1.Investigation on medical compliance in patients with chronic hepatitis B and an analysis of influence factors
Zhaoxi QIN ; Guangcai ZHANG ; Li WANG ; Sufang ZHU
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2009;8(10):751-752
As to evaluating the medical compliance of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and the influence factors, information of 163 patients with CHB treated with lamivudine were collected by using the self-designed questionnaire, and the medical compliance and influencing factors of the patients were acquired by the research followed, and the prognosis and allocation were also observed. The results showed the medical compliance in 77.3% of patients with CHB was good, and in 22.7% patients was poor. After following-up for 2 years, the negative rates of HBV DNA and HBeAg shown in patients with good medical compliance were 78.6% and 46.0%, respectively,showing a significantly higher rate than in those with poor medical compliance, which having the rate of 37.8% and 21.6%, respectively (P<0.01). We suggested that there should be a correlation between the medical compliance of patients with CHB and the prognosis.
4.Evaluating Hepatic Fibrosis in Rat Models by Magnetic Resonance T2 Relaxation
Xiaofeng WANG ; Jian SHU ; Guangcai TANG ; Shugen YANG ; Xiaofei LU
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging 2017;25(6):401-404
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of magnetic resonance T2 values in diagnosing hepatic fibrosis (HF).Materials and M1etdheds The models of HF were induced in rats by repetitive dosing of carbon tetrachloride.The stage of hepatic fibrosis (S),grade of inflammation (G) and degree of fatty liver (F) for the HF model animals and their normal controls were evaluated by pathology.The relationship between T2 values and liver fibrosis was analyzed by using multiple echo gradient spin echo sequences.Results According to the stage of hepatic fibrosis,the HF model rats were staged into S1-S4.The grade of inflammation of the HF model rats was G0 or G1,and the degree of fatty liver was F3 or F4,both of which had no statistical differences among the HF model rats at different fibrosis stages (P>0.05).The T2 values for all rats including normal control rats in the stage of liver fibrosis from S0 to S4 were (38.27±1.45) ms,(42.08±2.63) ms,(45.93±3.61) ms,(50.23 ± 2.23) ms and (57.79± 5.40) ms,respectively,with a significant difference (F=31.903,P<0.01).Except the T2 values had no significant difference between the S0 and S 1 stages (P>0.05),the pairwise comparisons of the T2 values between the rest stages were statistically significant (P<0.01).The T2 values were positively correlated with the stages of hepatic fibrosis (rs=0.921,P<0.01).Conclusion The T2 value can quantitatively reflect the degree of hepatic fibrosis.
5.Bioinformatics Analysis of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats in the Genomes of Shigella.
Pengfei WANG ; Yingfang WANG ; Guangcai DUAN ; Zerun XUE ; Linlin WANG ; Xiangjiao GUO ; Haiyan YANG ; Yuanlin XI
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2015;32(2):343-349
This study was aimed to explore the features of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) structures in Shigella by using bioinformatics. We used bioinformatics methods, including BLAST, alignment and RNA structure prediction, to analyze the CRISPR structures of Shigella genomes. The results showed that the CRISPRs existed in the four groups of Shigella, and the flanking sequences of upstream CRISPRs could be classified into the same group with those of the downstream. We also found some relatively conserved palindromic motifs in the leader sequences. Repeat sequences had the same group with corresponding flanking sequences, and could be classified into two different types by their RNA secondary structures, which contain "stem" and "ring". Some spacers were found to homologize with part sequences of plasmids or phages. The study indicated that there were correlations between repeat sequences and flanking sequences, and the repeats might act as a kind of recognition mechanism to mediate the interaction between foreign genetic elements and Cas proteins.
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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
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Computational Biology
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Genome, Bacterial
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Plasmids
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Shigella
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10.Cloning and expression of H.pylori ahpC in prokaryotic expression vector
Yanqing LI ; Guangcai DUAN ; Chunhua SONG ; Jianguang ZHANG ; Shuling WANG ; Weidong ZHANG ; Yuanlin XI
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2010;31(1):47-50
Objective To construct a prokaryotic expression system of ahpC gene of Helicobacter pylori. Methods The ahpC gene was amplified from Hp chromosomal DNA by PCR technique and cloned into the expression vector pET-30a. The recombinant vector pET30a-ahpC was identified by DNA sequencing and transformed to E.coli BL21 (DE3) for expression under induction by IPTG. The expression product was analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Results PCR product showed that ahpC gene consisted of 594bp. The gene fragment that was inserted into the recombinant vector was identified to GenBank for 99%. SDS-PAGE showed that the induced protein was expressed highly in the host bacterium. Conclusion A prokaryotic high-expression system for ahpC gene has been successfully constructed. It can highly express r-AhpC protein in E.coli.