[Molecular structure and alternative splicing analysis of heat shock factors of ].

Objective: To clone and identify the heat shock factors (HSFs) of and analyze its molecular structure and alternative splicing pattern.

Methods: The New Zealand rabbits were infected with the cercariae of and were killed and dissected 42 days post-infection, and the adult worms of and the livers of the rabbits were harvested. Then, the total RNA was extracted by using Trizol reagent.

Longitudinal follow-up of patients with mild traumatic brain injury by magnetic resonance spectroscopic technique.

Objective: To explore the changes in the concentrations of neural markers immediately or several months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

Methods: The metabolic markers of neurons in white matter tissues above the lateral ventricle were semi-quantitatively determined by employing 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic technique (1-H-MRS) in 30 clinically diagnosed cases of mTBI. At the same time, the neurological functions of the subjects, including ability to pay attention, memory, working memory and operational capacity etc were also assessed.

High-resolution MRI of cranial nerves in posterior fossa at 3.0 T.

Objective: To evaluate the influence of high-resolution imaging obtainable with the higher field strength of 3.0 T on the visualization of the brain nerves in the posterior fossa.

Methods: In total, 20 nerves were investigated on MRI of 12 volunteers each and selected for comparison, respectively, with the FSE sequences with 5 mm and 2 mm section thicknesses and gradient recalled echo (GRE) sequences acquired with a 3.

Delay enhancement patterns in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by phase-sensitive inversion recovery sequence.

Objective: Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) patterns of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) relying on PSIR (phase-sensitive inversion recovery sequence) techniques had been used to determine the characteristics of LGE in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM).

Methods: Forty patients pure ApHCM [age, (60.2±10.

Effects of rice straw particle size on digesta particle size distribution, nitrogen metabolism, blood biochemical parameters, microbial amino acid composition and intestinal amino acid digestibility in goats.

Effects of rice straw particle size and physically effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) on particle size distribution of different digestive tract, nitrogen (N) metabolism, blood biochemical parameters, microbial amino acid (AA) composition and intestinal AA digestibility in goats were investigated. A 4 × 4 Latin square design was employed using four mature Liuyang black goats fitted with permanent ruminal, duodenal, and terminal ileal fistulae. During each of the four periods, goats were offered one of four diets that were similar in chemical composition, but varied in particle sizes and peNDF through alteration of the theoretical cut length of rice straw (10, 20, 40 and 80 mm, respectively).