癌症相关microRNA与靶基因的生物信息学分析

MicroRNAs(miRNAs)是一类长度约为22nt的内源性非编码RNA,通过与靶基因转录本互补结合调控基因的表达。近年来,研究发现miRNA与癌症发生密切相关,miRNA可以直接充当癌基因或者抑癌基因而影响肿瘤的发生和生长。为更进一步揭示癌症相关miRNA的特征及靶基因的功能,文章通过数据库搜索及文献检索,在人类基因组中发现了475个癌症相关miRNA,系统地比较了癌症相关miRNA与非癌症miRNA以及基因内和基因间区癌症相关miRNA在保守性、SNP位点分布、癌谱及转录调控等特性。研究发现,癌症相关miRNA比非癌症miRNA保守性要强,发生SNP概率比较低,同时发现miRNA所涉及癌症数目与保守性成正相关。基因组定位分析发现,癌症相关miRNA比非癌症miRNA更倾向于成簇存在。进一步对宿主基因、癌症相关miRNA及作用的靶基因与癌症发生进行关联分析,发现一些非癌症miRNA的宿主基因倾向于被癌症miRNA作用。本研究结果为深入理解miRNA与癌症之间的关系,以及进一步为miRNA作为癌症诊断指示物提供理论依据。     

纳米银的抗菌特性及对多重耐药菌株的抗菌作用

【目的】利用革兰氏阴性细菌、革兰氏阳性细菌和真菌的模式菌株分析纳米银的抗菌特性,并评价纳米银对多重耐药菌株的抗菌作用。【方法】利用生物法合成的纳米银,以微量肉汤法测定3种标准菌株的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)和最小杀菌浓度(MBC),并计算MBC/MIC比值。用系列浓度的纳米银处理3株标准菌株后经平板计数法绘制时间-杀菌曲线。采用菌落平板计数法测定了纳米银对3种标准菌株的"抗生素后效应"(post-antibiotic effect,PAE),最后在生物安全II级实验室测定纳米银对临床分离的多重耐药菌株的抗菌作用。【结果】用生物法合成了粒径5–30 nm的纳米银,zeta电位为–19.5 m V。该纳米银制剂对3种标准菌株的时间-杀菌曲线均表现为时间依赖型抗菌作用。纳米银对大肠杆菌和白色念珠菌"抗生素后效应"随着浓度增加而增加,对金黄色葡萄球菌无明显"抗生素后效应"。纳米银对3种标准菌株的MIC值和MBC值均在1.00–4.00μg/m L之间;对3株人源性多重耐药菌MIC值在6.00–26.00μg/m L之间,MBC值在1.00–32.00μg/m L之间;对14株动物源性多重耐药菌MIC值在4.00–10.00μg/m L之间,MBC值在8.00–16.00μg/m L之间。纳米银对所有测试菌株的MBC/MIC值均小于2。【结论】纳米银是一种时间依赖型的抗菌剂,有不同程度的"抗生素后效应",对人源和动物源性多重耐药菌有杀菌作用。     

基于随机效应的兴安落叶松材积生长模拟

基于黑龙江省带岭林业局大青川林场80株人工兴安落叶松解析木数据和Logistic生长模型,分别考虑单木效应和样地效应,利用S-PLUS软件中的NLME过程拟合非线性材积生长模型,采用赤池信息准则(AIC)、贝叶斯信息准则(BIC)、对数似然值和似然比检验等模型评价指标对不同模型的精度进行比较.结果表明：当考虑单木效应影响时,b₁、b₂、b₃（分别代表Logistic模型中的渐进、尺度和形状的随机参数）同时作为随机参数时模型拟合效果最好; 当考虑样地效应影响时,b₁作为随机参数时模型拟合效果最好.基于单木效应和样地效应的混合模型的拟合精度高于基本模型（Logistic生长模型）,考虑单木效应影响的混合模型的精度高于考虑样地效应影响的模型.模型检验结果表明,随机效应模型不但能反映单木材积的总体平均变化趋势,还能反映个体之间的差异;随机效应模型通过校正随机参数值能提高模型的预测精度.     

Morphological and molecular studies on Garra imberba and its related species in China

Garra imberba is widely distributed in China. At the moment, both Garra yiliangensis and G. hainanensis are treated as valid species, but they were initially named as a subspecies of G. pingi, a junior synonym of G. imberba. Garra alticorpora and G. nujiangensis also have similar morphological characters to G. imberba, but the taxonomic statuses and phylogenetic relationships of these species with G. imberba remains uncertain. In this study, 128 samples from the Jinshajiang, Red, Nanpanjiang, Lancangjiang, Nujiang Rivers as well as Hainan Island were measured while 1 mitochondrial gene and 1 nuclear intron of 24 samples were sequenced to explore the phylogenetic relationship of these five species. The results showed that G. hainanensis, G. yiliangensis, G. alticorpora and G. imberba are the same species with G. imberba being the valid species name, while G. nujiangensis is a valid species in and of itself.     

义齿粘附剂在口腔修复中的应用

随着全球人口老龄化趋势的不断加剧,老年人群口腔疾病的发病率也随之上升。以我国为例,每年因牙列缺损或牙列缺失而接受治疗的患者数量不断增加。无论何种修复体,义齿的固位和稳定一直是口腔医生和患者评价修复体成功与否的最直观的标准。如何提高义齿的固位和稳定是口腔专业工作者长期关注并研究的主题。义齿的固位与稳定可以通过多种方式进行强化。义齿粘附剂(DA)是用来辅助粘膜支持式义齿(包括全口义齿)固位的方法之一。本文通过阐述义齿粘附剂提高义齿固位与稳定的机理,探讨不同类型的义齿粘附剂对口腔环境的影响,对义齿粘附剂在口腔修复学科应用的现状及发展作一综述,以利于DA的使用与推广。     

短期整体身心调节法的全身皮肤电导反应规律(英文)

目的:探讨短期整体身心调节法练习者的全身皮肤电导反应特点。方法:采用单因素完全随机实验设计,将68名在校大学生分为整体身心调节组和放松组,分别进行为期10天的整体身心调节训练和经典的肌肉放松训练,并于训练前和训练结束后,测试两组学生身体7个分支的皮肤电导反应。结果:训练前,大学生前3支皮肤电导反应大于后4支;训练10天后,与训练前相比,整体身心调节训练组第1、2支皮肤电导反应显著减小,7个分支的皮肤电导反应出现均衡的规律;放松训练组学生身体7个分支皮肤电导反应变化不显著。结论:短期整体身心调节法形成了全身皮肤电导反应的均衡,可能反映短期整体身心调节法的整体身心相互作用原理。     

抗 Trx 单克隆抗体用于血吸虫病诊断的研究 *

摘要 目的： 建立双抗体夹心 ELISA 法检测日本血吸虫硫氧还蛋白 （Thioredoxin,Trx ）。方法： 用重组日本血吸虫 Trx （rTrx ） 蛋白免 疫 BALB/c 小鼠, 筛选高滴度、 高特异性的单克隆抗体建立双抗体夹心 ELISA 法。通过检测日本血吸虫排泄 - 分泌物 （ excretorysecretions,ES ） 与 rTrx 的浓度评价该方法的敏感性; 通过对健康人血清的检测确定其特异性; 通过对布氏姜片吸虫病、 华支睾吸虫 病、 卫氏并殖吸虫病、 囊虫病患者血清进行交叉反应试验, 评价该方法的特异性。 结果： 获得 2 株稳定分泌抗 rTrx 蛋白单克隆抗体 的杂交瘤细胞株, 命名为 McTrx1 和 McTrx2。以 McTrx1 为包被抗体, HRP-McTrx2 为酶标抗体, 建立的双抗体夹心 ELISA 可检 测出 ES 的最低浓度为 4.8 μg/ml, 检测出 rTrx 的最低浓度为 1.2 μg/ml。 该方法的特异性为 96%。 结论： 以抗 rTrx 蛋白单克隆抗体 McTrx1 与 McTrx2 为基础建立的双抗体夹心 ELISA 法具有较高的特异性。     

Investigating design principles of micropatterned encapsulation systems containing high-density microtissue arrays

Immunoisolation is an important strategy to protect transplanted cells from rejection by the host immune system.Recently,microfabrication techniques have been used to create hydrogel membranes to encapsulate microtissue in an arrayed organization.The method illustrates a new macroencapsulation paradigm that may allow transplantation of a large number of cells with microscale spatial control,while maintaining an encapsulation device that is easily maneuverable and remaining integrated following transplantation.This study aims to investigate the design principles that relate to the translational application of micropatterned encapsulation membranes,namely,the control over the transplantation density/quantity of arrayed microtissues and the fidelity of pre-formed microtissues to micropatterns.Agarose hydrogel membranes with microwell patterns were used as a model encapsulation system to exemplify these principles.Our results show that high-density micropatterns can be generated in hydrogel membranes,which can potentially maximize the percentage volume of cellular content and thereby the transplantation efficiency of the encapsulation device.Direct seeding of microtissues demonstrates that microwell structures can efficiently position and organize pre-formed microtissues,suggesting the capability of micropatterned devices for manipulation of cellular transplants at multicellular or tissue levels.Detailed theoretical analysis was performed to provide insights into the relationship between micropatterns and the transplantation capacity of membrane-based encapsulation.Our study lays the ground for developing new macroencapsulation systems with microscale cellular/tissue patterns for regenerative transplantation.     

Increased leptin by hypoxic-preconditioning promotes autophagy of mesenchymal stem cells and protects them from apoptosis

Autophagy is the basic catabolic progress involved in cell degradation of unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular components.It has been proven that autophagy could be utilized for cell survival under stresses.Hypoxic-preconditioning(HPC)could reduce apoptosis induced by ischemia and hypoxia/serum deprivation(H/SD)in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs).Previous studies have shown that both leptin signaling and autophagy activation were involved in the protection against apoptosis induced by various stress,including ischemia-reperfusion.However,it has never been fully understood how leptin was involved in the protective effects conferred by autophagy.In the present study,we demonstrated that HPC can induce autophagy in BMSCs by increased LC3-II/LC3-I ratio and autophagosome formation.Interestingly,similar effects were also observed when BMSCs were pretreated with rapamycin.The beneficial effects offered by HPC were absent when BMSCs were incubated with autophagy inhibitor,3-methyladenine(3-MA).In addition,down-regulated leptin expression by leptin-shRNA also attenuated HPC-induced autophagy in BMSCs,which in turn was associated with increased apoptosis after exposed to sustained H/SD.Furthermore,increased AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation and decreased mammalian target of rapamycin phosphorylation that were observed in HPC-treated BMSCs can also be attenuated by down-regulation of leptin expression.Our data suggests that leptin has impact on HPC-induced autophagy in BMSCs which confers protection against apoptosis under H/SD,possibly through modulating both AMPK and mTOR pathway.     

青藏高原MODIS NDVI与GIMMS NDVI的对比

连续一致的NDVI时间序列数据是陆地表面特征长期监测的基础和前提.AVHRR NDVI和MODIS NDVI作为时间记录最长和时空分辨率较高数据的典型代表,是未来植被动态监测极为重要的数据源.深入理解两种数据之间的关系,是延续陆地植被长期监测的关键.利用2000—2006年重叠时段的GIMMS NDVI和MODIS NDVI数据,在青藏高原整体、亚区域、植被类型和像元等多尺度对比分析了两种数据的数值差异和动态变化的一致性,并使用495幅20 km×20 km的Landsat影像计算的NDVI,独立地评估了两种数据集的性能.结果表明:GIMMS NDVI和MODIS NDVI捕获青藏高原月尺度物候变化的能力基本相同(显著性水平大多达到0.001);不同植被类型之间两种数据的相似性差异显著,高覆盖的林地一致性较差,均质化较强的草地、农田的一致性较强;像元尺度,两种数据集在82%的研究区域显著一致;在反映植被空间分布方面,MODIS NDVI的数值更接近Landsat NDVI,而GIMMS NDVI在植被动态变化上与Landsat NDVI更相像,不同植被类型之间差异显著,林地MODIS NDVI与Landsat一致性更好,而草地、农田则是GIMMS NDVI更好.融合两种数据,建立一致的NDVI时间序列数据是可行的.在耦合数据时,需要考虑不同植被类型、不同物候期、不同空间尺度对结果的影响.对于针叶林、阔叶林等植被类型,以及物候过渡期的春秋季进行两种数据集成时需要慎重处理.