BACKGROUND:The CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells have immunosuppression effect, and it is speculated that these cells may restrain the occurrence of acute graft-versus-host disease. OBJECTIVE:To observe the variety of the CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells in the peripheral blood from donors before and after granulocyte colony stimulating factor mobilization, and study the relationship between CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells and acute graft-versus-host disease. METHODS:Ninety patients with malignant blood diseases who undertook al ogeneic hematopoietic stem celltransplantation and their donors were observed. Granulocyte colony stimulating factor 5μg/kg was injected subcutaneously into the donor per 12 hours for 5 days, and the stem cells were col ected before and after mobilization. The ratio of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells in the peripheral blood was detected before and after mobilization with flow cytometry, and the ratio of these cells in the stem cellsuspension was measured by the same method. The patients were divided into two groups according to the CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells ratio:high dosage group (≥5%) and low dosage group (<5%). The incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease was observed in the two groups after transplantation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The ratio of the CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells in the donor before and after mobilization were 11.3%and 1.5%,respectively, and there was a significant difference (P<0.05). The ratio of the CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells was 3.4%in the patients with acute graft-versus-host disease, and 15.7%in the patients with no acute graft-versus-host disease, showing a significant difference (P<0.05). After hematopoietic reconstitution, the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease was 18.4%in the high dosage group and 48.1%in the low dosage group, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). Therefore, the granulocyte colony stimulating factor can lower the ratio of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells in the human peripheral blood. The increase in CD4+CD25+FOXP3+Treg cells can restrain the occurrence of acute graft-versus-host disease.

SMART-RACE was performed after isolating the total RNA of Armillariella tabescens to amplify the full-length cDNA of arabinosidase (GenBank Accession No. AJ620046). Bioinformatics analysis was used to analyze the code frame of arabinosidase, to predict its structure and function. Recombinant plasmid pPIC9-AF was constructed and then electroporated into methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris GS115. The secreted 6 ? His fusion protein was purified to analyze its enzymology property. This arabinosidase had high activity at 30-35℃ under acid condition, and was stable within wide range of pH and temperature. It maintained about 80% activity at the range of pH4. 0-8.0 and 20-40℃,wider than many other cloned arabinosidase. So it was worthy to go step further to study this enzyme, and recombinant expression provided a chance of highly expressing arabinosidase.

Objective To investigate the relationship between high-sensitive C-reactive protein(hsCRP)and insulin resistance(IR)in elderly hypertension patients.Methods The levels of ambulatory blood pressure mo- nitoring(ABPM),fasting plasma glucose(FPG),fasting insulin(FINS),von Willebrand factor(vWF),hsCRP were measured in elderly patients with hypertension alone(n=260),hypertension coexit with diabetes(n=230), and healthy matched subjects(n=250).Results The levels of FINS,FPG,vWF,hsCRP,systolic blood pres- sure(SBP),diastolic blood pressure(DBP)in the HT and HT+DM group were significantly higher than that in the NC group(P

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OBJECTIVE: To explore the change rules of peak area ratio of STR loci to Amelogenin (AMEL) locus (STR/AMEL), a sex-determining gene in DNA degradation, and to evaluate the application of STR/AMEL value in the estimation of DNA degradation degree. METHODS: DNA was extracted from iliopsoas, and the variations of STR/AMEL value (Penta E/AMEL, Penta D/AMEL, FGA/AMEL) were analyzed after the artificial degradation was made by DNase I, and the changes of these three ratios of the iliopsoas naturally degraded in an outdoor environment were also analyzed. The regression curves were analyzed using the periods of DNA degradation and outside the body as the independent variable (x) and the STR/AMEL value as the dependent variable (y) and three curve equations under two conditions were established. RESULTS: Both under the conditions of artificial and natural degradation, STR/AMEL value had a negative relationship with the degradation time. The relationship between STR/AMEL and degradation time can be well simulated by the cubic function. R2 was over 0.99 under controlled degradation condition and over 0.86 under natural degradation condition. CONCLUSION The STR/AMEL value (Penta E/AMEL, Penta D/AMEL, FGA/AMEL) is negatively related with the DNA degradation degree, which follows mathematical regression models strictly, and it might be applied to evaluate the DNA degradation degree.
Amelogenin/genetics* ; DNA Damage/genetics* ; DNA Primers ; Humans ; Microsatellite Repeats ; Regression Analysis ; Time Factors

· AIM:To investigate the prevalence and related factors of dry eye in primary school pupils in Lanzhou,Gansu Province.· METHODS:From October to November 2016,1347 pupils in two primary schools in Lanzhou,Gansu Province,were randomly selected as subjects.Every pupil was carried on the questionnaire of dry eye and eye inspection to confirm the diagnosis of dry eye.Besides,the prevalence and influencing factors of dry eye in pupils were analyzed by chi-square test,Mann-Whitney U test and logistic regression model.· RESULTS:A total of 1 268 pupils took part in this study and the inclusion ratio was 94.14％;271 individuals were diagnosed as dry eye,and the prevalence rate was 21.37％.Statistical analysis showed that the risk factors of dry eye were male,senior pupils,often using eye drops,poor reading habits,wearing contact lenses,video terminals last for a long time,learning pressure.· CONCLUSION:Dry eye has become one of the main diseases that plagued pupil's life and learning.It should cause wide attention.Considering the above factors,rational use of eye and improve lifestyle will help to reduce the damage to eye of pupils.

Objective: To develop a health management system for outpatient follow-up of kidney transplant patients. Methods: Access 2010 database sotfware was used to establish the health management system for kidney transplantation patients in Windows XP operating system. Database management and post-operation follow-up of the kidney transplantation patients were realized through 6 function modules including data input, data query, data printing, questionnaire survey, data export, and follow-up management. Results: The system worked stably and reliably, and the data input was easy and fast. The query, the counting and printing were convenient. Conclusion: Health management system for patients after kidney transplantation not only reduces the work pressure of the follow-up staff, but also improves the effciency of outpatient follow-up.

Background Intracameral or intracorneal administration of amphotericin B (AMB) can achieve significant therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of recalcitrant fungal keratitis in cases that do not respond to conventional antifungal therapy. However, the ocular pharmacokinetics of the two routes of administration is unclear.Objective The goal of this study was to investigate the level of amphotericin B in cornea and aqueous humor of rabbits after administration of AMB via three different routes. Methods Forty-five healthy domestic rabbits were randomly divided into three groups. 1% amphotericin B of 10 μg was intrastromally or intracamerally injected into 15 rabbits, respectively,in group A and group B. Topical 0. 25% amphotericin B was topically administered to the eyes with corneal epithelial debridement (group C). Experimental animals were sacrificed and the corneas and aqueous humor samples were obtained for the detection of levels of amphotericin B at 30 minutes,6 hours, 1 day,3 and 7 days by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Results Calibration curves were linear over the range of 0. 10-100. 00 mg/L. The concentration of 0. 10 mg/L was the lowest quantifiable limit. The recovery of amphotericin B ranged from 89. 1% -95.7% from aqueous humor samples and 81.4% -83.6% from the cornea samples. After a single injection,effective drug levels were achieved and maintained for 7 days in cornea in group A, exceeding the minimum inhibitory concentration at which 90% of isolates are inhibited (MIC90) for a wide spectrum of fungi and molds with significant differences in comparison with group B and group C ( P＜0. 05 ). Effective drug levels were achieved in the aqueous humor in group B at 30 minutes after a single injection, but drug levels decreased dramatically within 6 hours. The evident differences were found between group B and group A or group C (P＜ 0.05). A considerable amount of amphotericin B was detected in the cornea and aqueous humor in group C within 1 day.Conclusion Effective high drug levels can be reached in rabbit cornea and aqueous humor after intrastromal and intracameral injection, respectively. Penetration of topical amphotericin B was greatly elevated after epithelial debridement.

BACKGROUND:The prognosis of malignant hematologic diseases has improved greatly with the application of the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) has been used as an alternative to bone marrow transplantation (BMT).OBJECTIVE:To observe curative effect and clinical outcome in 53 patients with hematological malignancy undergoing allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (allo-PBSCT) or autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT).DESIGN:Randomized controlled study.SETTING:BMT Center, Hematology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University.PARTICIPANTS:From July 2003 to May 2006, 53 patients (33 males and 20 females) with a median age of 37 years underwent PBSCT. Thirty-five patients received allo-PBSCT, including 13 of acute myelocytic leukemia (AML), 7 of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), 10 of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML), 2 of multiple myeloma (MM), and 3 of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Eighteen patients underwent auto-PBSCT, including 7 AML, 6 ALL, 2 MM, and 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Thirty-three donors (20 males and 13 females) with a median age of 35 age in the allo-PBSCT were HLA-identical siblings, 2 donors (5.7%) had one mismatch. Sixteen allografts were sex mismatched. Study was authorized by the Ethic committee of the hospital, and all patients had signed an inform consent.METHODS:① PBSC were mobilized with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) or chemotherapy combined with G-CSF. A median of 6.2×106 CD34+ cells/kg was infused for allo-PBSCT and 3.0×106 CD34+ cells/kg was infused for auto-PBSCT. Amended BU/CY was used as conditioning regimen in allo-PBSCT and MAC was used in auto-PBSCT. Methotrexate (MTX) combined with cyclosporine A (CsA) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was used as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. ALG was used in 1 patient with 1 locus mismatched in allo-PBSCT. ② Time to engraftment was calculated from the time of transplantation to neutrophil recovery ≥ 0.5×109 L-1 and platelet recovery ≥ 20×109 L-1, GVHD and relapse were observed until 1 year of follow-up.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:① Time to neutrophil and platelet recovery; ② GVHD occurrence after transplantation; ③ outcome of treatment.RESULTS:All the 53 patients were analyzed. ① Engraftment of neutrophils (> 0.5×109 L-1) and platelets (> 20×109 L-1) was achieved at a median of 13 days for neutrophils and 19 days for platelets in auto-PBSCT, and 12 days and 15 days respectively in allo-PBSCT. ② In allo-PBSCT, I-VI acute GVHD occurred in 31.4% cases, and chronic GVHD developed in 71.4% cases. ③ The relapse rate was 38.9% in auto-PBSCT, and 5.7% in allo-PBSCT. CONCLUSION:PBSCT can provide rapid hematopoietic reconstitution. It is an important method to cure the malignant hematologic diseases.