Objective To explore the value of shear wave elastrography (SWE) in diagnosis of prostate cancer.Methods SWE quantitative elastography was preformed in 55 patients with suspected prostate cancer,to obtain the elastic modulus (mean,maximum).Each patient underwent sonography-guided prostatic biopsy on the same day.With the pathologic results as reference,ROC curves were used to assess diagnostic performance.Results ①Pathological tests showed that 39 lesions were benign(hyperplasia) and 16 lesions were malignant.The mean elasticity value of benign lesions was (39.04 ± 8.22) kPa,and the maximum value was (54.10 ± 9.18)kPa,whereas of malignant ones were (53.31 ± 3.92)kPa and (68.71 ±2.57)kPa,respectively (P ＜0.05).② The area under the ROC curve (AZ) of the maximum and mean elasticity value was 0.951 and 0.944.Taking 48.07 kPa as the threshold of the mean elasticity value,the sensitivity was 91.8％ and the specificity was 89.7％.Then taking 65.50 kPa as the threshold of the maximum elasticity value,the sensitivity was 92.1％ and the specificity was 87.5％.Conclusions SWE is helpful to diagnose and differentiate prostate diseases by measuring elastic modulus.

We wished to assess the role of chlamydia micro virus capsid protein Vp3 in recombinant molecules, chart its molecular evolution, screen the wild-type strain, and reveal its value in clinical research. Using a protein BLAST multiple-alignment program, we compared various strains of Chlamydia micro virus capsid protein Vp3 sequences. Using a "distance tree" of those results, we created a phylogenetic tree. We applied the Karplus-Schulz method of flexible-region analyses for highly conserved alignments of amino-acid sequences. Gamier-Robson and Chou-Fasman methods were employed to analyze two-level structures of sequences. The Emini method was used for analyses of the accessibility of surface epitopes. Studies of hydrophilic proteins were undertaken using Kyte-Doolittle and Hopp-Woods methods. Analyses of antigen epitopes helped to reveal the antigen index using the Jameson-Wolf method. All sequences in the six strains of chlamydia micro virus capsid protein Vp3 were highly conserved, with the main differences being between Vp3 protein in Chp1 and the other five strains of the micro virus. The viral strain of Vp3 protein was based mainly on micro-alpha helix structures, and multiple epitopes were noted in highly conserved regions. Vp3 protein was highly conserved structurally, and was an important protein of the chlamydiaphage capsid. Vp3 protein has a complicated molecular structure, highly conserved regions with strong immunogenicity, and has considerable research value.
Amino Acid Sequence ; Capsid Proteins ; chemistry ; genetics ; immunology ; Chlamydia ; genetics ; immunology ; Conserved Sequence ; Epitope Mapping ; Evolution, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Recombination, Genetic

Objective:To investigate the effects and mechanisms of Yinzhihuang oral liquid on mice with high-fat diet induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Methods:Eighteen C57BL/6J female mice were divided into normal diet group, high-fat diet group and Yinzhihuang oral liquid group, with six mice in each group. After hematoxylin-eosin staining, oil red O staining and Masson staining, pathological scores of liver biopsy slices were calculated. Plasma levels of triacylglycerol, total cholesterol, total bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were tested. The composition of bile acid in mouse ileum content were measured by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, which included tauro-β-muricholic acid (TβMCA), ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and cholic acid. The expression of farnesoid Ⅹ receptor ( FXR), fibroblast growth factor 15 ( FGF15), fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 ( FGFR4) genes at mRNA and protein levels and cytochrome P450 (CYP) 27a1, CYP7b1, CYP7a1 and CYP8b1 were detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry, respectively. T test was used for statistical analysis. Results:The levels of plasma triacylglycerol, total cholesterol, total bilirubin, ALT and AST of Yinzhihuang oral liquid group were all lower than those of the high-fat diet group ((1.47±0.07) mmol/L vs. (1.90±0.13) mmol/L, (2.57±0.17) mmol/L vs. (6.84±0.23) mmol/L, (0.88±0.22) mg/dL vs. (2.06±0.25) mg/dL, (28.43±3.16) U/L vs. (87.15±23.27) U/L, (147.40±8.47) U/L vs. (289.00±12.66) U/L, respectively), and the differences were statistically significant ( t=3.90, 15.19, 4.31, 2.50 and 9.58, all P<0.05). The scores of adiposis and ballooning of hepatocytes of Yinzhihuang oral liquid group were lower than those of the high-fat diet group (1.00±0.26 vs. 2.33±0.33, 0.33±0.21 vs. 1.17±0.31, respectively), and the differences were all statistically significant ( t=3.90 and 4.90, both P<0.05). The levels of FXR antagonistic bile acids TβMCA and UDCA in ileal contents of Yinzhihuang oral liquid group were both higher than those of high-fat diet group ((4.95±0.68) nmol/g vs. (2.64±0.15) nmol/g, (7.86±1.84) nmol/g vs. (2.22±0.38) nmol/g, respectively), and the differences were statistically significant ( t=3.92 and 2.99, both P<0.05). The level of FXR agonistic bile acid cholic acid of Yinzhihuang oral liquid group were lower than that of the high-fat diet group ((4.69±0.46) nmol/g vs. (21.66±3.25) nmol/g), and the difference was statistically significant ( t=5.14, P<0.05). The expression of FXR, FGF15 in ileal tissues and FGFR4 in hepatic tissues at mRNA and protein levels of Yinzhihuang oral liquid group were all lower than those of the high-fat diet group (1.86±0.40 vs. 4.25±0.70, 9.99±2.82 vs. 75.17±23.41, 4.76±0.63 vs. 12.66±1.39, 2.20±0.14 vs. 5.30±0.25, 1.15±0.05 vs. 3.05±0.16 and 1.73±0.09 vs. 2.37±0.21, respectively), and the differences were statistically significant ( t=2.56, 2.76, 4.87, 10.90, 10.96 and 2.94, all P<0.05). The levels of CYP27a1 and CYP7b1 in the alternative pathway of bile acid synthesis in Yinzhihuang oral liquid group were both higher than those in the high-fat diet group (2.13±0.33 vs. 0.50±0.09 and 2.95±0.60 vs. 0.37±0.19), and the differences were statistically significant ( t=5.22 and 3.20, both P<0.05). But the expression level of CYP8b1 in the Yinzhihuang oral liquid group was lower than that in the high-fat diet group (2.38±0.41 vs. 8.63±2.20), and the difference was statistically significant ( t=2.80, P<0.05). Conclusion:Yinzhihuang oral liquid can reduce NAFLD by promoting bile acid synthesis through changing the components of intestinal bile acids in mice and inhibiting FXR-FGF15 signal pathway.