The practice of English teaching of microbiology course using the original edition of Microbiology (Prescott LM et al., 5e, 2002) as textbook have been carried out for two years for undergraduate students majoring in Biology. The strengths of this book are comprehensive coverage, flexibility of organizing, and emphasis on the enhancing the overall ability of students. Its content is excellent with fundamental knowledge, systematic arrangement and up-to-date currency, which helps instructor to construct a suitable system in the course structure and curriculum, as well as to enrich the teaching content and to increase teaching effectiveness. The selection of original edition of English textbook in microbiology course is useful to train high-quality biological talents possessing international view and the adaptive ability of globalization process.

OBJECTIVETo discuss the clinical effects and superiority of applying external fixation and bone transport to treat osteomyelitis and bone defect of femoral bone.

METHODSFrom August 2008 to December 2013,16 patients with osteomyelitis and bone defect of femoral bone were treated including 11 males and 5 females with an average age of 42 years old ranging from 13 to 62 years old. The average course of disease was 18 months ranging from 2 months to 4.5 years, and the average length of bone defect was 7.8 cm ranging from 4.5 to 15 cm. The bone defect of all cases were treated by external fixation and bone transport, the bone transport began at 1 week after operation, 1 mm per day and 4 times per day.

RESULTSAll patients were followed up for 10 to 36 months (means 22.5 months). One patient did not cooperate with treatment leads to the failure, then took the amputation. The remaining 15 cases of osteomyelitis were under control, including 12 cases of bone transport achieved one stage bone union, 3 cases achieved bone union via bone graft from iliac bone. The bone union time was 5 to 13 months(means 7.9 months). Thirteen patients almost obtained the same length of two lower extremities,2 patients had shortening of 1.5 to 2 cm. The time of moving the external fixation was from 6 to 16 months (means 9.3 months).

CONCLUSIONApplication of external fixation and bone transport is an effective method in treating the osteomyelitis and bone defect that can control the infection, eradicate wounds, and be the equalization of limb length.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Bone Transplantation ; External Fixators ; Female ; Femur ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Osteomyelitis ; surgery

Objective To produce a kind of biliary stent with Mitomycin C-eliting and evaluate the availability and safety in biliary benign stricture model of rabbit.Methods 36 New Zealand rabbits were fulgurize choledochus to establish model of biliary benign stricture.Rabbits were randomly divided into Mitomycin C-eluting stent group 1 (n =12),polyurethane stent group 2 (n =12) and control group 3 (n =12) one month later.General conditions,survival of the animals and changes in liver function were observed after surgery.The histological changes of bile duct were observed after 30 days.The immunohistochemistry SP method was used to measure transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and α-Smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression.Results Stricture was improved in the two stent groups.In Mitomycin C-Eluting stent group total bilirubin dropped from 5.56 μmol/l to 0.82 μmol/l,and in polyurethane stent group total bilirubin dropped from 6.72 μmol/1 to 0.87 μmol/l.The total bilirubin decreased in both two stent groups but no statistically significant between the two stent groups,and there were no improvement in control group.Diameter of the stricture bile duct in group 1 was expanded bigger than in group 2 according to histology observation.Inflammatory cell infiltration and collagen fibroplasia in the submucosal were obviously observed in control group.The immunohistochemistry results showed that the TGF-β1 and α-SMA strongly expressed in the stenosis bile duct of group 3.The expressions in group 2 were lower than group 3,but higher than in group 1.And there was significant difference between the two stent groups (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The new Mitomycin C-Eluting stent is safe and provides enhanced local drug delivery.It also can inhibit the form of Biliary scar to a certain degree.

A novel reverse emulsification-phase transition process was designed to prepare alginate-based nanocapsules in the present study. Ca alginate nanocapsules with an average hydrodynamic diameter below 300 nm were obtained by adjusting surfactant and alginate concentration. Instrumental analysis observations revealed a morphologically spherical shape with a relatively uniform size distribution without aggregation.?-potential measurements indicated an topically electrostatically negative nature of capsules in neutral aqueous solution. These nanocapsules were proven to have an equivalent potency to stimulate the maturation of dendritic cells originated from CD14 positive cells isolated from human peripheral blood. Protein loading via covalent conjugation was demonstrated feasible with EDC/NHS facilitated reaction between carboxyl and amino groups. These nanocapsules are considered to have important applications as a new adjuvant in cancer cell therapy, vaccine design and targeted drug delivery for active components of protein nature.

Lipids of Thamnidium elegans,Mortierella ramanninace,Rhizopus arrhizus,Pythium irregulare and Rhodotorulla aurantiaca were extracted by Soxhlet extraction,supercritical-CO 2 fluid extraction,acid-heating extraction and organic solvent extraction,respectively.Four extraction methods were evaluated on sample treatment,minimum sample quantity,requirements of apparatus,ability of treating sample and content of lipid.The components of fatty acids were analysed by gas chromatography.Soxhlet extraction can acquired maximum lipid content,but it took the most time.Supercritical-CO 2 fluid extraction and acid-heating extraction has a same lipid content which was lower than that of Soxhlet extraction.Acid-heating extraction was the most handy,and its ability to treat sample in a hour was the most powerful.Organic solvent extraction was less efficient.Acid-heating extraction was a simple and efficient method of fungi lipid extraction fitting to breed mutant strains that highly producting lipid and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

OBJECTIVETo study diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) in patients with hematologic malignancies after chemotherapy and discuss the possible etiology and appropriate therapy.

METHODSSymptoms, physical examinations, laboratory examination, chest radiographs or computed tomographic (CT) scans, treatments and outcomes of two patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) each after chemotherapy were presented.

RESULTSBoth of the patients developed cough, progressive dyspnea, a drop of hemoglobin level, hypoxemia and widespread pulmonary infiltrate on chest radiographs or CT scans after chemotherapy. Moreover, case 1 (ALL) had high fever and bloody fluid drained from the intubation of mechanical ventilation, case 2 (NHL) developed continual hemoptysis. They were diagnosed as DAH and improved significantly after intermediate- or high-dose corticosteroid therapy.

CONCLUSIONSDAH is a rare fatal acute noninfectious pulmonary complication in patients with hematologic malignancies after chemotherapy. Early accurate diagnosis, identifying the underlying cause and appropriate treatment are critical for the management of DAH.

Adult ; Aged ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; drug therapy ; etiology ; Humans ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin ; drug therapy ; Male ; Methylprednisolone ; therapeutic use ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; drug therapy ; Pulmonary Alveoli

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ; diagnosis ; microbiology ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; diagnosis ; microbiology ; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid ; microbiology ; Female ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Male ; Methenamine ; Pneumocystis carinii ; isolation & purification ; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis ; diagnosis ; microbiology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Silver Staining ; methods

Osteoclasts are multinucleated giant cell, which derived from mononuclear myeloid hematopoietic stem cells with the function of bone absorption. Osteoclasts plays a key role in bone metabolism, therefore the body is very strict to regulation of osteoclastogenesis. Mobilization and differentiation of osteoclast maturation is a complex and sophisticated multi-level regulatory processes. In the relevant regulatory mechanisms, OPG/RANKL/RANK system plays a pivotal role in the process of osteoclast differentiation and maturation. Recent studies revealed that immune cells and osteoclasts were closely connect with each other in the field of bone metabolism, also provide a new therapeutic target for the treatment of bone diseases. The apoptosis of osteoclasts in bone metabolism have been payed more attention,while its mechanism is still not clear, which need further research.
Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Humans ; Osteoclasts ; cytology ; metabolism ; Osteoprotegerin ; genetics ; metabolism ; RANK Ligand ; metabolism ; Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B ; genetics ; metabolism

MP-Rep fusion gene which size is about 1000bp was constructed by recombinant PCR technique.In order to construct fusion gene,Tobacco mosaic virus(TMV) partial movement protein gene(MP) and Cucumber mosaic virus(CMV) partial replicase gene(rep) were ligated.Two copies of MP-Rep fusion gene were ligated with soybean intron in inverted repeat manner,the recombinant fragments were then inserted into binary vector pBIN438 under the control of 35S promoter.Recombinant clone pBIN438-MP-Rep(i/r) which contained two different virus derived genes was constructed.Recombinant clone pBIN438-MP-Rep(i/r) in accord with expected design was certified by restriction endonuclease enzymes digestion and PCR analysis.This approach provides a basis for Broad-spectrum plant virus resistance mediated by RNA Silencing.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of losartan on prostatic hyperplasia in spontaneous hypertension rats (SHRs) and its pathophysiological mechanism.

METHODSWe randomly divided 36 male SHRs into three groups of equal number to be treated intragastrically with high-dose losartan (30 mg per kg per d), low-dose losartan (15 mg per kg per d) and distilled water (control group). After 6 weeks of intervention, we measured the body weight and tail artery blood pressure of the rats and compared them with the baseline data. We collected blood from the heart for determination of the levels of serum angiotensin II (Ang II), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and harvested their prostates for measurement of their weight, observation of the tissue ultrastructures under the electron microscope and detection of the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in the prostate tissue by immunohistochemistry.

RESULTSCompared with the control group, the low- and high-dose losartan groups showed significant decreases in systolic blood pressure ([203.75 +/- 10.28] vs [184.54 +/- 16.90] mmHg, P = 0.013; [203.75 +/- 10.28] vs [166.88 +/- 14.74] mmHg, P = 0.001) and diastolic blood pressure ([151.58 +/- 9.96] vs [136.71 +/- 14.28] mmHg, P = 0.022; [151.58 +/- 9.96] vs [122.71 +/- 11.56] mmHg, P < 0.001) of the lower tail artery after treatment, as well as in the prostate weight ([0.73 +/- 0.08] vs [0.64 +/- 0.10] mg, P = 0.011; [0.73 +/- 0.08 ] vs [0.50 +/- 0.17] mg, P < 0.001). Electron microscopy revealed edema of the basal and columnar epithelial cells, concentrated and marginated heterochromatin and widened nuclear gap of interstitial fibroblast nuclei, and reduced mitochondria and endoplasmic reticula in the low-dose losartan group, and even more obvious in the high-dose group. The level of serum Ang II was remarkably higher in the low- and high-dose losartan groups than in the control ([61.32 +/- 2.49] vs [54.85 +/- 7.20] pg/ml, P = 0.021; [65.49 +/- 6.78] vs [54.85 +/- 7.20] pg/ml, P < 0.001]) , that of serum IGF-1 was lower in high-dose losartan than in the control group ([1.50 +/- 0.11] vs [1.60 +/- 0.10] ng/ml, P = 0.03), but the serum IL-6 levels exhibited no significant differences among the three groups. The expression of eNOS in the prostate tissue was significantly higher in the losartan groups than in the controls (P = 0.022), even higher in the high-dose than in the low-dose group.

CONCLUSIONLosartan can suppress the progression of prostate hyperplasia in spontaneous hypertension rats by inhibiting RAS, IGF-1 and angiogenesis.

Angiotensin II ; blood ; Animals ; Antihypertensive Agents ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Hypertension ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I ; metabolism ; Interleukin-6 ; blood ; Losartan ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Male ; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III ; metabolism ; Prostate ; drug effects ; metabolism ; pathology ; Prostatic Hyperplasia ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred SHR