4.Multilocus sequence typing and its application on population genetic struc-ture analysis of parasites
Weitao LIANG ; Hua LIU ; Yao DENG
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2014;(4):449-452
Multilocus sequence typing MLST with high solution sensitivity and specificity is widely used to study the population genetic structure of pathogen by amplification and sequencing of the housekeeping genes. MLST also provides more evidence and plays an important role in parasite research. This paper reviews the principle and method of MLST and its applica-tion on population genetic structure analysis of parasites.
5.Dynamic pathological changes in concordant cardiac xenograft rejection
Hua TANG ; Zhenxiang YAO ; Shengchun LIU
Journal of Third Military Medical University 2003;0(08):-
Objective To explore the mechanism of delayed xenograft rejection(DXR) by dynamic observation of histological and immunohistologic changes in mouse-to-rat cardiac xenografts.Methods A model of mouse-to-rat cardiac heterotopic xenotransplantation in neck was established by cuff technique.NIH mouse hearts not transplanted served as controls(n=4).Some xenograft recipients were killed and cardiac xenografts harvested at end of 3,8,16,24 h(n=4 for each time point) after transplantation.The cardiac hearts(n=16) of some xenograft recipients were not harvested until rejection time to determine their survival time.All heart samples were examined by HE and immunohistochemistry for semi-quantitative determination of antibodies including C3,IgM,IgG,E-selectin and macrophage marker——CD68.Results During the period after transplantation,the degree of rejection of xenografts became more and more serious till ultimate rejection.The mean survival time of the xenografts was(49.3?16.2) h.Immunohistochemical examination showed C3 were not detected in the xenografts at any time during the course of rejection;From 3 h after transplantation,obvious deposition of IgM was found in the grafts and IgG deposition got abundant;E-selectin expression was found as early as 3 h after transplantation and increased gradually;There was progressive infiltration by macrophages in the grafts.Conclusion Mouse-to-rat cardiac xenotransplantation can serve as an animal model of DXR.Endothelial cells activation,IgM and IgG,macrophage infiltration involve in DXR development except C3.
6.Clinical significance of transforming growth factor ?_1 in human bladder transitional cell carcinomas
Xin YAO ; Yanxue LIU ; Hua CHEN
Chinese Journal of Urology 2001;0(08):-
Objective To investigate the influence of the aberrant protein expression and mRNA transcription of transforming growth factor ? 1(TGF? 1) on the biological behavior of human bladder transitional cell carcinomas. Methods The expression of TGF? 1 was investigated in 74 specimens of TCCs by SP immunohistochemistry staining, and the level of TGF? 1 mRNA were determined in 43 cases of TCCs by the method of quantitative RT PCR. Results The positives expression rate of TGF? 1 was 89.2%. Superficial tumors had lower overexpressive rate of TGF? 1(33.3%) than the invasive TCCs(83.8%), P
7.Protective effect of heme oxygenase-1 for xeno-heart transplantation
Shengchun LIU ; Zhenxiang YAO ; Hua TANG
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2005;0(09):-
Objective To investigate the protective effect of heme oxygenase-1 for xeno-heart transplantation and the possible mechanism.Methods Cobalt protoporphyrin (CoPP), HO-1 inducer, and zinc protoporphyrin (ZnPP), HO-1 inhibitor, were used to intervene donors and recipients on the model of NIH-Wistar cardiac transplants respectively and simultaneously some of recipients were treated with immunesuppressor cyclosporine A (CsA), and control group and CsA treated group were set up respectively. The expression of HO-1 protein, HO-1 mRNA, caspase-3 and STAT-3 in transplanted heart tissue was detected by immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and Western Blot. At the same time, HO-1 enzymatic activity was examined in heart tissue, and the cardiac cell apoptosis was examined by means of TUNEL. The differences among various factors were compared.Results The survival time of cardiac transplants in CoPP group was longer than that in control and ZnPP groups (P
8.A cohort study on the outcome of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among newly diagnosed cases
Xiaohui HAO ; Lan YAO ; Shenjie TANG ; Yidian LIU ; Hua SUN
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2012;30(3):157-161
ObjectiveTo investigate the anti-tuberculosis treatment response and outcomes in treatment naive patients infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).MethodsA total of 408 patients who were diagnosed with MDR-TB in Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital from January 2006 to January 2009 were recruited in this study.These patients were divided into two groups based on their previous treatment history:treatment naive group and re treatment group. The treatment response,outcomes andadverse eventswere observed. The outcomes of thesetwo groupswere compared by cohort analysis and x2 test.ResultsThe sputum conversion rates,the lesions absorption rate and the cavity closing or shrinking rate of the treatment naive MDR TB group were significantly higher than those of the re treatment group,while the adverse events rate was not significantly different between two groups (x2 =0.434,P>0.05).Among 89 treatment naive cases,66 cases (74.16%) were cured,8(8.99%) completed the full treatment course,7(7.87%) were treatment failure,3(3.37%) died,and 5(5.62%) were lost to follow-up.Among the 319 cases of re-treatment MDR TB group,134 (42.01%) were cured,31(9.72%) completed the full treatment course,116 (36.36%) were treatment failure,12(3.76%) died,26(8.15%) were lost to follow-up.The cure rate of the treatment naive MDR-TB group was significantly higher than that of re-treatment group (x2=28.783,P<0.01).The factors influencing the treatment outcomes included the stage of the disease,the range of lesions and cavity, the patients'generalnutritional status, underlying complications,and the drug-resistant strains. Conclusions The anti-tuberculosis treatment outcomes are better in treatment naive patients with MDR-TB infection compared to the treatment experienced and retreated patients.Therefore,the status of the drug resistance should be closely monitored in order to detect MDR-TB as early as possible.With the early diagnosis,the treatmcnt regimen may be modified timely and as a result the treatment outcomes can be improved.
9.Effects of Zuogui pill, Yougui pill and relative compositions on differentiation towards germ cells of mouse embryonic stem cell 1B10.
Zou-ying YAO ; Qian WAN ; Hua LU ; Xia LIU
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2015;40(3):495-500
OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects of Zuogui pill, Yougui pill and the relative compositions on the differentiation towards germ cells of stem cells.
METHODThe rat drug sera for Zuogui pill, Yougui pill and the common composition of Zuogui pill and Yougui pill were prepared respectively as the experimental drugs; the mouse embryonic stem cell 1B10 (MESC-1B10) was used as the representative of stem cells; the above rat drug sera were used to intervene MESC-1B10 and the process was traced by microscopy imaging; after 72 h of the intervention, the RNAs were extracted from the different intervened MESC-1B10, cDNAs were synthesized immediately and finally the Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to measure the expression patterns of the 10 reproductive-differentiation-related genes for each intervention.
RESULTThe rat drug serum of Zuogui pill (ZGW-RS) significantly up-regulated Oct-4 and SCP3 and significantly down-regulated GDF-9 and Stra8; the rat drug serum of Yougui pill (ZGW-RS) significantly up-regulated Oct-4, GDF-9, Mvh and SCP3 and significantly down-regulated Stra8, Itga6 and Itgb1; the rat drug sera for the common composition of Zuogui pill and Yougui pill (ZGWYGW-RS) significantly up-regulated Oct-4, SCP3 and ZP3 and significantly down-regulated GDF-9, Stra8, Itga6 and Itgb1.
CONCLUSIONZGW-RS can initiate the change towards meiosis, but can not start the reproductive differentiation of MESC-1B10; YGW-RS can initiate the change towards meiosis, and can also start the reproductive differentiation of MESC-1B10 towards female germ cells; ZGWYGW-RS can initiate the change towards meiosis, and can lightly start the reproductive differentiation of MESC-1B10 towards female germ cells but the inductive effect is smaller than YGW-RS. The experimental results, on one hand, strengthen the knowledge about the influence of the relative compositions of Zuogui pill and Yougui pill on the reproductive differentiation of stem cells, on the other hand, help to explain the mechanism of the treatment of the infertility by Zuogui pill and Yougui pill.
Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; drug effects ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Embryonic Stem Cells ; cytology ; drug effects ; Female ; Germ Cells ; cytology ; drug effects ; Infertility ; drug therapy ; Male ; Mice ; NIH 3T3 Cells ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley