· AIM: To investigate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal injection of plasmin, hyaluronidase, or the combination of the two in inducing posterior vitreous detachment (PVD).· METHODS: 15 mini-type pigs were assigned to three groups (Group A, B and C), 5 in each group. One eye of each pig was intravitreally injected with the studying agent,and the fellow eye was used as control. Group A received a vitreous injection of hyaluronidase 50U (0.1mL); group B received plasmin 0.5U (0.1mL); group C received plasmin 0.5U (0.05mL) combined with hyaluronidase 50U (0.05mL). The fellow eyes in each group were injected with 0.1mL balanced salt solution (BSS). All the pigs were examined with slit-lamp biomicroscope, direct and indirect ophthalmoscope, B-scan and electroretinograph (ERG). After 7 days, the animals were killed and the eyes were enucleated and examined with light microscope, transmission electron microscope and scanning electron microscope.· RESULTS: B-scan examination showed that one eye of Group A and two eyes of Group B had partial PVD at 1st day after injection and one eye of Group C at 1 hour after injection. On the 7th day, B-scan, light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that all the eyes of Group A and Group B had partial PVD, while none of the control eyes had PVD. Rank sum test for scanning electron microscopy results of all the groups showed P ＜0.005.Furthermore, the comparisons between every two groups were made. The results of analyses were as follows: P＞0.05 between the drug injected eyes of Group A and Group B, P＜0.05 between Group B and Group C, Group A and Group C.The b-wave and a-wave amplitudes of ERG showed no significant difference either between preinjection and postinjection in all groups or between the drug injected eyes and the control eyes in each group. Light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy revealed no damage to the retinal structure.· CONCLUSION: Intravitreal injection of hyaluronidase 50U or plasmin 0.5U or their combination can produce PVD effectively and quickly without retinal functional or structural toxicity. The combination of the two proteases was proved to be synergetic.

K. There was no significant difference in the yield among the treatments of N+K, CK, P, N+P, and N, but the results of these five treatments were significantly higher than that of P+K and K. In addition, cichoric acid content did not considerably changed after treatment of various fertilizer combinations. For the second harvest date the yield of N, N+K, P, and N+P were 47.7%, 35.4%, 33.8%, and 12.3% higher respectively than that of CK, the yield of N+P+K, P+K, and K were 7.7%, 10.8%, and 28.5% lower respectively than that of CK. There was significant difference in the yield between the treatment of N and CK, the yield of K was significantly lower than that of CK. Conclusion The results indicate that cichoric acid content is not significantly affected by the treatment of various fertilizer combinations and the yield is strongly influenced by N fertilizer, weakly by P fertilizer, on the contrary the application of potassium chloride results in a decrease in yield.

Child ; Choristoma ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial ; pathology ; Thymus Gland ; pathology ; Thymus Neoplasms ; pathology ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; pathology

OBJECTIVETo observe effects of mild moxibustion and lovastatin on immunologic function in rabbits with chronic hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis (AS) to initially explain regulating rules of mild moxibustion on immunologic function.

METHODSAmong thirty-two Japanese male big-ear rabbits, 8 rabbits were randomly selec ted as a blank group, the rest 24 rabbits were fed with method of endothelial injury and high-fat diet to establish AS model. The blank group was raised with normal diet and free water. After ten weeks of model establishment, the rest 24 rabbits were randomly divided into a model group, a moxibustion group and a medicine group, eight rabbits in each one. Moxibustion was applied at "Shenque" (CV 8) and "Zusanli" (ST 36) for 10 min per acupoint per day in the moxibustion group, while intragastric administration of 3.6 mg/kg lovastatin capsule was applied in the medicine group. After treatment, serum was acquired. Spectrophotometry method was adapted to measure cholesterol (TC) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) and evaluated atherosclerosis index (AI), while enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method was used to measure interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 (IL-4).

RESULTS(1) The serum TC and HDL-C in the model group were significantly higher than those in the blank group, moxibustion group and medicine group (all P < 0.01). The mean value of AI was 1.683 +/- 0.486 in the moxibustion group, which was obviously lower than 20.301 +/- 4.022 in the model group (P < 0.01). (2) The ratio of Th1/Th2 was 0.569 +/- 0.143 in the moxibustion group and 0.445 +/- 0.079 in the medicine group, which were significantly lower than 0.917 +/- 0.255 in the model group (both P < 0.01), but there was no statistically significant difference between the moxibustion group and the medicine group (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe moxibustion for AS could reduce atherosclerosis index, influence drift and bias of helper T cell and regulate balance between humoral immunity and cellular immunity. As a result, status of relative balance of immunity is acquired, which could slow down the development of atherosclerosis and process of thrombus burst.

Animals ; Atherosclerosis ; immunology ; therapy ; Humans ; Hyperlipidemias ; immunology ; therapy ; Interferon-gamma ; immunology ; Interleukin-4 ; immunology ; Male ; Moxibustion ; Rabbits ; Th1 Cells ; immunology ; Th2 Cells ; immunology

Adult ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Humans ; Keratins ; metabolism ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Mucin-1 ; metabolism ; Rectal Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Rhabdoid Tumor ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Sarcoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Synaptophysin ; metabolism ; Vimentin ; metabolism ; Young Adult

Nature is abundant in protein scaffolds.By selecting suitable protein scaffold,display and screening methods,the rational and constrained random peptide library(RPL)can be constructed.Compared with the non-constrained RPL,it offered more opportunities for obtaining novel protein structures and more higher affinity ligands against the target molecules.At present,the protein scaffold constrained RPLs have been shown great potential in applications such as target selection,basic research,clinical diagnosis,medical therapy and so on.It is systematically introduced the structure bases,classification and construction of constrained RPL based on scaffolds,as well the recent great advances of application in selection against target molecules with S-S constrained scaffolds,antibodies,Zinc finger protein,Z domain,FN3 domain as important examples.

As a kind of additive in feed of monogastric animals, the application of natural phytase is limited due to its disadvantages. In this paper, the strategies of phytse reform was introduced. Furthermore, the research and progress on protein engineering of feed phytase was reviewed, including phytase over-expression, phytase thermostability, catalytic efficiency and optimum pH.

To generate recombinant adenovirus expression vector of human Sema4C gene and observe its expression in mouse myoblasts cell line C2C12 for ensuring easy access to investigate the role of Sema4C gene during myogenesis. The recombinant plasmid was packaged and amplified after being transfected in HEK293 cells through Lipofectamine. After infecting C2C12 myoblasts with recombinant adenovirus vector, the adenoviral infection efficiency was determined by confocal microscope which showed that the expression of green fluorescence could be detected at 12h and then reached peak at 24h after recombinant adenovirus infection. The infection efficiency was almost 100% confirmed by FACS examination. Detection of WB indicated that the expression of Sema4C in C2C12 of recombinant adenoviral infection group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P

Antigens, CD34 ; metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Hypoglycemia ; etiology ; Immunohistochemistry ; Middle Aged ; Pleura ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural ; complications ; metabolism ; surgery ; Treatment Outcome ; Vimentin ; metabolism

Objective To study interleukin-1 receptor(IL-1R) and connexin(Cx36) gene expression following Mg 2+-free-induced seizures in cultured developing neuron. Methods Rat embryo cortical neurons cultured for 6 and 17 days were exposed to Mg 2+-free media to induce seizure. At different time after Mg 2+-free treatment, real-time RT-PCR was used to detect IL-1R and Cx36 mRNA expression. Results 1. IL-1R mRNA expression transiently decreased after Mg 2+-free treatment in neurons cultured for 6 and 17 days in vitro. Then the levels of IL-1R mRNA expression recovered in neurons cultured for 6 days, but IL-1R mRNA expression were increased in neurons cultured for 17 days compared with control group and the peak was at 24 hours. 2. In neurons cultured for 6 days in vitro, Cx36 mRNA expression increased after Mg 2+-free treatment compared with control group, the peak was at 24 hours. But in neurons cultured for 17 days in vitro, Cx36 mRNA expression decreased at 6 hours after Mg 2+-free treatment compared with control group, the peak was at 24 hours. Conclusions IL-1R mRNA and Cx36 mRNA expression following Mg 2+-free-induced seizures are different between the neurons cultured for 6 and 17 days in vitro. This is possibly related to the different neuron injury between 6 and 17 days in vitro following seizures.