Objective To investigate the possibility of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) related coronavirus by transfusion of unreliable blood and relevant product. Methods ELISA technique was used to detect the antibodies of SARS associated coronavirus in the plasma from 158 volunteer blood donors, who were medical workers, before the SARS epidemic. The subjects with positive result were place under surveillance. Results There were two positive samples in 158 tested samples. The subjects with positive test result did not have the history of SARS infection. Conclusion There was no epidemic of SARS in the hospital. The transmission pathway of SARS was unknown. It seems that the risk of transmitting SARS by unreliable blood product transfusion is just a theoretical hypothesis. With further investigation of SARS, its transmission pathway will be hopefully made known.

HPLC-ESI-MS technology was applied to determine the hydrolyzed peptides of red cubilose and white Abscubilose for the comparison of similarities and differences between different kinds of cubiloses' hydrolysis polypeptide primary structure.SDS-PAGE,capillary high-performance liquid chromatography and ESI-MS were used to detect the purity and peptide mapping of samples.Mascot 2.2 sof tware was used to search the database.The basepeak figure in mass spectrometry analysis showed good consistency of hydrolyzed peptides between red cubilose and white cubilose.The Mascot 2.2 sof tware was used to search the poultry database which had been downloaded from the UniProt.A total of 73 kinds of proteins from white cubilose were identified.And a total of 51 kinds of proteins from red cubilose were identified.There were 30 kinds of same proteins from both cubilose.It was concluded that the hydrolyzed peptides had relatively high similarity between red cubilose and white cubilose.The same proteins from both red and white cubilose can be used as the quality control characteristics of cubilose products.

Objective To investigate clinical manifestations and clinical diagnosis and treatment and pathological and immunohistochemical features in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Methods The clinical data of fifty-two cases with gastrointestinal stromal tumors were collected, whose clinical diagnosis and treat-ment and pathological features were retrospectively analyzed from January 1995 to December 2007. Results All patients received operation therapy, only forty-five cases with complete surgical resection. The immu-nohistochemical staining showed that the cases with CD117 positive accounted for 100% (52/52) and CD34 positive accounted for 88.5% (46/52). Conclusions Surgery was necessary for all patients, especially complete surgical resection. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors were poor in preoperative diagnosis, which diag-nosis was based on the immunohistochemical staining of the tumor tissue. CD117 and CD34 tumor markers may help to diagnose gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Objective To measure Ihe effect on rats spinal neuron flow according nerve roots repair time.Methods We adopted the experimental rats on the root avulsion and extravertebral foramen nerve root divison of C_(5～7).We divided them into four groupsin each which there were 16 ratsaccording the type of nerves root injury and repair timeGroup AC:the avulsed roots were reimplanted into the spinal cord and the transeeted roots were sutured to the proximal stump immediately.Group B,Dthe avulsed roots and the transected roots were reimplanted into the spinal cord or were sutured to the proximal stump in delayed 3 weeks each with 16 rats.At the different time point(3 weeks3 months6 months)through pathological examina- tion and immunohistological lechniques and nerve tracing techniqueswe examined the spinal cord and distal nerve trunk in order to observe the pathologic changes and axonal regeneration.Results Group A、C were much better than group B、D in the numberthe conformation and the degree of abatement of spinal motoneu- rons and nissl body.It is the same on the number and the development level of regenerating nerve fiber. Conclusion It had the advantage of neuronal protection and nerve regeneration that reparing the injured nerve roots earlv after nerve roots injury.

Objective To evaluate the effects of sub-acute alcoholism on cardiac structure and function, and investigate the mechanisms of aldehyde dehydrogenases-2 (ALDH2)alleviating the damage of heart caused by acute myocardial infarction.Methods The wild mice with ALDH2 (+/+) (WT group) and mice with knockout type ALDH2 (-/-) genotypes (KO group) were raised and then divided into four groups according to the presence or absence of sub-acute alcoholism: WT group (n=10), KO group (n=16), WT+alcoholism group(WT+E,n=10) and KO+alcoholism group(KO+E,n=10).The mice of WT+E group and KO+E group were fed with high-dose of ethanol(2 g/kg per day for 8 days), while the mice of WT group and KO group were treated with equal amount of saline instead.Acute myocardial infarction models were established in all mice after ethanol administration,and blood ethanol concentration, cardiac function, myocardial infarct size, the activity of ALDH2, and the key molecules of PI3K/Akt signal pathway and caspase-3 mRNA were detected one week after modeling.Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 17.0.Differences in levels of detected biomarkers between groups were assessed using Chi-squared or One way ANOVA, and P<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results (1) The mortality rates of WT group, KO group, WT+E group and KO+E group were 20.0%, 30.0%, 31.3% and 37.5%, respectively.(2)Compared with WT group and KO group, the blood ethanol concentration was higher and the damage of liver was more severe in WT+E group and KO+E group(P<0.05).(3)The fraction shortening of short axis of left ventricle(FS) and left ventricular ejection fraction were higher in WT group and WT+E group compared with KO group and KO+E group(P<0.05).(4) The area of myocardial infarction was largest in KO+E group, followed by KO group, WT+E group, and WT group (all P<0.05).(5) The activity of ALDH2 in WT group was higher than that in other groups, and the ALDH2 activity in KO+E group was lower than that in KO group (P<0.05).(6) There was no significant difference in expressions of PI3K among four groups.The level of p-Akt was highest in WT group, followed by WT+E group, KO group, and KO+E group (all P<0.05).The levels of caspase-3 mRNA was highest in KO+E group, followed by KO group, WT+E group, and WT group (all P<0.05).Conclusions Myocardial damage caused by acute myocardial infarction can be aggravated by sub-acute alcoholism, while ALDH2 protection can effectively alleviate the damage effects of sub-acute alcoholism on myocardial infarction.The mechanism of protective effects of ALDH2 on acute myocardial infarction may be related to attenuation of cardiocytes apoptosis mediated by PI3K/Akt signal pathway.

OBJECTIVETo explore the effects of microcystin-LR (MCLR) on the expression of base excision repair genes and genes related to apoptosis.

METHODSThe BRL-3A cells were exposed to different concentrations of MCLR for various periods of time and the cell viability was measured by MTT. The mRNA expression was determined with the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR).

RESULTSThe viability of BRL-3A cells significantly reduced in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. In 30 µg/ml group, the mRNA expression level (1.327 ± 0.028) of p53 increased significantly at 24 h after exposure, as compared with the other groups (1.005 ± 0.117, 0.862 ± 0.154, 1.028 ± 0.056 and 1.015 ± 0.091) (P < 0.05). The mRNA expression levels (5.080 ± 0.729, 5.820 ± 0.373, 6.018 ± 0.359 and 6.183 ± 0.515) of Bax in all exposure groups were significantly higher than that (1.024 ± 0.277) in control group at 24 h after exposure. However, the Bax mRNA expression level (0.604 ± 0.146) in the 30 µg/ml group at 72 h after exposure was significantly lower than those (1.004 ± 0.107, 0.811 ± 0.142, 0.855 ± 0.101 and 0.814 ± 0.056) in other groups (P < 0.05). When compared with control group (1.006 ± 0.132) and 1 µg/ml group (1.034 ± 0.241), the mRNA expression level (0.488 ± 0.147) of PARP1 in 30 µg/ml group at 48 h after exposure decreased significantly (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the mRNA expression levels (0.594 ± 0.180, 0.491 ± 0.015 and 0.305 ± 0.091) of JWA, XRCC1 and PARP1 in 30 µg/ml group at 72 h after exposure decreased significantly, as compared with the other groups (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe induction of gene expression is a transient phenomenon that occurred at different times of exposure for different genes. Inhibition of MCLR on the base excision repair gene expression may play important role in the course of MCLR promoting liver tumor.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ; genetics ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; DNA Repair ; Gene Expression ; Microcystins ; toxicity ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; Rats

Objective To measure the expression of circulating microRNA (miRNA)in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related liver failure and its relationship with disease prognosis.Methods The miRNA expressions in serum of 5 patients with HBV-related liver failure and 5 healthy control subjects were compared using Exiqon miRCURY LNATM miRNA microarray.The sera from 20 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB),20 patients hepatitis B related cirrhosis,50 patients with HBV-related liver failure and 40 healthy persons in Ruijin Hospital were collected.The relative expression of miRNA-595 was measured using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).The relative expressions of miRNAs among groups were analyzed using student t test,the correlations were analyzed by Pearson and Spearman correlation.Results Microarray informed that 92 miRNAs changed significantly in patients with HBV-related liver failure,and miRNA-595 increased most significantly.The results of real-time PCR showed that the relative expressions of miRNA-595 ,miRNA-300 and miRNA-122 were 6.03 (t=3.134, P =0.003),3.12 (t=7.221 ,P <0.01)and 2.77 (t=2.671 ,P =0.021),which were higher compared to those in healthy control group.In the analysis of the relationship between miRNA-595 expression and disease prognosis in patients with HBV-related liver failure,the relative expressions of miRNA-595 in patients with CHB,hepatitis B related cirrhosis and HBV-related liver failure were 2.26 (t =3.780,P =0.001),3.32 (t = 6.111 ,P < 0.01)and 6.03 (t = 3.134,P = 0.003),respectively,which were all increased compared to that of the healthy control.The relative expression of miRNA-595 of patients with HBV-related liver failure was 2.66 times (t=2.450,P =0.043)higher than that of patients with CHB. When dividing patients according to prothrombin activity,miRNA-595 increased significantly in patients with early stage liver failure.When dividing patients according to model of end-stage liver disease (MELD) score,MELD score was positive correlated with the expression of miRNA-595 when MELD score was under 30 (r=0.673,P =0.004).The expression of serum miRNA-595 in survival group (11 .08,n=23) was higher than that in non-survival group (3.67,n = 27,t =4.309,P =0.041).Conclusions The expressions of miRNA595 ,miRNA-300 and miRNA-122 are all increased in patients with HBV-related liver failure,especially the expression of circulating miRNA-595 at early stage of the disease.The miRNA-595 may be used as a new serum biomarker for monitoring the severity of disease.

Objective To study the clinical characteristics and analyze the correlative risk factors of interstitial pneumonia in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE-IP).Methods 80 SLE patients in department of rheumatology of Nanfang hospital form January 2013 to January 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.SLE patients with interstitial pneumonia (n=40) were divided into case group.40 cases of SLE with interstitial pneumonia were selected and matched with age and sex.Patients with mild SLE without interstitial pneumonia were treated as controls.The clinical manifestations,routine examination,biochemical examination and immunological examination were performed to compare the risk factors of SLE-related interstitial pneumonia.Results In this study,non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) and usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) were common in SLE-IP patients.the ground-glass opacities were more common in NSIP type,while Grid shadows and honeycomb shadows were more common in UIP type.The dry cough,chest tightness / shortness of breath,Raynaud's phenomenon,wet rales,triglyceride increased,anti-Sm antibody positive rate,anti-U1-nRNP positive rate between two groups were statistically significant (P＜0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors of SLE-IP were dry cough,chest tightness / shortness of breath,Raynaud's phenomenon,wet rales,triglyceride increased,anti-Sm antibody positive and anti-U1-nRNP positive.Conclusion The presence of dry cough,chest tightness / shortness of breath,Raynaud's phenomenon,wet rales,triglyceride increased,anti-Sm antibody positive and anti-U1-nRNP positive all suggest the probability of interstitial pneumonia in SLE patients.HRCT plays an important role in the diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia in lupus,which is valuable to improve the prognosis.

Objective To analyze the predictive value of apolipoprotein B (ApoB) in the risk of progression to renal replacement therapy (RRT) in diabetic kidney disease (DKD) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3-5. Methods The data of DKD patients with CKD stage 3-5 who were hospitalized and followed up with detailed clinical data from January 2011 to November 2014 in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were retrospectively collected. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated according to the CKD-EPI formula. After 2 years of follow-up, the patients were divided into RRT group and non-RRT group according to whether they had entered renal replacement therapy. Cox regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of DKD progression to RRT. The predicted value of ApoB in the risk of progression to renal replacement therapy (RRT) of DKD patients within 2 years of follow-up was analyzed by plotting the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). By establishing multiple Cox models, the effect of ApoB elevation on the progression of DKD patients to RRT was analyzed after adjusting for the influencing factors gradually. Results A total of 258 cases were included in this study, including 156 males and 102 females. They were (66.13±11.88) years old (27-91 years old). CKD 3-5 patients were 181 cases, 50 cases and 27 cases respectively. There were 165 cases in the non-RRT group and 93 cases in the RRT group. There were statistically significant difference in hemoglobin, hematocrit, blood phosphorus, ApoB, serum creatinine, urea nitrogen, serum cystatin C, eGFR and in the proportion of using angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, diuretic, β blockers between the two groups (all P＜0.05). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that ApoB was an independent predictor of progression to RRT in patients with DKD within 2 years (HR=2.203, 95% CI 1.352-3.589, P=0.002). The area under the ROC curve of ApoB for DKD progression to RRT within 2 years of follow-up was 0.641 (C-index=0.749, P＜0.01). After adjusting for confounding factors, Cox regression analysis showed that for every 1 mmol/L increase in ApoB, the risk of RRT increased by 1.038 times in DKD patients with CKD stage 3-5 (HR=2.038, 95% CI 1.312-3.168, P=0.002). Conclusions ApoB is an independent predictor of progression to RRT with CKD stage 3-5 diabetic kidney disease (DKD). For every 1 mmol/L increase in ApoB, the risk of progression to RRT in patients with CKD 3-5 DKD increases by 1.038 times.

Objective To investigate the predictive value of preoperative fibrinogen/albumin ratio (FAR) and systemic immune inflammation index (SII) on the postoperative prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Methods An ROC curve was used in determining the best cutoff values of FAR and SII and then grouped. The Cox proportional hazards model was used in analyzing the prognostic factors of radical pancreatic cancer surgery, and then a Nomogram prognostic model was established. C-index, AUC, and calibration curve were used in evaluating the discrimination and calibration ability of the Nomogram. DCA curves were used in assessing the clinical validity of the Nomograms. Results The optimal cutoff values for preoperative FAR and SII were 0.095 and 532.945, respectively. FAR≥ 0.095, SII≥ 532.945, CA199≥ 450.9 U/ml, maximum tumor diameter≥ 4 cm, and the absence of postoperative chemotherapy were independent risk factors for the poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer (P<0.05). The discrimination ability, calibration ability, and clinical effectiveness of Nomogram prognostic model were better than those of the TNM staging system. Conclusion The constructed Nomogram prognostic model has higher accuracy and level of discrimination and more clinical benefits than the TNM staging prognostic model.