Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and is a growing public health challenge. Neuroinflammation has been proposed as a prominent pathological feature of AD and has traditionally been attributed to the innate immune system. However, emerging evidence highlights the involvement of adaptive immunity, particularly T and B lymphocytes, in the neuroinflammatory processes of AD. It remains unclear how adaptive immune responses, originally intended to protect the body, contribute to chronic inflammation and neuronal dysfunction in AD. Here, we review the roles of adaptive immunity, cellular composition, and niches and their contribution to AD development and progression. Notably, we synthesize the crosstalk between adaptive immunity and the innate immune system of the central nervous system (CNS), which is mainly mediated by glial cells and myeloid cells, and their interrelationships with amyloid-β (Aβ)/Tau pathology. We hypothesized that the alterations observed in innate immunity in AD mirror age-related immune alterations, whereas the dysregulation of adaptive immunity contributes more accurately to disease-specific immune responses. Targeting adaptive immunity in the context of neuroinflammation may provide new insights into potential therapeutic strategies designed to modulate immune responses, thereby facilitating the diagnosis, intervention, and treatment of AD.
Alzheimer Disease/metabolism* ; Humans ; Adaptive Immunity/physiology* ; Immunity, Innate/immunology* ; Animals ; Neuroinflammatory Diseases/immunology* ; Inflammation/immunology* ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism*

Lupus nephritis (LN) is the most common complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The immune pathogenesis is closely related to the progression and clinical treatment of LN. This review reviews the relevant literature on the role of immune cells in the pathogenesis of LN at home and abroad. This paper summarized and analyzed the pathogenesis of immune cells in the pathogenesis of LN and the research progress of related targeted therapy, aiming to improve the understanding of the pathogenesis of immune cells in LN, improve the treatment status of LN and better improve the prognosis.

Lupus nephritis (LN) is the most common complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The immune pathogenesis is closely related to the progression and clinical treatment of LN. This review reviews the relevant literature on the role of immune cells in the pathogenesis of LN at home and abroad. This paper summarized and analyzed the pathogenesis of immune cells in the pathogenesis of LN and the research progress of related targeted therapy, aiming to improve the understanding of the pathogenesis of immune cells in LN, improve the treatment status of LN and better improve the prognosis.

DNA assembly is the core technology of synthetic biology. With the development of synthetic biology, researchers have developed different DNA assembly technologies that rely on DNA polymerase or DNA ligase, and also have developed some non-enzyme-dependent DNA assembly techniques to facilitate the automation of DNA assembly. The assembly of large fragments of DNA from a few hundred kb to Mb is mostly dependent on microbial recombination. In this paper, the three types of DNA assembly technologies, including enzyme-dependent, non-enzymatic and in vivo homologous recombination, are reviewed.
DNA ; Synthetic Biology

Objective To observe the changes and clinical significance of plasma heart fatty acid-binding protein(H-FABP)in children after open heart surgery. Methods Forty patients with congenital heart disease(CHD) who had undergone cardiac operation with cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) were selected in this study,and were randomly divided into two groups (each 20 cases): cold crystalloid cardioplegia perfusion group (Ⅰ group) and cold blood cardioplegia perfusion group(Ⅱ group). Blood samples were taken to check the plasma H-FABP concentration before CPB and different time after CPB. Plasma H-FABP concentration was estimated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results The difference of plasma concentration of H-FABP before operation was not obvious between Ⅰ group and Ⅱ group. The plas-ma concentration of H-FABP intraoperation and different time after operation was higher than that before anesthesia induction obviously in two groups, and Ⅰ group rose more significantly [(50.13±3.98) μg/L vs (39.27±4.22) μg/L, P<0.01]. Conclusions H-FABP concentration after operation is higher than that before operation significantly. H-FABP can be used to judge myocardial damage earlier as a sensitive index, because plasma concentration of H-FABP increases significantly after open heart surgery, and its peak emerges early. Compared with cold crystalloid cardioplegia,the myocardial protection of cold blood cardioplegia is better.

Objective To examine the expression of angiopoietin-2(Ang-2) in squamous carcinoma of esophagus,and discuss the relationship between Ang-2 and microvessel density(MVD)and clinical pathological features of squamous carcinoma of esophagus.Method The expression of Ang-2 and CD34 in 80 squamous careinoma of esophagus and 25 normal esophagus were detected by immunohistochemistry SABC technique,and the MVD of tissues signed by CD34 was counted.Results The expression of Ang-2 in squamous carcinoma of esophagus was,higher than that in normal esophagus (P<0.05).The expression of Ang-2 in the stage O-I and II squamous carcinoma of esophagus was lower than that in stage Ⅲ and lV(P<0.05).The expression of Ang-2 in squamous carcinoma of esophagus was correlated with differentiation of esophageal carcinoma and lymph node metastasis and infiltrative deepness.There was a remarkable posidve correlation between the expression of Ang-2 and MVD in squamous carcinoma of esophagus (r=0.603,P<0.05). Conclusion The expression of Ang-2 may be elated to the development of squamous carcinoma of esopha- gus,and may promote the development of squamous carcinoma of esophagus by promoting angiogenesis in tumor.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of madecassoside (MC) on the depression behavior of mice and the activities of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in different rat brain regions. METHODS: Imipramine as the positive contrast medicine, effects of MC on the depression behavior of mice were observed by forced swimming test and reserpine antagonist test. Moclobemide and pargyline as the positive controlled medicines, the activities of monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) and monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) in different rat brain regions were determined after intragastric administration of MC in 3 different dosages for 3 days or 21 days. RESULTS: (1) The low, middle and high dosages of MC (i.g.) significantly reduced the immobility time of mice in forced swimming test (P<0.05). (2) MC in dosages of 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg prevented the lowering of temperature induced by reserpine (P<0.05), while 40 mg/kg had no significant effects on it (P>0.05). (3) With acute administration (3 days), the low, middle and high dosagey of MC (i.g.) significantly inhibited the activity of MAO-A in hippocampus (P<0.01), and the high dosage significantly inhibited the activity of MAO-A in hypothalamus (P<0.01), while the 3 dosages had no significant effects on the activity of MAO-A in cortex (P>0.05). With chronic administration (21 days), MC in 3 dosages had no significant effects on the activities of MAO-A in cortex and hypothalamus (P>0.05), and the high dosage (40 mg/kg) significantly enhanced the activity of MAO-A in hippocampus (P<0.01). (4) With acute administration, MC in dosages of 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg significantly inhibited the activity of MAO-B in cortex (P>0.05), and MC in dosage of 10 mg/kg significantly inhibited the activity of MAO-B in hypothalamus (P<0.05), and MC in dosage of 20 mg/kg significantly enhanced the activity of MAO-B in hippocampus (P<0.01). With chronic administration, MC of 3 dosages produced no significant effects on the activities of MAO-B in 3 different rat brain regions (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: These results support the idea that MC produces antidepressant effects through MAO inhibition in rat brain, which seems stronger with acute administration than chronic administration, while its mechanism remains to be further studied.