[Effect of Xiaoji Recipe on stability of carotid artery vulnerable plaque in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and type H hypertension].

To explore the effect of Xiaoji Recipe on the stability of carotid artery vulnerable plaque in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and type H hypertension(Qi-Yin deficiency with phlegm stagnation). From January 2017 to April 2019, in Endocrinology Department for Outpatients and Inpatients of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, 125 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and type H hypertension with carotid artery vulnerable plaque(Qi-Yin deficiency with phlegm stagnation) were selected. According to the numerical table method, the patients were randomly divided into the control group(63 cases, including 56 cases completed) and Xiaoji group(62 cases, including 58 cases completed).

Relationship between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) A1298C gene polymorphism and type 2 diabetic nephropathy risk: a meta-analysis.

Relationship between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) A1298C gene polymorphism and type 2 diabetic nephropathy (T2DN) risk is still unclear. This study was performed to evaluate if there is an association between the MTHFR A1298C gene polymorphism and T2DN risk using meta-analysis. The relevant reports were searched and identified from PubMed, Cochrane Library on 1 October 2013, and eligible studies were included and synthesized.

Design and analysis of structure-activity relationship of novel antimicrobial peptides derived from the conserved sequence of cecropin.

We have de novo designed four antimicrobial peptides AMP-A/B/C/D, the 51-residues peptides, which are based on the conserved sequence of cecropin. In the present study, the four peptides were chemically synthesized and their activities assayed. Their secondary structure, amphipathic property, electric field distribution and transmembrane domain were subsequently predicted by bioinformatics tools.