Anatomical Study of the Compositions and Internal Connections of the Chiasma Plantare (Master Knot of Henry): Exploring Its Possible Clinical Impact.

The purposes of this study were to integrate the types of interconnecting fibers among components of the chiasma plantare and to deduce their flexion actions. The chiasma plantare and the long flexor tendons in 52 cadaveric feet (26 left feet and 25 right feet) were dissected and removed via gross anatomic dissection. The connections among the flexor digitorum longus (FDL), flexor hallucis longus (FHL), and quadratus plantae (QP) were then classified and analyzed.

Antiallergic Effect of Hizikia fusiformis in an Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Rhinitis Mouse Model.

Objectives: The extract of Hizikia fusiformis is known to exhibit anticancer, antiatopic and antioxidant activities. We aimed to investigate the extract of H. fusiformis on allergic rhinitis inflammation in a mouse model.

Intranasal Treatment With 1, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Alleviates Allergic Rhinitis Symptoms in a Mouse Model.

Purpose: Vitamin D is a potent immunomodulator. However, its role in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis is unclear.

Methods: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antiallergic effect of intranasally applied vitamin D in an allergic rhinitis mouse model.

Atrial fibrillation in athletes and general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of heart arrhythmia, but the impact of long-term, high-intensity endurance exercise on the risk of AF remains uncertain.

Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane library databases were searched till Nov 2017 to retrieve the articles. The included studies were summarized, pooled odds ratio (OR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated.

Probable Roles of Coagulation Cascade and Fibrinolysis System in the Development of Allergic Rhinitis.

Background: Dysregulation of the coagulation cascade and fibrinolysis system may play an etiologic role in many diseases. Allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis, and conjunctivitis are also associated with fibrin accumulation caused by a change in hemostasis. However, only a few studies have dealt with the relationship between allergic rhinitis (AR) and the coagulation system.

C-terminal fragments of amyloid precursor proteins increase cofilin phosphorylation by LIM kinase in cultured rat primary neurons.

Amyloid precursor proteins (APPs) are processed by β-, γ-, and ε-secretases and caspase-3 to generate C-terminal fragments of APP (APP-CTFs), which may contribute to the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In addition to amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, AD brains contain Hirano bodies, which are rod-like structures mostly composed of actin and the actin-binding protein, cofilin. However, the mechanisms underlying the formation of cofilin-actin rods are still unknown.

Peroxynitrite nitrates adenine nucleotide translocase and voltage-dependent anion channel 1 and alters their interactions and association with hexokinase II in mitochondria.

Cardiac ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury induces excessive emission of deleterious reactive O and N species (ROS/RNS), including the non-radical oxidant peroxynitrite (ONOO) that can cause mitochondria dysfunction and cell death. In this study, we explored whether IR injury in isolated hearts induces tyrosine nitration of adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) and alters its interaction with the voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1). We found that IR injury induced tyrosine nitration of ANT and that exposure of isolated cardiac mitochondria to ONOO induced ANT tyrosine, Y, nitration.

The Relationship of the TLR9 and TLR2 Genetic Polymorphisms with Cervical Cancer Risk: a Meta-Analysis of Case-Control Studies.

This meta-analysis aimed to assess the association of common TLR9 and TLR2 gene polymorphisms (TLR9 1486 T/C, TLR9 G2848A, and TLR2-196 to -174 del/ins) with cervical cancer risk. Studies were searched in Scopus, Pubmed, Embase, and CNKI until December 2017. Both fixed-effects and random-effects models were applied to combine odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

Differential gene expression profiles in peripheral blood in Northeast Chinese Han people with acute myocardial infarction.

This study aimed to use gene chips to investigate differential gene expression profiles in the occurrence and development of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The study included 12 AMI patients and 12 healthy individuals. Total mRNA of peripheral bloodwas extracted and reversed-transcribed to cDNA for microarray analysis.

Sesamin induces ER stress-mediated apoptosis and activates autophagy in cervical cancer cells.

Aims: Sesamin, a major lignan of sesame oil, has demonstrated anticancer properties. However, its anticancer effects on cervical cancer have not been studied. Here, we investigated the effects of sesamin on cervical cancer (HeLa) cell line and explored the underlying mechanisms.

Asiaticoside Mitigates the Allergic Inflammation by Abrogating the Degranulation of Mast Cells.

The effects of asiaticoside (AS) on allergic responses mediated by mast cells were investigated. AS showed no obvious cytotoxicity on RPMCs (rat peritoneal mast cells). AS reduced the intracellular calcium in RPMCs and deprived the histamine release and degranulation.

Outbreak of severe pseudorabies virus infection in pig-offal-fed farmed mink in Liaoning Province, China.

An outbreak of severe pseudorabies virus (PRV) infection in farmed mink occurred in northern China in late 2014, causing significant economic losses in the local fur industry. Here, we report the first case of a PRV outbreak in mink in northeastern China, caused by feeding farmed mink with raw pork or organs contaminated by PRV. Mink infected with virulent PRV exhibited diarrhea, neurologic signs, and higher mortality, which can be misdiagnosed as highly pathogenic mink enteritis virus (MEV), canine distemper virus (CDV), and food poisoning.

Insulin-like growth factor-1 improves diabetic cardiomyopathy through antioxidative and anti-inflammatory processes along with modulation of Akt/GSK-3β signaling in rats.

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), a serious complication of diabetes mellitus, is associated with changes in myocardial structure and function. This study sought to explore the ability of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) to modulate DCM and its related mechanisms. Twenty-four male Wistar rats were injected with streptozotocin (STZ, 60 mg/kg) to mimic diabetes mellitus.

Significance of Ebp1 and p53 protein expression in cervical cancer.

In this study, the ErbB3-binding protein (Ebp1) and p53 protein expression in cervical cancer tissues, and its significance in the prognosis of the disease was investigated. Ebp1 and p53 protein expression was detected by immunohistochemical analysis in cervical cancer tissues (N = 60) and normal tissues adjacent to the cancer tissues (N = 60). The rates of positive Ebp1 and p53 protein expression were 35.

[Analyzing the Sensitivity of EGFR-L861Q Mutation to TKIs and A Case Report].

Background And Objective: The significant efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has been approved for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. No clear evidence exists that EGFR-L861Q is sensitive to TKIs, and the best treatment for NSCLC patients with EGFR-L861Q mutation is undetermined. This study aims to discuss the best treatment for advanced NSCLC patients with EGFR-L861Q mutation by analyzing the differences among the structures of wild-type EGFR, activating mutant EGFR-L858R, and EGFR-L861Q mutation.

Ebp1 protein expression in cervical cancer tissue and its significance.

The objectives of this study were to observe the changes in expression of ErbB-3 binding protein (Ebp1) in cervical cancer and to investigate their clinic significance. We detected the expression level of Ebp1 in cancerous and adjacent tissues from 56 patients with cervical cancer. We identified 21 Ebp1 positive samples (37.

Study on the ERCC1 gene polymorphism response to chemotherapy and prognosis of gastric cancer.

We conducted a cohort study to investigate the role of 2 single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the excision repair cross-complimentary group 1 (ERCC1) gene polymorphism in response to chemotherapy and clinical outcomes of gastric cancer. A total of 231 patients with newly diagnosed and histopathologically confirmed primary gastric cancer participated in the study. ERCC1 rs11615 and rs3212986 were genotyped.

C-type natriuretic peptide ameliorates ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury by inhibiting apoptosis and oxidative stress in rats.

Aims: Although atrial natriuretic peptide has been shown to attenuate ischemia-reperfusion (IR)-induced kidney injury, the effect of natriuretic peptide receptor (NPR)-B activation on IR-induced acute kidney injury is not well documented. The purpose of the present study was to identify the effect of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), a selective activator of NPR-B, on the IR-induced acute kidney injury and its mechanisms involved.

Main Methods: Unilaterally nephrectomized rats were insulted by IR in their remnant kidney, and they were randomly divided into three groups: sham, vehicle+IR, and CNP+IR groups.

BRP, a polysaccharide fraction isolated from Boschniakia rossica, protects against galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide induced hepatic failure in mice.

The aim of this study was to investigate the hepatoprotective effect of BRP, a polysaccharide fraction isolated from Boschniakia rossica, against galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide induced fulminant hepatic failure. Mice were injected with a single dose of galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide with or without pretreatment of BRP. Results showed marked reduction of hepatic necrosis, serum marker enzymes and levels of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in BRP pretreated mice when compared with galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide-challenged mice.

[Intervention effect of aqueous fractions from Boschniakia rossica on hepatic oxidative stress in mice with liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride].

Objective: To investigate the intervention effect of aqueous fractions from Boschniakia rossica (BRAF) on hepatic oxidative stress in mice with liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4).

Method: The experimental mice were randomly assigned into the normal control group, the model group, the silymarin (positive control) group, as well as high and low dose BRAF groups. Mice were treated intragastrically with silymarin or BRAF once every day for 7 days.

Hepatoprotective effect of polysaccharides from Boschniakia rossica on carbon tetrachloride-induced toxicity in mice.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the protective effect of polysaccharides from Boschniakia rossica against hepatotoxicity induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Boschniakia rossica polysaccharides was administered intragastrically once daily for 7 days. One hour after the final treatment, mice were treated intraperitoneally with 80 mg/kg of CCl4.

[Forskolin inhibits spontaneous contraction of gastric antral smooth muscle in rats].

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) on rat gastric antral circular smooth muscle function. Forskolin, a direct activator of adenylyl cyclase (AC), was used to observe the influences of cAMP. Multi-channel physiological recorder was used to record spontaneous contraction activity of gastric antral circular muscle from Wistar rats.

Boschniakia rossica prevents the carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in rat.

The present study was undertaken to investigate the hepatoprotective effect of Boschniakia rossica extract (BRE), rich in phenylpropanoid glycoside and iridoid glucoside, on CCl(4)-induced liver damage. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into six groups of ten each. While the first group was maintained as normal control, groups II-VI were administered 0.

Rossicaside B protects against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in mice.

The protective effect of rossicaside B, the major phenylpropanoid glycoside from Boschniakia rossica, on CCl(4)-induced hepatotoxicity and the mechanisms underlying its protective effect were investigated. The mice were administered orally with rossicaside B (100 or 200 mg/kg of body weight) 48, 24 and 1 hr before CCl(4) (0.5 ml/kg of body weight) administration.