[Acupuncture combined with western medication in treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus with angina pectoris of coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled study].

Objective: To compare the therapeutic effect on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complicated with angina pectoris of coronary heart disease between the combined therapy of acupuncture and western medication and the simple administration of western medication.

Methods: A total of 134 patients with T2DM and angina pectoris of coronary heart disease were randomly divided into two groups, i.e.

Abnormal parietal encephalomalacia associated with schizophrenia: A case report.

Rationale: It is widely believed that structural abnormalities of the brain contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The parietal lobe is a central hub of multisensory integration, and abnormities in this region might account for the clinical features of schizophrenia. However, few cases of parietal encephalomalacia associated with schizophrenia have been described.

[Effect of napthalene on the DNA methylation patterns and level in rice (Oryza sativa L.)].

In this study,two elite rice inbred lines, Nipponbare and Mastumae were selected and irrigated with naphthalene solution with different concentrations. Epigenetic instabilities in the blade of the plants in tillering and heading stage were assessed by MSAP marks. The results showed that naphthalene exposure induced epigenetic variations in all the samples based on different levels and patterns of DNA methylation.

[Stress and biological response of naphthalene on the antioxidant defense system in visceral mass of zebrafish (Danio rerio)].

With the acute toxicity test, we obtained the median lethal concentration (LC50) of naphthalene to the zebrafish for 96 h, which was 11.8 mg x L(-1). Then we set up five treatments(0, 1/6 LC50, 1/4 LC50, 1/3 LC50 and 1/2 LC50) and exposed zebrafish to these treatments for 0.