摘要：An effective HIV-1 vaccine will be the ultimate solution for the prevention of HIV/AIDS, though HAART plays important roles in treating the disease. In this study, a large-scale recombinant DNA plasmid containing a designed HIV-1 multi-epitope- p24 chimeric gene was prepared and purified. Rhesus monkeys were then inoculated muscularly with the plasmid for four times in week 0, 4, 8 and 18. Whole blood was collected two weeks after the third and fourth inoculation, followed by serum and pe- ripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) separation. The CTL activity and proliferation of PBMCs stimu- lated by macaque MHC-I-restricted HIV-1 CTL epi- tope peptide were analyzed by MTT and LDH release assay, respectively. Th1 cytokines in supernatant of cultured PBMC stimulated by HIV-1 CTL epitope peptide and anti-HIV-1 antibody in serum were as- sayed by ELISA. The results showed that increased CTL target-killing activity, higher secretion of Th1 cytokines (IFN-γ and IL-2) and promoted proliferative reaction of monkey PBMCs stimulated by HIV-1 CTL epitope peptide were detected in the immunization group inoculated by the recombinant DNA vaccine for three times, which were further enhanced by the fourth inoculation. At the same time, HIV-1 specific antibody in serum of immunized monkeys was higher than that in controls. We concluded that the designedHIV-1 DNA vaccine may induce HIV-1 specific cellular and humoral immunity on monkeys.

摘要：The continuous emergence of drug-resistant bacteria has become a serious threat to human and animal *** new non-antibiotic therapeutic drugs with high efficiency and low resistance is a promising strategy for combating drug-resistant ***,a novel composite structure based on a hollow metal-organic framework(MOF)wrapped Au nanorod and loaded Pt nanoparticles(Au NR@H-ZIF-8@Pt)is designed for combating drug-resistant *** Au NR@H-ZIF-8@Pt composite structures serve a twofold purpose:(1)showing superior photothermal conversion efficiency under near-infrared light irradiation,thus achieving an antibacterial effect based on photothermal effect,and(2)exhibiting high-efficiency peroxidase-like activity,and effectively killing bacteria by reactive oxygen species(ROS)generated in *** combining photothermal and catalytic effects for in vitro antibacterial experiments,Au NR@H-ZIF-8@Pt exhibits efficient,rapid,broad-spectrum antibacterial activity(99.7%for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 98.3%for Staphylococcus aureus).In addition,in vivo experiments further demonstrate the advantages of the material in promoting bacterial infection wound *** study not only facilitates the design of novel biological nanomaterials,but also provides new ideas for combating drug-resistant bacteria.

摘要：Recurrent oral ulcer is a painful oral mucosal disorder that affects 20%of the world’s *** lack of a radical cure due to its unknown underlying cause calls for innovative symptomatic *** work reports a hyaluronic acid-based dissolvablemicroneedle patch(ROUMNpatch,short for recurrent oral ulcer microneedle)loaded with dexamethasone acetate,vitamin C and tetracaine hydrochloride for the treatment of recurrent oral *** ROUMN patch shows enhancement in both the anti-inflammatory effect elicited by dexamethasone and the pro-proliferation effect of vitamin *** vitro experiments show that ROUMN has a higher efficiency in suppressing lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-induced interleukin-6(IL-6)expression than dexamethasone *** proliferation and migrationwere also significantly promoted byROUMNcompared to vitamin C *** healing-promoting effect of ROUMN was also verified in vivo using an acetic acid-cauterized oral ulcer model in *** as a treatment accelerated the healing process of oral ulcers,shortening the total healing time to 5 days compared with the 7 days required by treatment using watermelon frost,a commonly used over-the-counter(OTC)drug for oral *** rapid dissolution of the hyaluronic acid-based microneedles and the superior healing-promoting effect of the drug combination could lead to a broad application prospect of the ROUMN patch in the treatment of recurrent oral ulcers.

摘要：Craniosynostosis is a rare disease in which one or more of the cranial sutures in an infant skull prematurely fuses by turning into bone,with a prevalence of 1 in 2,000—2,500 individuals from reports in Western countries(Wilkie et al.,2017).It may restrict the growth of the brain,leading to some degree of morphological and functional abnormalities,and may affect the neurocognitive function of infants(Lattanzi et al.,2017).Genetic variants underlying craniosynostosis have been identified in cohort studies in Western populations.

摘要：肿瘤微环境中的血管生成是肿瘤细胞对放化疗不敏感的主要原因.在本项研究中,我们设计了一种微环境响应型的纳米颗粒,利用ZrMOF的分解产物抑制肿瘤细胞中的PI3K/AKT/mTOR/VEGF通路,从而克服A549R细胞对顺铂的耐药性.我们将顺铂包裹在Zr-MOF中,并在表面修饰BSA,形成了CDDP@Zr-MOF-BSA纳米复合体,该复合体在肿瘤微环境中有良好的响应性,有助于在肿瘤区域蓄积,展现出卓越的血管生成抑制能力,并能明显降低药物的外排.此外,CDDP@Zr-MOFBSA能显著抑制多药耐药相关蛋白1(MRP1)的表达,从而逆转A549R细胞的耐药性.总体而言,CDDP@Zr-MOF-BSA对A549R有细胞毒性,能抑制肿瘤微环境中的血管生成,最终有效提高顺铂耐药肿瘤的治疗效果.CDDP@Zr-MOF-BSA为放化疗治疗耐药肿瘤提供了一种多功能协同的方法.

摘要：Gene over-expression or under-expression is closely associated with human diseases, which contributes to phenotypic variations and diversity. To our best knowledge, there is no single open specific resource available to provide the association information between gene over- or under-expression and various diseases. In this study, we presented a comprehensive disease-associated over- and under-expressed gene database （OUGene） based on our proposed text mining pipeline and several open curated databases. It contains total 41,269 unique associa- tions between 7,238 over- or under-expressed genes and 1,480 diseases, which are supported by 81,974 evidence sentences from 56,442 articles. The OUGene is compre- hensive and covers most important therapeutic areas. Meanwhile a new scoring system is designed to rank the associations based on benchmarking against hand-curated data. OUGene provides an easy-of-use web interface for researchers to analyze these data and visualize the associ- ated networks, which can give insights to the complex relationships between over- and under-expressed genes and diseases at a system level. It is available at ***. ***/bioinf/OUGene/.

摘要：The use of animal House Facilities of IPEN-CNEN/SP （Nuclear and Energetic Research Institute-National Nuclear Energy Commission/SP, Brazil） has provided rats and mice with controlled sanitary quality for research and quality control in the production of radiopharmaceuticals lots, produced at IPEN, following rules of CONCEA-Brazilian National Council for animal Experimentation Control and approved in CEUA （Ethics Committee on the Use of animals）, before they are sent to hospitals and clinics spread out in Brazil, for use in nuclear medicine. The production and the supply of high quality laboratory animals have fundamental importance for the accomplishment of vanguard scientific research, with reproducibility and universality. The quality of those animals depends, largely, on the available facilities for their production and lodging, to assure the demanded sanitary control and animal＇s welfare, in agreement with the ethical principles that control the activity. Therefore, the facilities design is of vital importance so that the mentioned requirements can be reached. Nevertheless, pigs and miniature pigs have gained importance as large animal models in medicine. With their size, organ capacity, and physiology resembling in several aspects that of humans, pigs are well suited for preclinical experiments and long-term safety studies. Minipigs will be used for preclinical testing of radiopharmaceuticals and assays radioactive materials for cardiac tests. This paper describes the premises and preliminary activities that have been performed at IPEN for the design of new animal House Facilities dedicated to keeping minipigs taking into account fundamental aspects such as： animal＇s welfare, sanitation, genetic, in agreement with the ethical principles that control the activity and environmental concerns.

摘要：狂犬病是由狂犬病病毒(Rabies virus,RABV)引起的重要人兽共患病,全球每年因狂犬病致死人数高达6万人,我国仍然是受狂犬病危害最严重的国家之一,仅次于印度。自然条件下,人和动物被患病动物从外周抓咬感染RABV,最终侵染神经系统,一旦出现神经症状,致死率几乎100%。然而,由于针对RABV感染宿主细胞的作用机制研究不够充分,目前仍然没有针对狂犬病的特效治疗药物。因此,寻找决定RABV侵入过程的关键宿主蛋白,对深入阐明RABV致病机制、筛选有效的药物靶点或设计新型疫苗具有重要意义。