Relationship of calcitonin gene-related peptide with disease progression and prognosis of patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has been implicated in multiple functions across many bioprocesses; however, whether CGRP is associated with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains poorly understood. In this study, 96 adult patients with TBI (enrolled from September 2015 to December 2016) were divided into a mild/moderate TBI group (36 males and 25 females, aged 38 ± 13 years) and severe TBI group (22 males and 13 females, aged 38 ± 11 years) according to Glasgow Coma Scale scores. In addition, 25 healthy individuals were selected as controls (15 males and 10 females, aged 39 ± 13 years).

Type 2 diabetes mellitus non-genetic Rhesus monkey model induced by high fat and high sucrose diet.

To build an ideal animal model for studying the mechanism of occurrence, developing and treating of diabetes become a more important issue, facing with the fact that the big threat of diabetes to human health has been worsen. First, we used the normal control diets or the high-fat/high-sucrose diets to feed the adult rhesus monkeys and the macaques induced by the high-fat/high-sucrose diets in the high-fat/high-sucrose group and the type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) group developed the hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia at 6 months in accordance with the precious researches that reported that minipigs, rats and mice could develop hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia and obesity after being induced with high-fat/high-carbohydrate diets. Second, the rhesus monkeys in T2DM group were injected STZ at a low dosage of 35 mg/kg BW to induce glucose persistent elevation which maintained pretty well after 12 months.

[Fluorescence characteristics of different chlorophyll a concentration in Lake Taihu].

The spectral reflectance and water qualities of 27 stations were acquired in the lake Taihu during the months from May to August, 2008 when blue algal bloomed. Based on the fluorescence characteristics analysis of different chlorophyll a concentration, it was obvious that the position and height of fluorescence peak both have a positive correlation with chlorophyll a concentration, and the correlation coefficients between chlorophyll a concentration and position and half width of fluorescence peak are larger than those of the reference baseline and the normalized height of fluorescence. Estimating of chlorophyll a concentration in case 2 water using fluorescence characteristics is obviously better than the empirical algorithm based on blue to green ratio.

[Study on refining process of Flos Chrysanthemi extract with macroporous resin].

Objective: To determine the parameters of refining process of Flos Chrysanthemi extract with macroporous adsorption resin.

Methods: According to the chlorogenic acid and total flavonoids, to investigate the kind of macoroporous resin, the maximum quantity of physic liquor, and the type and quantity of elution solvent. Then combining with the retention rate of luteolin, to verify the parameters of the process.