Partial trisomy 4q: a case report.
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Yun-feng Huang
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[Protective mechanisms of radix salviae miltiorrhizae against chronic alcoholic liver injury in mice].
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the protective mechanisms of Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae (RSM) on chronic alcoholic liver injury in mice. METHODS: The chronic alcoholic liver injury mouse model was established. The morphologic change of hepatic tissue was observed with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining; the levels of toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) mRNA in hepatic tissue and hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1) mRNA were determined using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique; and the expression of TLR-4 protein was determined by immunohistochemistry method. RESULTS: RSM could alleviate the fatty degeneration and adiponecrosis of hepatic cells induced by alcohol, down-regulate the expressions of TLR-4 mRNA and HO-1 mRNA, and significantly decrease the number of TLR-4 positive cells. CONCLUSION: RSM could prevent liver injury from alcohol by way of influencing TLR-4 signal transcription.
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[Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA and identification of its spliceriant in human myometrium obtained from women in labor].
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in human lower segments of myometrium obtained from women in labor and those not in labor and identify the splice variant of COX-2. METHODS: Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for investigating the expression of COX-2. According to the sequence of rat COX-2 splice variant, the primers were designed and synthesized, then the splice variant of COX-2 in human myometrium from woman in labor was identified, cloned into vector and sequenced. RESULTS: The results showed that (1) The Expression of COX-2 mRNA was lower in human myometrium obtained from women who were not in labor than those in labor. (2) A new band of COX-2 was obtained in myometrium from a woman in labor. The fragment includes an unspliced intron, which locates between exons 7 and 8. CONCLUSION: COX-2 gene is not only expressed highly in human myometrium from women in labor, but also produced splicing variant by alternative splicing.
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