Dietary habits of pastoralists on the Tibetan plateau are influenced by remoteness and economic status.

In general, dietary habits of pastoralists are livestock-derived, but are also influenced by external food sources under globalization. We hypothesized that dietary habits of pastoralists would be influenced by their remoteness, and that changes from the traditional diet would result in deviations in the local ecological chain. To test this hypothesis, we determined the δC and δN values of soil, plants, and hair of animals and pastoralists (n = 885).

Effects of supplementing sweet sorghum with grapeseeds on carcass parameters, and meat quality, amino acid, and fatty acid composition of lambs.

Objective: Sweet sorghum is an important forage crop for ruminants, especially in low rainfall areas. Grapeseeds are an abundant by-product of wine-making and contain bioactive substances that can improve the antioxidant capacity of meat. We examined the effect of sweet sorghum forage with supplementary grapeseeds on carcass and meat quality in lambs.

Root exudates enhanced rhizobacteria complexity and microbial carbon metabolism of toxic plants.

Root exudates and rhizosphere microorganisms play key roles in the colonization of toxic plants under climate change and land degradation. However, how root exudates affect the rhizosphere microorganisms and soil nutrients of toxic plants in degraded grasslands remains unknown. We compared the interaction of soil microbial communities, root exudates, microbial carbon metabolism, and environmental factors in the rhizosphere of toxic and non-toxic plants.

Effect of additives and filling methods on whole plant corn silage quality, fermentation characteristics and in situ digestibility.

Objective: This project aimed to evaluate the effects of both different additives and filling methods on nutritive quality, fermentation profile, and in situ digestibility of whole plant corn silage.

Methods: Whole plant corn forage harvested at 26.72% dry matter (DM) was chopped and treated with two filling methods, i) fill silos at one time (F1), ii) fill silos at three times (F3), packing samples into one/three silo capacity at the first day, another one/three capacity at the second day, then one/three at the third day, three replicates.

Promising lanthanide-doped BiVO phosphors for highly efficient upconversion luminescence and temperature sensing.

The semiconductor oxide BiVO has been intensively studied as a highly efficient photocatalyst. Here we attempt to adopt trivalent lanthanide (Ln)-doped BiVO as a novel upconversion luminescence (UCL) material for achieving high-efficiency UCL and temperature sensing under near-infrared (NIR) irradiation. Er/Tm, Yb/Er, and Yb/Tm ions were selected to co-dope the BiVO phosphors, achieving three primary colors of red, green, and blue (RGB) with high color-purity.

Carcass parameters and meat quality of Tibetan sheep and Small-tailed Han sheep consuming diets of low-protein content and different energy yields.

Today, consumers are very health conscious and are more aware of the nutritional value of food, especially of meat, than they were in the past. The aim of this study was to evaluate the carcass parameters and meat quality of Tibetan sheep and Small-tailed Han sheep when consuming a diet of low-protein (~7%) and different energy yields (digestible energy, 8.21, 9.

Effect of p53β on human gastric cancer cells treated with recombinant mutated human TNF and cisplatin.

The present study aimed to investigate the role of tumour protein 53 isoform b (p53β) on human gastric cancer (GC) cell lines treated with recombinant mutated human tumour necrosis factor (rmhTNF) and cisplatin. The Cell Counting Kit‑8 assay was used to assess growth in the GC cell lines MKN45 and SGC7901, following treatment with rmhTNF in the presence or absence of cisplatin. Levels of p53β and bcl‑2 apoptosis regulator (bcl‑2) mRNA were assessed using reverse transcription‑polymerase chain reaction.

Expression of p53β and Δ133p53 isoforms in different gastric tissues.

This study aims to detect the mRNA of p53β and Δ133p53 isoforms in three gastric carcinoma cell lines and tissues of superficial gastritis, atrophic gastritis, gastric carcinoma, or paracancerous area. Nested reverse transcription PCR was used to detect the mRNA of p53β and Δ133p53 isoforms in tissues of superficial gastritis, chronic atrophic gastritis, gastric cancer cell lines (SGC-7901, MKN45, KATO III), gastric adenocarcinoma, and paracancerous lesion. The amplified products were shown by agarose gel electrophoresis.

Role of p53β in the inhibition of proliferation of gastric cancer cells expressing wild-type or mutated p53.

p53 is a tumor suppressor gene whose mutation is highly associated with tumorigenesis. The present study investigated the role of p53β in the inhibition of proliferation of gastric cancer cell lines expressing wild-type or mutated p53. Wild-type p53 is expressed in MKN45 cells, but deleted in KATOIII cells, whereas mutated p53 is expressed in SGC7901 cells.

Anti-inflammatory effect of Diammonium Glycyrrhizinate in a rat model of ulcerative colitis.

Aim: To explore the anti-inflammatory mechanism of Diammonium Glycyrrhizinate in a rat model of ulcerative colitis induced by acetic acid.

Methods: Spragur-Dawley female rats were divided into four groups: Diammonium Glycyrrhizinate group, dexamethasone group, acetic acid control and normal control group. Colonic inflammation was evaluated by disease activity index, gross morphologic damage, histological injury and colonic myeloperoxidase activity.