Objective To partially evaluate the scientific and technological activities of the Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China CDC, through publication analysis. Methods Information on the papers published in the last 5 years was collected since the renaming of the Institute in 2002. Number, category and being cited frequency of the publications were analyzed using the data of 2002 as baseline. Results 272 papers were published at 48 national and international periodicals during 2002-2006. The total number, the number of papers published at the core journals and at the SCI journals all increased in the year 2003-2006. Publications on research, review and report occupied 54.8%, 36.0% and 15.4% respectively, covered schistosomiasis, malaria, echinococcosis, filariasis, visceral leishmaniasis, food-borne and soil-transmitted parasitic infections, and newly emerging parasites with 44.5% and 15.4% on schistosomiasis and malaria respectively. 87.9%, 11.0% and 1.1% of the articles were published at the national, international and local journals respectively. The balance rate for the trends of papers submitted in 2002 was 6.5%, and 10.2%-15.4% in 2003-2006. 34 of the 272 papers were included in SCI journals. Retrieval through the web of knowledge revealed that 187 citations were found in the SCI papers with an average of 5.5; 6 papers were cited for more than 9 times each, occupying 27.3% of the overall citations, the highest being 84 citations. There was an unbalanced distribution of the publications among the departments of the Institute. Conclusion The results indicate that the research direction and content are in line with the tasks of the Institute and with the scientific merits of disease control; the level of research is increasing and some of the publications exert certain impact at home and abroad.

Objective To study the influence of recipient tolerogenic dendritic cells(DCs) loaded with donor renal antigen on renal allografts survival in rats.Methods Bone marrow derived DCs of Lewis rats were loaded with antigens from donor kidney of BN rats and transferred with AdvCTLA-4Ig to generate tolerogenic DCs.The tolerogenic DCs were injected into the Lewis recipient 24 h before BN→Lewis kidney transplantation(treatment group).Survival time of renal allografts was observed and splenic cell reaction of the recipients to donors and the third party antigens were assayed by means of MTT on the 20~(th)postoperative day.Results Survival time of renal allografts in treatment group was prolonged significantly as compared with controls ((62.1)?(13.7) days vs(8.6)?(0.9) days,P

OBJECTIVE: To explore the change of nasal ventilation function in a group of SDB patients and its relationship to PSG parameters. METHOD: One hundred twenty-eight controls, 11 habitual snorers, 33 cases of mild-moderate OSAHS and 33 cases of severe OSAHS were examined. NN1 Rhinospirometer was used to measure unilateral nasal respiratory capacity (NC(un)) and bilateral nasal respiratory capacity (NC(bi)), and the nasal partitioning ratio (NPR) can be calculated. NR6 Rhinomanometry was used to measure total nasal inspiratory and expiratory resistance (TNRi, TNRe). A1 acoustic rhinometry was used to measure distances of the two notches to the nostril (MD1, MD2), cross-sectional areas of the two notches (MCA1, MCA2) and nasal volume from 0-5 cm (NV(0-5)). Moreover, make the correlational analysis on different index of nasal functional tests and PSG. RESULT: (1) Significant group differences were shown in NPR (P < 0.01). (2) TNRi and TNRe were statistical different among the groups (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). (3) There are significant difference on MD1, MCA1, MCA2, NV(0-5) in male, but just on MD1 in female. (4) There was no correlation between PSG parameters and nasal functional parameters in SDB patients. But for certain subgroup analysis in female patients with a body mass index below 25, minimum oxygen saturation correlated significantly with MCA2 (r = 0.688, P < 0.05), arousal index correlated significantly with MCA1 (r = 0.543, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The nasal anatomical structure and physiological function contribute to the pathogenesis of OSAHS, which may play a larger role in non-obese female patients.
Adult ; Aged ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nose ; physiopathology ; Rhinomanometry ; Rhinometry, Acoustic ; Sleep Apnea Syndromes ; physiopathology ; Young Adult

Objective To establish a serological detection method for EA-D-IgA antibody,and to evaluate its diagnostic efficacy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in different clinical stage.Methods EA-D-IgA antibody serological detection method was established by using the polypropylene microplate with eukaryotic expression product of BMRF1 whole gene fragment of EB virus.Fifteen early stage (stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ) and 48 advanced (stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ) patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital and Shanxi Dayi Hospital from April 2012 to August 2017,and serum samples from 40 patients with rhinitis who were treated at Shanxi Dayi Hospital from October 2016 to October 2017 were examined respectively by using the constructed EA-D-IgA antibody detection method.The positive detection rate of EA-D-IgA antibodies in different groups was calculated.When the patients with rhinitis were used as the differential control,the diagnostic efficacy of this index for different stages of nasopharyngeal carcinoma was evaluated.Results EA-D-IgA antibody serological method was successfully established.The positive detection rate of EA-D-IgA antibody in early nasopharyngeal carcinoma,advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and rhinitis control was 60.0 ％ (10/15),68.3 ％ (33/48) and 5.0 ％ (2/40) respectively.The differences between early stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma and the rhinitis control,advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and the rhinitis control were statistically significant (x2 =20.625,P =0.000;x2 =37.017,P =0.000).The difference between early nasopharyngeal carcinoma and advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma was not statistically significant (x2 =0.394,P =0.530).When compared with the patients with rhinitis,the diagnostic sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value was 60.0 ％ and 68.3 ％,95.0 ％ and 95.0 ％,81.8 ％ and 94.3 ％,86.4 ％ and 71.7 ％ respectively in early nasopharyngeal carcinoma and advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Conclusion The method constructed in this study effectively improves the efficacy of EA-D-IgA antibody detection in serological diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma,which can be used as an adjunct for early diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma,yet not as a reference for clinical staging.

Objective To study the effect of mitogen-activated protein kinas/extracellular signalregulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) signaling pathway on cell proliferation modulated by Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) signaling in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) isolated from patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods The synovial tissue were collected by the synovial arthroscopic debridement or arthroscopic synovectomy of RA patients with active disease activity [disease activity score(DAS)28 ≥3.2].The RA-FLS were primarily cultured by the explanted culture,and then were treated with Shh agonist purmorphamine,inhibitor cyclopamine or MAPK/ERK signaling pathway inhibitor U0126,respectively.Western blotting was used to examine the phosphorylation level of ERK 1/2 (p-ERK1/2),which was the critical protein of MAPK/ERK signaling.The cell proliferation activity was detected using cell proliferation and cytotoxicity kit-8 (CCK8),and the cell proliferation rate was detected using a flow cytometry.Analysis of variance and Kruskal-Wallis H(K) test were used for statistical analysis.Results Compared with the control group,purmorphamine transiently increased p-ERK1/2 protein at the concentration of 1 μmol/L,and the peak activations of p-ERK1/2 took place at 15 min (P＜0.01).Cyclopamine and U0126 decreased the expression ofp-ERK1/2 protein (P＜0.01).After the RA-FLS treated with purmorphmine(1 μmol/L)for 48 hours,the cell proliferation activity was (114±4)％ and the percentage of S phase cells was (8.39±0.60)％,which was significantly higher than those of the control group (100±0)％ (P＜0.01) and (3.29±0.69)％ (P＜0.01).After treated with cyclopamine (10 μmol/L) for 48 hours,the cell proliferation activity of RA-FLS was (89±1)％ (P＜0.05) and the percentage of S phase cells was (1.53±0.22)％ (P＜0.05).When co-treated with purmorphamine (1 μmol/L) and U0126 (10 μmol/L),the cell proliferative activity was (89±2)％ (P＜0.05) and the percentage of S phase cells was(1.07±0.25)％(P＜ 0.05).Conclusion Shh may promote proliferation of RA-FLS via modulating MAPK/ERK signaling,which in turn contributes to hyperplasia of synovium and ultimately leading to RA.

Objective:To investigate the effect of repeated freezing and thawing on the clinical outcome of embryo transfer.Methods:A total of 48 cycles of twice frozen-thawed embryo (blastocyst) transfer in the reproductive medicine department, Shenzhen Luohu People′s Hospital from 2015 to 2020 were collected as the observation group, and 98 cycles of one frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in the same period were randomly selected as the control group. The patient′s age, endometrial thickness, average number of transferred embryos, average number of high-quality embryos transferred, embryo recovery rate, implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate, abortion rate, ectopic pregnancy rate, and live birth rate were compared.Results:There was no significant difference in age, endometrial thickness, number of embryos transferred and high-quality embryos transferred between the two groups (all P>0.05). There was no significant difference in embryo recovery rate, ectopic pregnancy rate, abortion rate and live birth rate between the two groups (all P>0.05). The embryo implantation rate and clinical pregnancy rate in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (32.47% vs 55.70%, 39.58% vs 66.33%, all P<0.05). Conclusions:The clinical pregnancy rate was significantly lower than that of the control group after repeated vitrification of frozen-thawed embryo transfer, which may affect the subsequent developmental potential of embryos.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between genetic polymorphisms of xenobiotic- metabolizing enzymes GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1 and susceptibility to laryngeal carcinoma from the Han people in Guangdong zone. METHOD: A case-control study was conducted involving 233 LSCC (laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma) patients and 102 healthy controls to investigate the association between polymorphisms of GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1 (Ile/Val) and LSCC from the Han people in Guangdong zone. All blood samples of the Han people from the Guangdong zone was analyzed with methods of PCR, ASA and the DNA sequencing technique with sequenator. We explored the association between polymorphisms and the clinical pathologic characteristics of LSCC. The data was processed with SPSS13.0. Odds Ratios (ORs) with 95% CI for relevancy intensity were calculated using binary logistic regression analysis. RESULT: The frequency of GSTM1(-) and GSTT1(-) genotype was higher in LSCC than that in healthy controls (OR = 2.61, 3.05, P < 0.01). There was synergic effect between GSTT1 (-) genotype and heavily smoking during carcinogenesis of LSCC (OR = 3.51, 95% CI 2.05-5.01; OR = 2.99, 95% CI 2.00-4.49). The frequency of GSTM1(-) and GSTT1(-) genotype was higher in LSCC whose family had carcinoma history. The frequency of advanced LSCC was higher in patients who were with GSTM1(-) and GSTT1 (-) genotype (P < 0.05). There was no difference of the frequency of GSTP1(I le/Val) genotype between and in healthy controls (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION There may be an association between the susceptibility to carcinoma and GSTT1(-), GSTM1(-) genotype. The GSTT1(-) polymorphism c gene cooperating with heavily smoking boost up the susceptibility of individual to laryngeal carcinoma. The GSTM1(-) polymorphism c may not cooperating with smoking during carcinogenesis of LSCC in the Han people in Guangdong zone. The morphisms of GSTT1 and GSTM1 gene may affect the carcino-genesis of LSCC in the Han people in Guangdong zone. There may be no association between the susceptibility to laryngeal carcinoma and the GSTP1(Ile/Val) type.
Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; genetics ; Case-Control Studies ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Gene Frequency ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Genotype ; Glutathione S-Transferase pi ; genetics ; Glutathione Transferase ; genetics ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; epidemiology ; ethnology ; genetics ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymorphism, Genetic

Marine fungi are important members of the marine microbiome, which have been paid growing attention by scientists in recent years. The secondary metabolites of marine fungi have been reported to contain rich and diverse compounds with novel structures (Chen et al., 2019). Aspergillus terreus, the higher level marine fungus of the Aspergillus genus (family of Trichocomaceae, order of Eurotiales, class of Eurotiomycetes, phylum of Ascomycota), is widely distributed in both sea and land. In our previous study, the coral-derived A. terreus strain C23-3 exhibited potential in producing other biologically active (with antioxidant, acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and anti-inflammatory activity) compounds like arylbutyrolactones, territrems, and isoflavones, and high sensitivity to the chemical regulation of secondary metabolism (Yang et al., 2019, 2020; Nie et al., 2020; Ma et al., 2021). Moreover, we have isolated two different benzaldehydes, including a benzaldehyde with a novel structure, from A. terreus C23-3 which was derived from Pectinia paeonia of Xuwen, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China.
Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism* ; Animals ; Anthozoa/microbiology* ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology* ; Aspergillus/chemistry* ; Benzaldehydes/pharmacology* ; Mice ; RAW 264.7 Cells ; Signal Transduction