Objective To study the variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphism in intron 4 of the endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) gene and its relationship with plasma NO in pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH). Method The VNTR polymorphism in intron 4 of the eNOS genes of PIH and healthy control pregnant women were detected by PCR. The plasma level of NO~(3-)/NO~(2-) was measured by spectrophotometer, which was used as the index of NO synthesis.Data were analyzed according to the different type of genotypes and allelic gene frequency. Results The PIH group showed significant higher frequency of VNTR 4a allele and 4a/4b+4a/4a genotype than those of the control (16.00% vs 7.50%,P

To explore the application of fetal DNA in maternal plasma for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis, the DNA template was extracted by hydroxybenzene-chloroform from 44 maternal (7-41 weeks) plasma. The Fetus-derived Y sequence DYZ-1 gene (149bp) was chosen to be amplified by PCR. The fragment was identified in all the plasma of male bearing pregnant women with the diagnostic accordance rate being 100.00%. Two of the 22 female bearing pregnant women had false positive results. Among the 44 pregnant women, the diagnostic accordance rate was 88.89% at early pregnant stage, 100.00% at medium pregnant stage, and 96.55% at late stage respectively. The final accuracy of 95.45% was obtained in all cases. It was concluded that by means of hydroxybenzene-chloroform extraction the authors of this article promoted the concentration and purity of the DNA template, and diagnosed more accurately. The results showed that free fetal DNA in the maternal plasma could be regarded as the gene resource for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis.
DNA/*blood ; DNA Primers ; Fetus ; Maternal-Fetal Exchange ; Pregnancy/*blood ; Prenatal Diagnosis/*methods ; *Sex Determination (Genetics)

Objective To observe and analyse the application effect and value of problem based learning (PBL) combined evidence-based learning (EBL) in emergency medicine clinical teaching.Methods A total of 53 clinical medicine students were selected.The combined teaching method was applied in emergency clinical teaching.After the end of the teaching,the teaching effectiveness survey and theory test of the combined teaching group was performed,and the theory test scores was compared with the traditional teaching group.Results The combined teaching method could stimulate learning enthusiasm,improve learning efficiency,the abilities of selfstudy,literature retrieval,and the ability to analyze and solve problems.77.4％ of students thought this new teaching method had good application value in clinical teaching.Furthermore,the excellent rate of the theory test scores combined teaching group was better than traditional teaching group (41.5％ vs 15.6％,x2 =7.868,P =0.007).Conclusions The PBL joint EBL pedagogy can overcome diadvantages of tradional teaching and provide higher interest,ability of self-study as well as higher teaching quality of the medical students.It will be worth to spread in medical clinical teaching.

For engineering an efficient butanol-producing Escherichia coli strain, many efforts have been paid on the known genes or pathways based on current knowledge. However, many genes in the genome could also contribute to butanol production in an unexpected way. In this work, we used Tn5 transposon to construct a mutant library including 1 196 strains in a previously engineered butanol-producing E. coli strain. To screen the strains with improved titer of butanol production, we developed a high-throughput method for pyruvate detection based on dinitrophenylhydrazine reaction using 96-well microplate reader, because pyruvate is the precursor of butanol and its concentration is inversely correlated with butanol in the fermentation broth. Using this method, we successfully screened three mutants with increased butanol titer. The insertion sites of Tn5 transposon was in the ORFs of pykA, tdk, and cadC by inverse PCR and sequencing. These found genes would be efficient targets for further strain improvement. And the genome scanning strategy described here will be helpful for other microbial cell factory construction.
Butanols ; chemistry ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Escherichia coli ; metabolism ; Fermentation ; Gene Library ; Hydrazines ; Industrial Microbiology ; Mutagenesis ; Open Reading Frames ; Organisms, Genetically Modified ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Pyruvic Acid ; chemistry

Objective In order to study the level chang e of HSP70 in trauma shock patients as well as to explore the relationship betwe en HSP70 and pathogenesis of trauma shock.Methods Serum HS P70 level in 30 healthy volunteers (rved as normal controls) and 36 trauma shock patients were measured by western blot. Results HSP70 was (4301.3?1155.3) in trauma shock group, 6092.3?1233.5 in the control group, and there was significance divination (P

Objective To detect the role of P-Selectin(P-Sel), vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and nitric oxide(NO) on the etiology of traumatic shock.Methods The levels of plasma P-Sel and VEGF in 43 cases traumatic shock patients and 30 normal controls were measured by means of enzyme linked immuno -sorbent assay (ELISA) and that of No was measured by colorimeteric method.Results (1) The plasma levels of P-Sel, VEGF and NO in patients with traumatic shock were much higher than those in the control (all P

A Review] The biological characteristics of viral L6565 leukemia cell clone were as follows: (1) The chromosome counts varied 38～114 , and stem cells were 42; (2) Virus particles type A and type C found in the cytoplasm of clone cells; (3) X-C assays were positive, c- myc and c- fos gene overexpressed in clone cells; (4) Differential markers CD4, CD8, CD45R were negative, CD45RO ? were positive; (5) The supernatant of clone cells could induce T or B lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma and granulocytic leukemia in SSB strain mice. The leukemogenic effect of concentrate supernatant was stronger than non-concentrate supernatant( P

To study whether the development of hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy is associated with -308G-->A, -850C-->T mutation at promoter of TNF-alpha gene, the -308G-->A, -850C-->T polymorphism was examined in patients and healthy pregnant women by PCR-RFLP technique. The frequencies of genotype and allele were compared between the two groups. The results showed that with -308G-->A polymorphism distribution, the allele frequency of TNF2 and the frequency of the genotype TNF2/1 in the patient group was significantly higher in the patient group than in control group (P<0.05). A significant difference in genotype distribution of -850C-->T polymorphism was observed between the two groups. The allele frequencies of T in patient group was higher in the control group as compared with the patient group. The frequencies of CT and TT genotypes were lower in the patient group. It is concluded that the TNF2 allele of -308 is associated with the occurrence of hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy, while T allele of -850 may be the protective factor against the development of the disease. TNF2/1 CC may be susceptibility genotype of hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy.
Case-Control Studies ; Gene Frequency ; Genotype ; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced/*genetics ; Mutation/*genetics ; Polymorphism, Genetic/*genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*genetics ; Young Adult

Objective To explore the cost of healthcare-associated infection (HAI)management in a tertiary first-class hospital,provide data support for cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis of HAI management,and provide scientific evidence for the rational allocation of hospital resources.Methods Micro-costing study was used to calcu-late the direct cost of the department of HAI management by collecting the quantity and unit price of each item. Results The total cost of HAI management in this hospital in 2013 were about ￥870 000,including human cost￥790 000,depreciated fixed assets ￥34 501 ,low-value consumption goods ￥3 800,publicity and training￥33 600,office consumables ￥5 208;average cost were ￥12.16 per person and ￥529.69 per bed.Conclusion Human cost is the main cost in HAI management in this hospital.

Objective To explore the factors influencing the intra-laboratory turnaround time ( ILTAT) and establish a COX regression model.Methods Data of 5 weeks with a total of 904 cases from the samples of blood routine examinations from January 2014 to June 2014 in The Third Hospital of Xingtai were randomly collected.The records of the samples included test dates , times of arrival , times of test , sample statuses, time consumption, time duration, operators, project portfolios, delay, PLT counts, results of 30-minute treatment and test weeks.Based on SPSS 17.0, the above indicators were analyzed by COX single factor analysis and then COX mutiple-factor regression analysis.Results Within the prescribed time , 421 cases were sent taking up 46.6%of the total samples.The ratios of sent cases in 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 minutes are 10.4%, 24.7%, 46.6%, 58.7% and 82.1% respectively.The results of COX single factor analysis showed that times of arrival , sample statuses, times of examination, operators, project portfolios and delay had statistical significance for ILTAT ( P<0.05 ).The results of COX multiple-factor analysis indicated that right times of arrival had a positive impact in reducing the turnaround time of samples (Wald=40.446,P=0.000);non-office hours, project portfolios, physical check samples, and handovers were unfavorable factors to shorten ILTAT ( Wald =7.904,38.029,42.874,18.617, P =0.005,0.000, 0.000,0.000);Operator 5 was a favorable factor(Wald=11.039, P=0.001) and Operator 3 and Operator 10 were unfavorable factors ( Wald =6.432, 24.242, P =0.011, 0.000 ); no obvious discrepancy was observed for other operators (P>0.05).Conclusions Times of arrival, times of test, operators, project portfolios and delay were the independent risk factors leading to the delay in ILTAT.Other laboratories could determine the variable number of proportional hazards models based on their sample transport , test procedures and principal influence factors , and carry out quantitative evaluation on the factors in sample processing for improvement.Thus, significant decrease on ILTAT would be achieved.