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Objective To explore the association between DLL3 expression and chemosensitivity of advanced SCLC patients to cis-platinum/etoposide therapy, and to evaluate the prognostic value of DLL3. Methods We selected 64 patients diagnosed as stage Ⅲ/Ⅳ SCLC. Protein levels of DLL3 were examined by immunohistochemistry. χ2 test was used to analyze the relation between DLL3 expression and chemotherapy efficacy. Kaplan-Meier and Cox multivariate analysis were used to investigate the impacts of DLL3 and other factors on PFS and OS of advanced SCLC patients. Results DLL3 was detected in 84.1% (54/64) of the samples and not associated with gender, age, smoking history or stage (P > 0.05). The response rate(RR) and disease control rate in DLL3-high group were lower than those in DLL3-low group (P < 0.05); PFS of patients with low DLL3 expression were better than those with high DLL3 expression (P < 0.05). DLL3 expression, tumor stage and tumor diameter were independent prognostic factors for PFS, and tumor stage was an independent prognostic factor for OS of advanced SCLC patients. Conclusion DLL3 is related to the response rate of EP chemotherapy and PFS. It may become a biomarker for predicting chemosensitivity. DLL3 has no predictive value for long-term prognosis of patients with advanced SCLC.

Bones are stained into red color with feeding madder, but we do not know whether the fed madder can change the bone biomechanical properties and bone mineral contents in animals. In this research, we established a rat model with feeding madder. The bone biomechanical properties were detected by universal material mechanics, bone mineral contents were detected by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and spectrometer, and red color material in bone was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. The results showed that bone biomechanical parameters in femur diaphysis in the 10% and 15% group rats were significantly higher than those in the control group after feeding madder for 6 months. The level of calcium, magnesium and zinc in femur diaphysis in 10% and 15% group rats were higher than those in the control group after feeding madder for 6 months. However, it was shown that the kidney congestion and hyperemia and the level of blood urea nitrogen and creatinine in the 15% group rats were significantly different compared to those in the control group rats after feeding madder for 6 months. The red colored material in bone is related to alizarin analyzed with high-performance liquid chromatography. The conclusion could be drawn that feeding 10% madder in diet was not toxic to the rats fed for 6 months, and it could improve bone biomechanical properties and increase bone mineral elements.

Objective: The characteristics of microscopic distribution and content of Undifilum oxytropis were observed and quantified in different tissues of Oxytropis glabra and Astragalus variabilis from natural grasslands of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia Province., Methods: Distribution of fungal endophyte was obtained in all the tissues (stems, leaves, seeds and roots) of O. glabra and A. variabilis though paraffin section and staining method of lactic acid phenol cotton blue; and content of fungal endophyte was determined though Real time-qPCR., Results: Endophytc fungi were observed mainly within the gap between the palisade tissue and parenchymatous tissue of seed coat in seed, mainly colonized in the superficial cells layer near stoma in the leaves, and in pith of stem mainly plants in the parenchymatous tissue around the edge of the vertical axis of the vascular bundle. There was an obviously difference in concentration of U. oxytropis in the plants collected in different locations. The content of U. oxytropis was highest in all seeds of O. glabra, while it was opposite in stems and leaves of two sampling points. Similarly, the content of U. oxytropis was highest in seeds, it was lowest in roots, and stems and leaves were opposite in A. variabilis from two sampling points. The detection limit was 0.029 pg/ng total DNA by Real time-qPCR., Conclusion: When endophytic fungi infected the tissues of plants, there was selectivity to the tissues and cell type of host, and the colonization and distribution were influenced by habitats in fungal endophytes of locoweeds.

The preparation method of new soil candidate certified reference materials (CRM) for the analysis of organochlorine pesticides in soils has been developed. The soil sample was dried, ground, homogenized and packed. After Soxhlet extraction and Florisil purification, the organochlorine pesticides in soil candidate were further determined using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The results showed that the soil collected from Shenyang was an ideal soil candidate material for organochlorine pesticide analysis. This method established a foundation for the development of soil reference materials for the analysis of organochlorine pesticides.

Objective: To investigate the chemical constituents of the extract of Galium verum., Method: The compounds were isolated by chromatography and identified by spectral data., Result: The eleven compounds obtained were identified as (+)-pinoresinol 4,4'-O-bis-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), epipinoresinol (2), (+) -medioresinol (3), isorhamnetin (4), isorhamnetin 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), diosmetin (6), diosmetin 7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7), quercetin-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (8), ursolic acid (9), ursolic aldehyde (10) and rubifolic acid (11)., Conclusion: Compounds 1-5 and 9-11 were isolated from this genus for the first time.