Publications by authors named "Yandong Yi"

Article Synopsis
  • Exercise boosts the growth of new brain cells (neurogenesis) and may help alleviate symptoms of mental disorders like schizophrenia, particularly through a specific type of brain cell called parvalbumin-positive GABAergic interneurons.
  • A study using an ErbB4 inhibitor (AG1478) found that blocking this receptor negatively impacted memory performance and reduced neurogenesis, indicating that ErbB4 is crucial for these processes.
  • The research suggests that exercise can counteract some of the harmful effects of the ErbB4 inhibitor by enhancing calcium levels in PV neurons, highlighting exercise's potential as a therapeutic approach for cognitive improvement in mental health issues.
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Objective: To monitor the changes of voriconazole minimum concentration(C) in patients with hematological diseases, and evaluate the factors influencing and adverse reactions of voriconazole clearance in patients with hematological diseases, so as to provide a theoretical basis for reasonable clinical use of voriconazole.

Methods: 136 patients with hematological diseases who used voriconazole in Wuhan NO.1 Hospital from May 2018 to December 2019 were selected.

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Physical exercise can alleviate some of the schizophrenia symptoms in patients, the mechanisms, however, are still unclear. To investigate whether the GABAergic interneuron involved in the therapeutic effect of treadmill running on schizophrenia, the parvalbumin (PV)-positive GABAergic interneurons in the dentate gyrus (DG) was specifically activated or abolished and the effects were evaluated. In the MK801-induced schizophrenia-like animal model, we found:(1) Treadmill running rescued the schizophrenia-related behavioral phenotypes, promoted the adult hippocampal neurogenesis, and increased the dendrite number and complexity of newborn neurons.

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Human colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women worldwide. The c-Myc gene is frequently deregulated and overexpressed in this malignancy, and strategies designed to inhibit c-Myc expression in cancer cells may have considerable therapeutic value. We design and use short hairpin RNA (shRNA) to inhibit c-Myc expression in Colo 320 cells and validat its effect on cell proliferation.

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In order to evaluate mechanisms of natural plant purslane herb aquenous extracts (PHAS) for neuroprotective, we assessed neuroprotective effects of PHAS at doses of 2.5, 5 and 10 mg/(kg day) on SD mice injected daily with D-gal (50 mg/(kg day)) by behavioral tests. PHAS-fed mice showed higher activity upon induction by new environmental stimuli, lower anxiety and higher novelty-seeking behavior in the open field tasks, and significantly improved learning and memory ability in step-through compared with D-gal-treated mice.

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