In order to improve the optimum temperature of lipases, The Penicillum expansum lipase (PEL) gene was mutated by site-directed mutagenesis using overlap extension PCR technique. The recombinant plasmid pPIC3.5K-lip-E83V containing matant gene was expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115. The comparison experiments of the mutant PEL-E83V-GS with the wild-type PEL-GS showed that: the optimum temperature of the mutant (45℃) was higher by 5℃ than that of the wild type. The thermostability of the mutant was similar to the wild type. The enzymatic activity of the mutant was 188 U/mL at 37 ℃, which was 80% that of the wild type at the same conditions. The hydrophobic interaction may be enhanced in the surface region by the hydrophilic amino acid, Glu substituted with the hydrophobic amino acid, Val, and be responsible for the improvement of optimum temperature.

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; administration & dosage ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; therapy ; Chemoembolization, Therapeutic ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Cyclopropanes ; administration & dosage ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Female ; Fluorouracil ; administration & dosage ; Humans ; Infusions, Intra-Arterial ; Liver Neoplasms ; therapy ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Middle Aged ; Mitomycin ; administration & dosage ; Phytotherapy

Amblyopia is a developmental abnormality that results from physiological alterations in the visual cortex and impairs form vision. Based on multimedia, visual perceptual learning was widely applied in amblyopia treatment. Perceptual learning provided an impor-tant new method for treating amblyopia both in children and adults, and it reflects alterations of neural responses in the visual pathway. The therapeutic efficacy of perceptual learning was related to age, amblyopic types and degrees, training time and programs closely.

AIM: To study the effect of estrogen on injury induced by ?-amyloid protein (A?) in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons. METHODS: The effect of 17?-E_2 on A?(25-35)-induced cell death in primary rat cortical neurons was observed by phase contrast light microscopy, Giemsa staining and determination of lactate dehydrohenase (LDH) release rate. RESULTS: A?(25-35) induced cell death in rat primary cortical neurons. Forty eight hours pretreatment with 17?-E_2 protected rat primary cortical neurons from A?(25-35)-induced injury. CONCLUSION: A? evokes toxicity in rat primary cortical neurons. Estrogen can protect the rat primary cortical neurons against injury induced by A? (25-35).

Humans ; Medical Staff ; Occupational Exposure ; prevention & control ; Occupational Health

Glycoprotein N is encoded by glycoprotein N (gN) gene of herpesviruses. The amino acid composition and expression level of this protein vary among difference species of herpesviruses. According to present studies, gN protein is expressed in cytoplasm of host cells, mainly in endoplasmic reticulum. The gN forms a complex with glycoprotein M in host cells. The complex is involved in the processes of viral replication and inter-cellular infection. Moreover, this protein plays a role in immune evasion from host immune system. The study will provide a theoretical basis for further study of herpesvirus gN gene and its encoded protein.
Animals ; Herpesviridae ; genetics ; metabolism ; Herpesviridae Infections ; virology ; Humans ; Viral Envelope Proteins ; genetics ; metabolism

Objective:To forecast the indicators on maternal and child health of China in 2020.Methods: Based on Surveillance data of the indicators on the maternal and child health in China since the 1990s,forecasting models were found using auto-regressive method,and the indicators on maternal and child health in China in 2020 were forecasted using the models after they had been tested and valued.Results: Auto-regressive models on infant mortality rate(IMR),under-5 mortality rate(U5MR) and maternal mortality(MMR) were found.The models and their parameters passed statistical tests,and their mean absolute error was 5% or so and determination coefficients were all more than 90%.Conclusion: The IMR of China in 2020 was forecasted to be 6.35‰,the U5MR 7.37‰ and the MMR 22.21/100 000.

Objective:To deeply understand the real experience of family members of patients in the neurosurgery intensive care unit during the period of accompanying them, and to provide reference for managers to formulate nursing countermeasures to improve the coping ability of family members.Methods:Descriptive phenomenological research method in qualitative research was adopted to conduct in-depth interviews with family members of 12 patients admitted to a neurosurgery intensive care unit in Shanghai, manage the interview data with Nvivo11 software, and use Colaizzi's seven-step analysis method to summarize and analyze the topic.Results:There were four themes: adhere to and do not give up, adhere to was due to the trust and affirmation of the medical care, do not give up was because it was difficult to give up blood kinship, adhere to the hope of life because of patients; timing change of emotional experience, first aid period: helpless to rescue and expecting the condition to stabilize, complication peak: understanding the characteristics of the disease and paying attention to the treatment progress, stable period: uncertain prognosis and desire for emotional companionship.The powerlessness of the future; learn to self psychological adjustment.Conclusions:The family members of patients with severe neurological diseases have both negative experience and positive feelings, and the accompanying experience and needs at different stages of the disease are changing dynamically. According to the cognition and needs of the family members, exploring and developing palliative medicine, tapping the potential of the family members from a positive perspective and improving coping ability are one of the ways to maintain the stable mental health of the family members.

Anxiety Disorders ; etiology ; therapy ; Breast Neoplasms ; complications ; therapy ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Qi

Objective:To evaluate the soft and hard tissue changes of class II division 1 patients treated by Dynamax appliance. Methods:15 class II division 1 cases, whose hand-wrist radiographs were in FG-G stage, were treated by Dynamax appliance. After scanning the cephalometric tracing and transcripting into the special software of Winceph 7.0, the Cephalometrics analysis was preformed on pre-treatment and post-treatment. Results:After being treated by Dynamax appliance, the SNB, Co-GN,L1-NB,Cm-Sn-Ls was increased significantly,the ANB,Wits,U1-NA,overjet,overbite,Ns-Sn-Pos decreased significantly. Conclusion:Dynamax can effectively induce forward movement of mandible, improved esthetics on soft tissue profile and make face become normal.