The beneficial effects of neutrophil elastase inhibitor on gastrointestinal dysfunction in sepsis.

To investigate the effects of neutrophil elastase inhibitor (sivelestat sodium) on gastrointestinal function in sepsis. A reanalysis of the data from previous clinical trials conducted at our center was performed. Septic patients were divided into either the sivelestat group or the non-sivelestat group.

The roles of inactivated vaccines in older patients with infection of Delta variant in Nanjing, China.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading around the world. The COVID-19 vaccines may improve concerns about the pandemic. However, the roles of inactivated vaccines in older patients (aged ≥60 years) with infection of Delta variant were less studied.

Identification of the regulatory networks and hub genes controlling alfalfa floral pigmentation variation using RNA-sequencing analysis.

Background: To understand the gene expression networks controlling flower color formation in alfalfa, flowers anthocyanins were identified using two materials with contrasting flower colors, namely Defu and Zhongtian No. 3, and transcriptome analyses of PacBio full-length sequencing combined with RNA sequencing were performed, across four flower developmental stages.

Results: Malvidin and petunidin glycoside derivatives were the major anthocyanins in the flowers of Defu, which were lacking in the flowers of Zhongtian No.

Transcriptomic analysis of Lycium ruthenicum Murr. during fruit ripening provides insight into structural and regulatory genes in the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway.

Fruit development in Lycium ruthenicum Murr. involves a succession of physiological and biochemical changes reflecting the transcriptional modulation of thousands of genes. Although recent studies have investigated the dynamic transcriptomic responses during fruit ripening in L.

G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzyme-amplified colorimetric detection of Ag+ ion.

A G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzyme-amplified Ag(+)-sensing method was developed based on the ability of Ag(+) to stabilize C-C mismatches by forming C-Ag(+)-C base pairs. In this method, only one unlabelled oligonucleotide strand was used. In the absence of Ag(+), the oligonucleotide strand formed an intramolecular duplex.

Ag+ and cysteine quantitation based on G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzymes disruption by Ag+.

Some G-quadruplex-hemin complexes are DNAzyme peroxidases that efficiently catalyze H(2)O(2)-mediated reactions, such as the oxidation of ABTS (2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiozoline)-6-sulfonic acid) by H(2)O(2). Since Ag(+) chelates guanine bases at the binding sites are involved in G-quadruplex formation, the presence of Ag(+) may disrupt these structures and inhibit the peroxidase activity of G-quadruplex-hemin DNAzymes. On the basis of this principle, a highly sensitive and selective Ag(+)-detection method was developed.

[Clinical and laboratory study of 4 cases of myelodysplastic syndromes with t (1;3) (p36; q21)].

Objective: To study the clinical features of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients with t (1; 3) (p36; q21) and the expression of the involved genes.

Methods: 4 cases of MDS with t (1; 3) (p36; q21) were reported. The expression level of two transcription forms (PR-containing form MEL1 and PR-lacking form MEL1s) of MEL1 gene in normal fetus tissues, 2 healthy donor bone marrows and bone marrows from 3 MDS patients with t (1; 3) (p36; q21) were detected by semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).