[Effect of moxibustion at "Shenque" (CV8) and "Zusanli" (ST36) on expression of adiponectin and adiponectin receptor in Alzheimer's disease rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of moxibustion on serum adiponectin content, and expression of adiponectin and adiponectin receptor in adipose tissue in Alzheimer's disease (AD) rats, so as to explore its mechanism underlying improvement of AD.

Methods: Fifty male SD rats were randomly divided into control, model, Shenque (CV8), Zusanli (ST36) and CV8＋ST36 groups (＝10 in each group). The AD model was established by intraperitoneal injection of D-galactose (400 mg•kg•d) for 5 weeks and scopolamine hydrobromide (3 mg •kg•d) for 2 weeks.

Design and evaluation of a multi-epitope peptide against Japanese encephalitis virus infection in BALB/c mice.

Epitope-based vaccination is a promising means to achieve protective immunity and to avoid immunopathology in Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection. Several B-cell and T-cell epitopes have been mapped to the E protein of JEV, and they are responsible for the elicitation of the neutralizing antibodies and CTLs that impart protective immunity to the host. In the present study, we optimized a proposed multi-epitope peptide (MEP) using an epitope-based vaccine strategy, which combined six B-cell epitopes (amino acid residues 75-92, 149-163, 258-285, 356-362, 373-399 and 397-403) and two T-cell epitopes (amino acid residues 60-68 and 436-445) from the E protein of JEV.