Exserolide J ameliorates lipid accumulation by regulating liver X receptor alpha and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha proteins.

Exserolides are isocoumarin derivatives containing lactone moiety. Recently, some isocoumarins have been demonstrated to ameliorate hyperlipidemia, a major factor for inducing cardiovascular diseases. However, the effects and mechanisms of action of exserolides on hyperlipidemia are not known.

Aresch-Derived Fucoidan Ameliorates Hyperlipidemia by Upregulating LXRs and Suppressing SREBPs.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and hyperlipidemia is one major inducing factor of CVD. It is worthy to note that fucoidans are reported to have hypolipidemic activity with species specificity; however, the underlying mechanisms of action are far from clarification. This study is aimed at investigating the plasma lipid-lowering mechanisms of the fucoidan from Aresch by detecting the levels of hepatic genes that are involved in lipid metabolism.

Molecular hydrogen: a preventive and therapeutic medical gas for various diseases.

Since the 2007 discovery that molecular hydrogen (H) has selective antioxidant properties, multiple studies have shown that H has beneficial effects in diverse animal models and human disease. This review discusses H biological effects and potential mechanisms of action in various diseases, including metabolic syndrome, organ injury, and cancer; describes effective H delivery approaches; and summarizes recent progress toward H applications in human medicine. We also discuss remaining questions in H therapy, and conclude with an appeal for a greater role for H in the prevention and treatment of human ailments that are currently major global health burdens.

Hydrogen-rich saline attenuates spinal cord hemisection-induced testicular injury in rats.

To study how hydrogen-rich saline (HS) promotes the recovery of testicular biological function in a hemi-sectioned spinal cord injury (hSCI) rat model, a right hemisection was performed at the T11-T12 of the spinal cord in Wistar rats. Animals were divided into four groups: normal group; vehicle group: sham-operated rats administered saline; hSCI group: subjected to hSCI and administered saline; HRST group: subjected to hSCI and administered HS. Hind limb neurological function, testis index, testicular morphology, mean seminiferous tubular diameter (MSTD) and seminiferous epithelial thickness (MSET), the expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), mitofusin-2 (MFN-2), and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB-1), cell ultrastructure, and apoptosis of spermatogenic cells were studied.

Herpes simplex virus-1 infection or Simian virus 40-mediated immortalization of corneal cells causes permanent translocation of NLRP3 to the nuclei.

Aim: To investigate into the potential involvement of pyrin containing 3 gene (NLRP3), a member of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors with cytosolic pattern recognition, in the host defense of corneas against viruses.

Methods: The herpes viral keratitis model was utilized in BALB/c mice with inoculation of herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1). Corneal tissues removed during therapy of patients with viral keratitis as well as a Simian vacuolating virus 40 (SV40)-immortalized human corneal epithelial cell line were also examined.

[Isolation and culturation, phenotype detection of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells].

Aim: To investigate the more effective methods of isolation, culture of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC), and examine the surface phenotype of MSC. MSC were separated from rats bone marrow by plastic adherence methods and purified by controlling the time of digestion combined with adhesion separation, and proliferated in culture flasks that were coated with I collogen.

Methods: The morphology of MSC were studied with phase contrast microscope; cell cycles of the forth generation of MSC were tested by flow cytometry and the phenotype of MSC were identified by using immunocytochemical methods.

[Anti-tumor effects of 10-hydroxycamptothecinc-treated DC-Hepa1-6 fusion vaccines].

Objective: To investigate the induction of antitumor immune responses and therapeutic effects of 10-hydroxycamptothecinc-treated (HCPT) DC-Hepa fusion vaccines by DC fused with hepal-6 cell from hepatoma.

Methods: The fused cells were isolated by magnetic cell sorting and adherent culture. Cell apoptosis was detected by Rhodamine123/PI double-labeled assay, CTL activity by 4 h (51)Cr releasing assay.

[Determination of CD34(+) cells in mobilized peripheral blood by flow cytometry].

To explore a simple and effective method to determinate the volume of CD34(+) cells in the peripheral blood of donors received drug mobilization for stem cell transplantation by using flow cytometry, the mobilized peripheral blood from donors and 100 micro l fresh whole blood were labeled with monoclonal antibodies Anti-CD34-PE and Anti-CD45-FITC, after lying the red blood cells, and assessed with flow cytometer FL2 (log) vs SSC (log) and FL1 (log) vs SSC (log) were mainly used for analysis windows. The results showed that a level of CD34(+) cells in whole nucleated cells as low as 0.05% - 0.