Pillar[5]arene-based supramolecular pseudorotaxane polymer material for ultra-sensitive detection of Fe and F.

Recent advancements in ultra-sensitive detection, particularly the Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE) materials, have demonstrated a promising detection method due to their low cost, real-time detection, and simplicity of operation. Here, coumarin functionalized pillar[5]arene (P5C) and bis-bromohexyl pillar[5]arene (DP5) were successfully combined to create a linear AIE supramolecular pseudorotaxane polymer (PCDP-G). The use of PCDP-G as a supramolecular AIE polymer material for recyclable ultra-sensitive Fe and F detection is an interesting application of the materials.

Overexpression of Rab27B is correlated with distant metastasis and poor prognosis in ovarian cancer.

The secretory small guanosine-5'-triphosphate-binding enzyme, Rab27B, has been identified to be an oncogene that is involved in the progression of certain tumors. The current study was designed to evaluate the expression pattern of Rab27B in ovarian cancer (OC), borderline tumors and benign ovarian adenoid tumors, as well as its association with survival prognosis and clinical parameters. The expression of Rab27B protein was examined by immunohistochemistry in 204 patients who had undergone ovarian resection without preoperative systemic chemotherapy at the Surgical Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University (Nantong, China), including 57 benign ovarian adenoid tumors, 44 borderline tumors and 103 malignant tumors.

Qushi Huayu Decoction Inhibits Hepatic Lipid Accumulation by Activating AMP-Activated Protein Kinase In Vivo and In Vitro.

Qushi Huayu Decoction (QHD), a Chinese herbal formula, has been proven effective on alleviating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in human and rats. The present study was conducted to investigate whether QHD could inhibit hepatic lipid accumulation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in vivo and in vitro. Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) model was duplicated with high-fat diet in rats and with free fatty acid (FFA) in L02 cells.

[Establishment of damaged endometrial stromal cells model in vitro].

Objective: To investigate the method of establishing damaged endometrial stromal cells (ESC) model in vitro.

Methods: (1) From June to December 2011 ESC from normal endometrim at proliferation phase (n = 8) and secretory phase (n = 8) were isolated, cultured and identified in vitro. (2) ESC was treated with different concentrations of mifepristone or withdrawal of mifepristone at different time point.

EPO improves the proliferation and inhibits apoptosis of trophoblast and decidual stromal cells through activating STAT-5 and inactivating p38 signal in human early pregnancy.

The erythropoietin (EPO) belongs to the family of angiogenic factors, which is regulated by Hypoxia-inducible factor- 1α (HIF-1α). As known, EPO are expressed in human villi and decidua, but the function is not clear. In this study, we investigated the expression and roles of HIF-1α, EPO and its receptor (EPOR) in the biological functions of trophoblast and decidual stromal cell (DSC) in human early pregnancy.

[Evaluative effect of TVCDS in screening and preoperative phasing endometrial carcinoma].

Objective: To examine the evaluative effect of preoperative transvaginal color Doppler sonography (TVCDS) screening and phasing of endometrial carcinoma.

Methods: A total of 713 jeopardized endometrial carcinoma patients were screened by TVCDS. The investigators observed the endometrium form, focus location, size and echo, measured the endometrium thickness, judged the regularity and integrity of edge, the integrity of faint echo halos at the interface between endometrium and muscularis and the blood flow inside focus, examined resistance index and determined endometrial carcinoma as well as muscularis infiltrating extent.

[Effects and mechanisms of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on endometrial cancer cell.].

Objective: To investigate the effects and mechanisms of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-CdR) on endometrial cancer cell.

Methods: In vitro experiments of 5-Aza-CdR were done using human endometrial cancer cell line HEC-1B. Evaluation of cellular proliferation and apoptosis was ascertained respectively using trypan blue exclusion and flow cytometry.

[Effect of buxu huayu qutan decoction on anti-oxidative capacity in aged patients with stable angina pectoris of coronary heart disease].

Objective: To investigate the acting mechanism of Buxu Huayu Qutan Decoction (BHQD) for impacting the anti-oxidative capacity in aged patients with stable angina pectoris of coronary heart disease (AP-CHD).

Methods: Forty patients of AP-CHD, Chinese medicine diagnosed as Xiong-bi, were equally assigned to the treatment group and the control group. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and lipid peroxide (LPO) contents in blood, and mRNA expression of manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) in peripheral mononuclear cells were determined before and after treatment by biochemical and molecular biologic techniques.