Th1细胞因子(IFN-γ)在幽门螺杆菌致病中的作用

目的：评价Thl细胞因子IFN-γ在幽门螺杆菌(Hp)感染时对胃上皮细胞的作用。方法：胃上皮细胞经IFN-γ处理后,流式细胞术测定表面MHC-Ⅱ类分子的表达和Hp的黏附,ELISA法测定细胞因子对Hp致胃上皮细胞凋亡的影响。结果：IFN-γ可诱导胃上皮细胞表达MHCR类分子,进而增加Hp的黏附。IFN-γ本身即可诱导胃上皮细胞凋亡,并可促进Hp诱导的胃上皮凋亡。结论：Thl细胞因子IFN-γ参与并加剧了Hp感染所致的胃黏膜炎症。     

008幽门螺杆菌在人血浆及胆汁中的趋化性反应

在胃内环境中,幽门螺杆菌多聚集在胃上皮表面,其在胃上皮感染的密度与胃炎、消化性溃疡的严重性直接相关。为进一步阐明趋化性在幽门螺杆菌定植中的作用,作者观察了在人血浆及胆汁中幽门螺杆菌趋化性的影响。     

幽门螺杆菌的生存之道与致病因子

对于细菌来说,人的胃的确是个"凶险"之地,胃的蠕动排空作用、胃内的强酸环境,胃黏膜表面稠厚的黏液层等,几乎能抵御经口而入的所有微生物。不过自从在胃黏膜上皮细胞表面发现了幽门螺杆菌之后,人们认识到它几乎是惟一能突破这些保护屏障,在胃里安家落户的"居民",能在这里独居一方,幽门螺杆菌当然要有点特殊的本事才行。事实上,正是幽门螺杆菌的生存之道给胃造成了伤害。与沃伦和马歇尔同在澳大     

幽门螺杆菌与胃癌

幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacter pylori,Hp)是一种革兰阴性微需氧菌,世界上约50%的人群有Hp感染.感染通常发生在儿童时期,如不进行治疗,可终身定植于人的胃黏膜上皮,引起多种胃肠道疾病.     

载体介导的幽门螺杆菌NAP疫苗研制现状

幽门螺杆菌感染可引起胃炎、胃和十二指肠溃疡、胃黏膜相关淋巴瘤及胃癌等疾病,采用疫苗防治该菌是当前研究的热点领域之一。中性粒细胞激活蛋白(NAP)是一种有效的疫苗候选分子,我们简要综述了鼠伤寒沙门菌、乳酸乳球菌、枯草芽孢杆菌和麻疹病毒等载体介导的幽门螺杆菌NAP疫苗的研制现状。     

全国中西医整合治疗幽门螺杆菌相关“病-证”共识

正幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacter pylori,H.pylori)与慢性胃炎、消化性溃疡、胃癌及胃黏膜相关淋巴组织(MALT)淋巴瘤的发生发展密切相关。1994年幽门螺杆菌被世界卫生组织列为胃癌发生的I类致癌因子,胃癌发生与幽门螺杆菌感染密切相关,根除幽门螺杆菌可降低胃癌的发生率。中国是幽门螺杆菌高感染率国家,同时也是胃癌高发国家,幽门螺杆菌感染不仅是一个临床问题,更是一个公     

幽门螺杆菌感染的分子机制

幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacterpylori)是居留于人胃上皮组织并引起胃炎、消化性胃溃疡和胃癌的病原菌。近年来,随着幽门螺杆菌全基因组序列的报道和功能基因的研究深入,对幽门螺杆菌的感染的分子、免疫等机制逐渐阐明。现对幽门螺杆菌基因组特点和幽门螺杆菌黏附、毒性因子等对人体感染的分子机制等方面的研究进展做一综述。     

幽门螺杆菌感染与细胞自噬的研究进展

幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacter pylori,H. pylori)是一种革兰阴性微需氧病原菌,也是定植于人类胃黏膜上皮中最特异的一种致病菌。它与人消化性溃疡、慢性胃炎、胃癌及胃黏膜相关组织淋巴瘤(MALT)等疾病密切相关。此后又发现H. pylori可能是一种兼性胞内菌,该菌可能通过自噬在胃上皮细胞和巨噬细胞中得以生存、繁殖并引起慢性持续性感染。本文根据近年发表的自噬相关文献,对H. pylori感染不同细胞后自噬对其存活的影响以及H. pylori不同配体引起的自噬调节作一综述。     

幽门螺杆菌感染胃组织基因芯片生物信息学分析

为探讨幽门螺杆菌感染胃组织后差异基因变化,深入分析参与疾病发生、发展的分子机制。从GEO(Gene Expression Omnibus)数据库下载幽门螺杆菌感染胃组织基因芯片数据(GSE5081),根据胃粘膜组织是否受损分组,分别比较幽门螺杆菌感染者与阴性对照组,获得差异基因并进行功能分析包括GO分析、信号通路分析,基因相互作用及基因共表达,得到重要核心基因,并通过实时定量PCR方法进行验证。结果表明:得到参与幽门螺杆菌感染后上调的44个主要基因,主要涉及的GO分析及信号通路包括免疫反应、炎症反应、抗原提呈、细胞因子通路、因子受体关联,细胞粘附分子等。研究发现核心基因CXCR4,CCL20,JAK3,TNFAIP2,PLEK,HLA-DMA,PTPRC,CXCL13,BCL2A1,并通过实时定量PCR的方法进行部分验证,CXCR4,CXCL5,CXCL2在幽门螺杆菌感染后的胃黏膜组织表达高于对照组。幽门螺杆菌感染后胃粘膜组织引起免疫反应,炎症反应,抗原提呈,因子受体关联,细胞粘附分子通路的激活。同时发现一些主要的趋化因子相关基因CXCR4,CXCL5,CXCL2,CCL20,CXCL1等,涉及增殖,炎症,免疫,凋亡基因JAK3,TNFAIP2,PLEK,HLA-DMA,PTPRC,BCL2A1等的表达上调,并实时定量PCR验证部分相关基因的表达。这些结果为从分子网络机制层面上认识幽门螺杆菌感染提供分析思路及基础。     

幽门螺杆菌(SS1)感染及其胃炎的小鼠模型

目的 :建立感染幽门螺杆菌 (Helicobacterpylori,H pylori)SS1株BALB/c小鼠感染模型 ,研究H pylori胃内定植及胃黏膜病理变化。 方法 :BALB/c小鼠胃内分别接种体外培养的H pyloriSS1株 (实验组 )或PBS(对照组 ) ,组织学方法评价H pylori定植及胃黏膜病理变化。结果 :所有对照组小鼠胃组织未见H pylori定植 ,胃组织也未见明显的炎症反应 ;而所有实验组小鼠在感染H pylori 12周后 ,胃黏膜表面的黏液层及胃小凹顶端可见大量H pylori,胃体及胃窦交界处、胃体及胃底交界处最多 ;胃组织可见到不同程度的炎性反应 ,感染H pylori 2 4周后 ,胃组织炎性反应加重。结论 :用胃内接种方法建立了小鼠H pylori感染及其相关性胃炎的模型。     

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.