[Non-compaction cardiomyopathy in a 5-generation Chinese family].

Objective: Familial left ventricular noncompaction(LVNC) is quite rare. We screened for the presence of LVNC and related clinical characteristics in a 5-generation Chinese family.

Methods: Comprehensive medical history was obtained from 40 members in a 5-generation Chinese family.

Antithrombotic drug therapy for IgA nephropathy: a meta analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Antithrombotic agents, including antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants and thrombolysis agents, have been widely used in the management of immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy in Chinese and Japanese populations. To systematically evaluate the effects of antithrombotic agents for IgA nephropathy.

Methods: Data sources consisted of MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Chinese Science and Technology Periodicals Databases (CNKI) and Japana Centra Revuo Medicina (http://www.

Practically acquired and modified cone-beam computed tomography images for accurate dose calculation in head and neck cancer.

Background: On-line cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) may be used to reconstruct the dose for geometric changes of patients and tumors during radiotherapy course. This study is to establish a practical method to modify the CBCT for accurate dose calculation in head and neck cancer.

Patients And Methods: Fan-beam CT (FBCT) and Elekta's CBCT were used to acquire images.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) was determined. The genome is a circular molecule 15 481 bp long. It presents a typical gene organization and order for completely sequenced lepidopteran mitogenomes, but differs from the insect ancestral type for the placement of tRNA(Met).

[Molecular phylogenetic relationships among species in the genus Sorghum based on partial Adh1 gene].

The genus Sorghum contains some important grain crops and economically important forage grasses as well as agricultural weeds. The goals of this study were to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships between Sorghum species and ascertain the taxonomy status of the quarantine weeds which provide bases for effective utilization of its germ resources on molecular breeding and improvement of crop qualities and thus provide important guidance for port detection. In the present study, total DNA from the seeds of 8 Sorghum species (four S.

[The effect of telomerase reverse transcriptase on 5-HT induced pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells proliferation].

Objective: To investigate the effect of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) to the proliferation of 5-HT induced pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs).

Methods: The PASMCs proliferation experiment was performed to detect the effort on PASMCs of 5-HT or ASODN TERT (antisense oligoribonucleotides TERT designed according to the rat TERT mRNA sequence of gene bank). The immunohistochemistry staining experiment and the in situ hybridization experiment were to detect the TERT protein and mRNA expression with 5-HT or ASODN TERT.

Safety and bioactivity of intracoronary delivery of naked plasmid DNA encoding human atrial natriuretic factor.

Aim: To evaluate the safety and bioactivity of catheter-mediated intracoronary gene delivery of naked plasmid DNA encoding human atrial natriuretic factor (hANF).

Methods: hANF gene delivery was performed in 12 canines. For each canine, 4 mg of reconstructed naked plasmid DNA encoding hANF (pCR3*hANF, n=6) or pCR3 (n=6, control) in 2 mL normal saline was injected into left coronary artery via a coronary angiographic catheter.