Fourteen H9N2 avian influenza viruses (AIV) were isolated from sick chickens in China from 1998 to 2008. The sequences of the Non-structural(NS) gene of these isolates were determined by RT-PCR and sequencing, and the entire ORF sequences of NS1 and NS2 protein were obtained.-The homology of these nucleotide sequences and the putative amino acid sequences were compared with several classic reference viruses of H9N2. These isolates were proved to be highly homologous in NS gene (92.9%-99.9% identity) and all belonged to A/Chicken/Beijing/1/1994-like group in the Asia bird-swine branch of allele A of HS gene phylogenetic tree.-According to this study and previous reports of other researchers, NS gene of H9N2 subtype AIV in chickens of China is genetically stable and there is no enough evidence to support the establishment of other sub-lineages in chickens.

Adenoviridae ; immunology ; Antigens, Viral ; analysis ; Child ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique ; Humans ; Respiratory Syncytial Viruses ; immunology ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; immunology ; Respirovirus ; immunology ; Virus Diseases ; immunology

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of self-made nasal canal dilator for nasotracheal intubation.Methods Eighty patients requiring awake naso-tracheal intubation of both sexes,aged 21-63yr,of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,were divided into cotton swab group (group Ⅰ) and self-made nasal canal dilator group (group Ⅱ),with 40 patients in each group according to a random number table method.The nasal cavity was expanded using cotton swabs in group Ⅰ and with a self-made nasal canal dilator in group Ⅱ.Awake blind nasotracheal intubation was performed in both groups.Heart rate (HR) and mean artery pressure (MAP) were recorded at 5 min after entering the operating room (To),immediately after the tracheal tube passed through the back nostrils (T1),immediately after successful tracheal intubation (T2),and at 5 min after successful intubation (T3).Intubation time,development of nasal mucosal injury and patient's comfort score while tracheal tube passed through nasal cavity were recorded.Results Compared with group Ⅰ,MAP and HR were significantly decreased at T1,2,intubation time was shortened,the incidence of nasal mucosal injury was decreased,and the degree of comfort was increased in group Ⅱ (P＜0.05).Compared with the baseline at T0,MAP and HR were significantly increased at T2 in group Ⅱ and at T1,2 in group Ⅰ (P＜0.05).Conclusion The self-made nasal canal dilator provides better efficacy than the traditional method,effectively reduces nasal damage and raises patient comfort when used for nasotracheal intubation.

Objective:To explore differences of resting brain regional homogeneity (ReHo) between patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and their siblings.Methods:From January to December 2013, the resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data of 87 patients with MDD and 21 healthy siblings were collected.DPABI v5.1 software was used to preprocess the resting-state fMRI data, and ReHo maps of each subject was obtained. A two-sample t-test was used to compare differences between the patients with MDD and their siblings in ReHo values throughout the brain. ReHo values within the significant brain regions were extracted out, and used to calculate Spearman correlation with the total score of 17-items Hamilton depression rating scale(HAMD-17) in the patients with MDD and their siblings respectively.The software of SPSS 20.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results:The patients with MDD exhibited lower ReHo values in the precuneus extending to the posterior cingulate cortex (PCu/PCC) compared with their siblings (cluster-size=126 voxel, cluster-level PFDR=0.033; MNI: x=-4, y=-58, z=38, t=4.30). ReHo values of the PCu/PCC in patient with MDD were positively correlated with the severity of depressive symptoms ( r=0.255, P=0.021). Conclusion:Compared with the siblings, local brain activity of the PCu/PCC in the patients with MDD was decreased, and related to the severity of depressive symptoms. It is helpful to further reveal the intrinsic neural mechanism of MDD.

OBJECTIVETo assess the diagnostic value of dual energy CT for lymph node metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

METHODSForty NSCLC patients, including 15 cases of squamous cell carcinoma and 25 cases of adenocarcinoma, underwent dual energy CT examination in pre-contrast and venous phase contrast scans, then the CT attenuation value of the lung cancer lesions and 85 mediastinal enlarged lymph nodes (the short diameter ≥ 5 mm, 53 metastatic and 32 non-metastatic) were measured at different energy levels (40-190 keV, spacing 10 keV) in venous phase contrast. CT spectral curves of the lung cancer lesions, hilus pulmonis and mediastinal enlarged lymph nodes were produced automatically, through comparing their CT spectral curves slope to judge whether or not the lymph nodes were metastatic. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the efficiency of CT spectral curve in diagnosis of lymph node metastasis.

RESULTSThe CT spectral curves slopes of the lung cancer, metastatic lymph nodes and non-metastatic lymph nodes were 1.10±0.11, 1.08±0.07 and 1.54±0.17, respectively. There was no significant difference in curve slope between metastatic lymph nodes and lung cancer (=-1.32,>0.05); while there was significant difference between non-metastatic lymph nodes and lung cancer (=-2.58,<0.05). The CT spectral curve slope ratios of metastatic and non-metastatic lymph nodes to lung cancer were 0.98±0.05 and 1.40±0.12, respectively (=-2.86,<0.05). ROC curve showed that taking CT spectral curve slope ratio of 1.15 as cut-off value for the diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy were 81.1%, 87.5%, 91.5%, 73.7% and 83.5%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONSDual energy CT is of value in improving the diagnostic accuracy of lymph node metastasis in NSCLC patients before treatment.

During the gene editing process mediated by CRISPR/Cas9, precise genome editing and gene knock-in can be achieved by the homologous recombination of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) donor template. However, the low-efficiency of homologous recombination in eukaryotic cells hampers the development and application of this gene editing strategy. Here, we developed a novel CRISPR/Cas9-hLacI donor adapting system (DAS) to enhance the dsDNA-templated gene editing, taking the advantage of the specific binding of the LacI repressor protein and the LacO operator sequence derived for the Escherichia coli lactose operon. The codon-humanized LacI gene was fused as an adaptor to the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) and Staphylococcus lugdunensis Cas9 (SlugCas9-HF) genes, and the LacO operator sequence was used as the aptamer and linked to the dsDNA donor template by PCR. The Cas9 nuclease activity after the fusion and the homology-directed repair (HDR) efficiency of the LacO-linked dsDNA template were firstly examined using surrogate reporter assays with the corresponding reporter vectors. The CRISPR/Cas9-hLacI DASs mediated genome precise editing were further checked, and we achieved a high efficiency up to 30.5% of precise editing at the VEGFA locus in HEK293T cells by using the CRISPR/SlugCas9-hLacI DAS. In summary, we developed a novel CRISPR/Cas9-hLacI DAS for dsDNA-templated gene editing, which enriches the CRISPR/Cas9-derived gene editing techniques and provides a novel tool for animal molecular design breeding researches.
Humans ; Animals ; Gene Editing ; CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics* ; HEK293 Cells ; Homologous Recombination ; DNA