Objective To investigate the application of syphilis detection in the pre-pregnancy eugenics inspection.Methods 12 900 women who attended the national free pre-pregnancy eugenics inspection from March 201 1 to October 2013 were selected as subjects.The treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay(TPPA)and rapid plasma regain test(RPR)were conducted among them before pregnancy,and the results of syphilis detections were recorded and compared.Results In 12 900 women,63 cases (0.49%)were syphilis positive in RPR tests,129 cases(1.00%)were syphilis positive in TPPA test,and 45 cases(0.35%)were syphilis positive both in RPR and TPPA tests.There were significant differences in positive rates of syphilis between that in the RPR test and that in the TPPA test(P <0.05),while no significant differences were found in positive rates of syphilis between that in the RPR test and that in the combined detection of RPR test and TPPA test.There were significant differences in positive rate of syphilis between that in the TPPA test and that in the combined detection of RPR test and TPPA test(P <0.05).The sensitivity of RPR test and TPPA test was 71.4% and 34.9%,respectively.Conclusion Both the RPR test and TPPA test could be the fast and ef-fective method in diagnosis of syphilis.However,RPR test might be more sensitive,which could be widely used in the pre-pregnancy eugen-ics healthy screening.Moreover,the diagnosis results could be confirmed by combination of RPR test and TPPA test.

Objective To study the expression of signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) in human renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) and the effect of STATI inhibition on the radiosensi-tivity of RCC. Methods The expression of STAT1 in 34 human RCC samples compared with 12 normal kid-ney tissues was examined by immunohistochemistry method. For in vitro experiments, a human RCC cell line, CRL-1932, was used. Western blotting was performed to evaluate the expression of total and phospory-lated STAT1. Fludarabine and siRNA were respectively used to inhibit the expression of STAT1 in CRL-1932 cells. Clonogenic assay and trypan blue staining assay were used to evaluate the radiosensitivity of CRL-1932 cells. Results The expression of both total and phospborylated STAT1 in human RCC samples was signifi-cantly higher when compared to normal kidney tissues. Similarly, the expression of STAT1 was higher in CRL-1932 cells when compared to fibroblast and Wilm's tumor cell lines. STAT1 expression was inhibited by both fludarabine and siRNA. Radiosensitivity of CRL-1932 cells was enhanced by both fludarabine and siRNA induced STAT1 inhibition. Conclusions STAT1 is over-expressed in both human RCC tissue and cell line. Inhibition of STAT1 can enhance the radiosensitivity of RCC cells.