The family of HSP60 belongs to heat shock proteins with highly species conservatism and some important biologic functions. It can help other proteins for their assembling, folding and translocating, and plays a role in protecting cells against injuries and other types of stress. In addition, HSP60 is frequently recognized by the immune system as predominant antigens during infections and the progression of certain autoimmune diseases and might provide a novel strategy for the development of immunotherapeutics. This review focuses on distribution, molecular chaperone mechanism, function and gene expression regulation of HSP60. [

Objective To determine CD+4CDnull28 T cells and their relationship with the microinflammatory state and left ventricular hypertrophy in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.Methods One hundred and twenty ESRD patients were selected,including sixty non-dialytic stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients(CKD5 stage) and thirty maintenance dialysis patients(CKD5D stage).In addition,thirty healthy adults from the hospital medical center were selected as the control group.Flow cytometry was used to detect the frequencies of T lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood.All enrolled subjects underwent Doppler echocardiography investigations.Results(1)Compared with the control group,the high sensitivity C-reactive protein and the frequency of CD+4CDnull28 T cells were significantly expanded in CKD5 and CKD5D paients (F=14.887,9.659,all P<0.05).(2)In ninety ESRD patients,the incidence of LVH increased in CKD5 and CKD5D patients (76.67% vs.86.67%).(3)Linear correlation in CKD5 patients showed that:LVMI was positively correlated to duration of hypertension,SBP,P3+,lg(CRP+1),lgiPTH,lg(CD+4CDnull28+1) (r=0.332,0.291,0.269,0.310,0.304,0.396,all P<0.05),as well as negatively correlated to Hb(r=-0.285,P<0.05).Multiple linear regression analysis showed that LVMI was independently associated with lg(CD+4CDnull28+1) and duration of hypertension(F=6.589,P<0.000).ConclusionThere is microinflammatory state in the ESRD patients regardless of whether or not they have dialysis treatment,and they have the high incidence of LVH and exhibit a substantially increased frequency of circulating CD+4CDnull28 T cells.The frequency of CD+4CDnull28 T cells and duration of hypertension are the independent predictors of LVH in non-dialytic stage 5 CKD patients,indicates that these cells may play a critical role in the development of cardiovascular disease.

Objective To integrate the present information systems such as HIS,EMR,LIS and UIS into an integrated medical information platform.Methods The drawbacks in point-to-point mode and mid-database mode were avoided in aspects of upgrading and maintaining,and medical data exchange technology was used to research the hot spots of hospital information construction.Results The practice has proved that the new technology in the Web Services and ZeroC ICE provides a more effective model for new generation middle ware technology and digital hospital construction.Conclusion Combined with the development of SOA technologies to analyze the development and evolution of technology,the construction direction of medical data exchange are put forward from double angle of technical and business.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Hepatitis B ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Hepatitis B Vaccines ; immunology ; Humans ; Immunization Schedule ; Infant ; Middle Aged ; Prevalence ; Vaccination ; Vaccines, Synthetic ; immunology

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Phytotherapy ; methods

Objective To strengthen the quality control management and enhance the detection capacity of the experimental animal quality control laboratoriesin our country through the detection of serum esterase-1 (Es-1) in the experimental mice.Methods The samples were prepared according to the standard procedure, and then were randomly numbered and distributed to participating units by cold-chain transport.Before the deadline, the participants submitted the results and the copies of original records.When the results were completely consistent with the standard results,the results were regarded as satisfactory, otherwise were unsatisfactory.Results A total of 11 laboratories participated in this program, of which 10 laboratories were regarded as satisfactory (90.9%) and one laboratory obtained unsatisfactory result (9.1%).Conclusions The results of this proficiency testing project demonstrate that the overall detection level of Es-1 in laboratory mice is highof the participating laboratories.However, more attention still should be paid to standard specifications and some test details.

Objective To observe the fundus imaging characteristics of different stages of syphilitic posterior uveitis. Methods Retrospective cases series. Forty-six eyes of 32 patients with syphilitic posterior uveitis were included. There were 14 patients (16 eyes) and 18 patients (30 eyes) were assigned to acute stage group (with the course<2 months) and chronic stage group (with the course≥2 months) respectively. All eyes received the examination of indirect ophthalmoscopy, color fundus photography, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). All patients received regular anti-syphilitic treatment. Color fundus photography and OCT were followed after treatment. The fundus imaging characteristics of different stages of syphilitic posterior uveitis were observed. Results Indirect ophthalmoscopy and fundus color photography showed that in the acute stage group, there were 3/16 eyes with optic disc edema;4/16 eyes with a yellowish, placoid lesion involving the macular. There were only some pigment alterations on the fundus after treatment. In the chronic stage group, there were 4/30 eyes with optic disc hyperemia, 3/30 eyes with cystoid macular edema. After treatment, the optic hyperemia vanished gradually, but there were still some pigment alterations. The FFA images of two groups showed various vascular leakages. In the chronic stage group, patients also showed hyper-fluorescence with cystoid macular edema. The patients with course 2–3 years have more transmitted fluorescence on FFA. OCT showed that all eyes in the acute stage group had lost the ellipsoid zone, with irregular granular reflectivity of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) layer, 6 eyes with subretinal fluid in the macular. After treatment, the ellipsoid zone and RPE layer structure recovered gradually. In the chronic stage group, all eyes showed widespread loss of the ellipsoid zone, pigment migration and (or) cystoid macular edema. After treatment, the ellipsoid zone showed partial recovery. The outer ellipsoid zone was still discontinuous in patients with long duration. Conclusions Syphilitic posterior uveitis patients generally had normal fundus, but some cases had a yellowish, placoid lesion involving the macular. FFA showed various vascular leakages, and the chronic stage group showed more transmitted fluorescence. The major OCT change was loss of the ellipsoid zone or with subretinal fluid. After treatment, fundus showed no abnormal manifestations except some pigment alterations;the ellipsoid zone structure recovered gradually in acute stage eyes, partially recovered in chronic stage eyes.

Objective To investigate the detection capacity of malic enzyme 1 and isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 ( Mod1&Idh1) in the laboratory animal monitoring laboratories in China in order to understand the detection capacity of la-boratories and to improve the detection level of laboratory animals’ quality.Methods Based on the program approved by CNAS, samples preparing, homogeneity test and stability test of malic enzyme 1 and isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 in the mouse kidneys were carried out.Standard operation procedure and samples with random numbers were distributed to the la-boratories.The laboratories should submit the result reports before the time limit expires.If the laboratory reports were the same with the standard results, the laboratories will receive satisfactory remark.If laboratory reports were not the same with the standard results, the laboratories will receive unsatisfactory remark.If a laboratory did not submit report, the laboratory will also receive unsatisfactory result.Results Eight laboratories out of 10 (80%) enrolled laboratories reported satisfac-tory experiment results, and two laboratories (20%) presented unsatisfactory results.Conclusions The whole detection level of laboratories in Mod1 &Idh1 is relatively high in the laboratory animals monitoring laboratories in China.It can re-flect the detection level of laboratories to conduct the laboratory capacity evaluation.

Cell Line ; Embryonic Stem Cells ; Genetic Vectors ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; genetics ; Humans ; Lentivirus ; genetics ; Transfection

Quorum sensing systems of pathogens are central regulators for the expression of virulence factors. Increasing evidence implies that targeting the quorum sensing system of many pathogenic bacteria is a promising therapeutic approach to control infections. In this work,we isolated 47 strains of actinomycetes from the mud sample of Jiaozhou Bay. Quorum sensing inhibitory activity was monitored by Chromobacterium violaceum CV026. As a result,the culture broth extract of actinomycetes WA-7 was found to have significant quorum sensing inhibitory activity. This strain was assigned to the genus Streptomyces based on its 16S rDNA sequence. Further investigation revealed that the extract could inhibit the quorum sensing-controlled violacein and proteases production of C. violaceum in a concentration-dependent manner.