Objective To retrospectively analyze the clinical characteristics ,pathological features and aetiology of pulmonary carcinoid tumourlets .Methods The clinical data of 10 patients with pulmonary carcinoid tumourlets in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University from April 1976 to October 2013 were collected for conducting the retrospective analysis and combining the lite‐raute review .Results Of the total 10 patients ,3 cases were male and 7 cases are female .9 cases were accompanied by bronchiecta‐sis ,1 case was complicated with lung adenocarcinoma .The clinical manifestations were lack of specificity ,which were dominated by repeated cough ,expectoration ,dyspnea and hemoptysis .The microscopic pathological examination suggested that there were differ‐ent degrees of inflammation reaction or fibrous tissue hyperplasia .All patients had no carcinoid syndrome ,lymph node and distant metastasis .10 cases received the surgical treatment .6 cases were pulmonary hypoplasia ,in which 1 case was carcinoid tumourlets complicating pulmonary sequestration .The postoperative follow up lasted for 5 - 80 months .8 cases had no recurrence and 2 cases were loss of follow up .Conclusion For the middle‐aged women patients with bronchiectasis and poor therapeutic effect ,complica‐ting carcinoid tumourlets should be vigilant ,active surgery combined with the pathologic examination is a suitable clinical decision .

Objective To explore the clinical effect of creatine phosphate on infantile with rotaviral enteritis and myocardial damage.Methods One hundred and twenty children with rotaviral enteritis and myocardial damage were randomly divided into the control group (n =60) and observation group (n =60).Two groups were given antiviral,rehydration,nutritional support,redressing acid-base imbalance and electrolyte disorders and other conventional treatment.The patients of the control group were given 160 mg/(kg · d) 1,6Fructose Diphosphate(1 times/d) on the basis of routine treatment,while those in the observation group were given 1.0 g creatine phosphate + 150 ml 5％ glucose injection(1 times/d) on the basis of routine treatment,both courses of two groups were 7 days.The levels of myocardial enzymes were measured and the clinical effect and adverse reactions were recorded.Results The total effective rate in observation group was 95.0％ (57/60),obviously higher than that of control group (80.0％ (48/60)) and the differences were statistically significant (x2 =6.268,P ＜ 0.05).There were no statistical significant difference in terms of myocardial enzyme between the two groups before treatment(P ＞0.05).The level of lactate dehydmgenase(LDH),creatine kinase (CK),creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) of observation group were (163.8 ±18.5) U/L,(152.8±26.4) U/L,(19.4±7.8) U/Land (24.4 ±6.8) U/Lafter treatment,and (193.4 ± 22.8) U/L,(168.6 ± 32.6) U/L,(27.4 ± 9.2) U/L and (35.4 ± 9.8) U/L of control group,and the differences between the two groups were significant (t =3.484,3.228,4.278 and 4.729; P ＜ 0.05).There was no obvious adverse reaction during the treatment course.Conclusion The clinical effect of creatine phosphate on infantile with rotaviral enteritis and myocardial damage is remarkable and safe,and it is worth of clinical application.

Objective Sperm screening is an essential step in IVF procedures. The swim-up method, an assay on sperm motility, is used clinically to select the ideal sperm for subsequent manipulation. However, additional parameters, including acrosome reaction capability, chemotaxis, and thermotaxis are also important indicators of mammalian sperm health. To monitor both sperm motility and chemotaxis simultaneously during sperm screening, we designed and constructed a microdevice comprising a straight channel connected with a bi-branch channel that mimics the mammalian female reproductive tract. Methods The width and length of the straight channel were optimized to select the motile sperm. Cumulus cells were selectively cultured in the bi-branch channel to generate a chemoattractant-forming chemical gradient. Sperm chemotaxis was represented by the ratio of the sperm swimming towards different branches. Results The percentage of motile sperm was improved from ( 58. 5 ± 3. 8 ) % to ( 82. 6±2.9)% by a straight channel 7 mm in length and 1 mm in width. About 10% of sperm were found chemotactically responsive in our experiment, which is consistent with previous studies. Conclusion The combined evaluation of both sperm motility and chemotaxis was achieved for the first time, and the motile and chemotactically responsive sperm can be easily enriched on a lab-on-a-chip device to improve IVF outcome.

Objective:To construct a recombinant herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) using clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-associated nuclease 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) technology.Methods:Four strategies for inserting exogenous EGFP gene into HSV-2 genome using CRISPR/Cas9 technology were designed: (1) conventional homology-directed repair: circular two homology arm donor-mediated gene knock-in; (2) linearized single homology arm donor-mediated gene knock-in; (3) homology-independent targeted integration; (4) conventional homology-directed repair-mediated by cell lines stably expressing Cas9 and sgRNA.Results:The recombinant virus HSV-2-EGFP was successfully constructed based on the second, the third and the fourth strategies. The second strategy was the most efficient, followed by the third and the fourth strategies. The purified recombinant virus could stably express green fluorescent protein in seven passages and shared similar growth characteristics in Vero cells to the parental virus.Conclusions:Linearized single homology arm donor could increase the efficiency of gene knock-in, and cell lines stably expressing Cas9 and sgRNA could increase the efficiency of gene knock-in mediated by homology-directed repair.

Objective:To investigate the effects of genomic location of a foreign gene in Shanghai-191 strain measles virus (MV) vector on gene expression and virus replication.Methods:The nucleotide sequence encoding S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 was inserted at different positions in MV antigenome (the upstream of the N gene, between P and M genes, between H and L genes), and co-transfected into 293T cells with helper plasmids coding T7 RNA polymerase and N, P, and L proteins, respectively. The transfected cells were lysed and the supernatants were used to infected Vero cells to harvest recombinant viruses. S1 proteins expressed by the recombinant viruses were identified by RT-PCR, indirect immunofluorescence assay, Western blot and ELISA. Growth kinetics of the recombinant viruses were analyzed.Results:Recombinant viruses were failed to be rescued when the S1 protein-coding sequence was cloned into the upstream of N gene. Two recombinant viruses, MV-M-S1 and MV-L-S1, were successfully rescued when cloning the S1 protein-coding sequence into the intergenic region between P and M genes, or H and L genes, and could express S1 protein. MV-M-S1 expressed more S1 protein than MV-L-S1, but the titer of MV-M-S1 was lower.Conclusions:Inserting a foreign gene at different positions in the MV genome might have different effects on gene expression and virus replication. This study provided reference for the subsequent construction of MV vector.

Laboratory test is the routine method of diagnosis, monitoring and blood screening of HIV infection, and main basis for early diagnosis of AIDS. HIV is divided into HIV-1 and HIV-2 subtypes, HIV-1 infection is the major cause of AIDS pandemic, while HIV-2 infection occurs in limited areas in the world, mainly in West Africa. HIV-2 infection has been reported in China since 1998. They are sporadic cases, and mainly HIV-1/HIV-2 mixed infections. There are less concerns about HIV-2 detection in China at present, and domestic HIV-2 detection reagents have not come into the market. At present, the detection method of HIV-2 is mainly antibody test and nucleic acid test. The initial screening is through rapid test and other methods and the confirmation is depended on Western Blot and Line Immune Assay. According to the HIV antibody test results, HIV-2 infection is confirmed. With the rapid development of molecular biology, the diagnostic method of nucleic acid detection laboratory has made great progress.

Compared to conventional cancer treatment, combination therapy based on well-designed nanoscale platforms may offer an opportunity to eliminate tumors and reduce recurrence and metastasis. In this study, we prepared multifunctional microspheres loading I-labeled hollow copper sulfide nanoparticles and paclitaxel (I-HCuSNPs-MS-PTX) for imaging and therapeutics of W256/B breast tumors in rats. F-fluordeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging detected that the expansion of the tumor volume was delayed (<0.05) following intra-tumoral (i.t.) injection with I-HCuSNPs-MS-PTX plus near-infrared (NIR) irradiation. The immunohistochemical analysis further confirmed the anti-tumor effect. The single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/photoacoustic imaging mediated by I-HCuSNPs-MS-PTX demonstrated that microspheres were mainly distributed in the tumors with a relatively low distribution in other organs. Our results revealed that I-HCuSNPs-MS-PTX offered combined photothermal, chemo- and radio-therapies, eliminating tumors at a relatively low dose, as well as allowing SPECT/CT and photoacoustic imaging monitoring of distribution of the injected agents non-invasively. The copper sulfide-loaded microspheres, I-HCuSNPs-MS-PTX, can serve as a versatile theranostic agent in an orthotopic breast cancer model.