Objective:To find small molecular leads for inhibition on early stage of HIV infection by identification and characterization of the HIV-1 gp41 C-helix mimotopes.Methods:For identification of the gp41 C-helix mimotopes,C7C phage display peptide library was biopanning by using a synthetic peptide N36 which was derived from the gp41 N-helix as target.After three rounds of screening,positive phage clones were identified by ELISA and sequenced.Results:16 of 26 phage clones were identified to bind with peptide N36,and 10 of them were sequenced.Every clone of ten clones contains at least two hydrophobic residues,which may dock into the hydrophobic pocket in the gp41 N-helix domain.9 of the 10 clones have a conservative sequence WW,which may mimic the W628 and W631 in C-helix to interact with the hydrophobic residues in the gp41 pocket.One clone expressing the conservative sequence named clone No.8(CYWWHRLHC) was selected for characterization.The binding between the clone No.8 and N36 was blocked by free peptide N36.And the binding between clone No.8 and peptide N36 was inhibited by peptide C34(IC 50=12.5 ?g/ml).Conclusion:The short circular peptides displayed on phages containing WW residues may mimic the conformational epitope of the HIV-1 gp41 C-helix to interact with the N-helix.This information may be useful for design of HIV-1 fusion inhibitors.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Diseases ; epidemiology ; Wounds and Injuries ; epidemiology ; Young Adult

Objective To study the clinical characteristics and outcome of cytomegalovirus(CMV) infection in infants.Methods All data including time of infection,clinical characteristics,laboratory tests and outcome of CMV infections in hospitalized infants were collec-(ted) and analyzed from January,1994 to July,2004.Results In 87 infected infants,congenitally infected newborns,perinatal infection in infants and postnatal infection in infants accounted for 27.6%,62.0%,16.6%,respectively.CMV hepatitis was the most frequent type of disease with the incidence of 41.3%,in which the incidence of splenomegaly was 10.3%.Most of CMV hepatitis infants had a good prognosis with the improved rate 80.5%.Central nervous system abnormality(including abnormal intension of muscle,convulsion,ocular and hearing abnormalities) occurred only in congenital and perinatal infection with the incidence of 20.4%.Generalized infection,the incidence of congenital infection and perinatal infection was 16.7%,1.8%,respectively.It did not occur in postnatal infection.The mortality rate of congenital infection and perinatal infection were 12.5% and 1.85%,respectively.Conclusions CMV infection is the main cause of infant hepatitis and it can also cause neurologic sequelae.The outcome of generalized infection in congenital infection is bad and the mortality rate is high.

According to the theory of in vitro radioassay, using TSHAb as binder and 125I-staphylococcal protein A (125I-SPA) as tracer agent, a new method for detecting the abnormal immunoglobulin (aIgG) in the sera of patients with Graves disease (GD) was reported. In the initial study of the method, the most appropriate interacting conditions of TSHAb with aIgG were explored and compared with ELISA using ganglioside (GLS) as a binder. The relationship between aIgG and thyroid-stimulating imunoglobulin(TSI) was probed into. The results showed that TSHAb could interact specifically with aIgG in vitro; but it could not interact with IgG from sera of normal subjects, systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) patients and diabetic patients. With aIgG as an evaluating index, the mean value in 29 normal subjects was 1. 06?0. 17. When the sera of 72 patients with GD in different clinical stages were studied, the aIgG index was positive in 83% of untreated GD patients (n = 24), in 12% of GD patients in clinical remission (n = 25) and in 82% of relapsed GD patients (n = 23). Very significant difference was observed between normal subjets and untreated and relapsed patients with GD (P

OBJECTIVETo observe clinical effect of integrated Chinese medical (CM) treatment (as maintenance therapy) on the progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after first-line chemotherapy.

METHODSThe study was a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Totally 69 non-progressive advanced NSCLC patients treated with first-line chemotherapy were randomly assigned to the test group (34 cases) and the control group (35 cases). Patients in the control group were treated with one Western drug chemotherapy (Gemcitabine or Alimta or docetaxel). Those in the test group were treated with integrated CM treatment (CM decoction, CM Intravenous preparation, and point application). Each cycle consisted of 21 days. Treatment lasted till the disease progressed, or intolerable toxic/adverse reactions occurred, or patients refused to continue the treatment. Patients' life spans were regularly followed-up.

RESULTS(1) The median cycle of maintenance therapy was 2 cycles for two groups with no statistical difference (P =0.274). The median PFS was 12.43 weeks in the test group and 10.00 weeks in the control group, showing statistical difference (P =0.025). The middle survival time (MST) was 18.8 months in the test group and 16.73 months in the control group, showing no statistical difference (P =0.437).

CONCLUSIONCM treatment (as maintenance therapy) showed quail effect to one Western drug chemotherapy in prolonging patients' life span.

Antineoplastic Agents ; therapeutic use ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; drug therapy ; Deoxycytidine ; analogs & derivatives ; therapeutic use ; Disease-Free Survival ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Pemetrexed ; therapeutic use ; Prospective Studies ; Taxoids ; therapeutic use

Atrial Fibrillation ; surgery ; Catheter Ablation ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Recurrence ; Tachycardia, Reciprocating ; etiology ; surgery

Objective To observe the efficacy of 810 nm diode laser therapy for keratosis follicularis.Methods A total of forty-eight patients with keratosis follicularis were treated by 810 nm diode laser,energy range from 9 to 10 J/cm2,frequency 10 Hz,pulse width 400 ms.Treatments were carried out in three times at 8-week intervals,and clinical efficacy was evaluated after third treatment (6 months).Results The total effective rates of keratosis follicularis were 91.7％.With the increase of the number the curative effect were obviously improved.The treatment effective rate was 52.1％ (25/48) for the first time.The treatment effective rate was 75.0％ (36/48) for the second time.And the third time was 91.7％ (44/48).the patients skin texture was obviously improved in the six-month of follow-up except adverse reaction appeared in five patients in the short term.Conclusions 810 nm diode laser is safe and effective for keratosis follicularis.

Aim To explore the changes of Apelin/APJ system in LPS-induced injury of rat pulmonary mi-crovascular endothelial cells( PMVECs) , and the effect and mechanism of Apelin. Methods PMVECs were cultured with the explant technique, and the identifica-tion of rat PMVECs was carried out by immunocyto-chemical staining of factorⅧrelated antigen. MTT as-say was used to evaluate the viability of PMVECs. The mRNA expression of Apelin and APJ was detected by RT-PCR. The protein expression of PCNA and the phosphorylation of Akt was analyzed by Western blot. Results The mRNA expression of Apelin and APJ showed a compensatory increase after LPS treatment for a short period of time ( P<0. 01 ) , but with the exten-sion of time, which was significantly inhibited, even lower than the control group ( P<0. 05 or P<0. 01 ) , suggesting that Apelin/ APJ system might be involved in LPS-induced PMVECs injury. MTT results showed that 10 -6 ~10 -9 mol · L-1 Apelin obviously promoted the proliferation of rat PMVECs ( P <0. 05 or P <0. 01 ) , and with certain concentration and time de-pendence. Moreover, Apelin also improved the LPS-induced PMVECs injury in different degrees ( P<0. 05 or P < 0. 01 ) . In addition, Western blot analysis showed that Apelin significantly reversed the decrease of the protein expression of PCNA and the Akt phos-phorylation level induced by LPS ( P <0. 05 or P <0. 01 ) . Conclusions The Apelin/APJ system is in-volved in LPS-induced PMVECs injury. Apelin plays an important role in protecting the pulmonary microvas-cular endothelial function and reversing the LPS-in-duced PMVECs injury, which might be related to the activation of Akt phosphorylation pathway.

Accidents ; statistics & numerical data ; Adult ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Inpatients ; statistics & numerical data ; Male ; Wounds and Injuries ; epidemiology

Objective To investigate the chromosomal aberrations in seven medical staffs suspected with exposure to ionizing radiation and to speculate its possible causation.Methods The hospital staffs,including 6 females and 1 male,worked in a clinical laboratory where a CT room was located downstairs.The thickness of precast slab between these two rooms was 6 cm.Peripheral blood lymphocytes of seven staffs were examined for conventional chromosomal aberrations.Results The frequencies of dicentrics in the peripheral lymphocytes of 4 females were from 0.40％ to 1.60％ that was significantly higher than the spontaneous frequency of dicentrics (0.03％,x2 =36.79,P ＜ 0.05).The translocation was observed in the lymphocytes from all subjects with frequencies from 0.33％ to 1.20％,obviously higher than its spontaneous frequency of 0.01％ (x2 =42.90,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion These staffs suffer from ionizing radiation.