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Objective:To investigate the correlation of the blood concentration of tacrolimus ( Tac) and serum cystatin C ( SCysC) and serum creatinine (Scr) in the patients with renal transplantation. Methods:Totally 84 cases of renal transplantation patients (67 male/17 female) treated with Tac were involved. The blood concentration of Tac, SCysC and Scr were monitored after the operation. Data results were categorized according to the postoperative time and the blood concentration. The correlations of Tac blood concentra-tion,SCysC and Scr were analyzed and compared by using Pearson correlation analysis. Results: The blood concentration of Tac was not significantly associated with SCysC and Scr in different postoperative time groups and different drug concentration groups ( P >0. 05). As the extension of time,the blood concentration of Tac showed a gradual declining trend, while SCysC and Scr levels de-creased first, and then increased gradually after two years of the operation. Conclusion:The blood concentration of Tac has no effect on the function evaluation of transplanted kidney by the biochemical indicators such as SCysC and Scr.
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Objective To explore the different apoptotic gene expressions and apoptotic signaling transduction of human rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells infected by enterovirus 71 (EV71) in different stage.Methods The survival of EV71-infected RD cells was observed by trypan blue staining.The apoptotic morphology and rates of RD cells were surveyed and detected by Annexin V-FITC/PI staining and flow cytometry,respectively.PCR array was employed to analyze 88 apoptotic gene expressions from EV71-infected RD cells at 8 h and 20 h postinfection (p.i),respectively.Results After RD cells were infected with EV71 (MOI =5) at 8 h p.i,the viability was significantly decreased.Flow cytometry data demonstrated that the apoptotic rates of EV71-infected RD cells had increased to 18.0％ and 19.1％ at 20 h p.i in early and later stage respectively.RT-PCR array studies revealed significant variations in the expression of apoptotic genes.Among 88 genes,only the expression of IFN-β1 was upregulated 5.22 folds,whereas 47 genes including ACIN1,Akt,Apaf1,caspase and CIDEB were found to be downregulated that were lower than 2 folds at 8 h p.i.However,28 genes including FasL,CD40L,TNF,caspase-10 and caspase-3 were induced more than 2 folds after EV71 infection at 20 h.Conclusion The downregulation of apoptosis-related genes is associated with viral apoptosis-suppressing effect in RD cells in the early stage of EV71 infection.The death receptor signaling pathways including Fas/FasL and TNF/TNFR are activated to induce cell apoptosis in the late stage of EV71 infection.Moreover,host cell can also inhibit apoptosis by regulating signal pathway of CD40/CD40L,NF-κB/RelA and PI3K/Akt activation.
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OBJECTIVE To investigate resistant genes encoding ?-lactamases and aminoglycoside modifying enzymes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical specimens,and phylogenetic analysis was performed.METHODS Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed by PhoenixTM-100 system.Resistant genes encoding ?-lactamases,aminoglycoside modifying enzymes and antiseptic resistance were detected by PCR amplification and verified by DNA sequencer.RESULTS The resistant rates of ?-lactams including ampicillin/sulbactam,piperacillin,piperacillin/tazobactam,cefotaxime,ceftazidime,cefepime,imipenem and meropenem in 190 strains of P.aeruginosa were 98.9%,59.5%,45.8%,77.4%,34.2%,38.4%,15.3% and 6.8%,respectively.Ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin still showed powerful activities with resistance being 15.3% and 21.0%.The positive rates of blaVEB, blaGES and blaCARB genes were 9.5%,9.5% and 57.1% in 21 isolates.Twenty strains lost oprD2 genes.However,the ?-lactamase genes of TEM,SHV,OXA,PER,IMP,VIM,SPM,GIM and DHA were not found.Three resistant genes encoding aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes were found in 21 isolates,such as aac(6′)-Ⅰ,aac(6′)-Ⅱ and ant(2″)-Ⅰ,and they accounted for 9.5%,61.9% and 66.7%,respectively.The positive rate of qacE△1-sul1 genes was 66.7% in 21 isolates.CONCLUSIONS P.aeruginosa isolated in clinic has carried many resistant genes.The loss of oprD2 gene may be the important cause of P.aeruginosa resistant to imipenem.Cluster analysis indicates that the spread of clones occurred in our hospital.