ELISpot assay has been widely used in basic and clinical research with its unique advantages. ELISpot is highly efficient in epitope screening, quantification of the epitope specific T cells, determining the TCR affinity and evaluating vaccine efficacy. In addition, ELISpot has been increasingly employed in diagnosis, differentiating diagnosis, evaluating patients' immune state, treatment efficacy, and evaluation of the prognosis. Overall, with the further improvement of this assay, ELISpot will play a critical role in the development of human health.

Severe influenza infection is usually associated with hypercytokinemia ,but the type Ⅰ Interferon remains at low lever or absence.The regulatory mechanism on or the immune escaping mechanism from type I interferon by virus remains to be deter -mined.We briefly summarized the progress in this field and raise several questions to be addressed in the future .

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play a critical role in the control of HIV-1 infection and replication. HIV-1 evades CTL mediated pressure through viral escape mutations within targeted CTLs epitopes or flanking regions, but this process is usually associated with a viral fitness cost. The mutated epitopes may weaken the level of the original CTL responses, however, the immune system holds potential to mount denovo responses towards those newly emerged epitopes. This article briefly summarizes recent research progress regarding the competition between HIV-1's escape mutations and host CTL responses.
Animals ; HIV Infections ; genetics ; immunology ; HIV-1 ; genetics ; immunology ; physiology ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I ; genetics ; immunology ; Humans ; Mutation ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic ; immunology ; virology

Sexual transmission of HIV-1 has recently become the predominant route over the world.As an effective HIV vaccine has been elusive so far,microbicides,which are usually applied at topical mucosal sites to prevent vaginal or rectal mucosa from HIV-1 infection,have been paid ever increasing attentions.The failure of previous clinical trials have demonstrated that it is critical to ensure the safety and efficacy of microbicides before they move forward into clinical trials.In this review,we have summarized recent progress in preclinical models evaluating the safety and efficacy of microbicides,including cell culture in vitro,mucosal explant and animal models in vivo which are used at different phases during the preclinical development of microbicides,and have elaborated the characteristics of these models and their advantages.Finally,we emphasize the urgent need to establish effective evaluation systems at molecular levels for different models,which may serve as good surrogates to predict the inflammation and HIV infection in future clinical testing.

Objective To extract the flavomids from orange peel and determine the content of total flavmoids in orange peel. Methods The total flavonoids in orange peel were determined by using hesperidine as standard sample and edible alcohol as extraction solvent. Results The total content of flavonids is 19.44 g/kg. Conclusion The method is simple and reproducible. It provides a scientific basis for using orange peel.

Objective To determine the colorific value of Matrimory Vine in Qinhai. Method Calorific value of Qinghai matrimony-vine was determined by the method of oxygen bomb type-calorimeter instrument. Results Combustion heat of Qinghai matrimony-vine was 18.36 kJ/g. Conclusion The method is easy and reliable, and its principle is accurate. The data may provide a scientific basis for people’s diet structure and medical use.

Objective To compare the effect of ropivacaine mesylate with ropivacaine HC1 for patient-controlled epidural analgesia ( PCEA) after transabdominal hysterectomy. Methods Forty-four ASA 1 or D patients aged 18-65 yrs weighing 45-80 kg undergoing elective abdominal hysterectomy performed under epidural anesthesia with either 0.75% ropivacaine HO (control group, n = 22) or 0.894% ropivacaine mesylate (study group, n= 22) . An epidural catheter was placed at L2,3 and advanced 3 cm into the epidural space. After operation PCEA was performed with 0.2% ropivacaine HCl ( control group) or 0.237 % ropivacaine mesylate (study group) respectively. Postoperative pain was assessed using VAS (0-10, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain) . Motor blockade was assessed using the Bromage scoring system. The patients' satisfaction level and adverse events were also recorded. Results There were no significant differences in VAS scores, motor blockade and incidence of adverse events between the two groups. The number of effective pressing in study group was significantly less than that in control group. Starting from 4h after operation the drug consumption in study group was significantly less than that in control group. Conclusion 0.237 % ropivacaine mesylate can be used for PCEA after transabdominal hysterectomy as safely as 0.2% ropivacaine HCl.

0. 05),but in group F,level of Aid after F withdrawal was higher than that before induction (P

Objective To compare the effects of propofol with thiopentone on preventing riskiness of tracheal intubation. Methods In 224 elective surgical patients under general anesthesia, the riskiness of tracheal intubation was evaluated following the administration of fentanyl 2?g/kg combined with propofol 2.0mg/kg (group P) or thiopentone 5.0 mg/kg (group T) respectively, with multivariate analysis. Results Risk rate was 36. 04 % in group T and 17. 70 % in group P (P 0 .05). Conclusions There is certainly clinical advantage of propofol compared to thiopentone in terms of preventing riskiness of tracheal intubation if hypotension of propofol is unconcerned.

Objective To analyze the expression profile of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in the lipopolysaecharide (LPS)-induced inflammation of monocyte-derived macrophages.Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were derived from healthy donor and induced into macrophages. The macrophages were divided into blank control group and LPS (1 mg/L) stimulated 12 hours group. Culture supernatants and cell pellets were harvested in each group, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to assay the production changes of interleukins (IL-1β and IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the supernatant. The technique of lncRNA microarray was used to test the lncRNA expression profile in LPS-induced inflammation of macrophages and control macrophages. The raw data of lncRNA were pretreated for normalization. Five lncRNA expressions were validated by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Furthermore, qRT-PCR was used to detect the expression of NR_028034 in macrophages after LPS-induced inflammation.Results ① The contents of IL-1β (ng/L:562.93±61.17 vs. 59.74±15.68), IL-6 (ng/L: 702.46±92.31 vs. 71.66±18.25) and TNF-α (ng/L: 794.50±63.89 vs. 85.12±22.07) in the LPS group were significantly higher than those in the blank control group (allP < 0.01). These results indicated that the inflammatory model of human macrophages was constructed successfully. ② Compared with blank control group, and 1479 lncRNA which have more than 2 folds variation and significant difference (P < 0.05) by statistical analysis was defined as lncRNA with differential expression. Among these lncRNA, LPS group showed 953 up- regulated and 526 down- regulated genes by 2 folds and 49 up- regulated and 35 down- regulated genes by 5 folds. ③ qRT-PCR results were generally consistent with the microarray data. ④ The expression of NR_028034 was increased by (4.41±0.65), (11.56±2.04), (18.58±1.36) folds compared with blank control group at 3, 6, 12 hours after LPS stimulation (allP < 0.01).Conclusions These data show a significantly altered lncRNA expression profile in the LPS-induced inflammation of monocyte-derived macrophages, suggesting that lncRNA may be involved in regulation of macrophages inflammatory response.