Systems biology is a new science of the 21st century, which resembles traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in many aspects such as study method and design. Adoption of systems biology approach would do much help for exploring the scientific connotation of TCM syndrome and the modernization of Chinese herbal medicine. Its technological platforms, such as genomics, proteomics and metabonomics, provide powerful tools for the study of the essence of TCM syndrome and the function of herbal compound recipe. Compared with other molecular biological methods, such as genomics and proteomics, metabonomics method is more direct and more concise, especially for providing an effective method for the study of TCM therapy in preventing and treating kidney diseases.

Objective To analyse the role of haptoglobin in the immunomodulatory in patients with premature coronary heart disease.Methods Clinical data of 60 premature coronary heart disease patients and 40 healthy people was analysed.The general information and serume haptoglobin,hs-CRP and IL-6 were compared.Results There were no statistically difference between the two groups of the general information such as sex,years,BMI,hypertension and diabetes (P>0.05),excepts the smoking history(27/33 vs 9/31,χ2=3.324,P<0.05).Hp,hs-CRP and IL-6 levels in the observer group were signifi-cantly higher than the control group,the difference was statistically significant (97.76±23.08 mg/L vs 65.81±19.42 mg/L,10.43±3.81 mg/L vs 3.05±0.94 mg/L,16.43±4.59 pg/L vs 4.62±1.83 pg/L,P<0.001).Correlation analysis showed that in the observer group Hp and hs-CRP showed a significant positive correlation (r=0.518,P<0.001),and the same results was found between IL-6 and Hp (r= 0.291,P=0.024).Conclusion Haptoglobin level was significantly in-creased in patients with coronary heart disease,which suggested that haptoglobin played a role in the development of coro-nary heart disease,and its level was correlated with IL-6.

Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Birds ; Cell Transformation, Viral ; Herpesvirus 2, Gallid ; genetics ; physiology ; Marek Disease ; virology ; Models, Biological ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oncogene Proteins, Viral ; genetics ; physiology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression efficiency of exogenous gene mediated by different serotypes of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors in retina, and to compare the expression efficiency of AAV vector and two kinds of promoters commonly used in ophthalmology after transfection into mouse retina, so as to provide the basis for selecting appropriate AAV vector and promoter for gene therapy of retinitis pigmentosa. METHODS: AAV2/2, AAV2/5, AAV2/8 and AAV2/9 were prepared. The C57BL/6J mice were injected subretinally with 1 μL purified AAV vectors (1.00×10¹³ mg/L). Then the mice were killed 2 or 4 weeks after treatment, and the eyes were enucleated for frozen section. The expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) was observed under the confocal microscope. Two kinds of promoters, CMV and CAG, were selectd, and the expression of AAV2/8-GFP-CMV and AAV2/8-GFP-CAG was observed under confocal microscope. RESULTS: No bacterial infection or immune response were seen in the injected mice. 2 weeks after injection, the GFP green fluorescence of AAV2/8 and AAV2/9 in the mouse retina was obvious, which indicated that the GFP green fluorescence of AAV2/8 and AAV2/9 was high after transfection into the mouse retina. In these two serotypes, GFP green fluorescence of AAV2/8 was mainly concentrated in photoreceptor cells while AAV2/8 was expressed in the whole retina, indicating that AAV2/8 was more specific to photoreceptors. Further experiments on AAV2/8 showed that the GFP green fluorescence of the mouse retina was obvious 4 weeks after injection, indicating that the exogenous gene mediated by AAV2/8 could be stably expressed in vivo. For CMV and CAG promoters, CMV promoter was expressed stronger in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)cells, while CAG promoter was stronger in photorecepters. In photorecepters, CAG promoter was expressed almost the same as CMV promoter, while CMV promoter was stronger in RPE cells. CONCLUSION AAV vectors could express transgene robustly in retinal cells; Among several AAV serotypes, AAV2/2 and AAV2/5 showed weaker GFP fluorescence than AAV2/8 and AAV2/9. AAV2/9 showed expression in each layer of the retina including ganglion cells. AAV2/8 was more specific for photoreceptor; CAG promoters had higher specificity for photoreceptors than CMV promoters.
Animals ; Dependovirus/genetics* ; Genetic Vectors ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Retina ; Serogroup ; Transduction, Genetic

Hepatocyte growth factor(HGF) is a mesenchyme-derived pleiotropic factor which regulates cell growth,cell motility,and morphogenesis of various types of cells,and is thus considered a humoral mediator of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions responsible for angiogenesis,apoptosis and oxidative stress,etc.This article reviewed the relationships between HGF and cardiovascular diseases.

Objective To investigate the changes of molecule markers of pre-thrombotic state,expression of CD62P,concentration of plasma fibrinogen(Fib),prothrombin time(PT),activated partial thromboplastin time(APTT),thrombin time(TT) in the patients with essential hypertension for providing theoretical evidence for diagnosis and therapy of thrombus complication in early clinical stage.Methods Fifty-three patients with hypertension(grade Ⅰ 17 cases,grade Ⅱ 16 cases,grade Ⅲ 20 cases)were selected and twenty-eight people with medical examination in good health were used as control group.The expressions of CD62P and CD61 were measured by flow cytometry.The concentration of Fib and the levels of PT,APTT,TT were measured by Class coagulation method.Results The expression of CD62P and the concentration of plasma Fib in essential hypertension group were higher than those in control groups(P0.05).Conclusion The essential hypertensive patients are in pre-thrombotic state,the activation of platelet and blood clotting activity increase.Molecular markers should be measured in essential hypertensive patients for prevention and treatment of thrombotic disease.

Objective To discuss the clinical significance of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in cervical cancer and to explore the feasibility of detecting the infection with microarray from paraffin-embedded specimens of cervical cancer. Methods From May 2005 to February 2007, 48 patients with cervical carcinoma, including 37 cases with cervical squamous cell carcinoma and 11 cases with cervical adenocarcinoma, were analyzed retrospectively. After DNA extraction from the paraffin-embedded tissues, 23 HPV subtypes were detected by the use of microarray after amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and hybridization. Results 44 cases of cervical cancer were found to be high-risk HPV positive genotypes. The HPV infection rate was 91.7%. The HPV infection rate in cervical squamous cell carcinoma was 94.6% (35/37), and in cervical adenocarcinoma was 81.8% (9/11). Among them, 33 cases were found to have single infection, accounting for 75.0% of the infection rate. There were 11 cases of mixed infection, among them 9 cases were found to have double infection and 2 cases with multiple infection, accounting for 20.5% and 4.6%, respectively, of the infection rate. The infection rate of HPV16, the main genotype, was 90.9% (40/44). The infection rate of HPV18, the second ranking subtype, was 27.3% (12/44). Infection with HPV52, 33, 59, and 68 genotypes was lower in incidence. Among 35 cases of cervical squamous cell carcinoma, the infection rates of HPV16 and HPV18 were 91.4% (32/35) and 22.9% (8/35), respectively. Among 9 cases of cervical adenocarcinoma, the infection rate of HPV16 and HPV18 were 88.9% (8/9) and 44.4% (4/9), respectively. Conclusion Multiple HPV genotypes can be detected from paraffin-embedded tissues with microarray technique in high sensitivity and specificity, and it is useful to study the pathogenesis and prevention of cervical cancer.

Objective To understand the epidemiological characteristics of central nervous system(CNS)infectious diseases in children hospitalized in capital institute of pediatrics.Methods All the 972 patients hospitalized in capital institute of pediatrics with the clinical diagnosis of CNS infectious diseases were analyzed from Jan.1997 to Dec.2006 retrospectively.The etiological detection of serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)samples in acute stage collected from those patients included smear,cultivation and rapid etiological diagnosis of bacterium and fungus;determination of viral antibody,mycoplasma pneumonia antibody and tuberculous antibody.Results 1.A total of 972 patients were treated for CNS infectious diseases,accounting for 1.76% of inpatients of Internal Medicine at the same time.2.The main sources of CNS infectious diseases :747 cases of viral encephalitis,177 purulent meningitis,21 mycoplasmal encephalitis and 12 tuberculous meningitis.3.The ratio of male and female was 1.72:1.0 and the mean onset age was(4.75?4.03)years.4.Special infectious agents in serum and/or CSF samples were positive in 283(29.12%)cases.The total bacterial positive cases were 48/177 cases(27.12%).Streptococcus pneumonia(4.52%)was the most,followed by Escherichia coli(3.39%),Neisseria meningitides(3.39%)and Haemophilus influenzae B(Hib,3.39%).Viral antibodies were positive in 210/747 cases(28.11%).The major agents were herpes virus(HV)[128/747 cases(17.14%)]and enterovirus(EV)[91/747 cases(12.18%)].Conclusions CNS infectious diseases were important ones hospitalized in internal medicine of capital institute of pediatrics.Virus and bacterium were the main causes of CNS infectious diseases.Streptococcus pneumonia,Escherichia coli,Neisseria meningitides and Hib were the main agents of purulent meningitis.HV and EV were the main sources of viral encephalitis.

Objective To evaluate the high-risk human papillomavirus(HR-HPV)detection and thinprep cell test(TCT)in the diagnosis of cervical lesion by comparison with pathological findings.Methods The data collected from Dec.2004 to Dec.2006 from 690 patients who had undergone HR-HPV detection,TCT and pathology examination with electronic colposcopy in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,General Hospital of PLA were analyzed retraspactively.Results Among the 690 patients,the coincidence between the findings of TCT and pathology was 22.34%(42/188)for low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion(LSIL),58.33%(56/96)for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion(HSIL)and 100%(16/16)for cervical cancer.The number of patients with the cytological diagnosis of abnormal squamous cells(ASC),LSIL,HSIL and cervical cancer was 315,188,96 and 16,respectively.Among them,the positive rate of HR-HPV of ASC,LSIL,HSIL and cervical cancer was 53.96%(170/315),77.12%(134/188),80.21%(77/96)and 100%(16/16),respectively.Pathologic examination through electronic colposcopy revealed the number of patients with the diagnosis of inflammation,CINⅠ/HPV,CINⅡ/CINⅢ and invasive cancer was 425,81,157 and 27,respectively.Among them,the positive rate of HR-HPV in inflammation was 43.29%(184/425),CINⅠ/HPV 74.93%(60/81),CINⅡ/CINⅢ 91.72%(144/157)and invasive cancer 92.5%(25/27).Among the 690 cases,413 were HR-HPV positive,55.45%(229/413)of which showed CINⅠ/HPV or higher.277 cases were HR-HPV negative,and 87.01%(241/277)of which showed inflammation,12.99%(36/277)of which showed CINⅠ/HPV or higher,and 5.42%(15/277)of which showed CINⅡ/CINⅢ and invasive cervical cancer.Among 315 cases with ASC,170 cases were HR-HPV positive,41.76%(71/170)of which showed CINⅠ/HPV or higher,including 69.01%(49/71)CINⅡ/CINⅢ and invasive cervical cancer.145 cases were HR-HPV negative,only 4.83%(7/145)of which was CINⅡ/CINⅢ and invasive cervical cancer,and 90.34%(131/145)of which was inflammation.Conclusion HR-HPV detection and TCT are feasible for cervical lesion screening.Cytology combined HR-HPV test is favorable for shunting management in cervical lesions.

Objective To study the value of serum albumin ( ALB ) level for the prognosis of late-preterm infants infection. Methods Late-preterm infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit ( NICU) from July 2012 to July 2013 were recruited and their clinical data retrospectively reviewed, including the laboratory examination results, neonatal critical illness scores ( NCIS ) , perinatal complications and prognosis. The infants were assigned into three groups based on ALB levels (＞30 g/L, 25-30 g/L, ＜25 g/L). Results A total of 257 cases were recruited and 122 cases (47. 4％) had ALB levels ＜25 g/L. 32 had neonatal sepsis ( sepsis group) , 190 neonatal infection ( infection group) and 35 without infection ( no-infection group ) . The incidences of hypoalbuminemia among these groups were 84. 4％, 50. 0％ and 28. 6％, with the mortality rate 15. 6％, 0. 5％ and 0％. The incidence of hypoalbuminemia and mortality rate in sepsis group were significantly higher than the other groups ( P＜0. 05 ) , and no statistically significant differences between infection group and no-infection group ( P＜0. 05). The ALB level in survived infants [(29. 6±7. 5)g/L] was statistically higher than the deceased ones [(20. 4±6. 9)g/L](P＜0. 05). The incidence of critically ill newborns was 65. 5％ in ALB ＜25 g/L group, significantly higher than the other groups (P＜0. 05). 26. 2％ in ALB ＜25 g/L group had more than 4 organs injuries, significantly higher than ALB ＞30 g/L group ( P＜0. 05 ) . Conclusions Hypoalbuminemia is common among neonates with sepsis. The ALB level had predictive value for the prognosis of neonatal infection.