Proteomic characterization of molecular mechanisms of paraquat-induced lung injury in a mouse model.

Background: We sought to explore the molecular mechanisms underpinning acute lung injury (ALI) caused by poisoning with paraquat (PQ).

Methods: Selection mice were intraperitoneally injected with PQ at 40 mg/kg, whereas controls were injected with sterile saline. On days 2, 7, and 14 after administration, mice were anesthetized and sacrificed, and lung tissue was removed.

Non-ketotic hyperglycaemic hemichorea-hemiballismus with Fahr's disease in a Chinese family: a case report.

Introduction: Non-ketotic hyperglycaemic hemichorea-hemiballismus (NHHH) is often secondary to middle-aged and elderly diabetic people with poor-controlled diabetes; Fahr's disease (FD) is another rare neurological disorder characterized by abnormal calcified deposits in the brain that control movement. We described a rare case of NHHH combined with a heterozygous mutation (SLC20A2) resulting in one family with FD.

Case Presentation: The patient has a 30-day history of involuntary choreic movements of the left limbs and left face.

[Phenols pollutants in soil and shallow groundwater of a retired refinery site].

To study the distribution of phenol compounds in a retired refinery site, 21 soil sampling sites and 8 shallow groundwater wells were investigated. The results showed, shallow unconfined groundwater of the site was in a serious pollution situation and the phenols concentration was much higher than quality standard for ground water. Confined water sample was slightly contaminated by phenols and the total quality was good.