The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread across the world. However, our understanding of the public responses, in particular in adopting protective behaviors, has been limited. The current study aimed to determine the level of protective behaviors adopted by the residents in China and its association with their cultural attributes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims/introduction: To evaluate whether the adiponectin gene is associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR) risk and interaction with environmental factors modifies the DR risk, and to investigate the relationship between serum adiponectin levels and DR.
Materials And Methods: Four adiponectin polymorphisms were evaluated in 372 DR cases and 145 controls. Differences in environmental factors between cases and controls were evaluated by unconditional logistic regression analysis.
Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
June 2008
Objective: To establish a high-performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE)-based method for detection of trace amount of urinary fibrinopeptide A and B (FPA and FPB, respectively) as the specific molecular markers of thrombus formation in vivo.
Methods: The HPCE system consisted of a 25 cm x 50 microm (inner diameter) coated capillary column, 0.1 mol/L phosphoric acid buffer (pH 2.
Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue
April 2008
Objective: To study the effect of hypertension and telmisartan treatment on the protein and gene expression of cardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in pressure-overloaded rats.
Methods: Coarctation of suprarenal abdominal aorta was reproduced in 8 week-old male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and then randomized into 4 groups, including a sham group (n=15), a suprarenal aortic coarctation group (model group, n=12), a suprarenal aortic coarctation with low-dose Telmisartan treatment group (low-dose group, 2 mgxkg(-1)xd(-1), n=11) and a suprarenal aortic coarctation with high-dose Telmisartan treatment group(high-dose group, 10 mgxkg(-1)xd(-1), n=13). Telmisartan or equivalent amount of normal saline was gavaged 24 hours before the operation and once every day afterwards for 3 weeks.
Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue
April 2006
Objective: To investigate the effect of telmisartan on the protein and gene expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).
Methods: HUVECs were treated with various concentrations of telmisartan (10(-7), 10(-6) and 10(-5) mol/L) for 24 hours. In a time-control experiment, HUVECs were treated with telmisartan at the final concentration of 10(-6) mol/L for 6, 12 and 24 hours, respectively.