AIM: To explore the relationship between human cytomegalovirus(HCMV) gene activity and cytopathogenesis in HCMV infection. METHODS: HCMV echelin-infected cell model was set up in vitro by coincubating passage cultured HEL and HCMV with different titers (group A: 10-5; group B: 10-3; and group C: 10-1). FQ-PCR was performed to evaluate the number of HCMV DNA copies. MCP mRNA was measured by RT-PCR. Meanwhile the development of cytopathologic effects (CPE) was observed under microscope and ultrastructural changes determined by TEM.RESULTS: Compared with group B and C in high HCMV titer, group A with low viral titer showed low HCMV DNA load (P

Objective Detecting the changes of the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) during rat liver regeneration so as to study the role of VEGF in the course of liver regeneration. Methods Three hundred adult SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:control group,sham operated group and test group.After taking out liver tissue and isolating hepatocytes at different phases after 2/3 rat hepatectomy,the change of VEGF expression was detected by both immunocytochemistry and Western blotting. Results The results of immunocytochemistry showed that VEGF positive cells were little in normal liver.The amounts of immunoreaction positive cells began to increase after 24 h of partial hepatectomy(P

Objective To construct human cytomegalovirus pp65 prokaryotic expressing vector and induce specific T lymphocyte immune response with recombinant pp 65 protein of human cytomegalovirus(HCMV) to observe the effect of CTL on infected HEL cells. Methods The whole cDNA of HCMV pp65 was amplified by PCR and inserted into prokaryotic expressing vector pRSET by gene engineer technique. The product was purified by affinity chromphotography and identified with Western blot after that recombinant plasmid was expressed by the induction of IPTG. With MTT technique, we observed the stimulating and proliferating effect of recombinant HCMV pp65 protein on PBMC in vitro. Cytotoxicity of PBMC on HCMV-infected HEL cells was detected. Results The pp65 prokaryotic expressing vector was successfully constructed and could express in engineering bacteria DE3. High dose of pure recombinant protein was acquired and had been identified. The rhHCMV pp65 protein can activate PBMC and cause the proliferation of it in vitro. The proliferated PBMC have the specific cytotoxicity to HEL cells infected by HCMV. Conclusions The acquired recombinant HCMV pp65 protein could induce specific T cells immune response in vitro to kill the HCMV infected HEL cells. And it is very important for the immune therapy of the HCMV infections.

Emphasizing symptom efficacy is an important manifestation of the personalized diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）. However， in current clinical practice of TCM， there are challenges such as diverse symptom expressions， difficulty in standardization， inconsistent evaluation standards for symptom efficacy， lack of universal quantitative methods， and complexity in collecting complete and accurate symptom information. These issues hinder the full and effective utilization of symptom information. Addressing the current research status and existing problems of symptom terminology standardization， quantification and grading of symptom efficacy， and collection of symptom information， this paper proposes methodological strategies for effectively recording and utilizing TCM symptom efficacy information in the era of big data. These strategies include collecting TCM symptom information based on patient reporting， standardizing the evaluation of TCM symptom efficacy from measurement scales and evaluation dimensions， integrating TCM symptom efficacy evaluation into clinical diagnosis and treatment processes， and utilizing artificial intelligence technology to acquire and process TCM symptom efficacy information. TCM symptom efficacy evaluation strategies based on patient perspectives and artificial intelligence technology will help fully explore the value of data elements， promote the objective demonstration of the specific efficacy of TCM， and facilitate the discovery of effective patterns.