The strain Streptomyces sp.,nominated IMB-14,was isolated from the soil sample of WuDang Mountain by the method of cellulose ester membrane filter.The studies on antibiotic activities,morphological characteristics,cultural characteristics,physiological characteristics,16S rDNA sequence analysis and the metabolite of strain IMB-14 showed that the strain IMB-14 was accordance with Streptomyces xanthoci-dicus.The study on the isolation and identification of strain Streptomyces xanthocidicus establishes a foundation on screening of novel antibacterial and antitumor agents.

Objective:To investigate the effect of EPO on humoral and cellular immunity and the monocyte antigen presenting function in patients with chronic renal failure(CRF).Methods:60 patients with CRF were divided into three groups.Group A patients accepted hemodialysis and treated with EPO.Group B patients treated with EPO and didn't accept hemodialysis.Group C patients didn't accept EPO treatment and hemodialysis.After 8 weeks treatment,the subpopulations of T lymphocyte were analyzed with detected by flow cytometry analysis method;Immunoglobulins were measured with radioactive immuntzation method.In addition,the infection rate of patients with CRF in every group was compared.Results:The parameters of immune functions of patients with CRF were comparable between groups before treatment.After treated with EPO for 8 weeks,RBC numbers and Hb were significantly increased in patients of group A and group B,but not in patients of group C.IgG and IgA were increased in patients of groups A and groups B and have statistic differences as compared with that in patients of group C(P

Objective To describe CT and MRI findings of the global choroidal hemangioma, and to investigate their value in the diagnosis and differentiation. Methods Nine choroidal hemangioma patients proven by surgical pathology( n =3)or clinic information ( n =6) were analyzed. CT scan was performed in 6 cases and MRI in 4 cases. All cases were examined by ultrasound and 3 with fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA). Results Two cases showed slight or crescent like thickening and iso density with respect to the global wall on CT scan. 5 cases on enhanced CT showed a flat or shuttle shaped homogeneous mass with marked enhancement. MRI ( n =3) revealed high signal intensity on T 1WI and low signal intensity on T 2WI with respect to the vitreous. 1 small tumor was found clearly by postcontrast fat suppressed T 1WI. Ultrasound showed homogeneous mass ( n =1) and inhomogeneous mass ( n =8), with retinal detachment in all cases. Conclusion CT + MRI + ultrasound can get most of the diagnostic imaging data for choroidal hemangioma. MRI was superior to CT and ultrasound in the diagnosis of choroidal hemangioma and differential diagnosis from other malignant tumors.

Objective To study the impact of active control of the trajectory of the center of gravity on the effectiveness of balance training and balance assessment. Methods Two groups of subjects ( group 1 30-45 years old, group 2 45-60 years old ) were evaluated and trained using both active center of gravity trajectory control and static balance methods. Results The percentages of success in controlling the center of gravity were the same when both groups were trained using static balance. Group 1's success percentage was higher than that of group 2 after active center of gravity trajectory training. Their affected lower limbs performed better in wave trace training than after static balance training, and performance improved with increased wave trace amplitude. Conclusions Wave tracing can stimulate the lower limbs of patients with active control force and improve their balance. The wave assessment is superior to static assessment, as it can objectively reflect ability in active center of gravity control and adjust the lower limbs of subjects whose static balance ability is at the same level.

Chimeric antigen receptor-T cell (CAR-T) therapy is one of the effective novel immunotherapy for malignancies, and it has a great effect on leukemia and lymphoma. More researches are needed to improve the understanding of CAR-T therapy and promote the development of this technology in order to treat hematological malignancies from a novel perspective.

Objective To determine the role of nuclear factor-?B(NF-?B) in ischemic acute renal failure (ARF) rats. Methods Gel mobility shift assay was used to detect the DNA binding activity of NF-KB in ischemic ARF rats and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was used to study the expression of renal inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) . The relationship between DNA binding activity of NF-?B and expression of iNOS was also analyzed. Results The DNA binding activity of NF-?B in renal cortex increased from 1.00 ?0.17 of controls to 3. 67 ? 1. 94 of 6 hours after ischemia-reperfusion ( P

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Objective To assess the characteristic of left ventricular(LV) twist changed from infancy to the elder,in order to determine the normal value of LV twist in different age group.Methods After acquired basal and apical LV short-axis images in 293 healthy volunteers (aged 15 days to 72 years) by 2-dimensional echocardiography, speckle tracking echocardiography was used to analysis LV twist motion offline.The peak apical rotation (PAr), peak basal rotation (PBr), peak LV twist (Ptw), peak LV twist normalized by LV length ( PtwN), peak untwisting velocity ( PutwV), isovolumic untwisting% ( Iutw% ) in different group were compared.Results Reliable LV twist measurements were obtained in 274 volunteers.Different LV twist values were noted according to age.Ptw increased gradually with advancing age, when normalized by LV length, PtwN showed higher values before 3 years old and 25 to 45 years old.PutwV increased with aging from infancy to 25 years old, and leveled off from 25 to 45 years old, then decreased with advancing age.Iutw% was lowest before 3 years old,and increased gradually from 25 to 45 years old,then decreased with aging.Conclusions speckle tracking echocardiography can be used to noninvasively and exactly assess LV twist with high feasibility.The effect of aging on LV twist may reflect the process of maturational and adaptive modulation of LV torsional biomechanics from infancy to the elder.

OBJECTIVETo study features of brain gray matter injury in cerebral infarction patients and intervention of scalp acupuncture by using voxel-based morphology.

METHODSA total of 16 cerebral infarction patients were recruited in this study, and assigned to the scalp acupuncture group and the control group, 8 in each group. Another 16 healthy volunteers were recruited as a normal group. All patients received scanning of T1 structure. Images were managed using VBM8 Software package. Difference of the gray matter structure was compared among the scalp acupuncture group, the control group, and the healthy volunteers.

RESULTSCompared with healthy volunteers, gray matter injury of cerebral infarction patients mainly occurred in 14 brain regions such as cingulate gyrus, precuneus, cuneus, anterior central gyrus, insular lobe, and so on. They were mainly distributed in affected side. Two weeks after treatment when compared with healthy volunteers, gray matter injury of cerebral infarction patients in the scalp acupuncture group still existed in 8 brain regions such as bilateral lingual gyrus, posterior cingulate gyrus, left cuneus, right precuneus, and so on. New gray matter injury occurred in lingual gyrus and posterior cingulate gyrus. Two weeks after treatment when compared with healthy volunteers, gray matter injury of cerebral infarction patients in the control group existed in 23 brain regions: bilateral anterior cingulum, caudate nucleus, cuneate lobe, insular lobe, inferior frontal gyrus, medial frontal gyrus, precuneus, paracentral lobule, superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, lingual gyrus, right postcentral gyrus, posterior cingulate gyrus, precentral gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, and so on. New gray matter injury still existed in 9 cerebral regions such as lingual gyrus, posterior cingulate gyrus, postcentral gyrus, and so on.

CONCLUSIONSBrain gray matter structure is widely injured after cerebral infarction. Brain gray matter volume gradually decreased as time went by. Combined use of scalp acupuncture might inhibit the progression of gray matter injury more effectively.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Brain ; physiopathology ; Brain Injuries ; therapy ; Cerebral Infarction ; therapy ; Gray Matter ; pathology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Scalp ; Stroke ; therapy

Objective To investigate the predictive value of the whole nodule size and solid component size of lung adenocarcinoma manifesting as subsolid nodule(SSN) in three different dimensions for pathologic grade.Methods We evaluated retrospectively preoperative chest HRCT data of 125 patients with 127 SSNs surgically resected and pathologically conformed lung adenocarcinomas.All specimens were divided into two groups: a total of 69 SSNs in group A, including 22 AIS and 47 MIA;a total of 58 SSNs in group B, only including IAC.Computer aided diagnosis software were used to measure the one dimension maximum diameter of solid component with lung window setting(1D-SCLW),two dimension maximum diameter of solid component with lung window setting(2D-SCLW),one dimension maximum diameter of solid component with mediastinal window setting(1D-SCMW),two dimension maximum diameter of solid component with mediastinal window setting(2D-SCMW),one dimension maximum diameter of whole nodule with lung window setting (1D-WNLW), two dimension maximum diameter of whole nodule with lung window setting (2D-WNLW), and volume of solid component with threshold of-300 HU (SCT) of all SSNs.Results 1D-SCLW, 2D-SCLW,1D-SCMW,2D-SCMW,1D-WNLW,2D-WNLW and SCT of the group B were significantly larger than those of the group A(P=0.000).ROC analyses indicated that the diagnostic efficiency of SCT for the pathologic grade was the highest among 7 CT features(AUC=0.887, sensitivity:81%,specificity:93%);The cut-off values of 1D-SCLW,2D-SCLW,1D-SCMW,2D-SCMW,1D-WNLW, 2D-WNLW and SCT were 17.50 mm,14.75 mm,9.50 mm,7.75 mm,0.50 mm,1.25 mm and 139.00 mm3.Multiple Logistic regression analysis revealed that SCT was the independent predictor of pathologic grade(OR=4.978,95%CI=1.430-17.331,P=0.012).SCT of 139.00 mm3 or greater was a significant indicator of IAC.Conclusion Among the whole nodule size and solid component size of SSN in three different dimensions on preoperative HRCT, SCT is found to be the independent predictor of pathologic grade, which may provide reference for surgery.