Connection between the superior colliculus(SC)and the dorsal and ventral lateral geniculate nuclei (LGd and LGv) were studied in adult golden hamsters using anterograde and retrograde pathway tracing methods 1. In four hamsters, the cytoarchitecture of the SC, LGd and LGv was examined in brain sections stained with Nissl's or Loyez's method. 2. A single injection of a mixture of ~3H-leucine and ~3H-proline was made into various regions of the SC in each of 4 animals (1 day survival) for studying the pattern of terminal distribution of the projections from the SC to the ipsilateral LGd and LGv. In animals where the injection site was located in the superficial gray layers of the lateral portion of the SC, labelled terminals were found in the caudal lateral part of the LGd and LGv. In the case where the injection was restricted in more medial part of the SC, the terminal labelling was observed in the rostral lateral portion of the lateral geniculate nuclei. 3. One day after an injection of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) into the LGd (4 animals), LGv(2 animals), or LP(2 animals) labelled neurons were observed in the superficial gray layers of the ipsilateral superior colliculus. No HRP-labelled neuron was detected in deeper laminae in the colliculus. These results indicate that neurons in the superficial gray layers of the SC project to the ipsilateral LGd and LGv, and the projections are organized topogra- phically according to the retinotopic or visual field map

OBJECTIVE To investigate the genotypes of extended-spectrum ?-lactamases(ESBLs)and drug resistance in Enterobacter cloacae for clinical treatment.METHODS E.cloacae was identified by VITEK-AMS;ESBLs and AmpC ?-lactamases phenotypes were detected by three-dimensional tests.Detection of ?-lactamases resistant genes were performed by PCR.Plasmid conjugation test was used to determine the location and the transmission of encoding genes of ?-lactamases.The antibotic susceptibility of E.cloacae was detected according to the CLSI guideline.RESULTS The incident rate of ESBLs producing E.cloacae was 48.8% in 86 strains.CTX-M was the main type of ESBLs.The detection rate of CTX-M-3,CTX-M-9,CTX-M-14 and SHV-12 genotypes in isolates were 27.9%,16.3%,3.4% and 18.6%,respectively.Strains producing both ESBLs and AmpC ?-lactamases were 11(12.8%).The strains only producing ESBLs or AmpC ?-lactamases were 31(36.0%) and 8(9.3%),respectively.The sensitive rate of ESBLs isolates to imipenem was 100.0%.Eight ESBLs strains were conjugated successfully.CONCLUSIONS CTX-M and SHV-12 are the main genotypes of ESBLs strains.ESBLs genes can be horizontally transferred to recipient by plasmid conjugated test.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the appearance of quinolone resistance gene(qnr)in Enterobacter cloacae for clinical treatment.METHODS E.cloacae was identified by VITEK-AMS;detection of qnr and extended-spectrum ?-lactamases(ESBLs)resistant genes were performed by PCR.Plasmid conjugation test was used to determine the transmission of qnr.The antibotic susceptibility of E.cloacae was detected according to the CLSI guideline.RESULTS The incident rate of E.cloacae with qnr was 23.6% in 55 strains.The sensitive rate to ciprofloxacin was 46.2% in isolates with qnr,but it was 83.3% in isolates without qnr.qnr Genes of 38.2% ESBLs isolates were positive.Two strains harboring qnr genes were conjugated successfully.CONCLUSIONS ESBLs strains usually harbor qnr genes.qnr Genes can be horizontally transferred to recipient by plasmid conjugated test.

Objective To observe the expression of serine/threonine kinase 31 (STK31) in osteosarcoma and its effect on the malignant biological behavior of osteosarcoma.Methods Fifteen cases of osteosarcoma specimens and adjacent normal tissue were collected.The expression of STK31 in tumor tissues and normal tissue were detected by immunohistochemistry,real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot.The STK31 knockout plasmids PGenesil-STK31-shRNA or control plasmid pGenesil-1 were transfected into osteosarcoma cell line MG63 cells.The effect of STK31 on the proliferation of MG63 cells was detected by CCK8 cell activity assay.Tanswell experiment was used to observed the effect of STK31 on the migration ability of osteosarcoma cells.Results Immunohistochemical showed that STK31 expressed in the tumor tissue,and it was significantly higher than the adjacent normal tissues;Real time quantitative PCR[(3.65±0.83)vs.(1.05±0.14),P＜0.05] and Western blot also revealed that STK31 expression in tumor tissue were significantly higher than adjacent normal tissues(P＜0.05);CCK8 experiments showed that knockdown STK31 inhibited proliferation of MG63 cell when compared with the control group after 36 h[(1.71±0.17)vs.(1.39±0.11),P＜0.05],72 h[(2.15±0.21)vs.(1.54±0.14),P＜0.05];Tansewell experiments showed that transfection of pGenesil-STK31-shRNA could suppress MG63 cell's migration[(13±4)vs.(55±8),P＜0.05].Conclusion STK31 is overexpression in osteosarcoma with increased biological activity of osteosarcoma cells.

Objective To investigate the clinical and neuroimaging features of hypoglycemia encephalopathy in the elderly. Methods The history and clinical features of 36 patients who had undergone brain CT and MRI were analyzed retrospectively. Results Twenty-seven patients had infections and fevers as a trigger, presenting all kinds of symptoms. Eleven cases were found to have abnormal signals in bilateral caudate nucleus and lenticular nucleus in MRL But CT examination showed no new lesions in corresponding position. Hypoglycemia encephalopathy were commanly found in the elderly who had diabetes mellitus and treated with drugs. After being followed up for 6 months, their neuroimaging did not change. Conclusions Because the patients often present unconsciousness and weakness with a sudden onset, hypoglycemia is easily mistaken for other disorders, especially in the elderly. For those with consciousness, we should pay more attations to hypoglycemia. Brain CT has no value of diagnosing hypoglycemia encephalopathy, while MRI plays an impotant role in diagnosing the disease. The characteristic MRI features predicts a bad prognosis.

We used a meq-deleted attenuated MDV-I strain GX0101Δmeq as a vector to construct a recombinant virus expressing the exogenous gene NDV-F. The ORF of exogenous gene NDV-F was inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1(-). Then, the expression cassette of NDV-F which contains the CMV promoter was amplified. Simultaneously, we amplified the selected gene Kan+ expression cassette and inserted them into the PMD18-T vector. Tandem expression cassettes were amplified using primers containing the 50-bp homologous arm of MDV-US2. The PCR product was electroporated into EL250 host bacteria containing GX0101Δmeq. Then, the Kan+ expression cassette was deleted from the recombinant virus genome using 1% arabinose. The plasmid of the positive clone which the Kan+ expression cassette was deleted was extracted and transfected into CEFs to rescue the recombinant virus. The recombinant virus was injected into chickens to observe its growth and replication. The recombinant virus rMDV-F containing the exogenous gene NDV-F was rescued successfully. The recombinant virus could duplicate and express well in CEFs, and grow and replicate well in chickens. Using GX0101Δmeq as a vector, combined with a recombinant system of Red E/T and FLP/FRT, we constructed a recombinant virus that expressed the exogenous gene NDV-F. This study could lay the foundation for further study of recombinant viruses.
Animals ; Cell Line ; Chickens ; virology ; DNA, Recombinant ; genetics ; Gene Expression ; Genetic Engineering ; Genetic Vectors ; genetics ; Mardivirus ; genetics ; physiology ; Plasmids ; genetics ; Viral Proteins ; genetics ; Virus Replication

Objective:To investigate outcomes and safety of doxycycline-moxifloxacin sequential regimen in the treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis/cervicitis. Methods:From June 2019 to December 2020, patients with Mycoplasma genitalium urethritis/cervicitis confirmed by nucleic acid amplification testing were successively recruited at Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Hospital of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and received sequential therapy with oral doxycycline for 7 days followed by oral moxifloxacin for 7 days. Clinical and/or etiological assessment was conducted 2 to 3 weeks after the end of treatment. Fisher′s exact test was used to analyze factors influencing the treatment outcome. Results:Totally, 36 eligible subjects were enrolled, including 30 males and 6 females. Among them, 18 (50%) patients completed post-treatment etiological assessment, which showed that 12 achieved microbiological cure, and treatment failures occurred in 6; another 18 patients achieved clinical cure. The overall response rate to doxycycline-moxifloacin sequential therapy was 83.3% (30/36, 95% confidence interval[ CI]: 70.5%, 96.1%) . The treatment outcome showed no significant association with the patients′ age, gender, marital status, number of sexual partners in the past 1 month, history of sexually transmitted diseases, history of antibiotic use in the past 1 month, or co-infections (all P > 0.05) . Conclusion:The efficacy of doxycycline-moxifloacin sequential regimen is limited in the treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium infections in Nanjing area, and clinicians should be alerted to the possibility of treatment failure in clinical practice.

A 59-year-old male patient presented with recurrent erythema and wheals all over the body for 6 years,complicated by irregular fever (the highest body temperature ＜ 39 ℃)and arthralgia for 2 months.He experienced a weight loss of 5 kg during two years prior to the presentation.Physical examination showed anemic comlexion,and there was no palpable enlargement of superficial lymph nodes,liver and spleen.Generalized erythema and wheals occurred all over the body,involving about 50％ of the body surface area.Histopathological examination of skin lesions showed infiltration of multiple neutrophilic granulocytes around blood vessels in the superficial dermis,and no vasculopathy was observed.Laboratory examinations revealed increased white blood cell (WBC) counts(13.97 × 109/L),erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR,136 mm/1 h) and C-reactive protein (CRP) level (75 mg/L),decreased hemoglobin level (96 g/L),and high serum levels of IgE (1 596 kU/L),IgG(20.4 g/L)and IgM(6 310 mg/L).Serum immunoelectrophoresis demonstrated that the IgM was a κ-type monoclonal immunoglobulin.Bone marrow examination showed active bone marrow hyperplasia.DNA sequencing analysis of 10 pairs of exons of the NLRP3 gene revealed 3 synonymous mutations,including c.663:C ＞ T:p.T221,c.732:G ＞ A:p.A244A and c.786:A ＞ G:p.R262R.Finally,the patient was diagnosed with Schnitzler's syndrome.There was no improvement of symptoms after the treatment with multiple oral antihistamines at increased dose levels.Then,the treatment protocol was adjusted to oral ciclosporin at a dosage of 200 mg/d for consecutive 18 days,but the patient still showed no response.After the treatment with oral prednisone (30 mg/d) and Tripterygium wilfordii tablets (66 μg thrice a day) for 2 weeks,the skin rashes subsided gradually,and arthralgia was relieved.Moreover,the WBC count,ESR and CRP level were decreased to 9.01 × 109/L,50 mm/1 h and 6 mg/L respectively,while the hemoglobin level was increased to 109.7 g/L.After 1-year follow-up,the dosage of glucocorticoids was gradually decreased to 8 mg/d.In addition,his condition was controlled well with no skin lesions and fever,except for occasional arthralgia in the knees and hip.

Objective:To assess the effectiveness of a 6-month Ba Duan Jin exercise program in improving the balance of community-dwelling older adults.Methods:A two arms, parallel-group, cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted in 1 028 community residents aged 60-80 years in 40 communities in 5 provinces of China. Participants in the intervention group (20 communities, 523 people) received Ba Duan Jin exercise 5 days/week, 1 hour/day for 6 months, and three times of falls prevention health education, and the control group (20 communities, 505 people) received falls prevention health education same as the intervention group. The Berg balance scale (BBS) score was the leading outcome indicator, and the secondary outcome indicators included the length of time of standing on one foot (with eyes open and closed), standing in a tandem stance (with eyes open and closed), the closed circle test, and the timed up to test.Results:A total of 1 028 participants were included in the final analysis, including 731 women (71.11%) and 297 men (28.89%), and the age was (69.87±5.67) years. After the 3-month intervention, compared with the baseline data, the BBS score of the intervention group was significantly higher than the control group by 3.05 (95% CI: 2.23-3.88) points ( P<0.001). After the 6-month intervention, compared with the baseline data, the BBS score of the intervention group was significantly higher than the control group by 4.70 (95% CI: 4.03-5.37) points ( P<0.001). Ba Duan Jin showed significant improvement ( P<0.05) in all secondary outcomes after 6 months of exercise in the intervention group compared with the control group. Conclusions:This study showed that Ba Duan Jin exercise can improve balance in community-dwelling older adults aged 60-80. The longer the exercise time, the better the improvement.

Talents are the main force for the development of traditional Chinese medicine（TCM）， and the construction of TCM talents and the reformation of talent evaluation system are essential to promote the inheritance and innovation of TCM. At present， we are still exploring and developing in the fields of the formulation， implementation and evaluation indicators of TCM talent evaluation system. However， there are shortcomings and difficulties. For instance， insufficient stratification in the evaluation， excessive emphasis on the quantity of achievements， neglecting the quality of the achievements and the actual contribution， imperfect assessment indicators， and the weak characteristics of TCM. Therefore， national ministries and commissions have jointly issued a document requesting to break the four only and set a new standard， in order to promote the construction of a scientific and technological talent evaluation system oriented by innovation value， ability and contribution. For the evaluation of TCM clinical talents， China Association for Science and Technology commissioned China Association of Chinese Medicine to build the China Clinical Cases Library of TCM（CCCL-TCM）， which aims at collecting the most authoritative and representative TCM clinical cases and exploring the advantages of applying clinical cases as masterpiece of achievement in TCM clinical talents evaluation. CCCL-TCM can promote the construction of a talent evaluation system that is more in line with the development characteristics of TCM industry， and to carry out relevant pilot in TCM colleges and institutions across the country in order to promote the reformation of TCM talent evaluation system.