Overexpression of Ubiquitin-Specific Protease15 (USP15) Promotes Tumor Growth and Inhibits Apoptosis and Correlated With Poor Disease-Free Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

USP15 is a member of ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs, the largest subfamily of deubiquitinases) and functions as a stabilize factor of target proteins in reversible ubiquitiantion progression. Dysregulated expression of USP15 has been observed in various cancers. However the expression profile and regulatory mechanism of USP15 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains largely elusive.

[The effect on the pro-inflammatory role of N9 microglia exposured to hyperoxia after preconditioning with lipopolysaccharide in vitro].

Aim: To observe the time-dapendcrt expression of TLR4 and TNF-α of N9 microglia exposured to normobaric hyperoxia after preconditioning with lipopolysaccharide in vitro and to explore the role of hyperoxia on the pro-flammation response of microglia and mechanism.

Methods: N9 microglia cell line cultured in vitro was randomly divided into six groups(n=3): normoxia group, sLPS group(100 ng/mL), hLPS group(1 mg/L), hyperoxia group, hyperoxia+sLPS group(100 ng/mL), hyperoxia+hLPS group(1 mg/L). Each of the last two groups, 30 min after pretreatment with different level of LPS, was subjected to 900 mL/L hyperoxia for various times (2 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h).

Histological study on the effect of electrolyzed reduced water-bathing on UVB radiation-induced skin injury in hairless mice.

Electrolyzed reduced water (ERW), functional water, has various beneficial effects via antioxidant mechanism in vivo and in vitro. However there is no study about beneficial effects of ERW bathing. This study aimed to determine the effect of ERW bathing on the UVB-induced skin injury in hairless mice.

Phenotype-specific down-regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the pelvic ganglia of castrated rats: implications for neurogenic erectile dysfunction.

Pelvic ganglia (PG) play critical roles in relaying sympathetic and parasympathetic information from the spinal cord to the penile vasculature and, controlling the penile reflex. Animal studies have shown that androgen deprivation by castration causes erectile dysfunction (ED). Until now, however, neural mechanisms underlying castration-induced ED remain unclear.

Essential involvement of cross-talk between IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha in CXCL10 production in human THP-1 monocytes.

Interferon (IFN)-gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10/CXCL10), a CXC chemokine, has been documented in several inflammatory and autoimmune disorders including atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma. Although CXCL10 could be induced by IFN-gamma depending on cell type, the mechanisms regulating CXCL10 production following treatment with combination of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha have not been adequately elucidated in human monocytes. In this study, we showed that TNF-alpha had more potential than IFN-gamma to induce CXCL10 production in THP-1 monocytes.

The adenylyl cyclase-cAMP system suppresses TARC/CCL17 and MDC/CCL22 production through p38 MAPK and NF-kappaB in HaCaT keratinocytes.

Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) have significantly reduced plasma cAMP levels, and the cAMP level is correlated with the immunopathogenesis of AD. The production of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC/CCL17) and macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC/CCL22) in keratinocytes is significantly enhanced in patients with AD. In the present study, we investigated the in vitro effects of the adenylyl cyclase-cAMP system on IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha-stimulated production of TARC and MDC in human HaCaT keratinocytes.

[Analysis on neuropsychological characteristics of subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder].

Objective: To explore the neuropsychological characteristics of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Methods: Neuropsychological tests, including visual working memory, Stroop test, digits inverse reciting, vocabulary fluency, Wisconsin card sort test (WCST), and Temporal discounting were used to evaluate the capacity of response inhibition, phonological working memory, visual working memory executive function and delayed satisfying capacity of subjects.

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[Study on the correlation between adolescents' emotional and behavioral problems and life events].

Objective: To study the life events which are correlated with adolescent's emotion and behavior problems, and to provide evidence for clinicians and school staff to develop intervention for those problems.

Methods: Youth's Self Report (YSR) and Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List (ASLEC) were used to assess adolescent's emotional and behavioral problems and life events by 'spot' study. The referred group consisted of 585 patients from 11 to 18 years old in a Mental Health Centre of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from July in 2002 to March in 2004.

[An epidemiological study on mental problems in adolescents in Chengdu, China].

Objective: To study the mental health problems in the adolescents aged 11-18 years in Chengdu, China.

Methods: Youth Self-Report (YSR) and the General Information Questionnaire were administered to 1802 students who were randomly selected from schools in Chengdu City.

Results: The overall rate of mental problems was 15.

Nerve injury alters profile of receptor-mediated Ca2+ channel modulation in vagal afferent neurons of rat nodose ganglia.

Although nerve injury is known to up- and down-regulate some metabotropic receptors in vagal afferent neurons of the nodose ganglia (NG), the functional significance has not been elucidated. In the present study, thus, we examined whether nerve injury affected receptor-mediated Ca2+ channel modulation in the NG neurons. In this regard, unilateral vagotomy was performed using male Sprague-Dawley rats.