[Gene Detection Analysis of Thalassemia in 2 494 Cases of Childbearing Couples in Haikou City].

Objective: To observe the genotypes and composition ratio of thalassemia in couples of reproductive age, and provide a reference for the prevention and control of thalassemia in Haikou.

Methods: Gene diagnosis was performed in 2 494 subjects who were screened for thalassemia before marriage or prenatal by cross-breakpoint PCR, PCR-reverse dot hybridization, and PCR-electrophoresis.

Results: A total of 1 037 thalassemia gene carriers were detected in 2 494 samples, with a detection rate of 41.

Autophagy is involved in recombinant Newcastle disease virus (rL-RVG)-induced cell death of stomach adenocarcinoma cells in vitro.

Oncolytic viruses can kill malignant cells while sparing normal cells. Multiple pathways are involved in this action. The antitumor effects of viral infection on SGC-7901 and AGS cells were investigated.

Effect of human interferon-λ1 recombinant adenovirus on a gastric cancer orthotopic transplantation model.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of human interferon-λ1 recombinant adenovirus (r-Ad-hIFN-λ1) on gastric carcinoma. Human SGC-7901 cells were utilized to create an orthotopic implantation model of gastric cancer in nude mice through sterile surgery. The mice were randomly divided into three groups: Phosphate-buffered saline control (blank), adenovirus encoding bacterial β-galactosidase (Ad-Lac Z) empty vector and r-Ad-hIFN-λ1.

Association between the MDM2 T309G polymorphism and leukemia risk: a meta-analysis.

Several studies have suggested associations between MDM2 (mouse double minute 2 homolog) polymorphisms and leukemia risk, but they reported contradictory results. For better understanding of the effect of MDM2 T309G polymorphism on leukemia risk, we performed a meta-analysis. All eligible studies were identified through a search of PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Chinese Biomedical Literature (CBM) databases before May 2014.

Association of XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphisms and gliomas risk: evidence from a meta-analysis.

Unlabelled: The relationship between the X-ray repair cross-complementing group 3 (XRCC3) Thr241Met polymorphism and gliomas remains inclusive or controversial. For better understanding of the effect of XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphism on glioma risk, a meta-analysis was performed. All eligible studies were identified through a search of PubMed, Elsevier Science Direct, Excerpta Medica Database (Embase) and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) before May 2013.

[Change of serum TGF-beta1 and TNF-alpha in silicosis patients].

Objective: To observe serum TGF-beta1 and TNF-alpha in silicosis patients and workers exposed to silica dust to study the role of TGF-beta1 and TNF-alpha in the development of silicosis.

Methods: One hundred non-exposed workers were selected as control group, 200 workers exposed to silica dust for more than 1 year as exposed group, 32 suspected silicosis patients (originally diagnosed as 0+) as observing group, 130 silicosis patients were as silicosis group. Serum TGF-beta1 and TNF-alpha in each group were determined with ELISA.

[Human lamada-interferon expressed in BHK-21 cell line and its bioactivity].

Aim: To construct the eukaryotic expressing vector PCAGG -HuIFN-lambda1 and PCAGG-HuIFN-lambda2 and to study the biological activity of HuIFN-lambda1and HuIFN-lambda2.

Methods: The cDNA fragment encodding HuIFN-lambda1 and HuIFN-lambda2 was amplified from the total RNA extracted from virus-induced HeLa cells by RT-PCR. Then it was cloned into the eukaryotic expressing vector PCAGG-EGFP.

[Detection of telomerase activity in bronchoscopic brush-off samples in patients with lung cancer].

Background And Objective: Recent studies have shown that activation of telomerase plays an important role in carcinogenesis. However, there was few report on the level of telomerase activity in small samples from the patients with lung cancer. This study was designed to investigate the diagnostic significance of the detection of telomerase activity in bronchoscopic brush-off cells from the patients with lung cancer.