Clinical Values of Coagulation Factors X, XI, and XII in Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis During Perinatal State.

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) has become a rare but potentially life-threatening condition in perinatal women. Early and rapid identification of CVST in pregnant women is a challenge for frontline clinical workers. In this study, 40 perinatal patients with CVST in our hospital were included in the five-year period, and 120 normal perinatal pregnant women in the obstetrics and gynecology department of our hospital were randomly enrolled in the five-year period as the control group, including 60 cases in pregnancy and puerperium.

Short- and long-term efficacy of sustained-release chemotherapy in tumor bed interstitium combined with surgical resection for recurrent malignant glioma.

Objective: To discuss and analyze the short- and long-term curative effect of sustained-release chemotherapy combined with surgical resection on recurrent malignant glioma.

Methods: The clinical data of 137 patients with recurrent glioma admitted to our hospital from March 2016 to July 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 67 patients who received local chemotherapy with cisplatin slow-release polymer after surgical resection were included in the observation group, and the other 70 patients who did not receive chemotherapy after surgical resection were regarded as the control group.

TheraSling Therapy (TST) Combined with Neuromuscular Facilitation Technique on Hemiplegic Gait in Patients with Stroke.

BACKGROUND TheraSling therapy (TST) is a kind of rehabilitation therapy for patients with stroke in order to improving neural function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of TST combined with neuromuscular facilitation technique on hemiplegic gait in patients with stroke. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty-six patients with abnormal gait after stroke were recruited for this study and assigned randomly to either the control group (n=28) or the TST experiment group (n=28).

H19 induced by oxidative stress confers temozolomide resistance in human glioma cells via activating NF-κB signaling.

Background: Recent findings around long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have opened novel areas of research around their prospective use in overcoming chemoresistance. Herein, we aimed to investigate the role of lncRNA H19 in temozolomide (TMZ) resistance of human glioma cells and the possible mechanisms.

Methods: Short-/long-term oxidative stress was induced, and TMZ-resistant glioma cells (U251 and LN229) were established.

MiR-29a Inhibits Glioma Tumorigenesis through a Negative Feedback Loop of TRAF4/Akt Signaling.

Background: MiR-29a is known as a repressor of human cancer. However, its relevance in glioma proliferation and invasion remains largely unknown. In this study, we aimed to investigate the function and mechanism of miR-29a in glioma tumorigenesis.

Efficacy of Danhong Injection on Serum Concentration of TNF-α, IL-6 and NF-κB in Rats with Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of Danhong injection on the serum concentration of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B (NF-κB) in rats with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and evaluate its therapeutic effects on inflammation and cerebral edema.

Methods: Sixty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control, model and Danhong groups with 25 rats in each group. Intracerebral injection of autologous arterial blood was performed on model and Danhong groups in order to establish intracerebral hemorrhage model.

Synthesis of macroporous silica biomass nanocomposite based on XG/MgSiO₃ for the removal of toxic ions.

Biomass is known as a low-cost adsorbents and there is a need for the development of synthesis method further increase its efficient applications. In this work, a macroporous nanocomposite biomass was synthesized by natural polymer (Xanthan gum) and silicate. The resulting nanocomposite was characterized with XRD, SEM, TEM, BET and FTIR.

Characteristics of selective fluoride adsorption by biocarbon-Mg/Al layered double hydroxides composites from protein solutions: kinetics and equilibrium isotherms study.

In the study, two novel applied biocarbon-Mg/Al layered double hydroxides composites (CPLDH and CPLDH-Ca) were successfully prepared and characterized by TEM, ICP-AES, XFS, EDS, FTIR, XRD, BET and pHpzc. The fluoride removal efficiency (RF) and protein recovery ratio (RP) of the adsorbents were studied in protein systems of lysozyme (LSZ) and bovine serum albumin (BSA). The results showed that the CPLDH-Ca presented remarkable performance for selective fluoride removal from protein solution.

Leptin's effect on accelerated fracture healing after traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To investigate mechanisms behind the faster rehabilitation of limb fractures when associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Methods: New Zealand rabbits were divided into TBI group and sham-operation group for four studies as follows: (1) blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were drawn on days 1, 3, and 7 to demonstrate changes in serum leptin, growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and CSF leptin; (2) bone defection was created by drilling in the tibial bone and either leptin or normal saline was injected into rabbit's cerebellomedullary cistern. X-ray was taken at 1 days, 2 weeks, and 5 weeks and evaluated by criteria to determine rate of bone healing; (3) FITC-labeled rabbit leptin was injected into TBI and sham-operation groups, and frozen sections of rabbit brain were observed to identify differences in central nervous system (CNS) leptin by fluorescence; (4) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to evaluate the expression of leptin production by brain tissue.