苦荞遗传多样性分析与核心种质筛选--测试文章

利用SSR分子标记技术,对来自西藏、陕西、四川、贵州等4省区的210份苦荞品种进行遗传多样性研究。结果表明,所选用的50对SSR引物中,有16对引物多态性良好,共扩增出178个条带,其中多态性条带达118个,占总数的66.3%;210份苦荞种质的遗传变幅为0.62～0.98,平均值为0.80,在遗传相似系数为0.88处可划分为5大类。聚类结果显示,来自同一地区的苦荞品种显示出聚为一类的趋势,表明苦荞的遗传信息受地理分布的影响较大;第V类所聚的41份分别来自西藏（27份）、陕西（8份）和贵州（6份）的品种表现出较为丰富的遗传多样性,与其他种质相比,这41份材料不仅遗传差异较大,而且遗传来源广泛,可作为苦荞核心种质筛选的基础。     

Tumor microenvironment immune subtypes for classification of novel clear cell renal cell carcinoma profiles with prognostic and therapeutic implications

Currently, no effective prognostic model of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) based on immune cell infiltration has been developed. Recent studies have identified 6 immune groups (IS) in 33 solid tumors. We aimed to characterize the expression pattern of IS in ccRCC and evaluate the potential in predicting patient prognosis. The clinical information, immune subgroup, somatic mutation, copy number variation, and methylation score of patients with TCGA ccRCC cohort were downloaded from UCSC Xena for further analysis. The most dominant IS in ccRCC was the inflammatory subgroup (immune C3) (86.5%), regardless of different pathological stages, pathological grades, and genders. In the C3 subgroup, stage IV (69.1%) and grade 4 (69.9%) were the least presented. Survival analysis showed that the IS could effectively predict the overall survival (OS) (P < .0001) and disease-specific survival (DSS) (P < .0001) of ccRCC alone, of which group C3 (OS, HR = 2.3, P < .001; DSS, HR = 2.84, P < .001) exhibited the best prognosis. Among the most frequently mutated ccRCC genes, only VHL and PBRM1 were found to be common in the C3 group. The homologous recombination deficiency score was also lower. High heterogeneity was observed in immune cells and immunoregulatory genes of IS. Notably, CD4+ memory resting T cells were highly infiltrating, regulatory T cells (Treg) showed low infiltration, and most immunoregulatory genes (such as CX3CL1, IFNA2, TLR4, SELP, HMGB1, and TNFRSF14) were highly expressed in the C3 subgroup than in other subgroups. Enrichment analysis showed that adipogenesis, apical junction, hypoxia, IL2 STAT5 signaling, TGF-beta signaling, and UV response DN were activated, whereas E2F targets, G2M checkpoint, and MYC targets V2 were downregulated in the C3 group. Immune classification can more accurately classify ccRCC patients and predict OS and DSS. Thus, IS-based classification may be a valuable tool that enables individualized treatment of patients with ccRCC.     

A model for developing disability confidence

Purpose: Many clinicians, educators, and employers lack disability confidence which can affect their interactions with, and inclusion of people with disabilities. Our objective was to explore how disability confidence developed among youth who volunteered with children who have a disability.

Methods: We conducted 30 in-depth interviews (16 without a disability, 14 with disabilities), with youth aged 15–25. We analyzed our data using an interpretive, qualitative, thematic approach.

Results: We identified four main themes that led to the progression of disability confidence including: (1) “disability discomfort,” referring to lacking knowledge about disability and experiencing unease around people with disabilities; (2) “reaching beyond comfort zone” where participants increased their understanding of disability and became sensitized to difference; (3) “broadened perspectives” where youth gained exposure to people with disabilities and challenged common misperceptions and stereotypes; and (4) “disability confidence” which includes having knowledge of people with disabilities, inclusive, and positive attitudes towards them.

Conclusions: Volunteering is one way that can help to develop disability confidence. Youth with and without disabilities both reported a similar process of developing disability confidence; however, there were nuances between the two groups.

• Implications for Rehabilitation

• The development of disability confidence is important for enhancing the social inclusion of people with disabilities.

• Volunteering with people who have a disability, or a disability different from their own, can help to develop disability confidence which involves positive attitudes, empathy, and appropriate communication skills.

• Clinicians, educators, and employers should consider promoting working with disabled people through such avenues as volunteering or service learning to gain disability confidence.

     

Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Orientia tsutsugamushi from Patients with Scrub Typhus in 3 Regions of India

Scrub typhus, an acute febrile illness that is widespread in the Asia-Pacific region, is caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, which displays high levels of antigenic variation. We conducted an investigation to identify the circulating genotypes of O. tsutsugamushi in 3 scrub typhus–endemic geographic regions of India: South India, Northern India, and Northeast India. Eschar samples collected during September 2010–August 2012 from patients with scrub typhus were subjected to 56-kDa type-specific PCR and sequencing to identify their genotypes. Kato-like strains predominated (61.5%), especially in the South and Northeast, followed by Karp-like strains (27.7%) and Gilliam and Ikeda strains (2.3% each). Neimeng-65 genotype strains were also observed in the Northeast. Clarifying the genotypic diversity of O. tsutsugamushi in India enhances knowledge of the regional diversity among circulating strains and provides potential resources for future region-specific diagnostic studies and vaccine development.     

Comparative Analysis of African Swine Fever Virus Genotypes and Serogroups

African swine fever virus (ASFV) causes highly lethal hemorrhagic disease among pigs, and ASFV’s extreme antigenic diversity hinders vaccine development. We show that p72 ASFV phylogenetic analysis does not accurately define ASFV hemadsorption inhibition assay serogroups. Thus, conventional ASFV genotyping cannot discriminate between viruses of different virulence or predict efficacy of a specific ASFV vaccine.     

Orientia tsutsugamushi,agent of scrub typhus,displays a single metapopulation with maintenance of ancestral haplotypes throughout continental South East Asia

Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus, a major cause of febrile illness in rural area of Asia–Pacific region. A multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) analysis was performed on strains isolated from human patients from 3 countries in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. The phylogeny of the 56-kDa protein encoding gene was analyzed on the same strains and showed a structured topology with genetically distinct clusters. MLST analysis did not lead to the same conclusion. DNA polymorphism and phylogeny of individual gene loci indicated a significant level of recombination and genetic diversity whereas the ST distribution indicated the presence of isolated patches. No correlation was found with the geographic origin. This work suggests that weak divergence in core genome and ancestral haplotypes are maintained by permanent recombination in mites while the 56-kDa protein gene is diverging in higher speed due to selection by the mammalian immune system.