Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Diabetes and Diabetic Renal Fibrosis by Modulating the Inflammatory Factor IL-11.

Objective: This study aims to explore the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) in treating diabetic nephropathy (DN) by investigating their effect on IL-11 modulation in a mouse model.

Methods: The effects of MSC therapy on DN were examined both in vivo and in vitro. Sixty adult male C57BL/6 mice were divided into the streptozotocin (STZ) diabetes (T1D) and the high-fat diet diabetes (T2D) models, with both groups receiving MSC treatment or saline for 4 or 8 weeks.

[Serum level of soluble transferrin receptor in children with hemoglobin H disease].

Objective: To investigate the serum level of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and its association with the degree of anemia in children with hemoglobin H (HbH) disease.

Methods: A total of 55 children with HbH disease were enrolled as the HbH group, and 30 healthy children were enrolled as the control group. The HbH group was further divided into a deletional HbH disease group and a non-deletional HbH disease group.

Anti-MRSA Sesquiterpenes from the Semi-Mangrove Plant A. Gray.

The striking rise of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) infections has become a serious threat to public health worldwide. In an effort to search for new anti-MRSA agents from natural products, a bioassay-guided phytochemical study was conducted on the semi-mangrove plant A. Gray, which led to the isolation of two new sesquiterpene alkaloids ( and ) and six known furanosesquiterpenes (⁻).

[Analysis of cost-effectiveness of molluscacide combined with herbicide by spraying].

Objective: To explore an economical and efficient molluscicidal method suitable for large area of nursery stock field.

Methods: Two nursery stock fields with Oncomelania hupensis were selected as experimental sites, and an experimental group and a control group were set. In the experimental group, the molluscacide and herbicide were alternately used (a purification molluscicidal method) during the period of May to October, 2011.

[Observation of molluscicidal effect of black plastic film combined with carbon amide].

Objective: To evaluate the molluscicidal effect of black plastic film combined with carbon amide.

Methods: In Jiangdong Town, Jinhua City, the field with Oncomelania hupensis in the history was selected as experimental area and divided into 3 groups: Group One was administered with black plastic film combined with carbon amide; Group Two was administered with simple black plastic film; and Group Three was a control group.

Results: On the 3rd, 7th, 15th, 20th and 30th day after the experiment, the mortality rates of 0.

[Cost-effectiveness analysis of mechanical and manual soil-buried methods for Oncomelania hupensis control].

Objective: To explore a high molluscicidal efficient method in special Oncomelania hupensis snail environments.

Methods: In 2005 and 2006, in large special environments (rubble creek beaches and seepage barren hills with snails), the mechanical soil-buried method (excavator digging to bury deep snails) and manual soil-buried method were used respectively, and the results were compared for the cost-effectiveness.

Results: With the mechanical soil-buried method in 2006, the investment was 0.