Objective To study the effect of adenovirus type 3I,7b on the expressions of mRNA and protein of transforming growth factor-beta 1(TGF-?1) in human embryonic lung fibroblast cells.Method The expression of mRNA and protein of TGF-?1 were determined in human embryonic lung fibroblast cells before and after being infected by adenovirus type 3I,7b and in normal fibroblast cells with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and in situ hybridization.Results The mRNA and protein of TGF-?1 expression in human embryonic lung fibroblast cells increased siginificantly after being infected by adenovirous type 3I,7b compared with those in normal fibroblast cells(Pa0.05).Conclusion Lung fibroblast cells and TGF-?1 may play some roles in pathophysiological processes of viral pneumonia.

The major goal of microbial ecology is to study the structure and function of complex micro-bial communities. New molecular biological techniques have been successfully applied to analyze mi-crobial community structure. However they do not provide information on the physiologic properties of the detected microorganisms. A new tool for structure-function analyses in microbial ecology, micro-autoradiography combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (MAR-FISH) can be used to simul-taneously examine the phylogenetic identity and the specific activity of microorganisms within a com-plex microbial community at a single-cell level. This article reviews the principle, experimental steps of MAR-FISH technique. The application of this technique in study of the environmental microbial com-munity and function is also summarized.

Objective To investigate the relationship between transfusion transmitted virus (TTV)infection and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia,the effect of TTV infection on the liver function, and analyse the feature of nucleotide sequences in TTV ORF1.Methods Serum TTV DNA,which were from 58 neonates with high direct bilirubin(DB,including 5 with hepatitis Syndrome),92 ones with high indirect bilirubin(IB),and 85 normal ones,was detected using a nested polymerase chain reaction technique(nPCR),electropherosis and sequence analyse,and serum alanine amniotransferase (ALT)was determined in all neonates.Results In DB neonates,TTV DNA were detected in 7 neo- nates(12.1%,including 3 neonates with hepatitis syndrome);in IB and normal ones,1 neonate had positive TTV DNA(1.1% and 1.25),respectively.Even if there were point mutations in Guangdong's TTV,the homology of Guangdong's TTV(GD1-9)and Japanese TTV(N22)ranged from 87.1%～97.8% at nucleotide level.Conclusion TTV infection may be one of important pathogenesis resulting in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and liver damage in such patients.Guangdong's and Japanese TTV isolates had the same genotype,some gene mutations maybe increase the pathogenicity in TTV.

ObjectiveTo observe the preventive effect of type Ⅱ collagen on experimental rat articular cartilage damage induced by T-2 toxin,to explore molecular biomarkers of articular cartilage damage and repair,and to provide a theoretical basis for control of articular cartilage damage.MethodsEighty Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups according to their body weights:negative control,positive control,high-dose intervention,and low-dose intervention groups,20 rats in each group.Animals in negative control group were fed with standard rat chow,and animals in other three groups were fed with T-2-toxin-contaminated chow( 100 ng/kgfeed).Animals in negative and positive control groups drank distilled water,animals in high-dose intervention and low-dose intervention groups drank water containing type Ⅱ collagen(0.5,5.0 g/L,respectively).These rats were sacrificed after 3 and 5 months,respectively,and bilateral knee joints were collected.Histopathologic changes in hyaline cartilage were examined by light microscope,serum levels of type Ⅱ collagen carboxyl terminal peptide (CTX-Ⅱ ),cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and urinary deoxypyridinoline (DPD) were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).ResultsHE staining showed,that the positive control articular chondrocytes were disarranged,deformated,degenerated,with necrosis and extensive areas of chondrocyte loss;but the two intervention groups only showed fibril formation and swelling and surface cartilage cells became round,flat cartilage cells decreased in number,and cartilage cells clustered and so on early pathological changes of osteoarthritis.At the ends of 3 month and 5 month experiment,the levels of serum CTX- Ⅱ in different groups were,negative control[(18.77 ± 4.61),(25.07 ± 9.17)μg/L],high-dose intervention[ (21.11 ± 5.02),(33.20 ± 9.74)μg/L ],low-dose intervention [ ( 19.87 ± 4.53 ),( 29.73 ± 9.32 ) μg/L ] and positive control [ ( 24.43 ± 5.23 ),( 39.17 ±10.49 ) μg/L ] ; the levels of serum COMP were,negative control group [ (5.43 ± 2.75 ),( 6.38 ± 2.23 ) μg/L ],highdose intervention group[ (17.27 ± 4.77),(20.32 ± 4.74)μg/L],low-dose intervention group[(20.13 ± 5.07),(19.44 ± 4.92)μg/L] and positive control group[ (21.37 ± 4.72),(24.52 ± 4.26)μg/L].At the end of 3 month,compared with negative control group,the level of serum CTX- Ⅱ in other three groups increased,but only positive control group increased significantly(P ＜ 0.05) ; at the end of 5 month,compared with negative control group,the level of serum CTX-Ⅱ in other three groups increased significantly,and the difference was statistically significant (all P ＜ 0.05),and the level of CTX-Ⅱ in the two intervention groups was significantly lower compared with that of positive control group(all P ＜ 0.05).Compared with negative control group,the level of serum COMP in other groups increased significantly at the end of 3 month (all P ＜ 0.05) and only the level of serum COMP in high-dose intervention group was significantly lower compared with that of positive control group(P ＜ 0.05).At the end of 5 month,compared with negative control group,the level of serum COMP in other three groups increased significantly,the difference were statistically significant (all P ＜ 0.05) ; the levels of serum COMP in the two intervention groups were significantly lower than that of positive control group(all P ＜ 0.05).At the ends of 3 month and 5 month,the content of urinary DPD in negative control group were[ (3.47 ± 2.20),(4.14 ± 1.06)μg/L],positive control group[ (4.09 ± 2.48),(4.33 ± 3.43)μg/L],high-dose intervention group[ (3.86 ± 2.31 ),(5.72 ± 3.89)μg/L] and low-dose intervention group[ (3.58 ± 2.77),(4.23 ± 2.90)μg/L].The difference between the 4 groups were not statistically significant (F =2.608,2.436,all P ＞ 0.05).ConclusionsType Ⅱ collagen could effectively reduce the level of serum CTX-Ⅱ and COMP in experimental rats and delay the process of articular cartilage damage induced by T-2 toxin.

ObjectiveTo study the impact of jogging mode on T-2 toxin-induced articular cartilage injury in rats,and to evaluate the role of movement in the development of bone and joint disease.MethodsA hundred Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups:negative control group(free activities in the cage),positive control group(firee activities in the cage),high-regulation group(regular exercise,the treadmill speed of 24 m/min),lowregulation group (regular exercise,the treadmill speed of 12 m/min) and the random group(random exercise,the treadmill speed of 12 or 24 n/min).The negative control group was fed on commercial grain fodder and other groups were fed on grain fodder contaminated with T-2 toxin.At the end of 5,10 weeks,the histopathological changes of hyaline cartilage were detected by optical microscope,and the level of serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) was determined.ResultsArticular cartilage lesions in each experimental group was evident,presented as cartilage cell degeneration,necrosis,karyopyknosis deeply stained,cells arranged in disorder and cell proliferation,articular dryness,and so on.Compared with the positive control group,the cartilage surface cells of rats in the movement groups showed degeneration,necrosis and loss of cells obviously.The injury in high-regulation group was the most serious than that in other movement groups,with the surface and the middle layer lesions,and a large area of cartilage necrosis,and loss of matrix collagen; cartilage degeneration,polarity disappeared,cell proliferation-based disorder showed in random group.The pathological changes of rat articular cartilage damage worsened with the extension of experimental period.The serum levels of COMP at week 5 in experimental groups were higher than that of both the negative control group and the positive control group,and the difference was statistically significant (F =15.733,P ＜ 0.05 ); compared with negative control group [ (11.55 ± 0.89)μg/L],the COMP levels in high-regulation group,low-regulation group,random group[(13.95 ± 1.23),(14.96 ± 1.29),( 12.99 ± 1.43)μg/L] were significantly higher(all P ＜ 0.05); compared with the positive control group[(12.32 ± 1.38) μg/L],the COMP levels in high-regulation group and low-regulation group were significantly higher(all P ＜ 0.05) ; and compared between the exercise groups,the COMP levels in low-regulatinn group were higher than that of random group(P ＜ 0.05).At week 10,the changes were in the same trend as that of week 5,and the difference between groups was statistically significant (F =6.144,P ＜ 0.05) ; and compared with the negative control group [(10.59 ± 1.93)μg/L],the COMP levels in high-regulation group,low-regulation group,random group [ ( 13.72 ± 2.67 ),( 14.94 ± 1.06 ),( 13.21 ± 1.58 ) μg/L] were significantly higher(all P ＜ 0.05) ; compared with the positive control group[ (11.45 ± 0.12)μg/L],the COMP levels in low-regulation group were significantly higher (P＜0.05); but compared with the exercise groups,the difference were not statistically significant(all P＞0.05).ConclusionsHigh-intensity regular running and irregular intensity running can increase the articular cartilage damage,and injury of articular cartilage by low-intensity treadmill exercise is not significant.

AIM To examine the effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor ligand (s) 4 carboxy 3 hydroxyphenyl glycine 〔(s) 4C3HPG〕 on kainic acid induced epileptic seizures and brain damage in rats. METHODS Rats were given (s) 4C3HPG (500 nmol/rat) by icv infusion prior to kainic acid (KA) injection ip(10 mg?kg -1 ). The behavoir changes, electrographic seizure duration and histological alterations between different group of rats were compared. RESULTS (s) 4C3HPG markedly reduced seizures severity in response to kainate. The seizure score in the rat with (s) 4C3HPG injection icv was significantly lower than that of control during the first three hours observation period after KA administration ( P

BACKGROUND:Individuals with different vertical facial types have different chin morphologies. For the individuals with different vertical facial types, what is the most beautiful chin morphology?
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of vertical facial types and chin morphology on facial profile attractiveness.
METHODS:Three beautiful females were selected, including one with high mandibular angle, one with average angle and one with low angle. Their facial profile photographs were taken. A series of new pictures were generated by the smal scale (2 mm per unit) modification of soft tissue chin in the sagittal direction and vertical direction. Raters consisting of 17 orthodontists and 35 laypersons were selected for aesthetic ratings, in order to evaluate the facial profile attractiveness of the individuals with different vertical facial types.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:There was no esthetic difference of vertical change in female with high angle;while slightly protrude chin was perceived to be more beautiful than retruded chin. For the female with average angle, lower chin was more attractive than higher chin;slightly protruded chin was beautiful than excessive protruded chin and retruded chin. For the individual with low angle, higher chin was preferred by raters;slightly protruded chin was more beautiful than excessive protruded chin and retruded chin.The results indicate that the effects of vertical facial types and chin morphology to facial profile attractiveness are different. In clinical orthodontic, vertical facial types should be taking into consideration to change the chin morphology of the patents, in order to obtain better profile attractiveness.

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