Objective: To construct an eukaryotic expression plasmid containing gene coding for the hemagglutinin neuraminidase(HN) of Newcastle disease virus (NDV), and to study its mechanism and value in antitumor therapy. Methods: The HN cDNA was abtained from NDV with RT PCR and an eukaryotic expression vector of HN gene ( pcDNA3 HN ) was constructed. The antitumor effect was evaluated after injecting pcDNA3 HN into mice bearing B16 melanoma. Results: The HN cDNA of NDV was successfully cloned and pcDNA3 HN had a good expression in COS 7 cells. Animal experiments suggested that the pcDNA3 HN could significantly increase CTL and NK activity of tumor bearing mice. Conclusion:The eukaryotic expression plasmid containing the gene coding for the (HN) has the function of increasing CTL and NK activity of tumor bearing mice.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the present situation of the nosocomial infection in our hospital in order to decrease the infection rate. METHODS A total of 40 554 patients were inspected from Oct 2004 to Sept 2005.There were 626 patients with nosocomial infection. RESULTS The nosocomial infection was 1.54%.Old patients were the main components.The longer they were in hosptial,the more risk of infection they had.Elder monitoring department and hematological department were the most common infected units.Respiratory tract was the most common infected site of the body.The entity of disease for the most infection was malignant tumor.Invasive treatment was one of the causes for the infection. CONCLUSIONS The infection rate of our hospital was relatively low.We should establish the system to control the infection.Use the advanced statistical software well be to aid the control and discover the anti-infection deficiency from the statistical view-point.

Objective To explore the application of Artglass material in aesthetical restoration. Methods A total of 2196 restoratio ns, including 1963 veneers and 233 crowns, were made for 335 patients, and clini cal results were examined and recorded one by one. The related problems were dis cussed. Results There was significant improvement on cosmetics in most of the 2196 restorations; 44 restorations in 21 patients were failed, re sulting in a failure rate of 2%. The failure cases were repaired with Chrisma ma terial or remade with Artglass material. Conclusion Artglass ma terial has satisfactory prosthesis effects in aesthetical restoration. The bondi ng process and occlusion adjustment are important and should be specially notice d.

Different human thyroid carcinoma cell lines were treated with all-trans retinoic acid(RA). RA could inhibit cell growth,improve iodide uptake and increase some thyroid specific genes and retinoid acid receptor(RAR)mRNA expressions in FTC-133 cells.However,RA had no effect in C643,HTH74 and XTC. UC1 cells.These findings indicate that different thyroid carcinoma cells display diverse responses to RA.

Flavonoids is one of the biggest families of the plant-derived secondary metabolites with structural diversity. Until now, over 10 000 kinds of flavonoids with distinct structures have been purified and identified from plants, and some of them possess a range of important pharmacological effects, such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory and so on. So far, a number of genes and enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of flavonoids have been reported, especially, a great of progress has been achieved in the synthetic biology of flavonoids in the recent years. Herein, based upon a brief introduction on the biosynthesis of flavonoids, this review summarizes the research advances in synthetic biology of flavonoids in the past two decades (2001-2021), highlighting the cell factories construction of the representative flavonoids. And, a brief discussion and prospects of the relevant metabolic bottlenecks and optimizing strategies are proposed.

0.05). In the group of pirenzepine, the RBF, velocity and volume significantly increased at 0.5 h and 1 h after injection compared with that before injection (P0.05). Conclusion These results suggest that pirenzepine could increase RBF and oxygen in blood with the peak time at 0.5 h and 1 h after intravitreous injection.

Objective To study the recovery mechanism of dysphagic patients after stroke using functional magnetic resonanee imaging(fMRI). Methods Thirteen patients with dysphagia caused by unilateral cortical or subcortical lesions were recruited into a dysphagia group,and eight age-matched healthy volunteers were recruited as controls.Both grouDs performed experimental volitional swallowing tasks during fMRI studies.All patients of the dys-phagia group received rehabilitation treatment targeting dysphagia.Of the 13 dysphagia patients,7 reached almost complete recovery and were identified as recovered in follow-up fMRI studies.A 3.0 T MR scanner and echo planar imaging(EPI)T_2 WI sequence were employed to obtain the fMRI data.SPM2 software was used for post-processing of the fMRI data and displaying activated brain maps.Lateral index(LI)was calculated as LI:(C-1)/(C+I).Paired t tests were used to compare activated brain volume before and after complete recovery. Results Consistent activation of the bilateral primary sensorimotor cortex,anterior cingulated gyrus and the bilateral insular cortex were observed in the control group. Activation of the pons,medulla,left cerebellum,left prefrontal area,right occipital area and the left insular cortex were observed in the dysphagia group.Activation was observed in the bilateral primary sensorimotor cortex.bilateral prefrontal area,bilateral superior temporal gyrus,left insular cortex,bilateral frontal o-pereulum and anterior cingulated gyrus in the recovered patients.The total activated volume before recovery in the ip-silesional hemisDhere was significantly less compared with the contralesional hemisphere in the dysphagia group.In the recovered patients,both the activated brain volume of the ipsilesional hemisphere and value of LI were significant-ly larger than those at the initial examination.Conclusions Decreased activation in the sensorimotor cortex,the in-sular lobe and the cingulate gyms might be causes.of dysphagia.Compensation by the contralesional hemisphere in the early stages and then the restoration of the ipsilesional hemisphere after recovery may be mechanisms of dysphagia recovery in stroke patients.

Objective To study the expression of the tumor suppressor gene TSHR and pl6 in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and explore the relationship of the tumorigenesis and the promoter aberrant methylation of the two above genes. Methods RT-PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression of two tumor suppressor genes in 50 cases of PTC, 20 cases of nodular goiter and 12 cases of thyroid adenoma tissue. The promoter methylation status of the two genes were detected by methylation-specific PCR technique (MSP) (which of p16 by nested PCR). The promoter hypermethylation of the two genes was tested by randomly gene sequencing. Results Hypermethylation of promoter region were detected from 68.0 % (34/50) TSHR gene and 54.0 % (27/50) pl6 gene in PTC, while 21.9 % (7/32) and 15.60 % (5/32) in controls. The rate of promoter methylation in PTC was significantly higher than that in controls (χ2 = 16.61, P <0.05 vs χ2 =12.08 P <0.05). The relative mRNA expression of TSHR gene and pl6 gene were (0.41±0.11) and (0.51±0.17) in PTC, respectively, while those were (0.63 ±0.08) and (0.72 ±0.22) in controls, respectively. The mRNA expression of the TSHR gene and pl6 gene was obviously lower in PTC than that in controls (t = 3.86, P < 0.05 vs t =3.66, P <0.05). By the sequencing, it was confirmed that the CG in methylated promoter of the two genes was not changed, while the CG in unmethylated promoter was changed into TG. Conclusion Methylation of the TSHR gene and p16 gene in promoter region is a common molecule event and may be invovled in the genesis and development of human PTC.

Objective To establish a new model of cardiac arrest (CA) in rats by transcutaneous electrical epicardium stimulation. Method Two acupuncture needles connected to the anode and cathode of a stimulator were transcutaneously inserted into the epicardium as electrodes. The stimulating current was steered to the epicardium and the stimulation was maintained for 3 minutes to induce CA. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was performed at 6 minutes after a period of nonintervention. Results The success rate of induction was 12/20 at the current intensity of 1 mA; and reached 20/20 when the current intensity was increased to 2 mA. The average time from the electrical stimulation to CA induction was (5. 10 ± 2. 81) seconds. When the electrical stimulation stopped, 18/20 rats had ventricular fibrillation and 2/20 rats had pulseless electrical activity. CPR was performed for averagely 207.4 ( ± 148.8) seconds. The restoration of spontaneous circulation was 20/20. The death rate within 4 hours after CA was 5/20, and the 72-hour survival rate was 10/20. There were only two cases of complications, a minor muscle contraction and a minor lung lobe injury. Conclusions The model of CA in rats induced by transcutaneous electrical epicardium stimulation is a stable model that requires low-intensity current and has fewer complications.

Objective To investigate the pathological features of blood vessel inflammation in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy ( FSHD ) and the role of vasculitis on the pathogenesis of FSHD. Methods The clinical manifestations and myopathological features of 26 FSHD patients were retrospectively analyzed and summarized. All of the patients were divided into 2 groups; inflammatory infiltration group and non-inflammatory infiltration group. The latter was further divided into 3 subgroups;endomysial inflammation subgroup, perivasculitis subgroup and transmural vasculitis subgroup.Immunohistochemical staining were carried out in inflammatory infiltration group with anti-CD3, anti-CD4,anti-CD8,anti-CD20 and anti-SMA antibody. The control group was composed of 10 dermatomyositis ( DM)cases and 10 polymyositis ( PM) cases. Results The age of onset was (25. 2 ± 12. 6) years old and the average course was (7. 8 ±7. 3) years. The sex ratio of male to female was 1.6: 1. Five of them had family history. The main clinical features were progressive weakness and atrophy of facial, shoulder girdles and proximal upper limbs muscles. The lower distal limbs and (or) lower distal limbs and pelvic girdle muscles were involved in 18 cases. The main pathological features were shown as followed. Seventeen of them had focal inflammatory cell infiltration, including endomysial inflammation (4/17) , perivasculitis (7/17) , and transmural vasculitis (6/17). Immunohistochemical staining confirmed the major types of inflammatory cells were CD4* T lymphocytes and CD20B lymphocytes, which was familiar with DM. While in PM, CD8+ T lymphocytes were dominant The proportionality of residual muscle fibers obviously decreased in inflammatory infiltration group ( 48. 0% ± 23. 6% ) than non-inflammatory infiltration group ( 94. 3% ±3. 1% , T = 198. 000, P = 0. 000). As to CK levels, there were no significant deviation. Conclusions Obvious inflammatory cell infiltration can be seen in FSHD, the locations of inflammatory cells are endomyosium inflammation, perivasculitis and transmural vasculitis. Transmural vasculitis indicates vascular pathological factor may have something to do with pathogenesis of FSHD.