Effect of gamma radiation on mutant induction of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fagopyrum dibotrys</Emphasis> Hara

Agronomic traits, photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange, and chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence parameters of red stem buckwheat (Fagopyrum dibotrys Hara) mutants induced by γ-radiation were compared with green control at seedling stage. Plant height, number of first-class branches, and rhizome biomass were inhibited significantly (p<0.01). Chl a, Chl b, and Chl a+b contents decreased with elevated dose of γ-rays, while increasing carotenoid content indicated that buckwheat was capable of adjusting to the radiation damage. Decrease in net photosynthetic rate was the result of both stomatal and non-stomatal limitations. Fluorescence parameters, such as F₀, F_m, F_v/F_m, F_v/F₀, Φ_PS2, electron transport rate, and photochemical quenching declined significantly (p<0.01) as compared with control due to photoinhibition, while non-photochemical quenching increased to enhance thermal dissipation. Lower parameters implied that leaf tissue was damaged significantly by high dose of γ-radiation and therefore leaf senescence was accelerated.     

Risk,parental autonomy and the epistemic divide: preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the Australian print news media, 1990–2007

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a reproductive/genetic technology which has become the subject of public and scholarly debate because it involves the evaluation and consequent selection (and implantation) or destruction of human embryos. This research investigates the way PGD is constituted in the Australian print news media. Foucauldian discourse analysis reveals that proponents draw on their direct knowledge and experience of PGD to support their claims. There is an epistemic divide between consumers and others claiming direct knowledge, and critics and others drawing on indirect or abstract understandings of PGD. This divide characterizes the discourses present in the data and is directly linked to changes in these over the period under analysis.     

胰腺癌的生物学临床诊断研究进展

胰腺癌(pancreatic cancer,PC)是一种发病率接近死亡率、死亡率极高的恶性肿瘤.由于胰腺癌早期无明显病症,许多病人确诊时已是癌症末期,错过了最佳的治疗时期,预后极差,因此,迫切需要高效的胰腺癌早期诊断生物标志物.随着高通量测序技术(next-generation sequencing,NGS)、高分辨质...     

检测EB病毒TK激酶抗体方法的建立及其在鼻咽癌诊断中的应用

目的:建立检测鼻咽癌(NPC)患者血清中EB病毒TK激酶的酶免疫测定(EIA)方法,用于筛选和辅助诊断早期NPC患者。方法:用基因工程高效表达的EB病毒TK激酶作为包被抗原,建立EIA检测方法,检测NPC患者和对照血清中的TK/IgG抗体。结果:在NPC患者血清中检出了特异的对EB病毒TK激酶的IgG抗体,而正常人血清中为抗体阴性。结论:首先建立了简便、快速、特异和敏感的早期诊断NPC的EIA方法,并作为我公司产品扩展应用。     

卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤的临床病理学特征、诊断及鉴别诊断

目的:探讨卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤的临床病理学特征、诊断和鉴别诊断要点。方法:复习1例卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤患者的临床资料、肿物的大体以及镜下病理组织学特征、免疫组化染色特征。结果:患者左侧单房囊性颗粒细胞瘤,大小为14.6 cm×18.9 cm×9.8 cm,囊壁厚薄不均一;镜下可见内壁由颗粒细胞组成,细胞层数不一,可见典型的Call-Exner小体;免疫组化染色可见α-inhibin,Vimentin,CD99均阳性。结论:卵巢囊性颗粒细胞瘤可依据镜下发现不典型增生的颗粒细胞、典型的Call-Exner小体和核沟等特征性的组织形态学作出诊断。     

生物组织光学特性的测量方法及医学应用

对生物组织光学特性参数的测量方法及其在医学上的应用进行了全面论述,分析了测量误差的来源,结果表明测量结果的客观性取决于模型假设（如散射的各向同性或异性、边界的匹配与否等）、测量技术、实验装置、定标方法和介质非均匀性等。测量方法可用于诊断生物组织的生理病理状态和测量组织结构     

核酸适配体在感染性疾病诊治中的研究进展

临床上,感染性疾病由于诊断不明或诊断时间较长导致严重后果的情况并不罕见。近年来,由于新型病原体感染报道层出不穷,现有病原体出现耐药也十分普遍,导致感染性疾病的诊断和治疗仍是临床上亟待解决的难题。核酸适配体是通过体外反复筛选或指数富集配体系统进化(systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment,SELEX)技术筛选出来的一类具有特异性识别能力的寡核苷酸序列,具有靶向结合目标分子的能力,可用于病原体检测和新型治疗性药物的开发。适配体已在感染性疾病诊治中显现良好的应用前景,进一步推进相关研究有望为感染性疾病的诊治提供新的途径。     

Molecular phylogeography of four endemic Sagittaria species (Alismataceae) in the Sino‐Japanese Floristic Region of East Asia

To reveal the role of climate oscillations of the Quaternary in forming the contemporary plant diversity in the temperate Sino‐Japanese Floristic Region of mainland China, we assess the phylogeographical patterns of four Sagittaria species in the region using sequence data from plastid DNA non‐coding regions (psbA‐trnH, the rpl16 intron and trnC‐ycf6) and the internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrITS). Based on both datasets, the divergence time among the four studied species was estimated to fall in the Late Tertiary (plastid DNA: 7.1–13.7 Mya; ITS: 11.1–16.1 Mya). The ancestral distribution analyses revealed that regions with a great diversity in topography, climate and ecological conditions, e.g. the Hengduan Mountains, Central China and East China, were the areas where the endemics originated. Mismatch distribution analyses revealed that each species had experienced a range expansion in response to Quaternary climatic oscillations. Our findings contradict the hypothesis of Quaternary origins of the endemic Sagittaria spp.; we support the view that modern species in the Northern Hemisphere originated mostly during the Tertiary. Range expansion may have profoundly modified the current distribution ranges of Sagittaria species in the Sino‐Japanese Floristic Region. © 2015 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016, 180 , 6–20.