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Background aims Despite the great advances in immunosuppressive therapy for severe aplastic anemia (SAA), most patients are not completely cured. Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (haplo-HSCT) has been recommended as an alternative treatment in adult SAA patients. However, haplo-HSCT presents a higher incidence of graft failure and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The authors designed a combination of haplo-HSCT and umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) for treatment of SAA in adult patients and evaluated its effects. Methods Adult patients (≥18 years) with SAA (N = 25) were given HLA-haploidentical hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) combined with UC-MSCs after a conditioning regimen consisting of busulfan, cyclophosphamide, fludarabine and anti-thymocyte globulin and intensive GVHD prophylaxis, including cyclosporine, basiliximab, mycophenolate mofetil and short-term methotrexate. Additionally, the effects of the protocol in adult SSA patients were compared with those observed in juvenile SAA patients (N = 75). Results All patients achieved myeloid engraftment after haplo-HSCT at a median of 16.12 days (range, 11–26). The median time of platelet engraftment was 28.30 days (range, 13–143). The cumulative incidence of grade II acute GVHD (aGVHD) at day +100 was 32.00 ± 0.91%. No one had grade III–IV aGVHD at day +100. The cumulative incidence of total chronic GVHD was 28.00 ± 0.85%. The overall survival was 71.78 ± 9.05% at a median follow-up of 42.08 months (range, 2.67–104). Promisingly, the protocol yielded a similar curative effect in both young and adult SAA patients. Conclusions The authors’ data suggest that co-transplantation of HLA-haploidentical HSCs and UC-MSCs may provide an effective and safe treatment for adult SAA.

Background Though accumulated evidence has demonstrated visceral organ involvement in acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD), how aGVHD influences the bone marrow (BM) niche and the reconstitution of hematopoiesis post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation remains largely unknown. Methods In the current study, the cell morphology, immunophenotype, multi-differentiation capacity, self-renewal capacity, and hematopoiesis promotion of the MSCs from aGVHD and non-aGVHD patients were investigated. Additionally, the stemness and hematopoiesis-promoting property of healthy donor-derived MSCs were evaluated in the presence of BM supernatant from aGVHD patients. Mechanistically, antibodies targeting inflammatory cytokines involved in aGVHD were added into the MSC culture. Furthermore, a recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) receptor-Ig fusion protein (rhTNFR:Fc) was used to protect healthy donor-derived MSCs. Moreover, mRNA sequencing was performed to explore the underlying mechanisms. Results The aGVHD MSCs exhibited morphological and immunophenotypic characteristics that were similar to those of the non-aGVHD MSCs. However, the osteogenic and adipogenic activities of the aGVHD MSCs significantly decreased. Additionally, the colony formation capacity and the expression of self-renewal-related genes remarkably decreased in aGVHD MSCs. Further, the hematopoiesis-supporting capacity of aGVHD MSCs significantly reduced. The antibody neutralization results showed that TNF-α contributed to the impairment of MSC properties. Moreover, rhTNFR:Fc exhibited notable protective effects on MSCs in the aGVHD BM supernatants. The mRNA sequencing results indicated that the TNF-α pathway and the Toll-like receptor pathway may be activated by TNF-α. Conclusions Thus, our data demonstrate MSCs as cellular targets of aGVHD and suggest a potential role of TNF-α blockage in maintaining the BM niche of aGVHD patients.

Although thymus-independent donor-derived T cell expansion may determine the occurrence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and relapse after transplantation, the characteristics and dynamics of the expansion process remain unclear. To address this issue, we monitored T cell receptor β repertoire at day 0, day 28, and day 61 after transplantation in 30 patients with hematologic malignancies by next-generation sequencing. The clonality index showed an increasing clonality over time (P = .001). The top 200 clonotypes accounted for more than half of the total clonotypes (median frequency, 63.55%) at day 61, and there was a remarkable overlapping between the top 200 clonotypes of each repertoire and its former repertoire (50%). A normalized index, called the T Cell Response Index (TCRI), was designed on the basis of rank-shift analysis to quantify antigen-driven expansion. The TCRI during the first month was not related to relapse or GVHD (P.05), whereas the TCRI during the second month was related to relapse (P = .006). Recipients with a TCRI below 1.0 during the second month had a higher cumulative relapse rate (31.25% versus 0%, P = .0323) and had a lower 1-year survival rate (56.25% versus 78.57%, P = .281). The clonotypes with strong competitiveness in the second month in the nonrelapse group preferentially used TRBV2, TRBV12-3, TRBJ1-1 and TRBJ1-5 segments (P.01). In conclusion, homeostatic expansion predominates in the first month due to nonspecific T cell proliferation, whereas antigen-driven expansion predominates in the second month and results in a graft-versus-tumor (GvT) effect. Moreover, TCRI could serve as a quantitative indicator of GvT against relapse within the first year. The difference in V and J segment usage reveals that T cells responsible for potent GvT effect are similar among patients.

Generally, in the laser measurement of gears, the laser beam passes through the center of the gear, and the laser displacement sensor reads the spatial distance from the gear involute tooth surface to the laser displacement sensor. However, in this method, the angle between the laser beam and the normal vector of the measured tooth surface is too large, which affects the accuracy of the measurement and the stability of the data. This paper proposes an offset laser measurement method. The laser beam is offset from the center of the gear by a certain distance to form a larger incident angle with the tooth surface, which can effectively improve the problem and increase the measurement accuracy. Through the discussion of selecting the optimal offset distance, the range of optimal offset measurement position is obtained and clarified by experiments. We solved the data conversion problem caused by the change of measuring position, and measured the pitch deviation and helix angle of the gear to confirm the feasibility of this method. Based on theoretical calculation and experimental verification, it is found that this method has the advantages of better measurement accuracy and less measurement data fluctuations. It is suitable for precision gear measurement.

Aberrant expression or genomic mutations of microRNA have been reported to be associated with a variety of human diseases. This study is aimed to analyze the association between genetic variations of miRNA and schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. We performed case-control studies for ten SNPs in a total sample of 1584 Chinese subjects. All these ten SNPs are on or near mature microRNAs which are expressed in the brain. To illustrate the function of miR-27a, we constructed a miR-27a knockout (KO) astrocytoma cell line U-251MG. By comparing the differentially expressed genes in wild-type and KO U-251MG, we determined several candidate target genes of miR-27a and then verified ICAM-1 as a target gene of miR-27a. We identified the association between the T/C polymorphism at rs895819 and bipolar disorder. Ectopic expression of miR-27a in NPCs showed that the T to C mutation at rs895819 reduced the suppressive effects of miR-27a on the expression of its target genes. Further studies revealed that the T/C polymorphism on miR-27a led to differential expression of mature and precursor miR-27a without affecting the expression of primary miR-27a. Our study highlighted the importance of miR-27a and its polymorphism at rs895819 in bipolar disorder.

Background To explore the mechanism of Maxing Shigan Decoction in the treatment of myocardial injury and lung injury through network pharmacology and molecular docking technology. Methods In Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP), a Bioinformatics Analysis Tool for Molecular mechANism of Traditional Chinese Medicine (BATMAN-TCM) and the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database, National Center for Biotechnology Information database, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database, the compounds and targets of each drug in Maxing Shigan Decoction and the targets of “acute lung intervention” and “myocardial injury” diseases were searched. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis were performed by the DAVID database. GOLD 5.1 was used for molecular docking. Results Maxing Shigan Decoction includes 327 compounds and 2722 targets, including 30 key targets. 2125 items were obtained by GO enrichment analysis, including 2047 items of Biological Process, 28 items of Cell Composition and 50 items of Molecular Function. The KEGG pathway was enriched to obtain 149 pathways. The results of molecular docking showed that Gancaonin H and Licorice Glycoside E were well combined with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2-A (ACE2-A) and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2-B (ACE2-B), respectively, and Licorice was well combined with Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) and Interleukin 6 (IL-6). Supraene is an active compound of Ephedra. It has good binding with ACE2-A, ACE2-B, GM-CSF and IL-6, respectively. (6Z, 10E, 14E, 18E)-2, 6, 10, 15, 19, 23- hexamethyletracosa-2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22- hexaene are the active compounds of Almond, which are well combined with ACE2-A, ACE2-B, GM-CSF and IL-6. Conclusion Maxing Shigan Decoction may act on ACE2, GM-CSF and IL-6 targets through the active compounds Supraene of Ephedra, and Almond (6Z, 10E, 14E, 18E)-2, 6, 10, 15, 19, 23-hexamethyletracosa-2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22-hexaene. Gancainin H and licorice Glycide E are the active compounds of Licorice, act on A and B sites of ACE2 respectively, and Glycyrin acts on GM-CSF and IL-6 targets, coordinating multiple signal pathways to play anti-inflammatory and antiviral roles to prevent and treat lung and heart injury caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

The survival rate of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is approaching 90%, while the prognosis of adults remains poor due to the limited therapeutic approaches. In order to identify new targets for ALL, we performed whole-exome sequencing on four adults with B-ALL and discovered a somatic JAK1 S646P mutation. Sanger sequencing of JAK1 was conducted on 53 ALL patients, and two cases exhibited A639G and P960S mutations separately. Functional studies demonstrated that only JAK1 S646P mutation could activate multiple signaling pathways, drive cytokine-independent cell growth, and promote proliferation of malignant cells in nude mice. Moreover, a high sensitivity to the JAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib was observed in S646P mutant model. Exploration in a total of 209 ALL cases showed that JAK1 mutations occur at a frequency of 10.5% in T-ALL (2/19) and 1.6% in B-ALL (3/190). Collectively, our results suggested that JAK1 S646P is an activating mutation in vitro and in vivo. JAK-STAT pathway might represent a promising therapeutic target for ALL.

// Rui Su 1 , Jia-Nan Gong 1 , Ming-Tai Chen 1 , Li Song 1 , Chao Shen 1 , Xin-Hua Zhang 2 , Xiao-Lin Yin 2 , Hong-Mei Ning 3 , Bing Liu 4 , Fang Wang 1 , Yan-Ni Ma 1 , Hua-Lu Zhao 1 , Jia Yu 1 , Jun-Wu Zhang 1 1 The State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China 2 Department of Hematology, The 303 Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China 3 Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences, The 307 Hospital, Beijing, China 4 State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Translational Medicine Center of Stem Cells, 307-lvy Translational Medicine Center, Laboratory of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Correspondence to: Jun-Wu Zhang, email: junwu_zhang@pumc.edu.cn Keywords: acute myeloid leukemia, microRNA-451, c-Myc, HDAC3, YWHAZ Received: February 20, 2016 Accepted: September 20, 2016 Published: October 15, 2016 ABSTRACT Aberrant activation of c-Myc plays an important oncogenic role via regulating a series of coding and non-coding genes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Histone deacetylases (HDACs) can remove acetyl group from histone and regulate gene expression via changing chromatin structure. Here, we found miR-451 is abnormally down-regulated in AML patient samples; c-Myc recruits HDAC3 to form a transcriptional suppressor complex, co-localizes on the miR-451 promoter, epigenetically inhibits its transcription and finally induces its downregulation in AML. Furthermore, our in vitro and in vivo results suggest that miR-451 functions as a tumor suppressor via promoting apoptosis and suppressing malignant cell proliferation. The mechanistic study demonstrated that miR-451 directly targets YWHAZ mRNA and suppresses YWHAZ/AKT signaling in AML. Knockdown of c-Myc results in restoration of miR-451 and inhibition of YWHAZ/AKT signaling. In AML patients, low level of miR-451 is negatively correlated with high levels of c-Myc and YWHAZ, while c-Myc level is positively related to YWHAZ expression. These results suggested that c-Myc⊣miR-451⊣YWHAZ/AKT cascade might play a crucial role during leukemogenesis, and reintroduction of miR-451 could be as a potential strategy for AML therapy.

Network is a simple but powerful representation of real-world complex systems. Network community analysis has become an invaluable tool to explore and reveal the internal organization of nodes. However, only a few methods were directly designed for community-detection in directed networks. In this article, we introduce the concept of local community structure in directed networks and provide a generic criterion to describe a local community with two properties. We further propose a stochastic optimization algorithm to rapidly detect a local community, which allows for uncovering the directional modular characteristics in directed networks. Numerical results show that the proposed method can resolve detailed local communities with directional information and provide more structural characteristics of directed networks than previous methods., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures

A deep “long short-term memory” (LSTM) model, which is a special recurrent neural network (RNN) in deep learning, was established. Data from orthogonal experiments of the micro-combustor was used for training the model. A nonlinear mapping of output power to the geometric parameters of the micro-combustor was built. After changing the geometric parameters of the micro-combustor, the output power was predicted, and the corresponding results were analyzed. The results show that the model from the deep LSTM has a relative error of 1.1% in power prediction, which is within the scope of engineering requirements.

BACKGROUND. DC-based tumor vaccines have had limited clinical success thus far. SOCS1, a key inhibitor of inflammatory cytokine signaling, is an immune checkpoint regulator that limits DC immunopotency. METHODS. We generated a genetically modified DC (gmDC) vaccine to perform immunotherapy. The adenovirus (Ad-siSSF) delivers two tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), survivin and MUC1; secretory bacterial flagellin for DC maturation; and an RNA interference moiety to suppress SOCS1. A 2-stage phase I trial was performed for patients with relapsed acute leukemia after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: in stage 1, we compared the safety and efficacy between gmDC treatment (23 patients) and standard donor lymphocyte infusion (25 patients); in stage 2, we tested the efficacy of the gmDC vaccine for 12 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with early molecular relapse. RESULTS. gmDCs elicited potent TAA-specific CTL responses in vitro, and the immunostimulatory activity of gmDC vaccination was demonstrated in rhesus monkeys. A stage 1 study established that this combinatory gmDC vaccine is safe in acute leukemia patients and yielded improved survival rate. In stage 2, we observed a complete remission rate of 83% in 12 relapsed AML patients. Overall, no grade 3 or grade 4 graft-versus-host disease incidence was detected in any of the 35 patients enrolled. CONCLUSIONS. This study, with combinatory modifications in DCs, demonstrates the safety and efficacy of SOCS1-silenced DCs in treating relapsed acute leukemia. TRIAL REGISTRATION. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01956630. FUNDING. National Institute of Health (R01CA90427); the Key New Drug Development and Manufacturing Program of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” of China (2011ZX09102-001-29); and Clinical Application Research of Beijing (Z131107002213148)., A phase I trial demonstrates the safety and efficacy of SOCS1-silenced DCs in treating relapsed acute leukemia.

This paper presents a data-driven method for the main parameter’s prediction of a hot water boiler. Principal component analysis is used to compress the input dimensions of the model and reserves the main information of the monitored parameters. The validity of the model is demonstrated by a case study of a coal water slurry circulating fluidized bed hot water oiler belong to a heating company. The historical data of the boiler is employed to establish a deep long short memory cell neural network as the prediction. The prediction results of the main parameters could fulfil the demand of the actual engineering.

As the inductance of magnetic cores is the most important parameter for their service performance. Four coupling models of EE-type ferrite cores are established to analyze the relationship between surface quality and the inductance of ferrite cores. Besides, 3D FEM simulation of different models is made by ANSOFT MAXWELL software. The results show that the surface quality has a direct influence on the service performance of ferrite devices.

Infection with Scedosporium apiospermum (S. apiospermum) is rare, although it is associated with a high fatality rate, especially in immunosuppressed patients. A 23-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) (M2) who was pretreated with chemotherapy for autologous bone marrow transplantation developed a skin ulcer on the left groin. After a culture study demonstrated the presence of S. apiospermum, voriconazole was administered and the lesion rapidly improved. Since a diagnosis of S. apiospermum continues to depend on the results of a fungal culture and most isolates of S. apiospermum are resistant to amphotericin B, voriconazole should be considered as the first choice when "mold" is thought to be the causative organism.

Fuzzy C-mean algorithm (FCM) has been well used in the field of color image segmentation. But it is sensitive to initial clustering center and membership matrix, and likely converges into the local minimum, which causes the quality of image segmentation lower. By use of the properties-ergodicity, randomicity of chaos, a new image segmentation algorithm is proposed, which combines the chaos particle swarm optimization (CPSO) and FCM clustering. Some experimental results are shown that this method not only has the ability to prevent the particles to convergence to local optimum, but also has faster convergence and higher accuracy for segmentation. Using the feature distance instead of Euclidian distance, robustness of this method is enhanced.

Ammunition fuse shell is carried rapidly by the carrying manipulator from heating furnace to molding machine, so manipulator need accurate repeated position. The servo position control system is established to meet manipulator multi-point and flexible location based on pneumatic driving system. Linear mathematical model of the servo position control system is built based proper assumption, and model was used to analyze control system theoretically. The carrying manipulator can satisfy demands including decided order and positions; the control character is good by debugging.

This paper used the PCA based method to build a face recognition system. At first, PAC provided a linear transformation matrix between the high and low dimensional spaces, then multi-dimensional Euclidean distance were used to rebuild residual to reduce the number of the obtained dimensions, speed up and high accuracy, which simplified the process of face recognition. Simulation results proved this algorithm is efficient.

Planet gear mechanism is designed according to the planet gear action during the course of screw cap after working principle of the cap screwing machine is briefly introduced. The course of screw cap can be simulated by the dynamics simulation software ADAMS. The relation between rotational speed and the gearing-in force can be obtained. This provides the theoretical foundation for the improvement of seal quality in cap screwing machine.

Position stability analysis of gripper bars on die-cutting machine is one of the important factor which affects machining quality and production capacity. By introducing comprehensive influence parameter period ratio such as machine speed and mechanism natural frequency,mathematical model of gripper bars in stopping period has been established. The results indicate that dynamic motion error of gripper bars in stopping period show an increasing tendency so as to affect stable position with the increasing of period ratio. To ensure a stable position state in stopping period, finally two solutions are given out to satisfy high accuracy.

To improve the efficiency of PET bottle automatic capping machine and obtain a better usability for meeting the requirement of industrialization, a kind of cap sorter mechanism of Cap Screwing machine has been designed. The structure, working principle and working process of the mechanism was analyzed. The virtual model machine of cap sorter mechanism was established with the help of ADAMS software. The dynamic simulation and analysis of cap movement in cap sorter mechanism has been done, and optimization analysis of the factors which affected performance of the mechanism was also done. The optimization result was obtained through analysis of cap surface wear by using ANSYS software, which can provide theoretic foundation for the improvement and optimization of cap screwing machine.

Aimed to accuracy and convergence of Evolutionary Algorithms for path planning of robots in dynamic environment, this paper integrated cloud model into evolutionary algorithm to improved evolutionary operators. One-dimensional cloud operator was used evolution and mutation, at the same time the previous search results were used. Simulation results show that the method is effective in performance.

Large-scale experiments and data integration have provided the opportunity to systematically analyze and comprehensively understand the topology of biological networks and biochemical processes in cells. Modular architecture which encompasses groups of genes/proteins involved in elementary biological functional units is a basic form of the organization of interacting proteins. Here we apply a graph clustering algorithm based on clique percolation clustering to detect overlapping network modules of a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. Our analysis of the yeast Sacchromyces cerevisiae suggests that most of the detected modules correspond to one or more experimentally functional modules and half of these annotated modules match well with experimentally determined protein complexes. Our method of analysis can of course be applied to protein-protein interaction data for any species and even other biological networks.

Opinions about media self-regulation are split. Some remain enthusiastic about the idea, maintaining that it can promote both media freedom and accountability. Some, however, are rather sceptical. They regard the practice as being largely ineffective or even a sham. In Hong Kong, the recent experience of forming and operating a press council has provided further illustrations in both directions. Focusing on the concept of media self-regulation and its desirability and feasibility, this article examines the formation of the Hong Kong Press Council in 2000, and assesses its performance in the first five years.

Phyllodes tumor of the breast is a rare disease constituting 0.3-0.9% of all breast neoplasms. Occurring mainly in females aged 35 to 55 yr, the disease is especially rare among adolescent females. There is no published literature about de novo phyllodes tumor after liver transplantation. Here we describe a case of de novo phyllodes tumors in an adolescent female after liver transplantation from a living donor for Wilson disease.

Feedstock for biofuel synthesis is transitioning to lignocelluosic biomass to address criticism over competition between first generation biofuels and food production. As microbial catalysis is increasingly applied for the conversion of biomass to biofuels, increased import has been placed on the development of novel enzymes. With revolutionary advances in sequencer technology and metagenomic sequencing, mining enzymes from microbial communities for biofuel synthesis is becoming more and more practical. The present article highlights the latest research progress on the special characteristics of metagenomic sequencing, which has been a powerful tool for new enzyme discovery and gene functional analysis in the biomass energy field. Critical enzymes recently developed for the pretreatment and conversion of lignocellulosic materials are evaluated with respect to their activity and stability, with additional explorations into xylanase, laccase, amylase, chitinase, and lipolytic biocatalysts for other biomass feedstocks.

Background With ever increasing amount of available data on biological networks, modeling and understanding the structure of these large networks is an important problem with profound biological implications. Cellular functions and biochemical events are coordinately carried out by groups of proteins interacting each other in biological modules. Identifying of such modules in protein interaction networks is very important for understanding the structure and function of these fundamental cellular networks. Therefore, developing an effective computational method to uncover biological modules should be highly challenging and indispensable. Results The purpose of this study is to introduce a new quantitative measure modularity density into the field of biomolecular networks and develop new algorithms for detecting functional modules in protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks. Specifically, we adopt the simulated annealing (SA) to maximize the modularity density and evaluate its efficiency on simulated networks. In order to address the computational complexity of SA procedure, we devise a spectral method for optimizing the index and apply it to a yeast PPI network. Conclusions Our analysis of detected modules by the present method suggests that most of these modules have well biological significance in context of protein complexes. Comparison with the MCL and the modularity based methods shows the efficiency of our method.

Late-onset Alzheimer Disease (LOAD) is a common neurodegenerative disease, and one of its major pathologic characteristics is senile plaques. Proteins encoded by SORL1 and ACE have been shown to be related to the processing, trafficking, and degradation of Amyloid-β, the principal component of senile plaques. In this paper, we investigated whether SORL1 and ACE are associated with LOAD. We recruited 144 LOAD patients and 476 controls from Shanghai, China and conducted a case-control study on 9 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): 6 in SORL1 (rs2070045, rs661057, rs668387, rs689021, rs3824968, rs2282649) and 3 in ACE (rs1800764, rs4343, rs1799752). Despite the small case sample size (144), we observed that rs1800764, rs4343, rs1799752 in ACE, and rs2070045, rs3824968, rs2282649 in SORL1 showed significantly different allele frequencies between patients and controls (P=4.57×10, 5.24×10, 1.95×10, 1.77×10, 6.44×10, and 3.11×10, respectively). Moreover, haplotypes on ACE and on SORL1 were significantly associated with LOAD (all P-value

Some experiments of optical performance monitoring (OPM) with uniform or nonuniform quasi-phase matching (QPM) gratings waveguides have already been demonstrated during the last few years. Theoretical analyses based on coupled-wave equations are carried out for nonuniform QPM gratings. The generation process of SHG in nonuniform QPM gratings is simulated and the outcome comparison between uniform and nonuniform QPM gratings, which demonstrate that nonuniform QPM gratings are more suitable for the OPM systems, is carried out in this paper. The value of grating chirp coefficient of the chirped PPLN has influence on the efficiency and band width of the output pulse. The relation between them is also discussed. These are new simulative attemptation to apply the nonuniform quasi-phase matching gratings into optical performance monitoring system.