Objective To investigate the correlation between the NADPH oxidase p22phox-A930G polymorphism and hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage in Chinese Han population in Shanghai area.Methods The patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage and normal controls were enrolled.The polymerase chain reaction and the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) were used to detect the genotypes and alleles of NADPH oxidase p22phox-A930G.Results A total of 128 patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage and 151 healthy controls were enrolled.The levels of systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure,glucose,and triacylglycerol,as well as the proportions of smoking and alcohol consumption in patients of the hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage group were significantly higher than those of the control group (all P＜ 0.05).There were significant differences in AA,AG,and GG genotypes (42.2％,44.5％,and 13.3％ vs.63.6％,27.8％,and 8.6％,x2 =12.757,P =0.002) and in A and G allele (64.5％ and 35.5％ vs.77.5％ and 22.5％ ;x2 =8.734,P=0.001) frequencies between the hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage group and the control group.Multivariatelogistic regression analysis showed that systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa) (odds ratio [OR] 13.952,95％ confidence interval [CI] 7.242-26.879; P ＜ 0.001),apolipoprotein A ≥ 0.99 mmol/L (OR 3.139,95％ CI 1.012-9.733; P =0.048),and AG +GG genotype (OR 2.333,95％ CI 1.253-4.342; P=0.008) were the independent risk factors for hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.Conclusions Among the Chinese Han population in Shanghai area,the NADPH oxidase p22phox-A930G polymorphism is an independent risk factor for hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.

Recent studies indicate that there are expressions of gastrin and its receptors in the tissue and cell line of colorectal cancer .Gastrin stimulates the proliferation of colorectal carcinoma as well as inhibits the apoptosis of colorectal carcinoma so as to promote the growth and invasion of colorectal carcinoma via a series of signal transduction pathways induced by its specific receptors. To inhibit the abnormally active signal transduction pathways that stimulate the proliferation of colorectal carcinoma will provide a new effective measure for the prevention and management of colorectal carcinoma.But the accurate signal transductions are not clear and need further research.

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) caused oxidative stress plays an important role in the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis,and it is associated with the occurrence of ischemic cerebrovaseular diseases.This article reviews the mechanism of action of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase in atherosclerosis and ischemic cerebrovascular disease,and the neuroprotective effects of NADPH oxidase inhibitors.

High mobility group box l protein (HMGB1) is a highly conserved non-histone DNA binding protein,which is widely distributed in eukaryotic cells.HMGB1 is an important proinflammatory cytokine,involving in various pathological and physiological processes,such as inflammation,neurogenesis and angiogenesis.In the early stage of intracerebral hemorrhage,HMGB1 can induce secondary brain injury,such as inflammatory reaction,neuronal necrosis,and brain edema.However,in the late stage of intracerebral hemorrhage,HMGB1 can promote angiogenesis and neurogenesis,and thus improving neurological function.HMGB1 will become a novel therapeutic target for intracerebral hemorrhage in the future.

The worldwide spread of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria has become a major threat to public health.Being different from other resistance mechanism,most of the carbapenemase-encoding genes are located on mobile genetic elements.It speeds up the emerging of carbapenem-resistant strains and impose severe challenges to clinical treatment and infection control.The Carba NP test is a rapid,reliable and economical method for detection of carbapenemases.In particular,the method has superior specificity to Ambler classes A and B carbapenemases.Application of this rapid carbapenemase-detection assay will benefit clinical practice,antibiotic stewardship and prevention for the development of nosocomial resistant bacteria.

ERIC-PCR has been widely used as genomic fingerprinting technology for classification and identification of bacterial isolates. Recently, it has been used by some labs to characterize bacterial mixtures. However, there are still disputes regarding the mechanism of product formation in ERIC-PCR. We cloned and sequenced the 1. 1kb major band of the ERIC-PCR fingerprint of E. coli K-12 strain MG1655, the strain used for whole genome sequencing, and found that the band consisted of 3 different DNA fragments with one fragment the most abundant (93 out of 95 clones, i. e. 97. 89%). Sequence analysis showed that two of the three fragments amplified from a chromosomal region where one ERIC element exist either upstream or downstream, while one fragment amplified from a region where no ERIC element was found. It was thus postulated that ERIC-PCR is not an absolutely random amplified PCR technique, especially when it is applied to those genomes containing ERIC elements.

Chemokine CCL5 and its receptor CCR5,as one of the chemokine family,are involved in the processes of many diseases and especially play an important role in breast cancer.Recent researches show that chemokine CCL5 and its receptor CCR5 have an obvious impact on the tumorigenesis,invasion,metastasis,therapy and prognosis of breast cancer.

Objective To investigate the relationship between the detection of serological antibodies of Helicobacter pylori(HP) infection and the pathological features of gastric ulcer.Methods 228 cases of patients with gastric ulcer diagnosed by endoscopic biopsy(180 cases of benign ulcer and 48 cases of malignant ulcer) were enrolled in this study from January 2015 to October 2016.All subjects were given 14C-urea breath test.The positive rates of cytotoxin associated gene A(CagA),urease A(UreA),urease B(UreB),vacuolating toxin A(VacA) and flagellin antibodies in serum were determined by immunoblotting.The relationship between serum antibody level of Hp infection and pathologic features of gastric ulcer patients were analyzed.Results HP positive rate and type Ⅰ HP positive rate in malignant gastric ulcer group were significantly higher than those in benign gastric ulcer group(P<0.05).The positive rates of CagA,UreA,UreB,VacA and flagellin antibodies were significantly higher in patients with malignant gastric ulcer than those in benign gastric ulcer group(P<0.05).The positive rates of UreA,UreB,VacA and flagellin antibodies in patients with gastric ulcer area>2.0 cm2,severe mucosal inflammatory reaction and severe inflammatory reaction activity were higher(P<0.05).Conclusion The occurrence of gastric ulcer and progression of the disease could be related to the interaction of HP virulence factors.HP serological antibodies detection could help to classify patients with HP-positive gastric ulcer and formulate targeted prevention and treatment plan.

Whole-genome sequencing of bacteria has recently emerged as a cost-effective and convenient approach for resolving many microbiological questions.Here, the current status of whole-genome sequencing in clinical microbiology and the main problems that exist were reviewed, focusing on six essential tasks: identifying and culturing the species of an isolate, rapid identification of pathogen properties, monitoring the emergence and spread of an epidemic outbreak, developing vaccine and monitoring its variation,metagenomics and single-cell sequencing.The authors predicted that the application of whole-genome sequencing will soon be sufficiently fast, accurate and cheap to be used in routine etiological detection, even though there is still a long way to go.

Objective To investigate tumor lymphatic and mircovascular densities as prognostic markers in 69 cases of invasive breast cancer treated with partial or total mastectomy and lymph node dissection.Methods 69 cases of untreated primary unilateral invasive ductal breast carcinomas were selected.All cases were immunostained with D2-40 and CD31.Positively stained microvessels were counted in densely vascular/lymphatic foci (hot spots).The relationship between lymphatic vessel density (LVD),microvessel density(MVD) and prognosis was analyzed.Results The mean ± SD peritumoral lymphatic vessel density (P-LVD) was significantly higher than intratumoral LVD(I-LVD) (P ＜ 0.01).There was a positive correlation of D2-40 LVD(peritumoral) counts with lymph node metastasis (P =0.003) and clinical stage (P =0.026),and CD31 microvessel density was found significantly associated with clinical stage(P =0.038).No significant association was found between above variants with I-LVD (P ＞ 0.05).Univariate analysis showed that survival time was impaired by higher MVD and higher peritumoral LVD(P =0.007,P =0.008,P =0.014,P =0.024,log-rank test),but not I-LVD.Multivariate survival analysis showed that MVD,peritumoral LVD,TNM stage and lymph node metastasis were independent prognostic factors for overall survival.Conclusions Peritumoral LVD and MVD were significantly correlated with survival status of patients with breast cancer.This is the first attempt to predict prognosis of breast cancer patients by quantifying the peritumoral LVD and MVD.