Proteomics is a new field of studying the protein and its dynamic axiom of transmutation in cells.In recent years,it has been used as a powerful tool in research of life science.Proteomics functions as a new method to investigate the pathogenesis of diseases.In this article,the up-to-date information of proteomics technologies in autoimmune disease research are reviewed.

BACKGROUND: The renal transplanted recipients were in poor immunosuppressive state. Compared to common person, the bladder transitional carcinoma in recipients was aggressive and easy to recurrence. Looking for a more effective therapy method to decrease the recurrence of recipients' bladder transitional carcinoma is the hot and difficult problem in clinical study.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the efficacy and safety of submucosal injection epirubicin following transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-Bt) to treat the recurrence of bladder transitional cell carcinoma in renal transplantation recipients.METHODS: Totally 9 renal transplantation recipients with transitional cell carcinoma of bladder were retrospectively studied. The patients' periods without cancer, the frequency of recurrence within one year, the rates of side effect, the changes of tumor grading following recurrence and allograff function were recorded when the routine method and submucosal injection epirubicin following TUR-Bt were used in different period respectively.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Submucosal injection epirubicin following transurethral resection of bladder tumor was safe and effective to treat bladder transitional cell carcinoma recurrence in renal transplantation recipients. Compared to the routine perfusion, periods without cancer and the frequency of recurrence within 1 year were significantly decreased, which can elevate recipients life quality and long-term survival rates.

BACKGROUND: Smad7 is a major repressible protein in transforming growth factor β(TGF-β1) signal transduction pathway,which possess antifibrotic effects.OBJECTIVE: To construct rat Smad7 eukaryotic vector and to observe the mRNA expression level of TGF-β1, collagen Ⅰ and collagen Ⅲ in rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC)-T6 cell.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: The gene recombination and cytology observation experiment was performed at the First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University School of Medicine.MATERIALS: pcDNA3.1 (+) plasmid was reserved in the laboratory. E coil DH5α was presented by Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Shihezi University School of Medicine. The HSC T6 cell was provided by Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.METHODS: Rat Smad7 cDNA was cloned into eukaryotic plasmid pcDNA3.1(+) to construct Smad7/pcDNA3.1(+) plasmid and transfected it into HSC-T6 ceils by Lipofectmine 2000. The experiment was divided into normal control, empty vector and Smad7 transfected groups, and the positive cells were selected by G418.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The levels of Smad7, TGF-β1, collagen Ⅰ and Ⅲ mRNA was detected by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, respectively.RESULTS: Smad7 eukaryotic vector was successfully constructed and confirmed by endonuilease digestion and sequencing. Compared to the control and empty vector groups, Smad7 mRNA expression was significantly higher in Smad7 transfected group (P < 0.01 ); and TGF-β1 and collagen Ⅰ mRNA expression was notably reduced (P < 0.01). There was no statistically significant difference of the change of collagen Ⅲ mRNA expression among the three groups (P>0.05). The difference of Smad7, TGF-β1,collagen Ⅰ and Ⅲ mRNA expression had no statistically significant between control and empty vector groups (P_(all) > 0.05)CONCLUSION: Smad7 eukaryotic expression vector is successfully constructed. The Smad7 gene can effectively expressed in transfected HSC-T6 cell, and decrease mRNA expressions of TGF-β1 and collagen Ⅰ.

Objective To compare differential diagnostic value of narrow-band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopy and magnifying chromoendoscopy.Methods A total of 92 lesions from 75 patients were examined with conventional colonoscopy,NBI magnifying endoscopy and magnifying chromoendoscopy to evaluate pit patterns and vascular morphology patterns.Endoscopic findings were compared with the pathological results.Results The detection rate of conventional endoscopy,NBI magnifying endoscopy and magnifying chromoendoscopy were 94.6％ (87/92),97.8％ (90/92) and 100.0％ (92/92),respectively.NBI magnifying endoscopy was superior to the magnifying chromoendoscopy (P =0.000) in the the lesion contour and microvessels pattern detection,but there was no difference in the pit patterns detected with the two techniques (P =0.394).Consistency,sensitivity,and specificity of NBI magnifying endoscopy in diagnosis of colorectal neoplastic lesions were 91.3％ (84/92),83.9％ (26/31),95.1％ (58/61),respectively,while these variables of magnifying chromoendoscopy were 89.1％ (82/92),80.6％ (25/31),93.4％(57/61),which were not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Differential diagnostic value of NBI magnifying endoscopy and magnifying chromoendoscopy for colorectal neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions was similar,but NBI magnifying endoscopy displays the lesion contours and microvessels clearlier,and is easy to manipulate.

Sixteen compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of Euphorbia sikkimensis by means of various chromatographic techniques such as silica gel, Sephades LH-20 and RP-18, and their structures were elucidated as naringenin (1), kaempferol (2), quercetin (3), kaempferol-3-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (4), quercetin-3-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (5), quercetin-3-O-(2"-galloyl)-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (6), 5alpha, 8alpha-epidioxy-(22E, 24R)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3beta-ol (7), stigmast-5-ene-7-one-3beta-ol (8), 3beta-hydroxy4a, 14alpha-dimethyl-5alpha-ergosta-8, 24(28)-dien-7-one(9), beta-sitosterol (10) , 10-cucurbitadienol( 1) , scopoletin(12) , ethyl gallate(13), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), 3 betahydroxybenzeneethanol( 15) ,and 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-acetophenone (16) on the basis of spectroscopic data analysis. All the compounds are isolated from this plant for the first time, and compounds 1, 4-8, 15 are obtained from Euphorbia species for the first time.
Chromatography ; Euphorbia ; chemistry ; Organic Chemicals ; analysis ; isolation & purification

Objective To investigate the role of miR‐26a in ox‐LDL‐mediated apoptosis of HAECs in endothelial cells and its mechanism .Methods Various concentrations of ox‐LDL were added in HAECs culture .Cell cytotoxicity and apoptosis were moni‐tored by MTT and TUNEL assay ,and expression level of miR‐26a examined by qRT‐PCR .Overexpression of miR‐26a mimic in HAECs ,MTT and TUNEL staining were used to detect the activity and apoptosis of ox‐LDL .The 3′UTR of luciferase reporter vector pMIR‐PTEN was constructed and the predicted target gene of miR‐26a was identified by luciferase activity assay .QRT‐PCR and Western blot were used to detect the mRNA and protein expression of PTEN .Results ox‐LDL could mediate the toxic death and apoptosis of HAECs cells ,and decrease the expression level of miR‐26a in HAECs cells .Overexpression of miR‐26a mimic could inhibit the cytotoxicity and apoptosis of ox‐LDL cells after HAECs .Transfection of miR‐26a mimics significantly inhibited lu‐ciferase activity (P<0 .05) .The expression of mRNA and protein in HAECs cells was significantly down regulated by transfection of miR‐26a analog (P<0 .05) .Conclusion MiR‐26a can inhibit the cytotoxicity and apoptosis of ox‐LDL cells after HAECs inhibi‐tion ,and the possible mechanism of action is to down regulate the expression of PTEN .The study suggests that miR‐26a may be a potential target for the treatment of atherosclerosis related to apoptosis .

Objective To discuss the risk factors and clinical manifestation of coronary lesions in patients with premature coronary heart disease. Methods Coronary angiography was done in 415 coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. Patients were devided into two groups by age. One hundred and eighty patients with premature CHD (male≤55 years-old,female≤65 years-old) were compared with 235 patients with mature CHD to illustrate the risk factors of premature CHD and the clinical features of coronary lesions. Results The percentage of female patients was higher in patients with premature CHD(35.6% vs. 22.1%, P=0.003)and so were the history of dyslipidemia (74.4% vs. 55.7%, P

Objective To observe the effect of Zhi Qing Capsule on the plaque formation of hyperlipemia rabbits and to discuss its mechanism.Methods Forty-eight New-Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into normal control group,hyperlipemia group,Xuezhikang control group and three Zhi Qing capsule groups.Before and after 2-week treatment,the serum levels of total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG),low density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C) in the serum were determined.After 4-week treatment,TC and TG contents in the liver,and nitric oxide(NO),thromboxan B2(TXB2) and endothelin-1(ET-1) levels in the serum were measured.At the end of the sixth week,all rabbits were killed to observe aorta pathological changes.Results Zhi Qing Capsule can obviously counteract the increase of serum TC,LDL-C and liver TC in the hyperlipemia rabbits,restrain the formation of aorta atherosclerotic plaques,increase the level of NO and decrease the levels of TXB2 and ET-1.Conclusion Zhi Qing Capsule has an evident effect on resisting the lipid metabolism disturbance and atherosclerosis.

Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Haemophilus Infections ; epidemiology ; immunology ; microbiology ; prevention & control ; Haemophilus influenzae type b ; immunology ; Humans ; Vaccination

Objective To observe the long term results of intertrochanteric varus medial displacement osteotomy(IVMDO) for Perthes disease. Methods Thirty eight patients with Perthes disease treated with IVMDO were reviewed. The results were evaluated based on a criteria made by the authors including clinical and radiographic parameters. The duration of follow up ranged from 3 to 15 years, with an average of 7 years. Results Fifteen patients were evaluated as having excellent result, 17 good, 3 fair and 3 poor respectively. The overall excellent or good rate was 84.2%. Considering the relationship between the outcome and staging of the disease, the overall excellent or good rate was 94.7% in stage Ⅱ lesion, 85.7%in stage Ⅲ lesion, and 40.0% in stage Ⅳ lesion. Conclusion The treatment of Perthes disease with IVMDO has the advantages of simple manipulation, less trauma and good results, and is worthy of populariztion.