AIM: To observe the effects of high-dose hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) vaccine on cellular immune response in BALB/C mice. METHODS: The mice were immunilized separately with low-dose and high-dose HBsAg vaccine by intramuscular injection two times. The specific proliferative activities of T lymphocytes were measured by [ 3H]-TdR incorporation assay. IL-2 as well as IFN-? levels in the culture supernatant of T cells and anti-HBs IgG2a lever in sera were detected by enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay. RESULTS: After first vaccination with high-dose HBsAg, the proliferative activities of T cells in the experimental group were significantly stronger, both levels of IL-2 and IFN-? were markedly higher than that in the control group and the percentage of mice to produce serum anti-HBs IgG2a was significantly higher compared to that of mice immunilized by low-dose HBsAg. All data in experimental groups were further increased after second dose of vaccine. CONCLUSION: Vaccination of mice with high-dose HBsAg can induce cellular immune responses tended to Th1(T helper 1 subset) response.

The incidence of iron deficiency anemia and its therapeutic measures were studied in 559 children (aged 6 months to 3 years old) in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province. The results showed that the incidence of iron deficiency anemia(IDA) was 53.85% and iron deficiency was 48.11%. Most of IDA occurred before 2 years of age and mild in character.No differences in hair Fe and Zn content were noted between anemic and unanemic children, but hair Cu was lower significantly in anemic children than in unanemics (Pyears old), group D under combined measures of A and B, group E as control. According to Hb re-estimated 2 months after treatment, A,B,C group had the same better therapeutic result than group E, but no combined effect was seen in group D.

Objective To investigate the effect and potential mechanism of levothyroxine combined with donepezil hydrochloride in adulthood hypothyroidism rats.Methods A total of 60 male SD rats was divided by random number table into group A,group B,group C and group D,15 rats in each group.The rats in group B,group,C and group D were treated with PLT to prepare hypothyroidism model,and group A was used as the control group.After successful preparation of the model,rats in group C and group D were injected intraperitoneally with levothyroxine(6 g/100 g) every day,and then group D was given another 0.005％ donepezil in drinking water.After 2 weeks,the learning and memory behavior of rats was observed by Morris water maze;the levels of serum T3 and T4 were measured by radioimmunoassay;the expression of syntaxin-1 in hippocampus was detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot.Results The escape latency and swimming distance of rats were prolonged significantly in group B but shorted significantly in group C and group D,and swimming speed was significantly slowed in group B but significantly strengthened in group C and group D;the levels of T3 and T4 were obviously decreased in group B but increased significantly in group C and group D,especially in group D.The results of immunohistochemistry and Western blot showed that the expression level of syntaxin-1 in hippocampus of rats was lower in group B compared to control group but increased significantly in both group C and group D.Conclusion Levothyroxine combined with donepezil hydrochloride can improve the learning and memory ability in adult rats with hypothyroidism,and its mechanism is related to the increase of expression of synaptotagmin-1 in hippocampus.