测定抗分枝杆菌免疫的BCG攻击模型的评价

<正>背景:迫切需要抵抗结核病的新疫苗,然而由于倘无保护的相关物,故选择一种能够纳入大规模效力现场的疫苗是困难的。使用卡介苗(BCG)作为人攻击用结核杆菌的替代物是一种有助于疫苗选择的模型。方法 :健康成人被分成A组和B组(BCG初次接种)或C和D组(BCG-以往接种组),B组和D组接受MVA85A候选结核疫苗,在他们接受MVA85A疫苗接种4周后用皮内接种法攻击BCG。     

高效液相色谱法分离和鉴定腐马素B_1

腐马素是由串珠镰刀菌产生的真菌毒素,其中腐马素B1可引发马脑白质软化症等疾病。本文用高效液相色谱法从串珠镰刀菌玉米培养物中分离出了腐马素B1并通过紫外光谱和快原子轰击质谱进行了鉴定。     

全基因组关联分析实现水稻粒型自然变异的分子解析

全基因组关联分析(GWAS)近年来被广泛应用于解析生物自然变异的遗传基础。但限于其遗传定位精度, 在水稻(Oryza sativa)遗传学研究中, 该方法尚无法取代传统的图位克隆法在克隆复杂性状调控基因中的作用。近期, 中国科学家在应用GWAS等大数据来克隆控制水稻粒长和粒重等复杂性状的QTL方面取得了新突破。     

Association of N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide with Cognitive Function and Depression in Elderly People with Type 2 Diabetes

Background

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with risk of congestive heart failure (CHF), cognitive dysfunction and depression. CHF itself is linked both to poor cognition and depression. The ventricular N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a marker of CHF, suggesting potential as a marker for cognitive impairment and/or depression. This was tested in the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study (ET2DS).

Methodology and Principal Findings

Cross-sectional analysis of 1066 men and women aged 60–75 with type 2 diabetes. Results from seven neuropsychological tests were combined in a standardised general cognitive ability factor, ‘g’. A vocabulary-based test estimated pre-morbid cognitive ability. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) assessed possible depression. After adjustment for age and sex, raised plasma NT-proBNP was weakly associated with lower ‘g’ and higher depression scores (ß −0.09, 95% CI −0.13 to −0.03, p = 0.004 and ß 0.08, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.12, p<0.001, respectively). Comparing extreme quintiles of NT-proBNP, subjects in the highest quintile were more likely to have reduced cognitive ability (within the lowest tertile of ‘g’) and ‘possible’ depression (HADS depression ≥8) (OR 1.80; 95% CI: 1.20, 2.70; p = 0.005 and OR 2.18; 95% CI: 1.28, 3.71; p = 0.004, respectively). Associations persisted when pre-morbid ability was adjusted for, but as expected were no longer statistically significant following the adjustment for diabetes-related and vascular co-variates (β −0.02, 95% CI −0.07 to 0.03, p>0.05 for ‘g’; β 0.03, 95% CI −0.02 to 0.07, p>0.05 for depression scores).

Conclusion

Raised plasma NT-proBNP was weakly but statistically significantly associated with poorer cognitive function and depression. The prospective phases of the ET2DS will help determine whether or not NT-proBNP can be considered a risk marker for subsequent cognitive impairment and incident depression and whether it provides additional information over and above traditional risk factors for these conditions.     

The Shanghuang Mammalian Fauna, Middle Eocene of Jiangsu:History of Discovery and Significance

APaleogenemammalianfauna,herenamedtheShanghuangfauna,wasdiscoverednearthevillageofShanghuang,closetoLiyangCity,JiangsuProvince,China(Fig.1).Atpresent,rouglilysixtyspeciesoffossilmammalshavebeenrecogniedintheShanghuangfauna.Manyofthesemammaltaxaarenewtoscience,andothersrepresentnewoccurrencesfortheEoceneofChina.ParticularlywellrepresentedintheShanghuangfaunaaremicromammals(includingmarsupials,insectivores,rodents,lagomorphs,primates,andbats)thathaveseldomifeverbeenfoundinotherEoceneAsianl…     

从热带海洋细菌培养提取新的消炎大环内酯

Bioory．Med．Chem．Lett．1999年9卷14期2003～2006页报道：美国加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校Scripps海洋学研究所海洋生物技术和生物医药中心的科学家,已在从加勒比海褐藻——匍扇网地藻(Lobophora variegata)表面分离出来的热带海洋细菌CNB-837株系培养中,提取了一种新的消炎大环内酯——匍扇藻素A和B。科学家们利用含有1％可溶淀粉、0．4％酵母膏、O．2％胨、75％海水和25％去离子水的A1培养基,在25℃和230转/分搅动下,将这种海洋细菌培养了7天。用小鼠进行了试验表明,局部或腹膜内给予匍扇藻素,可有效地消除小鼠耳部的水肿。匍扇藻素A和B的分子式分别为C61H93N2O19和C61H90N2O21。汪开治     

PM_(2.5)致炎症作用及其机制研究进展

大气细颗粒物(PM2.5)能够深入下呼吸道,直达肺泡,并且能透过肺呼吸道屏障,进入循环系统,随血流而到达全身各靶器官,对其组织细胞造成伤害。除诱发呼吸系统疾病外,PM2.5还能致心血管疾病、糖尿病、恶性肿瘤等多种疾病的发生和发展。PM2.5致局部组织或系统的急性或慢性炎症、炎症细胞的浸润、炎症因子的异常表达与释放等,被认为是致人体健康损伤的重要机制。在综述PM2.5与炎症细胞的相互作用、炎症因子的表达与释放等致炎症效应新成果的基础上,概述了近年来人们对于PM2.5致炎症作用机制的新认识。     

雷公藤悬浮细胞原生质体的制备及瞬时转化体系的建立

为探索药用植物雷公藤(Tripterygium wilfordii)悬浮细胞原生质体提取的最优条件,并建立雷公藤原生质体瞬时转化体系,以雷公藤悬浮细胞为材料,对酶解液配比、酶解时间、甘露醇浓度及处理转速进行考察。用PEG介导的瞬时转化法将外源基因转化到雷公藤原生质体中。结果表明,以雷公藤悬浮细胞为材料提取原生质体的最佳条件是酶液配比为2.0%纤维素酶+0.5%果胶酶+0.5%离析酶,甘露醇浓度为0.6 mol·L–1,酶解10小时,处理转速为67×g;用PEG介导法将含有编码GFP的植物表达载体转化雷公藤悬浮细胞原生质体,激光共聚焦扫描显微镜下细胞显示绿色荧光。通过实验筛选得到雷公藤悬浮细胞原生质体的最佳提取条件,建立了雷公藤悬浮细胞原生质体的瞬时转化体系,为进一步开展雷公藤功能基因及合成生物学研究奠定了基础。     

利用叶绿素荧光评估草原植物羊草缺磷缺氮状况

羊草(Leymus chinensis)是北方草原的重要牧草。准确评估其营养状况,对维护羊草草原的生产力具有重要意义。以羊草幼苗为材料,利用能同时表征2个光系统光化学活性的叶绿素荧光检测技术,对缺氮和缺磷处理下的叶片光化学活性进行分析。结果表明,缺氮处理20天后羊草叶片叶绿素含量降低近50%。同期缺磷及缺氮处理对PSⅡ功能的影响总体大于PSⅠ。与对照相比,缺氮叶片的Φ(Ⅱ)和Φ(Ⅰ)分别比对照降低了30.3%与38.5%;ETR(Ⅱ)与ETR(Ⅰ)分别降低30.8%和28.9%。缺磷处理组Φ(Ⅱ)和ETR(Ⅱ)的降低幅度约为缺氮的1/2。这些定量研究结果对及时有效地诊断和区分羊草植物氮磷缺乏状况具有重要的参考价值。