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With the increasing acidification of soil, aluminum (Al) toxicity has become one of the most important stress factors affecting seed germination quality and crop yield. To investigate the Al tolerance on seed germination, genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) of 19,949 SNPs with genome-wide coverage was used to identify the candidate genes, which were potentially related to germinate traits of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) under Al stress. In the experiment, 169 rapeseed cultivars (lines) were treated with AlCl3 solution of 90 ppm, and distilled water was added to the control. At the 7th day, the phenotype data, including root length and dry weight, were measured and calculated. Using the TASSEL software, Al tolerance related traits were explored in rapeseed under germination with a 60 K Brassica Illumina® Infinium SNP array. Then, the structure of the population was analyzed with the STRUCTURE software, and the genetic relationship and LD attenuation were analyzed with the software TASSEL, respectively. The GWAS of relative root length (RRL) and relative dry weight (RDW) with SNP markers were carried out under the optimal model. Meanwhile, the candidate genes were predicted based on the LD interval sequence of the associated SNP locus. Subsequently, the homologous genes of rapeseed related to Al tolerance in the target genome region were screened in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. The results showed that 13 SNPs were significantly associated with these two traits. Among them, 8 SNPs were significantly associated with RRL and located on chromosomes A03, A07, A09, A10, C05, C06, and C09, respectively. Five SNPs were significantly associated with RDW and located on chromosomes A03, A04, A10, C05, and C07, respectively. Afterward, fifty-nine candidate genes related to Al tolerance were identified in the LD region of these SNP loci. Four of these genes were involved in the growth regulation about organic acid, ten were involved in growth-regulating substance, eleven were related to oxidative stress, and nineteen were involved in carbon and nitrogen metabolism. The results of this study provided a theoretical basis for Al tolerance in rapeseed and laid out a foundation for further functional verification of genes and cultivation of new Al tolerant rapeseed varieties.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) integrated with metabarcoding is a promising and powerful tool for species composition and biodiversity assessment in aquatic ecosystems and is increasingly applied to evaluate fish diversity. To date, however, no standardized eDNA-based protocol has been established to monitor fish diversity. In this study, we investigated and compared two filtration methods and three DNA extraction methods using three filtration water volumes to determine a suitable approach for eDNA-based fish diversity monitoring in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), a highly anthropogenically disturbed estuarine ecosystem. Compared to filtration-based precipitation, direct filtration was a more suitable method for eDNA metabarcoding in the PRE. The combined use of DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit (BT) and traditional phenol/chloroform (PC) extraction produced higher DNA yields, amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), and Shannon diversity indices, and generated more homogeneous and consistent community composition among replicates. Compared to the other combined protocols, the PC and BT methods obtained better species detection, higher fish diversity, and greater consistency for the filtration water volumes of 1 000 and 2 000 mL, respectively. All eDNA metabarcoding protocols were more sensitive than bottom trawling in the PRE fish surveys and combining two techniques yielded greater taxonomic diversity. Furthermore, combining traditional methods with eDNA analysis enhanced accuracy. These results indicate that methodological decisions related to eDNA metabarcoding should be made with caution for fish community monitoring in estuarine ecosystems.环境DNA（eDNA）宏条形码技术是评估水生生态系统中物种组成和生物多样性的强有力工具，并已广泛应用于鱼类多样性的监测。然而，目前，用于监测鱼类多样性的eDNA技术尚未标准化。该研究分别比较了两种过滤方法、三种过滤水样体积以及三种DNA提取方法的DNA产出效果，以期为珠江口等人为干扰频繁的河口生态系统提供一种合适的基于eDNA的鱼类多样性监测方法。结果表明，与基于过滤的沉淀法相比，直接过滤法更适用于珠江口的eDNA宏条形码技术研究；DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit（BT）和苯酚/氯仿（PC）提取方法具有较高的DNA产量、扩增子序列变体（ASV）丰度和香农多样性指数，并可以获得更均匀和一致的鱼类群落组成；其中，PC和BT分别在提取过滤水样体积为1000 mL和2000 mL时，获得更高的物种检测率、鱼类多样性和种类组成一致性。与底拖网相比，eDNA宏条形码技术在珠江口鱼类多样性调查中具有更高的灵敏度，监测到的种类数量更多，但两种方法在种类组成上具有一定的差异，二者的结合有利于提高鱼类多样性监测的准确性。这些结果表明，在河口生态系统的鱼类群落监测中，eDNA宏条形码技术流程中相关步骤的方法选择需要慎重考虑。.

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With the aggravation of soil acidification, aluminum toxicity has become one of the important stress factors that affect crop seed germination quality and crop yield. There have been many reports on QTL mapping and candidate gene screening for aluminum tolerance related traits in crops, but few reports on QTL mapping for aluminum tolerance during germination in Brassica napus L. The seed germination test was conducted on the recombinant inbred line population treated with 80 µg mL-1 aluminum solution and with distilled water as control. Germination potential was investigated at 3 d, germination rate was investigated at 7 d, root length, bud length and dry weight were measured, and the relative values of various characters were calculated. Based on 6K SNP chip and combined with high density genetic linkage map, we detected 23 QTLs for five traits in rape germination period. QTLs for relative germination potential, relative germination rate, relative root length, relative bud length and relative dry weight were 9, 1, 4, 5, and 4 respectively, covering A and C genomes, with LOD values from 3.00 to 5.26, and interpretable phenotypic variation from 7.70% to 13.10%. According to the confidence interval sequence of each QTL, 30 candidate genes related to aluminum stress were screened. ALMT1 gene and MATE gene are related to the synthesis and secretion of organic acids, which mainly enhance the aluminum tolerance of plants through the secretion of organic acids such as malic acid, citric acid and oxalic acid. STOP1 gene, NAC gene and RAP2.4 gene all belong to transcription activation factors, which enhance the resistance of plants by inducing the expression of aluminum tolerance genes. ABC transporter, membrane protein transporter, GDSL lipase enhance aluminum tolerance of plants by reducing accumulation of toxic substances on plasma membrane or discharging toxic substances out of body. Peroxidase and cytochrome P450 are genes related to oxidative stress, which have the functions of preventing oxidative damage of plant cells and resisting stress. At the same time, many genes encoding stress proteins were found, which play an important role in various stress reactions. The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for the cultivation of aluminum-tolerant rape varieties and the functional research of subsequent genes.

In this manuscript, we first report an ultrasensitive detection assay of microRNA by combing asymmetric polymerase chain reaction (A-PCR) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology. Using A-PCR obtained an extended single strand to form LAMP stem-loop structure under isothermal amplification conditions. We used miRNAs as a loop primer probe in LAMP reaction and completed its ultrasensitive and rapid detection. The established method furnished a fast, specific and efficient detection of target miRNA with a detection limit as low as 10 amol/L in 90 min.

Signal amplification strategy have been the intensive direction for highly-sensitive microRNA (miRNA) detection, however, it is worth noting that signal quenching approach is rarely realized. Inspired by the unwinding of G-quadruplex with Klenow Fragment polymerase (KF), a simple and label-free signal quenching system for detection of miRNAs was developed. In the presence of target miRNA, miRNA was used as a primer to promote KF activity resulting in the disruption of G-quadruplex structure of probe and the biological catalysis inactivation of DNAzyme formed by G-quadruplex structure and hemin. As a result, the probe would be transformed from G-quadruplex to duplex and the obvious differential signal could be observed in most cases even with naked eyes. With the significant signal decreasing, the target miRNA can be rapidly analyzed by UV–vis spectra with a considerably low detection limit (4.5 nM). This method exhibits excellent selectivity and anti-interference ability by discriminating base-mismatched and other miRNA families from target miRNA. Meanwhile, a good recovery (90.7%∼102.4%) in 5% human serum was obtained and this strategy verified a high expression level of miR21 in total RNA of MCF-7 compared with 293T and HeLa. It implies that this assay is of great potential to be applied in biochemical research and clinical diagnosis.

N6 -Methyladenosine (m6 A) represents a common and highly dynamic modification in eukaryotic RNA that affects various cellular pathways. Natural dioxygenases such as FTO and ALKBH5 are enzymes that demethylate m6 A residues in mRNA. Herein, the first identification of a small-molecule modulator that functions as an artificial m6 A demethylase is reported. Flavin mononucleotide (FMN), the metabolite produced by riboflavin kinase, mediates substantial photochemical demethylation of m6 A residues of RNA in live cells. This study provides a new perspective to the understanding of demethylation of m6 A residues in mRNA and sheds light on the development of powerful small molecules as RNA demethylases and new probes for use in RNA biology.

Background Tribenuron methyl (TBM) is an herbicide that inhibits sulfonylurea acetolactate synthase (ALS) and is one of the most widely used broad-leaved herbicides for crop production. However, soil residues or drifting of the herbicide spray might affect the germination and growth of rapeseed, Brassica napus, so it is imperative to understand the response mechanism of rape to TBM during germination. The aim of this study was to use transcriptome analysis to reveal the gene responses in herbicide-tolerant rapeseed to TBM stress during seed germination. Results 2414, 2286, and 1068 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in TBM-treated resistant vs sensitive lines, treated vs. control sensitive lines, treated vs. control resistant lines, respectively. GO analysis showed that most DEGs were annotated to the oxidation-reduction pathways and catalytic activity. KEGG enrichment was mainly involved in plant-pathogen interactions, α-linolenic acid metabolism, glucosinolate biosynthesis, and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Based on GO and KEGG enrichment, a total of 137 target genes were identified, including genes involved in biotransferase activity, response to antioxidant stress and lipid metabolism. Biotransferase genes, CYP450, ABC and GST, detoxify herbicide molecules through physical or biochemical processes. Antioxidant genes, RBOH, WRKY, CDPK, MAPK, CAT, and POD regulate plant tolerance by transmitting ROS signals and triggering antioxidant enzyme expression. Lipid-related genes and hormone-related genes were also found, such as LOX3, ADH1, JAZ6, BIN2 and ERF, and they also played an important role in herbicide resistance. Conclusions This study provides insights for selecting TBM-tolerant rapeseed germplasm and exploring the molecular mechanism of TBM tolerance during germination.

We describe the development of dinuclear metallic ligands to target specific HIV RNA structures. Two series of dipyridinyl-N bridged dinuclear metal complexes were synthesized in moderate to good yields and their binding activities toward TAR and RRE RNA were studied both experimentally and theoretically. The docking calculation elucidated some structure features in dimetallic complexes that can affect TAR RNA-binding properties.

This paper describes the LAD2D computer code, which numerically solves the equations of transient, multilaterals, compressible fluid dynamics. Of particular interest is the general capability to handle material interfaces, including slip, cavitations, or void closure. Also included is the capability to treat material strength and plasticity, as well as high explosive (HE). LAD2D uses a Lagrangian finite volume numerical technique. The method manages the sliding meshes and the internal meshes unifying as arbitrary polygonal meshes, and present a new changing connectivity of mesh technology based on the moving position of grid points with their topological relations. Of particular interest is the changing connectivity of mesh to handle the large deformation mesh and to close the gap during numerical simulation. The verification and validation (V&V) of LAD2D software was implemented based on the foundation of scientific software’s V&V method. Several applications of the changing connectivity of mesh are presented with comparison of calculations with experimental results to demonstrate the capability of the new method. The changing connectivity of mesh may be used on arbitrary geometries, using structured or unstructured meshes, and it leads to strong numerical simulation capability for multilaterals problems.

Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is a hereditary ocular disorder characterized by a failure of peripheral retinal vascularization. In this report, we describe a novel missense mutation of the Norrie disease gene ( NDP ) in a Chinese family with X-linked FEVR. Ophthalmologic evaluation was performed on four male patients and seven unaffected individuals after informed consent was obtained. Venous blood was collected from the 11 members of this family, and genomic DNA was extracted using standard methods. The coding exons 2 and 3 and their corresponding exon–intron junctions of NDP were amplified by polymerase chain reaction and then subjected to direct DNA sequencing. A novel missense mutation (c.310A>C) in exon 3, leading to a lysine-to-glutamine substitution at position 104 (p.Lys104Gln), was identified in all four patients with X-linked FEVR. Three unaffected female individuals (III2, IV3, and IV11) were found to be carriers of the mutation. This mutation was not detected in other unaffected individuals. The mutation c.310A>C (p.Lys104Gln) in exon 3 of NDP is associated with FEVR in the studied family. This result further enriches the mutation spectrum of FEVR.

Verification and validation (V&V) are the primary means to assess the accuracy and reliability in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. V&V of the multi-medium detonation CFD model is conducted by using our independently-developed software --- Lagrangian adaptive hydrodynamics code in the 2D space (LAD2D) as well as a large number of benchmark testing models. Specifically, the verification of computational model is based on the basic theory of the computational scheme and mathematical physics equations, and validation of the physical model is accomplished by comparing the numerical solution with the experimental data. Finally, some suggestions are given about V&V of the detonation CFD model.

We report a simple protocol that affords oxidative demethylation of N

In recent years, the mobile Internet got swift and violent development, business gradually permeate into almost every a of people's work and life, personalized recommendation system model has important application value in mobile commercial activities, this article expounds the mobile commercial personalized recommendation model, and analyzed its structure, discussed the method of using cloud computing for mobile business and the necessity of large data processing.

The biological effects of fluoride on human health are often extensive, either beneficial or detrimental. Among the various effects of fluoride exposure in different organs, the reproductive tract is particularly susceptible to disruption by fluoride at a sufficient concentration. It has attracted much attention to the effect of sodium fluoride on male fertility, gestational female, and offspring. Herein, we applied a widespread natural compound sodium fluoride (NaF) and investigated the effects of acute NaF exposure on Leydig cells, including their proliferation, apoptosis, and signal pathway changes. Our results demonstrated that high dosage of NaF could inhibit cell proliferation by stress-induced apoptosis, which was confirmed by cellular and molecular evidences. We found that fluoride exposure affected the expression levels of stress response factors, signal transduction components, and apoptosis-related proteins, including caspase-3/caspase-9, B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), and Bax. This study suggests that the complex effects of fluoride on Leydig cells are closely related to its dosage.

Background Chromosomal abnormalities that result in genomic imbalances are main causes of congenital and developmental anomalies including intellectual disability and multiple congenital malformations. In this report we describe four patients from three families with imbalanced translocations. Only a small percentage of imbalanced translocation individuals can be born to live, most of them were aborted in embryonic period. It is of great significances to precisely analysis the chromosome variation to study the relationship between genotype and phenotype. Results Four patients showed common clinical manifestations including delayed growth, intellectual disability, language barrier and facial dysmorphisms. In addition to the above features, lower limbs dysplasia and both foot eversion were found in patient 1, brachydactylic hand, cerebellar ataxia and congenital heart defects were also found in patient 4. Conventional karyotype analysis revealed abnormal karyotypes 46, XX, der (6) t (6: 10) (p23; q24), 46, XX, der (20) t (3; 20) (p23; p13) and 46, XX, der (22) t (3; 22) (q27; q13.3) in the four patients, respectively. Array-CGH analyses confirmed 23.6 Mb duplication on 10q25.1-q26.3 and 0.9 Mb deletions on 6p25.3, 19.9 Mb duplication on 3p24.3-p26.3 and 0.25 Mb deletion on 20p13 and 12.5 Mb duplication on 3q27.2-q29 and 1.9 Mb deletions on 22q13.2-q13.33 in the four patients, respectively. Conclusion Parents with balanced translocation are passed the imbalanced chromosome to patient, and the partial monosomy and partial trisomy lead to multiple congenital malformations of four patients. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13039-016-0244-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Based on the principle and method of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), using the software, FLUENT, the inner flow field in a mixed-flow stirred reactor was simulated and the flow details were studied roundly. This article analyzed the three-dimensional velocity field distribution and testified the reliability of numerical simulation to a certain extent. The simulated effect was proved effective. The results of this paper provided a good base and reference for the further research of the stirred reactor.

Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) is a sesquiterpene used in the world as an antimalarial. To evaluate the pharmacokinetics of dihydroartemisinin in rats, a sensitive and specific liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the quantitation of dihydroartemisinin in rat plasma. For detection, a Sciex API 4000 LC-MS/MS with a TurboIonSpray ionization (ESI) inlet in the positive ion-multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode was used. The plasma samples were pre-treated by a simple liquid-liquid extraction with diethyl ether. The statistical evaluation for this method reveals excellent linearity, accuracy and precision for the range of concentrations 0.2-100.0 ng/mL. The method had a lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) of 0.2 ng/mL for beta-dihydroartemisinin in 100 microL of plasma. The method was successfully applied to the characterization of the pharmacokinetic profile of beta-dihydroartemisinin in rats after oral administration.

To investigate the antimalarial activity of four choline derivatives against Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 strain growth in vitro.Four choline derivatives MD [N-dodecyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,N- dimethyl ammonium bromide], ED [N-dodecyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,N-diethyl ammonium bromide], MT [N-tetradecyl-N- (2-hydroxyethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium bromide], and ET [N-tetradecyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N,N-diethyl ammonium bromide] were dissolved separately in DMSO at serial concentrations (1-10(5) µmol/L). The solutions were diluted by 1,000-fold with RPMI 1640 medium. 20 µl drug-containing medium and 80 µl P. falciparum-infected erythrocyte suspension (2% final hematocrit and 0.3%-0.5% parasitemia) were added to each well of microtiter plates. Drug effect on the in vitro growth of P. falciparum was measured by SYBR Green I method. The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) was calculated from dose-response curves. Artemisinine served as positive control.Artemisinine, MD, ED, MT, and ET showed different degrees of dose-dependent inhibition on P. falciparum growth. When the MD concentration was above 10 nmol/L, the inhibition rate increased significantly. Both ED and ET showed significant inhibitory effects at high concentrations, with inhibition rate of95% when their doses were10(4) nmol/L. The IC50 values of MD, ED, MT, and ET were 1 620, 33.9, 116, and 68.9 nmol/L, respectively, all significantly higher than that of artemisinine (5.7 nmol/L) (P0.05).The four choline derivatives show certain antimalarial activity, which is lower than that of artemisinine. Among the four derivatives, ED has the strongest antimalarial activity against P. falciparum 3D7 strain.

On the basis of liquid crystal model with the electric dipole moment of cell membrane, the microscopic mechanism of the electricity and thermology effects of interaction of laser with cell membrane is researched by electromagnetic, quantum mechanics and quantum statistics. We derive the formulas on the polarization effects and “temperature-rising effect” of laser-cell membrane interaction. The results of the theoretical research can explain some experiments.

To explore the relationship between the polymorphism of methionine synthase reductase (MTRR) A66G and the susceptibility to unexplained repeated spontaneous abortion (URSA).Total of 200 Henan Han couples with URSA (URSA group) and 76 Henan Han healthy couples without URSA (control group) were enrolled in this study. Their MTRR A66G genotypes were determined by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP).(1) The allele frequencies of MTRR A66G: the frequencies of allele A and allele G in URSA group were 76.5% (153/200) in husband and 72.8% (146/200) in wife, 23.5% (47/200) in husband and 27.2% (54/200) in wife, respectively. The frequencies of allele A and allele G in control group were 78.9% (60/76) in husband and 78.3% (59/76) in wife, 21.1% (16/76) in husband and 21.7% (16/76) in wife, respectively. The frequencies of allele A and allele G were not significantly different between female and male subjects within the same experimental group (P0.05), and also there were not significantly different between the same gender subjects at URAS and control groups (P0.05). (2) The genotype frequencies of MTRR A66G: the frequencies of genotype AA, AG and GG in URSA group were 57.0% (114/200) in husband and 52.0% (104/200) in wife, 39.0% (78/200) in husband and 41.5% (83/200) in wife, 4.0% (8/200) in husband and 6.5% (13/200) in wife, prepectively. The frequencies of genotype AA, AG and GG in control group were 59.2% (45/76) in husband and 59.2% (50/76) in wife, 39.5% (30/76) in husband and 38.2% (29/76) in wife; 1.3% (1/76) in husband and 2.6% (2/76) in wife, prepectively. The frequencies of genotype AA, AG and GG were not significantly different between female and male subjects within the same group (P0.05), and also there were not significantly different between the same gender subjects at URSA and control groups (P0.05).(3)Combined genotype of couples: the combined genotype frequencies of GG + GG, GG + AG, GG + AA, AG + AG, AG + AA and AA + AA in URSA group were 1.0% (2/200), 2.5% (5/200), 6.0% (12/200), 20.0% (40/200), 38.0% (76/200), and 32.5% (65/200), prepectively; the combined genotype frequencies in control group were 0, 1.3% (1/76), 2.6% (2/76), 17.1% (13/76), 42.1% (32/76), 36.8% (28/76), prepectively. The combined genotype analysis between the two groups were also not significantly different (P0.05).The polymorphism of MTRR A66G gene was not associated with the susceptibility to URSA (P0.05), and so it was not the inherited genetic risk factor of URSA.

By the methods of sequential soil cores and buried bags, an investigation was conducted to study the seasonal dynamics of fine roots in a 20-year-old Pinus massoniana plantation in Three Gorges Reservoir Area from March to December 2011, with the annual production and turnover rate of the fine roots calculated. In the plantation, the annual mean biomass of2 mm fine roots was 146.98 g x m(-2) x a(-1), in which, the living root biomass (102.92 g x m(-2) x a(-1)) was far greater than that of the dead root biomass (44.06 g x m(-2) x a(-1)). Among the fine roots with different sizes,1 mm fine roots had an obvious seasonal dynamics in their biomass, showing a unimodal curve in the sampling period. The annual production and turnover rate of2 mm fine roots were 104. 12 g x m(-2) x 1(-1) and 1.05 a(-1), respectively, in which, the annual production of1 mm and 1-2 mm fine roots was 58.35 and 45.77 g x m(-2) x a(-1), and the turnover rate was 1.41 and 0.69 a(-1), respectively.

1. The present study was designed to investigate the multiple-dosing pharmacokinetics of antimalarial drugs artemether (ARM), artesunate (ARS), and their metabolite dihydroartemisinin (DHA) in rats. 2. Rats were randomized into four groups. Two groups of rats received oral doses of ARM or ARS once daily for five consecutive days. And another two groups of rats were given a single oral dose of ARM or ARS. Plasma samples were analysed for artemisinin drugs and their active metabolite DHA, using a validated liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric (LC/MS/MS) method. 3. ARM and ARS could be biotransformed to metabolite DHA almost immediately after oral administration to rats. The area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC(0-t)) of ARM after 5-day oral doses significantly decreased from 50.3 to 23.4 ng × h/mL (P0.05), and oral clearance (CL/F) of ARM increased from 10.5 to 27.2 L/min/kg (P0.05). The AUC(0-t) of its metabolite DHA of ARM significantly decreased from 42.1 to 16.4 ng × h/mL (P0.05), and its CL/F increased from 11.7 to 33.4 L/min/kg (P0.05). The 5-day oral doses of ARS did not result in significant changes (P0.05) in pharmacokinetic parameters of ARS, whereas its metabolite DHA exhibited lower AUC (P = 0.05), compared with that obtained after a single oral administration. 4. The results showed ARM and its metabolite DHA exhibited time-dependent pharmacokinetic characteristics with decreased plasma drug level after five consecutive days of oral administration to rats, whereas ARS and its metabolite DHA did not show similar characteristics.

To study the characteristics and influencing factors of cognition on patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in Xi'an in order to provide evidence for early recognition and treatment of cognitive impairment on PD patients.Clinically defined PD patients from 7 hospitals in Xi'an from Jan. to Apr. 2007 were assessed with mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and Montreal cognitive assessment (MOCA) for whole cognitive function. Furthermore, Fuld object memory test (FOM) was used to assess delayed memory while rapid verbal retrieve (RVR) was used to assess language fluency. Digit span subtest was used to assess attention and building blocks was used to assess visual space function respectively.100 PD patients were recruited, including 52 men and 48 women, from 43 to 86 years old (65.6 +/- 17.1). MMSE scores was used as the standard for Recognition, PD with cognitive impairment accounted for 16%. According to MOCA scores, with PD cognitive disturbances accounted for 83%. Ability for calculation, short-term memory, visual space function, abstract capability, attention and language fluency dysfunction were main cognitive disturbances of PD. Analysis from single factor logistic regression showed that education, age of onset and gender were closely related to the occurrence of cognitive impairment on PD patients.Cognitive impairment was common in PD. Ability of calculation, short-term memory, visual space function, abstract capability, attention and language fluency dysfunction were main cognitive disturbances of PD. Cognitive impairment of PD was more likely to occur with low degree of education, late onset of PD, and being female.

To investigate the treatment status of antiparkinsonism in Xi'an.Six general hospitals were randomly chosen in Xi'an and all Parkinson's disease (PD) patients were interviewed by questionnaire from Jan. 2007 to Apr. 2007.92 PD outpatients were enrolled in, including 48 males and 44 females, from 43 to 86 years old (mean 65.6 +/- 17.1) with duration of the disease from 0.2 to 27.8 years (mean 4.4 +/- 9.4). The preference of the drug use from the patients were: 40 (43.5%) preferred taking levodopa, 25 (27.2%) with amantadine and/or trihexyphenidyl, 14 (15.2%) with levodopa and others, 4 (4.4%) with dopamine agonist and others, 2 (2.2%) with other drugs, 7 (7.6%) with no treatment. There were 69 (75.0%) patients onset with resting tremor, 15 (16.3%) with bradykinesia, 6 (6.5%) with rigidity, and 2 (2.2%) with unknown symptoms. There was no startically significant difference in anti-PD drugs among the patients onset with different symptoms (P0.05). 45 patients appeared the onset of disease before 65 years old and with no dementia, 47 onset after 65 with or without dementia. There was no significant difference of anti-PD drugs between the two groups (P0.05). Most patients initiated anti-PD treatment with levodopa but few of them chose dopamine agonist. According to the classification of HoehnYahr, 25(27.2%)belonged to Grade I, 53 (57.6%) to Grade II, 8 (8.7%) to Grade III, 3 (3.3%) to Grade IV and 3 (3.3%) to Grade V. There was no significant differences of anti-PD drugs between different grades of the disease (P0.05). 55.3% of the patients changed their anti-PD drugs randomly during the therapy, but with no relation to their gender, age, educational level, dementia, the number of family members, course of diseases, or the degree of HoehnYahr, frequency and categories of medicine.Anti-PD treatment in Xi'an did not strictly follow the standardized protocol, with few patients using dopamine agonist and over 50% of the patients changed their drugs randomly.

To investigate the relationship between the degree of week 24 HBV suppression and week 48 therapeutic response in entecavir-treated chronic hepatitis B patients in whom lamivudine treatment failed, so as to explore a useful predictor for efficacy of enticavir treatment.Thirty-three patients with chronic hepatitis B refractory to lamivudine were enrolled to receive treatment with entecavir 1.0 mg once daily. The patients were divided into 4 groups according to serum HBV DNA levels (copies/mL) at week 24: PCR-undetectable (less than 300 copies/ml); QL- less than 3 log10 copies/ml; 3 log10(-4) log10 copies/ml; greater than 4 log10 copies/mL, and the efficacy achieved at week 48 was evaluated.At week 48, mean reductions of serum HBV DNA from baseline was 4.91 log10. HBV DNA became undetectable by PCR assay in 33.3 percent patients and ALT became normal in 75.8%. The lower the HBV DNA level achieved at week 24, the higher the proportion of patients in whom HBV DNA became undetectable by PCR and ALT normalization were acquired at week 48, and viral breakthrough at week 48 also decreased.Undetectable HBV DNA by PCR at week 24 in entecavir-treated chronic hepatitis B patients who were refractory to lamivudine, suggests a better efficacy at week 48. The degree of week 24 suppression of HBV may be used as a predictor of long term outcome.

To explore the relationship of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene-675 4G/5G and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase(MTHFR) gene C677T polymorphisms to recurrent early spontaneous abortion(RESA).One hundred and twenty-seven currently non-pregnant women with at least 3 unexplained spontaneous abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy (patient group). Normal control group consisted of 117 currently non-pregnant women with at least 1 pregnancy and without a history of prematurity, miscarriage, stillbirth, eclampsia and other pregnancy complications. The genotypes of PAI-1 gene and MTHFR gene were assessed by polymerase chain reaction-restrictive fragment length polymorphism.The frequencies of 4G/4G genotype and 4G allele of PAI-1 were higher in patient group (45.7% and 66.1%) than in normal controls (17.1% and 46.6%) (P0.01). The PAI-1 4G/4G genotype was significantly associated with RESA (OR = 4.8, 95% CI: 2.23 - 10.35). Besides, MTHFR gene T/T genotype and T allele frequencies were increased in RESA patients (43.3% and 66.5%) versus normal controls (21.4% and 52.6%) (P0.01). The patients carrying T/T genotype had a high risk of early spontaneous abortion (OR = 3.2, 95% CI: 1.40 - 7.30). In additionìthe presence of the PAI-1 gene 4G/4G genotype together with the T/T genotype of the MTHFR gene was found to be a risk factor (OR = 6.20, 95% CI: 2.62 - 14.67) for RESA greater than the 4G/4G genotype or the T/T genotype alone.The above findings suggest that genetic polymorphisms of PAI-1 4G/5G and MTHFR C677T were associated with RESA. They may have synergetic impact and present gene dosage effect on the susceptibility to the development of early spontaneous abortion.

To investigate the relationship between a single nucleotide insertion/deletion(4G/5G) polymorphism located in the promoter region of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1(PAI-1) gene and the pathogenesis of pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome(PIHs).The 4G/5G polymorphism of PAI-1 gene in 171 PIHs patients (PIHs group) and that in 193 normal pregnant women (control group) were detected by a combination of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.(1)The genotype frequencies of PAI-1 gene in PIHs group were 47.4% for 4G/4G, 41.5% for 4G/5G, and 11.1% for 5G/5G. The 4G/4G genotype and 4G allele frequencies of PAI-1 gene(47.4% and 0.681) for PIHs patients were higher than those (21.2% and 0.495) for normal controls respectively (P0.001). (2)Both the 4G/4G genotype and the 4G allele of PAI-1 gene occurred more frequently in the severe PIHs group(61.3% and 0.758) than those (35.8% and 0.623) in the mild PIHs group respectively (P0.001). However, there were no significant differences between those in mild group (35.8% and 0.623) and moderate group(42.8% and 0.625) respectively. (3) The 4G/4G genotype was significantly associated with PIHs (OR=3.34, 95%CI: 2.14-5.22).These findings suggested that PAI-1 gene polymorphism may be a susceptible factor to the pathogenesis of PIHs and the 4G/4G genotype may be one of the major risk factors for PIHs in pregnant women.

To study the telomerase activity change in patients with CML different phases, telomerase PCR-ELISA method was used. Results showed that telomerase activity of normal bone marrow cells was low. The telomerase activity in CML at any phase was higher than that in normal bone marrow (P0.05). The telomerase activity in accelerated and acute transformation phases was higher than that in chronic phase (P0.05), but there was no significant difference between accelerated phase and acute transformation phase. It was concluded that telomerase activity could be used as an useful marker for evaluating development of course and curative effect of CML.

The effect of laser microbeam trapping the bioparticles has been applied widely in the biology.However the micromechanism of the acting that realizes the laser-microbeam trapping bioparticles is still lacking. In this paper, the act microchenism of the gradiant force of laser microbeam for the bioparticles is analysed by means of quantum theory,The result accords with our experiment.