low and high values of a appeared in spring (March to April) and in autumn (September to November), respectively.

[Fluorescence peak shift corresponding to high chlorophyll concentrations in inland water].

Hyperspectral remote sensing offers the potential to detect water quality variables such as Chl-a by using narrow spectral channels of less than 10 nm, which could otherwise be masked by broadband satellites such as Landsat TM. Fluorescence peak of the red region is very important for the remote sensing of inland and coastal waters, which is unique to phytoplankton Chl-a that takes place in this region. Based on in situ water sampling and field spectral measurement from 2004 to 2006 in Nanhu Lake, the features of the spectral reflectance were analyzed in detail with peak position shift.

[Bio-optical model of total suspended matter based on reflectance in the near infrared wave band for case-II waters].

From August to October, 2006, reflectance spectra were measured in a turbid Case-Il waters condition with an ASD FieldSpec spectrometer for a total of 58 samples. Based on the observation of reflectance curves, spectral analysis was carried out over 400-1200 nm. Showing the typical character of Case-II waters, the reflectance values were generally higher than those in other similar studies.