For energy security, air pollution concerns, coupled with the desire to sustain the agricultural sector and revitalize the rural economy, many countries have applied ethanol as oxygenate or fuel to supplement or replace gasoline in transportation sector. Because of abundant feedstock resources and effective reduction of green-house-gas emissions, the cellulosic ethanol has attracted great attention. With a couple of pioneers beginning to produce this biofuel from biomass in commercial quantities around the world, it is necessary to solve engineering problems and complete the economic assessment in 2015-2016, gradually enter the commercialization stage. To avoid "competing for food with humans and competing for land with food", the 1st generation fuel ethanol will gradually transit to the 2nd generation cellulosic ethanol. Based on the overview of cellulosic ethanol industrialization from domestic and abroad in recent years, the main engineering application problems encountered in pretreatment, enzymes and enzymatic hydrolysis, pentose/hexose co-fermentation strains and processes, equipment were discussed from chemical engineering and biotechnology perspective. The development direction of cellulosic ethanol technology in China was addressed.
Biofuels ; Biomass ; Biotechnology ; Cellulose ; chemistry ; Chemical Engineering ; China ; Ethanol ; chemistry ; Fermentation ; Hydrolysis

Objective:To explore the application effect of action learning for nursing ethic teaching in operating room.Methods:Total 94 nursing students were divided into two groups to compare the testing scores and the inci-dence of hidden security events .The control group underwent the traditional teaching method , and the experimental group taken Action learning .Results:The testing scores and the accurate rates of case analysis problem of the ex-perimental group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.05).While the rate of hidden danger events of the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group ( P <0 .05 ) .Conclusion: Action learning can stimulate students′learning potential , improve the effect of learning , and reduce the incidence of secu-rity events.

Objective To explore serum Cystain C (Cys C) level in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients and its relation?ship with cardiac function and ventricular remodeling. Methods Patients with heart failure (n=75) and healthy adult (n=35) were enrolled in this study. According to the NYHA classification,CHF patients is divided into NYHA Ⅱ, NYHAⅢand NYHAⅣ;CHF patients can also be divided into 2 groups base on their level of serum Cys C:Cys C>0.95 mg/L is defined as elevated serum Cys C group, serum Cys C≤0.95 mg/L is defined as normal serum Cys C group;According to left ventricu?lar ejection fraction (LVEF), CHF patients can also be divided into 2 groups:LVEF≥0.50 is defined as ejection fraction re?served group, LVEF<0.50 is defined as the ejection fraction reduced group. Cys C, N terminal B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), serum creatinine(Scr),UREA and Echocardiography were analyzed in all groups and their correlation was studied. Results Serum Cys C level in CHF patients was obviously higher than that in healthy controls, and it increased with NYHA heart function classification;compared with normal Cys C group,Cys C elevated group presented higher NT-proBNP level but lower eGFR and LVEF (P<0.05);compared with ejection fraction reduced group, ejection fraction reserved group demonstrated lower NT-proBNP, LVEDD, LVMI and Cys C levels (all P<0.05);Correlation analysis revealed that Cys C is correlated with age, NT-proBNP, LVEF, LVEDD, Scr and UREA (r=0.411, 0.658, 0.465, 0.310, 0.552, 0.486, P<0.01). Conclusion Serum Cys C can be used to evaluate cardiac function of heart failure, and is associated with ventricular remodeling.

Extracellular single-unit discharge recording technique was used to examine the effects of Ginkgolide B (BN52021) on the discharges of neurons in CAI area of hippocampal slices and to elucidate the mechanisms involved.The results showed that:(1) In response to the application of ginkgolide B (0.1,1,10 βμmol/L; n =43) into the perfusate for 2 rain,the spontaneous discharge rates (SDR) of 42/43 (97.67%) neurons were significantly decreased in a dose-dependent manner; (2) Pretreatment with L-glutamate (L-Glu,0.2mmol/L) led to a marked increase in the SDR of all 10 (100%) neurons in an epileptiform pattern.The increased discharges were suppressed significantly after ginkgolide B (1 μmol/L) was applied into the perfusate for 2 rain; (3) In 8 neurons,perfusion of the selective L-type calcium channel agonist,Bay K 8644 (0.1 μmol/L),induced a significant increase in the discharge rate of 8/8 (100%) neurons.Ginkgolide B (1 μmoL/L) applied into the perfusate inhibited the discharges of 7/8 (87.5%) slices; (4) In 8 neurons,the broad potassium channels blocker,tetraethylammonium (TEA,1 mmol/L) completely blocked the inhibitory effect of ginkgolide B (1 μmol/L).These results suggest that ginkgolide B can inhibit the electrical activity of CAI neurons.The inhibitory effect may be related to the blockade of L-type voltage-activated calcium channel and may be concerned with delayed rectifier potassium channel (KDR),which indicated that ginkgolide B play a protective role on the central neurons.

Objective To study the effect of varicocele(VC) on the expressions of hypoxia-inducible factor-1?(HIF-1?) and apoptosis-associated gene Bax in germ cells of adolescent rats,and investigate the mechanism of the infertility resulting from varicocele. Methods The varicocele model was established by partial ligation of the left renal vein in adolescent male Wistar rats. A total of 25 rats were randomly divided into 2 groups,namely varicocele group(n=15) and sham operation group (SOG,n=10). All the animals were killed 30 d after operation. The left testis was collected and the expression of HIF-1? and Bax was detected by immunohistochemical method. Results The expression of HIF-1? and Bax in left testis of varicocele group was significantly higher than that of sham operation group(P

Objective To explore the proliferative and apoptotic effect of 3 different siRNAs targeting survivin in human bladder cancer cell line EJ28. Methods Three siRNAs targeting survivin and 1 fluorescence-labeled siRNA as a negative control were chemically synthesized. Transfetion efficiency was observed under fluorescence microscope after transfecting the fluorescence-labeled siRNAs. EJ28 cells were divided into 6 groups: siRNA164 group, siRNA167 group, siRNA389 group, and negative control group, lipofectin group and cell control group. The proliferation of EJ28 cell was detected by MTT assay at 24, 48 and 72 h after the transfection. Apoptotic rate was detected by Annexin V-FITC-FCM assay at 48 h.Results All the sequence-specific siRNAs targeting survivin efficiently suppressed the proliferation of EJ28 cells. siRNA 164 had the most powerful effect because of its highest inhibitory rate of (41.32?2.54)% and the highest apoptotic rate of (13.20?0.25)% at 48 h after transfection. Conclusion RNAi targeting survivin has a potential value in the gene therapy of bladder cancer.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the therapeutic effect of compound glycyrrhizin plus mizolastine for patients with generalized neurodermatitis(GND)and its influence on patietents' psychology.METHODS:60 patients with GND were randomly assigned to receive compound glycyrrhizin plus mizolastine(treatment group)or mizolasitine alone(control group)for 28 days.The psychological factors were examined before and after treatment using self-rating anxiety scale(SAS),and the curative effects and the psychological changes between two groups were compared.RESULTS:The SAS scores of treatment group and control group were 30.53? 1.50 and 33.20? 1.67,respectively(P

Background and purpose: Researches demonstrated that the butyric acid sodium salt (sodium butyrate, NaB) has effect on the inhibition of tumor cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis-promoting, while the mechanism on salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma(SACC) is still uncertain. This study mainly probed into the impact of different concentration of sodium butyrate on the migration and invasion of SACC cell line ACC-M, and its mechanism of action. Methods:MTT assay explored the optimal concentration of sodium butyrate on the cell ACC-M and the observation of cell growth. Transwell assay was used to detect the effects of sodium butyrate on the ACC-M cells on the aspact of invasion and migration ability. Fluorescence real-time quantitative PCR (RT-PCR) and Western blot were used to test respectively the expression of HMGB1, TLR4 mRNA and protein in ACC-M after functioned by 5 group drugs with different concentrations. Results:Compared with the control group, on the one hand, the concentration 0.625, 1.25, 2.5, 5 and 10 mmol/L of sodium butyrate could effectively inhibit cell proliferation and apparently showing concentra-tion-dependence (P<0.05);On the other hand, 5 sets concentration of sodium butyrate could also effectively inhibit invasion and migration ability of ACC-M cells in vitro (P<0.05), as well as reducing the expression of HMGB1, TLR4 mRNA and protein in ACC-M cells (P<0.05). Furthermore related analysis showed that the decline of TLR4 protein expression was positively correlated with inhibition of HMGB1 (r=0.810, P<0.05). Conclusion:Sodium butyrate has an effect on inhibiting ACC-M cell proliferation, signiifcantly reducing ACC-M cell invasion and migration capabilities, and reducing expression of HMGB1, TLR4 mRNA and protein, and both expression amount are positively correlated, Meanwhile the positively correlation suggests that sodium butyrate probably achieve the inhibition ability by lowering the expression of HMGB1, TLR4 mRNA and protein in ACC-M cell.

Objective Objective To investigate the relationship between choroidopathy and integrated backscatter(IBS) of choroid in diabetes mellitus(DM) patients.Methods Eighty DM patients of 158 eyes were divided into 3 groups by the course of diabetic retinopathy(DR)-DM patients without DR group,DM patients with the background DR,DM patients with the proliferative DR.80 normal persons of 160 eyes were the control group.Their IBS values were measured on nose side,temple side and middle side of choroid by HP Sonos 5500,and the correction IBS values(IBS％) were calculated.Results With the deterioration of DR,the IBS and IBS％ of choroid increased.The statistical significance difference were found in various groups(P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions With the deterioration of diabetic choroidopathy,the IBS and IBS％ increased.The IBS technique is useful method to assess the diabetic choroidopathy.

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is synthesized and secreted by the anterior pituitary, which binds to its receptors expressed on the membrane of Sertoli cells in the testis to bring about spermatogenesis. With the development of DNA sequencing technology, FSH SNPs rs10835638 and FSHR SNPs rs6165, rs6166, and rs1394205 were detected, which might directly affect the expression of FSH and activity of FSHR, resulting in male spermatogenic dysfunction. This review focuses on the relationship of FSH and FSHR gene polymorphisms with male infertility.
Follicle Stimulating Hormone ; genetics ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; genetics ; Male ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Receptors, FSH ; genetics ; Sertoli Cells ; Spermatogenesis ; Testis