Objective To investigate the effect of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) on the growth of C6 glioma cells in vitro.Methods EPCs were obtained from the spleen of healthy SD rats with density gradient centrifugation and adherence screening.The obtained EPCs were identified through morphologic characteristics,specificity to DiI-acLDL uptaking and Lectin binding,and positive expressions of CD34 and CD31 by immunofluorescence assay.The EPCs-conditional medium was added into the convention medium of C6 glioma cells to assess its effect on the proliferation of glioma cells.After cultured for 36 or 48 h with the EPCs-conditional medium or conventional medium (control),MTT assay was employed to measure the cell proliferation and flow cytometry was used to detect the cell cycle.Results In 10 d after culture,the attached cells presented a "line-like" structure,and the adherent cells were double positive to DiI-acLDL uptaking and FITC-UEA-1 binding by direct flourescence staining under a laser scanning confocal microscope.Those cells were differentiated EPCs,and expressed wholly expressed CD34 and CD31.MTT assay showed that the OD value of each group at both the 2 time points were increased with the increasing of EPCs content in conditioned medium.The OD value of the group containing 50% of EPCs conditional medium of 36 h(2.018?0.220) and 48 h (2.388?0.448) was markedly higher than those of the control group (1.163?0.103,1.106?0.174) with significant difference (P

Objective To define a parameter of autologous arteriovenous fistula stenosis that limits the fistula function for hemodialysis in our country.Methods Retrospectively study the doppler ultrasound of patients who accepted the percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) therapy due to autogenous arteriovenous fistula dysfunction;identify the least diameter of the fistula vein and compare it with the corresponding data of well-functioned fistula.Determine which absolute diameter constitutes a hemodynamically significant stenosis in a radioeephalic autologous arteriovenous fistula by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve).Result Forty-two patients were enrolled in the study.The average age of those patients was 54.63±2.44 years old.Twenty-one patients were female.Twenty-six fistula located on the left arm.The minimal diameter of the dysfunction fistula averaged 1.57±0.07 mm,while the average forearm fistula vein diameter was 4.04±0.23 mm,significantly smaller than those in the compare group-an average minimal fistula vein diameter of 3.34±0.11 mm and a forearm vein diameter of 5.36(4.52,6.45) mm (P ＜ 0.05).The control group contained sixty-eight patients.The average age of those patients was 52.56±2.00 years old.Thirty-one patients were female.Forty-nine fistula located on the left arm.It was quiet appropriate in using minimal diameter of the fistula vein to indicate the dysfunction istula with an under-curve area of 0.979,95％C1 0.959-0.998.The under-curve area would be at the largest level when meeting the cutoff point at 2.40mm,in which it could achieve the area of 0.853.Conclusions The minimal diameter of the dysfunction wrist autogenous arteriovenous fistula was much smaller than the functioned ones.Minimal diameter of the fistula vein may serve as an effective parameter in detecting dysfunction fistula.

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Objective To summarize the characteristics of blunt renal injury in children and re-port experiences in its diagnosis and treatment. Methods A comparison was done on medical data of 30 children and 36 adults with blunt renal injury. The renal injuries were classified according to the organ inju-ry scaling committee of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Results The rate of severe renal injury in the children group was 50%, significantly higher than 31% in the adult group(P<0.05).Surgical exploration rate in the children group was 40%, lower than 73% in the adult group(P<0.05).In the meantime, the kidney conservation rate of 93% in children group was higher than 64% in adult group(P<0.01). Conclusions The kidney of children is susceptible to severe injury but has sound serf-repairing capability. Therefore, surgical interventions and nephrectomy should be considered cautiously.

Objective To investigate the imaging differentiation between high-grade and low-grade limb of long bone chon-drosarcoma.Methods The MRI imaging features in 23 cases of pathologically proven limb long bone chondrosarcomas were retro-spectively analyzed,including 13 cases of low-grade and 10 cases of high-grade.The MRI imaging features including endosteal scal-loping lesion,cortical thickening,cortical destruction,bone expansion,soft tissue mass,bone marrow edema,soft tissue edema,calci-fication,hemorrhage,tumour maximal radial line and enhancing features were performed the statistical analysis.Results 13 cases were the low-grade chondrosarcomas,including atypical cartilaginous tumour and grade 1 chondrosarcomas,10 cases were high-grade chondrosarcomas (8 cases of grade Ⅱ chondrosarcomas,1 case of gradeⅢ chondrosarcomas and 1 case of dedifferentiated chondrosarcomas).Cortical destruction,soft tissue mass and soft tissue oedema had statistical differences between the low-grade and high-grade.Bone marrow had statistically significant difference.Calcification +(SC<1/3ST)had statistical difference between the low-grade and the high-grade.Calcification ++(1/3 ST

Objective To observe the variation of dynamic 64-slice CT perfusion imaging of rats with traumatic brain injury and discuss the relating pathophysiological basis.Methods A total of 80 adult male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups according to random number table,ie,normal control group,sham injury group and injury group.The injury group was divided into eight subgroups at time points of 2,6,12,24,48,72,120 and 168 hours.The detection of CT perfusion imaging,water content and blood-brain barrier permeability was done in the injured rats at all time points.The pathological changes were also observed to calculate their correlation with CT perfusion parameters of the injured region.Results The relative value of the blood perfusion was decreased significantly to the mimimum within 24 hours after injury.Within 2-12 hours,relative cerebral fluid(rCBF)and relative cerebral blood volume(rCBV)remained in a low perfusion state,with just a little increase.Relative mean transit time(rMTT)was prolonged and permeability surface(PS)increased.rCBF and rCBV were increased gradually with time,which was reversed till at 24 hours after injury and the injured side was in a high perfusion state,with the highest value of PS.The perfusion reached peak at 48 hours after injury and then became normal gradually.The water content was increased at 2 hours after injury and reached its peak at 48 hours.The permeability of blood-brain barrier(BBB)began to increase at 2 hours after injury and reached the peak at 24 hours.rCBF and rCBV were positively correlated with change of brain edema and PS was positively correlated with BBB permeability.Conclusion The dynamic 64-slice spiral CT perfusion imaging reflects the variation of BBB and edema and can be used as noninvasive imaging method for predicting the degree of brain perfusion and edema.

PurposeTo investigate the formation of neovascularization using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) in C6 glioma margin in rats, and to explore its utility.Materials and MethodsC6 glioma model was created in 24 SD rats. Routine and DCE-MRI was performed 4 days, 8 days, 12 days, 16 days, 20 days and 24 days after transplantation. Pathology and immunohistochemistry exams were also obtained to evaluate marginal tumor cells and neovascularization.ResultsNeovascularization was observed in C6 glioma margin within (257.658±53.663)μm range. Vessel co-option index difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). Tumor cells surrounding the co-opted vessels were strongly positive on proliferating cell nuclear antigen and matrix metallopeptidase 2 staining. Vessel co-option regression and transformation were observed on day 16 on Tenascin-C andα smooth muscle actin staining. For DCE-MRI analysis, Ktrans and Kep were higher on day 12 and 16 (P<0.05). There was significant negative correlation between co-option index and Ktrans (r=-0.9243 and-0.8347,P<0.05). Vp showed no statistically significant difference at all time points (P>0.05).Conclusion The neovascularization in tumor margin demonstrates vessel co-option. DCE-MRI parameters Ktrans and Kep are negatively correlated with co-option index, indicating that Ktrans and Kep could be a well-defined imaging-based biomarker for glioma neovascularization.

Objective To assess the value of thickness and arterial resistive index (RI) of wrist synovium in differentiation from activity to non-activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Ninety-two clinically confirmed RA patients underwent high frequency ultrasonography. Maximum thickness and arterial RI of the wrist synovium were measured in active and nonactive stage. Results Thickened synovium was found in 75 of 92 patients. Color signal in the synovium was detected and then RI was measured in 67 patients, including 31 in active stage and 36 in nonactive stage. The wrist synovium thickness of 67 patients was (2.97±1.49) mm and arterial RI was 0.74±0.17. RI decreased significantly in patients in active stage compared with that in nonactive stage (P<0.001). Conclusion Arterial RI measurement with high frequency ultrasonography may be served as an objective marker of synovial membrane disease in RA. The thickness of synovium cannot predict the activity of RA.

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), one of the most common kidney cancers, has a poor prognosis. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a hallmark of carcinoma invasion and metastasis. Several studies have examined the molecular regulation of EMT, but the relationship between histone demethylases and EMT is little understood. In this study, we investigated the role of retinoblastoma-binding protein-2 (RBP2), a histone demethylase that is highly expressed in RCC and is positively correlated with poor RCC prognosis in the regulation of EMT. We found that ectopic overexpression of RBP2 can induce cancer stem cell-like (CSC) phenotypes through EMT in RCC cells by converting them to a more mesenchymal phenotype. This results in increased resistance to apoptosis, which leads to enhanced tumor growth in xenograft models. Together, our data show that RBP2 is an epigenetic regulator that has an important role in the initiation of CSC phenotypes through EMT, leading to tumor progression. RBP2 is also a novel biomolecule for RCC diagnosis, and prognosis and may be a therapeutic target.
Apoptosis ; Carcinoma, Renal Cell* ; Diagnosis ; Epigenomics ; Heterografts ; Histone Demethylases ; Histones ; Kidney Neoplasms ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Phenotype ; Prognosis