Toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii is one type of zoonotic, parasitic diseases seriously endangering human health. Vaccine recently becomes the highlight in control of this parasite. ROPs antigen is an effective candidate molecule of vaccine. This review outlines the status in the research of ROPs vaccine of Toxoplasma gondii mediated by bacteria such as Lactococcus lactis, Mycobacteria smegmatis, Bacille calmette-Guerin, Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Pichia Pastoris, and viruses such as Canine adenovirus type 2, Adenovirus serotype 5, Feline herpesvirus type-1 and Vaccinia virus.

Specific antigens of Echinococcus multilocularis is essential for the diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis and vaccine development.Because of the limited source of nature antigen,its application is restricted.The development of recombinant antigens can provide large amount of antigen under effective quality control.This review summarizes the recent progress in antigen research,especially the recombinant antigen used for diagnosis of the disease.

Objective To search a new,simple,minimally invasive,safety and effective method to treat the cervical disc herniation.Methods 210 patients with cervical disc herniation received percutaneous nucleoplasty were evaluated.Results They were followed prospectively from two weeks to two months,fifty-nine patients improved significantly,the general clinical effective rate was 96.2%.No complication occurred.Conclusion The percutaneous nucleoplasty is an effective,rapid suited to outpatient,minimally invasive and safe procedure for cervical disc heriation.

Objective To evaluate if 18F-FLT PET imaging could be used as a new clinical method to predict tumor radiosensitivity.Methods MDA-MB-231 and LN229 cells were irradiated with doses of 0,8 and 16 Gy of 6 MV photon energy,then soft agar assay and cellular uptake of 18F-FLT were performed on the 2 cell lines.The t test and one-way analysis of variance were used for the two groups and data before and after irradiation.The MDA-MB-231 and LN229 tumor xenografts were prepared by injecting the tumor cells into the right limbs of female BALB/c nu/nu mice.Once tumors reached a diameter of 10 mm,the two types of mice were divided randomly into 3 groups (20 mice per group) according to the irradiation doses (0,8 and 16 Gy).After irradiation,18F-FLT PET imaging and immunohistochemical staining were conducted.Then correlations between 18F-FLT SUVtumor/SUVmuscle ratio (T/M ratio) and TK1 labeling index percentages (LITK1) were tested using linear correlation analysis.Results The survival fraction of MDA-MB-231 and LN229 cells after irradiated with 8 Gy were (59.73 ± 4.3) ％ and (93.41 ± 3.75) ％,respectively (t =-13.20,P ＜ 0.001).When the dose increased to 16 Gy,the survival fraction decreased to (43.57 ±4.06) ％ and (81.77 ± 4.42) ％,respectively(t =-14.24,P ＜ 0.001).In MDA-MB-231 cells,the cellular uptake of 18F-FLT after irradiation with 8 Gy declined rapidly to (18.32 ± 1.38) kBq/105 cells ((128.22 ± 8.24) kBq/105 cells with the dose of 0 Gy,F =266.41,P ＜ 0.01),and maintained this low level till 72 h.For the LN229 cells,the cellular uptake decreased to (9.87 ± 1.30) kBq/105 cells after 8 Gy irradiation ((134.88 ± 6.59) kBq/105 cells with the dose of 0 Gy,F =346.06,P ＜ 0.01),then increased gradually to (127.17 ± 9.08) kBq/105 cells at 72 h (F =346.06,P ＞ 0.05).The dynamic changes of 18F-FLT cellular uptake in the two cells had the same pattern after being treated with 16 Gy irradiation.In the 18F-FLT PET image of MDA-MB-231 tumor mice after 8 Gy radiotherapy,the T/M ratio decreased to 0.78 ± 0.39 at the first day,but it was 2.84 ± 0.29 before radiotherapy (F =39.78,P ＜0.01).Then the ratio increased slowly,and it was still lower than the baseline at 7 d after radiation (F =39.78,P ＜0.01).The same pattern could be seen in the group of 16 Gy irradiation.In LN229 tumor mice treatment with 8 Gy irradiation,the T/M ratio increased to 2.41 ±0.47 at the first day,and it was 1.58 ±0.29 before radiotherapy (F =34.01,P ＜ 0.05).The ratio decreased steadily to 0.66 ± 0.32 (F =34.01,P＜0.05) at 7 d after radiotherapy.However,in the treatment group with 16 Gy,the T/M ratio decreased gradually and reached 0.44 ± 0.22 at 7 d (F =41.85,P ＜ 0.01).A correlation was found between 18F-FLT T/M ratio and LITK1 (8 Gy:r=0.67,0.73; 16 Gy:r=0.73,0.69; all P＜0.01) in both tumor models.Conclusion 18F-FLT PET imaging may be used as a new assay to predict tumor radiosensitivity,but further investigation is needed before clinical application.

To investigate the weight reduction of hydatid cyst and level of splenocyte subsets in mice immunized with recombinant Bifidobacteria bifidum (Bb) Bb-Eg95-EgA31 vaccine of Echinococcus granulosus (Eg) and challenged with Eg protoscoleces,BALB/c mice were immunized with the vaccine subcutaneously,intramuscularly,intranasally or orally.Then the mice were challenged with 50 Eg protoscoleces on 8~(th) week after vaccination and killed on 25~(th) week after infection.The weight of hydatid cyst was measured and the reduction of the weight was calculated.The spleens were collected for splenocytes preparation.CD_4~+ and CD_8~+ T cells were determined by flow cytometry(FCM),and the blank vector,Bb or MRS were set as control.The hydatid cyst weight was reduced by 45.33%,41.33%,70.67% and 62.67% respectively for the 4 immunization groups.Number of CD_4~+ and CD_8~+ subsets in the immunization groups was more than that in the control group.CD_4~+ and the ratio of CD_4~+/CD_8~+ in the intranasal or oral immunization group was much higher than that in the subcutaneous or intramuscular immunization group.It's concluded that CD_4~+ and CD_8~+T cells may play an important role in the protection induced by recombinant Eg95-EgA31 vaccine of Eg.In addition,intranasal and oral vaccinations could be the better ways for immunization.

Objective To explore the value of urinary N-terminal telopeptide of type Ⅰ collagen (uNTX) combined with bone scintigraphy (BS) for the diagnosis of bone metastases.Methods A total of 227 patients suspected of bone metastases by BS were selected from Jan to May of 2012.UNTX was tested for each subject.The threshold of uNTX was chosen as 65 nmol bone collagen equivalents (BCE)/mmol creatinine (Cr) for the diagnosis of bone metastasis.Patients with uNTX greater than 65 nmol BCE/mmol Cr would be diagnosed as having bone metastasis.Other examinations (CT,MRI,PET/CT or bone biopsy) were also performed to confirm the diagnosis.The uNTX values of benign and malignant bone lesions were compared using two-sample t test.The diagnostic efficacy of uNTX combined with BS was evaluated.A ROC curve was analyzed to evaluate the cut-off value of uNTX for the diagnosis of bone metastasis.Results The mean value of uNTX of all 227 patients was (84.30± 13.29) nmol BCE/mmol Cr,which was significantly higher than the upper limit of normal range (t =21.875,P＜0.01).Using 65 nmol BCE/mmol Cr as the threshold,197 cases were diagnosed as with and 30 without bone metastases,in which 188 and 27 were respectively confirmed by other examinations.The mean uNTX was (88.73 ± 8.37) and (60.76± 9.14) nmol BCE/mmol Cr in patients with and without bone metastases,respectively (t =-18.134,P＜0.01).The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value,accuracy and Youden index of uNTX combined with BS were 98.4％ (188/191),75.0％ (27/36),95.4％ (188/197),90.0％ (27/30),94.7％ (215/227) and 73.4％ respectively.The cut-off value by ROC curve analysis was 78.88 nmol BCE/mmol Cr and the area under the curve was 0.982.Using 78.88 nmol BCE/mmol Cr as threshold,the corresponding sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value,accuracy and Youden index were 97.4％(186/191),94.4％(34/36),98.9％(186/188),87.2％(34/39),96.9％(22/227) and 91.8％ respectively.Conclusions Using the cut-off value of 78.88 nmol BCE/mmol Cr,uNTX may have clinical value in helping the differential diagnosis of bone scintigraphy for patients suspected of metastatic bone disease.

Objective To evaluate effect of the non-fused recombinant antigen in immuno diagnosis of echinococcosis. Methods The coding sequence of the target gene was cloned into prokaryotic non-fusion expression vector pQE30 ( + ) and expressed in E. coli. The recombinant protein was identified by SDS-PAGE and Western Blot, purified with affinity chromatography and used in ELISA to detect specific antibody in patients' sera. Results SDS-PAGE and Western blot demonstrated that Echinococcus multilocularis immunodominant major surface antigen gene was highly expressed in E. coli. The result of ELISA showed that out of 68 echinococcosis sera, 66 samples (97.1% ) were detected positively by the assay. Only 2 samples (2% ) were positive in 100 sera from cases with other infective diseases including cysticercosis or healthy persons. The sensitivity and specificity of the assay were 97.1% and 98% respectively. Conclusion Echinococcus multilocularis immunodominant major surface antigen gene has been highly expressed in E. coli in non-fusion form. ELISA with the recombinant protein is highly sensitive and genus-specific for echinococcosis diagnosis.

Objective: To understand mental health status of middle school students in Weifang, and to analyze its association with health risk behaviors, and to provide a reference basis for the effective prevention of mental health problems. Methods: Using the self-designed questionnaire and Kessler l0 (K10), a total of 3 185 middle school students in Weifang selected by using stratified clustered sampling were investigated. Chi-square test and binary Logistic regression was used for statistical analysis. Results: Among the middle school students in Weifang, 1 634(51.3%) reported good mental health, 854(26.8%) in moderate level, 394(12.4%) reported poor mental health, and 303(9.5%) reported very poor mental health. Sleep duration and smoking were associated with mental health of middle school students (P<0.05). Logistic regression analyses showed that, compared with adolescents with sleep duration less than 8 h, mental health among students whose sleep duration ≥8 h was better(OR=0.36); compared with non-smokers, students who smoked showed worse mental health status (OR=3.53). Conclusion Health-risk behaviors are closely related to mental health of middle school students. Relevant departments should strengthen education and publicity of healthy lifestyles, and pay close attention to the impact of health risk behaviors on mental health.

Vivax malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax (Pv) is one type of parasitic diseases seriously endangering human health,it recently becomes a hotspot to control this parasite by use of the vaccine.Pv merozoite surface protein 1,Pv circumsporozoite protein,Pv apical membrane antigen 1 and Pvs25 antigens are many types of candidate vaccine molecules.This review outlines the status in the research of vaccine of Plasmodium vivax mediated by bacteria such as Mycobacteria smegmatis,Agrobacterium tumefacies,and Pichiapastoris,and by viruses such as Adenovirus and Baculovirus.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic value of PET/CT in single space-occupying lesion of the liver hepatic disease. Meth-ods: Data of 177 patients from Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital between March 2012 and September 2017 with a single hepatic space-occupying lesion who had undergone 18F-FDG PET/CT were collected. CT values and the long and short di-ameters were measured in PACS system. A post-processing workstation was employed, and PETVCAR software was used to automati-cally measure the standardized uptake value (SUV) of the focal and the normal liver tissue. Afterward, T (SUV of the focal)/N (SUV of the normal liver tissue) ratios were calculated. Then, the diagnostic value of various parameters for different pathological types was an-alyzed. The correlation between two continuous variables was calculated using Pearson analysis. Results: The long and short diame-ters of the primary hepatic carcinoma were significantly larger than those of metastatic lesions (P<0.05). The positive rates of hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC), intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), and metastases were 67.6%, 95.2%, and 98.7%, respectively. All meta-bolic parameters of HCC were significantly lower than those of the other pathological types of liver cancer or metastases (P<0.05). The AUCs for diagnosis of ICC and metastases were higher than 0.5, but there was no statistical difference between the AUCs of different SUVs. Moreover, SUVmax was related to lesion size (r=0.535, P<0.001). Conclusions: 18F-FDG PET/CT has a high positive predictive val-ue and effective diagnostic function for ICC and metastasis, and the diagnostic efficacy for both is higher than that for HCC.