[Risk factors and prognosis of acute cerebrovascular events at 1 year after hip fracture in elderly patients].

Objective: To investigate risk factors of acute cerebrovascular events and effects on the prognosis within 1 year after hip fracture surgery.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 320 elderly patients with hip fracture treated from July 2017 to December 2020, including 111 males and 209 females, aged from 60 to 101 years old with an average of (79.05±8.

Photosynthesis product allocation and yield in sweet potato with spraying exogenous hormones under drought stress.

This study investigated the alleviation effects of spraying phytohormones on the physiological characteristics and yield of sweet potato under drought stress during the early vine development and storage root bulking stage, respectively. The endogenous hormone contents, photosynthetic fluorescence indexes, photosynthetic products transfer allocation (based on C labeling method), and yield of sweet potato were studied by spraying water, 6-benzylaminopurine (6-BA), abscisic acid (ABA), and combined with the two exogenous hormones under artificial dry shed and dry pond. Results indicated that the yield was increased by spraying 6-BA or ABA separately in comparison with the control treatment under drought stress, and the alleviation effects of spraying 6-BA at the early stage were better than at the storage root bulking stage, while spraying ABA at the storage root bulking stage was better than at the early stage.

[Effects of exogenous plant hormones on physiological characteristics and yield of sweet potato under drought stress].

To explore the alleviation effect of spraying phytohormone on physiological characteristics and yield of sweet potato under drought stress in different periods, and to determine the best period of spraying external plant hormones, the effects on endogenous hormone content, photosynthetic fluorescence characteristics and yield of sweet potato were examined by spraying 6-benzylaminopurine (6-BA), α-naphthylacetic acid (NAA) and abscisic acid (ABA) respectively under drought stress after transplanting for 20 days (early stage), 60 days (middle stage) and 100 days (later stage) under artificial water control. The results showed that compared with spraying water, exogenous phytohormones significantly increased the yield of sweet potato under drought stress, among which 6-BA had the highest effect, followed by NAA and ABA. The effect of spraying in early stage was better than that in middle and late stages.

[Effects of drought stress on root development and physiological characteristics of sweet potato at seedling stage].

The effects of drought stress on root morphology, endogenous hormones, chlorophyll fluorescence and active oxygen metabolism in three different stages of sweet potato rooting, branching and tubering stage were studied by sand culture method with 10% PEG-6000 simulating drought stress. The results showed that the biomass of sweet potato decreased significantly under drought stress in different periods, with the degree of drought stress being 10 days > 20 days > 30 days after transplantation. Drought stress significantly reduced the average diameter and root volume at the 10 days after transplantation, followed by the 20 days and 30 days.

[Clinical observation of percutaneous coblation nucleoplasty for the treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effects of percutaneous coblation nucleoplasty in treating cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and investigate its mechanism of action.

Methods: Form January 2015 to January 2017, 21 patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy were treated by percutaneous coblation nucleoplasty, including 8 males and 13 females with an average age of 49.6 years old ranging from 43 to 61 years old.

Systemic tracking of diagnostic function modules for post-menopausal osteoporosis in a differential co-expression network view.

Post-menopausal osteoporosis is one of the most common bone diseases in women. The aim of the present study was to predict the diagnostic function modules from a differential co-expression gene network in order to enhance the current understanding of the biological processes and to promote the early prevention and intervention of post-menopausal osteoporosis. The diagnostic function modules were extracted from a differential co-expression network by the established protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis.

Unraveling the venom components of an encyrtid endoparasitoid wasp Diversinervus elegans.

The encyrtid parasitoid, Diversinervus elegans (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), is a natural enemy of the notorious scale pests belonging to the family of Coccidae. Venom containing a rich source of bioactive molecules is a key virulent factor used to regulate host physiology by parasitoids. Although knowledge regarding venom constituents accumulated from limited parasitoids has provided insights into their roles in host-parasitoid interaction, toxins involving in manipulating scale physiology remain sparsely documented.

Dynamic Tracking Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Tropism following Smoke Inhalation Injury in NOD/SCID Mice.

Multiple preclinical evidences have supported the potential value of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for treatment of acute lung injury (ALI). However, few studies focus on the dynamic tropism of MSCs in animals with acute lung injury. In this study, we track systemically transplanted human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) in NOD/SCID mice with smoke inhalation injury (SII) through bioluminescence imaging (BLI).

Transcriptome profilings of female Schistosoma japonicum reveal significant differential expression of genes after pairing.

Pairing of Schistosoma japonicum initiates female development, leads to female sexual maturation, and maintains this mature state. To understand the mechanism involved in these processes, we studied parasites isolated from single- and double-sex cercariae-infected mice using deep-sequencing analysis, Solexa, to uncover pair-regulated transcriptional profiles. In this study, we report the results of high-throughput tag-sequencing (Tag-seq) analysis of the transcriptome of female worms 18 and 23 days postsingle- and double-sex infections.

Preparation of RGD-modified long circulating liposome loading matrine, and its in vitro anti-cancer effects.

Aim: To prepare RGD-modified long circulating liposome (LCL) loading matrine (RGD-M-LCL) to improve the tumor-targeting and efficacy of matrine.

Methods: LCL which was prepared with HSPC, cholesterol, DSPE-PEG2000 and DSPE-PEG-MAL was modified with an RGD motif confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The encapsulation efficiency of RGD-M-LCL was also detected by HPLC.