简介：摘要：目的探讨女性体检人群癌胚抗原(carcinoembryonicantigen,CEA)与代谢综合征(metabolicsyndrome,MetS)的关联性。方法选取2014年1月至2015年12月到本院健康管理中心体检的11337名女性体检者,将研究对象的癌胚抗原水平按四分位数分为4个亚组,通过构建logistic回归模型,分析癌胚抗原与代谢综合征及其组分之间的关系。结果代谢综合征患者检出率为16.4%,代谢综合征患者中癌胚抗原水平异常者占7.1%,高于一般体检人群(3.2%),且代谢组分个数增加,癌胚抗原水平有增高趋势。多因素logistic回归分析显示,癌胚抗原水平越高者,代谢综合征的患病风险越高(χ2=18.374,P

简介：TofindSchistosomajaponicum(S.j)newantigengenethusprovidemoreusefulvaccinecandidates,thecDNAlibraryofS.jadultwormwasscreenedwithseraofrabbitsimmtmizedwiththemembraneantigensofSchistosomajaponicumhepato-portalschistosomula(SjHmAg).ThepositivecloneswereamplifiedbyPCRandsequenced,thenthesequencesofcloneswerecomparedwithallsequencesinGenBankdatabaseusingBlastprocess.ThenewclonesweresubmittedtoGenBankforaccessionnumbers.Fifteenpositivecloneswereobtainedafterthreeroundsofimmunoscreening.ThesizeofS.jcDNAfragmentsinpositiveclonesrangedfrom0.7kb-3.0kbafterautomaticallyexcisedwiththehelperphage.SequenceanalysisrevealedthatpartialsequenceofcloneM5hadsignificanthomologywithS.jmitochondriarnRNA,theotherpositivecloneswerenewS.jgenes.M2clonesequence(GenBankaccessionnumberAF502579)was730bplongithada117bpopenreadingframe(ORF).ThesequenceofM15(GenBankaccessionnumberAF502582)hasnotransmembraneregionandencodes92aminoacids,anditsproteincontainsaferredoxinsiron-sulfurbindingregionsignatureandtwoVWFCsignalregions.ThesizeofM1,M8,M9,M12(GenBankaccessionnumbers:AF502578,AF502580,AF500622,AF502581)rangesfrom402bpto766bp.ItconcludedthattheserafromrabbitimmunizedwithSjHmAgcouldrecognizeS.jspecificantigensmolecules,andtheseantigensmayinducetheprotectiveimmunityagainstS.jinfection.

简介：Theaimofthisstudyistoexpressthereceptor-bindingdomainofBacillusanthracisprotectiveantigeninE.coli.SignalsequenceoftheoutermembraneproteinA(OmpA)ofE.coliwasattachedtothe5'endofthegeneencodingprotectiveantigenreceptor-bindingdomain(the4^thdomainofPA,PALM).TheplasmidcarryingthefusiongenewasthentransformedintoE.coliandinducedtoexpressrecombinantPAlMbyIFFG.TherecombinantproteinwaspurifiedbychromatographyandthenidentifiedbyN-terrainalsequencingandWesternblot.Therecombinantprotein,about10%ofthetotalbacterialproteininvolume,wassecretedtotheperiplasmicspaceofthecell.Afterapurificationprocedureincludingionexchangechromatographyandgelfiltration,about10mgofhomogenousrecombinantPAD4wasobtainedfrom1Lculture.DatafromN-terminalsequencingsuggestedthattheaminoacidsequenceofrecombinantPAD4wasidenticalwithitsnaturalcounterpart.AndtheresultofWesternblotshowedtherecombinantproteincouldbindwithanti-PAserumfromrabbit.HighlevelsecretedexpressionofPAD4wasobtainedinE.coli.TheresultsreportedherearepartsofacontinuingresearchtoevaluatePAD4asapotentialdrugforanthraxtherapyoracandidateofnewvaccine.

简介：Tumorcell-derivedexosomeshavebeenproposedasnon-cellularnanomericvaccinewhichcouldinducepotentantitumorimmuneresponseinmice.Inordertodeveloptheprotocolstopreparetumorcell-derivedexosomesforbasicresearchandclinicaltrail,weisolatedexosomesfromovalbumin(OVA)-expressingthymomacellsEG.7-OVAbyvariouspreparationmethods.Wedemonstratethenon-sedimentationmethodissimple,rapid,efficientwithhigheryieldandpurityofexosomes.EG.7-OVA-derivedexosomesare40-100nmindiametersequesteredbylipidbi-layer,andcontainrichheatshockprotein(HSP)andOVA.Theresultofthesizedistributiondeterminationisconsistentwiththecalculationbythevisualmicroscopicinspection,with90.4%particlesattherangeof50-90nm.Moreover,asamodelantigenoftheEG.7cells,OVAconcentrationinEG.7-derivedexosomescanberegardedasagoodqualitycontrolparameter.Therefore,wehaveestablishedaplatformtoefficientlyprepareexosomesfortumorimmunotherapy.

简介：CpGoligodeoxynucleotides(CpGODN)asadjuvanthavebeenextensivelystudiedinrecentyears.PhosphodiesterCpGODN(POCpGODN)canperfectlymimicbacterialDNAinenhancingimmuneresponsebutarevulnerabletonucleasesinvivo.ThisstudyaimedtoevaluatetheimmunostimulatorypotentialandsafetyofphosphodiesterCpGODNencapsulatedinnonphospholipidliposomes.BALB/cmicewereimmunizedintramuscularlywithdifferentformulationsofliposomes,CpGODNandhepatitisBsurfaceantigen(HBsAg).TheresultsdemonstratedthattheencapsulatedPOCpGODNwereprotectedagainstrapiddegradationinvivoandretainedtheiradjuvantactivity.POCpGODNencapsulatedwithHBsAginliposomesinducedstrongTh1-biasedorTh1/Th2mixedhumoralimmuneresponseinmicewiththemagnitudesimilartotheirphosphothioateequivalentinthesameformulation.HighIFN-gammaproductioninducedbythisformulationconfirmedthegenerationofstrongcellularimmuneresponse.Additionally,co-deliveryofHBsAgandPOCpGODNimprovedtheimmuneresponseoverthatobtainedwithseparatedelivery.Safetyexperimentshowedthatliposome-encapsulaedPOCpGODNandHBsAgcausedmildsystemicandmoderatelocaladversereaction.Inconclusion,ourdatashowsthatPOCpGODNencapsulatedinliposomesfullyexhibittheirTh1-typeadjuvantactivityandactasapotentialadjuvantforvaccines.

简介：Toestablishasensitiveandspecificmethodforseroepidermiologicaldetectionofhumanher-pesvirus8(HHV-8)infection,threepotentantigenicproteinsencodedbyopenreadingframes(ORFs)K8.1,65and73CingenomeofHHV-8wereproducedasglutathioneS-transferasefusionproteinintheprokaryoticexpressionsystemandwasusedasantigenfortesting.Therecombinantfusionproteinex-pressedintheprokaryoticexpressionvectorE.coliBL21waspurifiedbyglutathioneSepharose4Baffin-itychromatographyandwasquantitatedwithSDS-PAGE.Allthese3fusionproteinsproducedinthepro-karyoticexpressionsystemshowedgoodimmunogenicityasdemonstratedbyWesternblottingandcouldberecognizedbymixedseraofpatientswithKaposi′ssarcoma(KS).Theimmuno-reactivitiesofthesingleorcompoundfusionproteinweredeterminedbymeansofELISAandcomparedwiththetraditionalimmu-nofluorescenceassay(IFA)todeterminetheirsensitivityandspecificityofthetest.Itwasdemonstratedthatthesensitivityofmixed-antigenELISAmethodwassignificantlyhigherthanthatofIFA(81.8%vs34.4%),whilethespecificityoftheformerwasdemonstratedtobe97.9%.Thecoincidenceofthede-tectionratebetweenthesetwomethodswasconsiderablyhigh,approachingupto90.0%.TheseresultssuggestthatthemixedantigenELISAassayappearstobeasensitiveandspecificmethodforsero-epide-miologicaldetectionofhumanherpesvirus8infection.

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简介：WehavedevelopedandtestedchimericT-cellreceptors(TCR)specificforp185HER2.Intheseexperiments,retroviralvectorsexpressingtheN297orN29ξreceptorswereconstructedinpRET6.AmphotropicviralproducercellswereestablishedintheGALV-basedPG13packagingcellline.Ficollpurifiedhumanperipheralbloodlymphocytes(PBL)werevitallytransducedusinganoptimizedprotocolincorporatingactivationwithimmobilizedanti-CD3/anti-CD28monoclonalantibodies,followedbyviralinfectioninthepresenceoffibronectinfragmentCH296.Transducedcellswereco-culturedwithhumantumorcelllinesthatoverexpress(SK-OV-3)orunderexpress(MCF7)p185HER2toassayforantigenspecificimmuneresponses.BothCD4^+andCD8^+T-cellstransducedwiththeN297orN29ξchTCRdemonstratedHER2-specificantigenresponses,asdeterminedbyreleaseofTh1likecytokines,andcellularcytotoxicityassays.OurresultssupportthefeasibilityofadoptiveimmunothempywithgeneticallymodifiedT-cellsexpressingachTCRspecificforp185HER2.