https://www.selleckchem.com/products/plx51107.html INTRODUCTION Impaired oxygenation in the skin may occur in disease states and after reconstructive surgery. We used tissue viability imaging (TiVi) to measure changes in oxygenation and deoxygenation of haemoglobin in an in vitro model and in the dermal microcirculation of healthy individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Oxygenation was measured in human whole blood with different levels of oxygenation. In healthy subjects, changes in red blood cell concentration (CRBC,TiVi), oxygenation (ΔCOH,TiVi) and deoxygenation (ΔCDOH,TiVi) of haemoglobin were measured during and after arterial and venous occlusion using TiVi and were compared with measurements from the enhanced perfusion and oxygen saturation system (EPOS). RESULTS During arterial occlusion, CRBC,TiVi remained unchanged while ΔCOH,TiVi decreased to -44.2 (10.4) AU (p = 0.04), as compared to baseline. After release, CRBC,TiVi increased to 39.2 (18.8) AU (p less then 0.001), ΔCOH,TiVi increased to 38.5. During venous occlusion, CRBC,TiVi increased to 28.9 (11.2) AU (p less then 0.001), ΔCOH,TiVi decreased to -52.2 (46.1) AU (p less then 0.001) compared to baseline after 5 min of venous occlusion. There was a significant correlation between the TiVi Oxygen Mapper and EPOS, for arterial (r = 0.92, p less then 0.001) and venous occlusion (r = 0.87, p less then 0.001), respectively. CONCLUSION This study shows that TiVi can measure trends in oxygenation and deoxygenation of haemoglobin during arterial and venous stasis in healthy individuals. AIMS Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is associated with ulcerative colitis development. However, the mechanism of EZH2 in ulcerative colitis progression remains unclear. MAIN METHODS Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated Caco-2 cells and dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-treated mice were used as model of ulcerative colitis. The levels of EZH2, angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-bind