关于西非埃博拉疫情态势预测研究的总结分析

西非埃博拉疫情态势预测作为计算流行病学的一次重要实践,显示出计算流行病学在应急资源配置、应急响应策略决策方面的重要价值。本文梳理回顾了2014年计算流行病学在西非埃博拉疫情态势预测方面的研究情况,对主要进展进行了总结分析,并对我国公共卫生应急能力建设提出了建议。     

人工人口生成技术研究综述

随着计算机技术的发展,基于人口数据的的仿真模型被越来越多地应用于传染病建模、战场模拟、交通规划等问题的研究。然而,这些模型都面临着难以获得真实人口数据的问题。解决这个问题的一种重要方法,是使用计算机生成可代替现实人口的人工人口。本文主要介绍3种典型人工人口生成技术的原理、步骤和主要应用,在此基础上对3种技术的优缺点进行分析比较,最后对人工人口生成技术的发展进行了讨论与展望。     

Tumour biomarkers—Tracing the molecular function and clinical implication

In recent years, with the increase in cancer mortality caused by metastasis, and with the development of individualized and precise medical treatment, early diagnosis with precision becomes the key to decrease the death rate. Since detecting tumour biomarkers in body fluids is the most non‐invasive way to identify the status of tumour development, it has been widely investigated for the usage in clinic. These biomarkers include different expression or mutation in microRNAs (miRNAs), circulating tumour DNAs (ctDNAs), proteins, exosomes and circulating tumour cells (CTCs). In the present article, we summarized and discussed some updated research on these biomarkers. We overviewed their biological functions and evaluated their multiple roles in human and small animal clinical treatment, including diagnosis of cancers, classification of cancers, prognostic and predictive values for therapy response, monitors for therapy efficacy, and anti‐cancer therapeutics. Biomarkers including different expression or mutation in miRNAs, ctDNAs, proteins, exosomes and CTCs provide more choice for early diagnosis of tumour detection at early stage before metastasis. Combination detection of these tumour biomarkers may provide higher accuracy at the lowest molecule combination number for tumour early detection. Moreover, tumour biomarkers can provide valuable suggestions for clinical anti‐cancer treatment and execute monitoring of treatment efficiency.     

黄土丘陵沟壑区植被恢复演替过程中根系行为特征

根系的结构与生态功能特征称为根系行为特征,研究根系行为特征对黄土区植被恢复具有重要意义。采用非线性计算方法,采集黄土区4种典型退耕植被群落根系、土壤样品,分析根系形态特征、基于径级的根长分形维数、根系生态位指数与土壤有机碳的关系。结果显示:根长密度、根生物量、根系直径随着退耕演替的发展存在缓慢增大趋势。退耕演替发展的2—21年中,根系平均分维数由2.77显著减小至2.59(P0.05),生态位指数由3.75显著增大至9.37(P0.05)。根系的生态功能性对丰富土壤有机碳具有极显著的影响效果,根系分维数与生态位指数呈极显著负相关(P0.01),即根系的结构特征直接决定了根系综合生态功能,表现为结构越复杂,功能性越强。     

巴松措原生动物群落结构季节及垂直分布

为揭示我国西藏高原湖泊原生动物群落结构特征及垂直分布格局,于2017年11月及2018年5月和9月,在巴松措中心分7层设置采样点,利用25号浮游生物网采集原生动物。采用活体观察和固定染色相结合的方法,共鉴定到原生动物195种(其中春季86种,夏季93种,秋季80种),隶属于2门11纲24目43科59属。其中以肉鞭门种类较丰富,砂壳类纤毛虫占优势。垂直分布的物种组成和群落结构复杂表现为：表层>中层>底层,物种多样性、丰富度和优势度指数表现为：表层>中层>底层,均匀度指数大多数为1;季节分布的物种组成和群落结构群复杂程度表现为：夏季>春季>秋季,物种多样性、丰富度指数表现为：夏季>秋季>春季,优势度指数表现为：夏季>秋季>春季,均匀度指数表现为：秋季>春季>夏季;优势物种和群落结构都会随水深的增加而减少。总体呈现出物种多样性较低、均匀度较高,具有明显的时空异质性。     

ALIX and ESCRT-III Coordinately Control Cytokinetic Abscission during Germline Stem Cell Division In Vivo

Abscission is the final step of cytokinesis that involves the cleavage of the intercellular bridge connecting the two daughter cells. Recent studies have given novel insight into the spatiotemporal regulation and molecular mechanisms controlling abscission in cultured yeast and human cells. The mechanisms of abscission in living metazoan tissues are however not well understood. Here we show that ALIX and the ESCRT-III component Shrub are required for completion of abscission during Drosophila female germline stem cell (fGSC) division. Loss of ALIX or Shrub function in fGSCs leads to delayed abscission and the consequent formation of stem cysts in which chains of daughter cells remain interconnected to the fGSC via midbody rings and fusome. We demonstrate that ALIX and Shrub interact and that they co-localize at midbody rings and midbodies during cytokinetic abscission in fGSCs. Mechanistically, we show that the direct interaction between ALIX and Shrub is required to ensure cytokinesis completion with normal kinetics in fGSCs. We conclude that ALIX and ESCRT-III coordinately control abscission in Drosophila fGSCs and that their complex formation is required for accurate abscission timing in GSCs in vivo.     

Sequence analysis of MHC class I α2 domain exon variants in one diploid and two haploid Atlantic salmon pedigrees

Genetic diversity in the second domain exon of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) class I was investigated in two dams and nine of their haploid offspring by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequence analysis. A similar study was also performed on nine diploid offspring from one of these dams. The complex segregation patterns and sequence similarities between variants make definitive allele, haplotype and locus assignments difficult. There are, however, indications of six Mhc- Sasa class I loci and a fairly well-defined haplotype of four variants. One non-polymorphic variant present in most specimens could be a salmon analogue to the human non-classical loci.     

褪黑素通过减弱催乳素基因增强子的突变抑制大鼠垂体催乳素瘤的增生

本工作旨在探讨褪黑素(melatonin,MLT)抑制17-β-雌二醇(17-β-estradiol,E2)诱发的Sprague-Dawley大鼠垂体催乳素(prolactin,PRL)瘤增生的分子机制。结果表明,每只大鼠每日定时皮下注射一定剂量的MLT(0.25、0.50mg)能显著抑制E2诱发的大鼠垂体PRL瘤的增生;偏低(0.05mg)或过高剂量(1.00、2.00mg)的MLT也抑制PRL瘤的增生,但无统计学意义。采用PCR和DNA直接测序显示,与正常垂体对照组比较,PRL瘤中PRL基因增强子出现五处突变,-1885bp位点由C突变为G,-1857~-1855由ACA替换为G,-1792~-1791插入G,-1383~-1382插入GGTGTGTG片段,-1265~-1250缺失GTGTGTGTGTGTGTGT片段。0.25mg/dMLT处理组,PRL瘤中的PRL基因增强子上述个别突变部位仍然存在(-1885由C突变为G),突变消失(-1792~-1791无插入G),大部分表现为突变减弱(-1856~-1855缺失AC,-1385~-1384缺失TG,-1250~-1253缺失GTGT)。采用荧光素酶报告基因检测PRL基因增强子活性显示,正常垂体、PRL瘤和0.25mg/dMLT处理的PRL瘤三组中,PRL基因增强子的活性分别为(13448.17±3012.74)、(161831.67±60996.01)和(10212.17±2634.71)OD单位。PRL瘤组增强子活性较正常垂体升高11倍(P<0.001),MLT处理组增强子活性较PRL瘤组降低93.69%(P<0.001)。上述三组PRL基因增强子空间结构的分析表明,PRL基因增强子DNA的曲折程度为PRL瘤组>MLT处理组>正常垂体。以上结果证实,MLT抑制大鼠垂体PRL瘤增生的重要分子机制之一可能是减弱PRL基因增强子的突变,也提示MLT可减弱PRL基因增强子的突变,从而下调PRL基因的高表达,可能与降低DNA的曲折程度有关。