Wnt signaling plays an important role in blood tumorigenesis through the complex signal transduction pathways.Aberrant methylation of Wnt signaling inhibitor gene promoter leads to loss of function, which is involved in leukemia incidence and affects the relapse rate, disease free survival and overall survival.Demethylating agents or specific inhibitors of Wnt pathway, which was added in cell culture, increased apoptosis.Analysis of Wnt signaling pathway by aberrant methylation is important to guide lymphocytic leukemia prognosis and individual treatment.

Objective To observe the expression of HBV-DNA and whether there were copy of HBV in the umbilical cord tissues of the died fetus delivered from puerpera with hepatitis virus B. Methods 40 cases such died fetus were collected by routine autopsy to obtain umbilical cord tissues.And using in situ molecular hybridization technique detected HBV-DNA. Results For the umbilical cord tissues, there were 40%(16/40) cases detected out HBV-DNA.HBV-DNA mainly localization in the surface of the umbilical cord vessel and in the cytoplasma of the cord vessel's endothelial cells. They were not in the cord vessel's endothelial cells nuclei. Conclusions There were HBV replication in the umbilical cord tissues of the died fetus. But the expression of HBV-DNA in the umbilical cord tissues of the died fetus is not related with the HBV replication status in the pregnant woman veins.

Nucleic acid sequencing was proceeded to examine the distribution of iNOS gene polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes in Singapore. There were significant differences in allele distribution between different ethnic groups, but the polymorphisms failed to display any association with DN.

Objective To study the safety and effectiveness of the double chain method on the closure of the space of the teeth. Methods Totally 72 cases of different maxillary and mandible dentition space were included in the study. The pulp vitality was measured before and after treatment, the maxillary and mandible first molar teeth. All values were compared to assess the safety of dental pulp vitality. There were 36 cases in tooth extraction group and non-tooth extraction group.The observation period was 4 weeks, the changes of the alveolar space between maxillary and mandible teeth in adult and minor groups were measured before and after treatment. The difference of the total groove spacing before and after treatment were calculated and compared, to assess the effectiveness of space closure. Results In all 72 patients, there was no significant difference in the vitality of the pulp before and after treatment (P>0. 05). Compared to before treatment, the sum of the distance between the upper and lower mandibular groove using the double chain method was significantly reduced for both adult and juvenile patients in the four week tooth extraction group and the nontooth extraction group,the difference was statistically significant (P<0. 05). Conclusion Double chain closed teeth space does not cause pulp degeneration and necrosis. It is safe in clinical practice. Double chain method is effective, and can simplify the clinical operation.

To study the identification of Gentianaceae Mongolian medicine Digeda with spectroscopy techniques, near infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry techniques were applied to study on the identification of 4 kinds of Gentianaceae Mongolian medicine Digeda, and characteristic spectrums obtained were systematically analyzed. In NIR study, the four species of Digeda exist some differences in 4 250-4 400 cm(-1) and 5 650-5 800 cm(-1) of one-dimensional spectra, and show significant differences in 4 100- 4 400 cm(-1), 4 401-4 900 cm(-1) and 5 400-5 800 cm(-1) of the second derivative spectra. DSC curves of them present distinct topological pattern, characteristic peak and peak temperature. Using near infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry analysis can realize efficient and accurate identification of four kinds of Mongolian medicine Digeda, and provide scientific basis for the efficient and accurate identification of other Gentianaceae Mongolian medicine Digeda.
Calorimetry, Differential Scanning ; methods ; China ; Gentianaceae ; chemistry ; classification ; Medicine, Mongolian Traditional ; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared ; methods

Cadherins ; genetics ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; genetics ; pathology ; Humans

Objective To investigate the value of the intraoperative real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT 3D-TEE) in therapeutic application of surgery for the mitral valve prolapse.Methods Thirty-five patients underwent surgical treatment were diagnosed as mitral valve prolapse by 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2D-TTE),with or without ruptured chordae tendineae.RT 3D-TEE was performed for assessing the segment of prolapse and its complications before cardiopulmonary bypass and after heart resuscitation respectively.The echocardiographic results were compared with the surgical findings.Results The accuracy of RT 3D-TEE to identify segments with prolapse was significantly higher than that of 2D-TTE (91.4％ vs 82.9％,P =0.003).RT 3D-TEE was more accurate than 2D-TTE for identifying ruptured chordae tendineae,vegetation and thrombus since higher sensitivity,specificity and Youden index.Among all 35 patients,valvuloplasty was performed in 28 cases,whereas,only 7 cases underwent replacement of prosthetic valves.Three patients were benefited by accurate evaluation of therapeutic effect using RT 3D-TEE in time.ConclusionsIntraoperative RT 3D-TEE can be used to provide “ surgical view”,acquired adequate valuable information of mitral valve,and more reliable functional and anatomical assessment of the mitral valve components and its geometry.Suitable surgical intervention can be designed for improving outcomes of patients.

Objective To evaluate the change of left atrial function after mitral valvuloplasty in patients with mitral valve prolapse by measuring left atrial strain using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography(2D-STE).Methods Study population consisted of 25 patients with mitral valve prolapse and 25 healthy subjects.High frame rate two-dimensional images were recorded from the apical four chamber view and two chamber view.Images of patients with mitral valve prolapse were respectively recorded at pre-operation,3 days and 3 months post-operation.Left atrial longitudinal strain was measured in two views using two-dimensional strain soft ware.Results ①Compared with the control group,global peak atrial longitudinal strain (PALS),peak atrial contraction strain (PACS) and atrial longitudinal strain during early diastole(ALSED) decreased (P ＜0.01) in patients with mitral valve prolapse,but global timeto-peak of peak atrial longitudinal strain(TPLS) increased(P ＜0.01).Regurgitant jet area/left atrium area (RJA/LAA) in patients with mitral valve prolapse correlated negatively with global PALS(r =-0.620,P ＜ 0.01).② Compared with preoperative group,global PALS,PACS,ALSED and TPLS decreased significantly at 3 days after surgery(P ＜0.01).Global PALS,ALSED(P ＜0.01) and PACS(P ＜0.05)increased at 3 months after surgery,but global TPLS did not differ significantly.Conclusions 2D-STE could accurately evaluate the change of left atrial function after mitral valvuloplasty.

Objective To examine the association of intron 4 polymorphism in endothelial nitric oxide synthase ( eNOS) gene with diabetic nephropathy and its distribution in different ethnic groups of Singapore. Methods 258 patients with diabetic duration longer than 10 years (150 Chinese, 71 Malay and 37 Indian) were selected from both inpatients and outpatients of National University Hospital. Polymorphism was identified by DNA extraction, PCR, Cloning and sequencing. Results All published studies identified that the 27bp repeat polymorphism in intron 4 was biallelic ( a and b alleles ). Our study found a third allele-allele c, with six 27bp repeats. It was also demonstrated that there was no significant difference in overall allele distribution among the three main ethnic groups and the intron 4 polymorphism didn't show any association with diabetic nephropathy. Conclusion The intron 4 polymorphism was triallelic. We failed to demonstrate any association between this polymorphism with diabetic nephropathy.

The potential of a Sinorhizobium fredii strain producing a copolymer polyhydroxyalkanoate(PHA)from glucose and sodium decanoate substrates was studied in this paper.Using orthogonal design in a flask-shaker culture system,the culture medium,some culture conditions and vital regulation conditions for polymer synthesis were optimized.These optimized results were applied into further studies in two-stage fed-batch with a 10L fermentor.The whole culture process consisted of two stages,that is,the cell growth and the copolymer production.The first stage was for the cell growing to a desired biomass and the second was for the copolymer synthesis.For producing PHA polymers,the selected 8 mM sodium decanoate was added into the broth by adopting a two-step adding method for avoiding of foaming when the biomass had approached 28.5g/L dry cell.The maximum P(HB-HH)production could be 17.55 g/L with a monomer ratio of 79.4%(W/W)3-HB and 20.6%(W/W)3-HH.The molecule constitute of the copolymer is poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)[P(HB-HH)] and its molecular weight(MW)is 1.4?105D.The results demonstrated that the employed S.fredii strain could be a potential candidate for industrial production of the copolymer.The fermentation parameters acquired in the experimental system offered some valuable references for studying large-scale production of the copolymer.