Myeloid-derived suppressor cells(MDSCs) are heterogeneous cells derived from myeloid progenitor cells and immature myeloid cells(IMCs) in bone marrow;they are the progenitors of dendritic cells(DCs),macrophages and granulocytes.MDSCs proliferate in the blood,spleen,and tumor tissues in tumor-bearing mice and in the peripheral blood and tumor tissues in patients with cancer.MDSCs prevent tumors from attacks by body immunosurveillance and promote tumors progression through inhibiting both innate and adaptive antitumor immunity by a variety of pathways;they are recruited to the peripheral tissues from bone marrow and exert their inhibitory effects on antitumor immunity after activation in peripheral tissues.Chronic inflammation-related cytokines produced by tumors play crucial roles in the recruitment and activation of MDSCs.Progress has been made in antitumor therapies targeting MDSCs.But it has only been 10 years since the discovery of MDSCs,and many questions remain to be answered through experimental and clinical investigations.This review focuses on progress in MDSCs and its subsets,the recruitment and activation of MDSCs,the mechanisms of MDSCs-mediated immunosurveillance and antitumor treatment targeting MDSCs.

ObjectiveTo analyze the association of HLA-DQA1 gene polymorphism with persistent Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection.Methods Blood samples were collected from 80 patients with persistent genital Chlamydial infection,80 patients with common genital Chlamydial infection(who tested negative for Chlamydia trachomatis after one course of standard systemic treatment) and 80 normal human controls.HLA-DQA1 alleles were genotyped by PCR followed by gene sequencing.ResultsThe frequency of HLA-DQA1*0102 allele and HLA-DQA1*0501 allele was 22.5％ and 5.0％ respectively in patients with persistent genital Chlamydial infection,5％ and 20％ respectively in those with common genital Chlamydial infection,2.5％ and 17.5％ respectively in normal human controls.Compared with the patients with common genital Chlamydial infection and controls,the patients with persistent genital Chlamydial infection had a higher frequency of HLA-DQA1*0102(x2 =14.6286,P ＜ 0.001 ),but a lower frequency of DQA1*0501 (x2 =6.2598,P ＜ 0.05).ConclusionsHLA-DQA1*0102 allele may be a susceptible gene or closely linked with the susceptible genes of persistent genital Chlamydial infection.HLA-DQA1*0501 allele may have protective effects against persistent genital Chlamydial infection.

Objective To explore the effect of oral sensorimotor therapy (OSMT), acupuncture, and low frequency electrical stimulation on salivation in patients with cerebral palsy. Methods From September, 2014 to October, 2015, 80 cerebral palsy patients with salivation were recruited. They were randomly divided into four treatment groups:group A was treated with OSMT, group B was treated with acupunc-ture, group C was treated with frequency electrical stimulation, and group D was treated with acupuncture and low frequency electrical stim-ulation, for eight weeks. Meanwhile, 20 cerebral palsy patients with salivation from outpatients were chosen as control group. Results There was no improvement in the root mean square (RMS) value of surface electromyography (sEMG) after treatment in both the control group and group A (t<1.668, P>0.05), and the RMS value significantly improved in the groups B, C and D (t>8.983, P<0.001). There was no sig-nificant difference in the salivation score and RMS value between the control group and group A (W=389.5, t=2.041, P>0.05), and they was better in the groups B, C and D than in the control group and group A (W>226.0, t>8.534, P<0.01), as well as in group D than in groups B and C (W>306.0, t>3.663, P<0.05). Conclusion Acupuncture and low frequency electrical stimulation could effectively improve salivation in children with cerebral palsy, and their combination was superior to either ones, while OSMT did not show obvious benefit.

Objective To investigate the relationship between polymorphism of arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) and hair dye dermatitis in a Chinese population. Methods Polymorphism chain-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was used and the wild-type allele (NAT2 * 4) and three mutant alleles (NAT2 * 5A, 6B and 7A) were determined in 60 patients with hair dye dermatitis and 73 age-matched control subjects in Tianjin region. Results In hair dye dermatitis cases, the frequency of NAT2 * 4, NAT2 * 5A, NAT2 * 6B, NAT2 * 7A was 52. 5 % , 5. 0 % ,26.7 % and 15. 8 %, respectively, and no statistically significant difference of the frequencies was found between the hair dye dermatitis patients and controls (P>0. 05). The frequency of rapid genotype, intermediate genotype and slow genotype was 26. 7 % , 51. 7 % and 21. 7 % in hair dye dermatitis cases, 30. 1 %, 50. 7 % and 19. 2 % in control subjects, respectively, and no statistically significant difference of the frequencies between the two groups (P>0. 05). Conclusions Our study suggests that there might be no relationship between polymorphism of NAT2 and genetic susceptibility to hair dye dermatitis in a Chinese population.

Objective To explore the effects of environmental enrichment (EE) on learning and memory ability and the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and synaptophysin in hippocampus of neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain damage(HIBD).Methods Forty Wistar neonatal male rats aged 7 days were randomly divided into EE intervention for 6 hours(6 h EE) group (n =10),EE intervention for 12 hours (12 h EE) group (n =10),model group (n =10) and sham group (n =10).The first 3 groups were performed with HIBD.The 6 h EE and 12 h EE group received EE stimuli for 6 h and 12 h respectively,once a day for 14 days.Learning and memory of the rats were tested by using Morris water maze.The expression levels of BDNF and synaptophysin in hippocampus were determined with Western blot.Results The escape latency of all groups gradually reduced with the increase of training days,but there was no significant difference in the escape latency among the 4 groups (F =0.237,P ＞ 0.05).The rats in the 6 h EE group,12 h EE group and model group spent less time in the target quadrant and showed a significant reduction of BDNF and synaptophysin(6 h EE group:0.529 ± 0.038,0.889 ± 0.027;12 h EE group:0.660 ± 0.034,1.114 ± 0.037;model group:0.225 ± 0.015,0.672 ± 0.057) in the hippocampus compared with the sham group (0.803 ± 0.026,1.347 ± 0.092) (all P ＜ 0.01).In the 6 h EE group and 12 h EE group,the rats significantly increased the time spent in target quadrant and aggrandized the expression of BDNF and synaptophysin in hippocampus compared with the model group.Moreover,the 12 h EE group had a better performance than the 6 h EE group in the space exploration and the expression of BDNF and synaptophysin.Conclusion EE is helpful for improving learning and memory ability in neonatal rats with HIBD,which may be associated with up-regulating the expression of BDNF and synaptophysin in hippocampus.

China donation after citizens' death (CDCD) has already entered a new historical era,and the donation after brain death plus cardiac death (DBCD),which refers to the transition from brain death to cardiac death,is most widely used.The various pathological and physiological changes have an influence on donor organs,which could not be ignored.So the research on the effects of donor brain death for CDCD liver transplantation will be of great significance.Here we discussed the CDCD initiation and its classification,and the necessity and application of establishing a donation after brain death (DBD) animal model to clarify the relationship between DBD and CDCD liver transplantation and thus to enlighten future studies.

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AIM To study the inhibitory effect of the cytotoxin (CTX) from guangxi cobra venom on human nasopharyngeal cancer cell (CNE) and other tumons cells. METHODS The cytotoxin was isolated and purified from Guangxi cobra venom by successive chromatography on Sephadex G-50 and CM Sepharose CL-6B columns. Its cytotoxic effects and does-effect relationship on human tumors cell lines were examined by MTT assay. RESULTS The inhibitory effects of CTX CM-5 on CNE, human ovarian carcinoma cell (Ho8990), uterus cervical carcinoma cell (HELA) and lymphoma (YAC) cell lines showed a definite does-effect relationship. The IC 50 (48 h in cubation) was 1.84, 2.59, 1.84 and 0.75 mg?L -1 respctively. The inhibitory effects of CTX CM-5 on CNE increased with time. The IC 50 (3 h and 24 h cubation) was 4.78 and 1.04 mg?L -1 respctively. CONCLUSION CTX from Guangxi cobra venom exhibites strong suppressive effect on cultured tumor cells line in vitro.

OBJECTIVE:To determine the equilibrium solubility and the apparent partition coefficient of sulfamethazine(SM2) in a series of phosphate buffer solutions of different pH so as to provide a basic study for the exploitation of SM2 preparation.METHODS:A series of buffer solutions of different pH were prepared.The apparent solubility was determined by saturation method;Ko/w was calculated with concentration ratio of SM2 in n-octanol and water phase after partition equilibrium.RESULTS:The maximum equilibrium solubility was 1.916 g?L-1 at pH 2 and 1.375 g?L-1 at pH 9,and the maximum of apparent partition coefficient was 3.9070 at pH 8.CONCLUSION:The equilibrium solubility and apparent partition coefficient of SM2 are correlated to pH of the medium.SM2 dissolved preferably when pH6.8,but SM2 was more distributed in the lipid phase and easier to be absorbed by body when pH=3～8.

This study was aimed to make a systematic and comprehensive evaluation on clinical efficacy and safety of vertigo treatment with Tian-Ma Gou-Teng (TMGT) Decoction. Articles had been searched in the Chinese Journal Full-text Database, Chongqing VIP Chinese Scientific Journals Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database Online, Wanfang Data and Chinese Medicine Journal Literature Database for randomized controlled trials (RCT) on vertigo treatment with TMGT Decoction. The data retrieval time was from the establishment time of the database until present. Two investigators screened literatures, extracted data and assessed quality according to inclusion and exclusion criteria independently. RevMan5.0.2 was used in the meta-analysis. The results showed that a total of 33 trials were involved, which covered 2922 vertigo cases. The meta-analysis showed that from the aspect of clinical effectiveness, the comparison between Chinese medicine treatment group and modern medicine treatment group (OR = 3.67, 95% CI [2.66~5.07]), comparison between integrative medicine treatment group and modern medicine treatment group (OR = 3.28, 95% CI [2.33~4.62]), the comparison between Chinese medicine combined with other method (such as acupuncture, Tuina) treatment group and other Chinese medicine treatment group (OR = 2.29, 95% CI [1.34~3.91]), therapeutic effect in the experimental group was better than the control group. For the aspect of relapse rate, TMGT Decoction in the treatment of vertigo was better than the control group (OR = 0.27, 95% CI [0.12~0.65]). In the aspect of adverse reactions, TMGT Decoction in the treatment of vertigo was better than the control group (OR = 0.40, 95% CI [0.13~1.24]). For aspects of other indicators such as quality of life, no further analysis was conducted since there was no complete reported literature. It was concluded that the system evaluation results showed that compared with other methods, TMGT Decoction has better clinical efficacy and low recurrence rate, but safety needs to be further eualuated. However, due to the quality of included studies was not high, current evidences cannot be determined to be fully applicable in the clinical practice. But its efficacy advantages are worthy of further research. It especially requires high quality multi-center, large sample, double-blind, RCTs to verify.