Purpose: To discuss the feasibility and effect of reserving fertility treatments for young patients with ovarian malignant tumors. Methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical data of 40 patients receiving conservative treatments. Results: Among the 40 cases, there were 25 cases of malignant ovarian germ cell tumors, 13 cases of epithelium carcinomas, 2 cases of sexual cord mesenchymal tumors. 34 patients have survived till now, among which there are 20 cases of malignant ovarian germ cell tumors, 12 cases of epithelium carcinomas, 2 cases of sexual cord mesenchymal tumors. 8 patients relapsed after the first operation, six of which had hysterectomy as second operation. Among the 32 surving patients who have preserved their uterus, 31 patients have normal menstruations. 11 patients married and 6 patients had successful pregnancies. Conclusions: We should try our best to preserve the fertility of young patients with ovarian malignant tumors.

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a key transcription factor on hypoxia responses in mammalian tissues. HIF-1 plays as a positive factor in solid tumor and leads to hypoxia-driven responses that enhance its downstream gene expression for tumor growth and survival. LXY6099 was obtained by the structural modification and optimization of manassantin A (MA) as a high potent HIF-1 inhibitor. Antitumor activity of LXY6099 was observed in this study. LXY6099 with an IC50 value of 2.46 x 10(-10) mol x L(-1) showed more sensitive inhibition activity to HIF-1 than that of MA detected by reporter gene assay (> 100 folds). It showed strong inhibition on the growth of human solid tumor cell lines. Furthermore, LXY6099 exhibited significant antitumor activity against established human tumor xenografts in nu/nu mice with treatment of MX-1 breast cancer. Thus, LXY6099 as a novel HIF-1 inhibitor could be further developed into anti-cancer agents.

Objective To explore the function of gene phoN1 in Shigella flexneri.Method Using the λ-Red recombi-nant system, phoN1was knocked out from S.flexneri 2a strain 301.Comparative proteomics was performed to analyze the differences between mutant and wild-type strains in protein expression profiles .Sereny tests and competitive infection assays were carried out to compare the virulence of mutant and wild-type strains .Results The deletion mutant of phoN1 was suc-cessfully constructed .No significant difference between the two strains was found in the comparative proteomics analyses . The function of gene phoN1 might be unrelated to the invasion ability of S.flexneri according to the results of Sereny tests and competitive infection assays .Conclusion Gene phoN1 might be of no use for the in vitro survival and host cell invasion of S.flexneri.

Objective To compare the Bama minipig and Juema minipig models of high altitude multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.Methods Six plateau-origin Juema minipigs and plain-origin Bama minpigs in each group received intravenous infusion of 0.35 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide ( LPS) , respectively.Blood samples were taken at 0 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 48 h and 72 h after LPS infusion.Routine blood test was performed, blood CK, AST, ALT, TBIL, CRE were assayed, and histopathological examination of the lung tissues was performed at 24 h, 48 h after LPS infusion.Results The mortality of Bama minipigs was 33.3%, higher than that of 16.7%of Juema minipigs.The trend of physiological and biochemical changes was similar, but was milder in the Juema minipigs than in Bama minipigs.The lung injuries of the Bama minipigs at 24 h and 48 h were more severe than those in the Juema minipigs.Conclusions Both Bama and Juema minipig models of high altitude multi-organ dysfunction syndrome can be successfully established.Juema minipig models can be more closely and safely established, due to its own plateau biological properties, and avoid the influence by extrinsic injurious effects of plateau environment.

In this study, 17 kinds of Dendrobium species of Fengdous including 39 individuals were collected from 4 provinces. Mitochondrial gene sequences co I, nad 5, nad 1-intron 2 and chloroplast gene sequences rbcL, matK amd psbA-trnH were amplified from these materials, as well as nrDNA ITS. Furthermore, suitable sequences for identification of Dendrobium species of Fengdous were screened by K-2-P and P-distance. The results showed that during the mentioned 7 sequences, nrDNA ITS, nad 1-intron 2 and psbA-trnH which had a high degree of variability could be used to identify Dendrobium species of Fengdous. However, single fragment could not be used to distinguish D. moniliforme and D. huoshanense. Moreover, compared to other combined fragments, new type combined fragments nrDNA ITS+nad 1-intron 2 was more effective in identifying the original plants of Dendrobium species and could be used to identify D. huoshanense and D. moniliforme. Besides, according to the UPGMA tree constructed with nrDNA ITS+nad 1-intron 2, 3 inspected Dendrobium plants were identified as D. huoshanense, D. moniliforme and D. officinale, respectively. This study identified Dendrobium species of Fengdous by combined fragments nrDNA ITS+nad 1-intron 2 for the first time, which provided a more effective basis for identification of Dendrobium species. And this study will be helpful for regulating the market of Fengdous.

Objective To investigate the difference of the expression of hypoxia reaction genes of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF),erythropoietin (EPO) and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α)) at different times of rats that were induced epilepsy by kainic acid (KA),and analyze their correlation.Methods The epileptic rat model was established by intraperitoneal injection of kanic acid.The expression of VEGF,EPO and HIF-1α gene were detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR assay with TaqMan probe in different times after intraperitoneal injection of KA.Results Compared with normal sodium (NS) group,the expression VEGF was higher at 12 h((8.38±1.27) ×10-3 ng/μl,P＜0.05)) and 24 h((8.30±5.08) ×10-3 ng/μl,P＜0.05)),EPO was higher at 12 h((8.42±0.90) × 10-5 ng/μl,P＜0.05)) and 48 h ((1.50±3.25) × 10-2 ng/μl,P＜0.01)) while the HIF-1α was higher at 24 h((2.11±0.21) × 10-2 ng/μl,P＜0.01)),48 h((1.50±0.33) × 10-2 ng/μl,P＜0.05))and 72 h((1.64±0.16) × 10-2 ng/μl,P＜0.01)).Furthermore,the expression of EPO showed significant correlations with HIF-1α and VEGF (r=0.573,0.471,P＜0.05),VEGF and HIF-1α had eminent correlations (r=0.803,P＜0.01).Conclusions The expression of VEGF,EPO and HIF-1α participate in the seizure procedure and there is certain correlation between the three genes.

Objective To compare the organ coefficients and expressions of hypoxia-related genes in Bama and Juema pigs.Method Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the changes of hypoxia gene expressions in the heart,liver,spleen,lung,and kidney of Juema and Bama miniature pigs.Results The organ coefficients of kidney and spleen of Juema pigs were significantly lower than Bama miniature pigs (P<0.05 for both).The heart and lung coefficients of Juema pigs were significantly higher than that of Bama miniature pigs (P<0.05 for both).The VEGF and HIF-1α expressions in the lung and kidney in Juema pigs were significantly higher than Bama pigs (P<0.05 or P<0.01).Only the EPO expression in in the lung of Juema pigs was significantly higher than that of the Bama miniature pigs (P<0.05).Conclusions These results indicate that the variation in organ coefficients may be resulted from evolutionary factors such as adaptiveness to environmental physical and energy conditions,pathogens,and energy metabolism demands,etc.in combination.Juema miniature pigs showing a significantly higher expression of hypoxia-related genes than that in Bama minipigs indicate that it has a strong plateau adaptability by higher gene expressions.

Bletilla striata has been used as traditional Chinese medicine for several centuries. In recent years, the quality and quantity of wild B. striata plants have declined sharply due to habitat deterioration and human over-exploitation. Therefore, it is of great urgency to evaluate and protect B. striata wild plant resource. In this study, sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers were applied to assess the level and pattern of genetic diversity in twelve populations of B. striata. The results showed a high level of genetic diversity (PPB = 90.48%, H = 0.349 4, I = 0.509 6) and moderate genetic differentiation among populations (G(st) = 0.260 9). Based on the unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic average (UPGMA), twelve populations gathered in three clusters. The cluster 1 included four populations. There are Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Xuancheng and Hangzhou. The seven populations which come from Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Jiangxi Province and Guizhou Province belonged to the cluster 2. The cluster 3 only contained Wenshan population. Moreover, Mantel test revealed significant positive correlation between genetic distances and geographic distances (r = 0.632 9; P < 0.000 1). According to the results, we proposed a series of conservation consideration for B. striata.

With the development and launch of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) in the world in recent years, therapeutic regimens for chronic hepatitis C are constantly evolving. DAAs will also be launched in China in the near future. DAAs mainly target at the non-structural proteins of HCV and can inhibit HCV RNA replication. This article introduces the targets, mechanism of action, and resistance characteristics of different DAAs, as well as their current research and development in China and the results of phase Ⅲ clinical studies, in order to provide a reference for combined therapeutic strategies with DAAs in the treatment for chronic hepatitis C.

Objective To explore the impact of healthcare-associated septicemia (HAS)on hospitalization expense as well as length of hospital stay,so as to optimize the allocation of healthcare resources,and provide scientific basis for reducing the economic burden caused by septicemia.Methods Hospitalized patients with confirmed HAS in a tertiary first-class teaching hospital between June 1 ,2012 and May 31 ,2015 were investigated retrospectively,con-trol group was set up in a 1 :1 ratio,hospitalization expense and length of hospital stay between two groups were compared.Results A total of 285 cases and 285 controls were enrolled in the study,the median of hospitalization expense in case group was higher than control group (￥19 718.39 vs ￥9 289.04,P <0.05);the median of length of hospital stay in case group was longer than control group (14.89 days vs 9.22 days,P <0.05).The disease bur-den caused by septicemia in different age groups and departments were different.The improvement rate of case group was lower than control group (76.49% [218/285 ]vs 83.51 % [238/285 ],χ2 = 2.562,P = 0.009 ). Conclusion As the common blood stream infection in hospitalized patients,septicemia not only increased the ex-pense of diagnosis and treatment,but also affected turnover rate of hospital bed.Rapid and effective diagnosis and treatment is significant o prevent and control septicemia.