BACKGROUND: Parameters of platelet can reflect functions of coagulation. Granule membrane protein-140 (GMP-140), which is also called P-Selectin, in α-granules of platelets can reflect activities of platelet. Dysfunction of blood sugar and blood lipid in diabetic patients can result in complications such as thrombotic diseases.OBJECTIVE: To analyze the variation regulation of the platelet parameters and GMP-140 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.DESIGN: A case-control study.SETTING:Department of Clinical Laboratory and Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.PARTICIPANTS: From March to April 2005, forty-five patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, who were treated at the Department of Endocrinology,Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, were enrolled as diabetic group, and 45 healthy people, who were checked with health examination at the same period,were selected as control group. They all joined the experiment voluntarily. METHODS: Changes of quantity of blood platelet, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW) and platelett-large cell ratio (PLCR) were analyzed with blood cell counter. GMP-140 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), meanwhile, compared with those of the healthy people.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Contents of the parameters of platelets and GMP-140 of subjects in the two group s.RESULTS: A total of 90 cases without drop out, 45 cases in the diabetic group and control group, respectively, were involved in the result analysis.①Comparison of the content of GMP-140 in the two groups: It was significantly higher in the diabetic group than that in the control group [(28.8±10.3) ,(9.1±5.6)μg/L(t=2.37,P ＜ 0.01 )]. ②Comparison of parameters of blood platelet of subjects of the two groups: The MPV, PDW and P-LCR in patients of the diabetic group were markedly higher than those in the control group (t=2.02, 2.02, 2.02, P ＜ 0.01 ), while the blood platelets (PLT)was dramatically lower than that in the control group (t=2.15, P ＜ 0.01 ).CONCLUSION: The MPV, PDW, P-LCR and the content of GMP-140 of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus significantly increase, while the PLT decreases, which indicate that platelet activity enhances and the consumption of platelet increases in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

With the great success of imatinib mesylate(IM) and other tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI),chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is taken as a successful model of targeted therapies for human cancer.Although the emergence of TKI has greatly improved the prognosis of CML,the long-term TKI treatment may bring the problems of drug resistance,serious side effects,poor compliance,and heavy economic burden.Recently,people focus on whether patients would be cured after discontinuation of TKI treatment.Here,the progresses on discontinuation of TKI therapy in CML presented in the 54th American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting were reviewed.

OBJECTIVE To establish a convenient method for detecting plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae lacking chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamases and to investigqte their genotype.METHODS Fifteen isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae were collected and the diameters of inhibitory zone of cefoxitin in combination with or without cloxacillin were measured separately by standard disc diffusion test.The M3D assay was used as control method.And the activity of AmpC beta-lactamases of all isolates was simultaneously assayed.Multiplex PCR was performed to determine the genotype of AmpC beta-lactamases.RESULTS Among 15 isolates,8 isolates were identified to have plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases.The sensitivity and specificity of AmpC beta-lactamases phenotypic confirmatory test were 100%.Eight of 15 isolates were identified to be DHA-1 beta-lactamases by multiplex PCR.CONCLUSIONS The new AmpC beta-lactamases phenotypic confirmatory test is a reliable method for detecting plasmidmediated AmpC beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae lacking chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamases.DHA-1 beta-lactamases are the main genotypes of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases in Hubei Province of China.

Objective To summarize the key point of collaboration during the surgery of endoscopic guided vitrectomy for complicated ocular trauma.Methods From October 2010 to March 2013,a total of 25 cases(25 eyes) of complicated ocular trauma were treated by endoscopic guided vitrectomy.The the key point of collaboration was summarized.Results Surgeries of 25 cases (25 eyes) went smoothly,visual acuity improved,without enucleation cases.Postoperative complications were mainly secondary glaucoma and vitreous hemorrhage,and all were improved after treatment.Conclusions Endoscopic guided vitrectomy for the treatment of complicated ocular trauma is one of the effective means,and the advantage is that the surgery could be done when the refractive medium is opacity.

Objective To investigate the expression of folate receptor(FR) in primary hepatocellular carci noma and to explore its correlation with clinical and pathological features.Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of FR alpha and beta in primary hepatocellular carcinoma (45 cases),cirrhosis (32 cases) and normal liver tissue (20 cases).And then the relationship between the expression of FR alpha and clinic0pathological features was analyzed.Results The positive expression of FR alpha was detected in 88.9％ (40/45) primary hepatocellular carcinoma,18.8％ (6/32) cirrhosis,and there was no positive expression of FR alpha in normal liver tissue.There was no FR beta expression in primary hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis,only 15％ (3/20) normal liver tissue expressed FR beta.The expression of FR alpha did not correlate with gender and age,but the positive expression of early-mid-term patients was higher than that of the advanced patients.Conclusion FR alpha is presented in most liver tissues of primary hepatocellular carcinoma,which provide basis of early diagnosis and molecular drug target.

Objective To investigate the effect of endoscopic treatment of delayed hemorrhage after endoscopic sphincterotomy.Methods Retrospectively analyzed the data of 2 638 patients who underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy.There were 26 patients who delayed hemorrhage after endoscopic sphincterotomy.All the 26 patients underwent duodenoscopy,and endoscopic treatment was underwent for the patients who had active bleeding.Results There were 21 patients had active bleeding,and the other 5 cases had no bleeding.There were 12 patients with capillary hemorrhage and 9 cases with petechial hemorrhage.In the 12 patients with capillary hemorrhage,9 patients had been sprayed tissue glue,and 3 patients had been local injected with 1 10 000 noradrenalin.In the 9 patients with petechial hemorrhage,5 patients were treated with titanium clip,and 4 patients were treated with argon ion.All the 21 patients were crued,and no patient was operated and no patient died.Conclusion There are few patients who delayed hemorrhage after endoscopic sphincterotomy.Tissue glue sprayed,local injection,argon ion and titanium clip can cure the bleeding.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) play important roles in many biological processes.However,compared with other types of RNAs,limited research has been conducted on lncRNA,mostly concerning its relationship with tumor,and there are much fewer studies on its relationship with atherosclerosis.In this article,we summarized the latest research findings in this field,with an emphasis on the importance of IncRNA in atherosclerosis.The value of lncRNA in targeted therapy of atherosclerotic disorders is also discussed.

Objective:To set up a real-time fluorescent RT-PCR and to quantitate the expression levels of hTERT mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with AML and to observe the correlation between the expression of hTERT mRNA and occurrence and relapse of AML and to probe into the correlation between the expression of hTERT mRNA and telomerase activity.Methods:Real time fluorescent RT-PCR and Lightcycler PCR system were used to quantitate expression levels of hTERT mRNA.PCR-ELISA was used to quantitate telomerase activity.Results:①N_(hTERT) from AML at initial presention,AML at relapse,AML at complete remission and health examinee was 299.2?292.8,550.1?441.3,14.0?9.2 and 12.3?6.7 respectively and the expression levels of hTERT mRNA from AML at initial presention and AML at relapse elevated signficantly comparing to that from AML at complete remission and health examinee,moreover the expression levels from AML at relapse was higher than that from AML at initial presention significantly.②The telomerase activity from AML at initial presention,AML at relapse,AML at complete remission and health examinee was 32.8%?24.3%,48.6%?31.4%,7.4%?5.1% and 7.6%?3.6% respectively and the telomerase activity from AML at initial presention and AML at relapse elevated signficantly comparing to that from AML at complete remission and health examinee,moreover telomerase activity from AML at relapse was higher than that from AML at initial presention significantly.③There was a strong correlation between telomerase activity and the expression of hTERT mRNA and the correlation coeffecients was 0.78.Conclusion:The up-regulation of the expression levels of hTERT mRNA and telomerase activity are one of important factors during occurrence and relapse of AML,moreover there is a strong correlation between telomerase activity and the expression of hTERT mRNA.

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Most researchers consider that high exposure to heavy metals can result in hemorrhagic gastritis,hepatonecrosis,cancer,even death.There are many routes for heavy metals to get into human body,for instance absorption by gastrointestinal tract,cutaneous absorption etc.In this paper,the author reviewed the recent researches on brain function damage induced by heavy metals via olfactory pathway.Some heavy metals have especial affinity with brain tissue and cause functional disorder and death of nerve cells,and the mechanisms were discussed in detail.