Natural killer group 2,member D (NKG2D) is a C-typelectin-like activating receptors on natural killer cells surface. NKG2D engaging with the ligands on tumor cells surface can eliminate tumor cells. However,there must exist immune escape mechanisms in tumor mice and cancer patients. Recently, molecular biological techniques are used to regulate the expression of the receptors and ligands to break the immune evasion.

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral infectious disease regarded to be a public-health problem worldwide. Since the 1990s, HFMD began to spread in the Asia-Pacific region (especially in South-East Asia). HFMD outbreaks have occurred in mainland China frequently since 2008, and the morbidity and mortality of HFMD has continued to increase in recent years. In mainland China, enterovirus A serotype enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) have been the major pathogens of HFMD during these years. However, the etiological spectrum of HFMD changes with time. This review focuses mainly on the etiological spectrum of HFMD and changes in epidemic patterns in mainland China.
China ; epidemiology ; Disease Outbreaks ; Enterovirus ; classification ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease ; epidemiology ; virology ; Humans ; Prevalence

Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) is one of the pattern recognition receptors and recognizes the flagellin protein of bacteria.It activates innate immune responses and induces production of a series of cytokines.TLR5 functions as a bridge linking innate and adaptive immunities.It is known that TLR5 plays an important role in the occurrence and development of certain infectious diseases.This review summarizes the relationships of TLR5 polymorphisms with the development of infectious diseases and discusses the possible pathogenesis.

Objective To validate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture stage treatment on facial spasm and seek a better method for treating this disease. Method One hundred and forty patients were randomly allocated to stage treatment (50 cases), acupuncture (50 cases) and Western medicine (40 cases) groups. In the stage treatment group, treatment was divided into early, middle and late stages according to the patients’ duration of disease. Each stage provided acupuncture point injection of different medicine plus warm needling. The acupuncture group received conventional acupuncture with 1 hour retention of needles and the Western medicine group, oral administration of carbamazepine tablets, 0.2 g 3 times a day. After the completion of treatment course, a six-month follow-up was performed to determine no relapse or aggravation in the three groups and the therapeutic effects were evaluated using Cohen and Albert spasm grading criteria.Result The complete resolution rate was 56% (28/50) in the stage treatment group, 14.0% (7/50) in the acupuncture group and 20.0% (8/40) in Western medicine group. The complete resolution rate was significantly higher in the stage treatment group than in the acupuncture and Western medicine groups (P<0.05). The total efficacy rate was 100.0% (50/50) in the stage treatment group, 70.0% (35/50) in the acupuncture group and 60.0% (24/40) in the Western medicine group. The total efficacy rate was significantly higher in the stage treatment group than in the acupuncture and Western medicine groups (P<0.05).Conclusion Stage treatment has a marked effect on facial spasm.

Objective:To explore TCM syndrome variation regularity on acute stage of ischemia stroke.Methods:To collect clinical dynamic state information of ischemia stroke from 72h to 14days by using prospective clinical research method and investigate TCM syndrome variation regularity in acute stage of ischemia stroke.Results:Wind,fire and phlegm syndromes were the most frequent syndromes in acute stage of ischemia stroke.They appeared varied regularity.There were forty-four combination patterns about six basic syndromes.The wind syndrome and fire-phlegm syndrome were increasing in acute stage of ischemia stroke.The wind-phlegm syndrome was decreasing in the first three days,the wind-fire syndrome peaked on the third day,the phlegm was decreasing on the fifth day.The wind-fire-phlegm was the most frequent and undulate syndrome on the fifth day.The wind-phlegm-stagnation syndrome was increasing for the first three days.Conclusion:There were fastly morbility,changeable and complicated syndrome change in acute stage of ischemia stroke.It was very necessity and urgency for complementing diagnostic criteria of stroke differentiation.

Objective To explore the proper proportion of effective fractions in Shengmaisan(saponins of Radix ginseng,saponins of Radix ophiopogonis,Lignans of Fructus schisandrae)in different anoxia models.Methods Acute cerebral hypoxia was induced by sodium nitrite and decapitation in mice,and the orthogonal design was used in these two models to find the proper proportion of three effective fractions.The gasping time of the mice,which were decapitated was observed to compare the anti-anoxia effects of XZF with other clinical drugs,and cerebral ischemic reperfusion injury model of mice was also used to study the effect of XZF on related biochemical index.Results XZF(the proportion of saponins of Radix ginseng,saponins of Radix ophiopogonis,Lignans of Fructus schisandrae as 7 ∶ 2 ∶ 6)significantly prolonged the gasping time,and decreased brain nitrogen monoxidum(NO)content after reperfusion of the mice at dosages of 50 mg/kg and 150mg/kg.Meanwhile,XZF also reduced malondialdehyde(MDA)content and increased superoxide dismutase(SOD)activity at the higher dosage.Conclusion XZF obtained by experimental screening exerts a significant protective effect on cerebral ischemia injury in mice,which provide some pharmacological evidence for further development of new modern Chinese drug composed with effective fractions for cerebral vascular diseases.

Objective To investigate precise and regulable animal model of benign bile duct strictures.Methods Mini pigs were divided into four groups as sham surgery group, conventional surgery group, small caliber group and large caliber group according to random number table, with 6 pigs in each group.For the small caliber group, outside diameter 3.0mm catheter were inserted into bile duct and partial sutured.For the large caliber group, outside diameter 6.0mm catheter were inserted into bile duct and partial sutured.Conventional surgery group were treated with 5-0 absorbable suture on distal bile duct and controlled stricture severity visually.For sham surgery group, bile duct were exposed without suture.Observe the general condition of four groups.Test liver function on 1st, 3rd, 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th day postoperative.Perform cholangiography on 30th day postoperative.All four groups were put to death to observe the histological changes of liver and bile duct.Results Liver function of sham surgery group showed no obvious change during observation.On 28th day postoperative, compared to conventional surgery group, the liver enzymes ALT, AST, γ-GT, ALP, bilirubin level of small caliber group elevated(P<0.05)and the liver enzymes ALT, AST, γ-GT, bilirubin level of large caliber group elevated(P<0.05),while ALP level lowered(P<0.05).Cholangiography showed bile duct stenosis of different degree on 6 pigs of small caliber group with average diameter 2.7mm (from 2mm to 4mm).As for large caliber group, 5 pigs showed stenosis with average diameter 5.5mm (from 5mm to 7mm).3 pigs of conventional surgery group showed no obvious bile duct stenosis.The 6 pigs of sham surgery group showed no bile duct stenosis.According to designed stenosis standard, the success rate of small caliber group and large caliber group are both higher than conventional surgery group.(P<0.05).30 days after surgery, all 6 pigs of small caliber group had postoperative intraperitoneal adhesion, hepatomegaly, obvious expansion of intrahepatic bile duct and gallbladder expanded by 4~5 times.5 pigs of large caliber group had hepatomegaly, slight dilation of intrahepatic bile duct, obvious expansion of gallbladder, clear choledochal edema, sutured tissue thickening and visible bile duct stenosis.HE staining with the small caliber group showed hepatocyte spotty degenerative necrosis, expanded cholestatic intrahepatic small bile duct, swelling hepatocyte and fibrous septa.HE staining with the large caliber group showed intrahepatic small bile duct slightly expanded and hepatocyte arranged basically normal.VG staining with the small caliber group showed excessive accumulaton of collagen fibers outside bile duct mucous cells, randomly and densely arranged and irregularly shaped.VG staining with the large caliber group showed increased collagen fibers in bile duct submucosa, densely and banded arranged.Conclusion This animal model of mini pig is an relatively ideal large animal model of biliary stricture with high surgical success rate and few postoperative complications.

Objective:To observe the expression of ATPase F1? in colorectal cancer(CRC) tissues and in LoVo cells,and to discuss its clinical significance.Methods:Expression of ATPase F1? protein in 44 CRC specimens and their adjacent normal tissues(August 2007 to December 2007,Changhai Hospital) and ATPase F1? mRNA in 8 colorectal cancer tissues and their adjacent normal tissues were examined by immunohistochemistry EnVision assay and RT-PCR,respectively.Expression of ATPase F1? on the cell surface of LoVo cells was observed by immunofluorescence.The inhibitory effect of anti-ATPase F1? antibody on the proliferation of LoVo cells was evaluated by CCK-8 assay.Results:Expression of ATPase F1? in the 44 CRCs were significantly higher than those in the adjacent normal tissues as detected by immunohistochemistry(P0.05).Expression of ATPase F1? was observed on the cell surface of LoVo cells,and anti-ATPase F1? antibody significantly inhibited the proliferation of LoVo cells(P

The examination mode which focuses on comprehensive and designing experiments is established for the course of pathogenic biology and immunology experiments. The test of experiment modules and the identification of pathogenic morphology are utilized to assess students'skill objectively. This item is expected to be beneficial to improving students'innovating spirit and enhancing their ability to analyse and resolve problems.

Objective To investigate the effects and mechanisms of pin1(peptidyl-prolyl isomerase 1) inhibitor ju?glone on migration and invasion in glioma cell line U-87 MG. Methods Glioma cells were treated with juglone at 0, 0.8, 1.6 and 3.2μmol·L-1. Wound-healing assay and invasion assay were performed to examine the inhibitory activity of ju?glone on glioma cell line U-87 MG. Western blot was used to analyze the protein expression of β-catenin, VEGF, MMP-2 and MMP-9. Results The wound-healing assay showed that the wound-healing rate in juglone-treated groups was 46.04%±6.25%and 30.05%±13.35%at concentrations of 1.6μmol·L-1 and 3.2μmol·L-1 , repectively. Juglone treat?ment significantly reduced the wound-healing rate compared with controls (P<0.05). Transwell invasion assay showed that the number of invaded cells in juglone–treated groups was 103.67 ± 5.69 and 77.33 ± 7.77 at the concentrations of 1.6μmol·L-1 and 3.2μmol·L-1 , respectively. Juglone treatment significantly reduced cell invasion compared with con?trols (P<0.05). Treatment with juglone significantly down-regulated the expression levels ofβ-catenin, VEGF, MMP-2 and MMP-9 in U-87 MG cells in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusion The present data suggests that juglone has a significant inhibitory action on cell migration and invasion through down-regulation of theβ-catenin and its downstream VEGF, MMP-2 and MMP-9 protein expressions in glioma cell line U-87 MG.