Myotonic dystrophy type 1 presenting with dyspnea: A case report.

Background: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a genetic neuromuscular disease involving multiple systems, especially the cardiopulmonary system. The clinical phenotype of DM1 patients is highly variable, which limits early diagnosis and treatment. In the present study, we reported a 35-year-old female DM1 patient with dyspnea as the primary onset clinical manifestation, analyzed her family's medical history, and reviewed related literature.

Prognostic Value of Feature-Tracking Circumferential Strain in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients with Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction Incremental to Late Gadolinium Enhancement.

Myocardial fiber deformation measurements have been reported to be associated with adverse outcomes in patients with acute heart failure and those with myocardial infarction. However, few studies have addressed the prognostic value of global circumferential strain (GCS) in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients with severely impaired systolic function. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)-derived GCS in DCM patients with severely reduced ejection.

[Comparation of Toxoplasma gondii separated from HIV-positive people and RH strain GRA6 gene].

Objective: To comparatively analyze Toxoplasma gondii separated from HIV-positive people and RH strain GRA6 gene.

Methods: By using the nested PCR, the amplification of Dali HIV-positive blood samples and RH strains of Toxoplasma GRA6 genome was performed. The GRA6 gene amplification positive product was selected and the electrophoresis imaging was performed by being digested with the Mse I endonuclease, and the gene sequences were measured and analyzed.

Glycyrrhizin improves p75NTR-associated sciatic nerve regeneration in a BALB/c mouse model.

Glycyrrhizin has a role in immune regulation in the central nervous system, but its impact on sciatic nerve injury had not previously been reported. In this study, a BALB/c mouse model of sciatic nerve injury was used to explore the role of glycyrrhizin in sciatic nerve repair and its underlying mechanism. Glycyrrhizin with intragastric gavage of 10 and 20 mg/kg weight per day (mid- and high-dose, respectively) inhibited p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) expression at the protein and mRNA levels versus the 5 mg/kg (low-dose) group and control (0.

[Genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from HIV positive patients in Yunnan Province].

One hundred and fifty serum samples of HIV positive patients were collected in western Yunnan Province from September 2011 to December 2012. Toxoplasma gondii B1 gene was amplified by nested PCR. Genotyping of T.

[Advances in genetyping of Toxoplasma gondii].

Toxoplasma gondii is a nucleated cell obligate parasite, and can cause severe toxoplasmosis. The genetypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolates of different host infections have significant differences, and the pathogenicity and sensitivity to drugs of different genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii isolates are also significantly different. At present, the analysis of Toxoplasma gondii genotypes is performed by using PCR-RFLP, PCR of highly repetitive sequences, multiple PCR and nested PCR techniques, and the multiple loci of amplification are usually B1, SAG2, HSP70, GRA6 and other genetic markers.

Lattice Boltzmann study of hydrodynamic effects in lamellar ordering process of two-dimensional quenched block copolymers.

By incorporating self-consistent field theory with lattice Boltzmann method, a model for polymer melts is proposed. Compared with models based on Ginzburg-Landau free energy, our model does not employ phenomenological free energies to describe systems and can consider the chain topological details of polymers. We use this model to study the effects of hydrodynamic interactions on the dynamics of microphase separation for block copolymers.