BACKGROUND: Cecropins are a kind of micromolecule protein with antibacterial activity. Eukaryotic cell-expressed or artificially synthesized Cecropins is characterized by low efficiency and high cost. OBJECTIVE: To clone and express an antibacterial peptide gene of Musca domestica Cecropin A, and to identify recombinant expression product. METHODS: Mature Musca domestica Cecropin A encoding nucleotide sequence was searched from the GenBank and amplified by RT-PCR. The gene of Musca domestica Cecropin A was cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pET32a and fused with gene of Thioredoxin (Trx) and expressed in E.coli BL2l (DE3). After induction by isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside, the sera of the immunized rabbits were collected after rabbits were immunized with the hemolymph of housefly larvae. Recombinant protein was identified by western blot analysis and N-[Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]glycine-sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After induction by isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside, E.coli BL21 expressed mature Cecropin. Rabbit anti- housefly larvae sera, N-[Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]glycine-sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blot analysis results confirmed that expression products were mature Cecropin. These suggest that prokaryotic expression system can be utilized to obtain natural mature Cecropin.

Objective: To observe the clinical effects of needling acupoints Shenting(GV 24),Neiguan(PC 6) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6) in the treatment of migraine. Methods: Thirty cases of Germen patients with migraine were treated mainly by Shenting(GV 24), bilateral Neiguan(PC 6) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6), as well as bilateral Hegu(LI 4) and Taichong(LR 3), Touwei(ST 8),Yangbai(GB 14), Cuanzhu(BL 2), Sizhukong(TE 23), Shuaigu(GB 8) and Sibai(ST 2) in the affected side of head, auricular Sympathetic (MA-AH 7), Er Shenmen (MA-TF 1), Heart (MA-IC) and Endocrine (MA-IC 3); another 28 cases were treated by routine acupuncture. The clinical results and immediate pain-relieving effects were observed. Results: The total effective rate was 90.0% in treatment group and 75.0% in control group, χ2= 4.57, P ＜ 0.05; the 24-hour pain-relieving effects were obviously better in treatment group than that in control group, χ2 = 10.11, P＜ 0.01. Conclusion: Needling Shenting(GV 24), Neiguan (PC 6) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6) has better effects than routine acupuncture in the treatment of migraine.

MicroRNA (miRNA) regulate the expression of target mRNA according to the specific base pairing. They are involved in proliferation,differentiation and apoptosis of cells. The expression of miRNA has distinct differences between normal tissues and cancers, miRNA can be oncogenes but also suppressor genes, they play an important role in cancer. And miRNA are promising to be a new therapeutic target. In this review, we will discuss the advance in the research of miRNA in cancer.

In recent years,nano - materials have represented the superior biocompatibiliry and the arena of medical nano - materials have been extensively studied by various means all over the world. Is it possible that nano - bone implants overcome the existing limitations of the traditional bone implants for fusing operations in the future? State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA, CN) authorized the nano-bone implants- - nHA/ PA66 (YZB/0063 -2003) in 2005 but there were still lots of counterviews in this field. This review considers the advanced researches via comparing and analyzing the correlatire literatures recently.

[Abstract ] Tumor, with its high morbidity and mortality, has been gained increasingly high attention from the world .Current-ly, the main treatment for solid tumor is still surgical resection , during which surgery , anesthesia and other factors may have such side effects as releasing tumor cells into blood , lymphatic , bone marrow even organs and then resulting in the formation of micrometastatic lesion, increasing the risk of tumor recurrence and metastasis and finally affecting the postoperative survival rate .Recently, studies have shown that most anesthetic agents can influence the function of immune system and the activity of tumor cells , and then impact the tumor micrometastasis .This paper will summarize the research progresses in the impacts of anesthetic agents on tumor micrometastasis during perioperative period .

We observed the effects of testosterone (T) on myosin ATPase activity and its isoenzyme distribution of noninfarcted myocardium in male infarcted rats. 21 days after myocardial infarction (MI), both myocardial fiber diameter and myosin ATPase activity were increased in T treated MI group when compared with that of the MI group (P

Hedgehog-Gli signaling pathway involves in vertebrate embryonic development ,tissue differ-entiation,organogenesis,and plays an important role in homeostasis ,the maintenance of stem cell function ,regula-tion of epithelial mesenchymal transition .Hedgehog-Gli signaling pathway activation correlates with a variety of tumor development ,invasion,apoptosis and drug resistance .This review seeks to clarify the composition of Hedge-hog-Gli signaling pathway ,mechanism of action ,the role of Hedgehog-Gli signaling pathway in lung cancer de-velopment and function of lung cell of the EGFR -TKI resistance .

Objective:To induce experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis in Wistar for investigating the pathogenesis mechanism of uveitis.Methods:18 Wistar rats were immunized by different dosage of bovine soluble antigen(S Ag),and were detected the clinic changes dayly.The animals were anesthetized and killed when they had significant clinic EAU appearance or 3～4 weeks after immunized,the eyes were removed and followed by pathologic studies.Results:The incidence of EAU in the 3 different dosage S Ag immunized rats were 2/12 in 100 ?g S Ag group(6 rats,12 eyes),6/12 in 200 ?g S Ag group(6 rats,12 eyes) and 8/12 in 300 ?g S Ag group(6 rats,12 eyes) separately and the pathology scores were 0?16 76?11.02?17 56?9 96 separately in 3 group of rats.Conclusion:The middling sensitive Wistar rats can be used to induce EAU successly with middling purified S Ag.

Thirty-seven essential hypertensive patients were treated with nifedipine and captopril. The effects of both drugs on high blood pressure and inteacellular cations were reported.A significant reduction in leucocyte Na concentration compared to the baseline were noted after therapy (P

Objective To investigate the inhibitory effect of combination of antisense human telomerase RNA (anti hTR) and antisense human telomerase catalytic subunit (anti hTERT) on proliferation of cervical cancer Hela cell line cultured in vitro Methods Cervical cancer Hela cells were transfected by anti hTR, anti hTERT, anti hTR + anti hTERT, sense hTR, sense hTERT with Oligofectamin TM reagent The proliferation activity of cervical cancer Hela cells was determined using methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) The activity of telomerase was tested by polymerase chain reaction telomeric repeat amplification protocol enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (PCR TRAP ELISA) Cell morphologies were observed under fluorescence microscope with acridine orange staining Apoptosis and cell cycle were examined by flow cytometer method (FCM) Results The inhibitory rates on proliferation and apoptotic rates of Hela cells transfected by antisense oligonucleotides were significantly higher compared with those of control, sense oligonucleotides and Oligofectamin TM (all P