Adolescent ; Capillary Leak Syndrome ; chemically induced ; Female ; Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Cardiovascular Diseases ; Humans ; MicroRNAs

Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Male ; Sturge-Weber Syndrome ; diagnosis ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Humans ; Leukemia ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prognosis ; Young Adult

Objective To study the incidence,risk factors,clinical outcome,management and prevention of pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) following major ABO-incompatible allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).Methods Forty-two patients underwent major ABO-incompa- tible allo-HSCT,including major ABO-mismatch in 33 patients,major plus minor ABO-mismatch in 9 patients,and 27 recipients with blood group O.Thirteen patients underwent bone marrow transplan- tation,25 peripheral blood stem cell transplantation,and 4 cord blood transplantation.Six patients re- ceived donor-type plasma replacement before transplantation.Cyclosporine A (CsA) and methotrexate (MTX) were used for prophylaxis of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).Results All 42 patients had sustained engraftment.PRCA occurred in 11/42 patients (26.2%).All the 11 cases of PRCA were in blood group O recipients of grafts from blood group A donor (n=9) or blood group B donor (n= 2);6 patients with blood group O who received donor-type plasma exchange before transplantation did not develop PRCA.PRCA resolved spontaneously in 8 cases with transfusion support.Two patients were treated by donor-type plasma exchange,resulting in the decrease of isoagglutinin titer,followed by complete recovery of erythropoiesis.One patient responded to rituximab and achieved complete re- mission of symptoms of PRCA.Univariate analysis revealed that the most significant risk factors asso- ciated with PRCA were blood group O recipient,blood group A donor,blood group O recipient of graft from blood group A donor;only blood group O/A in recipient/donor pair was identified as being significantly associated with the occurrence of PRCA by multivariate analysis (RR 10.999,95% CI 1.975-61.258,P

OBJECTIVETo establish a method to determine the content of Curcumol in Rhizoma Curcumae.

METHODThe samples were determined by GC on a HP-5 column (0.32 mm x 30 m, 0.25 micron), Inlet temperature 200 degrees C, FID 250 degrees C, flow 1.0 mL x min(-1), splitless. Temperature programming started at 60 degrees C, holding for 4 min, then increased to 210 degrees C at a rate of 3 degrees C x min(-1).

RESULTThe calibration curve of curcumol is linear over the range of 40.0-2,000 microg x mL(-1), r = 0.9997. The high and low additive recovery were 95.01% (RSD 2.52%), 96.46% (RSD 2.86%).

CONCLUSIONThis method was accurate and reliable with a good reproducibility, and the procedure of samples pretreatment is simple.

Chromatography, Gas ; Curcuma ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Reproducibility of Results ; Rhizome ; chemistry ; Sesquiterpenes ; analysis

OBJECTIVETo investigate the characteristics of father-to-son vertical transmission of Y chromosome microdeletions

METHODSWe detected the Y by detection of Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men and analysis of some of their families. chromosome azoospermia factor (AZF) microdeletions in the peripheral blood of 1 052 infertile males, investigated the paternal relatives of 12 cases of AZFc, 1 case of AZFb and 1 case of AZFb + c microdeletions, and drew the family tree diagrams of the infertile paternal relatives according to the findings.

RESULTSAmong the 1 052 infertile patients, 89 (9.73%) were found with Y chromosomal microdeletions, including 56 with AZFc, 6 with AZFa, 5 with AZFb, 14 with AZFb + c, and 8 with AZFa + b + c deletion. The investigation of the 14 patients'families revealed 1 case of AZFb and 1 case of AZFb + c deletion de novo. Among the 12 cases of AZFc deletion, vertical heredity was found in 5 patients with severe oligozoospermia, but not in the other 7 with azoospermia.

CONCLUSIONAZFe deletion may be vertically inherited from the father in severe oligozoospermia patients, and it is different from the paternal phenotype, while in azoospermia patients, AZF deletion, whatever type it may be, is less likely to be associated with vertical paternal heredity.

Adult ; Chromosome Deletion ; Chromosomes, Human, Y ; genetics ; Humans ; Infertility, Male ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Pedigree ; Sex Chromosome Aberrations ; Sex Chromosome Disorders of Sex Development ; genetics ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo discuss the intervention effect of ligustrazine on ox-LDL-induced foam cells from the perspective of reverse cholesterol transport.

METHODRAW264.7 cultured in vitro was induced with 20 mg x L(-1) ox-LDL to establish the foam cell model, and intervened with ligustrazine. The lipid accumulation in cells was observed by the oil red O dyeing. The changes in total cholesterol and cholesterol ester in the cells were detected with the colorimetric method. The fluorescent quantitative PCR and Western blot were used to detect the mRNA expressions of PPARgamma, LXRalpha and ABCA1.

RESULTLigustrazine could reduce total cholesterol and cholesterol ester in foam cells, inhibit the lipid accumulation, and increase the mRNA and protein expressions of PPARgamma, LXRalpha and ABCA1.

CONCLUSIONLigustrazine can promote the reverse cholesterol transport by increasing the gene expressions of PPARgamma, LXRalpha and ABCA1.

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1 ; genetics ; metabolism ; Animals ; Biological Transport ; drug effects ; Cell Line ; Cholesterol ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Foam Cells ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Gene Expression ; drug effects ; Mice ; PPAR gamma ; genetics ; metabolism

A rare strain of actinomycetes, with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, was isolated from the soil samples from the farmland in the area of Yaohu lake in Nanchang. The information about the taxonomic identification, such as the morphology, physiological properties, cell components and 16S rRNA gene se-quences, suggested that the rare strain of actinomycetes was identified as Micromonospora carbonacea.