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Objective@#To analyze the epidemic trend of viral hepatitis in Nanjing from 1989 to 2019 and predict the incidence in 2020, so as to provide reference for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis.@*Methods@#The incidence data of viral hepatitis in Nanjing from 1989 to 2019 was retrieved from Nanjng Center for Disease Control and Prevention and National Infectious Disease Reporting System. The epidemic trend was analyzed by estimating the annual percent change ( APC ) and the average annual percent change ( AAPC ). The seasonal incidence of different types of viral hepatitis was analyzed by seasonal index. The autoregressive integrated moving average model ( ARIMA ) was built to predict monthly incidence rate of viral hepatitis in 2020. @*Results@#The annual incidence rate of viral hepatitis was 62.00/100 000 in Nanjing from 1989 to 2019, showing a downward trend ( AAPC=8.4%, P<0.05 ). From 1998 to 2019, the annual incidence rates of hepatitis A, B, C and E were 1.98/100 000, 14.31/100 000, 2.30/100 000 and 2.60/100 000. The incidence of hepatitis A and B showed downward trends ( AAPC=-11.81%, -6.02%, both P<0.05 ); the incidence trend of hepatitis C was not obvious ( P>0.05 ); the incidence of hepatitis E showed an increasing trend ( AAPC=4.82%, P<0.05 ). From 2015 to 2019, the third and fourth quarters were the epidemic seasons of hepatitis A, B and C, while the first and second quarters were the epidemic seasons of hepatitis E. The ARIMA model predicted that the monthly incidence rates of viral hepatitis in 2020 would range from 1.26/100 000 to 3.69/100 000, among which hepatitis B ranged from 1.21/100 000 to 2.58/100 000, hepatitis C from 0.20/100 000 to 0.48/100 000, hepatitis E from 0.09/100 000 to 0.25/100 000. @*Conclusions@#The incidence of viral hepatitis in Nanjing shows a downward trend. Among different types of hepatitis, hepatitis B has a higher incidence. All types of hepatitis have epidemic seasons. It is predicted that the monthly incidence rates of viral hepatitis will be 1.26/100 000 to 3.69/100 000 in 2020.
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To characterize the structure and function of ribosomal protein S13 (RPS13), we identified fulllength open reading frames (ORFs) of three RPS13 genes (RPS13-1, RPS13-2, and RPS13-3) of the Chinese medicinal plant, Sophora flavescens. The target genes were amplified by reverse transcription-olymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), ligated into the pET22b(+) vector, and then transformed into Escherichia coli BL21 competent cells for protein expression. The physicochemical properties, protein motif, evolution, and structural organization of the three RPS13 genes were analyzed using bioinformatics tools. The full-length ORFs (453 bp) of the three RPS13 genes of S. flavescens were cloned, and each encodes a protein of 151 amino acids in length, and their expression was detected by Western blotting. Bioinformatics analysis showed that RPS13s are stable proteins that are closely related to the 40S RPS13s of Vigna radiate var. radiate. Their three-dimensional structures included three -helices at the C-terminal and four -helices at the N-terminal, and the two clusters of helices were connected by a long random coil, which may help maintain the dynamic bridging interactions between the large and small subunits of the ribosome. The full-length ORFs of three RPS13 genes of S. flavescens were successfully cloned and expressed in vitro. The study of the physicochemical properties, evolution, and secondary and three-dimensional structures of the three proteins will provide the theoretical basis for further studies on the function of RPS13s in plants.
Objetivo: Para caracterizar a estrutura e a função da proteína ribossomal S13 (RPS13), identificamos fases de leitura abertas (ORFs) completas de três genes RPS13 (RPS13-1, RPS13-2 e RPS13-3) da planta medicinal chinesa, Sophora flavescens. Métodos: Os genes alvo foram amplificados por reação em cadeia da polimerase por transcrição reversa (RT-PCR), ligados ao vetor pET22b(+), e então transformados em células competentes de Escherichia coli BL21 para expressão protéica. As propriedades físico-químicas, o motivo protéico, a evolução e a organização estrutural dos três genes RPS13 foram analisados utilizando ferramentas de bioinformática. Resultados: ORFs completos (453 pb) dos três genes RPS13 de S. flavescens foram clonados, e cada um codifica uma proteína de 151 aminoácidos de comprimento, e sua expressão foi detectada por western blotting. A análise de bioinformática mostrou que as RPS13s são proteínas estáveis que estão intimamente relacionadas com as 40S RPS13s de Vigna radiata var. radiate. Suas estruturas tridimensionais incluíam três -hélices no C-terminal e quatro -hélices no N-terminal, e os dois aglomerados de hélices eram conectados por uma longa bobina aleatória, o que pode ajudar a manter as interações de ponte dinâmicas entre o subunidades grandes e pequenas do ribossomo. Conclusões: As ORFs completas de três genes RPS13 de S. flavescens foram clonadas e expressas com sucesso in vitro. O estudo das propriedades físico-químicas, evolução e estruturas secundárias e tridimensionais das três proteínas fornecerão a base teórica para estudos adicionais sobre a função das RPS13s em plantas.
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Computational Biology , Sophora , Reverse Transcription , Escherichia coli , GenesABSTRACT
Objective @#To investigate the cytotoxicity of slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW) on oral keratinocyte monolayers. @*Methods@#TR146 human keratinocyte monolayers were exposed to SAEW pretreated with bovine serum albumin（BSA）. It was divided into 4 groups, BSA 0 mg/mL (SAEW stock solutsion), BSA 0.5 mg/mL, BSA 1 mg/mL and BSA 2 mg/mL. The relative growth rate (RGR) was measured using a CCK-8 assay at 1 min, 5 min, 15 min, 30 min and 1 h, and the survival rate was measured using a Trypan Blue exclusion assay at 1 h. @*Results@#The CCK-8 assay showed significantly different OD values in the SAEW and negative control groups at different times and FAC concentrations (P<0.05). With increasing FAC concentrations and observation times, the RGR in the SAEW group decreased, and the SAEW showed moderate to severe cytotoxic effects. The OD values in the BSA (0.5~2 mg/mL)-pretreated SAEW and negative control groups were not significantly different at different times or FAC concentrations (P > 0.05); the RGRs of the BSA-pretreated SAEW group all approached 100%, and no cytotoxic effects were observed in the BSA-pretreated SAEW group. The Trypan Blue exclusion assay showed significantly different survival rates in the SAEW and negative control groups at different FAC concentrations (P < 0.05). As the FAC concentration increased, the survival rate in the SAEW group decreased, and SAEW showed moderate to severe cytotoxic effects. The survival rates in the BSA-pretreated SAEW and negative control groups were not significantly different at different FAC concentrations (P > 0.05); the survival rates in the BSA-pretreated SAEW group all approached 100%, and no cytotoxic effects were observed.@*Conclusion@#SAEW showed no adverse effects on the viability of dental oral keratinocyte monolayers in vitro in the presence of BSA at concentrations equivalent to that of protein in saliva.
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Objective To establish an analysis method for the detection of 6 arsenic compounds [AsC, AsB, As(Ⅲ), DMA, MMA and As(V)] in blood and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry(HPLC-ICP-MS), and apply it to real cases. Methods Triton was used to damage cells, and then EDTA·2Na·2H2O was used to complex arsenic compounds in cells, and sonication and protein deposition by acetonitrile were performed for sample pretreatment. With the mobile phase consisted of ammonium carbonate and ultrapure water, gradient elution was per-formed for obtaining the arsenic compounds in samples, which were analysed by ICP-MS with Hamilton PRP-X100 column. Results The limits of detection in blood were 1.66-10 ng/mL, while the lower limits of quantitation in blood ranged from 5 to 30 ng/mL. The limits of detection in urine were 0.5-10 ng/mL, while the lower limits of quantitation in urine were 5-30 ng/mL. The relative standard deviation of inter-day and intra-day precisions was less than 10%. This method had been successfully applied to 3 cases. Conclusion This study has established an analysis method for detecting 6 common arsenic compounds in blood and urine, which can be used to detect the arsenic compounds in the blood and urine from ar-senic poisoning cases as well as the patients under arsenic treatment.
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The purpose of the present study is to explore the effect of aliskiren on the proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) in AGT-REN double transgenic hypertensive (dTH) mice. The cultured CFs from AGT-REN dTH mice were divided into AGT-REN group (dTH) and aliskiren group (ALIS). Cultured CFs from C57B6 mice were served as control (WT). The effect of different concentration of aliskiren (1 × 10, 1 × 10, 1 × 10, 1 × 10mol/L) on CFs proliferation was determined by MTT assay. After treatment with 1 × 10mol/L aliskiren for 24 h, α-SMA, collagen I, III and NADPH oxidase (NOX) protein expression in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice were detected by Western blot. The collagen synthesis in CFs was assessed by hydroxyproline kit. The expression of ROS was determined by DHE. Results showed that the blood pressure and plasma Ang II levels were significantly increased and CFs proliferation was significantly increased as well in AGT-REN dTH mice compared with WT group. However, aliskiren intervention decreased CFs proliferation, myofibroblast transformation, as well as the collagen I and III synthesis in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice. Meanwhile, aliskiren inhibited ROS content and NOX2/NOX4 protein expression in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice. These results suggest that aliskiren decreases the cell proliferation, myofibroblast transformation and collagen production in CFs of AGT-REN dTH mice, which might be through inhibition of oxidative stress response.
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Animals , Mice , Amides , Blood Pressure , Cell Proliferation , Cells, Cultured , Collagen , Collagen Type I , Fumarates , Heart , Hydroxyproline , Hypertension , Mice, Transgenic , Myocardium , Myofibroblasts , NADPH OxidasesABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of premature rupture of the membrane (PROM) on neonatal complications in premature infants.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The registration information of 7684 preterm infants with gestational age <37 weeks were collected from the cooperative units in the task group between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. Specially trained personnel from each cooperative units filled in the unified form in a standardized format to record the gender, gestational age, birth weight, PROM, placental abruption, antenatal corticosteroid, Apgar score, amniotic fluid pollution, and complications of the infants. The data were analyzed comparatively between the cases with PROM and those without (control).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The preterm mortality rate was significantly lower but the incidences of ICH, NEC, ROP and BPD were significantly higher in PROM group than in the control group (P<0.05). The 95% confidence interval of the OR value was <1 for mortality, and was >1 for ICH, NEC, ROP and BPD. After adjustment for gestational age, birth weight, gender, mode of delivery, placental abruption, placenta previa, prenatal hormones, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), gestational period hypertension and 5-min Apgar score <7, the incidences of NEC, ROP and BPD were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05) with 95% confidence interval of OR value >1, but the mortality rate and incidence of ICH were not significantly different between the two groups (P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>PROM is a risk factor for NEC, ROP and BPD in preterm infants, and adequate intervention of PROM can reduce the incidences of such complications as NEC, ROP and BPD in the infants.</p>
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Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Pregnancy , Apgar Score , Birth Weight , Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture , Pathology , Gestational Age , Incidence , Infant, Newborn, Diseases , Infant, Premature , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To determine the normal reference values of 33 elements, Ag, Al, As, Au, B, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Ga, Hg, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sb, Se, Sr, Th, Ti, Tl, U, V, Zn and Zr, in the blood and urine samples from the general population in Sanmen County of Zhejiang province, a typical coastal area of eastern China.@*METHODS@#The 33 elements in 272 blood and 300 urine samples were determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The normality test of data was conducted using SPSS 17.0 Statistics. The data was compared with other reports.@*RESULTS@#The normal reference values of the 33 elements in the blood and urine samples from the general population in Sanmen County were obtained, which of some elements were found to be similar with other reports, such as Co, Cu, Mn and Sr, while As, Cd, Hg and Pb were generally found to be higher than those previously reported. There was a wide variation between the reports from different countries in blood Ba.@*CONCLUSION@#The normal reference values of the 33 elements in the blood and urine samples from the general population in Sanmen County are established, and successfully applied to two poisoning cases.
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Humans , Blood Chemical Analysis , China , Elements , Environmental Monitoring , UrinalysisABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To determine the normal range of the 33 elements (Li, Be, B, Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Zr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sb, Cs, Ba Au, Hg, Tl, Pb, Th and U) in human whole blood of general population in Hunan province.@*METHODS@#Blood samples were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine the normal range. The influences of district, gender and age to the element content in blood samples were also observed.@*RESULTS@#The normal range of 33 elements in blood samples from general population in Hunan province were obtained. Gender was shown to statistically influence the concentrations of B, Mg, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Ag, Cd, Cs, Hg and Pb (P < 0.05), while age was shown to influence the concentrations of Co, Ni, Cs and Hg in women (P < 0.05) as well as Cu, Se and Hg in men (P < 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Although there are variables in different districts, the normal ranges of trace element in blood of the four cities in Hunan province are established.
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Female , Humans , Male , Age Factors , Asian People/ethnology , China , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Reference Standards , Reference Values , Residence Characteristics , Sex Factors , Trace Elements/bloodABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To establish the electricity plate digestion and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method for determination of 33 inorganic elements in human hair.@*METHODS@#Lithium (6Li), Germanium (72Ge), Yttrium (89Y), Indium (115In), and Terbium (159Tb) were used as internal standards. The electric heating board digestion in a mixture of nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide was used as the pre-treatment of the hair. Thirty-three inorganic elements in human hair were analyzed by ICP-MS method.@*RESULTS@#The detection limit of ICP-MS was 0.0001 microg/g(Th)-10.9 microg/g (Ca) and the limit of quantitation was 0.0005 microg/g (Th)-25 microg/g (Ca). The recovery rate of this method was 86%-113%. The RSD for the intra-day and inter-day were less than 9.2%. The method was not statistically different from microwave digestion method.@*CONCLUSION@#This method is highly efficient and accurate. It can be used for analysis of 33 inorganic elements in human hair.
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Humans , Electricity , Hair/chemistry , Limit of Detection , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Microwaves , Reference Standards , Sensitivity and Specificity , Trace Elements/analysisABSTRACT
To develop a simple, validated method for identifying and quantifying 1,3-butadiene (BD) in human blood by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and head-space gas chromatography (HS-GC). BD was identified by GC-MS and HS-GC, and quantified by HS-GC. The method showed that BD had a good linearity from 50 to 500 microg/mL (r > 0.99). The limits of detection and quantification were 10 microg/mL and 50 microg/mL, respectively. Both the intra-day precision and inter-day precision were < 6.08%, and the accuracy was 96.98%-103.81%. The method was applied to an actual case, and the concentration of BD in the case was 242 microg/mL in human blood. This simple method is found to be useful for the routine forensic analysis of acute exposure to BD.
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Adult , Humans , Male , Butadienes/poisoning , Forensic Toxicology/methods , Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/methods , Gas Poisoning , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and Specificity , Solvents/chemistry , TemperatureABSTRACT
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is the most common technique for elements analysis at present. ICP-MS with high sensitivity and wide linear range can be applied to multi-elements analysis in blood and urine. This paper reviews the common means of sample pretreatment (direct dilution method and wet digestion method), the method for correction of mass spectral interference and non-interference, the main influence factors of analysis results, and provides an outlook of the application of ICP-MS in forensic toxicological analysis.
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Humans , Body Fluids/chemistry , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Metals, Heavy/urine , Microwaves , Sensitivity and Specificity , Specimen Handling/methods , Trace Elements/urineABSTRACT
Objective To study the flow field of a new vascular bioreactor with small diameter at different operating conditions. Method To investigate the flow field of a new vascular bioreactor with small diameter under three operating conditions by numerical simulation: outer box rotating, inner box rotating and both inner box and outer box rotating. A comparison of parameters such as flow velocity and shear stress was made. Results The culture medium in the bioreactor rotated with the inner box and outer box, and the velocity was uniformly distributed; the bioreactor could therefore provide a low shear stress environment that is nondestructive for the cells in the medium; the shear stress in bioreactor had a quadratic function relation with the rotation rate. Conclusions This bioreactor could provide a good culture environment for vascular tissue regeneration, and this study provided theoretical basis for the experimental research of bioreactors.
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PURPOSE: This study was conducted to test criterion-related validity of the Critical Patients' Severity Classification System (CPSCS) developed by the Hospital Nurses' Association by examining relationships with brain injury severity measured by Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), recovery state measured by Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS), and days of stay in ICU of brain injury patients. METHODS: Prospective correlational research design was adopted by including 194 brain injury patients admitted to ICU of one university hospital. RESULTS: The score of CPSCS appeared to significantly discriminate the severity of brain injury. Among nursing activities in CPSCS, Respiratory therapy, IV Infusion and Medication, Monitoring, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Treatment and Procedure were significant to discriminate the severity of brain injury. Respiratory therapy, Vital Signs, and Monitoring appeared to significantly discriminate the recovery states of 1- and 3-months. Nursing activities significantly contributed to predict the days of ICU stay were Respiratory therapy, ADL, and Teaching and Emotional Support. CONCLUSION: CPSCS developed by the Hospital Nurses Association appeared to be valid to discriminate or predict brain injury severity, recovery states, and days of stay in ICU for brain injury patients.
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Humans , Activities of Daily Living , Brain Injuries , Glasgow Coma Scale , Glasgow Outcome Scale , Prospective Studies , Research Design , Respiratory Therapy , Vital SignsABSTRACT
A review of studies on the influence of impurities on protein crystallization is given.The possible sources of impurities and its effect on the protein crystallization are presented.The effects of impurities on protein crystallization,including nucleation,macroscopic morphologies,microscopic surface morphologies,growth rates,kinetics,quality,and repartitioning of impurities are reviewed.