Danqi Tablet () Regulates Energy Metabolism in Ischemic Heart Rat Model through AMPK/SIRT1-PGC-1α Pathway.

Objective: To investigate the cardioprotective effect of Danqi Tablet (DQT, ) on ischemic heart model rats and the regulative effect on energy metabolism through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α).

Methods: Rat ischemic heart model was induced by ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery. Totally 40 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham group, model group, DQT group (1.

The effects of oral nutritional supplements in patients with maintenance dialysis therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Background/objective: This systematic review aims to determine the potential effects of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) in patients receiving maintenance dialysis therapy (MDT).

Methods: Electronic databases were searched without language limits through to July 2018. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that involved comparisons of ONS versus placebo or routine care are included in this meta-analysis.

Cardioprotective effects of Qishen Granule () on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca handling in heart failure rats.

Objective: To assess the effects of Qishen Granule (, QSG) on sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca handling in heart failure (HF) model of rats and to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms.

Methods: HF rat models were induced by left anterior descending coronary artery ligation surgery and high-fat diet feeding. Rats were randomly divided into sham (n=10), model (n=10), QSG (n=12, 2.

[Morphological characteristics and gene expression of Chrysomya megacephala eggs in different developmental stages].

Objective: To research the morphological characteristics and differential gene expression of Chrysomya megacephala eggs in different developmental stages.

Methods: After C. megacephala laid eggs (0 h), the eggs were collected every 2 h until eggs hatched into larvae.

[Association between HPV DNA and disease specific survival in patients with penile cancer].

Objective: To examine the prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) in penile squamous-cell carcinomas (SCCs), explore the relationship between HPV and clinicopathological variables and determine its value for predicting disease-specific survival.

Methods: We retrospectively collected clinicopathological data of 28 patients with penile squamous cell carcinomas from 2000 to 2009 at Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing Hospital and Peking University People's Hospital. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect the presence of HPV DNA in tumor specimens.

[Correlation of CD82 and hTERT expressions and HPV infection with penile cancer].

Objective: To study the correlation of the expressions of CD82 and hTERT and HPV infection with the clinical pathological features of penile cancer and identify their prognostic significance in the lymphatic metastasis of the disease.

Methods: A total of 44 patients underwent partial or radical penectomy and lymph node dissection. The expressions of CD82 and hTERT were determined by immunohistochemistry, and HPV infection was detected by PCR.

[Gene expression profiling study of HPV-16 positive and HPV-negative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma].

Objective: To study the difference in gene expression between human papillomavirus (HPV)16-positive and HPV-negative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) .

Methods: Eight HPV 16-positive and seven HPV-negative ESCC specimens were evaluated by PCR. The samples were then determined for gene expression profiling using Solexa Sequencing Chip followed by bioinformatics analysis.

Is microtubule disassembly a trigger for cold acclimation?

Cold acclimation was followed in three cultivars of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) that differ in freezing tolerance, using root growth as the indicator. During acclimation (followed through 7 d at 4 degrees C), growth rate progressively recovered.

The stability of cortical microtubules depends on their orientation.

Auxin controls the orientation of cortical microtubules in maize coleoptile segments. We used tyrosinylated alpha-tubulin as a marker to assess auxin-dependent changes in microtubule turnover. Auxin-induced tyrosinylated alpha-tubulin, correlated with an elevated sensitivity of growth to antimicrotubular compounds such as ethyl-N-phenylcarbamate (EPC).