Age-related macular degeneration ( AMD ) is a kind of age-related blinding degenerative fundus lesions, totally about 30 million patients suffering from AMD all over the world, with about 500 000 people blind for it yearly. As the development of economy and the aging of the population intensified, incidence of AMD indicates a trend of rising year by year, being the third major cause of blindness in our country. At present, the pathogenesis of AMD is not fully clear, as reported it may be related to oxidative stress, inflammatory immune response, VEGF and genetic manipulation. Clinical treatments mainly include photodynamic therapy, drug therapy, radiation therapy, laser photocoagulaory operation, the pupil warm treatments, Chinese medicine and intravitreous injection VEGF antagonists such as Ranibizumab, Conbercept and so on. ln this issue, we mainly expound on the progress in the epidemiological studies of AMD, especially elaborate the progress made on genetic manipulation in recent years.

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Hedgehog signaling pathway is a conserved and important signaling pathway involved in proliferation and differentiation of many types of cells. Latest studies have found that Hedgehog signaling pathway may induce MSCs osteoblast differentiation by increasing the expression of the Runx2 and Osx and inhibit MSCs differentiate to adipocyte. Hedgehog signaling pathway may also promote osteoblast proliferation by regulating cyclin. This review summarizes the mechanism that Hedgehog signaling pathway regulates osteoblast differentiation and proliferation,and concludes that Hedgehog signaling pathway can regulate bone metabolism. It might provide new ideas for the treatment of osteoporosis.
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Objective To explore the effects of forepaw sensorimotor deprivation in early life on hippocampus-dependent spatial reference learning and memory in rats. Methods Newborn SD rats were randomly assigned to experiment group (deprivation of forepaw sensorimotor function, n=53) and control group(n=55). Rats of postnatal day 13 (PN13) in experiment group were seleeted, and models of forepaw sensorimotor deprivation were established by microsurgical technique. Open field tests and Morris water maze tests were performed during the time periods of PN25(PN21-31), PN35 (PN31-39), PN45(PN41-50) and PN60(PN56-64) to evaluate the locomotor activity and spatial reference learning and memory, respectively. Results In open field tests, there was no significant difference in parameters of locomotor activity and exploratory behavior between the two groups (P>0.05). In Morris water maze tests, eontrol group performed significantly better than experiment group during training sessions and probe tests on PN25 and PN35 (P<0.05). While on PN45, although there was no significant difference between the two groups during training sessions, control group performed significantly better than experiment group during probe tests (P<0.05). Conclusion The deprivation of forepaw sensorimotor in early life has no signifieant effect on the locomotor activity and exploratory behavior of rats, but can impair the spatial reference learning and memory.

Bacterial disinfectant resistance is the phenomenon that minimal inhibitory concentration or minimal bactericidal concentration of a certain disinfectant increases after a certain bacterium contacts with it many times. It exists widespread. Many species of bacteria are may resistant to a certain disinfectant, and a species of bacterium is may resistant to many disinfectant Disinfectant selectivity pressure is the extrinsic agent of bacterial disinfectant resistance. Resistance mechanisms include bacterial biochemistry structure, genetics pathway and enzymology pathway. There is relationship in disinfectant resistance and drug resistance. We should strengthen study and monitoring, enact unified standard and application specification to reduce bacterial disinfectant resistance.

The effects of surfactants on the production of cellulase by Trichoderma viride in liquid substrate fermentation process were investigated. Straw was used as the sole carbon source and the surfactants were biosurfactant rhamnolipid from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Tween 80. The changes of FPA,CMCase,Avicelase and surface tension with time were analyzed under different concentrations of the two surfactants. The results showed that the surfactants can enhance the enzyme activity of Trichoderma viride. The FPA,CMCase,Avicelase were promoted 1.08,1.6 and 1.03 times higher than the controls by rhamnolipid. The enhancement of the enzyme activity by rhamnolipid was much higher than that of Tween 80. At the same time,rhamnolipid was not degraded prior to other substrate.

Objective To study the characteristics of mismatch negativity(MMN) in patients with depression.Methods MMN was recorded from 31 patients with depression and 28 age-matched controls. Results Compared with the controls, the patients with depression had prolonged latency ([189?22] ms vs [206?26] ms, P

0.05)and significantly delayed reaction time,(305?109)ms vs(212?70)ms(P

Objective To investigate whether the donor's glomerular filtration rate (GFR) to recipient's weight ratio (Dg/Rw) is a useful tool to predict early clinical outcome in living-related do-nor transplantation.Methods A total number of 108 living donor transplant recipients in the Chinese Military 309th Hospital from Jan.2014 to July 2015 were enrolled in this study.The patients who had multi-organ transplantation or developed grafts rejection,delayed graft function,hydronephrosis or renal vascular stenosis were excluded.The 90 qualified recipients were divided into G1 group (Dg/Rw ≤0.81),G2 group (Dg/Rw 0.81～1.11),and G3 group (Dg/Rw≥1.12).We respectively analyzed the relationship between recipient's serum creatinine Scr and Dg/Rw at 3-,7-,30-day and 1 year after transplantation.Results Scr at 3-,7-,30-day and 1 year after transplantation had linear correlation with Dg/Rw.As compared with G1 and G2 groups,Scr level was significantly reduced in G3 group at different time points (P＜0.05).Conclusion Dg/Rw has a negative relationship with Scr level after renal transplantation.Pre-transplant Dg/Rw is a potential index to predict the early clinical outcome in living-related donor transplantation.

Objective To investigate the correlation between de nove anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) and adverse events after renal transplantation and the effect of transplanted renal function within six months after operation.Methods The expression of AECA in serum of 85 renal transplant recipients was detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay (ⅡF) before and 1 day,3 days,7 days,15 days and 1 month after renal transplantation.The patients were divided into double positive group (AECA positive before and after surgery),single positive group (postoperative de nove AECA positive) and negative group (preoperative and postoperative AECA negative) according to AECA test results.The occurrence of adverse events in each group such as DGF,rejection,infection and so on,as well as the serum creatinine levels were recorded at each time point within six months.Results Of the 85 recipients,29 were positive for AECA,including 19 in the double positive group,10 in the single positive group,and 56 in the negative group.The incidence of rejection in single positive group (30％) was higher than that in the rest two groups (5.3％ for double positive group,and 17.9％ for negative group),but there was no statistically significant difference (P =0.21).The incidence of DGF in the single positive group,double positive group and negative group was 70.0％,26.3 ％ and 32.1 ％ respectively.The positive rate of the single positive group was significantly higher than that of the rest two groups (P =0.04),and the duration of DGF was significantly longer in the single positive group than that of the rest two groups (P＜0.01).The incidence of infection in the single positive group,double positive group and negative group was 20.0％,21.1％ and 8.9％respectively,and there was no significant difference among the three groups (P =0.31).As compared with the double positive group and the negative group,the serum creatinine level was significantly increased in the single positive group at 1st week,1st month,3rd month and 6th month after operation (P =0.02,P =0.04,P =0.04 and P =0.02 respectively).Conclusion Postoperative AECA can increase the risk of DGF,prolong the duration of DGF,and affect the recovery of renal function within 6 months after renal transplantation.