Immune modulation of Th1/Th2/Treg/Th17/Th9/Th21 cells in rabbits infected with .

Introduction: Despite long-term integrated control programs for Eimeria stiedai infection in China, hepatic coccidiosis in rabbits persists. Th1, Th2, Th17, Treg, Th9, and Th21 cells are involved in immune responses during pathogen infection. It is unclear whether Th cell subsets are also involved in E.

Old age at diagnosis increases risk of tumor progression in nasopharyngeal cancer.

Age at diagnosis has been found to be a prognostic factor of outcomes in various cancers. However, the effect of age at diagnosis on nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) progression has not been explored. We retrospectively evaluated the relationship between age and disease progression in 3,153 NPC patients who underwent radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or chemoradiotherapy between 2007 and 2009.

Chronic effects of the ionic liquid [C4mim][Cl] towards the microalga Scenedesmus quadricauda.

Chronic effects of the ionic liquid [C4mim][Cl] (mp 73 °C) towards the microalga, Scenedesmus quadricauda were studied by flow cytometry, monitoring multiple endpoints of cell density, esterase activity, membrane integrity, reactive oxygen species and chlorophyll fluorescence. Toxicity was clearly in evidence, and although increased esterase activity indicated hormesis during initial exposure to [C4mim][Cl], inhibition of both esterase activity and chlorophyll fluorescence became apparent after 3 days. Cell density was also decreased by culturing with [C4mim][Cl], but this effect was clearly concentration-dependent and only became significant during the second half of the experiment.

[Insulin-like growth factor-1-mediated paracrine pro-proliferative effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on injured L02 hepatocytes].

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) on injured hepatocytes mediated by paracrine mechanisms and to investigate the potential molecular mechanism of this action.

Methods: A contact-independent model of aberrant hepatic microenvironment was established by co-culturing BM-MSCs with D-galactosamine (D-GalN)-injured human L02 hepatic cells using a transwell assay platform. Secreted levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of the co-culture supernatant.

[Brief research on the theory of cold and heat of the foods in Zhou li (The rites of Zhou)].

The theory of cold and heat of the foods was recorded in the Zhou li * Tian guan * Shi yi (The Rites of Zhou * Ministry of State * Dietician), namely, "all the solid food should be as warm as the spring, all the soup should be as hot as the summer, all the catsup should be as cool as the autumn, all the drink should be as cold as the winter". The theory is one of the principles of dietetic therapy in accordance with the ancient viewpoint of "correspondence between human body and natural environment". It is significant for the life preservation of the people.