Metacognitions associated with reproductive concerns: A cross-sectional study of young adult female cancer survivors in China.

Objective: Cancer and its treatments affect patients' fertility potential. This study examined the prevalence of reproductive concerns and their relationship with metacognitions among Chinese young adult female cancer survivors (YAFCS).

Methods: A total of 318 YAFCS (aged 18-39) completed an online survey from March to December 2021.

[Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide reduces the injury of IL-1β-induced chondrocyte by inhibiting NF-κB pathway].

Objective: To investigate the effects of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide on the injury of interleukin-1β(IL-1β)-induced chondrocyte and its possible mechanism.

Methods: ATDC5 was treated with 10 μg/ml IL-1β to establish osteoarthritis chondrocyte inflammation model, mouse chondrocyte ATDC5 were cultured in vitro and randomly divided into blank group, model group, model+Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide low concentration group, model+Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide medium concentration group and model+Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide high concentration group. The cells in the blank group were cultured with conventional medium;the cells in the model group cells were cultured with a medium containing 10 ?g/ml IL-1β, and the cells in the model+Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide low concentration group, model+Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide medium concentration group and model+Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide high concentration group were co-cultured with medium containing 100, 200, 400 μg/ml Eucommia ulmoides Oliv polysaccharide and 10 μg/ml IL-1β.

Berberine regulates lipid metabolism via miR-192 in porcine oocytes matured in vitro.

Background: The berberine (Ber) is an isoquinoline alkaloid compound extracted from Rhizoma coptidis and has the effect that reduces adipose. MicroRNA-192 (miR-192) is related to fat metabolism. However, the relevant mechanism of berberine on lipid metabolism during in vitro maturation (IVM) of porcine oocytes remains unclear.

Postnatal delayed growth impacts cognition but rescues programmed impaired pulmonary vascular development in an IUGR rat model.

Background And Aims: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a state of slower fetal growth usually followed by a catch-up growth. Postnatal catch-up growth in IUGR models increases the incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in adulthood. Here, we hypothesize that the adverse pulmonary vascular consequences of IUGR may be improved by slowing down postnatal growth velocity.

A new quinoline-based fluorescent probe for Cd(2+) and Hg(2+) with an opposite response in a 100% aqueous environment and live cell imaging.

A new quinoline-based fluorescent probe was synthesized and characterized. Probe showed opposite fluorescence responses toward Cd(2+) (turn-on) and Hg(2+) (turn-off) in a 100% aqueous environment. X-ray crystallography analysis and TD-DFT calculations showed the different mechanisms of CHEF-based for -Cd(2+) and PET-based for -Hg(2+) caused by different binding modes and different electronic transfer patterns.

Mammalian target of rapamycin/eukaryotic initiation factor 4F pathway regulates follicle growth and development of theca cells in mice.

The aim of the present study was to clarify the roles of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signalling pathway in follicular growth and development of thecal cells. Using in vivo-grown and in vitro-cultured ovaries, histological changes were evaluated using haematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from 0 day post partum (d.

[Determination of 44 organophosphorus pesticides in food by SPE disk extraction-capillary gas chromatography with pulsed flame photometric detection].

Objective: To develop a method for the simultaneous determination of 44 organophosphorus pesticides in food by SPE disk extraction-capillary gas chromatography with pulsed flame photometric detection.

Methods: Organophosphorus pesticides in food were extracted ultrasonically with water. Then the extract was cleaned-up with SPE disk and eluted with ethyl acetate.

SEM study on filum terminale with tethered cord syndrome.

Objective: To improve the understanding in pathology and provide steady proof for diagnosis and treatment of tethered cord syndrome (TCS), the ultrastructure of filum terminale (FT) with TCS will be researched, respectively.

Methods: Thirty-one fila were sectioned and divided into two groups according to diameter. Twenty-two fila thicker than 2 mm were placed into group 1; nine no thicker than 2 mm were placed into group 2.