India has maximum genetic materials in early cauliflower, which grow in subtropical conditions. Different disease parameters like linear growth, maximum growth rate per day, AUDPC, apparent infection rate and percent diseased area were calculated in artificially inoculated plants. Apparent infection rate is not co-related with the black rot disease incidence and should never be considered during characterization of disease resistance and varietal screening. Based on the above disease parameters Kunwari-18, Phool Gobhi Kunwari, Kataki-7 and BT-10-2 were selected as moderately resistance to black rot in early cauliflower. These lines can be used for black rot prone area and also for black rot disease improvement programme. Considering the qualitative and quantitative parameters, slow rotting resistance cauliflower lines are selected as such for cultivation and would be best suited in integrated disease programme.
Brassica* ; Disease Resistance ; Incidence ; India ; Mass Screening*

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection with standard triple therapy (TT) has declined primarily because of increased antibiotic resistance. Sequential therapy (ST) has been suggested as an alternative to TT for the first-line treatment of H. pylori. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of ST with TT. METHODS: This was a multicenter, randomized open-label trial performed at nine centers in Korea. Patients with H. pylori infection were randomly assigned to receive either 7 day TT or 10 day ST. Eradication rates, drug compliance, and adverse events were compared among the two regimens. RESULTS: A total of 601 patients were enrolled between March 2011 and September 2014. The intention-to-treat eradication rates were 70.8% for TT and 82.4% for ST (p=0.001). The corresponding per protocol eradication rates were 76.9% and 88.8% for TT and ST, respectively (p=0.000). There were no statistically significant differences between the two regimens with respect to drug compliance and adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: ST achieved better eradication rates than TT as a first-line therapy for H. pylori eradication in Korea.
Compliance ; Disease Eradication ; Drug Resistance ; Drug Resistance, Microbial ; Helicobacter pylori* ; Helicobacter* ; Humans ; Korea*

Schisandra chinensis, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, is rich in chemical constituents, including lignans, triterpenes, polysaccharides, and volatile oils. Clinically, it is commonly used to treat cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, gastrointestinal, and respiratory diseases. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that S. chinensis extract and monomers have multiple pharmacological activities in lowering liver fat, alleviating insulin resistance, and resisting oxidative stress, and have good application prospects in alleviating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD). Therefore, this study reviewed the research progress on chemical constituents of S. chinensis and its effect on NAFLD in recent years to provide references for the research on S. chinensis in the treatment of NAFLD.
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ; Schisandra ; Insulin Resistance ; Lignans

There are many bidirectional communication and crosstalk between microbes and host plants. The plant-pathogen interaction directly affects the survival of host plants, while the interaction between plants and their probiotics benefits both. Plant miRNA responds quickly to pathogenic or beneficial microbes when they enter the plant tissues, while microbes also produce miRNA-like RNA (milRNA) to affect plant health. These means miRNA or milRNA is an important fast-responding molecular mediator in plant-microbe interactions, and these internal mechanisms have been better understood in recent years. This review summarized the regulatory roles of miRNA in plant-pathogens and plant-probiotics interaction. The regulatory role of miRNA in disease resistance of host plants during plant-pathogens interaction, and the regulatory role of miRNA in promoting host growth and development during plant-probiotics interaction, as well as the cross-kingdom regulatory role of milRNA in host plants, were discussed in-depth.
Disease Resistance ; MicroRNAs/genetics* ; Microbial Interactions ; Plants/genetics*

Background: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is a tumor known to be sensitive to chemotherapy. However, a subset of patients still develop resistance to the primary intensive chemotherapy. Objective: This study aimed to determine the risk factors for multidrug resistance among high-risk metastatic GTN patients at University of the Philippines–Philippine General Hospital from January 2014 to December 2018. Materials and Methods: A case–control study involving 111 high-risk metastatic GTN patients who underwent primary intensive chemotherapy Etoposide Methotrexate Actinomycin Cyclophosphamide Oncovin (EMACO) was done at the Philippine General Hospital from January 2014 to December 2018. The medical records of eligible patients were retrieved and reviewed. A comparison of the profile between patients who achieved remission (controls) and those who exhibited chemoresistance (cases) to the EMACO regimen was done. Stepwise logistic regression analysis and Cox's proportional hazards regression were used to determine the significant risk factors that could predict EMACO chemoresistance among these high-risk patients. Results: The cases and controls were comparable in terms of their clinicodemographic profiles. Adjusting for confounders, multivariate analysis showed that the number of metastasis, FIGO stage, and World Health Organization (WHO) prognostic scores were all predictors of survival. Using the fitted logistic regression model, the accuracy of predicted death and survival was 85.16%. Conclusions The pretreatment serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin level, number of metastasis, tumor size, FIGO stage, and WHO prognostic score were significant predictors of treatment failure. A higher number of metastatic lesions, stage, and WHO prognostic scores indicated poor survival.
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease ; Drug Resistance, Multiple ; Risk Factors

OBJECTIVEIn this review, to illustrate the resistance mechanism for pathogen insult, we discussed the role of the intestinal microbiome in promoting resistance to local gastrointestinal tract infections and to respiratory tract infections.

DATA SOURCESThe review was based on data obtained from the published research articles.

STUDY SELECTIONA total of 49 original articles were selected in accordance with our main objective to illustrate the resistance mechanism(s) by which commensal microbiota can contribute to host defense against local and systemic infections.

RESULTSDiverse microorganisms colonize human environmentally exposed surfaces such as skin, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal tract. Co-evolution has resulted in these microbes with extensive and diverse impacts on multiple aspects of host biological functions. During the last decade, high-throughput sequencing technology developed has been applied to study commensal microbiota and their impact on host biological functions. By using pathogen recognition receptors pathway and nucleotide binding oligomerization domain-like receptors pathway, the commensal microbiome promotes resistance to local and systemic infections, respectively. To protect against the local infections, the microbiome functions contain the following: the competing for sites of colonization, direct production of inhibition molecules or depletion of nutrients needed for pathogens, and priming immune defenses against pathogen insult. At the same time, with the purpose to maintain homeostasis, the commensal bacteria can program systemic signals toward not only local tissue but also distal tissue to modify their function for infections accordingly.

CONCLUSIONSCommensal bacteria play an essential role in protecting against infections, shaping and regulating immune responses, and maintaining host immune homeostasis.

To improve the blast resistance of elite rice restorer line Fuhui 673, 3 blast resistance genes Pi-1, Pi-9 and Pi-kh were introduced into Fuhui 673 from a good-quality restorer line Jinhui 1059 through 3 successive backcrosses followed by one selfing using the technique of marker-assisted selection. Ten near-isogenic lines (NILs) of Fuhui 673 carrying the 3 introduced resistance genes were created. Genotype analysis using 68 SSR markers evenly distributed in the genome indicated that 92.96%-98.59% of the NILs' genetic background had been recovered to Fuhui 673. Both indoor and field resistance tests indicated that the NILs and their hybrids with sterile line Yixiang A were all resistant to rice blast, with resistance levels significantly higher than those of controls Fuhui 673 and hybrid Yiyou 673 (Yixiang A  Fuhui 673). In addition, among the 10 hybrids between the NILs and Yixiang A, 2 showed significantly higher yield than and 4 displayed similar yield to that of control Yiyou 673, suggesting that most of the NILs retained the elite characteristics of Fuhui 673. Two new hybrid rice cultivars Liangyou 7283 and Jintaiyou 683 from NIL Line 9 showed high yield, good resistance to blast and moderate growth period in regional trial, suggesting that the NIL Line 9 has a good prospect for application.
Breeding ; Disease Resistance ; genetics ; Genes, Plant ; genetics ; Oryza ; genetics

Multidrug resistance-related proteins (MRP) are identified as ATP-dependent efflux pumps, the expression abnormality of which has close relationship with multidrug resistance (MDR) in a variety kinds of malignancies, leading to the failure of chemotherapy. The relationship between the expression of MRP and acute leukemia remains to be proved, since experiments and clinical researches are still insufficient. In this article, the structure, distribution, function, and relation of MRP to MDR and prognosis of acute leukemia are reviewed.
Acute Disease ; Drug Resistance, Multiple ; genetics ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; genetics ; Genes, MDR ; Humans ; Leukemia ; genetics ; Proteins ; genetics

BACKGROUND: We compared the prevalences of two criteria of metabolic syndrome, that is, American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (AHA/NHLBI) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in Korean male adults and compared the predictability of insulin resistance and future cardiovascular diseases using Framingham Risk Score. METHODS: In total 23,467 male adults (mean age 43.3 years) who participated in medical check-up in 2005, the prevalences of metabolic syndrome according to AHA/NHLBI and IDF criteria and the presence of insulin resistance, defined by the highest quartile of Homeostasis Model Assessment of insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR), were compared. The relative risk (calculated risk/average risk) for 10-year risk for coronary artery disease (CHD) assessed by Framingham Risk Score were compared. RESULTS: 5.8% of the subjects had diabetes mellitus. 20.7% and 13.2%of the subjects had metabolic syndrome defined by AHA/NHLBI and IDF criteria, and the two criteria showed high agreement with kappa value of 0.737 (P < 0.01). More subjects in IDF-defined group had insulin resistance compared with AHA/NHLBI definition (59.8 vs. 54%, P < 0.01). The odds ratio for increased relative risk (> 1.0) for 10-year CHD were higher in AHA/NHLBI-defined subjects compared with IDF-defined subject (3.295 vs. 3.082). The Kappa values for the analysis of agreement between each criteria and prediction of insulin resistance or cardiovascular disease risk, were too low for comparison. CONCLUSION: In Korean males, the prevalence for metabolic syndrome defined by AHA/NHLBI criteria was higher than those defined by IDF criteria. IDF criteria detected more subjects with insulin resistance, but didn't have better predictability for CHD compared with AHA/NHLBI criteria.
Adult ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Coronary Disease ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Heart ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Insulin Resistance ; Lung ; Male ; Odds Ratio ; Prevalence

OBJECTIVE: This study aim was to evaluate indications and outcomes of surgical interventions performed in patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasm. METHODS: During January 1995 to December 2005, 110 patients with a diagnosis of persistent gestational trophoblastic neoplasm were treated in our Gynecologic Oncologic Department. Risk score calculation was carried out based on the revised FIGO 2000 scoring system for gestational trophoblastic neoplasm. Data from the patients' records and pathologic reports were analyzed by the chi-square and Fisher's exact tests and logistic regression. The Kaplan-Meier method including the log rank test was used to compare survival and recurrence. RESULTS: Eight patients did not complete their treatment and were excluded from the study. We evaluated treatment responses and outcomes in 102 patients. Seventy-nine patients (77.5%) responded fully to chemotherapy while 23 patients (22.5%) required surgery. Among 23 patients who underwent surgery, 10 cases (43.5%) had bleeding, and 13 cases (56.5%) had drug resistance. Several factors were found to be significantly different between the groups who responded to chemotherapy and those who needed surgery, including age (p=0.001), antecedent non-molar pregnancy (0.028), tumor stage (p=0.009), and pre-treatment risk scores (p=0.008). But, the total courses of chemotherapy (p=0.521), need to salvage chemotherapy (p=0.074), survival rates (p=0.714), and disease free survival rates (p=0.206) were not significantly different. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that age, antecedent non-molar pregnancy, tumor stage and the prognostic score are clinical predictors of need for surgery. But, it dose not seem that surgery have any effect on the total course of chemotherapy, need for salvage chemotherapy, and patient prognosis.
Disease-Free Survival ; Drug Resistance ; Gestational Trophoblastic Disease ; Hemorrhage ; Hospitals, Teaching ; Humans ; Iran ; Logistic Models ; Pregnancy ; Prognosis ; Survival Rate ; Trophoblasts