miR-137 Inhibition of the Invasion, Metastasis, and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Nasopharyngeal Cancer by Regulating KDM1A.

One of the most frequent malignancies in the head and neck is nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). MicroRNAs, a kind of tiny noncoding RNA molecule, have been used as negative regulators in different types of cancer therapy in recent decades by downregulating their targets. Recent research suggests that microRNAs play an important role in cancer's epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), supporting or inhibiting EMT development.

FPR2-based anti-inflammatory and anti-lipogenesis activities of novel meroterpenoid dimers from Ganoderma.

Four pairs of novel meroterpenoid dimers, (±)-applandimeric acids A-D (1-4) with an unprecedented spiro[furo[3,2-b]benzofuran-3,2'-indene] core were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma applanatum. Their planar structures were unambiguously determined via extensive spectroscopic analysis. Their relative and absolute configurations were confirmed through calculated internuclear distance, coupling constant, C NMR with DP4 + analysis and electronic circular dichroism (ECD).

Ellagic acid, a plant phenolic compound, activates cyclooxygenase-mediated prostaglandin production.

In recent years, ellagic acid (EA), a naturally-occurring phenolic compound richly contained in some of the human food sources such as and , was reported to have a number of biological effects. Based on our earlier 3D-QSAR/CoMFA models for cyclooxygenase (COX) I and II, we hypothesize that EA may have the potential to modulate the catalytic activity of COX enzymes, and this hypothesis is examined in the present study. The results from both and experiments show that EA is an activator of COX enzyme-catalyzed production of prostaglandin E2, a representative prostaglandin tested.

Comparison of Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of General Paresis and Non-Neurosyphilis Dementia.

Background: The differential diagnosis of general paresis (GP) and non-neurosyphilis (NS) dementia is not clearly defined. The present study examined the differences in clinical and laboratory features of GP and non-NS dementia.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively examined clinical and laboratory features of 85 GP patients and 196 non-NS dementia patients.

Stimulation of the Production of Prostaglandin E₂ by Ethyl Gallate, a Natural Phenolic Compound Richly Contained in Longan.

Ethyl gallate is a phenolic compound richly contained in Longan. In traditional Chinese medicine, Longan is widely known as a fruit with "hot" properties, with a tendency to promote inflammatory and certain other responses. The mechanism for its proinflammatory as well as health beneficial effects is poorly understood.

[Application of DPLS-based LDA in corn qualitative near infrared spectroscopy analysis].

NIR technology is a rapid, nondestructive and user-friendly method ideally suited for Qualitative analysis. In this paper the authors present the use of discriminant partial least Squares (DPLS)-based linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in corn qualitative near infrared spectroscopy analysis. Firstly, a training set including 30 corn varieties (each variety has 20 samples) was used to build the DPLS regression model, and 28 principal components (DPLS-PCs) were obtained from original spectrum.

[Study on discrimination of varieties of corn using near-infrared spectroscopy based on GA and LDA].

A new method for the fast discrimination of varieties of corn based on near-infrared spectroscopy using genetic algorithm and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was proposed. First, data of NIS of 37 varieties of corn was collected, second, genetic algorithm used for choosing the feature band of spectrum, then PCA and LDA were used to extract features, and finally corn seeds were classified. The result showed that GA could remove noise band effectively and improve the generalization ability of LDA.

[Feature analysis and discrimination of varieties of corn based on near infrared spectra].

A new method for the discrimination of varieties of corn was proposed based on the data set of near-infrared spectroscopy range from 4 000 to 12 000 cm(-1) of corn seed varieties. Principal component analysis (PCA) method was used to study the feature of the data, and the authors found that the near-infrared spectroscopy of corn seed varieties has a clear feature of zonal distribution, so the correlativity between the change in the distribution of the principal component and the discrimination result was studied, according to which the normalized principal component analysis (NPCA) method was proposed. Besides, principal direction biomimetic pattern recognition (PBPR) was proposed according to the feature, which got a better discrimination result.

[A frequency selection method of NIR spectroscopy for discrimination of maize seed varieties].

A frequency selection method of NIR spectroscopy was proposed in the present paper for discrimination of maize seed varieties. A criterion function was defined to evaluate the discriminative ability of NIR spectroscopy at different frequencies, and then features of maize seed varieties were extracted accordingly for further processing. By eliminating correlation between features at different frequencies, the selected features are guaranteed to contain as much information of inter-variety difference as possible.

Construction and characterization of a full-length infectious clone from a fast-replicating, X4-tropic HIV-1 subtype B' isolate.

In HIV-1 epidemics in China, HIV-1 subtype B' is the most predominant subtype circulating in intravenous drug users. In this study, we constructed an HIV-1 full-length infectious molecular clone based on the primary virus LWJ, which was isolated from an HIV-infected patient in Fujian Province, China. Phylogenetic and bootscanning analysis of the viral sequence revealed that the isolate LWJ belonged to HIV-1 subtype B'.

A new phenolic glycoside from the aerial parts of Dryopteris fragrans.

A new phenolic glycoside, 3,5-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-2-methoxy-4-O-D-glucopyranosyl-oxy-acetophenone (1), was isolated from the aerial parts of Dryopteris fragrans. The structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic methods.

[A sero-epidemiology study on hepatitis E virus infection in Fujian province].

Objective: To understand the sero-prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among different populations and animals in Fujian province.

Methods: One thousand one hundred and fifty-one serum samples were collected from 5 species of animals including swine, dog, cow, sheep and rat. A total of 2209 and 1722 serum samples from the general population and from the exposed population were collected.

[Clinical value of computed tomography and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron remission tomography in diagnosis of mediastinal metastasis of non small cell lung cancer].

Objective: To compare the clinical values of computed tomography (CT) and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron remission tomography (FDG-PET) in diagnosis of mediastinal metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: Sixty patients with respectable NSCLC underwent CT and FDG-PET with an interval of 2 weeks and then underwent thoracotomy for clearance of the lymph nodes or biopsy of the mediastinal lymph nodes via mediastinoscopy. The specimens of mediastinal lymph node underwent HE staining and PCNA/Ki67 immunohistochemical staining.

[Sero-epidemiological study on the human T-cell leukaemia virus type I/II infection in the east coastal areas of Fujian province].

Objective: To study the seroprevalence of human T-cell leukaemia virus type I/II (HTLV-I/II) infection in adult population in the east coastal areas of Fujian and to explore the possible risk factors of HTLV-I/II.

Methods: A total number of 3259 blood samples from drug users, sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients, prostitutes and blood donors for serologic assays during 1999 to 2002, were collected. All samples were screened for HTLV-I/II antibody, using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits.