AIDS Vaccines ; immunology ; Animals ; Cytokines ; genetics ; immunology ; Female ; HIV-1 ; immunology ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Vaccines, DNA ; immunology

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Constipation ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Defecation ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult

Amblyopia is a developmental abnormality that results from physiological alterations in the visual cortex and impairs form vision. Based on multimedia, visual perceptual learning was widely applied in amblyopia treatment. Perceptual learning provided an impor-tant new method for treating amblyopia both in children and adults, and it reflects alterations of neural responses in the visual pathway. The therapeutic efficacy of perceptual learning was related to age, amblyopic types and degrees, training time and programs closely.

Tegument protein VP22 is encoded by Pseudorabies Virus (PRV) UL49. To identify the nuclear localization signals of UL49, it is necessary to determine the transport mechanism and biological functions of the VP22 protein. In this study, we identified two nuclear localization signals from UL49, NLS1 (5RKTRVA ADETASGARRR21) and NLS2 (241PGRKGKV247). The functional nuclear localization signal (NLS) of UL49 was identified by constructing truncated or site-specific UL49 mutants. The deletion of both NLS1 and NLS2 abrogated UL49 nuclear accumulation, whereas the deletion of NLS1 or NLS2 did not. Therefore, both NLS1 and NLS2 are critical for the nuclear localization of UL49. And our resuts showed that NLS2 is more important in this regard.
Animals ; COS Cells ; Cell Nucleus ; metabolism ; virology ; Cercopithecus aethiops ; Herpesvirus 1, Suid ; chemistry ; genetics ; metabolism ; Humans ; Nuclear Localization Signals ; Protein Transport ; Pseudorabies ; metabolism ; virology ; Viral Structural Proteins ; chemistry ; genetics ; metabolism

This paper studied the relationship between apolipoprotein E isoforms and hyperlipidemia among 92 cases of diabetes mellitus, 174 cases with impaired glucose tolerance and 124 sex-age-matched controls. The results demonstrated that the patients with abnormal glucose tolerance had higher frequency of E2/3 isoforms and lower frequency of E, / , in com parison with controls. Hyperlipoproteinemia were mainly related to hyperglycemia but the Apo E isoforms which ex pressed different alleles also associated with hyperlipoproteinemia.

Objective To evaluate the difference in efficacy and safety between ~(131)Ⅰand antithyroid drugs (ATD)in the treatment of Graves'disease in children and adolescents.Methods MEDLINE(1966-2005), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials(Cochrane Library Issue 2,2006),EMBASE(1984-2004), CBMDISK(1978-2005)and CNKI(1994-2006)were searched by computer.Isotopes(1989-2004),Radiologia Pratica(1986-2005),Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism(1985-2004),and Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America(1988-2001)were manually searched.Trials comparatively analyzed ~(131)Ⅰand antithyroid drugs on the treatment of Graves'disease in children and adolescents were included.The quality of the study methodologies such as randomization,blinding and allocation concealment was evaluated and meta-analysis was performed by Revman 4.2 software.Results Five non-randomized controlled trials involving 538 patients were included.Among these trials one was prospective and the rest were all retrospective.~(131)Ⅰwas more effective in increasing the complete remission and decreasing the rate of recurrence as compared with ATD,but the rate of hypothyroidism was significantly increased after ~(131)Ⅰtreatment.Conclusion Based on the five studies,the evidence suggests that ~(131)Ⅰtherapy is effective and safe for children and adolescents,and the total curative effects in Graves'disease are superior to ATD.However great shortage of randomized controlled trial(RCT),and problems concerning randomization,blind method,follow-up and statistic analysis still exist in clinical controlled trials, hence more RCT with high quality should be conducted.

AIM To evaluate the anti-angiogenesis action of Bevacizumab on corneal neovascularization(CNV) in rats induced by alkali burns.·METHODS: 20 Health Wistar rats, aging from 6 to 8 weeks and weighting from 170g to 190g from 170g to 190g were prepared for CNV animal models. Both corneas of each animal in experimental were cauterized with alkali, then all rats were randomly divided into four groups (each group have 5 rats and 10 corneas), the both corneas of each rats were received subconjunctival Bevacizumab in different dosage (group 2, 0.5rag; group 3, 1.0mg; group 4, 2.0mg)and the group 1 received carrier solution. The occurrence and development ofCNVwereobservedbyslit-lamp microscope, and length and area of CNV were calculated. All rats were followeded up 16 days after alkali burns. The 40 corneas were taken for histopathological examination. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were detected in all rat corneas by immunohistochemistry method. ·RESULTS: In the bevacizumabotreated eyes, the vascular area was lower than in the control eyes. The treated group was statistical differences compared with the control group; when vascular area were compared between the treated groups, no statistical differences were observed. The histopathological findings showed that the inflammation cells and the neovascularity in each treated group were significantly fewer than that in the control group. The expression of VEGF markedly increased in CNV control group compared with bevacizumab-injected group. ·CONCLUSION: Subconjunctival application of a certain concentrations Bevacizumab could inhibit angiogenesis in rats corneas induced by alkali burns.

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Exercise Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; injuries ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Diseases ; therapy ; Sprains and Strains ; therapy ; Young Adult

Endocardial fibroelastosis(EFE) is a rare heart disease with a thickening of the endocardium by layers of collagenous and elastic fibres.Patients with EFE have diastolic and systolic heart failure.With the improvement of medicine,some progress has been achieved in EFE research.This article gave a comprehensive review to deepen the understanding of EFE.

Objective To study the clinical value of plasma BNP level in evaluation cardiac function of children with left-to-right shunt congenital heart disease.Methods 32 children with left-to-right shunt congenital heart disease were selected as the observation group.Then according to the heart load capacity,the observation group children were further divided into right ventricular group(14 cases) and left ventricular group(18 cases).20 cases of normal children were selected as the control group.Then plasma BNP level was determined by ELISA and the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),left ventricular end diastolic diameter(LVEDD),right ventricular end diastolic diameter(RVEDD),pulmonary blood flow/systemic blood flow ratio (Qp/Qs) and left heart Tei indices were determined by echocardiography.Results In the right ventricular group,the BNP level was (360.21 ± 56.78) ng/L,LVEDD was (35.71 ± 6.98) mm,RVEDD was (25.04 ± 5.52) mm,Qp/Qs was (1.74 ± 0.24) and left heart Tei index was (0.34 ±0.12).And in the left ventricular group,the BNP level was (384.57 ±55.18) ng/L,LVEDD was (45.27 ±7.26)mm,RVEDD was (12.34 ±2.18)mm,Qp/Qs was (1.78 ±0.19) and left heart Tei index was (0.36 ±0.11),which were significantly higher than those in the control group (F =307.00,18.92,84.24,91.47,3.44,all P ＜ 0.05).LVEF of the observation group had no obvious difference compared with the control group (F =1.51,P ＞0.05).The plasma BNP level of the right ventricular group was positively correlated with RVEDD,Qp/Qs and left heart Tei index (r =0.634,0.721,0.647,all P ＜ 0.05).The plasma BNP level of the left ventricular group was positively correlated with LVEDD,Qp/Qs and left heart Tei index(r =0.547,0.794,0.745,all P ＜ 0.05).There was no correlation between the plasma BNP level and LVEF of the observation group.Conclusion The plasma BNP level can help evaluation the early cardiac function of children with left-to-right shunt congenital heart disease,and combined with echocardiography can accurately reflect the early cardiac function of the left-to-right shunt congenital heart disease,which can provide basis for the clinical diagnosis and treatment.