Influence of B-Complex Vitamins on the Pharmacokinetics of Ginsenosides Rg1, Rb1, and Ro After Oral Administration

Peihe Zheng,Yinbin Chen,Yangyang Fu,Hecheng Wang,Jia Wang,Siwen Zheng,Shengyuan Xiao,Yingping Wang 한국식품영양과학회 2017 Journal of medicinal food Vol.20 No.11

After cultivation of ginseng, ginsenosides, which are the major active ingredients of gingeng, were approved for use by the food industry, and began to be used as added functional ingredients to try to improve the quality and price of functional foods. However, the interaction between different types of ginsenosides and nutrients needs further study. We investigated the effect of B-complex vitamins (which are essential nutrients) on the pharmacokinetics of the ginsenosides protopanaxatriol-type saponin Rg1, protopanaxadiol-type saponin Rb1, and oleanolic acid-type saponin Ro after oral administration. Ginsenosides Rg1, Rb1, and Ro, with or without B-complex vitamins, respectively, were administered orally to rats to evaluate their pharmacokinetics. The concentration of ginsenosides in plasma was determined by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Pharmacokinetic parameters were fitted using WinNonlin v6.2. After oral coadministration with B-complex vitamins, the area under the concentration–time curve from zero to infinity (AUC0–∞) of ginsenoside Rg1 was reduced by 70%, that of ginsenoside Rb1 was reduced by 43%, and that of ginsenoside Ro was reduced by 34%. The AUC0–∞ of ginsenosides Rg1 and Rb1 showed significant differences between different treatments, but the AUC0–∞ of ginsenoside Ro did not. These results suggest significant ginsenoside-nutrient interactions between ginsenosides Rg1, Rb1, and B-complex vitamins.

Gate-tunable current partition in graphene-based topological zero lines

Wang, Ke,Ren, Yafei,Deng, Xinzhou,Yang, Shengyuan A.,Jung, Jeil,Qiao, Zhenhua American Physical Society 2017 Physical Review B Vol.95 No.24

<P>We demonstrate new mechanisms for gate-tunable current partition at topological zero-line intersections in a graphene-based current splitter. Based on numerical calculations of the nonequilibrium Green's functions and Landauer-Buttiker formula, we show that the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field on the order of a few Teslas allows for carrier sign dependent current routing. In the zero-field limit the control on current routing and partition can be achieved within a range of 10-90% of the total incoming current by tuning the carrier density at tilted intersections or by modifying the relative magnitude of the bulk band gaps via gate voltage. We discuss the implications of our findings in the design of topological zero-line networks where finite orbital magnetic moments are expected when the current partition is asymmetric.</P>

Fuzzy C-means Clustering Analysis Based on Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for the Grouping of Rock Discontinuity Sets

Shengyuan Song,Qing Wang,Jianping Chen,Yanyan Li,Wen Zhang,Yunkai Ruan 대한토목학회 2017 KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering Vol.21 No.4

Rock discontinuities significantly influence the deformation as well as strength of rock masses. One of the basic analyses for rock engineering is categorizing discontinuities with similar orientations into groups. In this study, an improved FCM method is proposed to identify rock discontinuity sets automatically. The method is established on account of quantum particle swarm optimization, which could achieve the global optimization as well as becomes insensitive to the initial cluster centers. Benchmark case with artificial data and discontinuity data exposed from the Songta dam area are utilized to test the validity of the new algorithm. The test results demonstrate that the new algorithm could well divide discontinuity data. The grouping results acquired by the new algorithm are similar to those of several other methods, which are commonly used to divide discontinuity sets. The main advantage of this method is that achieves a global optimum without selecting proper initial cluster centers.

Comparative Patterns of Physiological Responses to Cold Resistance of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim

Shengyuan Liu,Xiumei Liu,Xinying Han,Huatian Wang,Ping Xu,Chunmei Zhang 한국원예학회 2023 원예과학기술지 Vol.41 No.5

Pirfenidone ameliorated AGE-induced EMT and attenuated peritoneal fibrosis in peritoneal mesothelial cells

Fenglin Xiao,Shengyuan Wang,Zhiyong Zhang,Hai Yu,Mingxu Li 대한독성 유전단백체 학회 2021 Molecular & cellular toxicology Vol.17 No.3

Background Peritoneal dialysis has greatly improved patient survival for patients with chronic kidney disease. However, peritoneal fibrosis is a progressive fibrotic peritoneal disease caused by dialysis, which may lead to ineffective dialysis or dialysis failure. It is well known that the EMT of peritoneal mesenchymal cells has been known to contribute to peritoneal fibrosis. Therefore, at present, inhibiting the formation and development of EMT has become the focus of peritoneal fibrosis. Objectives Pirfenidone has shown clinically relevant benefits in patients with pulmonary fibrosis, however, there is no research on peritoneal fibrosis. Thus, we examined the effect of pirfenidone on AGE-driven EMT in peritoneal mesenchymal cells and assessed its efficacy in inhibiting peritoneal fibrosis. Results AGEs were added with or without pirfenidone to the culture medium of HMrSV5 cells and we detected the changes of EMT and the signaling pathways involved. AGEs greatly reduced the E-cadherin level and augmented the α–SMA and vimentin expression. However, these effects were dramatically suppressed by pirfenidone treatment. Meanwhile, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by AGEs were suppressed by pirfenidone. Furthermore, under the action of AGEs, pirfenidone activated the nuclear transport of Nrf2, and accelerated the production of antioxidant factors. Conclusion Pirfenidone could attenuate AGE-mediated EMT in HPMCs and might be a promising therapeutic drug to antagonize peritoneal fibrosis.

Sox12 Is a Cancer Stem-Like Cell Marker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Zou, Song,Wang, Chen,Liu, Jiansheng,Wang, Qun,Zhang, Dongdong,Zhu, Shengnan,Xu, Shengyuan,Kang, Mafei,He, Shaozhong Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2017 Molecules and cells Vol.40 No.11

Recent studies on molecular carcinogenesis suggest that the chemo-resistance of some cancers is largely due to presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs), which affect the chemotherapy outcome for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, currently no consensus on a CSC phenotype in HCC has been obtained. Here, we examined Sox12 as a novel CSC marker in HCC. Sox12+ versus Sox12- cells were purified from HCC cell lines. The Sox12+ cells were compared with Sox12- HCC cells for tumor sphere formation, chemo-resistance, tumor formation after serial adoptive transplantations in nude mice, and the frequency of developing distal metastasis. We found that compared to Sox12- HCC cells, Sox12+ HCC cells generated significantly more tumor spheres in culture, were more chemo-resistant to cisplatin, were detected in circulation more frequently, and formed distal tumor more frequently. Moreover, Sox12 appeared to functionally contribute to the stemness of HCC cells. Thus, we conclude that Sox12 may be a novel marker for enriching CSCs in HCC.

Sox12 Is a Cancer Stem-Like Cell Marker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Song Zou,Chen Wang,Jiansheng Liu,Qun Wang,Dongdong Zhang,Shengnan Zhu,Shengyuan Xu,Mafei Kang,Shaozhong He 한국분자세포생물학회 2017 Molecules and cells Vol.40 No.11

Recent studies on molecular carcinogenesis suggest that the chemo-resistance of some cancers is largely due to presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs), which affect the chemotherapy outcome for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, currently no consensus on a CSC phenotype in HCC has been obtained. Here, we examined Sox12 as a novel CSC marker in HCC. Sox12+ versus Sox12- cells were purified from HCC cell lines. The Sox12+ cells were compared with Sox12- HCC cells for tumor sphere formation, chemo-resistance, tumor formation after serial adoptive transplantations in nude mice, and the frequency of developing distal metastasis. We found that compared to Sox12- HCC cells, Sox12+ HCC cells generated significantly more tumor spheres in culture, were more chemo-resistant to cisplatin, were detected in circulation more frequently, and formed distal tumor more frequently. Moreover, Sox12 ap-peared to functionally contribute to the stemness of HCC cells. Thus, we conclude that Sox12 may be a novel marker for enriching CSCs in HCC.

Abnormal Precursory Information Analysis of the Infrared Radiation Temperature (IRT) before Sandstone Failure

Zhanping Song,Qiang Zhang,Yuwei Zhang,Junbao Wang,Shengyuan Fan,Guannan Zhou 대한토목학회 2021 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.25 No.11

To study the abnormal precursory information of rock before failure, uniaxial compression tests were carried out on sandstone specimens; meanwhile, the infrared thermal camera was utilized to monitor the infrared radiation temperature (IRT) variation of the specimen surface synchronously during failure process. The test results show that with the increases of strain, the average infrared radiation temperature (AIRT) decreased gradually; when strain raises to a certain degree, the AIRT increased abruptly; thereafter, the AIRT decreased gradually with increasing strain. Therefore, the mutation point of AIRT can be regarded as the abnormal precursory information of sandstone before failure. Through analysis, the average stress at the abnormal point was 79.93% of the uniaxial compression strength of the sandstone specimens tested in this paper, and the average strain at this point was 0.9%. In addition, due to the end effect, the IRT field distribution of the sandstone specimen surface presented a decreasing tendency from top to bottom at the initial loading stage. As strain increases, the IRT field distribution tended to be high in middle and low in two ends. Closing to failure, a Y-shaped high-temperature band caused by the shear failure of the specimen appeared in the infrared thermal image. After comparison, the position of the Y-sharped high-temperature band is basically corresponding to the actually failure position of the specimen. With the increases of strain, the IRT distribution ranges decreased and the IRT frequency distribution histogram form gradually approached to the normal distribution.

Evaluation of surface texture of dried Hami Jujube using optimized support vector machine based on visual features fusion

Xiuzhi Luo,Benxue Ma,Wenxia Wang,Shengyuan Lei,Yangyang Hu,Guowei Yu,Xiaozhan Li 한국식품과학회 2020 Food Science and Biotechnology Vol.29 No.4

The surface texture of dried jujube fruits is a significant quality grading criterion. This paper introduced a novel visual feature fusion based on connected region density, texture features, and color features. The singlescale Two-Dimensional Discrete Wavelet Transform was used to perform single-scale decomposition and reconstruction of dried Hami jujube image before visual features extraction. The connected region density was extracted by the two different algorithms, whereas the texture features were extracted by Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix and the color features were extracted by image processing algorithms. Based on selected features which obtained by correlation analysis of visual features, the accuracy rate of the optimized Support Vector Machine classification model was 96.67%. In comparing with Extreme Learning Machine classification model and other fusion methods, the optimized Support Vector Machine based on selected visual features fusion was better.

New Insights Into Refractory Chronic Cough and Unexplained Chronic Cough: A 6-Year Ambispective Cohort Study

Zhang Mengru,Morice Alyn H.,Si Fengli,Zhang Li,Chen Qiang,Wang Shengyuan,Zhu Yiqing,Xu Xianghuai,Yu Li,Qiu Zhongmin 대한천식알레르기학회 2023 Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research Vol.15 No.6

Purpose: Only limited studies have depicted the unique features and management of refractory chronic cough (RCC) and unexplained chronic cough (UCC). These led to the initiation of this study, which reported the demographic characteristics, manifestations, and long-term outcomes on a large series of consecutive RCC/UCC patients, providing a guideline-led real-world clinical experience. Methods: Retrospective baseline information was obtained from Clinical Research Database (January 2016 to May 2021). At least 6 months after the last clinic visit, included subjects were prospectively followed up. Results: Three hundred and sixty-nine RCC and UCC patients (199 females, 53.9%) were analyzed. The median cough duration was 24.0 (12.0–72.0) months. Laryngeal symptoms were reported in 95.9% of the patients. The common triggers for coughing were talking (74.9%), pungent odors (47.3%), eating (45.5%), and cold air (42.8%). RCC was considered in 38.2%, and the remainder of 228 patients had UCC, with an equal sex distribution (P = 0.66). Among the 141 RCCs, 90.8% (128) had refractory reflux cough, which was more responsive to current treatments (P < 0.01). Although most features and test results between RCC and UCC were similar, UCC was more commonly inappropriately treated (P < 0.01). Nineteen (7.7–41.1) months after the final clinic visit, 31.2% still coughed persistently, while 68.8% reported cough improvement or remission. RCC reported more favorable treatment outcomes (including cough improvement, control, and spontaneous remission) than UCC (P < 0.01). Coughs with long duration before the initial cough clinic visit (P < 0.01), frequent urinary incontinence (P < 0.01), and being sensitive to “talking” (P < 0.01) or “cold air” (P < 0.01) were less likely to be solved. Conclusions: The current treatments only improve cough symptoms in two-thirds of patients. Clinical indicators for treatment failure were those coughing for long duration and being sensitive to “talking” or “cold air.”