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Objective:To investigate the influence of bundled ligation of the pancreatic stump on postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) of distal pancreatectomy (DP).Methods:The retrospective case-control study was conducted. The clinical data of 60 patients with diseases in pancreatic body and tail who underwent DP in the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University from January 2011 to August 2018 were collected. There were 24 males and 36 females, aged from 19 to 68 years, with a median age of 45 years. Of the 60 patients, 36 cases undergoing dissection of pancreas with Endo-GIA stapler were allocated into non-bundled group, and 24 cases undergoing bundled ligation of the pancreatic stump with No.10 or No.7 suture at the site over 1 cm of the resection site before dissection of pancreas were allocated into bundled group. Observation indicators: (1) postoperative situations; (2) analysis of risk factors for POPF of DP. Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as Mean± SD, and comparison between groups was analyzed using the t test or ANOVA test. Measurement data with skewed distribution were represented as M (range).Count data were described as absolute numbers, and comparison between groups was analyzed using the chi-square test. Univariate analysis was conducted using the chi-square test and multivariate analysis was conducted using the Logistic regression model. Results:(1) Postoperative situations: the amylase concentration, cases with biochemical fistula, cases with grade B pancreatic fistula, cases with complications, time to extubation, duration of postoperative hospital stay, total hospital expenses were (2 629±592)U/L, 14, 5, 7, (11.9±0.7)days, (13.6±0.7)days, (49 430±1 626)yuan in non-bundled group and (683±312)U/L, 3, 1, 2, (9.7±0.6)days, (11.3±0.5)days, (44 767±1 163)yuan in bundled group, respectively. There were significant differences in the amylase concentration, cases with biochemical fistula, time to extubation, duration of hospital stay, total hospital expenses between the two groups ( t=2.528, χ2=1.512, t=2.341, 2.311, 2.111, P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in the cases with grade B pancreatic fistula or cases with complications between the two groups ( χ2=1.512, 1.394, P>0.05). (2) Analysis of risk factors for POPF of DP. Results of univariate analysis showed that tumor diameter and bundled ligation of the pancreatic stump were related factors of patients undergoing pancreatic fistula after DP ( χ2=4.462, 5.061, P<0.05). Results of multivariate analysis showed that bundled ligation of the pancreatic stump was an independent influencing factor of patients undergoing pancreatic fistula after DP ( odds ratio=0.187, 95% confidence interval as 0.037-0.954, P<0.05). Conclusions:Bundled ligation of the pancreatic stump was an independent influencing factor of patients undergoing pancreatic fistula after DP. Bundled ligation of the pancreatic stump can effectively reduce the incidence of POPF, especially biochemical fistula, the time to extubation, duration of postoperative hospital stay and total hospital expenses, and promote patient recovery after DP.
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Animals , Humans , Mice , Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 , Cardiovascular Diseases , Endothelial Cells , Fibroblasts , In Vitro Techniques , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells , Lipoproteins , Mesoderm , Methods , Models, Animal , Pluripotent Stem Cells , SwineABSTRACT
Regenerative therapy holds great promise in the development of cures of some untreatable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, and pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) including induced PSCs (iPSCs) are the most important regenerative seed cells. Recently, differentiation of human PSCs into functional tissues and cells in vitro has been widely reported. However, although porcine reports are rare they are quite essential, as the pig is an important animal model for the in vitro generation of human organs. In this study, we reprogramed porcine embryonic fibroblasts into porcine iPSCs (piPSCs), and differentiated them into cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31)-positive endothelial cells (ECs) (piPSC-derived ECs, piPS-ECs) using an optimized single-layer culture method. During differentiation, we observed that a combination of GSK3β inhibitor (CHIR99021) and bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) promoted mesodermal differentiation, resulting in higher proportions of CD31-positive cells than those from separate CHIR99021 or BMP4 treatment. Importantly, the piPS-ECs showed comparable morphological and functional properties to immortalized porcine aortic ECs, which are capable of taking up low-density lipoprotein and forming network structures on Matrigel. Our study, which is the first trial on a species other than human and mouse, has provided an optimized single-layer culture method for obtaining ECs from porcine PSCs. Our approach can be beneficial when evaluating autologous EC transplantation in pig models.
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Objective:To investigate the effect of thoracoscopy combined with laparoscopy on lung function and tumor micrometastasis in patients with thoracic esophageal cancer.Methods:109 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer admitted from Mar. 2018 to Jul. 2019 in our hospital were divided into study group (60 cases) and the control group (49 cases) . The study group underwent thoracoscopy and laparoscopy assisted surgery, while the control group underwent traditional surgical resection of esophageal cancer. The differences of lung function, RBC immune function and the expression of invasive gene in the lesions between the two groups were compared.Results:Three days after the operation, maximum ventilation per minute (MVV) , forced expiratory volume for 1 s (FEV1) and vital capacity (VC) of the two groups were all decreased ( P<0.01) , but they were significantly higher in the study group than in the control group[ (69.90±7.07) vs (48.62±5.09) , (75.12±7.93) vs (42.99±4.81) , (74.57±7.30) vs (41.37±4.69) ( P<0.01) ]. mRNA of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) and tumor necrosis factor receptor-related protein 1 (TRAP1) in the two groups were all decreased ( P<0.01) , while they were significantly higher in the study group than in the control group [ (0.54±0.09) vs (0.42±0.06) , (0.52±0.08) vs (0.41±0.06) ( P<0.01) ]. mRNA of Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) and E-cad-herin in the two groups were all increased ( P<0.01) , while it was significantly lower in the study group than in the control group[ (2.87±0.30) vs (3.17±0.36) , (2.92±0.32) vs (3.19±0.38) ( P<0.01) ]. RBC immune complex rosette rate (RBC-ICR) in the study group was higher than that on the first day before operation ( P<0.01) , and gradually decreased from the first day after operation, and recovered to the preoperative level on the third day after operation. At the end of operation, red blood cell C3b receptor rosette rate (RBC-C3bRR) and red blood cell adhesion tumor cell rosette rate (TRR) in the study group were all decreased compared with those on the first day before operation ( P<0.01) , and gradually increased on the first day after operation in the study group, and recovered to the preoperative level on the third day after operation. Except for the first day before surgery, there were statistically significant differences in red blood cell immune function indexes at other time points between the study group and the control group[At the end of the operation: (30.29±4.80) vs (34.68±5.47) , (16.02±1.58) vs (12.03±1.17) , (17.50±2.86) vs (12.59±2.26) ; 1 d after operation: (29.13±4.19) vs (35.01±5.29) , (20.98±2.86) vs (16.23±2.40) , (22.50±2.56) vs (17.39±2.34) ; 3 d after operation: (26.01±3.80) vs (31.50±5.01) , (23.30±3.37) vs (18.02±2.79) , (25.80±2.10) vs (21.19±2.60) ( P<0.01) ]. Conclusion:In patients who need radical surgery for thoracic esophageal cancer, the application of thoracoscopy combined with laparoscopy has little effect on lung function, red blood cell immunity, and tumor micrometastasis, which is worth promoting.
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Regenerative therapy holds great promise in the development of cures of some untreatable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, and pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) including induced PSCs (iPSCs) are the most important regenerative seed cells. Recently, differentiation of human PSCs into functional tissues and cells in vitro has been widely reported. However, although porcine reports are rare they are quite essential, as the pig is an important animal model for the in vitro generation of human organs. In this study, we reprogramed porcine embryonic fibroblasts into porcine iPSCs (piPSCs), and differentiated them into cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31)-positive endothelial cells (ECs) (piPSC-derived ECs, piPS-ECs) using an optimized single-layer culture method. During differentiation, we observed that a combination of GSK3β inhibitor (CHIR99021) and bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) promoted mesodermal differentiation, resulting in higher proportions of CD31-positive cells than those from separate CHIR99021 or BMP4 treatment. Importantly, the piPS-ECs showed comparable morphological and functional properties to immortalized porcine aortic ECs, which are capable of taking up low-density lipoprotein and forming network structures on Matrigel. Our study, which is the first trial on a species other than human and mouse, has provided an optimized single-layer culture method for obtaining ECs from porcine PSCs. Our approach can be beneficial when evaluating autologous EC transplantation in pig models.
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Objective To predict the presence of MVI,the general clinicopathological of HCC patients' data of the preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR),platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR),altplatelet ratio (APRI) were evaluated.Methods 143 cases of HCC patients who underwent radical resection and ≤ 5 cm of tumor diameter in Chifeng Clinical Medical School of Inner Mongolia Medical University from January 2011 to December 2014 were analysed retrospectively and followed up.The relationship between NLR,PLR,APRI and other clinical parameters was evaluated.Results According to ROC Curve,the NLR truncation value was 2.00,PLR to 115.00,APRI 1.6.The single factor analysis of x2 test showed that NLR (x2=6.419;P＜0.05),APRI (x2=3.975;P＜0.05),AFP (x2=33.37;P＜0.05),Degree of differentiation (x2 =9.839;P＜0.05) were significant differences between MVI positive (MVI+) and negative (MVI-) groups,and the difference was statistically significant;Logistic regression multifactor analysis showed that NLR (OR 2.678;95％ CI 1.033～6.944;P＜0.05) and AFP (OR 1.724;95％CI 1.023～2.905;P＜0.05) are independent predictors of MVI.Conclusion Preoperative NLR and AFP are convenient,economical and reliable hematological indices for predicting the presence of MVI in HCC patients.
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The clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) system is a versatile genome editing tool with high efficiency. A guide sequence of 20 nucleotides (nt) is commonly used in application of CRISPR/Cas9; however, the relationship between the length of the guide sequence and the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 in porcine cells is still not clear. To illustrate this issue, guide RNAs of different lengths targeting the EGFP gene were designed. Specifically, guide RNAs of 17 nt or longer were sufficient to direct the Cas9 protein to cleave target DNA sequences, while 15 nt or shorter guide RNAs had loss-of-function. Full-length guide RNAs complemented with mismatches also showed loss-of-function. When the shortened guide RNA and target DNA heteroduplex (gRNA:DNA heteroduplex) was blocked by mismatch, the CRISPR/Cas9 would be interfered with. These results suggested the length of the gRNA:DNA heteroduplex was a key factor for maintaining high efficiency of the CRISPR/Cas9 system rather than weak bonding between shortened guide RNA and Cas9 in porcine cells.
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Base Sequence , Complement System Proteins , CRISPR-Cas Systems , DNA , Genome , Nucleotides , SwineABSTRACT
The monitoring of chronic diseases , including diabetes , hypertension , coronary heart disease and osteoporosis among residents in the community was conducted by Shanghai Changfeng Community Health Service Center , and the identification of physical constitution according to Traditional Chinese Medicine system was performed simultaneously .The medical checkup report and advices on prevention and treatment was provided to the residents , so that they know better about their health condition and its management .
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Objective To explore the risk factors of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) and the its relationship with T cell subsets to provide a foundation for the prevention and treatment of PAH.Methods 154 maintained hemodialysis (MHD) patients in our dialysis center were recruited according to the criterion and divided into two groups subsequently:PAH group (pulmonary artery systolic pressure,PASP ＞ 35 mmHg) and non-PAH group (PASP≤35 mmHg).The related clinical,biochemical and ultrasonic cardiogram data were collected and peripheral blood was acquired to detect the expressions of the surface antigen CD3,CD4,CD8 and CD69 with flow cytometry.Logistic regression analysis was used to find out the relationship between PAH and T cell subsets.Results There was no significant difference between 56 cases of PAH and 98 cases of non-PAH as regards gender,age,mean systolic and diastolic pressure,dialysis durations,morbidities of hypertension and diabetes,smoking rate,and left ventricular diameter.Compared with the non-PAH group,the PAH group demonstrated a lower percent of CD8 T cells and CD8 CD69 T cells,but a much higher left atrial diameter (LAD),Interventricular septum thickness,left ventricular posterior wall thickness,and NT-proBNP.The percentage of T cells,CD4 T cells and CD4 CD69 T cells showed no difference between the two groups.Multivariate analysis confirmed that PAH was negatively independently associated with the percentage of CD8 T cells and CD8CD69 T cells.Conclusions The decreased percentage of CD8 T cells and CD8CD69 T cells in the peripheral blood is a risk factor of PAH in maintained hemodialysis patients,and CD8 T cells may play an important role in the genesis of PAH.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of phosphorus (P) deficiency on the morphological and functional characteristics of erythrocytes in cows. Forty Holstein-Friesian dairy cows in mid-lactation were randomly divided into two groups of 20 each and were fed either a low-P diet (0.03% P/kg dry matter [DM]) or a control diet (0.36% P/kg DM). Red blood cell (RBC) indices results showed RBC and mean corpuscular hemoglobin decreased while mean corpuscular volume increased significantly (p < 0.05) in P-deficient cows. Erythrocyte morphology showed erythrocyte destruction in P-deficient cows. Erythrocytes' functional characteristics results showed total bilirubin and indirect bilirubin concentrations and aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase activity levels in the serum of P-deficient cows were significantly higher than those in control diet-fed cows. Activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in erythrocytes were lower, while the malondialdehyde content was greater, in P-deficient cows than in control diet-fed cows. Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase and Mg²⁺-ATPase activities were lower in P-deficient cows than in control diet-fed cows; however, Ca²⁺-ATPase activity was not significantly different. The phospholipid composition of the erythrocyte membrane changed and membrane fluidity rigidified in P-deficient cows. The results indicate that P deficiency might impair erythrocyte integrity and functional characteristics in cows.
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Alanine Transaminase , Aspartate Aminotransferases , Bilirubin , Diet , Erythrocyte Indices , Erythrocyte Membrane , Erythrocytes , Glutathione Peroxidase , Malondialdehyde , Membrane Fluidity , Phosphorus , Superoxide DismutaseABSTRACT
Objective To explore the operating skills of finding and dissecting renal pedicle in retroperitoneosocpic radical nephrectomy.Methods From April 2011 to April 2015,224 patients with renal tumors were treated by retroperitoneosocpic radical nephrectomy.Along the ureteral ascending methodis used to find renal pedicle for 126 cases(the research group):First found ureter in the iliac crest,the ureter was nearest psoas major here and waseasy to find.Along the ureteral upward until to the renal pelvis and the superior border of renal pelvis is the renal pedicle.77 male and 49 female cases,Age 42 to 84 years,(56.6 ± 9.0) years old on average.Sixty-nine tumors were located in left kidney,and 59 in the right kidney.The mean diameter of renal tumor was(5.3 ± 1.1)cm.There were 25 cases of T1a N0 M0,75 T1b N0 M0,23 of T2 N0 M0,3 of T1bN1M0.Over the same period uplift in he kidney central method is used to find renal pedicle for 98 cases.64 male and 34 female cases,Age 27 to 81 years,(57.9 ± 8.3)years old on average.52 tumors were located in left kidney,and 46 in the right kidney.The mean diameter of renal tumor was (5.5 ± 1.4)cm.There were 19 cases of T1aN0M0,61 T1bN0M0,16 of T2N0M0,2 of T1bN1 M0.Results The differences were significant for Looking for renal pedicle time(2.2 ± 1.1 vs.4.5 ±2.0) min,operation time (73.7 ±67.3 vs.90.1 ±87.5)min,hemorrhage volume(69.8 ±42.7 vs.89.7 ±89.2) ml,the incidence of complications (3 vs.9) between the study group and the control group (P ＜ 0.05).The difference were not significant in postoperative hospital stay (7.5 ± 0.8 vs.7.3 ± 0.8) d,exhaust time (2.1 ± 0.6 vs.2.2 ± 0.6) d between two group.All the operations were performed successfully in the research group,with no conversion to open and transfusion.Major complications included 3 cases of vessel injury.Hemostasis was performed with metal clips and suture.In the control group,ena cava rupture in 3 cases,left lumbar veins rupture in 3 cases,retroperitoneal hematoma in 2 case,mild pulmonary embolism in 1 case.two case performed open operation owing to vena cava rupture.The vena cava rupture transit open surgery in 2 cases,and Hemostasis was performed with metal clips in 1 case of vena cava rupture and on the left side of the lumbar veins rupture was managed by suture,titanium clips and bipolar electrocautery;Retroperitoneal hematoma improved by conservative treatment;Pulmonary embolism improved by medical consultation after thrombolysis.Conclusions Retroperitoneosocpic radical nephrectomy with the method of along the ureteral ascending was safe and could quickly locate and ligate the renal pedicle,and shorten operation time,reduce postoperative complications.
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Objective To assess the risk factors of intradialytic-hypotension (IDH) and the prognosis of IDH among maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients for the prevention and treatment of IDH.Methods 276 MHD patients were enrolled during Jan.2009 to Mar.2009.Intradialytic blood pressure was monitored during a 3-month period.IDH was defined as an event characterized by a sudden drop in systolic BP more than 20 mmHg or in mean artery pressure (MAP) more than 10 mmHgassociated with clinical events and need for interventions.Dialysis-related information was collected.Kaplan-Meier method,log-rank test,logistic regression and Cox regression analyses were performed to examine the association between IDH and survival,using a follow-up through 31 May 2014.Results A total of 276 patients were recruited.The incidence rate of IDH was 40.9％.163 patients with no-IDH (＜ 1/10 hypotensive events/3 months) served as controls.113 patients with IDH (≥ 1/10 hypotensive events/3 months) were identified among all 276 patients.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age,ultrafiltration rate,gender,serum NT-proBNP,serum albumin and aortic rool inside dimension (AoRD) were associated with IDH among MHD patients.During the 5-year follow-up,74 patients died,with a mortality rate 5.2 per 100 person-year.Kaplan-Meier survival curve showed significant difference of overall and CV mortality rates between 2 groups.The multivariate Cox regression model indicated that IDH increased the risk of death (HR=1.572,95％CI 1.077-2.293,P=0.019).So did the rise of LVMI (HR=1.010,95％CI 1.009-1.085,P=0.020).Conclusion Elderly,female,high ultrafiltration rate,high level of serum NT-proBNP,hypoalbuminemia and shorter AoRD are independent risk factors for IDH among MHD patients.LVMI can predict the outcome of MHDpatients.Intradialytic hypotension is an independent risk factor for long-term mortality in MHD patients.
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With the advancements of stem cells and regenerative medicine, interspecies chimera has become a hot topic and will pave a new way of providing donor sources in organ transplantation. However, the interspecies chimera is confronted with a number of scientific questions and technical obstacles, including selections of appropriate embryonic stage and appropriate culture medium; those factors will deeply influence the developmental balance between donor cells and receptor embryos. Due to its relatively rapid reproductive cycle and similar organ size to human's, porcine is a very potential donor candidate to study these questions. To compare the development and chimeric efficiency of interspecies embryos, we tested and evaluated three different culture systems, PZM-3 (Porcine zygotic medium), culture medium for iPSCs (N2B27) and 3.5 h of N2B27 before PZM-3 (N2B27(3.5 h)), and two different embryonic stages, 8-cell and blastocyst in mouse-porcine chimeric embryos using parthenogenetically activated porcine embryos and mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (miPS). The results showed that, PZM-3 was beneficial for both development of chimeric embryos and miPSCs proliferation in porcine embryos in the 8-cell injection group. After early blastocyst injection, the chimeric efficiency did not appear significantly different among the three culture systems but was lower than 8-cell injection. In summary, the results suggest that 8-cell injection and PZM-3 culture medium are more beneficial to the in vitro development and chimeric efficiency of mouse-porcine chimeric embryos.
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Animals , Mice , Blastocyst , Chimera , Culture Media , Embryo Culture Techniques , Embryo, Mammalian , Embryonic Development , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells , Cell Biology , SwineABSTRACT
Objective To summarize the clinical features and treatment of male urethral duplication.Methods The clinical data of 2 cases treated in June 2011 and April 2014 were analyzed retrospectively.The first case was a 5-year-old boy presented with passages of urine from two orifices in the penis.The second case was a 15-year-old boy presented with dorsal chordee and a sinus on the dorsum of the penis.The patient had a small amount of watery discharge occasionally dripping out of the opening for 10 years.The 2 patients underwent retrograde urethrography, which revealed a complete duplicated urethra with the channel arising from the proximal prostatic urethra ( class ⅡA2 according to the classification of Effman) .The 2 patients underwent excision of the accessory urethra under general anesthesia.Results The pathology reports of the 2 cases were hyperplasia of squamous epithelium and urothelial mucosa.Pathological diagnosis was urethral duplication.The first case was followed up for 1 year with a satisfactory functional and cosmetic outcome.The second case was followed up for 6 months and no watery discharge noticed from the residual dorsal chordee.Conclusions Urethral duplication is a rare congenital anomality affecting mainly boys.Clinical presentation varies depending on the different anatomical patterns of the urethral anatomy. Surgical management must be evaluated for each different anatomical variation.
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The present situation , efficacy, problem and strategy of laboratory animal license management in Guangdong Province were reviewed in this article .The laboratory animal license management has been implemented for 10 years and showed good results .Now there are comprehensive management of quality , facilities, personnel, SOP, and unified item bank, and making standard of laboratory animals in Guangdong Province .The legislation of Guangdong laboratory animal management regulations is completed .Guangdong laboratory animal license is increased year by year .The distribution of industry and area is expanded .Through analysis of problems and search for strategy , Guangdong laboratory animal management will be further developed .
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To obtain the C7C peptide ligands of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by affinity screening based on the phage-displayed random C7C peptide library, and preliminarily identify the binding capacity of the peptide to Mycobacterium.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Inactive Mycobacterium tuberculosis reference strain H37Rv was used as the target molecule to screen the Ph. D.-C7C peptide library, and Mycobacterium bovis, BCG was used for reverse screening. After 4 rounds of affinity screening, single phages eluted by H37Rv and BCG were selected for DNA sequencing. ELISA was used to detect the binding affinities of different single phage clones. The cyclic peptides displayed by the phage clones showing the highest appetency were synthesized in vitro with fluorescent markers. Fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometer was used to detect the binding affinities of synthesized cyclic peptides, comparing with linear binding peptides obtained before.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After 4 rounds of biopanning, phages that could bind with target molecules were remarkable enriched. 16 common sequences were obtained by sequencing analysis of single phages. With ELISA, phage SB1, SB5, SB8 and SB26 all showed higher affinity with H37Rv and BCG, the ratio to negative control of which were ≥ 2.1, but could not bind to the 3 nonmycobacteria, which were identified as the positive clones. Based on the results of flow cytometer detection, the affinities to H37Rv of 4 cyclic peptides SB1, SB5, SB24, SB26 were (73.2 ± 6.3)%, (63.2 ± 5.3)%, (32.9 ± 3.1)%, (89.4 ± 7.0)%, and to BCG were (65.6 ± 6.1)%, (48.6 ± 4.5)%, (10.3 ± 1.8)%, (86.6 ± 7.9)%, separately, which were all higher than H8 ((4.0 ± 1.0)%, (5.5 ± 1.2)%) . From the results of fluorescence microscopy observation, all of the fluorescent labeled cyclic peptides SB1, SB5, SB24, SB26 could bind to H37Rv and showed higher fluorescence intensities, which also had certain affinities to other 18 mycobacteria, but the fluorescence intensities were lower than H37Rv, and didn't bind to 3 non-mycobacteria.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Based on the replacement of linear 7 peptide library with C7C peptide library, new ligands of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were achieved successfully, which showed significantly higher binding affinities to mycobacteria.</p>
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Base Sequence , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Ligands , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Peptide Library , PeptidesABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the evaluative meaning of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)sweat detector and temperature detector to atheriosclerosis obliterans (ASO).Methods 68 limb plantar of ASO patients and 20 left plantar of healthy subjects were tested by TCM sweat detector and temperature detector to observe the differences of sweating rate and temperature between the two groups.Results ①Sweating rate and temperature of ASO patients' limb plantar showed different graphic morphology from that of healthy control group.The sweating rate of patients was worse than that of healthy subjects in responding to external stimuli.②ASO patients'limb plantar baseline values of the sweating rate and temperature were lower than that of healthy subjects,and the result was statistical significant (P＜0.01).Conclusion Data obtained from TCM sweat detector and temperature detector can be used to distinguish ASO patients from healthy people.
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Objective To investigate the cognitive behavioral characteristic longitudinally of the patients after subcortical infarction engaged in feature and binding working memory tasks.Methods The behavioral performances were recorded from 28 patients after subcortical infarction at the 1 st week (W1),3 rd moth (M3) and 6th month (M6) while performing color,location,and color-location binding delayed match-to-sample working memory task.25 healthy volunteers(controls) were investigated once using the same task protocol during the study period.Computer recorded the behavior reaction time and accuracy.Single factor variant analysis of repeated measurement was adopted.Results The accuracy of three memory tasks of M3 ((64.92 ± 5.47) ％ ; (92.88 ± 2.98) ％ ;(82.35 ±7.44)％) was improved than that of W1 ((61.06 ±7.78)％; (90.59 ±2.95)％; (77.06 ±5.58) ％) and the difference had statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).But the reaction time of M3 ((868.31 ±118.91)ms; (833.37 ± 120.99) ms; (918.72 ± 101.28) ms) was shortened than that of W1 ((914.02 ±110.53) ms; (859.89 ± 139.94) ms; (1150.17 ± 92.02) ms) and the difference also had statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).In the location-memory task,the correct rate of M6 ((93.91 ± 2.86) ％) was improved than that of M3 ((92.88 ± 2.98) ％) and the reaction time of M6 ((813.24 ± 119.54) ms) was shortened than M3 ((833.37 ±120.99) ms).M6 and M3 to be compared in the color memory task,the correct rate ((64.50 ± 4.49) ％ ; (64.92 ± 5.47) ％) and the reaction time ((866.47 ± 123.87) ms; (868.31 ± 118.91) ms) had no significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).But in the color-location binding task,the correct rate of M6 ((78.49 ± 7.85) ％) and M3 ((82.35 ± 7.44)％) to be compared had significant decreased nearly the level ((77.06 ± 5.58)％) of the stroke beginning.All behavioral performances of patients were worse than that of control subjects except the compare result of location-memory task in M6((93.91 ± 2.86) ％ ; (813.24 ± 119.54) ms).Conclusion Feature memory and binding memory had been damaged in different degrees in the patient after subcortical infarction.The binding memory had the secondary damage what might be related to the secondary nerve fiber degeneration after infarction.
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant disorder and its clinical manifestation including haemangioblastomas of the central nervous system, renal cell carcinoma, haeochromocytomas, and pancreatic cyst. The deletion, mutation and promoter methylation of VHL gene can cause VHL disease. Swine is considered as an ideal model for human disease because of its physiological and anatomical similarity to human. We cloned pig VHL gene that is 2 725 bp in length. VHL highly expressed in adrenal gland, liver, pancreas, heart and testis. We designed 5 shRNAs and screened the most effective interference RNA fragment with a knockdown efficiency of 72%. Porcine embryonic fibroblasts stably transfected with pGenesil-shRNA vector were used as donor cells for nuclear transfer and there was no significant difference of embryo development compared with the control group. Moreover, VHL was efficiently knocked-down with efficiency of 71% in porcine cloned blastocyst, these results lay a solid foundation for constructing the VHL knock-down model of pig.
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Animals , Cloning, Molecular , Disease Models, Animal , Embryo, Mammalian , Gene Knockdown Techniques , Swine , Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein , Genetics , von Hippel-Lindau Disease , GeneticsABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the risk factors and prognosis influential factors of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery.Methods The clinical data of patients who were hospitalized and underwent cardiac surgery from April 2009 to May 2011 were collected prospectively.Demographic characteristics,types of surgeries,preoperative renal function,pre-and intra-operative conditions and clinical outcomes,etc were recorded.Results A total of 4007 patients underwent cardiac surgery were recruited.The overall incidence of AKI was 31.2％ (1250/4007).The incidence of AKI requiring renal replacement treatment (AKI-RRT) was 2.6％ (104/4007).The overall hospital mortality was 1.9％ (77/4007),and was significantly higher in AKI group than in non-AKI group (5.4％ vs 0.3％,P ＜0.01).The hospital mortality of AKI-RRT group was 36.5％ (38/104).Grouped by type of surgery,cardiac transplantation had the highest AKI incidence (73.0％) and highest in-hospital mortality (18.9％),followed by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) combined with valve surgery (AKI incidence 57.8％,in-hospital mortality 6.1％) and aneurysm surgery (AKI incidence 52.0％,in-hospital mortality 5.5％).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that man,age,BMI,hypertension,chronic heart failure,pre-operative serum creatinine (SCr) ＞ 106.0 μmol/L,intra-operative cardiopulmonary bypass time,intra-operative hypotension and aneurysm surgery were the risk factors of AKI after cardiac surgery.Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that pre-operative SCr ＞ 106.0 μmol/L and intra-operative hypotension were independent risk factors of renal recovery after cardiac surgery while recovery of urine output was the favorable factor.Conclusions Cardiac surgery usually induces high AKI incidence and poor prognosis,which closely associated with many risk factors in peri-operative stage.The incidence of AKI is related to a number of perioperative risk factors.Heart transplantation,aneurysm surgery,CABG combined valve surgery are high risk surgeries.