甘源

阜外华中心血管病医院 药剂科

Trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and hypertension risk among middle-aged and elderly Chinese people.

This study aimed to identify heterogeneity in BMI trajectories and evaluate the impact of BMI trajectories on the risk of hypertension in middle-aged and elderly Chinese people. After data screening, 28, 706 residents' e-health records from 2010 to 2018, including basic personal information, lifestyle and health, were finally included in this population-based longitudinal study. By latent class growth modeling, we identified 12 BMI trajectories: "underweight-increase I (A1)" and "underweight-increase II (A2)"; "normal weight-stable (B1)", "normal weight-decrease (B2)", "normal weight-increase I (B3)" and "normal weight-increase II (B4)"; "overweight-stable (C1)", "overweight-decrease (C2)" and "overweight-increase (C3)"; and "obese-stable I (D1)", "obese-decrease (D2)" and "obese-stable II (D3)". By Cox proportional hazards models, we found that the risk of hypertension in the BMI stable group was lower than that in the BMI increasing trajectory group and higher than that in the BMI decreasing group. For the underweight and normal weight groups, the risk of hypertension was related not only to the magnitude of BMI growth, but also to the rate of growth. For overweight and obesity groups, the risk of hypertension was higher in the high-level stable BMI group than in the low-level stable BMI group. Therefore, for underweight and normal weight people, weight growth and growth rate should be controlled; for overweight and obese people, health education or targeted weight loss exercise should be taken to reduce weight as much as possible to prevent hypertension.

2.7
4区

Journal of human hypertension 2021

Silibinin suppresses epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human non-small cell lung cancer cells by restraining RHBDD1.

BACKGROUND:Rhomboid domain containing 1 (RHBDD1) plays a crucial role in tumorigenesis. Silibinin, which is a natural extract from milk thistle, has shown anti-tumor effects against various tumors. Here, we investigate whether silibinin affects the function of RHBDD1 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell proliferation, migration and invasion.METHODS:The Oncomine database and an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay were used to determine the RHBDD1 expression levels in lung cancer tissues. The associations between RHBDD1 and overall survival rate or clinicopathological parameters were respectively assessed using the Kaplan-Meier overall survival analysis or Chi-squared test. CCK-8 and Transwell assays were applied to analyze cell proliferation, migration and invasion. A549 cells were incubated with increasing concentrations of silibinin. RHBDD1 knockdown and overexpression were achieved via transfection with si-RHBDD1 or RHBDD1 overexpression plasmid, respectively. Western blotting was performed to measure the expressions of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers.RESULTS:We found that overexpression of RHBDD1 in lung cancer tissues correlates with a poor prognosis of survival. Clinical specimen analysis showed that upregulation of RHBDD1 correlates remarkably well with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis. Silibinin suppresses A549 cell proliferation, migration, invasion and EMT in a dose-dependent manner. Importantly, RHBDD1 was downregulated in silibinin-treated A549 cells. RHBDD1 overexpression reversed the suppressive effects of silibinin on A549 cell proliferation, migration, invasion and EMT expression, while its knockdown enhanced them.CONCLUSIONS:These findings shown an anti-tumor impact of silibinin on NSCLC cells via repression of RHBDD1.

8.3
1区

Cellular & molecular biology letters 2020