Maize seedlings were cultured in nickel or cadmium contaminated sand treated with α-naphthylacetic acid (NAA). The effects of NAA on nickel and cadmium uptake in roots, shoots, and subcellular fractions (cell wall, nuclei and remained parts of seedling cells) were determined. The data showed growth promotion when NAA was applied at low concentrations and inhibition at high concentrations. Uptake of nickel and cadmium content increased concurrently in roots and shoots. In the subcellular fraction, nickel and cadmium was greatest in the cell wall. The changes in growth had greatest correlation with nickel and cadmium content in the subcellular fraction.

Objective To investigate the clinical spectrum of respiratory viruses in infants and young children with acute lower respiratory infection(ALRI) in Chongqing area from 2003-2007.And to assess the clinical diagnostic value of virus detection in nasopharyngeal secretions(NPS) and serum viral antibody detection for ALRI.Methods Cases of 2 529 specimens of NPS in hospitalized children with ALRI from Apr.2003 to Oct.2007 were taken for detecting 7 common respiratory virus antigens by immunofluorescence assay including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),adenovirus(ADV),influenza A(IA),influenza B (IB),parainfluenza virus1-3 (PIV1,PIV2,PIV3).Fifty-five thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven samples were tested for ADV-IgM by ELISA.Among those,45 159 cases were further tested for RSV-IgM by ELISA.Results Respiratory virus pathogens were detected in 778 samples out of 2 529(30.76%) including RSV positive in 668 samples (85.86%),PIV3 positive in 75 samples (9.64%),IA positive in 22 samples (2.57%),ADV positive in 15 samples ( 1.93%),only 1 sample ( 0.13%) positive for both PIV1 and RSV. And the positive rate of RSV-IgM was 0.9%-15.2%,and the positive rate for ADV-IgM was about 0.6%-10.6%.RSV infection occured mainly in winter and spring.Conclusions Respiratory virus is the most common pathogen in children with ALRI during the survey period in Chongqing area,especially for RSV infection.The pattern of RSV circulation varied every year with seasonality.It is suggest that this year is peak one for RSV infection from the monthly positive results,especially in Feburary(50%) in 2007.But the infection rate of PIV3,IA,ADV and PIV1 are lower,particularly IB and PIV2 infection have not been seen for the last 5 years.It is fast and accurate to detect RSV antigen and suit to clinical diagnosis by using immunofluorescence assay than other antibody detection.

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Objective To investigate the influencing factors of the results of liver function tests.Methods The clinical data of 357 cases of outpatient examination for liver function were retrospectively analyzed.According to the results of the examination,they were divided into two groups,178 cases in the control group (normal liver func-tion);179 cases in observation group (abnormal liver function).The influencing factors of liver function test results were analyzed.Results In the observation group,the gender,marital status,age,culture degree,BMI,sleep time com-pared with the control group,the differences in marital status were statistically significant(all P <0.05),the liver function abnormal rate of male was 58.66%,which was higher than 41.34% of female(χ2 =14.139,P <0.05).The detection rate of abnormal liver function of the people with age over 40 years old was 55.87%,which was higher than 44.13% of the people with age under 40 years old (χ2 =8.495,P <0.05).The detection rate of abnormal liver func-tion of the crowd in high school level and above was 45.25%,which was lower than 54.75% of the crowd under the high school(χ2 =5.685,P <0.05).The detection rate of abnormal liver function of the crowd with BMI≥24kg/m2 was 62.57%,which was higher than 37.43% of the crowd with BMI <24kg/m2 (χ2 =5.731,P <0.05).The detec-tion rate of abnormal liver function of the crowd with sleep time≥8h was 53.07%,which was lower than 46.93% of the crowd with sleep time <8h (χ2 =18.011,P <0.05).There was no significant difference in the detection rate of abnormal liver function of marriage between the two group(P >0.05).Conclusion The gender,age,culture degree, BMI,sleep time have impact on the liver function test,and the bad eating and living habits should be reasonable corrected,the physical exercise should be strengthened,and the quality of life should be constantly improved.

Objective To investigate the infection and distribution of human papilloma virus (HPV) types in patients with infiltrative cervical cancer (ICC) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in Chongqing. Methods Fifty-eight cases diagnosed with ICC or CIN[KG-*6]Ⅱ to Ⅲ,which were confirmed by histopathology in the Tumor Hospital of Chongqing,were included in the analysis. DNA enzyme immunoassay (DEIA) and SPF10 LiPA25 (version 1) testing was used for DNA extraction and extension,and linear probe reverse hybridization to detect lesions HPV type. Results HPV infection were detected in 56 of 58 specimen,the positive rates of CINⅡ,CINⅢ and cervical cancer were 100.00%,100.00% and 95.00% respectively. A total of 13 types were detected. HPV16 infection rate was up to 60.00%,followed by HPV18(7.69%),HPV58(7.69%),and HPV31(4.62%). Conclusion HPV16 is still the most common type in Chongqing. HPV18,HPV58 and HPV31 also has a high prevalence.

Objective To investigate the chemical constituents of the Radix Campylotropidis Hirtellae ( RCH ) . Methods 60%ethanol extract of the RCH was separated by column chromatography on silica gel, ODS and Sephadex LH-20 to obtain aimed compounds.Structures of the compounds were investigated by modern spectroscopy.Results Nine compounds were separated from Campylotropis hirtella ( Franch.) Schindl, and the structure of the new compound 1 was determined by spectral analysis and named hedysarimcoumestanⅠ( 1 ) , while the others were identified as the known isotrifoliol(2), hedysarimcoumestan B(3), umbelliferone(4), orobol(5), quercetin(6),(+) catechin(7), kaempferol (8) and dihydrokaempferol(9) .Conclusion Compound 1 is a new compound and 3-5 are separated from C.hirtella for the first time.The screening results of inhibition of H5N1 virus activity show that compound 5 has some inhibitory activity at a level of 50.0 μg /ml.

Objective To evaluate the value of prenatal ultrasound in the interrupted aortic arch (IAA), and analyze the reasons of misdiagnosis and improve diagnostic ratio of this kind of defects. Methods Ultrasonic characteristics were analyzed in 16 fetuses with aortic arch anomalies, which were compared with ultrasound image and autopsy results of the normal fetus. The relativity of fetal IAA and abnormal chromosome was also analyzed. Results Among the 16 cases, 15 cases were confirmed by anatomy and the accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis was 94% (15/16), of which one case was serious constriction of aortic arch, one case was error type, three cases were obtained explicit type due to unsatisfactory results of prenatal ultrasound. The coincidence rate of ultrasonic type was 73% (11/15). All of the corrected diagnosed cases were detected with ventricular septal, of which 5 cases were detected with complete endocardial cushion defect, 9 cases were found extra cardiac malformations. Among the 7 karyotype check cases, 3 cases were diagnosed with Trisomy 18, 1 case Trisomy 13, while the rest 3 cases normal. The incidence rate of Trisomy 18 was 43 % (3/7). Conclusions Prenatal ultrasound shows a high accuracy in diagnosing fetal interrupted aortic arch (IAA ), but there’s a need to be improved in explicit typing. It is difficult to identify fetal interrupted aortic arch (IAA) and serious constriction of aortic arch (COA). The incidence rate of Trisomy 18 in the abnormal chromosome of fetal IAA is high.

Viable but non-culturable state in bacterial cells as received uncultured microorganism has be- come the fundamental research issues in medical microbiology, epidemiology, general microbial ecology and sanitation quarantine since it was put forward in 1982. When in this state, bacterium are no longer able to grow and form colonies on conventional culture media, but maintain their patheogenicity, may become latent infection escaping detection to threaten enviroment and human security. With the development of modern molecular biology technique and metagenomics, it provide new research method and opportunity for uncul- tured microorganism in the environment. Recently, with the application of the metagenome technique, ge- netic fingerprinting technical etc, it becomes more and more popular. Simultaneously, along with this state become maturity in the laboratory. It provides a new research route for development and exploitation the uncultured microorganism.