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Objective To explore the effect of the superantigens staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) and staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) on the level and positive sero-conversion rate of anti-HBs antibody induced by HBsAg. Methods Sixty BABL/C mice were randomly divided into 5 groups. The mice in group 1 were administered 4?g recombinant HBsAg by subcutaneous injection in the groin once a week for three weeks. The manner of HBsAg administration in the other four groups was the same as that in group 1. One day after the first administration, the mice were administered 25?g SEA (group 2) or 25?g SEB (group 3) by subcutaneous injection in contralateral groin. In the second week after the first administration, the mice were administered 25?g SEA (group 4) or 25?g SEB (group 5) by subcutaneous injection in contralateral groin when HBsAg were given. Serum levels of anti-HBs antibody in the five groups were measured once a week until the end of experiment using ELISA. Results On the third week, the positive sero-conversion rate and serum level of anti-HBs in group 1 were 41.7% and 0.758?0.126, respectively. At the same time, the anti-HBs sero-conversion rate in the group 2 and group 4 was 100%, and there was significant difference in the anti-HBs level compared with group 1(P0.05). Conclusion SEA could remarkably elevate the level and positive sero-conversion rate of anti-HBs after injection of HBsAg, and significantly enhance the humoral immune response induced by HBsAg in mice.
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Objective To explore the relationship between serum cytokines and liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B(CHB), and to discuss their role in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis. Methods ELISA and RIA techniques were used to detect the levels of transforming growth factor-?1( TGF-?1),tumor necrosis factor-?(TNF-?), Interferon -?(IFN-?), hyaline acid (HA), type III procollagen (PC Ⅲ) and collagen type Ⅳ(C-Ⅳ) in 95 patients with CHB, and contrast study were performed between those serum markers and hepatic pathology. Results The levels of serum TGF-?1, TNF-?, HA, PCⅢ and C-Ⅳ in the patients with CHB were significantly higher than those in normal control group (NC), and were correlated with degree of liver damage positively. Serum levels of TGF-?1, TNF-?, HA, PCⅢ and C-Ⅳ were positive proportion to degree of liver fibrosis (P
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Objective To construct the nucleic acid vaccine(DNA vaccine) plasmid of the gag gene of the prevalent HIV-1 strains in China so as to develop a therapeutic AIDS vaccine against the HIV-1 strains, and to investigate the immune responses induced by HIV-1 DNA vaccine in mice. Methods The recombinant expression vector pCI-neo GAG was constructed by inserting HIV gag gene into the eukaryotic expression vector pCI-neo, which was identified by restrictive enzymes (Xba Ⅰ/Sal Ⅰ) digestion analysis and DNA sequencing. Balb/c mice were immunized with pCI-neo GAG or pCI-neo. Their sera were collected for the assay of the titer of anti-HIV antibody and IFN-? level by ELISA, and their splenic cells were isolated for detecting antigen-specific lymphoproliferative responses and specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte(CTL) response by MTT assay and LDH assay, respectively. Results Restrictive enzymes digestion analysis and DNA sequencing results revealed that the recombinant expression vector pCI-neo GAG had been constructed successfully. Both the anti-HIV antibody titer and the IFN-? level of mice immunized with the pCI-neo GAG were higher than those of mice immunized with pCI-neo (P