Objective:To detect the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3(VEGFR-3)in earlystage tongue cancer and the relationship with occult metastasis thereof.Methods:The expression of VEGFR-3 was examined in paraffin-embedded specimens from 62 patients with early-stage tongue cancer by immunohistochemical staining.The relationship was analyzed between the expression of VEGFR-3 and size,occult metastasis and differentiation of early-stage tongue cancer.Results:The positive expression of VEGFR-3 mainly located in the lymphatic endothelial cells of peritumoral areas and negative expression in tumor area.The higher expression of VEGFR-3 was found in patients with occult metastasis.The expression of VEGFR-3 was significantly higher in patients of Ⅱ-Ⅲ grade than that of patients in I grade carcinoma(t=4.77,P ＜ 0.05).The expression of VEGFR-3 was higher in patients with occult metastasis than that in patients with negative lymph node(t=6.33,P ＜ 0.05).But there were no significant correlation between the expression of VEGFR-3 and the age,gender and size of tumor in patients.Conclusion:The value of VEGFR-3 can be a useful indicator to evaluate the occult metastasis of early-stage tongue cancer.

Objective: To study La accumulation and microstructure change of leg bones of rats fed with La(NO 3) 3 in low dosage for a long term. Methods: After the rats were fed by La(NO 3) 3 in dosage of 2 mg?kg -1 ?d -1 for 6 months, the contents of La and Ca,P in the leg bones were determined by ICP MS and spectrophotometry; the microstructure changes of the leg bones were investigated by electron microscopy and X ray powder diffraction. Results: In the leg bones of tested rats, the contents of La and P increased greatly, and those of Ca did not change obviously, so that Ca/P ratio values decreased in comparison with the control group. Conclusion: La was accumulatied in the rat leg bones and the change of bone microstructure induced after the rats were fed with La(NO 3) 3 in low dosage for a long term.

Objective To study the efficacy and safety of glargine insulin combined with glimepiride therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM).Methods According to the random number table,100 T2DM patients with unsatisfactory efficacy of oral hypoglycemic agents were randomly divided into treament group and control group, 50 cases in each group.Then,the treatment group was dealed with glargine insulin and glimepiride,the control group were treated with insulin glargine for our treatment protocol.12 weeks after treament,the fasting blood glucose(FPG), 2 hours blood glucose(2hPG),body mass index(BMI),glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c),islet β-cell function index(HOMA -β),insulin resistance index(Homa -IR),insulin dosage(INS),time requirds,weight gain and so on were observed.Meanwhile,The occurrence condition of hypoglycemia was also observed.Results In control groups, the post -treatment indexes of FPG,2hPG,HbAlc,HOMA -βand HOMA -IR[(5.7 ±0.8)mmol/L,(8.6 ± 2.5)mmol/L,(6.5 ±0.7)%,(40.35 ±3.12),(2.68 ±1.41 )]were much better than those in pre -treatment [(11.7 ±1.6)mmol/L,(15.1 ±6.1 )mmol/L,(9.2 ±1.1 )%,(19.01 ±2.79),(3.42 ±1.47)](t =23.717, 6.971,14.642,36.052,2.568,P <0.01 or 0.05 for both).In the treatment group,the post -treatment indexes of FPG,2hPG,HbAlc,HOMA -β,HOMA -IR[(5.6 ±0.7)mmol/L,(7.3 ±2.3)mmol/L,(6.3 ±1.0)%,(54.18 ± 3.23),(2.12 ±1.26 )]improved obviously than those in pre -treatment [(11.8 ±1.7 )mmol/L,(15.8 ± 5.2)mmol/L,(9.3 ±1.2)%,(18.71 ±3.12),(3.36 ±1.56)](t =23.846,10.570,13.580,55.849,4.372,P <0.01 for both).After treatment,the indexes of 2hPG,HOMA -β,HOMA -IR,insulin dose,time requirds and ampli-tude of weight gain[(7.3 ±2.3)mmol/L,(54.18 ±3.23),(2.12 ±1.26),(18.06 ±1.43)U /d,(10.1 ±2.4)d, (1.1 ±0.4kg)]etc in the treatment group were significantly ameliorated than those in the control group[(8.6 ± 2.5)mmol/L,(40.35 ±3.12),(2.68 ±1.41 ),(22.46 ±1.77)U /d,(13.2 ±2.6)d,(2.1 ±0.6)kg](t =23.717,6.971,14.642,36.052,2.568,P <0.01 or 0.05 for both).Hypoglycemia events of treatment group were 4 cases(8.0%)and the same in the control group were 13 cases(26.0%),there were statistical significance between the two groups(χ2 =5.535,P <0.05).Conclusion Treatment of glargine insulin combined with glimepiride can improve blood glucose level of T2DM patients,recover their islet β-cell function,relieve the IR,shorten the time requirds,as well as reduce the insulin dosage,range of weight gain and rate of hypoglycemia events.Hence,treatment protocol of glargine insulin combined with glimepiride is an effective clinical treatment for newly diagnosed T2DMpatients.

Objective To investigate the expression of PHF8(PHD-finger protein 8) in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its clinicopathologic significance.Methods The expression of PHF8 in 60 hepatocellular carcinoma samples as well as their natched paraneoplastic tissues,and 15 normal liver tissues were evaluated by immunohistochemistry.Statistical methods were used to analyse the relationship between the expression of PHF8 and the clinicopathological features of these patients.Results The PHF8-positive expression rate in the HCC samples was 55.0％ and it was significantly higher than that in the paraneoplastic tissues and the normal liver tissucs (16.7％,6.7％,respectively,P＜0.05).The expression of PHF8 was closely related to tumor size,tumor nodular numbers,pathological differentiation and TNM-staging (P＜0.05 for all).The 5-year disease-free survival and overall survival in the PHF8-positive group was significantly lower than that in the negative group (P＜0.05).Conclusions PHF8 was overexpressed in HCC samples,and its expression was closely associated with HCC clinicopathological features and prognosis of the patients.

Objective: To establish the method for determination of taurocholic acid in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Shedanchuanbei Oral Liquid and snake bile. Methods: The sample was prepared as mixed solution containing methanol and KH 2PO 4. The mixed solution was injected into Sep Pak C 18 cartridge for the purpose of sample purity. In this processing, the substances which having strong retain action and could harm analytic column were hold in the Sep Pak C 18 cartridge. The eluting solution that the Sep Pak C 18 cartridge had be over loading for taurocholic acid was used as the test solution. The test solution was measured by RP HPLC. The chromatographic conditions were as followed: Supelcosil LC 8 column(150mm?4.6nm,5?m) as analytic column, detect wavelength at 203nm, and MeOH 0.4%KH 2PO 4 mixed solution(56∶44, V/V ) as mobile phase. The inject volume was 50?L. Results: The linear response range of sodium taurocholate was from 0.0253mg?mL -1 to 0.253mg?mL -1 , and the correlation coefficient was 0.9999. The average recovery rate was 101.3%, RSD was 0.40%( n =6). Conclusion: This method was simple, efficient and suitable to the quality control for Shedanchuanbei Oral Liquid and snake bile.

Objective To understand the results and characteristics of targeted monitoring of healthcare-associated infection (HAI)in an intensive care unit (ICU)of a tumor hospital,so as to provide scientific basis for formulating measures of prevention and control of HAI.Methods Patients who admitted to an ICU from January to December 2013 were performed targeted monitoring,incidence of HAI was adjusted with an average severity of illness score (ASIS),three types of invasive procedure-related infection,distribution of pathogens,and multidrug-resistant or-ganisms were monitored.Results A total of 455 patients were monitored,the total patient-days were 2 483 days, 52 cases of HAI occurred,incidence of HAI was 11 .43%,incidence of HAI per 1 000 patient-days was 20.94‰,af-ter the adjustment with ASIS,incidence of HAI per 1 000 patient-days was 6.29‰.The main infection site was re-spiratory system(63.46%),followed by urinary system(19.23%);Incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia per 1 000 ventilation-days,catheter-related bloodstream infection per 1 000 catheter-days,and catheter-associated urinary tract infection per 1 000 urinary catheter days were 12.08‰,0.95‰,and 4.07‰ respectively.A total of 181 path-ogenic isolates were detected,74.59% (n=135)of which were gram-negative bacteria,18.23%(n=33)were gram-positive bacteria,and 7.18%(n=13)were fungi;18.23%(n=33)were multidrug-resistant strains.Conclusion ICU is the high risk department of the occurrence of HAI,the main infection is respiratory tract infection,the major pathogen is gram-negative bacteria.Targeted monitoring can timely reflect the deficiency in infection control practice,is helpful for formula-ting effective prevention and intervention measures,and reducing the occurrence of HAI.

Bonetumorisonekindofmalignanttumorwhichthreatslifeamongchildrenandadoles-cent.Osteosarcoma (OS ) and Ewing sarcoma (ES ) have been paid much attention by medical community because of their complex occurrence,development,metastasis mechanism and poor prognosis.The research showed that activation of protooncogene and mutation of suppressor gene,absence of apoptosis signal and hypox-ia-inducible factor (HIF)all participated in the occurrence,development and metastasis of OS and ES.It is suggested that clarified pathomechanism of bone tumors could provide more effective therapeutic strategies and lower the mortality of patients.

Objective To explore the roles of biomarkers of the ratios of microRNA (miRNA)in osteosarcoma.Methods The blood samples from 20 patients with osteosarcoma and 30 healthy people with similar age were choosed.The miRNA expression profiles were filtered by gene chips of high flux.The results were verified by qRT-PCR.The miRNA expression ratio was analysed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC)curve aiming to find the most predictive potential combination-type markers.Results Two hundred and fifty-eight miRNAs were found to be significantly deregulated in blood samples from 30 patients with osteo-sarcoma as compared with their matching normal blood samples (F=5.564,P<0.05).Four miRNAs were choosed from blood samples of22 patients with osteosarcoma and normal blood samples.MiR-181b,miR-199b-5p and miR-451 were significantly higher than that in normal blood sample (F=6.283,P<0.05),while miR-124 showed low expression (F=7.201,P<0.05).Furthermore,the ratio of miR-199b-5p/miR-124 showed a high sensitivity (96%)and specificity (97%).Conclusion The abnormal expression of miRNA in osteosar-coma makes it have a predictive effect.The ratio of miR-199b-5p/miR-124 could be served as combination-type biomarkers in the diagnosis of osteosarcoma.

By computer research, the literature of clinical and experimental studies on moxibustion therapy for chronic gastritis in the recent fifteen years was collected, sorted and analyzed, in order to understand the general situation about the clinical and experimental studies on moxibustion therapy for chronic gastritis, summarize the regularity of moxibustion therapy for chronic gastritis, so as to guide the treatment of chronic gastritis.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect and cost of Multidimensional iron oral liquid and Polysaccharide iron com-plex capsules in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy. METHODS:By retrospective study,80 cases of iron de-ficiency anemia during pregnancy were divided into control group and trial group in accordance to different therapy plans,with 40 cases in each group. Control group was given Multidimensional iron oral liquid orally,10 ml each time,bid,after breakfast and supper,for consecutive 4 weeks;trial group was given Polysaccharide iron complex capsules orally,0.30 g each time,qd,for con-secutive 4 weeks. Clinical efficacy,erythrocyte related lab indexes,satisfactory rate and ADR were compared between 2 groups, and cost-effectiveness analysis was adopted for economic evaluation. RESULTS:The total effective rate of experimental group was 95.0%,which was higher than 85.0% of control group,but without statistical significance(P>0.05);hemoglobin level,erythro-cyte count and average volume of erythrocyte of trial group were significantly higher or more than control group,and satisfactory rate(95.0% vs. 65.0%)were significantly higher than control group,with statistical significance(P<0.05);no obvious ADR was found in 2 groups. Total cost of trial group and control group were 243.60 and 166.32 yuan,and cost-effective ratio was 2.56 and 1.96;incremental cost-effective ratio was 7.73. Results of sensitivity analysis were same to the result. CONCLUSIONS:Both Multi-dimensional iron oral liquid and Polysaccharide iron complex capsules can improve anemia in patients with iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy. Polysaccharide iron complex capsules show better therapeutic efficacy and satisfactory rate,but it is relatively ex-pensive. Drugs should be selected according to economic situation.