Incidence of Orthohantavirus infection in humans follows observed changes in rodent reservoirs, Hubei Province, China (1984-2010).

Objective: Orthohantaviruses (genus Orthohantavirus, family Hantaviridae of order Bunyavirales) are rodent-borne viruses causing 2 human diseases: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which are mainly prevalent in Eurasia and the Americas, respectively. We initiated this study to investigate and analyze the Orthohantaviruses infection in rodent reservoirs and humans in the Hubei Province of China from 1984 to 2010.

Sample: The study included 10,314 mouse and 43,753 human serum samples.

Initial respiratory support modality and outcome in preterm infants with less than 32 weeks of gestation in China: A multicentre retrospective cohort study.

Background: For initial respiratory management, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is increasingly used for preterm infants, especially for gestational age less than 32 weeks. However, neonatologists are concerned about the potential risks of CPAP support failure.

Objectives: To examine the association between different initial respiratory support modalities and the outcomes of preterm infants at <32 weeks of gestation across multiple neonatal intensive care units (NICU) in China.

Effect of sacubitril valsartan on cardiac function and endothelial function in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to observe the effect of sacubitril valsartan on cardiac function and vascular endothelial function in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Methods: A total of 80 patients with HFrEF were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 40 patients in each group. Sacubitril valsartan was added to the conventional treatment in the observation group, and perindopril was added to the conventional treatment in the control group.

Association between interleukin-10 genetic polymorphisms and risk of primary open angle glaucoma in a Chinese Han population: a case-control study.

Aim: To investigate the association between interleukin-10 (IL-10) genetic polymorphisms and risk of POAG through a case-control study in a Han population of China.

Methods: A total of 210 patients with POAG and 420 normal subjects were recruited during the period from Dec. 2013 to Dec.

Leaf miner-induced morphological, physiological and molecular changes in mangrove plant Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh.

Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh is a widespread mangrove species along the southeast coasts of China. Recently, the outbreak of herbivorous insect, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, a leaf miner, have impacted on the growth of A.

[Effect of Active Ingredients of Qingxin Kaiqiao Recipe on Spatial Learning and Memory Capacities, and Expressions of Bax, Bcl-2, Caspase-3, and PAPP in Hippocampus of AD Model Rats].

Objective To observe the effects of active ingredients of Qingxin Kaiqiao Recipe (QKR) , such as saponins, volatile oils, effective compositions of polysaccharides, on expressions of Bcl-2 associated X protein (Bax) , B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) , cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3 (Caspase-3) , and β-amyloid precursor protein (pAPP) in hippocampus of Ap1_40-induced Alzheimer's disease (AD) model rats. Methods Totally 112 male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 7 groups, i.e.

Effects of calcitriol on random skin flap survival in rats.

Calcitriol, a metabolite of vitamin D, is often used in osteoporosis clinics. However, the material has other bioactivities; for example, it accelerates angiogenesis, has anti-inflammatory properties, and inhibits oxidative stress. We investigated the effects of calcitriol in a random skin flap rat model.

[Study on the Mechanism of Three Kinds Extracts of Qingxin Kaiqiao Recipe in Improving Learning and Memory Capabilities of AD Rats].

Objective: To explore the mechanism of three kinds extracts (saponins, volatile components, polysaccharide components) of Qingxin Kaiqiao Recipe (QKR) in improving learning and memory capabilities of Alzheimer's disease (AD) rats.

Methods: A controlled comparison method was used. Totally 56 male SD rats were randomly divided into seven groups, i.

The epidemic characteristics and changing trend of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Hubei Province, China.

Background: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is caused by different hantaviruses within the Bunyaviridae family. HFRS is a fulminant, infectious disease that occurs worldwide and is endemic in all 31 provinces of China. Since the first HFRS case in Hubei Province was reported in 1957, the disease has spread across the province and Hubei has become one of the seriously affected areas in China with the greatest number of reported HFRS cases in the 1980's.

[Studies on spatial heterogeneity of soil respiration in a subalpine meadow].

We measured soil respiration (R) and the environmental factors influencing Rs including soil temperature ( T, ) , soil water content (SWC) and soil organic carbon (SOC) in a subalpine meadow in Yundin mountain of Shanxi province, and performed an analysis of the heterogeneity of Rs, T10 and SWC and SOC as well as their relationships using both traditional statistics and geostatistics methods. The results from traditional statistics showed that the measured data of R and the environmental factors exhibited a normal distribution with variation coefficients ranging between 12% and 24%. The variation of all the measured factors was in the middle range.

Genetic characterization of a new subtype of Hantaan virus isolated from a hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) epidemic area in Hubei Province, China.

To characterize hantaviruses currently circulating in the hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) epidemic area of Hubei Province, rodents were captured and serum samples were collected from several HFRS patients. The partial S segment of the hantaviruses amplified from two serum samples had a high degree of sequence identity to the corresponding hantavirus strain isolated from Apodemus agrarius (designated as HV004). The complete S, M, and L segment sequences of HV004 were determined.

[Effect of vegetation types on soil respiration characteristics on a smaller scale].

Soil respiration was measured from April 2005 to December 2007 using a LICOR-6400-09 chamber connecting a LiCor-6400 portable photosynthesis system at 3 sites with same elevation and soil texture but different vegetation types. The results indicated that seasonal trend of soil respiration showed a distinct temporal change with the higher values in summer and autumn months and the lower values in winter and spring. Annual means (March to December) of soil respiration for 3 the sampling sites were(3.

Effects of Chinese herbs on multiple ion channels in isolated ventricular myocytes.

Background: Shensong Yangxin (SSYX) is one of the compound recipe of Chinese materia medica. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of SSYX on sodium current (I(Na)), L-type calcium current (I(Ca, L)), transient outward potassium current (I(to)), delayed rectifier current (I(K)), and inward rectifier potassium currents (I(K1)) in isolated ventricular myocytes.

Methods: Whole cell patch-clamp technique was used to study ion channel currents in enzymatically isolated guinea pig or rat ventricular myocytes.

Hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine iodide and reactivation of phoxim-inhibited acetylcholinesterase by pralidoxime chloride, obidoxime chloride and trimedoxime.

The hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine iodide (ATCh) by pralidoxime chloride (2-PAM Cl), trimedoxime (TMB(4)) and obidoxime chlpride (LUH(6)) was studied at pH 5.8-8.0 and incubation temperature from 5 to 40 degrees C in vitro.

[Algaecidal effect of a nanomaterial sheet].

A nanomaterial algaecidal sheet was prepared for algaecidal treatment. The results of algaecidal activity of the nanomaterial algaecidal sheet in lab and field experiments were investigated. It was showed that under the ratio of the area of nanomaterial algaecidal sheet to the volume of algal cell suspension at 0.