Objective:To analyze the dental and mandibular asymmetry of adults with Class Ⅱ subdivision malocclusion.Methods:The jaw bones of 30 adults with Class Ⅱ subdivision malocclusion(case group)and 30 with normal-occlusion(control group)were scanned by CBCT.Linear and angular comparison was conducted between the two groups.Results:Dental midline deviation was ob-served in case group,mostly in mandibular arch (60%).The development of Class Ⅱ molar relationship correlated mainly to distally positioned mandibular molar on Class Ⅱ side.Conclusion:In the adults with Class Ⅱ subdvision malocclusion odontogenic asymme-try is the major factor,bony asymmetry is the miner.

A new animal model of multiple system organ failure (MSOF) in rabbits is used in this experiment. The purpose of the current study is to observe dynamically the changes in the intestinal flora, the relationship between the changes and bacterial translocation to various organs and endotoxemia. The results show that there is no obvious alteration in population of Bacteroides, but a significant increase in enteric bacilli population in the contents of the ileocecum is found. Changes in the intestinal micro-flora correlate to the positive bacterial culture of the blood, viscera, and the level of endotoxin in the plasma. The results of our work suggest that ecological imbalance in the intestinal flora may promote-the gut-derived septic process and the development of MSOF.

Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) family, is a negative regulator for muscle growth. Loss of the function of this gene is associated with the phenotype described as "double muscling", an extreme form of muscle development characterized by a large increase in muscle mass. Two replacement vectors, pA2T-Mstn4.0 and pA2T-Mstn3.2, were constructed, linearized, and transfected into the bovine fetal fibroblasts through electroporation. 170 drug-resistant cell colonies were obtained in cell culture medium containing 600 microg/mL G418 and 50 nmol/L GCV. Targeted homologous integration occurred in colony No. 58 as identified by PCR, and the targeted colony was further confirmed by sequencing and Southern blotting. This suggested that one allele of myostatin was successfully mutagenized in bovine fetal fibroblasts.
Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cattle ; China ; Electroporation ; Fetus ; Fibroblasts ; cytology ; metabolism ; Gene Targeting ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; veterinary ; Myostatin ; genetics