MiR-216a-5p-containing exosomes suppress rTp17-induced inflammatory response by targeting TLR4.

Syphilis caused by () infection is accompanied by inflammatory injury of tissue, and has a worldwide distribution and increasing incidence over the past decade. Tp17 has been reported to be a strong membrane immunogen, and was initially observed to play a role in inflammation during syphilis, reacting intensely with human syphilitic sera. We therefore used recombinant Tp17 (rTp17) as a stimulator in our study.

[Pedigree and development of wheat varieties in Sichuan Province].

Variety pedigree contains a lot of information, including parental origin, breeding methods, genetic relationship, and so on. Studying them could reveal the evolution characteristics and rules of breeding and ultimately guide practice. The pedigrees of 326 wheat varieties from 1936 to 2017 in the history of the Sichuan Province was collected and analyzed in terms of breeding methods, parental composition, changes of high frequency parents and backbone parents, genetic contribution, distribution of translocation lines and synthetic germplasms.

[Cytological observation on pollen abortion of genetic male sterile mutant induced by space flight in maize].

In order to understand the cytological mechanism of pollen abortion of genetic male sterile mutant induced by space flight in maize, the sister cross population were used for sterility analysis and cytological observation. Intact anther observation, isolated cells observation and paraffin section were adopted in this research. The results showed that pollen abortion occured mostly in dyad stage of meiosis in genetic male sterile mutant.