构建生物药物分析实验教学改革新模式

生物药物分析实验是生物药物分析理论课程的重要补充,是培养学生掌握和巩固理论知识以及实验操作技能的重要途径。为适应现代高等教育对本科生的培养要求,对生物药物分析原有单一的实验教学模式进行改革已势在必行。我学院生物药物分析实验教学改革从实验教学内容、实验教学方法、实验教学手段等方面进行实践探索,建立了"验证性-综合设计性实验教学"、"科研-实验教学相结合"、"开放式实验教学"等新型的实验教学模式,在近几年的本科实验教学活动中,对于培养学生的实际操作能力、独立分析问题和解决问题的能力,团队协作等方面的能力起到了明显的效果,受到学生好评。     

Use of digital webcam images to track spring green-up in a deciduous broadleaf forest

Understanding relationships between canopy structure and the seasonal dynamics of photosynthetic uptake of CO₂ by forest canopies requires improved knowledge of canopy phenology at eddy covariance flux tower sites. We investigated whether digital webcam images could be used to monitor the trajectory of spring green-up in a deciduous northern hardwood forest. A standard, commercially available webcam was mounted at the top of the eddy covariance tower at the Bartlett AmeriFlux site. Images were collected each day around midday. Red, green, and blue color channel brightness data for a 640 × 100-pixel region-of-interest were extracted from each image. We evaluated the green-up signal extracted from webcam images against changes in the fraction of incident photosynthetically active radiation that is absorbed by the canopy (f _APAR), a broadband normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and the light-saturated rate of canopy photosynthesis (A _max), inferred from eddy flux measurements. The relative brightness of the green channel (green %) was relatively stable through the winter months. A steady rising trend in green % began around day 120 and continued through day 160, at which point a stable plateau was reached. The relative brightness of the blue channel (blue %) also responded to spring green-up, although there was more day-to-day variation in the signal because blue % was more sensitive to changes in the quality (spectral distribution) of incident radiation. Seasonal changes in blue % were most similar to those in f _APAR and broadband NDVI, whereas changes in green % proceeded more slowly, and were drawn out over a longer period of time. Changes in A _max lagged green-up by at least a week. We conclude that webcams offer an inexpensive means by which phenological changes in the canopy state can be quantified. A network of cameras could offer a novel opportunity to implement a regional or national phenology monitoring program.     

The insulin polymorphism -23Hph increases the risk for type 1 diabetes mellitus in the Romanian population

The insulin -23Hph and IGF2 Apa polymorphisms were genotyped in Romanian patients with T1DM (n = 204), T2DM (n = 215) or obesity (n = 200) and normoponderal healthy subjects (n = 750). The genotypes of both polymorphisms were distributed in concordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in all groups. The -23Hph AA genotype increased the risk for T1DM (OR: 3.22, 95%CI: 2.09-4.98, p < 0,0001), especially in patients without macroalbuminuria (OR: 4.32, 95%CI: 2.54-7.45, p < 0,0001). No other significant association between the alleles or genotypes of insulin -23Hph and IGF2 Apa and diabetes or obesity was identified.     

GWAS在2型糖尿病相关基因研究中的应用

2型糖尿病(type 2 diabetes,T2D)是一种常见的复杂疾病,其发病受到遗传和环境因素的共同作用.全基因组关联研究(genome-wide association study,GWAS)是一种可在全基因组范围筛查疾病相关的序列变异的新型群体关联研究方法.近年来,采用GWAS以及在此基础上展开的meta分析,已分别在TCF7L2、HHEX-IDE、SLC30A8、CDKAL1、CDKN2A-CDKN2B、IGF2BP2、NOTCH2、CDC123-CAMK1D、ADAMTS9、THADA、TSPAN8-LGR5、JAZF1等12个基因区域鉴定出多个T2D相关的多态位点.已有的研究提示,上述多个基因可能在胰岛β细胞发育和功能维持方面扮演着重要角色.本文集中介绍了GWAS的原理及其在T2D研究中的优势;回顾了GWAS在T2D研究中的主要发现;并对运用GWAS在T2D研究中尚需解决的问题进行了总结和展望.     

Hepatitis C Virus Experimental Model Systems and Antiviral drug Research

An estimated 130 million people worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) making it a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. Because the currently available therapy of pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin is only effective in a subset of patients, the development of new HCV antivirals is a healthcare imperative. This review discusses the experimental models available for HCV antiviral drug research, recent advances in HCV antiviral drug development, as well as active research be...     

Ultrastructural and hormonal changes in rat cauda epididymal spermatozoa induced by Boswellia papyrifera and Boswellia carterii

Boswellia papyrifera and Boswellia carterii diffuses smoke polluting air that adversely affects indoor environment that certainly harm human health. Therefore, this study aims at ascertaining the effect of these plants on gonadal hormones and molecular changes in rat spermatozoa. The animals were exposed to 4 g/kg body weight of B. papyrifera and B. carterii daily for 120 days along with suitable controls. Significant decreases in FSH, LH and testosterone levels were evidenced, along with a reduction of protein, sialic acid, and carnitine levels. In sperm physiology, sperm count, motility, speed decrease, whereas sperm anomalies increase. TEM observation indicates morphological changes in plasma and acrosomal membranes, cytoplasmic droplet in the tail region, vacuolated, and disorganization of the mitochondrial sheath. These findings demonstrate that B. papyrifera and B. carterii smoke affects the process of sperm formation and maturation, which indicates the detrimental effects of these plants on the reproductive system.     

基于高通量测序的全基因组关联研究策略

全基因组关联研究（Genome-wide association study, GWAS）是人类复杂疾病研究的重要组成部分之一,在群体水平检测全基因组范围的遗传变异与可观测性状间的遗传关联。传统的GWAS是以芯片（Array）技术获得高密度的遗传变异,尽管硕果累累,但也存在不少问题。如：所谓的“缺失的遗传力”,即利用关联分析检测达到全基因组水平显著的遗传变异位点只能解释小部分遗传力;在某些性状上不同研究的结果一致性较弱;显著关联的遗传变异位点的功能较难解释等。高通量测序技术,也称第二代测序（Next-generation sequencing, NGS）技术,可以快速、准确地产出高通量的变异位点数据,为解决以上问题提供了可行的方案。基于NGS技术的GWAS方法（NGS-GWAS）,可在一定程度上弥补传统GWAS的不足。文章对NGS-GWAS策略和方法进行了系统性调研,提出了目前较为可行的NGS-GWAS的实施策略和方法,并对NGS-GWAS如何应用于个体化医疗（Personalized medicine, PM）进行了展望。     

Influence of livestock grazing on meadow pipit foraging behaviour in upland grassland

Changes in grazing management are believed to be responsible for declines in populations of birds breeding in grassland over the last decades. The relationships between grazing management regimes, vegetation structure and composition and the availability of invertebrate food resources to passerine birds remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the foraging site selection of meadow pipits (Anthus pratensis L.) breeding in high intensity sheep-grazed plots or low intensity mixed (i.e. sheep and cattle)-grazed plots. We sampled above-ground invertebrates, measured vegetation height and density and conducted a vegetation survey in areas where meadow pipits were observed to forage and areas that were randomly selected. Birds foraged in areas with a lower vegetation height and density and in areas containing a lower proportion of the dominant, tussock-forming grass species Molinia caerulea. They did not forage in areas with a total higher invertebrate biomass but at areas with preferred vegetation characteristics invertebrate biomass tended to be higher in foraging sites than random sites. The foraging distance of meadow pipits was higher in the intensively grazed plots. Our findings support the hypothesis that resource-independent factors such as food accessibility and forager mobility may determine patch selection and are of more importance as selection criteria than food abundance per se. Food accessibility seems to become an even more important selection criterion under high grazing intensity, where prey abundance and size decrease. In our upland grazing system, a low intensity, mixed grazing regime seems to provide a more suitable combination of sward height, plant diversity, structural heterogeneity and food supply for meadow pipit foraging activity compared to a more intensive grazing regime dominated by sheep.     

实验性腹膜炎肺损伤时大黄的保护作用

目的探讨大黄对实验性腹膜炎时肺损伤的保护作用.方法用酵母多糖A腹腔注射制备大鼠急性腹膜炎模型,诱发肺脏损伤.将SD大鼠随机分为4组:(1)正常组,(2)模型组,(3)大黄实验组,(4)抗生素实验组(氨苄西林组).测定肺组织匀浆中丙二醛(MDA)、黄嘌呤氧化酶(XOD)、谷光甘肽(GSH)和血清内毒素水平,并进行血气分析及外周血WBC计数.结果大黄组内毒素、肺组织匀浆中MDA和XOD,以及白细胞计数均明显低于模型组(P＜0.05),而还原GSH变化不明显.结论大黄可能通过降低外周及门静脉血内毒素水平,抑制脂质过氧化和加强自由基的清除,从而减轻实验性腹膜炎引起的肺损伤.     

基于科技计量学的全球真菌学研究态势分析

目的 对全球真菌学研究态势进行分析.方法 检索SCI-Expanded数据库2004～2013年全球真菌学研究研究相关文献,采用Web of Science自带软件及Excel 2007等软件进行定量分析,指标包括文献量、被引频次、h指数等.结果 全球真菌学研究近年来呈上升趋势,美国具有绝对领先,中国、德国、日本也是主要的贡献国家.中国真菌学研究排名第2,但论文整体被引频次偏低;主要贡献来自于2007年以后（98.79％）,中国高校是主要的研究机构,国家自然科学基金是最主要的资助来源.结论 2007年以来中国真菌学研究正处于较好的发展时机,但研究水平仍有待提高.