Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of hepatocyte growth factor(HGF) gene modified placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells( PMSCs) on limb ischemia in a rabbit model.Methods The placental tissue was digested with enzyme, cultured and passaged.The PMSCs were characterized by surface marker expression.These cells were infected with adenoviral( Ad)-HGF and intramuscular injected for treatment of limb ischemia in a rabbit model.The blood supply of the limb was detected by digital subtraction angiography ( DSA ) and the vessel number was evaluated in histopathological HE staining.Results The results showed that Ad-HGF gene transduction increased the vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF ) , basic fibroblast growth factor, bFGF ( bFGF ) and HGF expression in PMSCs. Transplantation of HGF-transduced PMSCs resulted in the increase in vessel density and improvement of blood supply in the rabbit limb ischemia model.Conclusion The therapeutic effect of HGF gene engineered PMSCs on ischemia by enhancing angiogenesis in a rabbit model is evaluated.Transplantation of PMSCs with HGF gene therapy may be a promising strategy for the treatment of ischemia diseases.

Vesicants are the main agents used to fill chemical weapons, and chemical weapons abandoned by the Japa-nese Army in China.The mustard-lewisite mixture, which was developed for cold weather or high-altitude use due to its lower freezing point, is a special and important agent.The toxicology, emergency treatment and clinical management of mustard-lewisite mixture poisoning are introduced in this paper.

The characteristics of human body impact response and several impact test objects are analyzed.The strengths and weaknesses of different research methods applied to different human landing impact test objects are contrasted.The relevant experimental findings and evaluation criteria of domestic and international tests on human landing impact are analyzed.The results show that the selected human substitutes in several research tests have some flaws, so it is urgent to formulate regulations on the load characteristics, individual characteristics, the posture of the test object and the protection status, and it is recessary to study impact tolerance and protective methods of corresponding operating personnel for different transports.

Recently surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been widely used in physics, chemistry and bio-medical science.Due to its high sensitivity and specificity,SERS is often used to detect changes in serum components in humans.Various biomolecules in human serum, such as proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, have their own distinctive raman spectroscopy so that different raman shift, band intensity and width reflect different metabolic abnormalities of cells at the molecular level in human serum.In this paper we described the general situation of SERS and summarized the latest research progress in a variety of diseases of human serum.Prospects of developmenls are also outlined.

Objective To develop an LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of metolazone and valsartan in beagle dog plasma.Methods The chromatographic separation was achieved on an Agilent Poroshell 120(2.1 mm ×30 mm × 2.7 μm)analytical column.The multiple reaction monitoring mode operating in positive ion was adopted in MS detection, and precursors to the product ion transitions of m/z 366.2/259, 436.2/291 and 423.4/207 were used to measure metola-zone, valsartan and internal standard ( losartan potassium) .Results The method was linear over the concentration range of 0.5 ng/ml-100 ng/ml for metolazone and 5-5000 ng/ml for valsartan, with the correlation coefficients ( r2 ) of 0.9937 and 0.9939, respectively.The average intra-day precision values ( RSD) were 2.09% -8.85% for metolazone and 2.36%-13.12%for valsartan.The matrix effect values were 87.73%-98.62%for metolazone and 99.03%-137.35%for valsartan.The average recovery was 75.74%-81.82%for metolazone and 83.89%-95.64%for valsartan.Conclu-sion This analytical method for metolazone and valsartan is simple, accurate and sensitive, so it can be used for pharma-cokinetic research of metolazone and valsartan immediate release tablets in beagle dogs.

The modular,net-enabled,full-dimensional protective and highly mobile equipment of the U.S.Army medi-cal company is systematically analyzed.The roles and performance of essential equipment are outlined, and some sugges-tions are raised, providing reference for the PLA medical equipment construction.

As an important resource for a country to participate in international high-tech competition in the bio-pharma-ceutical field, clinical research resources play a key role in the multi-center clinical research and the translation from basic research to clinical practice.China has a large population and diverse diseases, but chinical disease research relevant policies and regulations are imperfect.In contrast, the United States has perfect laws and regulations related to clinical research.By comparatively analyzing the disease resource, platform support and regulatory environment between China and the U.S., this article offers suggestions on the development of clinical research resources so as to facilitate the clinical research in China.

Objective To explore the application of a system dynamics(SD) model to military medical expenses in PLA hospitals.Methods According to relevant theories of SD, the study has selected some important variables and defined the primary function relations in order to establish a military medical expenses SD model.Results and Conclusion The SD model is suited to modeling the PLA medical expenses and can serve as a theoretical basis for the policy innovation of the PLA medical system.

Objective To investigate the antitumor activity of the procaspase-3 activator SM-1 in BGC-823 cells in vivo and in vitro and the mechanisms.Methods The inhibitory effects of SM-1 on proliferation of BGC-823 cells were evaluated using MTT method, the cell apoptosis rate was detected by flow cytometry, and the expression of caspase-3 protein and procaspase-3 mRNA was detected by Western blotting and RT-PCR, respectively.SM-1 Antitumor activity was evaluated using the xenograft of BGC-823 cells in nude mice.Results SM-1 effectively inhibited the proliferation in vitro and in-duced apoptosis of BGC-823 cells in a dose-dependent manner.After treatment with SM-1 for 48 h, the protein expression levels of caspase-3 and mRNA expression levels of procaspase-3 were increased.SM-1 significantly inhibited growth of BGC-823 xenograft tumor at the 300 mg/kg dose and the inhibition rate was 56.3%(P<0.05).Conclusion SM-1 can significantly inhibit the tumor growth of BGC-823 cells in vivo and in vitro.The mechanism is possibly related to the activation of procaspase-3 and induced apoptosis of tumor cells.

Objective To prepare and characterize specific monoclonal antibodies( McAbs) against the heavy chain of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A ( BoNT/AHc ) .Methods BALB/c mice were immunized with purified BoNT/AHc protein.After the fusion of mouse splenic cells with SP2/0 cells, hybridoma cell lines secreted McAbs against BoNT/AHc. The McAbs obtained were characterized by indirect ELISA, Western blotting and rapid isotypingassay before being used in ELISA to detect interaction sites in McAbs and BoNT/AHc preliminarily.Results Antigen protein BoNT/AHc of high purification was obtained.Four hybridoma cell lines secreting McAbs against BoNT/AHc were screened,named 1A4,3H3, 3H7 and 5H8,respectively.Their titers of McAbs were all above 3.0 ×103 .They were specifically combined with BoNT/AHc protein by Western blotting.The isotype of 1A4 and 3H7 was IgG1(Κ),that of 3H3 was IgM(Κ),and that of 5H8 was IgG2b(Κ).Additive ELISA showed that epitopes recognized by the four McAbs were close.ELISA analysis confirmed the interaction epitopes in McAbs and BoNT/AHc.Conclusion Monoclonal antibodies against BoNT/AHc are prepared and characterized,providing effective tools for studying the neutralizing antibody and antibody epitopes of BoNT/AHc.