以MDR1基因启动子为靶点的药物筛选模型的建立

通过构建以MDR1启动子为启动序列的荧光素酶报告基因载体,建立基于双荧光素酶报告基因系统的多药耐药抑制剂筛选模型。从HCT-8细胞中提取DNA并克隆含有MDR1基因启动子的序列。将该序列重组到荧光素酶报告基因载体pGL-3-Basic的启动区域中,从而构建报告基因载体pGL-MDR1。将pGL-MDR1和pRL-TK载体共转染到HCT-8和HCT-8/VCR细胞中,建立用于筛选多药耐药抑制剂的方法。通过调节不同载体的比例来优化转染效率。通过MDR1基因激活剂（热诱导）和抑制剂（EGCG）来验证该方法。通过直接测序法验证了pGL-MDR1含有MDR1基因启动子序列且没有出现碱基突变。在n（pGL-MDR1）∶n（pRL-TK）=5∶5时,转染效率最高并具有最高的荧光素酶活性。通过MDR1基因激活处理后表现为时间依赖性地激活MDR1基因的表达,而MDR1基因抑制剂的作用则相反。     

一元回归在射表符合系数曲线制作中的应用

针对现有射表符合系数曲线绘制过程中存在的不足，运用一元回归方法对其进行改进，并验证了把该方法用于制作射表符合系数曲线时，可以提高试验数据处理效率以及试验数据的准确度．     

Bayes逐步判别法在邢台煤矿突水水源判别中的应用

快速有效地判别突水水源是矿井安全生产的重要保障。文章以邢台煤矿为研究对象,选取各含水层多项水质指标,应用Bayes逐步判别法建立矿井突水水源快速判别模型。结果表明:Bayes逐步判别模型以其计算过程简单、模型结构稳定而优于其它模型,既提高判别准确率又提高判别速度,实现对突水水源快速有效判别,为防治水工作提供有力依据。     

地基土对桥梁索塔抗震设计影响的研究与实践(之二)

以火箭式激振器为震源对高大结构物(即云南景洪澜沧江大桥主塔)进行了现场动力测试和分析,利用实测结构体系的动力特性,取得了场地土边界元参数,在考虑了土与结构相互作用的基础上,为选取全桥的抗震设计参数提供合理依据.     

Extracellular microfibrils in development and disease

Fibrillins are the structural components of extracellular microfibrils that impart physical properties to tissues, alone or together with elastin as elastic fibers. Genetic studies in mice have revealed that fibrillin-rich microfibrils are also involved in regulating developmental programs and homeostatic processes through the modulation of TGF-β/BMP signaling events. A new paradigm has thus emerged whereby the spatiotemporal organization of microfibrils dictates both the cellular activities and physical properties of connective tissues. These observations have paved the way to novel therapeutic approaches aimed at counteracting the life-threatening complications in human conditions caused by dysfunctions of fibrillin-rich microfibrils. Received 2 April 2007; received after revision 23 May 2007; accepted 24 May 2007     

企业参考资源模型的建立

提出参考资源模型结构,并给出其构造方法,研究其在建模导出过程中的支持作用.企业参考资源模型是一个资源的参考目录,在建立特定企业资源模型时,可以直接从参考资源模型中选取所需资源.参考资源模型的建立支持资源重组,缩短建模时间,从而加速建模的进程.     

Prediction of central nervous system embryonal tumour outcome based on gene expression.

Embryonal tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) represent a heterogeneous group of tumours about which little is known biologically, and whose diagnosis, on the basis of morphologic appearance alone, is controversial. Medulloblastomas, for example, are the most common malignant brain tumour of childhood, but their pathogenesis is unknown, their relationship to other embryonal CNS tumours is debated, and patients' response to therapy is difficult to predict. We approached these problems by developing a classification system based on DNA microarray gene expression data derived from 99 patient samples. Here we demonstrate that medulloblastomas are molecularly distinct from other brain tumours including primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNETs), atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumours (AT/RTs) and malignant gliomas. Previously unrecognized evidence supporting the derivation of medulloblastomas from cerebellar granule cells through activation of the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) pathway was also revealed. We show further that the clinical outcome of children with medulloblastomas is highly predictable on the basis of the gene expression profiles of their tumours at diagnosis.     

中国农作物秸秆资源量及其“五料化”利用现状

 农作物秸秆是十分宝贵的生物资源,资源丰富,秸秆"用则利,弃则害"。秸秆的高效综合利用能有效解决秸秆利用率低、转化率低、经济效益低、环境污染严重这"三低一重"的问题,对中国现代农业的可持续发展起重要的作用。本文分析了中国农作物秸秆资源数量及分布,介绍了秸秆资源综合利用技术的最新进展,包括肥料化、燃料化、饲料化、原料化和基料化（"五料化"）这些重点领域的应用。集约、循环、高效、充分利用秸秆资源是保护生态环境、节约可再生资源的需要,也是促进中国农业和农村社会经济实现可持续发展的必然要求。     

Chromatin-IgG complexes activate B cells by dual engagement of IgM and Toll-like receptors

Autoreactive B cells are present in the lymphoid tissues of healthy individuals, but typically remain quiescent. When this homeostasis is perturbed, the formation of self-reactive antibodies can have serious pathological consequences. B cells expressing an antigen receptor specific for self-immunoglobulin-gamma (IgG) make a class of autoantibodies known as rheumatoid factor (RF). Here we show that effective activation of RF+ B cells is mediated by IgG2a-chromatin immune complexes and requires the synergistic engagement of the antigen receptor and a member of the MyD88-dependent Toll-like receptor (TLR) family. Inhibitor studies implicate TLR9. These data establish a critical link between the innate and adaptive immune systems in the development of systemic autoimmune disease and explain the preponderance of autoantibodies reactive with nucleic acid-protein particles. The unique features of this dual-engagement pathway should facilitate the development of therapies that specifically target autoreactive B cells.     

Evidence for recent climate change on Mars from the identification of youthful near-surface ground ice

Ground ice in the crust and soil may be one of the largest reservoirs of water on Mars. Near-surface ground ice is predicted to be stable at latitudes higher than 40 degrees (ref. 4), where a number of geomorphologic features indicative of viscous creep and hence ground ice have been observed. Mid-latitude soils have also been implicated as a water-ice reservoir, the capacity of which is predicted to vary on a 100,000-year timescale owing to orbitally driven variations in climate. It is uncertain, however, whether near-surface ground ice currently exists at these latitudes, and how it is changing with time. Here we report observational evidence for a mid-latitude reservoir of near-surface water ice occupying the pore space of soils. The thickness of the ice-occupied soil reservoir (1-10 m) and its distribution in the 30 degrees to 60 degrees latitude bands indicate a reservoir of (1.5-6.0) x 104 km3, equivalent to a global layer of water 10-40 cm thick. We infer that the reservoir was created during the last phase of high orbital obliquity less than 100,000 years ago, and is now being diminished.