Transcription-related metabolic regulation in grafted lemon seedlings under magnesium deficiency stress.

Magnesium is one of the essential nutrients for plant growth, and plays a pivotal role in plant development and metabolism. Soil magnesium deficiency is evident in citrus production, which ultimately leads to failure of normal plant growth and development, as well as decreased productivity. Citrus is mainly propagated by grafting, so it is necessary to fully understand the different regulatory mechanisms of rootstock and scion response to magnesium deficiency.

[A nested case-control study on the relationship between occupational physical activity, heredity factors and metabolic syndrome].

Objective: To examine the associations between occupational physical activity, heredity factors and metabolic syndrome (MS) in a Chinese population.

Methods: Based on the MS cohort study in Jiangsu province, subjects were followed-up, and blood samples were collected at the same time for biochemical indicators measurement. Newly confirmed MS patients according to US.

[Relationship between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha intron 1A/C genetic polymorphism and metabolic syndrome].

Objective: To identify the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) intron 1A/C and metabolic syndrome (MS) in a Chinese population.

Methods: A population-based case-control study was conducted in Suzhou city, Changshu County and Ganyu County in Jiangsu Province China, on the basis of an ongoing cohort study and 2348 cases were investigated. After the exclusion of the known MS cases, 1847 eligible subjects were successfully followed-up and their waist circumference (WC), body mass index, blood pressure, total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TG) and fasting plasma glucose were measured.