Objective To examine the correlation between urotensin Ⅱ (UⅡ) concentration and the severity of liver fibrosis. Methods Liver fibrosis model was induced in rats by intraperitoneal administration of CCl4. At 4,6,8 weeks, the rats were sacrificed, and the hepatic tissue hydroxyproline (HYP) content was measured. Hepatic tissue specimens were histopathologically evaluated according to a fibrosis scoring system. Plasma UⅡ levels were measured by ELISA method. Results Plasma UⅡ gradually increased with the increase of duration of CCL4, UⅡ concentration correlated to liver fibrosis ( R2 = 0.875, P ＜ 0.05) and hepatic HYP( R2 = 0.65, P ＜0.05). Conclusion UⅡ was involved in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis.

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma up-regulated factor(PAUF),a newly discovered gene,is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer.PAUF promotes the metastasis and progression of pancreatic cancer through many ways,such as the activation of signal pathway (CXCR4,β-catenin,TPL2/MEK/ERK,FAK/Scr),increasing the adhesiveness of pancreatic cancer cells,promoting angiogenesis and vascular permeability.Simultaneously,CXCR4,β-catenin,TPL2/MEK/ERK and FAK/Scr are closely related with gemcitabine-resistance.Based on this theory,we infer that PAUF plays a role in gemcitabine-resistance of pancreatic cancer cells.So far,no related research has been done domestic and overseas.The research may find a clue for the mechanism of chemotherapy-resistance and provide a new target spot for the therapy of pancreatic cancer.

Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of idiopathicgranulomatous mastitis.MethodsThis study was to retrospectively review the clinical presentation,radiological investigation,histopathological features,treatment and outcome of idiopatbic granulomatoos mastitis of women presenting to Xuanwu Hospital between January 2002 and June 2010.ResultsTwenty-four patients with a mean age of 34.5 years presented with a diagnosis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.Patients presented with a palpable breast lump,breast abscess,fistula formation in different periods of the disease; the role of radiological imagings was found to be limited in differentiating idiopathic granulomatous mastitis from other inflammatory and maliguant conditions of the breast.All patients underwent a surgical procedure as the main treatment; in the form of excision or incision and drainage of the breast lesions. Mean follow-up was 47.38 ( range 6-96 ) months with recurrence in 3(12.5％) patients.ConclusionsIdiopathic granulomatous mastitis presents clinically with a palpable breast lump.The diagnosis is often only made histopathologically after surgical excision or core biopsy.Wide excision of the lesions or incision and drainage of the lesion are the main treatment modalities.

Objective To assess the evidence-based support of short-term efficacy of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obesity with metabolic syndrome by laparoscopy.Methods Electronic literature search was performed on PubMed,EMBASE,Cochrane Library,CNKI database for the efficacy of sleeve gostrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the treatment of obese patients with metabolic syndrome from Jan.2011 to Jun.2016.The inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected for quality evaluation,data extraction.Review Manager 5.3 software was used to conduct the statistical analysis.Results Thirteen articles were included in the Meta-analysis,including 5 randomized controlled trails,eight case-control studies with 18,850 cases,including 2,559 cases in the sleeve gastrectomy group and 16,291 cases in the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass group.The results of the Meta-analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the remission rate of type 2 diabetes rnellietus between sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass group (78.7％ vs 83.0％;RR =0.94,95％ CI:0.81 ～ 1.09,P ＞0.05),the reduction of body mass index was significantly higher in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass group than sleeve gastrectomy group from the short-term follow-up (MD =-2.03,95％ CI:-3.25 ～ 0.81,P ＜ 0.05).Both two surgeries can reduce the incidence of high blood lipids and hypertension,but there was no significant difference between them as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus remission.Conclusion Both sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are effective in treating obesity complicated with metabolic syndrome,and can reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus,hypertension and hyperlipidemia and reduce the body weight.Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is superior to sleeve gastrectomy in the treatment of obesity.

Objective To evaluate the surgery timing for adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO).Methods A retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of ASBO patients admitted to our hospital between January 2003 and December 2012 who received surgical treatment.According to surgery timing,patients were divided into three groups,early surgery group (＜ 36 h),mid-term surgery group (36-72 h) and late surgery group (≥ 72 h).The mortality,surgical site infection (SSI) rate and systemic infection rate were compared between groups.Result In this study,33,56 and 27 patients received early,middle and late surgery,respectively.The SSI rate in early surgery group was significantly lower than that in middle (6％ vs.25％,x2 =5.05,P =0.025) and late surgery group(6％ vs.30％,x2 =5.94,P =0.015).Though of not significant difference,the mortality and systemic infection rate in early surgery group were also lower than both middle and late surgery groups.Conclusions Early surgery might reduce the postoperative infectious complications and improve the outcome of patients with ASBO.

Objective To determine risk factors for postoperative infectious complications for small bowel obstruction.Methods Retrospective analysis the clinical data from small bowel obstruction patients who admittedto our hospital between January 2006 and December 2012 who receiving surgical treatment.The independent risk factors for infective complications were detected by logistic analysis.Results One hundred and fifty-four patients received surgery for small bowel obstruction with infection rate 27.9％.Logistic analysis revealed that older people(≥65 years) (OR 6.71,95％ CI 3.15-16.33),intraoperative bowel rupture (OR 2.71,95％ CI 1.19-7.25),delay surgery(≥72 h)(OR 11.33,95％CI4.62-20.20) and operation time(≥180 min) (OR 2.90,95％ CI 1.26-9.83) were the independent risk factors for postoperative infective complications.Conclusions Postoperative infections were the common complications after surgery for small bowel obstruction.Early surgery,intraoperative soft operation to prevent bowel rupture may be effective measures to reduce postoperative infection.

Excess fat mass accumulation can lead to a wide range of metabolic and cardiovascular complications.It includes immune cell infiltration and altered secretion of anti-and proinflammatory mediators,which contribute to systemic,low-grade inflammation.Bariatric surgery may reverse the altered secretory profile observed in the adipose tissue of severe obesity patients.This article will review available literature documenting the impact of surgeryinduced weight loss on tissue expression or circulating levels of a broad spectrum of inflammatory mediators.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a health problem in the world,patients are often accompanied by obesity.The experimental animal design of bariatric surgery is helpful for the development of less invasive operation method,higher safety in the treatment of T2DM and newdrugs for blood glucose control.This article will review the literatures in recent years which about bariatric surgery,and provide reference for animal experiment design,to introduce the experimental animal design of bariatric surgery for the treatment of T2DM and the mechanism of blood glucose balance after the surgery.

Objective To investigate the correlations between expression of CASC2 and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) prognosis.Methods A total of 129 patients including 80 males and 49 females with HCC were includedin this study,ranging from 21 to 73 years in Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University and Beijing You'an Hospital were retrospectively analyzed from September 2007 to January 2014.Expression of CASC2 was assessed using reverse transcription quantitative-polymerase chain reaction in HCC tissue and the adjacent normal tissue.The correlations between CASC2 mRNA level and clinicopathological parameters was investigated.The relationship between the expression of CASC2 and the prognosis of patients with HCC was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method.A log-rank analysis was performed to identify group differences.Univariate and multivariate Cox analysis were used to analyze the variables affecting the patient's prognosis.Results In 129 HCC samples,the level of CASC2 expression (0.84 ± 0.05) was lower than (3.35 ± 0.11) adjacent normal tissue (P ＜ 0.05).There were significant differences between CASC2 expression and tumor size,histological differentiation,and tumor stage in 129 HCC speciments.The median expression level of CACS2 in HCC tissues,0.84-fold,was used as the cut-off value to divide the 129 patients into two groups:low-expression group (n =72) and high-expression group (n =57).Overall survival rate of HCC patients with high CACS2 expression was significantly higher than those of patients with low CACS2 expression(P ＜0.05).Multivariate analysis indicated that histological differentiation (HR =0.20,95％ CI:0.05 ～ 0.59),tumor stage (HR =1.71,95％ CI:1.02 ～ 2.99) and CACS2 expression (HR =O.51,95％ CI:O.08 ～0.92) were an independent predictor of overall survival.Conclusion Low expression of CACS2 might be associated with the occurrence and development of HCC.

Objective To observe the effects of proximal gastric electrical stimulation (GES) on body weight and gastrointestinal motility in SD rats,and investigate the regulation of gastric nerve stimulation and serum gastrointestinal hormones by neuro-humoral regulation.Methods 12 SD rats were divided into experimental group (n =6) and control group (n =6),with gastric electrical stimulator implanted,and in experimental group dual-channel GES was activated.General status was observed for 4 weeks after GES activation,including body weight,feeding and water intake,urine and stool volumes,the resting gastric volume and gastric emptying were monitored via the establishment of intestinal fistula,and serum gastrointestinal hormones change was detected.Results During 4-week GES process,one rat had gastric retention and died at 1 week after GES activated.Compared with the control group,body weight,food intake,urine and stool volumes levels of the rats in experimental group decreased significantly (t =4.005,2.530,3.350,all P＜0.05).Resting gastric volume was significantly lower than that in the control group [(2.93 ± 0.50) ml vs.(5.10 ± 0.53) ml,Z =2.460,P =0.014],and the intestinal juice drainage was lower than the control group [(0.18 ±0.15)ml vs.(0.44 ±0.05)ml,Z =2.513,P =0.012],while serum GLP-1 levels were similar between the two groups [(0.44 ± 0.05) ml vs.(0.18 ± 0.15) ml,Z =1.026,P =0.305],but Ghrelin was significantly higher than that in the control group [(1.65 ± 0.58) vs.(0.65 ±0.36),Z =2.380,P =0.017].Conclusion The proximal GES may lead to the change of the body weight,food intake,gastrointestinal function and motility,possibly by stimulating nerve reflex inducing gastrointestinal hormones secretion and affect gastrointestinal function.