Cucumber downy mildew and the mechanisms of host resistance: a review / 生物工程学报

The cultivation and production of cucumber are seriously affected by downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis. Downy mildew damages leaves, stems and inflorescences, and then reduces the yield and quality of cucumber. This review summarized the research advances in cucumber downy mildew, including pathogen detection and defense pathways, regulatory factors, mining of pathogens-resistant candidate genes, proteomic and genomic analysis, and development of QTL remarks. This review may facilitate clarifying the resistance mechanisms of cucumber to downy mildew.

The study of relationship between serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and total IgE in children with bronchial asthma / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective To study the effect of the serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25-(OH)D3] and total IgE (TIgE) in pathogenesis of the children bronchial asthma.Methods Twenty-two children with bronchial asthma (bronchial asthma group) and 20 healthy children (control group) were selected.The serum levels of 25-(OH)D3 and TIgE in the children of 2 groups were detected.Results The level of serum 25-(OH)D3 in bronchial asthma group was significantly lower than that in control group [(23.64 ± 3.89)μ g/L vs.(35.82 ± 4.37) μ g/L],there was statistical difference (P ＜ 0.05).The level of serum TIgE in bronchial asthma group was significantly higher than that in control group [(208.62 ± 32.59) kU/L vs.(73.84 ± 18.86) kU/L],there was statistical difference (P ＜ 0.05).There was negative correlation between the level of serum 25-(OH)D3 and TIgE in bronchial asthma group (r =-0.832,P ＜ 0.01),but there was no correlation between the level of serum 25-(OH)D3 and TIgE in control group (r =-0.038,P ＞0.05).Conclusions The lack of 25-(OH)D3 may be associated with allergy and childhood bronchial asthma.By monitor the levels of 25-(OH)D3 and TIgE may assess condition of childhood bronchial asthma.

The change of T-lymphocyte subgroup in children with infectious mononucleosis / 中国小儿急救医学

Objective To investigate the change of T-lymphocyte subgroup in children with infectious mononucleosis (IM).Methods Sixty young children with IM caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) were recruited for this study in Jiaxing First Hospital from Jan 2005 to Dec 2010.Thirty-six normal children were chosen as control group.Both of the two groups were detected blood test,blood smear,T-lymphocyte subgroup ( including CD3,CD4,CD8,CD4/CD8 ),liver and kidney function test,IgM antibodies of EBV,cytomegalovirus,adenovirus,and hepatitis virus.Results Compared with the control group (53.58％ ± 5.97％,31.22％±8.72％ ),the ratio of CD3 (81.55％ ±9.04％ ) and CD8(58.13％ ± 13.35％ ) were significantly higher in IM group( P ＜0.05 ).And the ratio of CD4 ( 18.19％ ± 7.61％ ) and CD4/CD8 (0.37 ± 0.33) were significantly lower in IM group,compared with the control group (36.98％ ± 5.32％,1.98 ± 0.41 )(P ＜ 0.05 ).While the leukocyte count,the ratio of abnormal leukomonocyte,and alanine transaminase had no correlation with the decrease of CD4/CD8 ( P ＞ 0.05 ).Conclusion Children with IM caused by EBV have bad immunocompetence,and we can treat them with immunotherapy early.

Pathogenic analysis in children with community acquired pneumonia in Jiaxing city / 中国小儿急救医学

Objective To study the etiology of comumunity acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children of Jiaxing city and provide the basis for the clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods An etiological study was performed on 800 young children with CAP in Jinxing First Hospital from Jan 2008 to Dec 2010.Sputum samples were collected for isolating bacteria and checking the antigen of respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV),adenovirus ( ADV),influenza virus (IV) and parainfluenza virus ( PIV ).IgM antibodies of mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP),ADV,W and PIV paired serum samples were detected.The 202 cases with positive etiology were divided into three groups:bacteria group ( 109 cases),virus group (54 cases) and MP group (39 cases).The leukocyte,C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) were detected.Results The etiology of CAP was identified in 202 (25.25％) children of all the 800 cases,the distribution of causal agents was as follows:Streptococcus pneumoniae in 46 cases (22.77％,46/202 ),Haemophilus influenzae in 32 cases (15.84％,32/202),Staphylococcus in 5 cases (2.48％,5/202),Klebsiella pneumoniae in 8 cases (3.96％,8/202),Escherichia coli in 12 cases (5.94％,12/202),MP in 39 cases ( 19.31％,39/202),RSV in 48 cases (23.76％,48/202),ADV in 1 case (0.50％,1/202),IV in 3 cases ( 1.49％,3/202),and PIV in 2 cases ( 0.99％,2/202 ),Streptococcus pneumoniae and RSV mixed infection in 3 cases ( 1.49％,.3/202),Streptococcus pneumoniae and MP mixed infection in 3 cases ( 1.49％,3/202).RSV infection occured mainly in infants less than 1-year-old,Streptococcus pneumoniae oceured in all ages but was mostly in 1 ～ 3years,Haemophilus influenzae infection occured mainly in infants less than 3-year-old,MP infection occured mainly in infants more than six years.The PCT levels of the three groups were (7.78 ±6.14) ng/ml,(0.39 ±0.56) ng/ml,and (0.20 ±0.34) ng/ml,respectively.There were significant differences among the three groups ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion RSV infection occurs mainly in infants of age less than 1 year,Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae infection occur mainly in infants of age 1 ～3 years,while MP is the leading cause of pneumonia in children of age more than 6 years in Jiaxing city.We can decide pathogen on ages,clinical manifestation and PCT level to guide the rational use of drugs.