Based on the lethal rate, positive and negative mutation rate, the optimal doses of UV, HNO2, UV + AO treating S. hygroscopicus NND-52-29 were determined. The mutant strain A19 that was obtained showed the derepres-sive property to glucose and the nigericin yield of A19 could be increased by 128%. When it was subcultured combined with natural screening, its stability was rather satisfied.

Objective To evaluate transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) for the resection of rectal neoplasms. Methods In order to analyze the therapeutic effect of TEM in the management of rectal tumors, clinical data of 110 patients with rectal neoplasms treated by TEM between April 2006 and August 2009 were summarized and analyzed retrospectively. Result The mean diameter of rectal lesions was 1.7±0.8 (range, 0.5 ～5.5)cm. The average distance of lesions from the anal verge was 7.4 ±2.6(range, 4 ～20) cm. 40 lesions were located at the anterior wall of the rectum, 29 on the posterior wall,22 on the left wall and 19 on the right. Surgical procedures included the transmural excision (98 cases) and the submucosal excision with partial muscular layer excision (12 cases). The average operating time was 73.5 ±31.1 (range, 25 ～180) min. The mean operative blood loss was 10.8 ±7.8 (range, 3 ～60) ml.The postoperative pathological examination identified 41 rectal adenomas、 35 rectal adenocarcinomas or carcinomatous changes of adenomas (21 Tis, 6 T1, and 8 T2 cases), 14 rectal carcinoids, 1 stromal tumor、1 leiomyoma and 18 cases of inflammatory polyps or others. Surgical margins of all specimens were negative.Postoperative complications included 2 cases of anal hemorrhage, one case of pulmonary infection and one urinary infection with a postoperative morbidity of 3.6%. The average postoperative stay was 3.4 ± 1.3( range, 2 ～ 8 ) d. With a mean follow-up period of 12. 5 (3 ～ 40) months, no tumor recurrence or metastasis was found. Conclusions TEM shows advantages of decreased blood loss, good therapeutic effect, and fast recovery of the patients, which can be adopted as the choice of therapy for small and well confined rectal neoplasms.

Objective To observe the localization and expression of hepatocyte growth factor(HGF),c-Met and Caspase-3 in pulmonary arterioles during the formation process of pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH) induced by left to right shunt in rats,and explore the effect of HGF and c-Met in the formative process of PAH.Methods Eighty male SD rats(aged 4-5 weeks) were randomly divided into control group and shunt group(40 each).Rats in shunt group underwent right common carotid artery-external jugular vein shunt with cannulation to reproduce PAH model of left to right shunt,and animals in control group only received sham operation.Pulmonary hemodynamic and pathologic examination were performed 4,8,12 and 16 weeks after operation in both groups,while the expression of HGF,c-Met and Caspase-3 proteins in pulmonary arterioles were determined by immunohistochemisty at the above time points.Results Pulmonary artery systolic pressure(PASP),mean pulmonary arterial pressure(mPAP) and the ratio of pulmonary to systemic circulation flow(Qp/Qs) were obviously increased in rats with A-V shunt compared with controls at all time points after operation(P

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Objective To investigate the gene-expression profile in kidney of rats during late sepsis (24hours) by using microarray technology in order to offer some clue to revealing the pathogenetic mechanism of sepsis at gene level. Method A total of 30 Wistar rats were selected and divided into model group and control group randomly(random number). The rats of control group were sham operated and the rats of model group received cecal ligature and puncture (CLP) operation. The biomarkers of renal function were assayed and the histopathological changes of kidney in rats were observed under transmission electron microscope 24 hours after operation. Gene chips containing 22 107 rat-genes cDNA were used to exmine gene-expression in kidney of septic rats to sieve the genes with different expressions with software. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 11.0 software package.Statistical analyses of two independent samples carried out by using t -test. Results Compared with the control group, the levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr) of sepsis group were higher (P ＜ 0.01 ). The histopathological changes in kidney of rats demonstrated the establishment of sepsis model successful 24 hours later.Compared with the control group, there were 325 genes with differential expression in model group. Among the known-functional genes, there were 100 up-regulated and 64 down-regulated. Sorted by biological function, the genes were mainly related to metabolism, immunoresponse, cellular signal transduction, apoptosis, ion channel,growth factor and so on. Conclusions A sequence of genes expressed differentially in kidney of rats with late sepsis. Microarray technology played an important role in the research into sepsis mechanisms.

Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristic of influenza in children in Guangzhou ,and provide the sci-entific basis for prevention .Methods A total of 20 throat swabs were collected from children with influenza-like illness(ILI) each week from 2014 to 2015 .A total of 2080 samples were obtained .The virus was isolated with MDCK cell line and virus type identi-fication were detected by real-time PCR .The relevant data was collected and analyzed epidemiologically .Results A total of 244 were detected positive in 2080 ILI cases in Guangzhou from 2014 to 2015 .The positive rate was 11 .7% .The positive rate of influ-enza virus reached peak in February and June in 2014 ,and the major type of influenza virus was new type H1N1 in February and H3N2 in June .The positive rate of influenza virus reached peak in March and June in 2015 ,and the major type of influenza virus were B type in March and H3N2 in June .Only one case of new H1N1 was detected in 2015 .The positive rate of influenza virus was 25 .6% in 3 to 6 years old ILI children which took larger part than other groups .Conclusion In Guangzhou ,the influenza virus epi-demic is more active in 2015 .The major type of influenza virus in the epidemic is seasonal type H 3N2 and B .Type A and type B appeared in the epidemic alternatively .The 3-6 year-old children are the high-risk group of influenza infection ,and should be monitored .

Oral sustained- and controlled-release drug delivery systems of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are a research hotspot in the development of drug-delivery systems for TCM. The quality evaluation system is an important guarantee for the safety and efficiency of these drug-delivery systems. In this paper the methods to construct such quality evaluation system were discussed.

The drug release characteristics ofDa Chuanxiong Fang multiunit drug delivery system (DCXFMDDS) in vivo and in vitro were evaluated. Ferulic acid (FA) and senkyunolide I (SI) were used as marker components, which were two of the effective components of Da Chuanxiong Fang. And their contents were determined by HPLC. Drug release characteristics in vitro of DCXFMDDS and Da Chuanxiong pills and pharmacokinetics characteristics of DCXFMDDS and Da Chuanxiong Fang active fraction (DCXFAF) in rats were compared. It was obvious that FA released from the DCXFMDDS in a sustained fashion but SI in a fast fashion both in vitro and in vivo. The releasing process and the releasing mechanism of FA and SI from DCXFMDDS were different, but the AUC value indicated that compared with DCXFAF the extent of absorption of FA and SI from DCXFMDDS was increased. Though from the same multiunit drug delivery system, FA an SI had different drug release characteristics both in vitro and in vivo, and that may be one of the reason why DCXFMDDS has the good properties such as rapid and long-lasting effect and high efficiency.

With the deepening of modernization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the method of quantification and standardization of TCM (i.e., quantitative characterization of TCM) has been more and more widely accepted by researchers. Chemometrics processes complicated data of TCM through applied mathematics, statistics and com-puter technology. And multivariable study was introduced into the quantitative characterization of TCM with great achievements. This article reviewed existed problems of quantitative characterization in TCM, the principles, char-acteristics, limitations, commonly used statistical methods and application conditions on quantitative characteriza-tion of TCM. With this review, a reference for further study of quantitative characterization of TCM was provided and a further research idea of combination with main methods of chemometrics was given.

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