Object To analyze the rDNA ITS sequences between wi ld plants and cultivars of Trapa L. and study the utility in p hylogenesis and identification of these two groups. Methods The ITS gene fragments were PCR amplified and sequenced. The rDNA ITS regions w ere analyzed by means of the software of Clustal and Mega 2.0. Result s The rDNA sequences of 234-236 bp ITS1, 220-221 bp ITS2 gene fragment , and 5.8 S rDNA for 164 bp evenly were obtained from ten populations of Trapa L. The intraspecific substitution varies from 0.22% to 2. 94%. The variable sites are 16 while informative sites are six. The phylogenet ic tree based on ITS data was set up by NJ method. Conclusion ITS sequence is a pretty good molecular marker which can identify wild plants of Trapa L. from their cultivars. Diversity of ITS in differen t populations is less at intraspecific level. It is infered that the plants of Trapa L. may be derived from the same population of one species .

Objective:To investigate the expression of TLR4 mRNA?TLR2 mRNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from the patients with Gram positive and Gram negative infections.Methods:TLR4 and TLR2 mRNA were detected in the patients with Gram negative infections ( n =20) and the patients with Gram positive infections ( n =15) and the normal persons as control ( n =24) with the method of Taqman Real-time PCR.Results:TLR4 mRNA expression in the patients with Gram negative infections were significantly higher than Gram positive infections patients and the normals ( P 0.05).Conclusion:The results showed that the increased expression levels of TLR4 mRNA in PBMC from the Gram negative infectious patients are associated with Gram negative infections and the detection of TLR4 mRNA expression may be a method of diagnosis for Gram negative infections in the early stage.

BACKGROUND:Pasteurization is a perfect method for albumin virus inactivation, which may not be required for virus inactivation validation. However, there are no systematical reports concerning virus inactivation of hemoglobin blood substitutes. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effects of pasteurization on the physicochemical properties and biological function of hemoglobin blood substitutes. METHODS:Appropriate cord blood samples were taken fol owed by centrifugation, washing blood, rupture of membranes, stabilizer treatment. In the control group, the samples were placed in 55℃water bath, and when the temperature of hemoglobin solution reached (55±1)℃, a heat treatment began and lasted for 2 hours. In the pasteurization group, the samples were placed in 60℃water bath, and when the temperature of hemoglobin solution reached (60±1)℃, a heat treatment began and lasted for 10 hours. The heating process was under continues nitrogen protection. Then, the hemoglobin solution was placed in ice bath and cooled to below 4℃fol owed by low-speed centrifugation and filtration via microporous membrane, purification and viral inactivation thereby to obtain cord blood hemoglobin. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The products in the pasteurization group were al red clear liquid. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the yield, methemoglobin concentration, and oxygen-carrying capacity. The purification of the two groups was more than 98%. Two kinds of purification methods had no effects on the oxygen-carrying capacity of hemoglobin. Therefore, pasteurization method can replace thermosensitive purification method of 55℃, 2 hours. The pasteurization method wil not only ensure the physicochemical and biological properties of hemoglobin, but also achieve the purpose of virus inactivation.

Objective To investigate the susceptible gene loci of SLE.Methods Susceptible loci of chromosome16were found in systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE).According to our previous linkage map-ping and gene chip data,four genes named OAZ,CARD15,DNAJA2and IL-4R were chosen as candidate genes for gene expression research.mRNA extracted from whole blood of42SLE patients and36normal controls were reversely transcipted to cDNA.Then Taqman probe and primers were added to perform real-time PCR in ABI Prism誖7900HT sequence detection system.Housekeeping gene GAPDH was used as a control.Results OAZ and CARD15gene expression was significantly higher in SLE patients than those in normal controls(P

0.05). Conclusions The high expression of GATA3, a Th2 inducer, may correlate with the disease acti vity of SLE, while T-bet, a Th1 inducer, may not correlate with the disease acti vity.

Traditional processes are mostly adopted in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) preparation production and the quality of products is mostly controlled by terminal. Potential problems of the production in the process are unpredictable and is relied on experience in most cases. Therefore, it is hard to find the key points affecting the preparation process and quality control. A pattern of research and development of traditional Chinese medicine preparation process based on the idea of Quality by Design (QbD) was proposed after introducing the latest research achievement. Basic theories of micromeritics and rheology were used to characterize the physical property of TCM raw material. TCM preparation process was designed in a more scientific and rational way by studying the correlation among enhancing physical property of raw material, preparation process and product quality of preparation. So factors affecting the quality of TCM production would be found out and problems that might occur in the pilot process could be predicted. It would be a foundation for the R&D and production of TCM preparation as well as support for the "process control" of TCMIs gradually realized in the future.
Drug Compounding ; methods ; standards ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; standards ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; standards ; trends ; Quality Control ; Research ; standards ; trends ; Research Design ; standards ; Technology, Pharmaceutical ; instrumentation ; methods ; standards

ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical value of serum complement C3 and C4 levels for predicting the severity of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.MethodsHistopathological diagnosis was confirmed in 442 patients with chronic hepatitis B.Serum complement C3 and C4 levels were determined by Beckman-Coulter Immage 800 immunochemistry system.ROC curve was used to analyze the value of serum complement C3 and C4 levels in predicting the severity of hepatic fibrosis.ResultsThe areas under ROC curve of complement C3 and C4 for predicting significant fibrosis ( ≥ S2),severe fibrosis ( ≥ S3) and cirrhosis (S4) were all significantly larger than the area under diagonal reference line ( P =0.009,0.000,0.000 and P =0.005,0.000,0.000,respectively).According to ROC curves,the optimal cut-offs of serum complement G3 for predicting severe fibrosis and cirrhosis were ≤0.74 g/L and ≤0.64 g/L,and the corresponding sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value,accuracy were 0.585,0.681,0.617,0.650,0.636 and 0.509,0.775,0.423,0.830,0.710,respectively.The optimal cut-offs of serum complement C4 for predicting severe fibrosis and cirrhosis were ≤0.14 g/L and ≤0.12 g/L,and the corresponding sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value,accuracy were 0.565,0.634,0.576,0.623,0.602 and 0.463,0.781,0.407,0.818,0.704,respectively.ConclusionSerum complement C3 and C4 may be used for predicting severe fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B,but its stability and reliability need to be improved.

This study was aimed to investigate the distribution and implication of tap1 (transporter associated with antigen processing) and tap2 loci allelic and genotypic frequencies. The distribution of tap1 and tap2 loci allelic and genotypic frequencies in 339 random samples of healthy Chinese Hans was analyzed by TaqMan PCR. Several genetic information about power of discrimination, cumulative DP, polymorphism information content, expected heterozygosity and observed heterozygosity were calculated. The results indicated that 5 tap1 alleles (tap1*0101, 020101, 020102, 0301 and 0401) and 4 tap2 alleles (tap2*0101, 0102, 0103 and 0201) were detected in all samples. 8 tap1 genotypes were found which account for 53.3% of the theoretic genotype and 6 tap2 genotypes were found which account for 60% of the theoretic genotype. The genotyping results of tap1 and tap2 both conform to the Hardy-Weinberg expectations (p > 0.05). Tap1*0101 (79.79%) and tap2*0101 (82.74%) are the most common alleles in Chinese Hans. It is concluded that tap1*0101 and tap2*0101 are most common alleles in Chinese Hans, tap1 and tap2 loci carry some power of individual discrimination and polymorphism information content. These two locl can be used for the research in the fields of human genetics, linkage analysis of genetic disease genes, paternity test and individual identification and so on.
ATP-Binding Cassette Sub-Family B Member 2 ; ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters ; genetics ; ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 3 ; Alleles ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; genetics ; Gene Frequency ; Genotype ; Haplotypes ; Humans

Background and purpose: p21-activated kinase 5 (PAK5) is a recently identified member of PAKs that regulate many intracellular processes such as cytoskeleton remodeling, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, gene transcription and cell apoptosis. Recently, studies found that PAK5 was overexpressed in some cancer such as gastric and colon cancer. However, the expression status and biological function of PAK5 in osteosarcoma are not clearly known. The objective of this study was to investigate the expression of PAK5 in osteosarcoma tissue and their relationships with the prognosis of osteosarcoma. Methods: The expression of PAK5 was detected by using immunohistochemical method in 92 specimens of human osteosarcoma tissues and 33 cases of osteoclastoma tissue, respectively. Results: The positive rate of PAK5 was 71.7% (66/92) in all the 92 cases of osteosarcoma. PAK5 expressions were not related to clinical variables such as gender, age, tumor location, tumor size, histological type and local recurrence, but signiifcantly related to Enneking grade, tumor cell necrosis rate and lung metastasis, and the high expression of PAK5 may reduce the efifciency of chemotherapy. Survival analysis indicated that high expression of PAK5 correlated with poor prognosis of patients with osteosarcoma. Univariate survival analysis showed that the signiifcant prognostic factors were tumor size, Enneking grade, local recurrence, lung metastasis and expression levels of PAK5. COX multivariate regression identified that the PAK5 expression levels (P=0.001) and lung metastasis (P=0.015) were independent prognostic factors of patients with osteosarcoma. Conclusion:The positive expressions of PAK5 closely correlate with Enneking grade, tumor cell necrosis rate and lung metastasis. Detection of PAK5 may be used as a molecular marker for prognosis of osteosarcoma. The high expression of PAK5 may reduce the efifciency of chemotherapy.

OBJECTIVETo observe the clinical effect of anatomic shape bracket splints designed by 3D-MAX software.

METHODSHealthy adult volunteers' forearms and wrist data were measured and processed by 3D-MAX software. Then we designed and made anatomic shape bracket splints. Totally 60 distal radial fracture patients were equally assigned to the test group and the control group. After manual reduction, patients in the test group used anatomic shape bracket splints, while those in the control group used common splints. The palmar dip angle, ulnar fleet angle, and radius height of standard X-ray in normal and lateral positions were measured after treatment, at 1, 3, and 6 week after treatment, respectively. Meanwhile, the incidence of complications was recorded during the whole treatment process.

RESULTSCompared with the control group, the palmar dip angle and ulnar fleet angle were larger in the test group after one week of treatment (P < 0.05). The radius height of the treatment group was higher after one, three, and six weeks of treatment (P < 0.05). Compared with the control group, the incidence of complications was obviously less in the test group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONSAnatomic shape bracket splints designed by 3D-MAX software fit local anatomic features and need no more shaping. Its easier use with lesser complications could maintain the stability of bone fracture better.