Effects of supernatants from cultured rat pineal glands on ConA and LPS induced proliferative responses of splenocytes in mice, ConA induced interleukin 2 (IL-2) production of splenocytes in rats were studied. These results showed that ConA and LPS induced proliferative responses of splenocytes were enhanced by supernatants from cultured rat pineal glands stimulated with 10 ?mol/L isoproterenol (ISO) for 60 min (Dilution. 1 : 45 ) , ConA induced IL-2 production of splenocytes in rats was also enhanced by the supernatants (Dilution: 1 : 135 ) .

Effects of melatonin ( MT) on Con A or LPS-induced prolifera-tive responses of splenocytes in mice and Con A induced interleukin 2 ( IL-2 ) production of splenocytes in rats were studied. The results showed that Con A and LPS induced proliferative responses of splenocytes were enhanced by in vitro treatment with MT (0.01~1?mol/L and 0.01~10?mol/L, reinduced-pectively ) . ConA IL-2 production of splenocytes were also enhanced by in vitro treatment with MT (1~10?mol/L), but MT has no effects oa above functions of splenocytes without activating by ConA or LPS. These data suggested that mitogen activated lymphocytes might be one of the target cells for MT.

The protective effects of total glucosides of paeony (TGP) on eoperimental hepatitis were studied in mice. The elevation of SGPT and the decrese of serum protein and hepatic glycogen contents in D-Galactosamine or CCl4-induced hepatitis were significantly improved by pretreatment with TGP (10, 20mg ? kg-1d-1?7d,ip). It also remarkably diminished the hepato-cellular degeneration and necrosis induced by D-Galactosamine or CCI4.Moreover, ultrastructural studies showed that TGP markedly restored the structures of mitochondria, lysosome and endoplasma reticulum of hepatocvtes injured by D-Galactosamine. These results indicate that TGP has obviously protective effects on acute hepatitis. The mechanisms of its actions remain to be furthes studied.

Objective To thoroughly explore the pathophysiological roles of TIMP-1 during the progressive course of renal diseases, the study was aimed at identifying the functional phenotype of endogenous and exogenous genes in kidneys of human TIMP-1 transgenic mice. Methods Renal histological changes between 3-month-old wild type mice (n=8) and 3-month-old transgenic mice (n=8) were analyzed through PAS staining of paraffin sections. The mRNA and protein expressions of h/mTIMP-1, mTIMP-1, TIMP-2, TIMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-2, and COLⅣ?5 mRNA were detected by Northern blot and Western blot. The activities of gelatinases and TIMP-1 were examined by gelatin zymography and reverse zymography, respectively. Results No difference in histological picture in kidneys was found between wild type and transgenic mice. In contrast with wild type mice, it was found that in kidneys of transgenic mice, the mRNA and protein expressions of h/mTIMP-1 and its activity were up-regulated (P0.05). Conclusion The transgene was expressed steadily in kidneys of human TIMP-1 transgenic mice, and it induced the compensation of MMPs/TIMPs.

0.05).The transfected HepG2 cells by infection of SL3261 containing the vector were shown with GFP and the 930 bp target expression by RT-PCR.Conclusion:Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium SL3261 containing recombined eukaryotic expressing plasmid pIRES2-EGFP-4-1BBL is successfully constructed which can deliver recombinant plasmid into HepG2 cells.

A mathematical model of electro-chemical cell was induced according to its electric model. Based on the mathematical model, Fourier transform (FT) was applied to separate the charging current from Faradaic current in fast scanning voltammetric signal. The proposed method was investigated with both simulated voltammogram and experimental voltammogram. The results indicate that the proposed methods can successfully separate the charging current from Fradaic current, and the result is consistent with theoretical model.

BACKGROUND: Umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (UCBMSCs) have been shown to differentiate into nerve-like cells under the condition of in vitro culture. Brain-derived neurotrophic factors (BDNF) combined with ciliary neurotrophic factors (CNTF) at certain concentration can in vitro induce the differentiation of UCBMSCs into high proportion of neuronal-like cells. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of BDNF, CNTF and their combination for in vitrodifferentiation of UCBMSCs into nerve-like cells.METHODS: UCBMSCs of passage 5 were induced to differentiate into nerve-like cells using 5,10, 20 ug/L BDNF, 5,10, 20 ug/L CNTF or their combination. A blank control group was set, with no any interventions. Cell morphology was observed under inverted phase contrast microscope. At 1, 3, and 6 days of experiment, immunocytochemical staining for neuron specific enolase and glial fibrillary acidic protein was performed. The proportion of differentiated neuronal-like cells and glial cell-like cells was calculated.RESULTS ANDCONCLUSION:After induced differentiation into nerve-like cells, human UCBMSCs exhibited changeable morphology with contracted cell body, enhanced refraction of nucleus, and dendrite- and axon-like structure. Compared with blank control group, BDNF and CNTF couldsignificantly enhance the differentiation proportion of UCBMSCs into nerve-like cells. 20 ug/LBDNF combined with 20 ug/L CNTF yielded highest differentiation proportion of human UCBMSCs into nerve-like cells. These findings indicate that human UCBMSCs can differentiate into nerve-like cells after in vitro induction of BDNF, CNTF or their combination.

Objective To study the change of human Na+/dicarboxylate cotransporters (NaDC)in IgA nephropathy,and to discuss its role in IgA nephropathy. Methods Thirty-four cases of IgA nephropathy diagnosed by renal biopsy were divided into five grades according to the degree of pathological change of IgA nephropathy,and their tubulointerstitial lesions were semi-quantitatively analyzed. Changes of the expression of NaDC1 and NaDC3 in kidney were observed by using immunohistochemistry,and analyzed with clinical data by correlation. Results Tubulointerstitial lesion exacerbated with the progress of pathological change in IgA nephropathy. In the cases of Ⅳ and Ⅴ grade,24 h urinary protein,serum creatinine,urinary NAG enzyme were increased,and urinary osmotic pressure was decreased,as compared with the cases of Ⅰ-Ⅲ grade( P

Objective To explore the condition of cortistatin (CST)expression in human renal tissue and the changes in the level of CST in IgA nephropathy (IgAN)of different degrees.Methods Ten tumor adjacent normal renal tissue samples were collected.The mRNA and protein expressions of CST in human renal tissue were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)and Western blotting,respectively.Immunohistochemisty (IHC)was performed to locate the expression of CST in renal tissue.According to the grading system of Lee et al,IgAN was divided into three groups:grade Ⅰ -Ⅱ (group A),grade Ⅲ -Ⅳ (group B),and grade Ⅴ (group C),and ten renal biopsy tissue samples were collected for each group.IHC was performed to detect the change in the level of CST in normal and IgAN renal tissue of different degrees.The effect of clinical indices on the level of CST in IgAN renal tissue was assessed by multiple linear regression analysis.Results RT-PCR and Western blotting showed that CST was expressed in renal tissue and IHC showed that CST was expressed on renal tubular epithelial cells.In IgAN,the higher the pathological grade was, the higher the expression of CST in renal tubules was.Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the pathological grade was associated with the expression of CST in renal tissue (r =0.875,P <0.01).Conclusion CST may participate in the inflammatory reaction of IgAN pathological injury and exert anti-inflammation effects.

Objective To describe the expressions of programmed death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand PD-L1 on the surface of peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with tuberculosis.Methods A total of 77 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were recruited,of which 27 were single infection,41 were coincident with bacterial or fungal infection and 9 patients with diabetes mellitus.Twenty-nine healthy donors were also enrolled as control group.The expressions of PD-1/PD-L1 on the peripheral blood lymphocytes and mononuclear cells were detected using immunostaining and flow cytometry.Collected data were analyzed with t-test statistics.Results Among the three groups of tuberculosis including pulmonary tuberculosis,pulmonary tuberculosis coincident with infection and pulmonary tuberculosis with diabetes mellitus,the percentages of CD4+ CD25+ T cells as well as CD4+ CD25high T cell subsets were both significantly higher than those in healthy controls (t=4.892,4.635,4.974,5.407,4.660,5.279,all P＜0.01).The expression of PD-1 was up regulated on the surface of CD8+ T cells in the groups of tuberculosis as compared with the control group (t=6.392,8.249,7.072,all P＜0.01).The proportions of PD-L1 expressed on the monocytes in each group were (42.51 ± 7.54) ％,(49.42± 6.29) ％ and (48.46 ± 14.58)％,respectively.The difference was significant in contrast to the control group,which was (17.91 ±3.03)％ (t=5.168,6.854,5.665,all P＜0.01).PD-L1 expression was also up-regulated on B cells in each group and much higher than that of the control group (51.51±7.32)％,(50.85±7.09)％,(55.66±14.29)％ vs (40.11±4.25)％ (t=2.562,2.046,2.766,all P＜0.05).Conclusion PD-1/ PD-L1 co-inhibitory pathway could be closely related to the development of tuberculosis and its complications,which is involved in the attenuation of anti-tuberculosis and anti infection immune responses.