[Effect of electroacupuncture on angiopoietin-1 in spinal cord of rats with neuropathic pain].

Objective: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on the behavior, histomorphology and the expression of angiopoietin-1 (Angpt-1) in rats with spinal nerve injury, so as to explore its mechanism on neuropathic pain.

Methods: Forty-five male SD rats were randomly divided into sham, model and EA groups (=15 rats in each group). Spinal nerve ligation (SNL) of the L5 lumbar vertebra was performed to establish a rat model of neuropathic pain.

Transcriptome sequencing and screening of genes related to sex determination of Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.

Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. (TK) is a dioecious plant in the Cucurbitaceae for which different sexes have separate medicinal uses. In order to study the genes related to sex determination, transcriptome sequencing was performed on flower buds of male and female plants using the high-throughput sequencing technology.

Genome-wide identification and characterization of DCL, AGO and RDR gene families in Saccharum spontaneum.

RNA silencing is a conserved mechanism in eukaryotic organisms to regulate gene expression. Argonaute (AGO), Dicer-like (DCL) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RDR) proteins are critical components of RNA silencing, but how these gene families' functions in sugarcane were largely unknown. Most stress-resistance genes in modern sugarcane cultivars (Saccharum spp.

[Effects of acupuncture on default mode network images of chronic sciatica patients in the resting network state].

Objective: To observe the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data changes of default mode network (DMN) in chronic sciatica patients in the resting network state treated by acupuncture, and to study the correlation between DMN and the consisting effects after acupuncture analgesia.

Methods: Weizhong (BL40) and Huantiao (GB30) of the patients' lower limbs were selected as the main points to acupuncture for ten times. The whole brain was scanned using fMRI.