Objective To observe the effects and study the underlying mechanism of siRNA targeting PARP1 on the proliferation of androgen independent prostate cancer PC3 cell line.Methods Three specific siRNA sequences targeting PARP1 were designed and synthesized.And two sequences which had better interfering effect on the expression of PARP1 were evaluated and selected through lipofectamine transfection,RT-PCR and Western Blot.The effect of PARP1 silencing on the proliferation of PC3 cells was observed with MTS assay and the levels of the phosphorylation of Akt and GSK3β were detected by Western Blot.Results Compared to the blank control group,the transfected group with the negative control sequence had no significant impact on the expression of PARP1,however the transfected group with siRNA-1706,-2003 or-2907 could significantly suppress the mRNA and protein expression of PARP1.The mRNA inhibition rate reached to(52.07 ± 4.65)％,(44.38 ± 9.15)％ and(22.05 ± 6.65)％,respectively;and the protein inhibition rate reached to(86.86 ± 4.94)％,(83.30 ± 7.18)％ and(63.05 ± 10.19)％,respectively.The siRNA-1706 and-2003 could significantly inhibit the proliferation of PC3 cells;the inhibition rate was(38.93 ± 3.87)％ and(34.93 ± 1.21)％.And they also could down-regulate the intracellular levels of phosphorylated Akt and GSK3β in PC3 cells.Conclusion PARP1-targeted siRNA can significantly suppress the expression of endogenous PARP1 and inhibit the proliferation of PC3 cells,which is related to the inhibition of Akt activity and the activation of GSK3 β.

ObjectiveTo observe the clinical effects of mirabilite external application and neostigmine injection at Zusanli acupoint combined with Xuebijing intravenous injection on patients with severe sepsis.Methods A history-prospective controlled study was conducted. Patients with severe sepsis admitted to the Fourth People's Hospital of Jiangsu University from January 2012 to November 2015 were enrolled. Twenty-one cases admitted from January 2014 to November 2015 were assigned as a research group and treated with application of mirabilite external application, Zusanli acupoint injection of neostigmine combined with intravenous Xuebijing injection; 22 patients with Xubijing treatment from January 2012 to November 2015 were included in a Xubijing group; 21 patients with routine therapy from January 2012 to November 2013 were included in a control group. The changes of white blood cell count (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), mean arterial pressure (MAP), oxygenation index (OI), serum creatinine (SCr), acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHEⅡ) score, sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA), gastrointestinal function score, blood platelet count (PLT), plasma prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and D-dimmer in three groups before and after treatment were observed; the length of stay in ICU and the 28-day mortality were compared among the three groups. Results Compared with those before treatment, WBC, PCT, CRP, SCr, APACHE Ⅱ score, SOFA score, gastrointestinal function score, APTT, PT, and D-dimer were all obviously lower after treatment for 7 days in various groups; OI, MAP, PLT were significantly higher, and the improvement degree of WBC, PCT, CRP, SCr, APACHE Ⅱ score, SOFA score, gastrointestinal function score, OI in research group was more significant than those of control group and Xubijing group [WBC (×109/L): 7.52±0.75 vs. 12.87±4.13, 10.88±0.66, PCT (μg/L): 1.14±0.55 vs. 6.32±1.39, 3.47±1.94, CRP (mg/L): 21.0±9.2 vs. 65.0±13.6, 35.0±13.9, OI (mmHg, 1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa): 357.0±20.4 vs. 295.0±20.4, 309.0±21.4, SCr (μmol/L): 7.89±2.35 vs. 14.33±9.17, 11.27±4.65, APACHE Ⅱ score: 10.38±0.75 vs. 18.27±2.57, 13.09±4.10, SOFA score: 1.05±0.66 vs. 6.01±2.33, 3.26±1.03, gastrointestinal function score: 0.31±0.11 vs. 2.01±0.46, 1.85±0.29, all P < 0.05], the improvement of PLT, APTT, PT, D-dimer indicators in the research group was more significant than those in control group, but the above improvement compared with that in Xubijing group, no statistically significant difference was found [PLT (×109/L): 220.32±32.44 vs. 105.56±44.03, 170.56±54.03, APTT (s): 30.16±5.23 vs. 39.09±10.11, 29.56±6.85, PT (s): 10.74±1.25 vs. 13.56±4.65, 10.05±1.44, D-dimer (mg/L): 1.13±1.98 vs. 4.03±2.65, 1.13±0.54]. The length of stay in ICU was shortened in research group than that in control group and Xubijing group (days: 13.23±9.45 vs. 25.22±15.46, 18.56±10.33, P < 0.05); the 28-day mortality was significantly lower in the research group than that in the control group [28.6% (6/21) vs. 47.6% (10/21), P < 0.05], but there was no statistically significant difference compared with that in Xubijing group [28.6% (6/21) vs. 31.8% (7/22), P > 0.05]. Conclusions The treatment of mirabilite external application and neostigmine injection at Zusanli acupoint combined with Xuebijing intravenous injection can obviously improve the clinical symptoms, blood coagulation indexes and organ functions, reduce the levels of inflammatory indexes, shorten the time of the length of stay in ICU and elevate the survival rate of patients with severe sepsis.

Circular RNA (circRNA) is a widely present endogenous noncoding RNA that is covalently bonded at the 3' and 5' ends via trans-splicing to form a closed-loop structure with high stability, biological evolutionary conservatism,and tissue expression specificity. CircRNA has important biological functions, such as playing the role of microRNA (miRNA) sponge, regulating the expression of a par-ent gene, and improving transcription and translation levels. In gastrointestinal tumor, circRNA mainly plays the role of miRNA sponge, which affects the proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and invasion of cancer cells. In addition, circRNA was specifically expressed in the tumor, and the expression level significantly differs from that of paracancer. Therefore, a highly conserved and stable circRNA se-quence is expected to be an early diagnosis and prognostic marker for gastrointestinal tumor. In this study, we review research advanc-es on circRNA and its relationship with gastrointestinal cancers (esophageal, gastric, colorectal, and liver cancers).

α1-Antitrypsin (α1-AT) belongs to serine protease inhibitor (Serpin) superfamily and is the main protease inhibitor in human circulation. It can inhibit many proteases to protect tissues from digradation. The mutant Z (Glu342Lys) of α1-AT predisposes to the early onset of emphysema due to decreased functional α1-AT in the lung and to neonatal hepatitis due to accumulation of α1-AT polymers in the endoplasmic reticulum of hepatocytes, which disrupts the balance between protease and protease inhibitors. This paper reviews recent research progress on the pathogenic mechanism and the prognosis of α1-antitrypsin deficiency.

ABSTRACT:To explore the feasibility of DNA barcoding in the identification of sandflies ,the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) genes of 9 dominant species in China from three genera in the Phlebotominae were studied .The in‐traspecies and interspecies genetic distances were calculated using the Kimura‐2‐parameter model ,and the phylogenetic trees were reconstructed by neighbor‐joining (NJ) method .Results showed that all of sandflies species were successfully distinguish‐ed by the phylogenetic trees .The average intraspecific genetic distance (0 .8% ) was much less than the average interspecific ge‐netic distance (11 .2% ) .The study based on COI sequences indicates that the sandflies from China could be well distinguished with the commonly used COI barcodes ,which are potentially well utilized in sandflies species identification .

In contemporary studies of pulse and of the relationship between sphygmo-diagram and syndrome types or diseases, pulse instrument is usually applied to trace the sphygmo-diagram. A comparatively systemic theory about pulse diagnosis has been formed, and it promotes the pulse researching process. But the mechanism of pulse is complicated and the expressive information of pulse is diversity. So it is difficult to record the complicated information of pulse by applying the instrument. In addition, the simplicity in methods of tracing and analyzing sphygmo-diagram and the lack of criterion for syndrome differentiation make it difficult to study the relationship between the sphygmo-diagram and the syndrome types. It's important to lay stress on clinical applying, to promote communication among researchers, to unify the standards of pulse instrument and syndrome differentiation, and to reinforce the research on the relationship between sphygmo-diagram and the syndrome types. The government's support is also needed to promote multi-science cooperation at the same time.

Objective To study efficacy and safety of cilazapril in treating patients with essential hypertension.Method 115 patients with hypertension were divided randomly into two groups:59 were treated with cilazapril and 56 were treated with enalopril.All the patients were washed out for one week,then took 2.5 mg cilazapril or 10 mg enalapril once a day in each group respectively for 8 weeks.If blood pressure was not reduced 2 weeks later,hydrochlorothiazide was added. Result The effective rate of cilazapril and enalapril was 89.8% and 91.1% respectively.The SBP and DBP reduced from 153±15 mmHg and 104±9 mmHg to 131±11 mmHg and 91±8 mmHg respectively in cilazapril group,and from 155±12 mmHg and 102±10 mmHg to 139±14 mmHg and 90±9 mmHg respectively in enalapril group.There were no significant differences in two groups. No side effects were observed in two groups. Conclusion Cilazapril is an effective and safe agent in treatment of mild and moderate essential hypertesion.

The treatment status and progress in T cell lymphoma including epigenetic involved mutations that control DNA and histone methylation were reported and intensively discussed in 2014 international T cell lymphoma forum.According to the theory,treatment with HDAC inhibitor belinostat and romidepsin for peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL) can achieve 29 ％-38 ％ overall response rate (ORR) and 13.6 months median relief time.NK/T cell lymphoma in southeast asia is a common malignant lymphoma,15 ％-28 ％ of the NHL accounted in China and Japan for,which is significantly higher than that in the European and American countries,mainly related to EB virus widespread infection.L-asparaginase enzymes,such as SMILE and AspMetDex,can make the early cases with more than 70 ％ long-term survival rate,advanced cases with 40 ％ response rate.Some new drugs,such as pralatrexate,combined with romidepsin can be used in PTCL cases to improve the complete remission rate.

Objective To study the prevalence of tick bites and relative factors of outpatients with fever from health care fa?cilities in Tengchong County. Methods From July to August,2014,the outpatients with fever in five health care facilities namely Tengchong Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Hehua Health Center,Jietou Health Center,Qushi Health Cen?ter and Xinhua Health Center were investigated by questionnaires. The factors related to tick bites were explored with the univari?ate analysis and multiple regression models. Results Totally 884 effect questionnaires were acquired. Among the 884 partici?pants,85(9.6%)had experienced tick bites. The frequency of tick bites was associated with locations,gender,age group,own?ership of cattle,working at foreign country,firewood cutting and lumbering in the forest(all P<0.05). The multiple regression revealed that the male and people raising cattle,working at foreign country,engaging in firewood cutting and lumbering in the forest had a more risk for tick bites. Conclusions Tick bites are common in the residents of Tengchong County. The risk of be?ing bitten varies in different populations. The local health departments should promote health education in the high?risk popula?tion to reduce the risk of infecting tick?borne diseases.

Aim To investigate apoptosis induced by 3,3'-diethyl-9-methylthia-carbocyanine iodide(DMTCCI) , an inhibitor of DNA primase found in our previous study, and the mechanism of DMTCCI in human myelogenous leukemia HL-60 cells. Methods HL-60 cells were cultured in RPMI-1640 medium and treated with different concentrations of DMTCCI. MTT assay was used to detect growth inhibition.Flow cytometry and DNA ladders were used to detect apoptosis. Western blotting was used to observe the expression of survivin, Bcl-xL, Bad, Bax, Bcl-2, caspase-9, caspase-3, caspase-6, PARP, DFF45 and lamin B protein. Caspase-3 activity was measured by ApoAlert Caspase-3 Assay Kit. Results DMTCCI inhibited proliferation of human leukemia HL-60 cells with IC50 value of 0. 24 μmol · L-1. The results of flow cytometry and DNA ladders showed that DMTCCI could induce apoptosis of HL-60 cells. The expression levels of protein survivin and Bcl-xL were down-regulated, Bad and Bax were up-regulated,while Bcl-2 protein had no change in response to DMTCCI treatment in HL-60 cells. Treatment of HL-60cells with DMTCCI induced the proteolytic cleavage of caspase-9, caspase-3, caspase-6, PARP, DFF45and lamin B protein. Caspase-3 activity apparently increased at 3 h and reached a peak at 12 h after exposure to 1 μmol · L-1 of DMTCCI in HL-60 cells. Conclusion DMTCCI inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of human leukemia HL-60 cells. Bcl-2 family proteins, survivin and caspases family proteins might playa role in the apoptosis process induced by DMTCCI.