Faced with huge demand for building public health capacity in the post-Ebola era, Africa Union has planned to establish Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( Africa CDC,ACDC), with headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and at least 5 regional collaborating centers in each region of the continent .The strategic objectives of ACDC focus on building a continental integrated public health system and strengthening needed public health capacity .The current study analyzed the background , plans, development layout and strategy of ACDC , and provided references for China-Africa cooperation in the areas of public health and for the formulation of China global strategies of biosecurity and disease prevention and control .

100% elevation of PKC activity in the retina, and administration of D ? tocopherol prevented the elevation of PKC activity and diabetes induced decrease of both Na + K + ATPase and Ca 2+ ATPase activities. D ? tocopherol achieved a complete prevention of augmented pericyte and endothelial cell profile areas and basement membrane thickening in the superficial and deep capillaries bed of diabetic retina but had no effect on blood glucose and HbA 1c . Conclusion Diabetes induced histopathological abnormalities are mostly mediated by PKC. D ? tocopherol reduces the ultrastructural lesions in retinal capillary bed induced by hyperglycemia.

Rare sugars were defined as monosaccharides and their derivatives that rarely exist in nature. They played an important role in food, health, medicine and etc A strategy for bioproduction of rare sugars, namely Izumoring, was described. By the Izumoring method, all monosaccharides and polyols could be linked, using enzymatic reaction with D-tagatose 3-epimerase, aldose isomerases and polyol dehydrogenases. Izumoring for hexoses, pentoses and tetroses were designed respectively. According to this strategy, the bioproduction routes of various rare sugars, using microbial and enzymatic reactions, could be obtained. In addition, the future research tendency of biotransformation of rare sugars was put forward.

Thermostable L-arabinose isomerase (L-AI) is the most potential enzyme for the biological production of D-tagatose from D-galactose, a novel functional factor. Gene araA encoding the L-arabinose isomerase from Bacillus stearothermophilis IAM 11001 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The araA gene of 1491 bp has 95% identity with L-AI from Thermus sp. IM6501. The GenBank accession number for the nucleotide sequence of this araA gene determined in this work is EU394214.The bacterium was induced by IPTG and analyzed by SDS-PAGE, approximately 59 kDa exogenous protein was observed on the SDS-PAGE. The recombinant L-AI was purified to electrophoretical homogeneity with affinity chromatography, and the activity of recombinant L-AI was also studied. The bioconversion rate of D-galactose to D-tagatose reached 39.4% after 24h whole cell reaction.

L-arabinose isomerase (L-AI) can isomerize L-arabinose and D-galactose into L-ribulose and D-tagatose, respectively, which is currently the most effective biological catalyst for D-tagatose production. The crystal structure of L-AI has been solved recently and its gene has been cloned, sequenced and overex- pressed. L-AI improved by protein engineering will be the dominant enzyme for industrial production of D-tagatose. This paper reviewed researches on protein structure and function, properties and application in D-tagatose production of L-AI, and the long-term potential development of L-AI was prospected.

Objective: To study the protection of IL 1ra in cultured developing neuron injury following Mg 2+ free induced epileptiform discharges. Methods: Rat embryo cortical neurons cultured for 6 d and 17 d were directly exposed to Mg 2+ free media, or pretreated with IL 1 receptor antagonist or NMDA receptor antagonists before being exposed to Mg 2+ free media, and then returned to regular media.MTT assay was used to study mitochondrial function injury, laser scanning confocal microscope to measure [Ca 2+ ]i, and real time RT PCR to detect gene mRNA expression. Results:(1) MTT conversion rates were higher in neurons pre and co treated with 10 mg/L IL 1ra than those of neurons with only Mg 2+ free treatment in neurons cultured for 17 d, but not in neurons cultured for 6 d.(2) [Ca 2+ ]i was lower in neurons pre and co treated with 10 mg/L IL 1ra than those of neurons with only Mg 2+ free treatment, either in neurons cultured for 6 d or in neurons cultured for 17 d, and the effects of IL 1ra on [Ca 2+ ]i change were different between neurons cultured for 6 d and neurons cultured for 17 d.(3) Pre and co treated with 10 mg/L IL 1ra NR1 mRNA expression increase induced by Mg 2+ free treatment was decreased, either in neurons cultured for 6 d or neurons cultured for 17 d, and this effect showed no difference between neurons cultured for 6 d and 17 d; Pre and co treated with 10 mg/L IL 1ra NR2A mRNA expression increase induced by Mg 2+ free treatment in neurons cultured for 17 d was decreased, and NR2A mRNA expression showed no difference between IL 1ra group and age matched control group, but have no effect on neurons cultured for 6 d; Pre and co treated with 10 mg/L IL 1ra have NR2B mRNA expression increase induced by Mg 2+ free treatment was not affected, either in neurons cultured for 6 d or neurons cultured for 17 d. Conclusion:Neuroprotection of IL 1Ra in seizure induced injury is age dependent. The mech anism of the neuroprotection of IL 1Ra includes down regulation of [Ca 2+ ]i and others.

Bronchi ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes ; pathology ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Middle Aged ; Pneumonectomy ; Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma ; pathology ; surgery

BACKGROUND:Human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cels can be induced through the co-culture to differentiate into other cels, but how to get more seed cels for tissue engineering is one of the most difficult problems. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of the different concentrations of thyroxine in chondrogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cels by co-culture with rabbit chondrocytes. METHODS:Human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cels were co-cultured with rabbit chondrocytes at 2:1, and stimulated by medium containing different concentrations of thyroxine (0, 0.01, 0.1 and 1, 10 μmol/L). Co-cultured cels with no thyroxine served as control group. After 14 days of co-culture, the cel RNA and protein were extracted, mRNA expressions of aggrecan and colagen type II were detected by real-time PCR, and protein expression of aggrecan and colagen type II were detected by western blot assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:After intervention with 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 μmol/L thyroxine, the mRNA and protein expressions of aggrecan and colagen type II were enhanced with the increase of thyroxine concentration, which were significantly different from those in the control group (P < 0.05). Experimental findings indicate that high levels of thyroxine can enhance the chondrogenic ability of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cels co-cultured with rabbit chondrocytes.

Objective To study the effects of chickpea protein hydrolysate(CPH) in different doses on of antioxidant abilities in serum,liver and heart in aged mice induced by D-galactose .Method The subacute aged model mice were made by neck back subcutaneous injection of D-galactose continually.The content of malondialdehyde(MDA) and activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD) and glutathione peroxidase(GSH-PX) in the serum,liver and heart of the mice were tested.Results The SOD and GSH-Px activities in aged model group were significantly decreased and MDA significantly increased compared with normal mice;CPH in different doses evidently increased the SOD and GSH-Px activities and reduced the MDA level in serum,liver and heart in mice.Conclusion CPH can obviously increase the antioxidant ability of mice and has certain anti-aging effects,especially the high dose .

Objective To investigate the effects of transplantation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells(OPCs) on the recovery of neural function in rats with spinal cord injury.Methods The spinal cord injury(T10) rat model was established by Allen's method of weight-drop injury.Ninety six SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups(24 each): transplantation group,control group,injury-only group and sham-operation group.Seven days after spinal cord injury,the rats of transplantation group received OPCs transplantation,of control group were injected with equivalent saline,and of injury-only group were untreated.The effects of OPCs transplantation on neural functional recovery in spinal cord injured rats were measured by the behavioral test and assessments of motor evoked potentials(MEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials(SEP).Results Immediately after spinal cord injuries,the neural function of spinal cord of rats was markedly impaired.The results of behavioral test,MEP and SEP in injured rats were much worse than those in sham-operation group.Although the neural function in spinal cord injured rats improved in different degrees with the time,the results of behavioral test,MEP and SEP showed it was significantly better in transplantation group than that in control group.Conclusion The transplantation of OPCs may enhance the recovery of neural function of rats with spinal cord injuries.