Controlling nonlinear collapse of ellipticity and orientation of a co-variant vector optical field.

A vector optical field with inhomogeneous spatial polarization distribution offers what we believe to be a new paradigm to form controllable filaments. However, it is challenging to steer multiple performances (e.g.

The PirB toxin protein from induces apoptosis in hemocytes of .

Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is a major debilitating disease that causes massive shrimp death resulting in substantial economic losses in shrimp aquaculture. The Pir toxin proteins secreted by a unique strain of play an essential role in the pathogenesis of AHPND. At present, most studies on the effects of Pir toxin proteins in shrimp focus on digestive tissues or organs such as hepatopancreas, stomach, etc.

Mimicking uterine malignancy: Pelvic actinomycosis with giant uterine leiomyoma.

Pelvic actinomycosis is a rare disease which is hard to be distinguished from other diseases such as malignant tumors and tuberculosis due to its nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms. If pelvic actinomycosis can be diagnosed preoperatively, the patients can be cured with antimicrobial therapy avoiding surgery. It is especially of concern to distinguish pelvic actinomycosis from pelvic mass, if there is a history of intrauterine device use.

[Research Progress of Non-coding RNA and Endometrial Receptivity].

Endometrial receptivity has become the main cause of fertilization and pregnancy outcomes in infertile patients,bringing large psychological damage and economic loss to the patients and their family. In recent years,the role of non-coding RNA has increasingly been recognized. The relationship between non-coding RNA and endometrial receptivity is reviewed in this article.

Phenotypic characterization of macrophages in the BMB sample of human acute leukemia.

Macrophages within tissues display a strong plastic ability in respond to environmental cues in both physiologic influences and disease. However, the macrophage phenotype and its distribution in the bone marrow biopsies (BMB) samples of human acute leukemia (AL) remain poorly understood. In this study, 97 BMB samples of patients with acute leukemia and 30 iron-deficiency anemias (IDA) as control group were evaluated with immunohistochemistry.

Identification and characterization of glycosylation sites on Litopenaeus vannamei hemocyanin.

The respiratory glycoprotein hemocyanin has been implicated in immune-related functions. Using lectin blotting, we show that the binding of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) hemocyanin to concanavalin A decreases markedly with O-glycosidase treatment but not with PNGase F. Twelve O-glycosylation sites, three on the large hemocyanin subunit and nine on the small hemocyanin subunit (HMCs), were identified by LC-MS/MS.

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of shrimp hemocytes in response to acute hepatopancreas necrosis disease (AHPND) causing Vibrio parahemolyticus infection.

The recent emergence of acute hepatopancreas necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimps has posed a major challenge in the shrimp aquaculture industry. The Pir toxin proteins carried by some strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus are believed to play essential roles in the pathogenesis of AHPND. However, few studies have so far explored how the host immune system responds to these bacteria.

Assessment of the Number and Phenotype of Macrophages in the Human BMB Samples of CML.

Macrophages have emerged as a key player in tumor biology. However, their number and phenotype in human bone marrow of biopsy (BMB) samples of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and their association with disease progression from an initial chronic phase (CP) to accelerated phase (AP) to advanced blast phase (BP) are still unclear. BMB samples from 127 CML patients and 30 patients with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) as control group were analyzed by immunohistochemistry.

[Effects of water temperature, salinity and pH on sex differentiation of Oreochromis niloticus].

By using Box-Behnken design and response surface methodology, this paper studied the effects of three major environmental factors, i. e., water temperature (20-36 degrees C), salinity (0-16), and pH (5.

[Synergistic effects of water temperature and salinity on the growth and liver antioxidant enzyme activities of juvenile GIFT Oreochromis niloticus].

By adopting two-factor central composite design (CCD) and response surface methodology (RSM), this paper studied the synergistic effects of water temperature (16-37 degrees C) and salinity (0-18) on the specific growth rate (SGR) and liver superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities of juvenile GIFT Oreochromis niloticus. Water temperature and salinity had significant linear and quadratic effects on the SGR (P < 0.05), respectively.

[Effects of acid and alkaline stress on energy metabolism of Oreochromis niloticus juveniles with different body mass].

A 6 x 3 factorial laboratory experiment was conducted to study the effects of acid and alkaline stress (pH 5.0, 6.0, 7.