This study was aimed to optimize the best extraction technology of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Biminkang and establish the HPLC-ELSD method for determination of Astragaloside Ⅳ content. This test used heat-ing reflux which preferred ethanol as solvent extraction, extraction rate as an index to extract. By the single factor ex-periment, three factors which affect extraction rate greater were selected from the solvent concentration, extraction time, liquid ratio and extraction times. And then L9(34) orthogonal test was used to design the extraction technology of compound preparation Biminkang. HPLC-ELSD was performed on Diamonsil C18 column (250 mm í 4.6 mm, 5 μm) with H2O(A)-acetonitrile(B) (0~45 min: 22%B, 45~60 min: 22%~32%B) as mobile phase, flow rate was at 1.0 mL·min-1. The temperature of drift tube was 100℃ and the flow rate of N2 was 2.5 L·min-1. The column temperature was 30℃. The results showed that the best extraction technology of compound preparation Biminkang was liquid-solid ra-tio of 8 mL·g-1, ethanol concentration of 70%, 1.5 h for each extraction time, and extracted for three times. The re-sults showed that the presence of ethanol concentration and extraction times affected significantly. The ultimately de-termined optimal extraction conditions were as follows. The liquid-solid ratio of 8 mL/g, ethanol concentration of 70%, 1.5 h for each extraction time, and extracted for two times. The linear range of Astragaloside Ⅳ content was from 0.87 μg to 8.72 μg. And the regression equation was Y = 1.545 4X + 5.875 9, r = 0.999 7. The average re-covery rate was 95.05%. The RSD was 2.64%. It was concluded that the optimized extraction technology was stable, reasonably practicable, and suitable for industrial production.

Purpose To evaluate features of the left ventricular twist in patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) using speckle tracking imaging (STI) in order to guide clinical application.Materials and Methods Fifty-eight patients with ASD confirmed by ardiac ultrasound in Shanghai Children's Medical Center from October 2015 to January 2016 were enrolled in this study as case group,which were further divided into group ASD-A with 30 cases and group ASD-B with 28 cases according to the volume of right ventricular.The volume of right ventricular was significantly increased in the group ASD-A,but the volume of right ventricular was not significantly increased in the group ASD-B.At the same time,30 normal children with matched age and sex were chosen as control group.The parameters of left ventricular twist motion in each group were measured and compared by using STI.Results In group ASD-A,The basal and apical part of 6 children rotated counterclockwise.Compared with those in the control group,the basal rotation angle and apical rotation angle of left ventricular in group ASD-A were significantly higher (P＜0.01),and the peak twist and torison of left ventricular in group ASD-A were also higher (P＜0.05).Compared with those in the control group,only the apical rotation angle in group ASD-B was higher (P＜0.05),but the rest parameters of the left ventricular twist motion in group ASD-B were not statistically significantly higher (P＞0.05).Conclusion The significant increase in the volume of right heart load in ASD impacts on the basal and apical rotation of left ventricular.

Objective:To study the binding characteristics of horse-derived P[12] rotavirus GST-VP8*-Horse P[12]E403 protein to oligosaccharides and saliva receptors, provides an important scientific basis for the cross-species transmission and the mechanism of interaction between the bodies.Methods:The E. coli expression system was used to express and purify the horse-derived P[12] rotavirus GST-VP8*-Horse P[12]E403 protein. The receptor binding characteristics of this genotype were analyzed by saliva and oligosaccharide binding experiments. Results:Horse-derived GST-VP8*-Horse P[12]E403 protein binds well with mucin core 2 sugar, but does not bind to other oligosaccharides such as A, B, Lewis, and HBGAs in saliva.Conclusions:The potential receptor of VP8*-Horse P[12]E403 protein may be mucin core 2, and it did not bind to human saliva.

Objective:To explore the asymmetry of neonatal brain white matter using fractional anisotropy (FA) parameter generated from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).Methods:From January 2011 to June 2013, 88 neonates with normal cranial MRI performance, aged 1-14 (7.7±0.3) days and gestational age 31-42 (37.5±0.3) weeks, were retrospectively collected from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi′an Jiaotong University. According to the gestational age at birth, the neonates were divided into preterm group (37 cases) and term group (51 cases). DTI was processed to generate FA parametric maps. Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) was used to analyze the asymmetry in neonatal white matter. Regions of interest were placed in bilaterally symmetrical white matter tracts. The white matter tracts included the bilateral anterior thalamic radiation, corticospinal tract-posterior limb of the inner capsule (CST-IC), corticospinal tract-corona radiata, cingulum hippocampus part (CGH), inferior frontal occipital fasciculus (IFOF), inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF), superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF), uncinate fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus temporal part (SLF-temp). The FA value was measured and asymmetry index (AI) was calculated. The independent-sample t test or Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the AI of each tract between the preterm and term groups. Partial correlation was used to analyze the effects of neonatal gestational age and birth anthropometric measures on the asymmetry of neonate at birth. Results:The results of TBSS showed that the left lateralized areas of brain white matter in the neonatal period were mainly located in the corticospinal tract, external capsule and genu of corpus callosum. The right lateralized areas of brain white matter in the neonatal period were mainly located in the optic radiation and splenium of corpus callosum. In both the preterm and term groups, the tracts related to motor (CST-IC) and language function (ILF, SLF, SLF-temp) were left asymmetry. The CGH of the preterm and the term neonates were right asymmetry, and AI was -0.086±0.114 and -0.140±0.108 respectively, with a statistically significant difference ( t=2.27, P=0.026), while the differences of AI in the remaining tracts were not statistically significant ( P>0.05). Only gestational age was correlated with the AI of ILF ( r=0.234, P=0.033), SLF ( r=0.259, P=0.018), SLF-temp ( r=0.252, P=0.022), CST-IC ( r=0.235, P=0.033). No significant correlation was found between birthweight, head circumference, body length and AI. Conclusions:The asymmetries of brain white matter already exist in neonates aged less than two weeks. The tracts associated with motor and language function are predominantly left asymmetry.

Transcription factors (TFs) as key regulators play crucial roles in biological processes. The identification of TF–target regulatory relationships is a key step for revealing functions of TFs and their regulations on gene expression. The accumulated data of chromatin immunoprecip-itation sequencing (ChIP-seq) provide great opportunities to discover the TF–target regulations across different conditions. In this study, we constructed a database named hTFtarget, which inte-grated huge human TF target resources (7190 ChIP-seq samples of 659 TFs and high-confidence binding sites of 699 TFs) and epigenetic modification information to predict accurate TF–target regulations. hTFtarget offers the following functions for users to explore TF–target regulations:(1) browse or search general targets of a query TF across datasets;(2) browse TF–target regulations for a query TF in a specific dataset or tissue;(3) search potential TFs for a given target gene or non-coding RNA; (4) investigate co-association between TFs in cell lines; (5) explore potential co-regulations for given target genes or TFs; (6) predict candidate TF binding sites on given DNA sequences; (7) visualize ChIP-seq peaks for different TFs and conditions in a genome browser. hTFtarget provides a comprehensive, reliable and user-friendly resource for exploringhuman TF–target regulations, which will be very useful for a wide range of users in the TF and gene expression regulation community. hTFtarget is available at http://bioinfo.life.hust.edu.cn/hTFtar-get.

Objective:To investigate the effect of 125I particles in alveolar echinococcosis with the animal model (nude mice and Sprague Dawley rats). Methods:Twenty 10 weeks nude mice with body weight ranged from 20 to 24 g were divided into three groups. Sixteen nude mice were divided into experimental group ( n=8), puncture group ( n=4) and model group ( n=4). There was no intervention in the model group and only particle puncture needle was used in the puncture group. 125I particles were implanted in the experimental group. 14 male Sprague Dawley rats without specific pathogen, with body weight 280-320 g, 12 weeks old, were used to construct the model of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis. Then the rats were divided into intervention group ( n=10) and control group ( n=4). In the intervention group, 125I particles were pushed into the lesions. The abdomen was only open and closed in the control group. All the mice were sacrificed 45 days after intervention. The tumor size was measured. The activity of protoscolex and pathological changes of Echinococcus multilocularis in each group were observed. Results:At the timepoint of 22nd, 30th and 40th day of intervention, the largest diameter of tumor in nude mice experimental group was (10.7±5.2) mm, (10.9±5.0) mm, (8.5±4.3) mm, smaller than that in puncture group (24.5±4.4) mm, (25.4±4.1) mm, (31.4±2.8) mm and model group (22.5±7.3) mm, (25.0±5.4) mm, (26.7±6.3) mm, with statistically significant difference ( P<0.05). The number and activity of protoscoleces in experimental group were lower than those in puncture group and model group. Under the light microscope, the structure of echinococcus vesiculae and its body in the experimental group was obviously destroyed, and the cuticle and germinal layer of echinococcus vesiculae in the puncture group and the model group were normal, with multiple intact protoscoleces. The pathological changes of Sprague Dawley rats in the intervention group and the control group were basically the same as those in the nude mice model. Conclusion:The 125I particle radiation effect can kill Echinococcus multilocularis protoscoleces and inhibit the growth of alveolar echinococcosis.

Objective:To clarify the evolutionary characteristics and key site variations of the GII.6[P7] genome of norovirus disease outbreak in China.Methods:Genome amplification and sequencing of 46 GII.6[P7] positive samples monitored from CaliciNet China from 2018 to 2021. Simultaneous integration of all ORF1 (GII. P7) and ORF2 (GII.6) sequences for Bayesian evolutionary analysis. And the use of Simplot for restructuring analysis.Results:According to Bayesian evolution analysis, GII. P7 polymerase has temporal evolutionary characteristics, with an average base replacement rate of 2.067× 10 -3 nucleotide substitution/site/year, and recombination with 4 different VP1 genotypes (GII.6, GII.7, GII.14, GII.20). In the capsid region, GII.6 noroviruses can be further divided into GII.6a, GII.6b and GII.6c subtypes. The 46 strains in this study belong to the GII.6a subtype, which are divided into the same cluster as the virus strain NHBGR59 circulating in China in 2015. Simplot analysis determined that the recombination site of the GII.6[P7] strain in this study was at the ORF1-2 junction. The amino acid site variation of VP1 mainly occurred at the end of P1.1 and the P2 region. Compared with the reference strain of GII.6a subtype, there was no variation in the receptor binding site. Conclusions:The GII.6[P7] recombinant strains of the norovirus outbreak from 2018 to 2021 in China all belong to the GII.6a[P7] subtype.

Objective:To investigate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of G2P[4] group A rotavirus (RVA) in hospitalized children with diarrhea in China from 2016 to 2019, and to provide data support for the prevention and control of G2P[4] RVA.Methods:The data of viral diarrhea surveillance network in China from January 2016 to December 2019 were collected. A total of 19 667 specimens of hospitalized children with diarrhea under 5 years old were collected from all monitoring provinces, including 5 437 RVA positive specimens. EpiData 3.0 software and Excel 2010 were used for data collection and collation of viral diarrhea monitoring network, and SPSS 26.0 software was used for data analysis.Results:200 G2P[4] RVA specimens were detected from 5 437 RVA positive specimens, and the constituent rate of G2P[4] RVA was 3.68% (200/5 437) There is a statistically significant difference in the constituent ratio of G2P [4] RVA among RVA positive children in different years ( χ2=38.35, P<0.001), months ( χ2=62.69, P<0.001), and ages ( χ2=9.53, P=0.049). There is a statistically significant difference in the constituent ratio of G2P [4] RVA between rural and urban RVA positive children ( χ2=4.01, P=0.045). Compared with non-G2P[4] RVA hospitalized children, G2P[4] RVA hospitalized children had less proportion of respiratory tract infection ( χ2=6.07, P=0.014), G2P[4] RVA hospitalized children had higher proportion of fever ( χ2=6.68, P=0.010), there was no significant differences in diarrhea ( χ2=0.88, P=0.643), vomiting ( χ2=0.23, P=0.629), extraintestinal neurological symptoms ( χ2=0.18, P=0.668), and no significant difference in rash, sepsis and other complications ( χ2=0.45, P=0.504). Conclusions:The epidemic trend of G2P[4] RVA in China gradually decreased from 2016 to 2019, and the autumn and winter were G2P[4] RVA seasonal peaks. And the peak age was 24-36 months. There were a higher infection risk in rural areas, and fever was more than other genotypes.

Objective The study analyzed and identified the components in Shangketianshao Gel by LC-Q-TOF/MS.Methods The analysis was performed on Agilent Eclipse Plus C18(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm)column was applied with methanol and 0.1%formic acid as mobile phase for gradient elution,flow rate was 1 mL·min-1 and column temperature was 30℃.The analytes were determined by positive and negative ion modes with electro-spray ionization source,combined message of standard reference and the literature.Results 103 constituents were identified,all compounds were classified to their medicinal materials derivation.22 compounds from Paeoniae Radix Rubra,33 compounds from Rhei Radix et Rhizoma,20 compounds from Angelicae Dahuricae,23 compounds from Cortex Phellodendr and 14 compounds from Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.9 components were jointly owned.Conclusion The study provided a suitable way for Chemical fundamentals and quality control of Shangketianshao Gel and laid a foundation for in depth studies of its pharmacodynamics and the quality control.