Objective To explore the pathologic feature of children with kidney disease.Methods A retrospective analysis on renal bio-psy findings in 246 cases of children patients.Pathological classification was made according to the modified WHO criteria of 1995 for renal pathology.Results Of the 246 children,104 cases were diagnosed as primary glomerulonephritis,accounting for 42.28% of the total cases,136 cases as secondary glomerulonephritis,accounting for 42.28%,3 cases as hereditary nephritis,accounting for 1.22%,and 3 cases as unclassified renal disease,accounting for 1.22%.In primary glomerulonephritis,66 cases were diagnosed as nephrotic syndrome,23 cases as persistent glomeruloneplritis,8 cases as acute nephritis syndrome,3 cases as chronic nephritis syndrome,2 cases as isolated proteinuria,1 case as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis,1 case as isolated hematuria.IgA nephropathy was the most frequent pathological type,accounting for 15.85%(39 cases),followed by mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis,minimal change disease,endocapillary proliferative glomerulinephritis,IgM nephropathy,membranous nephropathy,focal segmental glomerulosclerosis,and minor lesion nephropathy.In secondary glomerulonephritis,Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis accounting for 48.37%(119 cases),followed by hepatitis B virus associated nephritis(11 cases) and lupus nephritis(6 cases).In hereditary nephritis,there were 2 cases with thin glomerular basement disease and 1 case with Alport syndrome.Conclusions Among the 246 cases of renal biopsy data,the secondary glomerulonephritis,especially Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis,is more common than primary glomerulonephritis.In primary glomerular diseases,IgA nephropathy is the most frequent pathological type.

Object To study the chemical constituents from the roots of Gerbera piloselloides Cass Methods The compounds were isolated using RA polystyrene resin and silica gel column chromatography, and the structures of these compounds were elucidated by means of spectral analysis Results Arbutin, daphnetin 8 O ? D glucopyranoside, 2, 6 dimethoxy 4 hydroxyphenol 1 O ? D glucopyranoside, koaburaside, glucosyringic acid, marmesinin were elucidated Conclusion Compounds Ⅱ Ⅵ were isolated from Gerbera L ex Cass for the first time

Objective To provide references for building the medical rehabilitation system in China by learning the progress and compliance of rehabilitation departments construction at tertiary hospitals. Methods Comparative and quantitative methods were used for dynamic analysis qualitative interview to learn the index compliance of the hospitals in question in 201 1-2012.Results Compared with 201 1, average days of stay of the rehabilitation departments declined in general,yet with insufficient therapists;introduction of early rehabilitation intervention was but 57.1%,and the functional assessment rate of rehabilitation service was less than satisfactory.Conclusion Lack of manpower,varying levels of medical rehabilitation services,and neglect for functional assessment were found to be the main problems in construction of medical rehabilitation departments for the time being.

The key challenge to generate engineered cells by synthetic biology for producing 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) in a high titer is the match between functional module and chassis. Our study focused on solving this problem by combining different promoters and yeast chassis to increase 7-DHC production. To optimize the chassis in order to accumulate zymosterol, the substrate for 7-DHC synthesis, we overexpressed truncated HMG-CoA reductase (tHmglp) and squalene epoxidase (Erglp), both are key genes of yeast endogenous zymosterol biosynthetic pathway. In addition, we knocked out C-24 methyl transferase (Erg6p) and C-22 dehydrogenase (Erg5p) to inhibit the conversion of zymosterol to ergosterol. By introducing heterologous C-24 reductase under three promoters with different strengths, namely TDH3p, PGK1p and TDH1p, we constructed functional modules of diverse activities. Nine engineeredcells were generated based on the combination of these three modules and three chassis. The result shows that the engineered cell composed of functional module regulated by TDH3p and chassis SyBE_000956 had the highest 7-DHC production, indicating a better match than others. This study provides evidences for importance of match and empirical support for rational design of subsequent researches.
Cholesterol ; metabolism ; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System ; genetics ; Dehydrocholesterols ; metabolism ; Gene Knockout Techniques ; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases ; metabolism ; Industrial Microbiology ; Methyltransferases ; genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; genetics ; metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins ; genetics ; Synthetic Biology

This study was aimed to establish an HPLC method for the content determination ofepimedin A, epimedinB,epimedinC,epimedium glycoside,baohuosideI in epimedium flavonoids capsule. The elusion was performed on an Eclipse Plus C18column (250 mm× 4.6 mm, 5μm). The mobile phase was composed of acetonitrile and water with a gradient elution. The flow rate was set at 1 mL·min-1. The detection wave length was set at 270 nm. The column temperature was 25℃. The results showed that the linear ranges of epimedin A,epimedinB,epimedinC,epimedium glycoside,baohuosideI were 3.10-62.00μg·mL-1, 5.70-114.00μg·mL-1, 9.14-182.80μg·mL-1, 15.20-304.00μg·mL-1, and 1.56-31.20μg·mL-1, respectively. The correlation coefficientr was more than 0.999 3. The average recoveries were 101.06% (RSD = 1.05%,n = 6), 100.78% (RSD = 1.08%,n = 6), 99.17% (RSD = 1.14%,n = 6), 100.23% (RSD = 0.68%,n = 6), and 99.09% (RSD = 1.30%,n = 6), respectively. This experiment was precise, reproducible and stable. It was concluded that the method was simple and accurate, which provided a certain reference value for the multi-component assaying of epimedium flavonoids capsule.

Objective Two insect resistance genes Bacillus thuringiensis(Bt) crystal protein gene CryIA(c) and cowpea trypsin inhibitor gene CpTI were introduced into tetraploid Isatis indigotica to enhance the resistance to moths.Methods I.indigotica was transformed with a plasmid,pGBI121S4ABC,containing CryIA(c) Bt and CpTI and the selectable gene(Npt-Ⅱ) driven by the CaMV35S promoter via Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404 mediated transformation.Then PCR and Southern blotting assay were conducted followed by moth bioassay test.Results Co-transgenic rate of the two genes in tetraploid I.indigotica was 16.67%.The integration and expression of introduced genes in T0 regenerated transgenic plants were confirmed by Southern blotting assays.Insect bioassay test demonstrated transgenic lines had significant inhibition to moths,compared with wild type control.Conclusion Co-transformation of Bt and CpTI genes is an effective strategy to enhance the resistance to moths for tetraploid I.indigotica.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Chronic Disease ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mastoiditis ; surgery ; Middle Aged ; Otitis Media with Effusion ; surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult

ObjectiveTo investigate the risk factors for contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) after endovascular therapy in patients with peripheral arterial diseases and to evaluate the conformance of serum cystatin C (Cys C) and serum creatinine in diagnosis of CIN. Methods In this prospective,single center study,in-hospital patients with peripheral arterial diseases undergoing non-emergency endovascular therapy from July 2010 to April 2011 in our hospital were enrolled.CIN was defined asScr increase ≥25％ after angiography.General clinical characteristics and blood biochemical parameters were compared between the non-CIN and CIN groups.Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine risk factors.Changes compared to baseline level in serum creatinine and Cys C at predefined time-points were evaluated.Results A total of 367 patients were enrolled in the study.The proportions of patients with diabetes mellims and treatment with diuretics before angiography,contrast-media dosage were significantly higher in the CIN group than those in non-CIN group (P＜0.05,＜0.01,＜0.01).Logistic regression analysis indicated that diabetes mellitus,contrast-media dosage were risk factors for CIN.Several serum Cys C increase criteria at 24 hours after contrast media exposure all had low sensitivity for predicting a Scr increase ≥25％.Only small overlapped regions were found in Venn diagram between several increasing criteria according to serum Cys C and serum creatinine criterion. Conclusions Diabetes mellitus,contrast-media dosage are independent risk factors for CIN.The results of several increasing criteria according to serum Cys C in evaluating contrast-induced AKI are not coincident well with that of serum creatinine criterion.

A total of 40 patients with COPD (excluding those with correlated/relevant diseases)were measured for inflammation parameters of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and c-reactive protein (CRP) after hospital admission and some coagulation/fibrinolysis parameters including D-dimer,thrombinantithrombin (TAT),prothrombin fragment 1 + 2,(tissue plasminogen activator) tPA,plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1),von Willebrand factor (von WF),endothelin receptor A,thromboxane B2,P-selectin and pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) by ultrasonic cardiography after the settling of the symptons of acute period.All patients were then divided into 2 groups according to PAP [＜ 40 mm Hg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) (n=24),＞40 mm Hg (n=16)].The values of CRP and ESRin the group with PAP ＞ 40 mm Hg were significantly higher than those in another group (P =0.044 and P =0.002respectively) while tPA was lower (P =0.04).A moderate positive correlation existed between tPA and TXB2 (r =0.547).Moreover,a highly positive correlation was found between TXB2 and PAl-1 (r =0.929).The results indicated that the COPD patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) tend to have a higher level of inflammation,and their fibrinolysis becomes impaired leading to a prothrombotic state.

Objective To investigate the effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene modified neural stem cells (NSCs)transplantation on cerebral ischemic injury in rats.Methods NSCs from newborn rat hippocampus were isolated,cultured in a medium containing fibroblast factor (FGF) in vitro. Their proliferation and differentiation were detected by immunohistochemistry.Virus vectors pLXSN-BDNF were built and BDNF were transfected into NSCs.Biological activity were detected to obtained engineering stem cells of BDNF protein with secretary activity.Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) models were made and transplanted with NSCs-BDNF by stereotaxic technique.The effect of transplantation on MCAO models was evaluated histologically and behaviorally.Results Statistical analysis showed that the behavioral performance of the animals improved after transplantation (Longa mark being 1.343?0.293 four weeks after stem cell transplantation).The number of hippocampal dentate gyrus neurons increased to 87.5%?6.6% , four weeks after stem cell transplantation on Nissle stained hippocampal sections,which was significantly different from that of controls.Positively BrdU stained neural stem cells revealed by immunohistochemistry in the cultured cells and in the transplanted brain sections,indicated that the engineering cells transplanted had survived in the host brain and began to proliferate.Conclusion Transplantation of BDNF genetically modified NSCs can effectively promote the recovery from cerebral ischemic injury.