中卷甲螨科中国一新纪录属——杜卷甲螨属(甲螨亚目,中卷甲螨科)(英文)

记述中卷甲螨科中国1新纪录属:杜卷甲螨属Dudichoplophora Mahunka,1982,及中国1新纪录种:网杜卷甲螨Dudichoplophora reticulata Mahunka,1982.研究标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所动物标本馆.     

中国元三甲螨科一新记录属及一新记录种(蜱螨亚纲:甲螨亚目:真卷甲螨总科)

记述中国元三甲螨科Oribotritiidae 1新记录属:原元三甲螨属Protoribotritia Jacot,1938及中国1新记录种:疏毛原元三甲螨Protoribotritia oligotricha Mirkel,1963,给出了形态描述和特征图.研究标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆.     

中国三甲螨科1新记录属及2新记录种

记述我国三甲螨科1新记录属：印三甲螨属Indotritia Jacot,1928及中国2新记录种：爪哇印三甲螨Indotritia javensis（Sellnick,1923）和波状印三甲螨Indotritia undulata Bayoumi ＆ Mahunka,1979,给出了形态描述和特征图。所有标本材料均保存在中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆。     

中国卷甲螨科一新纪录属及三新纪录种(蜱螨亚纲,甲螨亚目,卷甲螨总科)

记述中国卷甲螨科Phthiracaridae1新纪录属,霍卷甲螨属HoplophthiracarusJacot,1933以及3新纪录种,坑霍卷甲螨H.foveolatusAoki,1980,伊利诺斯霍卷甲螨H.illinoisensis(Ewing,1909)和热带霍卷甲螨H.tropicusMondal et Kundu,1988,附详细描述及特征图。研究标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆。     

中国大翼甲螨科一新纪录属(蜱螨亚纲,甲螨亚目,大翼甲螨科)(英文)

记述了采自中国湖北的大翼甲螨科1新纪录属和1新纪录种:半大翼甲螨属Dimidiogalumna Engelbrecht,1972和东氏半大翼甲螨Dimidiogalumna azumai Aoki,1996,并制作了该属所有种的区别特征对照表。研究标本保存于贵州大学昆虫研究所。     

中国西藏甲螨新种和新纪录种记述(蜱螨亚纲:甲螨亚目)

报道西藏甲螨4新种和6新纪录种,标本采于西藏东南色季拉山,海拔3640－4800m,新种为：粒小隅甲螨Microtegeus granulatus Wang et Shen,sp.nov.,西藏真翅背甲螨Eupterotegaeus xizangensis Wang et Solhoy,sp.nov.,头新裸甲螨Neogymnobates capitatus Wang et Solhoy,sp.nov.,山溯甲螨Birsteinius monticolus Wang et Shen,sp.nov.,新纪录种为：纽氏平懒甲螨 Platynothrus nomatai Aoki,塞氏矮汉甲螨Nanhermannia sellnicki Forsslund,杜氏小赫甲螨Hermanniella dubinini Sitnikova,多齿刀肋甲螨Cultroribula dentata Willmann,曲波甲螨Unduloribates undulatus(Berlese),毛暗色甲螨Fuscozetes setosus(C.L.koch)。本文报道的波甲螨属,溯甲螨属,新裸甲螨属和暗色甲螨属为中国首次发现。     

中国顶翼甲螨属两新纪录种(蜱螨亚纲,甲螨亚目,大翼甲螨科)

对采自中国的2新纪录种:短毛顶翼甲螨Acrogalumna brevisetosa Bayartogtokh & Weigmann,2005和苏克兰顶翼甲螨Acrogalumna shogranensis Hammer,1977进行的详细的再记述,对二者颚体的描述是该属颚体结构的第1次记述.研究标本保存于贵州大学昆虫研究所.     

我国几种土壤甲螨包括一新种及二新亚种记述（蜱螨亚纲：甲螨亚目）

本文报道了新近采得的我国土壤甲螨六种,其中新种和新亚种定名为:中华弯步甲螨Gibbicepheus chinensis sp. nov.,长新领甲螨帽尔山亚种Caenosamerus spatiosus maoershanensis subsp. nov.,克氏蕾甲螨帽尔山亚种Gemmazetes crosby maoershanensis subsp. nov.,并记述了我国新纪录甲螨三种:大全罗甲螨Perlohm(?) gigantea(Aoki,1960)、水沢,德之甲螨乳Tolamocecheus mizusouai Aoki,1966及沼沢梁甲螨Lamellobates palustris Hammer,1958。     

中国珠足甲螨属一新种及珠足甲螨属和孔珠足甲螨属的新纪录（蜱颉

本文记述中国珠足甲螨属的一新种角珠足甲螨,珠足甲螨属和孔珠足甲螨属中国６个新纪录种：南方珠足甲螨、俄罗斯珠足甲螨,疣珠足甲螨,塞氏珠足甲螨,棒珠足甲螨和刺孔珠足甲螨,并对上部分种类作了补充描述。     

中国小赫甲螨属1新纪录种（蜱螨亚纲：甲螨亚目：小赫甲螨科）

记述我国小赫甲螨科Hermanniellidae 1新纪录种：粒小赫甲螨Hermanniella granulata（Nicolet,1855）。标本采自于湖南省炎凌县桃源洞,本文提供了该种的描述。标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.