Molecular Detection and Genotyping of in Beef Cattle in Shanxi Province, North China.

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an intracellular pathogen that can parasitize humans and a variety of animals. The infection of E. bieneusi in most hosts is asymptomatic, but in immunocompromised individuals, it can lead to serious complications such as acute diarrhea, dehydration, and even death.

Molecular Detection and Genotyping of in Pigs in Shanxi Province, North China.

is a common opportunistic intestinal pathogen that can cause acute diarrhea in immunosuppressed humans and animals. Though has been widely detected in pigs around the world, little is known of its prevalence and genotype distribution in pigs in Shanxi province, north China. In this study, a total of 362 fecal samples were collected from pigs in three representative counties in north, south, and central Shanxi province, China.

Viscoelastic properties of the posterior eye of normal subjects, patients with age-related macular degeneration, and pigs.

The purpose of this study is to measure, characterize, and compare the viscoelastic properties of the posterior eye of advanced dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients, age-matched normal subjects, and pigs (3 groups). Ten horizontal and ten vertical strips of the macula retina and the underneath choroid and sclera were obtained for each group, respectively. They were examined by incremental stress-relaxation cycles in body-temperature saline.

Branched DNA-based Alu quantitative assay for cell-free plasma DNA levels in patients with sepsis or systemic inflammatory response syndrome.

Cell-free circulating DNA (cf-DNA) can be detected by various of laboratory techniques. We described a branched DNA-based Alu assay for measuring cf-DNA in septic patients. Compared to healthy controls and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) patients, serum cf-DNA levels were significantly higher in septic patients (1426.

Polymorphisms in programmed death-1 gene are not associated with chronic HBV infection in Chinese patients.

Aim: To investigate the association between the programmed death-1(PD-1) polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Chinese patients.

Methods: Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), PD-1.1 G > A and PD-1.

[Clinical value of "Kou mode of hepatic hilar anastomosis" in resection of type III or IV hepatic hilar cholangiocarcinoma].

Objective: To evaluate the surgical technique of "Kou mode of hepatic hilar anastomosis" in the treatment for type III or IV hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Methods: The clinical data of 89 patients with type III or IV hilar cholangiocarcinoma surgically treated in our department between Jan. 1990 and Jan.

Nuclear corepressor 1 expression predicts response to first-line endocrine therapy for breast cancer patients on relapse.

Background: Estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) is the most important endocrine therapy responsiveness predictor for women with breast cancer. The accuracy of the prediction of the response to endocrine therapy was thought to be affected by involving the estrogen receptor coregulatory proteins and cross-talk between ER and other growth factor-signaling networks. Nuclear corepressor 1 (NCOR1) is one of the ER a transcription repressor.

[Effects of high-volume continuous hemofiltration on inflammatory reaction in experimental porcine pancreatitis in pig].

Objective: To investigate the effect of high-volume continuous hemofiltration on inflammatory reaction in experimental severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in pigs.

Methods: SAP was reproduced in pigs by intraductal injection of sodium taurocholate and trypsin, and they were randomly divided into three groups. Control group consisted of animals with SAP running its spontaneous course.

Amelioration of hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism by continuous venovenous hemofiltration in experimental porcine pancreatitis.

Aim: To investigate the potential role of continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) in hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism in pigs with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).

Methods: SAP model was produced by intraductal injection of sodium taurocholate (4%, 1 mL/kg body weight (BW)) and trypsin (2 U/kg BW). Animals were allocated either to untreated controls as group 1 or to one of two treatment groups as group 2 receiving a low-volume CVVH (20 mL/(kg.

[Experimental study of hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism in pigs with severe acute pancreatitis].

Objective: To observe the changes in hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism in pigs with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) so as to provide a theoretical basis for clinical treatment.

Methods: A porcine model of SAP was reproduced by infusing normal saline (1 ml/kg) of sodium taurocholate (4%) and trypsin (1%) into the pancreatic duct (n=8). Heart rate (HR), central venous pressure (CVP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP), mean pulmonary arterial pressure(MPAP) and cardiac output were continuously measured with the aid of Swan-Ganz catheter and electrocardiography monitor, and cardiac index (CI) was calculated.