Objective To explore the value of enzyme‐linked immunospot(ELISPOT ) assay in the diagnosis of acquired immu‐nodeficiency syndrome(AIDS) patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection .Methods 42 hospitalized AIDS patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and 60 non‐tuberculosis hospitalized patients with diseases of respiratory system in the same period were recruited as observation group and control group ,respectively .ELISPOT assay ,tuberculosis antibody(TBAb) test and tuberculin skin test(TST) were performed for all the patients ,respectively .The sensitivity ,specificity and accuracy of the 3 meth‐ods were comparatively analyzed .Results The sensitivity ,specificity and accuracy of ELISPOT were 92 .9% ,93 .3% and 93 .1% . These of TBAb were 54 .8% ,71 .7% and 64 .7% ,and of TST were 47 .6% ,53 .3% and 51 .0% ,respectively .There were significant differences among three methods in sensitivity ,specificity and accuracy(P<0 .05) .The sensitivity ,specificity and accuracy of ELIS‐POT were the highest in the 3 methods(P<0 .05) .There were no significant differences between TBAb test and TST in sensitivi‐ty ,specificity and accuracy(P>0 .05) .Conclusion ELISPOT assay has relatively high diagnostic value in AIDS patients with My‐cobacterium tuberculosis infection .

Hepatitis C virus ( HCV) is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcino-ma in humans.Due to the lack of suitable experimental animal models for HCV infection, the development of more effective treatment of HCV infection and vaccines has been delayed.Chimpanzee is the best experimental animal model for the re-search of hepatitis C virus ( HCV) infection.However, because of its limited in resource, expensive in breeding, and difference in clinical symptoms, thus developing new experimental animal models for HCV-related basic and applied re-search is imminent.In recent years, as a surrogate animal model, the development of rodent model and other models has been achieved a lot of progress.Using such as genetically modified experimental techniques, those surrogate animals were infected with HCV in vivo and were successfully applied to research in several areas.In this review, we will focus on the a-chieved progress in naturally infected animal model and transgenic surrogate experimental models, and their advantage and limitation in usage in study on the pathogenetic mechanism of infection, drug evaluation and development of vaccines, and will also discuss the future direction of development of experimental animal models for research of infection with HCV.

Objective To study TLC and HPLC fingerprint of Paeoniae Radix Alba;To provide reliable methods for its quality control and evaluation. Methods TLC was performed to detect paeoniflorin with CHCl3-EtOAc-methanol-formic acid (40∶5∶10∶0.2) as the developing solvent system. The HPLC chromatographic separation was performed on Kromasil C18 column (250 mm× 4.6 mm, 5μm, 12 nm). The mobile phase was a mixture of acetonitrile-0.05%phosphoric acid in gradient elution with flow rate of 1 mL/min. The detection wavelength was set at 254 nm, and the column temperature was 35 ℃. Results The TLC spots were clear. Fifteen common peaks including paeoniflorin (the ninth peak) in the HPLC profile were found in ten batches of samples of Paeoniae Radix Alba in different growing areas, the fingerprints of samples from Anhui Province and Zhejiang Province showed little difference. Conclusion Fingerprint of Paeoniae Radix Alba showed unique features, and can be used to control its quality.

Objective To study the characteristics of working memory impairment in patients with lacunar cerebral infarctions(LCI).Methods 42 patients proved by clinics were chosen,and divided into two groups:multiple and single LCI groups,versus left,right and double side infarction groups.Their working memory status were evaluated and compared with Digit Ordering Test,Corsi block task,House Visual Span Test and Stroop Digit Counting Test.All scores were analyzed statistically.Results(1)All scores of the four types of Tests in multiple LCI group were significantly lower than those in single group(P0.05).Conclusions Multiple LCI is closely related to working memory impairment.Left brain infarction may induce verbal working memory impairment,and right infarction may induce spatial working memory impairment,but object working memory impairment may related to double side of brain infarction.It suggested that in the physiological structure,different components of working memory regions had dissymmetrical effect in two sides of brain.

Animals ; China ; Echinococcosis ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Malaria ; diagnosis ; Schistosomiasis ; diagnosis

Objective To investigate the effect of steroid receptor coactivator family in initiation, development, treatment and prognosis of breast cancer. Methods The literatures in recent years which have related to the effect of steroid receptor coactivators in breast cancer are reviewed. Results Steroid receptor coactivators are essential for several kinds of steroid hormones binding to steroid receptors, so they are important accessory factors that induce the initiation, development and recurrence of breast cancer, and predictive factors that estimate the prognosis of breast cancer. Conclusion Inhibition of the expression and signaling pathway of steroid receptor coactivators may be effective for breast cancer prevention and treatment.

Cholecystolithiasis is a common disease of the digestive system. In recent years, due to the changes in diet and daily living habits, the incidence of cholecystolithiasis in the world is rising gradually. Choledocholithiasis can form initially in situ, mainly due to infection and cholestasis, but also secondary to cholecystolithiasis or intrahepatic bile duct stones.Symptomatic gallstone disease in patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the standard treatment.However, for patients with common bile duct calculi, traditional open surgery, laparoscopic combined choledochoscope, laparoscopic combined endoscopic and laparoscopic combined laser lithotripsy are all effective ways of treatment. But which one specific operation method is the best choice has yet to agree a consensus. In this paper, several different surgical treatment methods of common bile duct calculi are reviewed in order to provide certain reference value for clinical practice.