Objective To study the molecular polymorphism and the distribution of HLA-B27 subtypes in southern Chinese Han patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and healthy controls.Methods A total of 46 samples form southern Chinese Han patients with AS and 80 non-related blood samples from healthy peripheral blood stem cell donors with B27-positive identified by rSSO Lumminex flow array assay were subjected to sequencing analysis of exon 2 ,3 and 4 of HLA-B gene by the sequence-based typing,the purified products of sequencing reaction were electrophoresed on ABI 3730 DNA sequencer and the designation of HLA-B27 allele was accomplished using the Assign3.5 software. The ambiguities and the detected "rare" alleles were confirmed using the PCR-SSP commercial kit. Results In the 46 B27-positive patients with the diagnosis of AS,four alleles,namely B2704,B2705,B2707 and B2724 were determined. The frequencies for these four alleles were 82.98%(39/47),12.77%(6/47),2.13%(1/47) and 2.13%(1/47),respectively. In the 80 B27-positive control individuals,seven B27 related alleles were identified. The frequency for the two dominant subtype B2704 and B2705 were 57.32%(47/82) and 26.83%(22/82),respectively. Both the B2706 and B2707 were observed 5 times with a frequency of 6.10%(5/82),three alleles B2703,B2715 and B2724 were detected only once with a frequency of 1.22%(1/82).Conclusion Our study shows that HLA-B2704 and B2705 were the predominant subtypes in normal healthy controls,however,B2704 was the predominant subtype for the AS group in southern Chinese Han patients.

Objective To discuss the role of DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-DPKCS) in human lung adenocarcinoma cell line (A549) by using small interfering RNA (siRNA) to specifically knockdown DNA-DPKCS expression and its effects on cell proliferation, cell cycle and radio-sensitivity. Methods The DNA-DPKCS-siRNA expression vector was constructed and transfected into A549 cell line. The transformed clones were randomly selected and isolated. The cell cycle distribution and apop-tesis were analyzed by flowcytometry analysis. Cell survival was detected by using clonogenic formation as-say. Results With specific inhibition of DNA-DPKCS expression, stable transfected cell line 549pRNA-DNA-DPKCS was constructed by RNA interference technique. The 549pRNA-C and 549pSUPER cell lines were the control cell lines tansfected with control and blank plasmids, respectively. Compared with A549 cells, the expression levels of DNA-DPKCS mRNA (0.110: 1. 000), protein (0. 870: 2.967) and activity of DNA-DPKCS (0.004: 0.266) in 549pRNA-DNA-DPKCS cells were significantly lower (F = 80.55 ,P < 0.01;F=63.96, P<0.01;F=51.62,P<0.01, respectively). The analysis of SF_2(0.25:0.76), D_0 (1.42:1.62) and D_q (0.06: 1. 00) showed significant difference between 549pRNA-DNA-DPKCS and A549 cells (F = 996.86, P < 0.01 ; F = 17.41, P < 0.05 ; F = 68.92, P < 0.01). The number of 549pRNA-DNA-DPKCS cells in S (24.5%: 35.5%) and G_2 (10.7%: 11.0%) phases was significantly decreased (F = 4.83, P<0.05 and F=32.04, P <0.01, respectively). Conclusions In A549 cells, inhibit of DNA-DPKCS gene expression can enhance the radiosensitivity and affect cell cycle distribution.

Objective To investigate the tendency of viral hepatitis in Changning District, Shanghai, and to provide scientific evidence for decision-making of prevention and control. Methods Cases of viral hepatitis in Changning District from 2009-2019 were collected , and the epidemiological characteristics of viral hepatitis were analyzed by descriptive epidemiological method. Joinpoint regression analysis were used to estimate the annual percent change and average annual percent change, and to perform the trend test. Results Among the 2009-2019 in Changning District, a total of 3 397 cases of viral hepatitis were reported , the annual average incidence rate was 49.32/100 000. Results from Joinpoint trend analysis indicated that the incidence of viral hepatitis in Changning District was mainly due to hepatitis A and hepatitis B. Conclusions Although the annual incidence rate of viral hepatitis in Changning District is far below the incidence rate of viral hepatitis in China, but it still shows an increasing trend. This shows that the situation of prevention and control of viral hepatitis in Changning is still serious, and hepatitis B remains the key point of prevention of viral hepatitis in Shanghai.