简介:Objective:Tostudytheexpressionofactivatedepi-dermalgrowthfactorreceptor(EGFR)andtranscrip-tionfactorE2F(E2F)inCondylomaAccuminata(CA)patients.Methods:ImmunofluorescenttechniqueswereusedtoinvestigatetheexpressionofactivatedEGFRandE2FinCApatients.Results:TheexpressionofactivatedEGFRonthemembraneofepithelialcellsinCAlesionswassig-nificantlygreatercomparedtoexpressionleversinthecontrolgroup(P<0.01).Moreover,theco-expres-sionofactivatedEGFRandE2Fwassignificantlyin-creasedcomparedtothecontrolgroup(P<0.01).Conclusion:Ourobservationssuggestthatthein-creaseinactivatedEGFRexpressionmaystimulatehyperplasiainCApatientsthroughtheactivationoftranscriptionfactorE2F.
简介:Objective:Tostudytheexpressionlevelsofplatelet-derivedgrowthfactor(PDGF)andgranulocytecolony-stimulatingfactor(G-CSF)inperipheralbloodandtheirroleinthepathogenesisofCondylomaacuminatum(CA).Methods:Seraweretakenfrom70patientswithCondylomaacuminatumandcomparedwith35healthycontrols.PDGFandG-CSFinserumwerequantitatedusingadualantibodysandwichenzyme-linkedimmunoabsorbentassay(ELISA).Results:SerumconcentrationsofPDGFandG-CSFweresignificantlyincreasedinpatientswithCondylomaacuminatum(CA)comparedtocontrols(P<0.001andP<0.005respectively).SerumlevelsofPDGFandG-CSFcorrelatedwithclinicalseverityofCA,butnosignificantdifferencewasobservedbetweendifferentdurationofdiseasegroups.AsignificantpositivecorrelationwasnoticedbetweenneutrophilcountandG-CSFlevels(γ=0.38,P<0.001),andtheneutrophilcountshowednosignificantcorrelationwithPDGF.Conclusion:TheresultsindicatedthatincreasedexpressionofPDGFandG-CSFinperipheralbloodmightbeinvolvedinpathogenesisofCA.
简介:Objective:ToinvestigatetheexpressionofHPV16mRNAinnormalhumankeratinocytestransfectedwithpSV2-neo/16.Firsthumankeratinocyteswereculturedintheserum-freemediumM154.Second,theplasmidpSV2-neo/16wastransfectedintothehumankeratinocytesusingatransfectingreagent.Third,RT-PCRandSouthernBlottingwereusedtodetecttheexpressionofHPV16mRNAandDNAinthetransfectedkeratinocytes,respectively.Results:TheexpressionofHPV16mRNAwassuccessfullyamplifiedandan110bpwasditectedbyRT-PCR.A7.9kbfragmentwasconfirmedinthetransfectedkeratinocytesbySouthernBlotanalysis.Conclusion:HPV16mRNAandDNAweresuccessfullydetectedinthehumankeratinocytes.
简介:Summary:RiskfactorsforgenitourinaryChlamydiatrachomatis(Ct)infectionwereinvestigatedusinganSTDrelativeriskfactorquestionnaireamong176patientsandtheirregularsexualpartners.Twenty-fourindependentvariableswereselectedforanalysis,nineofwhichwereconfirmedasfactorsassociatedwithC.trachomatis.Fouroftheninefactorsweresignificantlycorrelatedtoinfectionusingamultifactorialunconditionallogisticregressionmodelwhichincluded:levelofeducation(oddsratios[ORs]:2.144forbelowjuniormiddleschool),numberofsexualpartners(ORs:4.503for≥5),numberofregularpartner'ssexualpartner(ORs:16.333for≥5),STDhistoryofregularpartner(ORs:18.417fortheirSTDhistory).Thesedatademonstratethatregularpartner'ssexualbehaviorsarealsoanimportantriskfactorforCtinfectionamong,STDclinicclients.
简介:Abstract:Thisstudyinvestigatedtherelationshipbetweenhumanpapillomavirus(HPV)genotypeandexpressionofp53andp21^WAH1.Expressionofp53andp21^WAH1in35casesofcondylomaacuminatumspecimensinfectedbyHPV6/llandHPV16/18werestudiedusingimmunohistochemicalstaining.Allspecimensofthecondylomaacuminatumcasewerepositiveforexpressionofp53andp21^WAH1.Theexpressionofp53incondylomaacuminatuminfectedbyHPV16/18wassignificantlylowerthanthatinspecimensinfectedbyHPV6/ll.However,expressionofp21wAHbetweenthetwogroupswasnotsignificantlydifferent.Expressionofp53incondylomaacuminatumislikelyrelatedtoHPVgenotype,expressionofp21^WAH1wasnotrelatedtoHPVgenotype.
简介:寻常狼疮是皮肤结核中最常见的类型,约占所有皮肤结核患者的半数。本病易侵犯儿童和青少年,好发于面部,影响容貌。我们用异烟肼、乙胺丁醇和利福平联合治愈寻常狼疮2例,报告如下。
简介:Inordertoacknowledgethemulti-infectiondataofSTDpatientsandimprovetheprophylaxisandtherapyforSTDs,297patientsand30healthypeoplewereexaminedusingtheHSV-2plasmaantibody.TheresultsshowedthatallkindsofSTDpatientswereinfectedbyHSV-2indifierentratios.thehighestratiooccurringinsyphilispatients.
简介:Objective:TounderstandthechangeofTh1/Th2andTc1/Tc2balanceinpatientswithsecondaryearlysyphilis.Methods:PeripheralbloodThandTccellsubpopulationswereexaminedbythree-colorflowcytometryin30patientswithsecondaryearlysyphilisand20healthysubjects.Results:PercentagesofCD3^+,CD4^+TcellsandtheratioofCD4^+/CD8^+andNKcellsinsyphiliticpatientsweresignificantlylowerthaninthecontrolgroup(P<0.001),butnostatisticaldifferencewasfoundinpercentagesofCD8^+andCD19^+cellsbetweenthetwogroups(P>0.05).ThepercentageofTh1cellsandratiosofThl/Th2andTcl/Tc2insyphiliticpatientswereclearlydecreasedascomparedtothoseincontrois(P<0.001-0.01),whereaspercentagesofTc0andTc2cellsinsyphiliticswashigherthanthoseincontrols(P<0.001).Conclusion:Therecouldbeadisturbanceofcellularimmunityandtherelativelyintactfunctionofhumoralimmunityinsecondarysyphilis.ItispostulatedthatthepolarizationtowarddevelopmentofTh2andTc2cellsandtheirassociatedcytokinesmightbeinvolvedintheincompleteclearanceoftreponemesandthedevelopmentofchronicinfection.
简介:Objective:Toconstructarecombinantplasmidcontainingtheoutermembraneprotein2(Omp2)geneofChlamydiatrachomatisandexpressOmp2inE.coli.Methods:Theomp2geneofC.trachomatisserovarDwasclonedintopQE30vectorfollowingPCRamplificationfromgenomicDNA.E.coliM15transformantswereinducedtoexpressthefusionproteinbyIPTGandtheproductwasidentifiedbySDS-PAGEandWesternblot.Results:ConfirmedbyenzymecleavageanalysisandDNAsequencing,acorrectrecombinantplasmidpQE30/omp2wasconstructed.Thefusionproteinfromthetransformantswasapproximately60kDainsizeinSDS-PAGEanalysis,whichcouldspeciallyreactwithanti-6×HismousemonoclonalIgGantibodies.Conclusion:WesuccessfullyexpressedOmp2inE.coilM15,providinganefficientandsimplesystemforassayingtheimmunologicalpropertiesofOmp2.
简介:Objective:Tostudythecellularimmunitystatusofpatientswithrecurrentgenitalherpes.Methods:Serumlevelsofinterlukin-2anditssolublereceptorandinterlukin-6weremeasuredbyELISAin34patientswithrecurrentgenitalherpes.Results:SerumlevelsofIL-2andIL-6weresignificantlydecreasedinpatientscomparedtohealthycontrols(P<0.01),andthelevelofsIL-2Rwassignificantlyincreasedinpatientswithrecurrentgenitalherpes(P<0.01).Therewerenosignificantdifferencesinallvariablesamongstpatientsregardingrelapsestageandremissionstage(P>0.05).Conclusion:Therewasacellularimmunedeficiencyinpatientswithrecurrentgenitalherpes.
简介:ObjectivesTocomparetheefficiencyoffourcommercialELISAkitsindetectingtype-specificHSV-2IgGantibodies.MaterialsandMethods:Atotalof125subjects,including105withgenitalulcers,and20controlswithoutanyhistoryofSTDswererecruitedfromtheSTDclinicfordetectionoftype-specificHSV-2IgGantibodywithdifferentkits.FourkindsofcommerciallyavailableELISAkits,includingQuidaHSV2IgGELISA(AifulangBiochemCo.Ltd.,Hangzhou),TORCH-HSV2IgG(JingmeiBiotechCo.Ltd.,Shanghai),Captia^TMHSV2IgG(Trinitybiotech,USA)andHerpeSelectT^TM2ELISAlgG(Focustechnologies,USA)wereusedforevaluation.WesternBlotassaywasperformedasagoldstandard.Results:ComparedtoWesternBlotresults,thesensitivityandspecificityofthekits(QuidaHSV2,TORCHHSV2,Captia^TMHSV2andHerpeSelect^TM2)were13.1%and98.4%,7.5%and100%,100%and11.1%,87.7%and96.7%,respectively.Thepositivepredictivevalue(PV)andnegativePVofthefourkitswere88.9%and54.3%,100%and55.5%,55.6%and100%,96.2%and89.2%,respectively.TheareasundertheROCcurveofthreekits(QuidaHSV2,Captia^TMHSV2andHerpeSelect^TM2)were0.885(0.822-0.948),0.825(0.747-0.902),0.974(0.950--0.998),respectivelyConclusion:TheperformanceofHerpeSelect^TM2isthebestamongthefourkits.Theresultsalsoindicatethatthecommerciallyavailablekitsfordetectionoftype-specificHSV2antibodyshouldbere-evaluatedintermsoftheirvalidity.
简介:Objective:Toinvestigatetherolesofinterleukin-2(IL-2)andinterleukin-10(IL-10)inpathogenesisofearlysyphilis.Methods:TheserumlevelsofIL-2andIL-10in48patientswithearlysyphilisweredetectedbyABC-ELISA.Results:(1)ThelevelofIL-2inthepatientswithearlysyphiliswassignificantlyhigherthanthatinhealthycontrols,whilethatofIL-10waslower(P<0.001andP<0.001).(2)ThelevelsofIL-2andIL-10werealmostidenticalinpatientswithprimaryandsecondarysyphilis(P>0.05),aswellasbetweendif-ferentRPRtiters(P>0.05).(3)Aftertherapy,thelevelofIL-2decreasedmarkedly(P<0.05),whilethatofIL-10increase(p>0.05).(4)AsignificantcorrelationwasfoundbetweentheserumlevelsofIL-2andIL-10(r=0.5385P<0.05).Conclusions:Th1up-regulationoccursinpatientswithearlysyphilis,andplaysanactiveroleinfightingagainstTPinfection.